bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Ethics Policies and Ethics Work in Cross-national Genetic Research and Data Sharing
Authors: Hoeyer Klaus , Tupasela Aaro , Rasmussen Malene Bøgehus
Published: October 2016

In recent years, cross-national collaboration in medical research has gained increased policy attention. Policies are developed to enhance data sharing, ensure open-access, and harmonize international standards and ethics rules in order to promote access to existing resources and increase scientific output. In tandem with this promotion of data sharing, numerous ethics policies are developed to control data flows and protect privacy and confidentiality. Both sets of policy making, however, pay limited attention to the moral decisions and social ties enacted in the everyday routines of scientific work. This paper takes its point of departure in the practices of a Danish laboratory with great experience in international collaboration regarding genetic research. We focus on a simple query, what makes genetic material and health data flow, and which hopes and concerns travel along with them? We explore what we call the flows, the nonflows, and the overflows of material and information, and we document the work producing the flows of health data and biomaterial. We call this work “ethics work” and argue that it is crucial for data sharing though it is rarely articulated in ethics policies, remains inadequately funded, and lacks acknowledgment in policies promoting international data sharing.
Long-term representations of melodies in Western listeners: Influences of familiarity, musical expertise, tempo and structure
Authors: Büdenbender Niklas , Kreutz Gunter
Published: October 2016

We investigated the effects of familiarity, level of musical expertise, musical tempo, and structural boundaries on the identification of familiar and unfamiliar tunes. Healthy Western listeners ( N = 62; age range 14–64 years) judged their level of familiarity with a preselected set of melodies when the number of tones of a given melody was increased from trial to trial according to the so-called gating paradigm. The number of tones served as one dependent measure. The second dependent measure was the physical duration of the stimulus presentation until listeners identified a melody as familiar or unfamiliar. Results corroborate previous work, suggesting that listeners need less information to recognize familiar as compared to unfamiliar melodies. Both decreasing and increasing the original tempo by a factor of two delayed the identification of familiar melodies. Furthermore, listeners had more difficulty identifying unfamiliar melodies when tempo was increased. Finally, musical expertise significantly influenced identification of either melodic category, i.e., reducing the required number of tones. Taken together, the findings support theories which suggest that tempo information is coded in melody representation, and that musical expertise is associated with especially efficient strategies for accessing long-term representations of melodic materials.
Neighbourhood cohesion under the influx of migrants in Shanghai
Authors: Wang Zheng , Zhang Fangzhu , Wu Fulong
Published: October 2016

This study explores the current neighbourhood cohesion in Chinese cities and how it might be affected by the influx of migrants. Our multilevel analysis is based on a 1420 sized household survey conducted in Shanghai in 2013. The results reveal that the influx of migrants does not generate all negative results contrasting existing literature where migrants tend to reduce cohesion in the neighbourhoods. Neighbourhoods with a higher share of migrant residents between 20 and 50% have the strongest cohesion potentially because local residents have adjusted to their migrant neighbours. Neighbourhood cohesion is also stronger in migrant-dominated enclaves with more than 50% migrants as migrant residents may have formed their own in-group community. Comparatively, local-dominated neighbourhoods are still adjusting to the gradual influx of migrants and therefore residents tend to have lower levels of social solidarity, sense of belonging and informal social control. Nevertheless, the strongest deterrent of cohesion is the prospect of displacement and lack of resources since low-income areas and traditional courtyard neighbourhoods, which face demolition and redevelopment, have the weakest cohesion.
Liberalization in the Danish waste sector: an institutional perspective
Authors: Kørnøv Lone , Hill Amanda Louise , Busck Ole , Løkke Søren
Published: October 2016

The push for creating a more competitive and liberalized system for traditional public services, including waste management, has been on the European agenda since the late 1980s. In 2008, changes were made in EU waste legislation allowing source-separated industrial/commercial waste that is suitable for incineration to be traded within the European market. This change has had broad implications for the Danish waste sector, which is characterized by institutionalized municipal control with all streams of waste and municipal ownership of the major treatment facilities allowing the municipal sector to integrate combustible waste in local heat and power generation. This article, applying an institutional approach, maps the institutions and actors of the Danish waste sector and analyses how the regulatory as well as normative pressure to liberalize has been met and partly neutralized in the institutional and political context. The new Danish regulation of 2010 has thus accommodated the specific requirement for liberalization, but in fact only represents a very small step towards a market-based waste management system. On the one hand, by only liberalizing industrial/commercial waste, the Danish Government chose to retain the main features of the established waste system favouring municipal control and hence the institutionalized principles of decentralized enforcement of environmental legislation as well as welfare state considerations. On the other hand, this has led to a technological and financial deadlock, particularly when it comes to reaching the recycling targets of EU, which calls for further adjustments of the Danish waste sector.
Pyrolysis of poppy capsule pulp for bio-oil production
Authors: Hopa Derya Yeşim , Yılmaz Nazan , Alagöz Oğuzhan , Dilek Meltem , Helvacı Ahmet , Durupınar Ümit
Published: October 2016

The feasibility of biofuel production via the pyrolysis of poppy capsule pulp, the main waste product of Afyon Alkoloid Factory, was investigated. The poppy capsule pulp was shown to have a high volatile matter content (ca. 76%). Pyrolysis experiments were carried out in the temperature range 400–550°C (heating rate 18°C min−1 and holding time 20 min) under a nitrogen atmosphere. The chemical components of the bio-oil were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectrometry and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The effects of pyrolysis temperature on the production efficiency and the calorific value of the bio-oil were investigated. The maximum bio-oil yield and its calorific value at 500°C were 23.6% and 31.6 MJ kg−1, respectively. The latter value is close to that of many petroleum fractions. This high-energy bio-oil is therefore a clean fuel precursor and can be upgraded into higher quality fuels.
Food waste prevention in Athens, Greece: The effect of family characteristics
Authors: Abeliotis Konstadinos , Lasaridi Katia , Chroni Christina
Published: October 2016

Food waste is a stream that becomes increasingly important in terms of its prevention potential. There is a large number of behaviours that can be associated with food waste generation and the efforts towards food waste prevention. A questionnaire study was carried in order to study consumer behaviour related to food provision and wastage in Greece. Proper practices of the respondents that can prevent the generation of food waste were investigated using nine behavioural scales, which were defined on the basis of similar studies in other countries. A structured questionnaire was utilised in order to test those behaviours against the socio-demographic characteristics of respondents. The results of the study indicate that in terms of inferential statistical analysis, among the numerous variables examined, those that enhance food waste prevention are the involvement of the respondent in cooking, the annoyance towards food waste generation and the education level.
Identifying Key Elements to Inform the Development of an HIV Health Behavior Maintenance Intervention
Authors: Hile Stephen J. , Feldman Matthew B. , Raker Amanda R. , Irvine Mary K.
Published: October 2016

Purpose:

To collect information that will inform the development of an intervention to support the maintenance of HIV-related health-promoting behaviors.

Design:

Focused, in-depth individual and group interviews.

Setting:

The New York City (NYC) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) and DOHMH-funded community-based organizations that primarily serve low-income people living with HIV within the five boroughs of NYC.

Participants:

A total of 42 individuals who had participated in The Positive Life Workshop—an HIV self-management intervention adapted and implemented by the NYC DOHMH.

Method:

Purposive sampling was used to recruit study participants. Five 60- to 90-minute focus groups (n = 38) and 4 individual interviews were conducted to assess motivations for and barriers to maintaining HIV-related health-promoting behaviors and to elicit feedback on the content and format for the proposed maintenance intervention. Thematic analysis was used to summarize the data.

Results:

Participants reported that relationships with family, a responsibility to protect others from HIV, and faith/spirituality supported the maintenance of health-promoting behaviors. Barriers to behavior maintenance included substance use and mental health issues. Meeting in small groups was also highlighted as a motivator to sustaining health behaviors, particularly in decreasing isolation and receiving affirmation from others.

Conclusion:

Participants identified several factors that could be incorporated into an intervention to support HIV-related health-promoting behavior maintenance that could supplement existing HIV self-management interventions.
The Elasticity of Preferences
Authors: Simon Dan , Spiller Stephen A.
Published: October 2016

We explore how preferences for attributes are constructed when people choose between multiattribute options. As found in prior research, we observed that while people make decisions, their preferences for the attributes in question shift to support the emerging choice, thus enabling confident decisions. The novelty of the studies reported here is that participants repeated the same task 6 to 8 weeks later. We found that between tasks, preferences returned to near their original levels, only to shift again to support the second choice, regardless of which choice participants made. Similar patterns were observed in a free-choice task (Study 1) and when the favorableness of options was manipulated (Study 2). It follows that preferences behave in an elastic manner: In the absence of situational pressures, they rest at baseline levels, but during the process of reaching a decision, they morph to support the chosen options. This elasticity appears to facilitate confident decision making in the face of decisional conflict.
Beyond familialism: Recalibrating family, state and market in Southern Europe and East Asia
Authors: Estévez-Abe Margarita , Yang Jae-jin , Choi Young Jun
Published: October 2016

This Special Issue takes on a new cross-regional comparison between Southern Europe and East Asia in an attempt to identify ‘new politics’ of welfare state adjustments. Departing from the previous literature that overemphasized regional peculiarities of East Asian and Southern European welfare states, our Special Issue highlights family resemblances – among Italy, Japan, Korea and Spain. We argue that these four welfare states – often labelled as ‘familialist’ – share key common characteristics, which in turn experienced very similar policy problems in recent years. Interestingly, despite their initial similarities, these four countries have been trying to cope with new policy problems in different ways. In this process, some are clearly becoming less familialist. The main aim of this introductory article is to demonstrate the theoretical advantages based on the new cross-regional comparison. This article proceeds in three steps. First, it establishes the usefulness of the concept of family resemblances in our cross-regional comparison. Second, it presents a brief historical account of recent policy differences across the four countries going beyond familialism and shows that the existing theories fail to account for the new divergences. Third, it provides the overview of the Special Issue by explaining the research puzzles each paper tackles. We argue that these four welfare states, which are moving beyond familialism to varying degrees, represent heuristically helpful cases to explore the effects of both domestic and international political factors.
Hemiarch
Authors: Singh Ramesh , Yamanaka Katsuhiro , Reece T. Brett
Published: October 2016

The extent and technique of resection for ascending aortopathies remains debated. The 2 main camps are divided into those who believe in the hemiarch resection utilizing hypothermic circulatory arrest and those who feel that the same goal can be accomplished with just an ascending aortic resection with an aortic cross clamp. While this debate continues to happen within groups and in some cases even in the same hospital, it certainly has not happened in the literature. There are no studies directly comparing the safety and efficacy of these 2 ideologies. The aim of this review is to present the little data that do exist and to ultimately show that the hemiarch technique is superior after careful deliberation.
Is the Corporate Tax Shifted? Empirical Evidence from Asean
Authors: Shome Parthasarathi
Published: October 2016

The importance of the corporation income tax in overall tax revenue is as high in ASEAN member countries—Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand—as in selected developed countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States. This article surveys available fiscal incidence studies for ASEAN members and, after a critical evaluation of their methodologies, employs a two-sector general equilibrium model in order to study the incidence of the corporation income tax in ASEAN. It concludes that, except in Singapore, the tax is borne entirely by the owners of capital in contrast to the usual presumption that the tax is shifted. The policy implication of capital across the economy bearing the corporate tax is that double taxation of dividends—present, at least partially, in each ASEAN member—should be curtailed if these economies are to avoid the necessarily detrimental ramifications for capital formation.
The Community Influence on Corporate Contributions
Authors: Mcelroy Katherine Maddox , Siegfried John J.
Published: October 2016

This article uses a managerial utility maximization model in which contributions enhance both the firms’ and the top executives’ public image as well as reduce the costs of doing business by helping to maintain a propitious environment for long-run profits. Contributions also are a direct expense. From an equilibrium model we derive testable hypotheses about the effect of community characteristics on contributions. Tests are based on data from 229 large companies in 14 major U.S. cities. The key findings are as follows: (1) Corporate profits strongly and positively affect corporate contributions. (2) Most corporate giving is directed to the headquarters city rather than to operating locations. However, as firms increase their total contributions, they direct an increasing proportion to operating locations. (3) A firm tends to increase its contributions when other local firms set an example of generosity and when its size relative to the community is larger.
Conformity, arousal, and the effect of arbitrary information
Authors: Hatcher Joe W. , Cares Samuel , Detrie Rachel , Dillenbeck Tessa , Goral Emma , Troisi Katlyn , Whirry-Achten Angela M.
Published: October 2016

Four studies were conducted to better understand the relationship between arousal, conformity, and the influence of arbitrary and genuine social information. Experiment 1 found that conforming to an apparently genuine majority led to lower levels of autonomic arousal than did independence. Experiment 2 replicated the same findings under nonrealistic conditions in which the experimenter, in front of the participant, told the majority which response to give, thus removing social information from the response. Experiment 3 used arousal-based reasoning to predict that if disagreeing with a majority leads to higher arousal than conformity, even when majority responses contain no social information, participants will conform to majority responses under those same conditions, which was supported. Experiment 4 attempted to broaden our understanding of how arbitrary and real majority responses affect conformity by varying the size of the majority and whether majority responses were arbitrary or genuine. Responses were significantly influenced in all experimental conditions, thus replicating Experiment 3, but more influence occurred with a larger majority that appeared to be giving genuine responses. Our findings expand our understanding of the factors involved in the typical conformity situation by showing that the responses given by the majority affect conformity, whether or not they are genuine, though genuineness adds to the effect with a group size of 3. Also, we argue that taking an arousal-based view provides a way of viewing these results as part of a broader homeostatic behavioral system, although the compatibility of the results with other approaches is acknowledged.
Web crippling study of rivet fastened rectangular hollow flange channel beams with flanges fastened to supports
Authors: Steau Edward , Keerthan Poologanathan , Mahendran Mahen
Published: October 2016

Thin-walled steel hollow flange channel beams are commonly used as joists and bearers in various flooring systems in buildings. A new rivet fastened rectangular hollow flange channel beam was proposed using an intermittently rivet fastening process as an alternative to welded beams. This flexible fastening process allows rectangular hollow flange channel beams to have greater section optimisation, by configuring web and flange widths and thicknesses. In the industrial applications of rectangular hollow flange channel beams as flooring, roofing or modular building systems, their flanges will be fastened to supports, which will provide increased capacities. However, no research has been conducted to investigate the web crippling capacities of rectangular hollow flange channel beams with flanges fastened to supports under two-flange load cases. Therefore, an experimental study was conducted to investigate the web crippling behaviour and capacities of rectangular hollow flange channel beams based on the new American Iron and Steel Institute S909 standard test method. The web crippling capacities were compared with the predictions from the design equations in Australia/New Zealand Standard 4600 and American Iron and Steel Institute S100 to determine their accuracy in predicting the web crippling capacities of rectangular hollow flange channel beams. Test results showed that these design equations are considerably conservative for the end two-flange load case while being unconservative for the interior two-flange load case. New equations are proposed to determine the web crippling capacities of rectangular hollow flange channel beams with flanges fastened to supports. Test results showed that web crippling capacities increased by 78% and 65% on average for the end two-flange and interior two-flange load cases when flanges were fastened to supports. This article presents the details of this web crippling experimental study of rectangular hollow flange channel beam sections and the results.
Wright, Campbell, and the Four Beasts from the Sea
Authors: Kugler Chris
Published: October 2016

Having studied with both N.T. Wright and Douglas Campbell, and not least because both are now ‘caught up’ in an apocalyptic standoff, it seemed desirable to lay bare the basic philosophical presuppositions and hermeneutical commitments which undergird and animate their continued disagreements over various issues in Pauline theology. In the following article, both serious and somewhat playful, I have considered four issues of hermeneutical and theological significance—indeed, foundational significance—in the debate between Wright and Campbell. These issues do not fundamentally concern the construal of entire Pauline letters or even Paul’s historical context. Rather, they involve the philosophical presuppositions of history and theology and the relationship between them.
The Present and the Future of the Research Excellence Framework Impact Agenda in the UK Academy: A Reflection from Politics and International Studies
Authors: Ní Mhurchú Aoileann , McLeod Laura , Collins Stephanie , Siles-Brügge Gabriel
Published: October 2016

One of the most extensively discussed requirements introduced in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework was impact. In this review piece, we focus on the linear and temporal consequences of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) impact system. We link such consequences to our own research agendas to provide a sense of empirical richness to the broad concerns that arise from the impact agenda and to highlight the effects of the Research Excellence Framework’s linear focus and, crucially, the types of alternative narratives it potentially silences. This ‘silencing’ does not render alternative narratives impossible, but rather makes them difficult to articulate as ‘safe’ options within the existing framework. We highlight how a focus on direct impact could miss the collective nature of impact endeavours, as well as the broader social and cultural benefits of research, and potentially shape and limit the possible research questions posed within this national system. We conclude by opening up some broader questions for the future of impact raised through the consideration of linearity, including the question of ‘measurement’.
Role of endoplasmic reticulum stress signalling in diabetic endothelial dysfunction and atherosclerosis
Authors: Dong Yunzhou , Fernandes Conrad , Liu Yanjun , Wu Yong , Wu Hao , Brophy Megan L , Deng Lin , Song Kai , Wen Aiyun , Wong Scott , Yan Daoguang , Towner Rheal , Chen Hong
Published: October 2016

It is well established that diabetes mellitus accelerates atherosclerotic vascular disease. Endothelial injury has been proposed to be the initial event in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Endothelium not only acts as a semi-selective barrier but also serves physiological and metabolic functions. Diabetes or high glucose in circulation triggers a series of intracellular responses and organ damage such as endothelial dysfunction and apoptosis. One such response is high glucose-induced chronic endoplasmic reticulum stress in the endothelium. The unfolded protein response is an acute reaction that enables cells to overcome endoplasmic reticulum stress. However, when chronically persistent, endoplasmic reticulum stress response could ultimately lead to endothelial dysfunction and atherosclerosis. Herein, we discuss the scientific advances in understanding endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced endothelial dysfunction, the pathogenesis of diabetes-accelerated atherosclerosis and endoplasmic reticulum stress as a potential target in therapies for diabetic atherosclerosis.
Home Gardening and the Health and Well-Being of Adolescents
Authors: van Lier Laila E. , Utter Jennifer , Denny Simon , Lucassen Mathijs , Dyson Ben , Clark Terryann
Published: October 2016

Background. The current article explores the associations between home gardening and dietary behaviors, physical activity, mental health, and social relationships among secondary school students in New Zealand. Method. Data were drawn from a national youth health and well-being survey, conducted in 2012. In total, 8,500 randomly selected students from 91 randomly selected secondary schools completed the survey. Results. Two thirds of students had a vegetable garden at home and one quarter of all students participated in home gardening. Students participating in gardening were most likely to be male, of a Pacific Island ethnicity, of younger age, and living in a rural area. Gardening was positively associated with healthy dietary habits among students, such as greater fruit and vegetable consumption. Gardening was also positively associated with physical activity and improved mental health and well-being. Students who participate in gardening report slightly lower levels of depressive symptoms and enhanced emotional well-being and experience higher family connection than students who do not participate in gardening. Conclusions. Gardening may make a difference for health and nutrition behaviors and may contribute to adolescents’ health and well-being in a positive manner. Health promoters should be encouraged to include gardening in future interventions for young people.
An Observational Study of Children’s Involvement in Informed Consent for Exome Sequencing Research
Authors: Miller Victoria A. , Werner-Lin Allison , Walser Sarah A. , Biswas Sawona , Bernhardt Barbara A.
Published: October 2016

The goal of this study was to examine children’s involvement in consent sessions for exome sequencing research and associations of involvement with provider and parent communication. Participants included 44 children (8-17 years) from five cohorts who were offered participation in an exome sequencing study. The consent sessions were audiotaped, transcribed, and coded. Providers attempted to facilitate the child’s involvement in the majority (73%) of sessions, and most (75%) children also verbally participated. Provider facilitation was strongly associated with likelihood of child participation. These findings underscore that strategies such as asking for children’s opinions and soliciting their questions show respect for children and may increase the likelihood that they are engaged and involved in decisions about research participation.
TGF-β inhibitors stimulate red blood cell production by enhancing self-renewal of BFU-E erythroid progenitors
Authors: Gao Xiaofei , Lee Hsiang-Ying , da Rocha Edroaldo Lummertz , Zhang Cheng , Lu Yi-Fen , Li Dandan , Feng Yuxiong , Ezike Jideofor , Elmes Russell R. , Barrasa M. Inmaculada , Cahan Patrick , Li Hu , Daley George Q. , Lodish Harvey F.
Published: October 2016

Key Points

The type III TGF-β receptor is a marker that distinguishes “early” and “late” BFU-Es. TGF-β inhibitors increase early BFU-E cell self-renewal and total erythroblast production.
Collective bargaining systems and macroeconomic and microeconomic flexibility: the quest for appropriate institutional forms in advanced economies
Authors: Addison John T.
Published: October 2016

This paper addresses the design of the machinery of collective bargaining from the perspective of microeconomic and macroeconomic flexibility. In the former context, somewhat greater attention is given over to enterprise flexibility than external adjustment. In the latter context, close attention is also paid to changes in collective bargaining along the dimensions of bargaining coverage, structure, and coordination. Support is adduced for the German, contemporary Scandinavian, and British models. The role of trust in securing micro and macro flexibility also receives attention, suggesting that the polder or Dutch model might also be expected to populate the firmament of fit-for-purpose collective bargaining arrangements.

JEL Classification: Microeconomics/Institutions (D02), Institutions and the Macroeconomy (E02), Employment/Unemployment/Wages (E24), Income Distribution (E25), Macroeconomic Policy Objectives (E61), Labor Economics Policies (JO8) Trades Unions (J51), Collective Bargaining (J52), Labor-Management Relations (J53), Public Policy (J58), Comparative Analysis of Economic Systems (P51)
Evaluation of immunologic response of salivary sIg-A in pediatric tuberculosis patients to antigen Ag38-rec of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Indonesian strain
Authors: Raras Tri Yudani Mardining , Pritta Santi Diah Erma , Kusuma HMS Chandra
Published: October 2016

Objective: We studied the immune response of salivary secretory immunoglobulin A (sIg-A) from a pediatric tuberculosis (TB) group (scoring ≥6) and non-TB group (scoring <6) against recombinant Ag38 (Ag38-rec) fromMycobacterium tuberculosis Indonesian strain.

Materials and Methods: Seventy-eight children were divided into three groups; those with TB (n=26), those with suspected TB (n=26), and healthy children (n=26), their saliva was collected, and salivary sIg-A was challenged with purified Ag38-rec using the dot blot method. A change of color from white to dark blue indicated a positive reaction.

Results: The immune response of sIg-A of children with TB and those with suspected TB to Ag38-rec was not significantly different. In the TB group, Ag38-rec showed a higher sensitivity than protein purified derivative (PPD) (70.8% vs. 62.5%), but a lower specificity (26.9% vs. 34.62%). However, within both groups (scoring ≥6) as well as non-TB group (scoring <6) Ag38-rec was able to identify children with a positive TST (tuberculin skin test) better than PPD.

Conclusion: The antigen Ag38-rec could not distinguish between children with TB (scores ≥6 and <6). However, it demonstrated the potential of Ag38-rec for use in screening for TB infection among children with suspect TB (scores <6).
ISSUES OF STATE IMMUNITY IN LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL PRACTICE OF THE USA
Authors: Бородкин Станислав , Borodkin Stanislav
Published: October 2016

Protection of foreign investment is the basis of modern international investment relations. At the level of state acts such protection primarily means the adoption of investment legislation, which is a manifestation of a state sovereignty and the related with it immunity from actions of other states. In the USA the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act was adopted in 1976. The law solves main legal problems: gives the definition of the term “foreign country”, establishes cases of the immunity and refusal to grant it, the procedural aspects of the proceedings on granting immunity. The complexity of the application of law leads to attempts to change it and to prohibit similar legal doctrines. Act as an expression of a unilateral will of the State may not always resolve the issues related to international cooperation. For regulation of state immunity was developed and opened for signature the UN Convention, which may become a fundamental international instrument in the field of State immunity.
ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Authors: Севальнев Вячеслав , Sevalnev Vyacheslav
Published: October 2016

The article deals with the strategy of anti-corruption on the example of Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China. The author conducts a comparative analysis of the strategies developed in Russia and China, considering the appropriate anticorruption practices. The author concludes that the anti-corruption strategies in these countries have some common approaches, but there are significant differences in applying approaches, for example, there are great opportunities for incorporation of information and telecommunication technologies in the law enforcement practice of the Russian Federation, taking into account the positive experience of the People’s Republic of China. Also the experience of China is very interesting in the discourse of the rule of law, inevitability of punishment and the absence of selective justice against corrupt officials. In turn, for the Chinese experts can be interesting the experience of the institutionalization of anti-corruption efforts, which is reflected in anti-corruption plans, which are developing and adopting twice a year in a legal space of the Russian Federation.
Flora da Bahia: Hirtella (Chrysobalanaceae)
Authors: Asprino Renata , Amorim André Márcio
Published: October 2016

The taxonomic treatment of Hirtella (Chrysobalanaceae) from Bahia State, Brazil, is presented. We recognize 14 species; H. bicornis is recorded for the first time in the state and H. prancei was originally described from this study. The treatment includes an identification key to species, descriptions and comments on taxa, as well as illustrations and geographic distribution maps of species in Bahia. An identification key to the genera of Chrysobalanaceae in the state is also provided.
Modelo de exigências para uso urbano do solo. Critérios urbanísticos e riscos naturais - um exemplo em Coimbra
Authors: Santos Lusitano dos , Fortuna José
Published: October 2016

Neste artigo, apresenta-se uma metodologia de análise da capacidade de uso urbano do solo, associada à identificação de áreas com adequabilidade preferencial a usos determinados. A análise baseia-se na aplicação de um modelo que permite definir classes de aptidão para diferentes tipos de uso, em função de critérios urbanísticos e limitações ao crescimento urbano, incluindo a possibilidade de manifestação de riscos naturais. A descrição das diferentes fases do modelo é apresentada em associação com um estudo de caso, numa área concreta da cidade de Coimbra.
SOLIDARIETÀ: UN`UTOPIA NECESSARIA
Authors: Bacega De Bastiani Ana Cristina , Pellenz Mayara
Published: October 2016

Stefano Rodotà, professor emérito de Direito Civil da Universidade de Roma La Sapienza, na obra “Solidarietà: un`utopia necessaria”, suscita alguns questionamentos: a Solidariedade é uma virtude dos tempos difíceis ou sentimento republicano? É um dever moral ou uma regra jurídica? A Solidariedade é um princípio constitucional? Qual a relação entre Solidariedade, cidadania e política? A partir destas indagações, a obra em questão retoma a Solidariedade sob novos primas. Chama atenção ao resgate da categoria como valor e alternativa para o enfrentamento das várias crises na pós-modernidade.
Modulator for 4-level Flying Capacitor Converter with Balancing Control in the Closed Loop
Authors: Brychcín Jiří , Janík Dušan , Košan Tomáš , Peroutka Zdeněk
Published: October 2016

This paper presents a modulator with an active voltage balancing control for the three-phase four-level FLC converter based electric motor drive for applications supplied directly from a 6 kV ac-grid. It describes a modulation algorithm of the FLC converter by using the phase shifted PWM modulation with balancing voltage of the flying capacitor by using P controllers in the closed loop. The proposed control was verified by experiments carried out on the down-scale drive prototype of the rated power of 35 kVA.
Simulation Model of Hybrid Shunting Locomotive
Authors: Mašek Zdeněk , Lenoch Václav , Lelek Tomáš
Published: October 2016

The paper describes the simulation model of the hybrid shunting locomotive. The hybrid drive consists of the diesel engine supplemented with lithium batteries. The simulation model is created in order to analyse energy flows, determine influence of the component proper size and control strategy.
Papeles de investigación: Coleccionar, narrar y enseñar. Operaciones discursivas en el Centenario argentino para construir una tradición nacional
Authors: Hermida Carola
Published: October 2016

El presente trabajo estudia las operaciones quese ponen en marcha durante el Primer Centenario de la Revolución de Mayo en Argentinapara construir una tradición cultural que oficiecomo pedagoga y forme ciudadanos. Condicio-nados por cuestiones ideológicas, discursivas y didácticas, diversos agentes del campo culturaly educativo de entonces llevan a cabo opera-ciones tendientes a construir cierta «tradiciónnacional» (Williams). Con este fin, coleccionanlos textos que deben integrarla; narran la historia que entreteje un entramado entre ellos yenseñan ese corpus y ese relato para formar nosólo a los lectores argentinos sino especialmentea los ciudadanos que, desde su punto de vista, lacircunstancia histórica del Centenario reclamaba. Surgen así disputas en la construcción de esamemoria nacional, deudoras de diferentes re-presentaciones políticas, estéticas y lingüísticas.
Dossier: Quién nos lee: la escuela y «un pueblo que falta»
Authors: Dalmaroni Miguel
Published: October 2016

Aunque la teoría ha insistido en una respues-ta ética para la pregunta de este dossier —quenadie escribe nunca para nadie—, hay ademásuna respuesta política: por lo menos en la Ar-gentina, la crítica literaria universitaria es leídaprincipalmente por docentes y —de modo máso menos indirecto— por estudiantes de lenguay literatura en la escuela. Ese hecho tiene conse-cuencias relativas a la desubjetivación singularque llamamos literatura.
Dossier: Para quién escribimos. Circular, producir, cambiar de lengua
Authors: Louis Annick
Published: October 2016

El presente artículo presenta una reflexión so-bre la inscripción del público en los escritos delos investigadores en ciencias humanas y socia-les, y en particular de los especialistas de litera-tura, en el caso de quienes se desplazan entredos comunidades intelectuales, la argentina yla francesa. El objetivo es pensar las posicionescríticas de quienes se dirigen a varios públicossimultáneamente.
Dossier: La evaluación discreta de los libros
Authors: Mattoni Silvio
Published: October 2016

A partir de algunas reflexiones acerca del proble-ma del valor en la crítica literaria, nos propone-mos poner en cuestión los procesos de cuantifi-cación de las publicaciones en diversos ámbitosacadémicos, aunque no se ingresa en un análisisinstitucional al respecto. Desde un punto devista especulativo, y tomando en cuenta ciertasconsideraciones de Roland Barthes y de Mau-rice Blanchot, como ejemplos de críticos quese consideran autoridades en el espacio literariodel presente, intentamos entonces relativizar elhorizonte de eficacia y de productividad en elque se tiende a enmarcar la actividad de la críti-ca, la historia y la teoría literarias. Por otro lado,también se plantea el constante retorno de eselugar común tanto para debates críticos comopara las realizaciones de los géneros literarios ysu devenir: el libro.
Dossier: ¿Para quién escribimos? Apuntes para una (im)posible respuesta
Authors: Rodríguez Freire Raúl
Published: October 2016

Este texto pone en escena la transformaciónneoliberal de la universidad y la imposición dela lógica empresarial particularmente al ámbitode las humanidades, para, finalmente, dar cuen-ta de la potencia crítica del ensayo como forma.
Czech Youth Summer Camps: More than playing games in nature
Authors: Frainšic Michal , Turčová Ivana , Martin Andrew John
Published: October 2016

Summer camps for children and youth are organized in different countries around the world. These camps vary in length and also in the sport or outdoor activities framing them. Czech summer camps, tábory, have a long history dating back to the beginning of the 20th century. Neuman, Turčová and Martin (2007) describe the specific cultural development of tábory, summer camps for children and youth in the Czech Republic with an anthropological focus. This current article examines the camp conditions, preparation and the role of camp leaders in the holistic program implementation of the turistika activities and outdoor games for these programs. It presents the findings of a survey of 69 leaders of the four main not-for-profit youth organisations undertaking summer camps in the Czech Republic: ATOM (Association of Touristic Youth Clubs), Junák (scouting), Pionýr, and Liga lesní moudrosti (woodcraft). The findings highlight the important role of the qualified, experienced and intrinsically motivated volunteer leaders who spend the entire preceeding year preparing these two to three week summer camps held in basic conditions. The holistic program design provides a pedagogical scaffolding and then culmination for the group of children, who have played outdoor games in natural settings and taken part in turistika activities throughout the year. The implications of these findings are that the ‘summer camp’ activities are unique to the Czech Republic and provide opportunities for children to ‘experience the natural environment’, and can also provide inspiration for the scaffolding and development of outdoor adventures and environmental programs internationally.
The Role of Adrenomedullin in Cardiovascular Response to Exercise – A Review
Authors: Krzeminski Krzysztof
Published: October 2016

Adrenomedullin (ADM), the product of the vascular endothelial and smooth muscle cells, and cardiomyocytes, is considered to be a local factor controlling vascular tone, cardiac contractility and renal sodium excretion. The aim of this article was to review the existing data on the effect of different types of exercise on plasma ADM concentration in healthy men. The results of studies on the effect of dynamic exercise on the plasma ADM are contradictory. Some authors reported an increase in plasma ADM, while others showed a slight decrease or did not observe any changes. The inverse relationship between plasma ADM and mean blood pressure observed during maximal exercise support the concept that ADM might blunt the exercise-induced systemic blood pressure increase. Positive relationships between increases in plasma ADM and those in noradrenaline, atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) or interleukin-6 observed during prolonged exercise suggest that the sympathetic nervous system and cytokine induction may be involved in ADM release. Increased secretion of ADM and ANP during this type of exercise may be a compensatory mechanism attenuating elevation of blood pressure and preventing deterioration of cardiac function. Studies performed during static exercise have showed an increase in plasma ADM only in older healthy men. Positive correlations between increases in plasma ADM and those in noradrenaline and endothelin-1 may indicate the interaction of these hormones in shaping the cardiovascular response to static exercise. Inverse relationships between exercise-induced changes in plasma ADM and those in cardiovascular indices may be at least partly associated with inotropic action of ADM on the heart. Interactions of ADM with vasoactive peptides, catecholamines and hemodynamic factors demonstrate the potential involvement of this peptide in the regulation of blood pressure and myocardial contractility during exercise.
Role of Vertical Jumps and Anthropometric Variables in Maximal Kicking Ball Velocities in Elite Soccer Players
Authors: Rodríguez-Lorenzo Lois , Fernandez-del-Olmo Miguel , Sanchez-Molina José Andrés , Martín-Acero Rafael
Published: October 2016

Kicking is one of the most important skills in soccer and the ability to achieve ma ximal kicking velocity with both legs leads to an advantage for the soccer player. This study examined the relationship be tween kicking ball velocity with both legs using anthropometric measurements and vertical jumps (a squat jump (SJ); a countermovement jump without (CMJ) and with the arm swing (CMJA) and a reactive jump (RJ)). Anthropome tric measurements did not correlate with kicking ball velocity. Vertical jumps correlated significantly with kicking ball velocity using the dominant leg only (r = .47, r = .58, r = .44, r = .51, for SJ, CMJ, CMJA and RJ, respectively) . Maximal kicking velocity with the dominant leg was significantly higher than with the non-dominant leg (t = 18.0 4, p < 0.001). Our results suggest that vertical jumps may be an optimal test to assess neuromuscular skills involved in kicking at maximal speed. Lack of the relationship between vertical jumps and kicking velocity with the non-dominant leg may reflect a difficulty to exhibit the neuromuscular skills during dominant leg kicking.
Real time flood forecasting in the Upper Danube basin
Authors: Nester Thomas , Komma Jürgen , Blöschl Günter
Published: October 2016

This paper reports on experience with developing the flood forecasting model for the Upper Danube basin and its operational use since 2006. The model system consists of hydrological and hydrodynamic components, and involves precipitation forecasts. The model parameters were estimated based on the dominant processes concept. Runoff data are assimilated in real time to update modelled soil moisture. An analysis of the model performance indicates 88% of the snow cover in the basin to be modelled correctly on more than 80% of the days. Runoff forecasting errors decrease with catchment area and increase with forecast lead time. The forecast ensemble spread is shown to be a meaningful indicator of the forecast uncertainty. During the 2013 flood, there was a tendency for the precipitation forecasts to underestimate event precipitation and for the runoff model to overestimate runoff generation which resulted in, overall, rather accurate runoff forecasts. It is suggested that the human forecaster plays an essential role in interpreting the model results and, if needed, adjusting them before issuing the forecasts to the general public.
Projected changes of rainfall event characteristics for the Czech Republic
Authors: Svoboda Vojtěch , Hanel Martin , Máca Petr , Kyselý Jan
Published: October 2016

Projected changes of warm season (May–September) rainfall events in an ensemble of 30 regional climate model (RCM) simulations are assessed for the Czech Republic. Individual rainfall events are identified using the concept of minimum inter-event time and only heavy events are considered. The changes of rainfall event characteristics are evaluated between the control (1981–2000) and two scenario (2020–2049 and 2070–2099) periods. Despite a consistent decrease in the number of heavy rainfall events, there is a large uncertainty in projected changes in seasonal precipitation total due to heavy events. Most considered characteristics (rainfall event depth, mean rainfall rate, maximum 60-min rainfall intensity and indicators of rainfall event erosivity) are projected to increase and larger increases appear for more extreme values. Only rainfall event duration slightly decreases in the more distant scenario period according to the RCM simulations. As a consequence, the number of less extreme heavy rainfall events as well as the number of long events decreases in majority of the RCM simulations. Changes in most event characteristics (and especially in characteristics related to the rainfall intensity) depend on changes in radiative forcing and temperature for the future periods. Only changes in the number of events and seasonal total due to heavy events depend significantly on altitude.