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THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF HOLSTEIN BREED CALVES DEPENDING ON THE VIABILITY OF BIRTH INDICATORS
Authors: Баймишев  , Baymishev Khamidulla
Published: October 2016

The purpose of research is improving quality indicators of Holstein youth in intensive milk production technology. Experimental studies were carried out on dairy farm GUI SU Kupinskiy Bezenchukskaya district of the Samara region. The material for the study were heifers obtained from cows with different mothers continuedtive physiological periods. We have investigated the influence of cows physiological periods duration by morphofunctional parameters of newborn calves – their growth, development and reproductive qualities. The number of newborn calves, obtained from cows with different mothers about the duration of physiological periods, was formed three groups of animals 10 animals in each according to their belonging to the parent group. In newborn calves-governmental morphofunctional assessment on such indicators as the density of hair, the implementation of standing posture, the implementation of sucking reflex, the amount of O-incisor teeth, blood and tail length distance from the calcaneal tuber hock it was held. It was found that the performance of calves viability depends on the duration of periods of physio-logical cows-mothers. Indicators of morphological and functional assessment of calves at birth determine their further growth, development and reproductive ability. To increase reproductive ability of rearing under intensive milk production technology is necessary to optimize the parameters of physiological periods in cows and led to morphological and functional evaluation of calves at birth.
CYTOMORPHOLOGY VAGINAL SMEARS OF DOGS IN DIFFERENT PERIODS OF THE SEXUAL CYCLE
Authors: Гришина  , Grishina Darya , Минюк  , Minyuk Lyudmila
Published: October 2016

The purpose of work is improving the efficiency of fertilization dog breed French Bulldog. The results of cytological examination of vaginal mucus in dogs at different periods of the sexual cycle. This will determine the optimal time for insemination. As a result of vaginal smear cytology of dogs among the signs of days favorable for breeding are the days when cytological smears appear more than 60% of the surface of pycnotic cells, a small amount of red blood cells and white blood cells, superficial cells are arranged in groups of 4-6 cells or clusters in the form of tiles. Proestrus phase corresponds to the presence of only of basal cells in a smear at the beginning. Then trend towards a decrease of intermediate and superficial cell growth. In the smears are found red blood cells and white blood cells. The duration of the stage of 6-8 days. Estrus phase is characterized by the appearance in the smear of more than 60% of the surface of pycnotic cells, a minor amount of red blood cells and white blood cells. The duration of the stage of 10-11 days. It was found that in dogs the most optimal days for mating are 3-4 day estrus. A smear diestrus phase accompanied by the presence of abrupt changes in the cellular structure. The picture a smear vaginal mucus in diestrus are signs are reducing the number of superficial cells, and increasing the number of intermediate cells; changes in the nature and appearance leukocyte, smear of mucus becomes turbid, dusky background. The duration of stage about 60 days. In anestrus cytological picture of the mucous membrane is stable. There are small cell in smears, revealed basal epithelial cells, can occur intermediate unit cells and leukocytes. The duration of the stage about 123 days.
MODELING OF PNEUMATIC DEVICES FOR MASSAGE OF THE UDDER OF SINGLE-CHAMBER TYPE HEIFERS
Authors: Курочкин  , Kurochkin Anatoliy , Фролов
Published: October 2016

The purpose of the research is the improvement of pneumatic devices for combined massage of the single-chamber type heifers udder by methods of mathematical modeling. Combined massage the udder of animals, mostly heifers, cattle, implements, usually with the help of machines, consisting of massage of the casing and active or passive working body. By design, they can be single-chamber or multi-chamber. In the apparatus one or other of the types of mechanical component effects on the mammary gland of heifers has a positive effect primarily on its morphological parameters, while the physiological properties of galactopoiesis animals are changing for the better under the influence of pneumatic massage. In the first stage of the simulation examines the process of the flow of air from the chamber with a constant volume through the hole with the same diameter. On the device to massage the udder of heifers includes the power pneumatic chamber with variable volume, which can be performed at the same time or separately with a massage bell and connect periodically or on a continuous basis through one or several calibrated holes. The model of such device is more complicated in the description and can be obtained on the basis of the synthesis of more simple theoretical relations describing the workflow of massage bells and the power of the pneumatic chambers.
PHYTOSANITARY EFFICIENCY PRESOWING SEEDS OF SPRING WHEAT
Authors: Перцева  , Pertseva Elena , Бурлака  , Burlaka Galina
Published: October 2016

The purpose of the research is comparative evaluation of drugs for pre-treatment of seeds as regulators of phytosanitary state of agrocenosis of spring wheat yield on different zoned varieties. The damage agrocnosises spring wheat in both years of observation all studied phytophages was below the EPV. On average data best to reduce crop damage striped flea beetles appeared variant NV_101 seed treatment less effective – preparations succinic acid, Appin Extra and Zircon. Among the varieties studied agrocnosises longer damaged by striped flea grade Kinelsky Otrada, less susceptible due to pre-sowing seed treatments were Kinelsky Niva and Kinelsky Anniversary. Chinch actively feeding during the growing during the 2015 compared with 2014, but to reveal the regularities of pre-treatment of seeds of spring wheat on the central leaf desiccation failed when feeding chinch. Presowing treatment of seed of spring wheat had a positive impact on reducing the number of sprout damage on the fly all the studied drugs, indirect impact on the increased resistance to pests damage plants provided growth regulators. Chemical disinfectants – Maxim and Vitaros – consistently reduced the infestation of fungi colonies in two years of investigations. But it should be noted that the growth regulators Appin Extra and Immunotsitofit also significantly reduced the number of agents of root rot, especially on small infected grain. Chemical disinfectants steadily reduced the infestation of grain only at grade Kinelsky Anniversary, other varieties disinfectants showed better performance only on heavily infected grain. The use of growth regulators in the pre-processing of spring wheat variety Kinelsky Anniversary, affected, of course, is positive on the phytosanitary state of the spring wheat crop, that resulting in higher yields.
MORFOTIPICHESKY VARIABILITY OF CORN BUGS POPULATION IN THE FOREST-STEPPE OF SAMARA REGION
Authors: Бурлака  , Burlaka Galina
Published: October 2016

The purpose of the research is the improvement of the zonal system for the protection of cereal crops in conditions of forest-steppe of Samara region. Distinctive features of bugs of various morphotypes were drawing of a scutellum and its coloring. At an imago of corn bugs five morphotypes with pronounced signs were allocated, from them individuals of morphotypes 1-3 dominated, individuals of morphotypes 4-5 met seldom in single copies. Also individuals met indistinct signs. The ratio of individuals of various morphotypes of corn bugs in crops of grain crops varied during vegetation and by years. In population of a sunn pest individuals of a morphotype 1 prevailed, 34-80% of the considered individuals fell to their share. The considerable share was made also by individuals of morphotypes 2 and 3, 10-44% and 10-34% respectively, the share of bugs of a morphotype 4 made 0-1%, of a morphotype 5 – 0-2% of the considered individuals. In population of a hottentot bug 34-86% of the considered individuals fell to the share of bugs of a morphotype 1, of a morphotype 2 – 7-44%, of a morphotype 3 – 7-23%. The share of bugs of a morphotype 4 made 0-1%, a morphotype of 5 – 0-3% of the considered individuals. For 2002-2004 researches the share of individuals of a morphotype 1 averaged 51.0% in population of a sunn pest and 53.0% in population of a hottentot bug, the share of individuals of a morphotype 2 made 24.7% and 28.2%, the share of individuals of a morphotype 3 made 22.7% and 17.8% respectively. The share of bugs of a morphotype 4 made 0.4% and 0.2% in population sunn pest and in population hottentot bug, a morphotype of 5 – 1.2% and 0.8% of the considered individuals respectively. Reliable differences on the mass of an imago of bugs and morphometric parameters of a body at males and females of sunn pest and hottentot bug of the dominating morphotypes aren´t revealed.
THE INFLUENCE OF ELECTROACTIVATED WATER BY WATERING FOR COMPOSISION AND PRODUCTIVITY OF LETTUCE
Authors: Гриднева  , Gridneva Tatyana , Иралиева  , Iralieva Yuliya , Нугманов  , Nugmanov Sergey
Published: October 2016

The purpose of the study is improving the efficiency of lettuce cultivation by applying electroactivated water (catholyte) for irrigation. Application electroactive water is an ronmentally friendly method of stimulating the growth and development of plants. During laboratory experimental studies on the cultivation of lettuce the influence of different variants of irrigation on the yield of green mass, biochemical-indicators and coefficient of water consumption. In the first embodiment, control is used watering the settled tap water. The second option – watering scheme «water – catholyte», i.e. alternation-mended irrigation water and catholyte, according to the scheme 1:1. The third option – watering scheme «water – catholyte– catholyte» 1:2. The fourth option is only watering with catholyte. The application rate of water to the catholyte is the same. The anolyte in this experiment was used for pre-treatment of soil before sowing. The result is a one-year research found that among the various options elektroaktivisten irrigation water (catholyte) to greater extent influence on productivity. Lettuce have options watering only in the catholyte and alternating watering with plain water and the catholyte is 1:2. The increase in mass of the samples relative to the control (irrigation water) is 17.7% and 36.6%, respectively. Irrigation of the catholyte is et impact not only on productivity but also on the biochemical composition of plants. Reduced with-holding of protein, fiber, sugars and moisture, increasing dry matter content. More economical consumption of irrigation water was carried out in the embodiment of watering plants only in the catholyte. In this case, the consumption of irrigation water amounted to 3.5 g per gram of product. Need to continue research in this direction.
Informational Services for Communicative Social Structures
Authors: Каргин  , Kargin Nikolay , Щадилова  , Shchadilova I.
Published: October 2016

Paper considers methodological basis which provides a forming of a overall

theoretical knowledge about communication processes in social-economy

structure of a modern society. As a basic structure is taken natural science

law – which describes process of the internal informational interaction of a

systems differing in their structure type and complexity value. Paper considers

evolutional processes of interactions between systems of different

grades from simply and determinate to thin and probabilistic (which uses

different types of informational resources). Justifies key differences of interaction

process of a person to person type of social structures, in dealing

with different types and complexity scale problem solving.
Language of Schematic Images as Means of Educational Communication
Authors: Лукашеня  , Lukashenya Z.
Published: October 2016

In article the solution of an interdisciplinary problem of understanding of

information in the course of educational communication is considered. Interest

in language of schematic images is one of manifestations of objective

communications between didactics and logic. Process of development of

schemes is productive and creative. In it abilities of students creatively to

think and fix this process in a sign and symbolical form reveal. At implementation

of educational communication in practice of the author are used

epistemological, logical, the subject-object, psychological, gnoseological,

methodological, scientific and subject schemes and scheme of equipment

of thinking. The technology of work on schemes in the course of vocational

training of future teachers is used for assimilation of educational information,

for development of algorithms of work with it, for fixation of own reflection

by results of educational communication. Use of language of schematic

images in educational communication promotes development of future

teachers, both in professional, and in the personal plan.
Hidden Curriculum in Foreign Language Course Books
Authors: Курицын  , Kuritsyn I.
Published: October 2016

The article deals with the phenomenon of hidden curriculum in terms of building the communicative competence when teaching a foreign language. The lingua-cultural competence, which is formed by studying linguistic and cultural concepts, is seen as principal in the process of developing the communicative competence. Based on the analysis of different interpretations of that concept, the author suggests his own variant of its definition and structure, subdividing hidden curriculum into the institutional one and the one related to a specific subject. He considers the axiological aspect of hidden curriculum to be dominant in language education. The author believes the discourse of language study books to be the main channel of the realization of hidden curriculum. He points out that in the discourse of study books hidden curriculum represents with a complex of different semiotic means which are possible to reveal by conducting a discourse analysis of the texts in those study books.
Remote Predictive Mapping 7. The Use of Topographic–Bathymetric Lidar to Enhance Geological Structural Mapping in Maritime Canada
Authors: Webster Tim , McGuigan Kevin , Crowell Nathan , Collins Kate , MacDonald Candace
Published: October 2016

An airborne topo-bathymetric lidar survey was conducted at Cape John, on the north shore of Nova Scotia, Canada, using the shallow water Leica AHAB Chiroptera II sensor. The survey revealed new bedrock features that were not discovered using previous mapping methods. A thick blanket of glacial till covers the bedrock on land, and outcrops are exposed only along the coastal cliffs and offshore reefs. The seamless landseabed digital elevation model produced from the lidar survey revealed significant bedrock outcrop offshore where ocean currents have removed the glacial till, a significant finding that was hitherto hidden under the sea surface. Several reefs were identified offshore as well as a major fold structure where block faulting occurs along the limbs of the fold. The extension of the Malagash Mine Fault located ~10 km west of Cape John is proposed to explain the local folding and faulting visible in the submerged outcrops. The extension of this fault is partially visible on land, where it is obscured by glacial till, and its presence is supported by the orientation of submerged bedding and lineaments on both the south and north sides of Cape John. This paper demonstrates how near-shore high-resolution topography from bathymetric lidar can be used to enhance and refine geological mapping.RÉSUMÉUn levé lidar topo-bathymétrique été réalisé à Cape John, sur la rive nord de la Nouvelle-Écosse, Canada, en utilisant un capteur Leci AHAB Chiroptera II. Ce levé a permis de repérer des affleurements que les méthodes de cartographie plus anciennes n’avaient pu détecter. Une épaisse couche de till glaciaire recouvre la roche en place sur le continent, et la roche affleure seulement le long des falaises côtières et des récifs côtiers. Le modèle numérique de dénivelé en continu terres et fonds marins obtenu par le levé lidar a révélé l’existence d’affleurement rocheux considérables au large des côtes, là où les courants océaniques ont emporté le till glaciaire, une découverte importante demeurée cachée sous la surface de la mer jusqu’alors. Plusieurs récifs ont été identifiés au large des côtes, ainsi qu’une structure de pli majeure, à l’endroit où se produit un morcellement en blocs le long des flancs du pli. Une extension de la faille de la mine Malagash situé ~ 10 km à l’ouest de Cape John est proposé pour expliquer les plis et les failles locaux visibles dans les affleurements submergés. L’extension de cette faille est partiellement visible sur la terre, voilée par le till, et sa présence est étayée par l’orientation de la stratification et des linéaments submergés tant du côté sud que nord de Cape John. Cet article montre comment la topographie haute résolution du lidar bathymétrique peut être utilisée pour améliorer et affiner la cartographie géologique.
Elkanah Billings: The Lawyer Who Revealed the Ancient Life of the Past
Authors: Minicucci Jeffrey M.
Published: October 2016

Elkanah Billings is an important, historical example of a 19th century Ontario lawyer who made a contribution to Canadian life by engaging in a pursuit outside the practice of law. An accomplished autodidact (i.e. a self-taught expert) and renowned as the father of Canadian paleontology, Billings has the distinction of being claimed by the global paleontological and geological professional communities, and by the Ontario legal profession. Although some researchers have alleged that Billings had abused alcohol during his life, he nonetheless managed to establish a remarkable career as a paleontologist. He applied the researching, analytical, and argumentative skills that he had acquired during his years of training and practice as a lawyer to the science of paleontology enabling him to peel back the layers of time to reveal the ancient life of the past. In view of his strengths, weaknesses, and professional accomplishments, the example of Billings’ history potentially becomes increasingly relevant in the effort to reinforce the importance of ethics and professional responsibility among earth science and evolutionary biology professionals and to promote a shared sense of professional community and heritage. The example of Billings’ history also presents a golden opportunity for the synthesist to nurture a closer connection between the law and science in the form of interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary dialogue and collaboration.RÉSUMÉElkanah Billings est un important exemple historique d’un avocat Ontarienne du XIXe siècle qui a apporté une contribution à la vie Canadienne en se livrant à une poursuite en dehors de la pratique du droit. Autodidacte accompli et reconnu comme le père de la paléontologie canadienne, Billings a la paricularité d’être  revendiqué par les communautés professionnelles paléontologiques et géologiques mondiales, et par la profession juridique de l’Ontario. Bien que certains chercheurs ont affirmé que Billings avait abusé de l’alcool au cours de sa vie, il a réussi néanmoins à établir une carrière remarquable en tant que paléontologue. Il a appliqué la recherche, d’analyse, et les compétences argumentatives qu’il avait acquises au cours de ses années de formation et de pratique comme avocat à la science de la paléontologie qui lui permet de décoller les couches de temps pour révéler l’ancienne vie du passé. Compte tenu de ses points forts, les faiblesses et les réalisations professionnelles, l’exemple de l’histoire Billings devient potentiellement plus pertinent dans les efforts visant à renforcer l’importance de l’éthique et de la responsabilité professionnelle des sciences de la terre et les professionnels de la biologie de l’évolution et de promouvoir un sens partagé de la communauté professionnelle et le patrimoine. L’exemple de l’histoire Billings présente également une occasion en or pour le synthésiste d’entretenir un lien plus étroit entre la loi et la science sous la forme de dialogue et de collaboration interdisciplinaire ou multidisciplinaire.
Short- and Long-Run Business Conditions and Expected Returns
Authors: Liu Qi , Tao Libin , Wu Weixing , Yu Jianfeng
Published: October 2016

Numerous studies argue that the market risk premium is associated with expected economic conditions and show that proxies for expected business conditions indeed predict aggregate market returns. By directly estimating short- and long-run expected economic growth, we show that short-run expected economic growth is negatively related to future returns, whereas long-run expected economic growth is positively related to aggregate market returns. In addition, our findings indicate that the risk premium has both high- and low-frequency fluctuations and highlight the importance of distinguishing short- and long-run economic growth in macro-asset pricing models.

This paper was accepted by Neng Wang, finance.
Measuring the Bullwhip Effect: Discrepancy and Alignment Between Information and Material Flows
Authors: Chen Li , Luo Wei , Shang Kevin
Published: October 2016

The bullwhip effect is a phenomenon commonly observed in supply chains. It describes how demand variance amplifies from a downstream site to an upstream site due to demand information distortion. Two different bullwhip effect measures have been used in the literature. Theorists analyze the bullwhip effect based on the information flow (i.e., order and demand information), whereas most empiricists measure it according to the material flow (i.e., shipment and sales data). It is unclear how much the discrepancy between these two measures is, and, if significant, how to reconcile the discrepancy. In this paper, we illustrate and quantify the discrepancy under three inventory systems. For the system with stationary demand and ample supply, we show that the bullwhip effect measure based on the material-flow data is always greater than that based on the information flow. For the system with correlated demand and for the system with supply shortages, we derive conditions under which the material flow measure is either greater or less than the information flow measure. We find that the discrepancy is driven by four factors: stocking level, lead time, demand correlation, and supply service level. We further propose a method to reduce the discrepancy by using the sample variances of aggregated sales data. Our method works for common demand processes with short-range dependence, and it does not require the knowledge of the underlying base-stock levels.
Commentary—Smart Service Systems: Bridging the Silos
Authors: Larson Richard C.
Published: October 2016

To strengthen service science as an academic discipline, we need to bridge disciplinary silos. A strongly connected network of silo-to-silo bridges can facilitate a generation of foundational knowledge and best practices needed to foster substantive continuing innovation in service system design. Such innovation can have an enormous impact on service system performance and thus quality of life for users of these systems. Drawing from insights gained from discussions at the “Smarter Service Systems through Innovation Partnerships and Transdisciplinary Research” workshop, held by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the National Science Foundation during November 20–21, 2014, we explore the challenges facing researchers, system designers, and industry players seeking to drive innovation in service system design. We then present ideas in three major areas for surmounting those challenges: (a) designing service systems with human beings (not just technology) in mind, (b) fostering transdisciplinary research, and (c) forging new kinds of partnerships among diverse stakeholders.
THE CAUSES OF LOSING TRUST IN THE GOVERNMENT IN RECENT YEARS IN ALBANIA
Authors: Proda Anisa
Published: October 2016

As the last country in Europe to overthrow the communist regime, Albania has much to achieve in the legal system to build a full democracy. A government should be relied upon to create the necessary reforms to move a country out of transition. The governmental structure can either accelerate or prevent the country’s transition towards a market economy. The other pillar of society that reflects institutional performance is the country’s citizens. Trust is a factor that connects citizens with institutions. The main purpose of this research is to identify causes for citizens to lose their confidence in public institutions. The analysis, supported by quantitative data, aims to show the level of trust that citizens bestow to the most important Albanian public institutions. An Institution for Democracy and Mediation poll and this study’s results of meetings with focus groups were used to illustrate the public’s confidence in the governmental institutions, and to explore the causes of the citizen’s attitude towards the public institutions and their service in Albania.
INNOVATION AND SIMULATION-BASED TEACHING TECHNIQUE IN PATHOLOGICAL PHYSIOLOGY
Authors: Kováčiková Lea , Varga Ferdinand , Kvaltínyová Eva , Plevková Jana , Buday Tomáš
Published: October 2016

Simulation-based learning in medicine has gained substantial importance. It is complementary to often limited clinical practice, and helps interconnect theoretical knowledge with practical training. Simulations are implicated in clinical subjects, but based on recent understanding, simulation can also be used in preclinical subjects, where it can support presented tasks. Simulation technology was used for elective practical sessions in a pathophysiology course, with both measurable outcomes and students’ feedback evaluated. This study was conducted in Slovakia with volunteers (n = 22), who were 3rd-year students of General Medicine (simulation group), paired with classmates in traditional seminars (control group; n = 22) with the same achievement grades. The control group had completed traditional seminars, whereas the simulation group had completed simulation-based seminars in cardiovascular pathophysiology. A standardized student feedback survey, visual analogue scale, and credit tests for regular pathophysiology were used to perform the analysis. Subjective feedback suggested positive outcomes in approximately 80% of students. An objective assessment showed that simulation-based seminars did not increase the theoretical knowledge as documented by 1st credit test (simulation vs control; 42 ± 6 vs 41 ± 4; p > 0.05), but rather their approach to clinical application of obtained information and motivation to study.
DESIGN OF HYDROKINETIC ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEM
Authors: Zengin Namık , Aslan Fırat , Artunç Turan Can , Aktan Mehmet Emin , Güney Ömer Faruk
Published: October 2016

Along with technological developments and increasing population, people are in need of more energy sources. This need has led researchers to go towards new energy generation methods. One of these methods is hydrokinetic energy generation, which has been studied intensively in recent years. In this study, complete design of a hydrokinetic turbine that converts kinetic energy into mechanical and electrical energy with the most efficiency using tidal water is proposed. Moreover, an undershot water wheel system is designed to gain the least dissipationless conversion of kinetic energy. The design of the hydrokinetic energy generation system is developed considering the environmental and maintenance factors, maximum efficiency and buoyancy. Calculation for the velocity of the turbine is made by using Betz’s law, usually used for wind energy conversion systems. Conversion of obtained mechanical energy from the turbine to electrical energy is supplied by using a proper alternator system.
Short Communication: Spiders of Sabah: Fifty new records including the description of a new Leucauge species
Authors: NASIR DZULHELMI MUHAMMAD , XING WONG CHUN , BAKRI ASRAF , RAHIM FASZLY , YUSOFF NORMA RASHID
Published: October 2016

Nasir DM, Wong CX, Bakri A, Rahim F, Yusoff NR. 2016. Short Communication: Spiders of Sabah: Fifty new records including the description of a new Leucauge species. Biodiversitas 17: 799-807. This paper is the second part of a continuing series, with the main objective of compiling and recording the spider species that can be found in Sabah, Malaysia. Based on the specimens collected during this field trip, a total of 50 new records of spider species from 11 families and 37 genera have been found. This includes one newly discovered spider species, the Leucauge sabahan sp. nov which is described based on a female specimen. It is hoped that this inventory can be used to assist in the knowledge about the spider species for this stage. In summary, an increment of 18% from the total number of spider species has contributed to a total of 272 recognized spider species recorded in Sabah, Malaysia.Keywords: Araneae, checklist, diversity, distribution, Borneo
Telling ‘moral tales’? Family narratives of responsible privilege and environmental concern in India and the UK
Authors: Boddy Janet , Phoenix Ann , Walker Catherine , Vennam Uma , Austerberry Helen , Latha Madhavi
Published: October 2016

Contemporary discussions of climate change response frequently emphasise individual moral responsibility, but little is known about how environmental messages are taken up or resisted in everyday practices. This article examines how families negotiate the moral narratives and identity positions associated with environmental responsibility. It focuses on families living in relatively affluent circumstances in England and South East India to consider the ways in which the families construct their understandings of environment and take up identities as morally responsible. Our analysis focuses on a subsample of case studies involved in the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods Family Lives and the Environment study, within the NOVELLA node, using a multimethod qualitative approach with families of children aged between 12 and 14. This article focuses on interviews with 10 of the 24 families in the sample, all of whom (in both India and the UK) discussed environmental concerns within moral narratives of the responsibilities of relative privilege. Findings highlight the potential of cross-world research to help theorise the complex economic and cultural specificity of a particular morally charged framing of environmental concern, addressing the (dis)connections between ‘moral tales’ of responsible privilege and individual and collective accounts of family practices.
From intergenerational transmission to intra-active ethical-generational becoming: Children, parents, crabs and rockpooling
Authors: Martens Lydia
Published: October 2016

Global climate change poses challenging questions for how human beings should be living their lives in a more-than-human world. These questions are complex and multifaceted, and thus demand actions across a broad range of social and political fronts. This article engages with a sub-question of this broader concern, namely, how more-than-human ethics of care are learned in family life, and the insights this provides for the performance of the generational familial categories of child and parent. It draws on ethnographic research, funded by the British Academy, in which I researched the embodied and moral engagements of children and their families in activities on the seaside in North Scotland. Drawing on Barad’s agential realism (2003, 2007), I focus on the activity of rockpooling and analyse a particular rockpooling event with the Crab Fisher family, in order to comprehend this family’s intra-actions with the tide, with crabs and with animal death. I draw out the saliences of the analysis for what it means to care in a more-than-human world, for the question of ethical-generational becoming, and for the multifaceted quality of learning.
C-Type Natriuretic Peptides in Coronary Disease
Authors: Prickett Timothy C R , Doughty Robert N , Troughton Richard W , Frampton Chris M , Whalley Gillian A , Ellis Chris J , Espiner Eric A , Richards A Mark
Published: October 2016

AIMS

C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) is a paracrine growth factor expressed in the vascular endothelium. Although upregulated in atheromatous arteries, the predictive value of plasma CNP products for outcome in coronary disease is unknown. This study aimed to compare the prognostic value of plasma CNP products with those of other natriuretic peptides in individuals with coronary artery disease, and investigate their associations with cardiac and renal function.

METHODS AND RESULTS

Plasma concentrations of CNP and amino-terminal proCNP (NT-proCNP) were measured at baseline in 2129 individuals after an index acute coronary syndrome admission and related to cardiac and renal function, other natriuretic peptides [atrial NP (ANP) and B-type NP (BNP)] and prognosis (primary end point, mortality; secondary end point, cardiac readmission). Median follow-up was 4 years. At baseline, and in contrast to CNP, ANP, and BNP, plasma NT-proCNP was higher in males and weakly related to cardiac function but strongly correlated to plasma creatinine. All NPs were univariately associated with mortality. Resampling at 4 and 12 months in survivors showed stable concentrations of NT-proCNP whereas all other peptides declined. When studied by diagnosis (myocardial infarction, unstable angina) at index admission using a multivariate model, NT-proBNP predicted mortality and readmission in myocardial infarction. In unstable angina, only NT-proCNP predicted both mortality and cardiac readmission.

CONCLUSIONS

In contrast to the close association of NT-proBNP with cardiac function, and predictive value for outcome after myocardial infarction, plasma NT-proCNP is highly correlated with renal function and is an independent predictor of mortality and cardiac readmission in individuals with unstable angina.
Giant Cardiac Lipoma: Refined Hypothesis Proposes Invagination from Extracardiac to Intracardiac Sites
Authors: Rainer W. Gerald , Bailey David J. , Hollis Harris W.
Published: October 2016

Cardiac lipomas are rare and usually present as benign, encapsulated masses outside the heart; however, they can also be found within the atria. No single theory—including molecular genetic mutation—adequately explains why this occurs. Extensive career experience and broadened knowledge in embryology and cardiac physiology have helped us to develop a hypothesis based on invagination of extracardiac tumors. This report describes a vexing case of a giant right atrial lipoma, from 1985, in which the diagnosis was made incidentally during management of a patient's acute limb ischemia. In addition, we discuss the imaging and treatment of cardiac lipoma.
“The Woodstock of Sustainability Science”: Impulses from the Wuppertal Making Utopia Possible Conference Week
Authors: Schneidewind Uwe , Augenstein Karoline , Stelzer Franziska , Riechert Dorle , Lucas Luisa
Published: October 2016

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, several events took place in Wuppertal under the motto of Making Utopia Possible.
Bürger ohne Eigenschaften?: Die Weltbürgerbewegung gendersensibel verstehen
Authors: Biesecker Adelheid , Breitenbach Sarah , Winterfeld Uta von
Published: October 2016

Reaktion auf fünf Beiträge zum Thema Klimaschutz als Weltbürgerbewegung in GAIA: A. Brunnengräber(2014), C. Leggewie et al. (2015), S. Bauriedl (2015), B. Unmüßig (2015), D. Mittler (2015)
The Economic Approach to Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity: Policy Design and Institutions Matter
Authors: Hansjürgens Bernd , Kehl Christoph , Loft Lasse
Published: October 2016

An economic approach to ecosystem services provision and biodiversity conservation may add a rationale for addressing conservation objectives in the policy sphere. It also has the potential to raise additional funding sources through market-based instruments. However, it is important
to clearly take into account and communicate the challenges and limitations of valuation and the design of policy instruments.Economic approaches continue to gain traction in biodiversity policy, particularly encouraged by the TEEB initiative (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity).
While proponents of this paradigm shift consider it a win-win situation for nature and humans, its critics fear counterproductive effects of an increased commodification of nature. This article demonstrates the political and institutional implications of economic valuation and the use of economic
instruments, and discusses challenges for policy implementation. Our results show, first, that economic valuation can be a worthwhile tool for assessing the value of nature, but its results must be interpreted carefully, and second, that it is important to consider the economic approach in
its anthropocentric framework and to focus on the careful design of biodiversity-related economic instruments.
Exemplary Transdisciplinary Projects ‐ swiss-academies award for transdisciplinary research 2015
Authors: Zinsstag Jakob , Perrig-Chiello Pasqualina , Paulsen Theres , Truffer Bernhard
Published: October 2016

The Network for Transdisciplinary Research (td-net) of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences seeks to foster transdisciplinary research and showcase new approaches addressing topics of societal relevance and impact. The Jury honours the awardees and encourages
them to go on contributing to the maturation of their fields.
Ground state solutions for Kirchhoff-type equations with a general nonlinearity in the critical growth
Authors: Xu Li-Ping , Chen Haibo
Published: October 2016

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where a, b and V are positive constants and f has critical growth. We use variational methods to prove the existence of ground state solutions. In particular, we do not use the classical Ambrosetti–Rabinowitz condition. Some recent results are extended.
Supercuspidal representations and preservation principle of theta correspondence
Authors: Pan Shu-Yen
Published: October 2016

The preservation principle of the local theta correspondence predicts
the existence of a chain of irreducible supercuspidal representations
of p-adic classical groups.
In this paper, we give an explicit characterization of the chain starting
from an irreducible supercuspidal representations of a unitary group
of one variable or an orthogonal group of two variables.
In particular,
we define the Lusztig-like correspondence of generic cuspidal data for p-adic groups and
establish its relation with local theta correspondence of supercuspidal representations
for p-adic dual pairs.
Collocational competence of primary and secondary school students
Authors: Miščin Evelina
Published: October 2016

The aim of the paper is to test collocational competence of primary and secondary school students to establish the most frequent problems they encounter. Based on these collocational errors teachers could devise their teaching material and help students in improving their collocational competence.
Some conceptual and grammatical properties of body part metonymies in English and Bosnian
Authors: Imamović Adisa , Ibrišimović Anela Mulahmetović
Published: October 2016

The paper deals with metonymies having body parts as source domains in English and Bosnian. According to Cognitive Linguistics standpoint, human cognition is based on bodily functioning. Therefore, we started from the hypothesis that most body part metonymies are very similar across languages and cultures, and share similar properties. The aim of the paper was threefold: first, to examine whether metonymies with body parts as source domains have common grammatical and conceptual properties in English, secondly to examine whether they share the same properties in Bosnian, and thirdly to compare the two languages in this respect. We analysed body part metonymies in terms of some grammatical properties such as the use of singular and plural, specific and generic reference, grammatical recategorisation from count to mass nouns, noun-to-verb conversion, and some conceptual properties such as source-in-target vs. target-in-source metonymies, metonymic chains and combination of metaphor and metonymy. Many common features were found both within the respective languages under consideration and in cross-linguistic analysis. The minor differences found in contrasting the data from the two languages are mainly the result of differences in grammatical systems.
Communities of tree vegetation and wood-destroying fungi in parks of the Kyiv city, Ukraine
Authors: Blinkova Olena , Ivanenko Oleksandra
Published: October 2016

Selected forestry parameters were investigated in the system of tree vegetation and wood-destroying fungi in parks of the Kyiv city along a gradient of recreational transformation. We investigated vitality, age structure and health conditions of woody plants (Acer platanoides L., Aesculus hippocastanum L., Carpinus betulus L., Frangula alnus Mill., Pinus sylvestris L., Quercus robur L., Q. rubra L., Sambucus nigra L., Tilia cordata Mill.), and species, systematic, trophic and spatial compositions of xylotrophic fungi (27 species of xylotrophs representing 22 genera, 16 families, 6 orders of divisions Basidiomycota; class Agaricomycetes). The results showed that the communities of tree vegetation and xylotrophic fungi in parks depend on the degree of recreational transformation of the environment. Vitality, age structure and health conditions of trees altered species composition of xylotrophs.
Computing discrete logarithms using 𝒪((log q)2) operations from {+,-,×,÷,&}
Authors: Schridde Christian
Published: October 2016

Given a computational model with registers of
The Consumption Ratios for Aggregates to Concrete in Single-Family Houses
Authors: Machniak Łukasz
Published: October 2016

Natural aggregates are widely used both in ribbon and volumetric construction. In respect of quantitative demand, ribbon construction has been definitely much more receptive in recent years. After completion of implementation of large infrastructural investments, co-financed by EU funds, volumetric construction will become one of major directions of sale of aggregates. Due to a lack of accurate information about consumption of aggregates in this construction segment, it is important to estimate the unit consumption ratios in different types of volumetric structures.

The thesis presents the statistical image of demand for aggregates depending on selected features of single-family buildings. The basis assumed for determining unit consumption of aggregates is the amount of concrete juxtaposed in design documentations and average content of aggregates in concrete mix. Consumption of aggregates has been defined in respect of such features of a building as: building area, total area, usable area, volume. Also, consumption was assessed depending on structural solutions of ceilings and major architectonic features: the number of storeys above ground and underground. The conducted analyses imply that consumption of aggregates varies according to not only the size of a house under construction, but also the architectural-constructional type of the building.

In most cases, the consumption of aggregates to concrete correlates most favourably with the volume of the buildings. The average value of the aggregates consumption ratio is 0.21 Mg per 1 m3 of building volume, with the standard error of the mean equalling 0.003. As regards particular building types, the obtained mean values have a have a lower coefficient of variation, and similar values standard error, especially for the index calculated relative to the usable area. Therefore, it is justified to use these ratios interchangeably.

It is possible to prepare regional demand scenarios for aggregates, especially gravel-sand aggregates which are the primary type used to produce concrete, using statistics of the residential construction market, including detached single-family construction, which have been kept for years, supplemented with the identified aggregate consumption ratios.
Mitochondrial carriers in inflammation induced by bacterial endotoxin and cytokines
Authors: Iacobazzi Vito , Infantino Vittoria , Castegna Alessandra , Menga Alessio , Palmieri Erika Mariana , Convertini Paolo , Palmieri Ferdinando
Published: October 2016

Significant metabolic changes occur in the shift from resting to activated cellular status in inflammation. Thus, changes in expression of a large number of genes and extensive metabolic reprogramming gives rise to acquisition of new functions (e.g. production of cytokines, intermediates for biosynthesis, lipid mediators, PGE, ROS and NO). In this context, mitochondrial carriers, which catalyse the transport of solute across mitochondrial membrane, change their expression to transport mitochondrially produced molecules, among which citrate and succinate, to be used as intracellular signalling molecules in inflammation. This review summarises the mitochondrial carriers studied so far that are, directly or indirectly, involved in inflammation.
GIS-based delineation of local climate zones: The case of medium-sized Central European cities
Authors: Geletič Jan , Lehnert Michal
Published: October 2016

Stewart and Oke (2012) recently proposed the concept of Local Climate Zones (LCZ) to describe the siting of urban meteorological stations and to improve the presentation of results amongst researchers. There is now a concerted effort, however, within the field of urban climate studies to map the LCZs across entire cities, providing a means to compare the internal structure of urban areas in a standardised way and to enable the comparison of cities. We designed a new GIS-based LCZ mapping method for Central European cities and compiled LCZ maps for three selected medium-sized Central European cities: Brno, Hradec Králové, and Olomouc (Czech Republic). The method is based on measurable physical properties and a clearly defined decision-making algorithm. Our analysis shows that the decision-making algorithm for defining the percentage coverage for individual LCZs showed good agreement (in 79–89% of cases) with areas defined on the basis of expert knowledge. When the distribution of LCZs on the basis of our method and the method of Bechtel and Daneke (2012) was compared, the results were broadly similar; however, considerable differences occurred for LCZs 3, 5, 10, D, and E. It seems that Central European cities show a typical spatial pattern of LCZ distribution but that rural settlements in the region also regularly form areas of built-type LCZ classes. The delineation and description of the spatial distribution of LCZs is an important step towards the study of urban climates in a regional setting.