bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Viola nujiangensis (Violaceae), a new species of from northwestern Yunnan, China
Authors: Chen Yousheng , Jin Xiaohua
Published: October 2015

A new species of Viola (Violaceae) from northwestern Yunnan, China, namely V. nujiangensis is described and illustrated. It is most similar to V. perpusilla, but differs by its rhizome and root stout, spur ca. 4 mm long, stipules and petiole purplish, and leaf blade glabrous on both surfaces.
Annotated checklist of the decapod crustaceans of the Gulf of Oman, northwestern Indian Ocean
Authors: NADERLOO REZA , EBRAHIMNEZHAD SAEED , SARI ALIREZA
Published: October 2015

The decapod crustaceans of the Gulf of Oman have been documented based on the published literature and new sampling along the Iranian coast between 2005 and 2015. A total of 121 species were collected along the Iranian coast, of which 43 are new records for the Gulf of Oman. The Decapoda of the Gulf is currently represented by 258 species belonging to five infraorders: Axiidea, Achelata, Anomura, Brachyura, and Caridea. Brachyura, with 176 species, are the best represented group, followed by Anomura and Caridea with 42 and 17 species, respectively. The least diverse groups are Achelata, with five species, and Axiidea, with three. On the basis of the available information, the northern (Iranian) coast with 189 species is more diverse than the southern (United Arab Emirates and Oman) coast with 134 species.
THE MELOIDAE (COLEOPTERA) OF WISCONSIN
Authors: MARSCHALEK DANIEL A. , YOUNG DANIEL K.
Published: October 2015

There are recent faunistic surveys of selected insect taxa (e.g. Mutillidae, Scarabaeoidea, and Tenebrionidae) in Wisconsin but a formal investigation of the Meloidae (blister beetles) is lacking. The blister beetle fauna of several states has been published, but this study represents the first in the Midwestern United States. We provide a comprehensive list of all meloid species documented from Wisconsin. Also included are taxonomic keys as well as summaries for each species (species pages) which includes taxonomy, description, and natural history. Specimens were obtained from public and private collections, and field sampling. This survey advances our knowledge of meloids in Wisconsin as well as provides a contribution beyond this geographic area. During this survey, 28 meloid species in seven genera were documented in Wisconsin from 2605 specimens. Of these taxa, 10 species are considered new state records. While Epicauta pensylvanica represented nearly half of the specimens reviewed, and likely inhabits all counties within the state, other species were rarely encountered. This includes 10 species which were represented by seven specimens or fewer in this study. It is unclear if the rarity of these specimens is correlated with the rarity of the species or if it is due to other factors. Regardless, these rarely collected meloids in Wisconsin warrant further attention.
List of reviewers [Lista recenzentów]
Authors: Falski Maciej
Published: October 2015

List of reviewers of the third volume.

Lista recenzentów do trzeciego numeru.
Effect of Stratiform Heating on the Planetary-Scale Organization of Tropical Convection
Authors: Deng Qiang , Khouider Boualem , Majda Andrew J. , Ajayamohan R. S.
Published: October 2015

It is widely recognized that stratiform heating contributes significantly to tropical rainfall and to the dynamics of tropical convective systems by inducing a front-to-rear tilt in the heating profile. Precipitating stratiform anvils that form from deep convection play a central role in the dynamics of tropical mesoscale convective systems. The wide spreading of downdrafts that are induced by the evaporation of stratiform rain and originate from in the lower troposphere strengthens the recirculation of subsiding air in the neighborhood of the convection center and triggers cold pools and gravity currents in the boundary layer, leading to further lifting. Here, aquaplanet simulations with a warm pool–like surface forcing, based on a coarse-resolution GCM of approximately 170-km grid mesh, coupled with a stochastic multicloud parameterization, are used to demonstrate the importance of stratiform heating for the organization of convection on planetary and intraseasonal scales. When the model parameters, which control the heating fraction and decay time scale of the stratiform clouds, are set to produce higher stratiform heating, the model produces low-frequency and planetary-scale MJO-like wave disturbances, while parameters associated with lower-to-moderate stratiform heating yield mainly synoptic-scale convectively coupled Kelvin-like waves. Furthermore, it is shown that, when the effect of stratiform downdrafts is reduced in the model, the MJO-scale organization is weakened, and a transition to synoptic-scale organization appears despite the use of larger stratiform heating parameters. Rooted in the stratiform instability, it is conjectured here that the strength and extent of stratiform downdrafts are key contributors to the scale selection of convective organizations, perhaps with mechanisms that are, in essence, similar to those of mesoscale convective systems.
Toward a K-Profile Parameterization of Langmuir Turbulence in Shallow Coastal Shelves
Authors: Sinha Nityanand , Tejada-Martínez Andres E. , Akan Cigdem , Grosch Chester E.
Published: October 2015

Interaction between the wind-driven shear current and the Stokes drift velocity induced by surface gravity waves gives rise to Langmuir turbulence in the upper ocean. Langmuir turbulence consists of Langmuir circulation (LC) characterized by a wide range of scales. In unstratified shallow water, the largest scales of Langmuir turbulence engulf the entire water column and thus are referred to as full-depth LC. Large-eddy simulations (LESs) of Langmuir turbulence with full-depth LC in a wind-driven shear current have revealed that vertical mixing due to LC erodes the bottom log-law velocity profile, inducing a profile resembling a wake law. Furthermore, in the interior of the water column, two sources of Reynolds shear stress, turbulent (nonlocal) transport and local Stokes drift shear production, can combine to lead to negative mean velocity shear. Meanwhile, near the surface, Stokes drift shear serves to intensify small-scale eddies leading to enhanced vertical mixing and disruption of the surface log law. A K-profile parameterization (KPP) of the Reynolds shear stress comprising local and nonlocal components is introduced, capturing these basic mechanisms by which Langmuir turbulence in unstratified shallow water impacts the vertical mixing of momentum. Single-water-column, Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes simulations with the new parameterization are presented, showing good agreement with LES in terms of mean velocity. Results show that coefficients in the KPP may be parameterized based on attributes of the full-depth LC.
On the Estimation of Daily Climatological Temperature Variance
Authors: James Richard P. , Arguez Anthony
Published: October 2015

The climatological daily variance of temperature is sometimes estimated from observed temperatures within a centered window of dates. This method overestimates the true variance of daily temperature when the rate of seasonal temperature change is large, because the seasonal change within the date window introduces additional variance. The contribution of the seasonal change may be removed by performing the variance calculation using daily temperature anomalies, leading to a bias-free estimate of variance.

The difference between the variance estimation methods is illustrated using both idealized simulations of temperature variability and observed historical temperature data. The simulation results confirm that removing the climatological temperature cycle eliminates bias in the variance estimates. For several U.S. midlatitude locations, the difference in estimated standard deviation of daily mean temperature is on the order of a few percent near the seasonal peaks in climatological temperature change, but the maximum difference is larger in highly continental climates. These differences are shown to be significant when estimating the probability of temperature extremes under the assumption of a Gaussian distribution.
Presumed Perinatal Stroke
Authors: Ilves Pilvi , Laugesaar Rael , Loorits Dagmar , Kolk Anneli , Tomberg Tiiu , Lõo Silva , Talvik Inga , Kahre Tiina , Talvik Tiina
Published: October 2015

It is unknown why some infants with perinatal stroke present clinical symptoms late during infancy and will be identified as infants with presumed perinatal stroke. The risk factors and clinical and radiological data of 42 infants with presumed perinatal stroke (69% with periventricular venous infarction and 31% with arterial ischemic stroke) from the Estonian Pediatric Stroke Database were reviewed. Children with presumed perinatal stroke were born at term in 95% of the cases and had had no risk factors during pregnancy in 43% of the cases. Children with periventricular venous infarction were born significantly more often (82%) vaginally ( P = .0213) compared to children with arterial stroke (42%); nor did they require resuscitation ( P = .0212) or had any neurological symptoms after birth ( P = .0249). Periventricular venous infarction is the most common type of lesion among infants with the presumed perinatal stroke. Data suggest that the disease is of prenatal origin.
Optimization of corn, rice and buckwheat formulations for gluten-free wafer production
Authors: Dogan Ismail Sait , Yildiz Onder , Meral Raciye
Published: October 2015

Gluten-free baked products for celiac sufferers are essential for healthy living. Cereals having gluten such as wheat and rye must be removed from the diet for the clinical and histological improvement. The variety of gluten-free foods should be offered for the sufferers. In the study, gluten-free wafer formulas were optimized using corn, rice and buckwheat flours, xanthan and guar gum blend as an alternative product for celiac sufferers. Wafer sheet attributes and textural properties were investigated. Considering all wafer sheet properties in gluten-free formulas, better results were obtained by using 163.5% water, 0.5% guar and 0.1% xanthan in corn formula; 173.3% water, 0.45% guar and 0.15% xanthan gum in rice formula; 176% water, 0.1% guar and 0.5% xanthan gum in buckwheat formula. Average desirability values in gluten-free formulas were between 0.86 and 0.91 indicating they had similar visual and textural profiles to control sheet made with wheat flour.
Stereotypes: A source of bias in affective and empathic forecasting
Authors: Moons Wesley G. , Chen Jacqueline M. , Mackie Diane M.
Published: October 2015

People’s emotional states often depend on the emotions of others. Consequently, to predict their own responses to social interactions (i.e., affective forecasts), we contend that people predict the emotional states of others (i.e., empathic forecasts). We propose that empathic forecasts are vulnerable to stereotype biases and demonstrate that stereotypes about the different emotional experiences of race (Experiment 1) and sex groups (Experiment 2) bias empathic forecasts. Path modeling in both studies demonstrates that stereotype-biased empathic forecasts regarding how a target individual will feel during a social interaction are associated with participants’ affective forecasts of how they will feel during that interaction with the target person. These affective forecasts, in turn, predict behavioral intentions for the social interaction before it even begins. Stereotypes can therefore indirectly bias affective forecasts by first influencing the empathic forecasts that partly constitute them. In turn, these potentially biased affective forecasts determine social behaviors.
Not So Not-for-Profit
Authors: Pinxit Vaughn
Published: October 2015

To address the sub-theme of the journal: Artistic Practices in a Time of Crisis, the author discusses the context of economic cuts and recent international crises on his PhD interactive and visual design research project undertaken in Australia. Identifying an apparent root-cause of current global crises, the author in reply, has structured a research plan and created a suite of new media, interactive, technology artworks, and installation art. Notions of Zen Buddhism, and stillness through meditation, are applied in the research and context of the artworks to support awareness of wellbeing, in response to the root-cause condition. The discussion will focus on the overarching question: how can one obtain value through the arts during current times of economic reduction conditioning?
History Zero and Alternative Currencies: An Archive and a Manifesto, Greek Pavilion, 55th Venice Bienniale
Authors: Tsivopoulos Stefanos
Published: October 2015

This article surveys/reflects on the Greek pavilion’s ‘ History Zero and the Alternative Currencies: An Archive and a Manifesto’ exhibition at the 55th Venice Bienniale. Beginning with a brief review of the project in the context of the current economic crisis in Greece and in the world, the article problematizes the scare of the ‘Grexit’ as the source of a massive transfer of resources and wealth, and the privatization of public structures in Greece, to the ever-growing ruling financial class. Suggesting that the divisions between finite and infinite language define the limits of the world and its possibilities, various examples of alternative currency structures and projects across the globe are examined to demonstrate that more creative possibilities can transcend the dehumanized exchange of the neoliberal market. By reviewing projects that transcend common notions of ‘value’ in economic terms in favor of gift exchange or alternative human-centered systems, the author concludes by arguing that engaging the power of our daily actions with solidarity, cooperation and co-responsibility may be an appropriate response to the crisis.
Cutting up the Commons: The Violence of Epistemological Error
Authors: Boehnert Joanna
Published: October 2015

The theory of epistemological error posits that the western premise of radical independence and its rational logic is in conflict with its context. Reductive, instrumental and fragmenting ways of knowing are responsible for the transformation of the life-sustaining ecological and social context into alienated components of the economic system. The green economy project, launched at Rio+20 in 2012, dissects the environment into individual ecosystem services. The notion that carving up the natural commons will preserve natural capital is based on the idea that nature can be divided and submitted to the logic of the economic system. The commodification of the natural commons comes from the same erroneous way of thinking that considers social programs, education and the arts as spheres that can be managed with economic logic. Both the ecological and the social orders are the context of the economic order and must be nurtured to make economic prosperity possible. The cuts have their origins in this deep-seated intellectual error that is now manifested in the crisis-creating neoliberal political philosophy and project.
Revisiting the biology of infant t(4;11)/MLL-AF4+ B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Authors: Sanjuan-Pla Alejandra , Bueno Clara , Prieto Cristina , Acha Pamela , Stam Ronald W. , Marschalek Rolf , Menéndez Pablo
Published: October 2015

Infant B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) accounts for 10% of childhood ALL. The genetic hallmark of most infant B-ALL is chromosomal rearrangements of the mixed-lineage leukemia (MLL) gene. Despite improvement in the clinical management and survival (∼85-90%) of childhood B-ALL, the outcome of infants with MLL-rearranged (MLL-r) B-ALL remains dismal, with overall survival <35%. Among MLL-r infant B-ALL, t(4;11)+ patients harboring the fusion MLL-AF4 (MA4) display a particularly poor prognosis and a pro-B/mixed phenotype. Studies in monozygotic twins and archived blood spots have provided compelling evidence of a single cell of prenatal origin as the target for MA4 fusion, explaining the brief leukemia latency. Despite its aggressiveness and short latency, current progress on its etiology, pathogenesis, and cellular origin is limited as evidenced by the lack of mouse/human models recapitulating the disease phenotype/latency. We propose this is because infant cancer is from an etiologic and pathogenesis standpoint distinct from adult cancer and should be seen as a developmental disease. This is supported by whole-genome sequencing studies suggesting that opposite to the view of cancer as a “multiple-and-sequential-hit” model, t(4;11) alone might be sufficient to spawn leukemia. The stable genome of these patients suggests that, in infant developmental cancer, one “big-hit” might be sufficient for overt disease and supports a key contribution of epigenetics and a prenatal cell of origin during a critical developmental window of stem cell vulnerability in the leukemia pathogenesis. Here, we revisit the biology of t(4;11)+ infant B-ALL with an emphasis on its origin, genetics, and disease models.
Integrating mental health into chronic care in South Africa: The development of a district mental healthcare plan
Authors: Petersen Inge , Fairall Lara , Bhana Arvin , Kathree Tasneem , Selohilwe One , Brooke-Sumner Carrie , Faris Gill , Breuer Erica , Sibanyoni Nomvula , Lund Crick , Patel Vikram
Published: October 2015

Background

In South Africa, the escalating prevalence of chronic illness and its high comorbidity with mental disorders bring to the fore the need for integrating mental health into chronic care at district level.

Aims

To develop a district mental healthcare plan (MHCP) in South Africa that integrates mental healthcare for depression, alcohol use disorders and schizophrenia into chronic care.

Method

Mixed methods using a situation analysis, qualitative key informant interviews, theory of change workshops and piloting of the plan in one health facility informed the development of the MHCP.

Results

Collaborative care packages for the three conditions were developed to enable integration at the organisational, facility and community levels, supported by a human resource mix and implementation tools. Potential barriers to the feasibility of implementation at scale were identified.

Conclusions

The plan leverages resources and systems availed by the emerging chronic care service delivery platform for the integration of mental health. This strengthens the potential for future scale up.
Sorting nexin 5 (SNX5) selectively regulates dorsal ruffle-mediated macropinocytosis in primary macrophages
Authors: Lim Jet Phey , Gosavi Prajakta , Mintern Justine D. , Ross Ellen M. , Gleeson Paul A.
Published: October 2015

The regulation of macropinocytosis, a specialised endocytosis pathway, is important for immune cell function. However, it is not known if the biogenesis of macropinosomes involves one or more distinct pathways. We previously identified sorting nexin 5 (SNX5) as a regulator of macropinocytosis in macrophages. Here we show that bone marrow-derived macrophages from SNX5 knock-out mice have a 60-70% reduction in macropinocytic uptake of dextran or ovalbumin, whereas phagocytosis and retrograde transport from the plasma membrane to the Golgi was unaffected. In contrast, deficiency of SNX5 had no effect on macropinocytosis or antigen presentation by dendritic cells. Activation of macrophages with CSF-1 resulted in a receptor tyrosine kinase-dependent localisation of SNX5 to actin-rich ruffles. SNX5-deficient macrophages showed a dramatic reduction in ruffling on the dorsal surface following CSF-1 receptor activation, whereas peripheral ruffling and cell migration were unaffected. We demonstrate that SNX5 is acting upstream of actin polymerisation following CSF-1 receptor activation. Overall, our findings reveal the important contribution of dorsal ruffing to receptor-activated macropinocytosis in primary macrophages and show that SNX5 selectively regulates macropinosomes derived from the dorsal ruffles.
Behavior and Strength of Circular Tubed Steel-Reinforced-Concrete Short Columns under Eccentric Loading
Authors: Liu Jiepeng , Wang Xuanding , Qi Hongtuo , Zhang Sumei
Published: October 2015

This paper presents the results of experimental studies on circular tubed steel-reinforced-concrete (TSRC) short columns subjected to axial and eccentric loading. A total of 12 columns with the key parameters of eccentricity ratio and diameter-to-thickness ratio of the steel tube were tested. The effect of shear studs on the co-work behavior of concrete and shaped steel was studied. The test results indicated that the shear studs affected little on the failure mode, bearing capacity and ductility of the eccentrically loaded circular TSRC short columns. Elastic-plastic analysis for the steel tube showed that the tubes at the compression side began to yield when the load approximately reached 90% of the peak load. Fiber-based numerical models for circular TSRC short columns were established and the results accorded well with the experimental results. Furthermore, the whole section plastic assumption in EC4 was adopted to determine the section capacity interaction diagram for circular TSRC columns.
Teaching within the crisis
Authors: Καραποστόλης Βασίλης
Published: October 2015

Η βασική υπόθεση που διατυπώνεται στο κείμενο αυτό είναι ότι ένα από τα κύρια θύματα της πρόσφατης διεθνούς οικονομικής κρίσης είναι η ίδια η διαδικασία της μάθησης και της γνώσης. Το γεγονός ότι χαρακτηριστικό της παρούσας κρίσης είναι η ριζική αβεβαιότητα δημιουργεί μια οξεία αντίφαση. Από τη μια, οι αγορές απαιτούν από την εκπαίδευση να γίνει πιο «λειτουργική». Από την άλλη, οι ίδιες οι αγορές διαψεύδουν κάθε έννοια λειτουργικότητας. Το αποτέλεσμα είναι να αμφισβητούνται εκ των πραγμάτων θεμελιώδεις νοητικές δραστηριότητες, όπως η εύρεση σχέσης ανάμεσα σε αίτια και αιτιατά ή η μετάβαση από το μερικό στο καθολικό. Πάνω απ’ όλα, όμως, αμφισβητείται ο ρόλος του διδάσκοντος ως πραγματικού μεταδότη της γνώσης. Οι συνέπειες απ’ αυτόν τον παραγκωνισμό εξετάζονται στο τελευταίο μέρος του κειμένου.
Realising «Fortress Europe»: «Managing» migrants and refugees at the borders of Greece
Authors: Voutira Eftihia
Published: October 2015

Το κείμενο αυτό διερευνά τη διαμόρφωση ενός μεταναστευτικού καθεστώτος στα νοτιο-ανατολικά σύνορα της Ευρώπης με ειδική αναφορά στην Ελλάδα και το ρόλο της FRONTEX ως το νέο συνοριοφύλακα της Ευρώπης που δρα συχνά στη θέση του κράτους. Χρησιμοποιώντας την βιοπολιτική προσέγγιση, διερευνώ τις παραβιάσεις των ανθρώπινων δικαιωμάτων στα κέντρα εισόδου της Ελλάδας στον Έβρο και προσδιορίζω τους φορείς που εμπλέκονται στην αστυνόμευση των συνόρων. Το ερώτημα κλειδί είναι αυτό της λογοδοσίας: «ποιος ελέγχει τους
φρουρούς που επιτηρούν τα σύνορα της Ευρώπης;»
Escaping the exception: Migrant sex workers between subjectification and excess
Authors: Peano Irene
Published: October 2015

Το άρθρο εξετάζει την αλληλεπίδραση πολλαπλών καθεστώτων
υποκειμενοποίησης που σχετίζονται με τον εκτοπισμό και τον εντοπισμό, όπως αυτά επενεργούν στις εμπειρίες ζωής Νιγηριανών μεταναστριών εργατριών του σεξ. Το κείμενο διερευνά επίσης τους τρόπους με τους οποίους οι υποκειμενικότητες των γυναικών αυτών ενδέχεται
να υπερβαίνουν αυτά τα καθεστώτα. Μηχανισμοί (dispositifs), όπως αυτοί της μεταναστευτικής πολιτικής και της ανθρωπιστικής πολιτικής, της επισφάλειας και της θεσμοθετημένης υφαρπαγής στις νεοφιλελεύθερες οικονομίες, καθώς επίσης και αυτοί του φύλου και της συγγένειας, συνυφαίνονται μέσω περίπλοκων γενεαλογιών που δεν ανάγονται σε μια ξεκάθαρη διάκριση ανάμεσα σε υποκείμενα-θύματα και υποκείμενα-θύτες. Παρομοίως, η κινητικότητα και η στατικότητα ή η διάσχιση των συνόρων και η τακτοποιημένη ζωή δεν μπορούν εύκολα να χαρτογραφηθούν με όρους υπέρβασης ή περιορισμού: η μετανάστευση και η επιστροφή βιώνονται με τρόπο αμφίσημο, τόσο απελευθερωτικό όσο και περιοριστικό.
Greek crisis foreseen: the future in migrancy
Authors: Laliotou Ioanna
Published: October 2015

Διερευνώ την επίδραση της μετανάστευσης στην πολιτική και τον πολιτισμό της σύγχρονης Ελλάδας. Χρησιμοποιώ τον όρο πολιτικές πολιτισμού με την πιο δυνατή ευρεία έννοια, συμπεριλαμβάνοντας από κοινού επίσημες πολιτικές και καθημερινές πρακτικές παραγωγής σημασίας. Εστιάζω στους τρόπους με τους οποίους η μετανάστευση γίνεται κατανοητή και θεματοποιείται γύρω από τις έννοιες της κοινότητας, του φύλου και των μελλοντικών προσδοκιών. Στο κείμενο παρουσιάζο-
νται τα πορίσματα συλλογικής έρευνας που πραγματοποιήθηκε κατά το διάστημα 2004-2007. Aναθεωρώ τα πορίσματα αυτής της έρευνας στο πλαίσιο της τρέχουσας πολιτικής, οικονομικής και πολιτισμικής κρίσης, καθώς ο μετασχηματισμός των πληθυσμιακών μετακινήσεων έχει μεταβάλει τις προτεραιότητες του δημόσιου διαλόγου. Ιδιαίτερη έμφαση δίνεται στους τρόπους με τους οποίους οι μετανάστες οραματίζονται το μέλλον και στον ρόλο που παίζει η προσδοκία στη διαμόρφωση της μεταναστευτικής υποκειμενικότητας.
The Screen of the Migrant Body: Technologies of Abjection and the “So-Called” Rape of Amarinthos
Authors: Papailias Penelope
Published: October 2015

Το άρθρο αυτό εξετάζει μια σημαδιακή στιγμή στη βίαιη μιντιακή έκθεση του σώματος της μετανάστριας στη σύγχρονη ελληνική κοινωνία: το βιντεο-βιασμό μιας κοπέλας βουλγαρικής καταγωγής από συμμαθητές και συμμαθήτριές της στην Αμάρυνθο της Εύβοιας. Αυτό το περιστατικό διαδικτυακού εκφοβισμού ανέδειξε πως η σύγχρονη άσκηση έμφυλης και εθνοτικής βίας βασίζεται σε τεχνολογικές πρακτικές οπτικής στόχευσης, επιτήρησης, θεαματοποίησης και ηδονοβλεψίας από κυρίαρχους πολίτες. Μετά από αρχικά έντονη μιντιακή κάλυψη, η «αλήθεια» του βιασμού σταδιακά αμφισβητήθηκε. Ως διαδικασία εκτοπισμού, ο βιασμός μετέτρεψε μια μετανάστρια γειτόνισσα, συμμαθήτρια, ακόμα και φιλενάδα σ’ έναν απεχθή Άλλο, σε απο-κείμενο (abject), του οποίου η αδιάρρηκτη συνάφεια προς τον εαυτό, ωστόσο, επιβεβαιώνεται μέσα από αυτές τις επαναλαμβανόμενες πράξεις απάρνησης.
Οικογένεια, γάμος, θεσμοί: απόψεις και αντιλήψεις των έγγαμων νέων: αποτελέσματα εμπειρικής έρευνας Νομού Θεσσαλονίκης
Authors: Τεπέρογλου Αφροδίτη
Published: October 2015

Με ιδιαίτερη έμφαση οι κοινωνιολόγοι της οικογένεις, τα τελευταία χρόνια, μελετούν με έρευνες, μελέτες και άρθρα την οικογένεια σε όλες τις μορφές της. Αυτό φαίνεται να οφείλεται στις μεγάλες κοινωνικές αλλαγές, οι οποίες επηρέασαν ιδιαίτερα τον «θεμέλιο λίθο» της κοινωνίας που είναι η οικογένεια. Μέσα όμως από τη σχετική βιβλιογραφία, διαπιστώνεται η έλλειψη εμπειρικών ερευνών για τους/τις παντρεμένους/ες νέων ηλικιών. Στα πλαίσια της μελέτης που ακολουθεί, αντλούμε το υλικό από μια εμπειρική έρευνα του ΕΚΚΕ με θέμα «Η ταυτότητα, τα ιδιαίτερα χαρακτηριστικά και οι ανάγκες της νεολαίας», που διεξήχθη στο Νομό Θεσσαλονίκης. Οι έγγαμοι νέοι-νέες, οι οποίοι συμπεριελήφθησαν στο τυχαίο δείγμα της έρευνας, μας γνωρίζουν τις απόψεις τους για την οικογένεια, το γάμο, τις αξίες και τους θεσμούς, για θέματα ελεύθερου χρόνου και για τις διαπροσωπικές τους σχέσεις.
ΔΙΚΑΣΤΙΚΗ ΚΑΙ ΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΣΤΙΚΗ ΣΤΑΤΙΣΤΙΚΗ: ΠΡΟΒΛΗΜΑΤΑ ΣΥΓΚΡΙΣΙΜΟΤΗΤΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΞΙΟΠΙΣΤΙΑΣ
Authors: Ηλιού Κατερίνα
Published: October 2015

Το εγκληματικό φαινόμενο μεταβάλλεται με το χρόνο και διαφέρει ανάλογα με τον τόπο, πράγμα που δυσκολεύει τη διεξαγωγή της συγκριτικής έρευνας στον τομέα της Εγκληματολογίας.
Μερικές σκέψεις σχετικά με την παράσταση του «άλλου» και το φαινόμενο του ρατσισμού στην ελληνική κοινωνία
Authors: Τρουμπέτα Σεβαστή
Published: October 2015

Στον τρόπο που ποριστούν οι (δυτικο)ενρωπαϊκές κοινωνίες τους μετανάστες από τρίτες χώρες μεταπολεμικά, διακρίνεται η συνύφανση του ρατσιστικού και του εθνικιστικού λόγου. Το ζήτημα της παράστασης του «άλλου» τίθεται στην ελληνική κοινωνία στα τέλη της δεκαετίας του ’80. Ως εκ τούτου, υπάρχει ένα κενό στα στοιχεία που αφορούν τις συνθήκες διαβίωσης, την πρόσληψη και την παράσταση των μεταναστών αλλά και των μειονοτήτων το διάστημα που προηγείται. Η παράσταση των μεταναστών από την ανατολική Ευρώπη και τα Βαλκάνια οικοδομείται στη βάση, εν μέρει, προϋπαρχόντων εθνικιστικών και φυλετικών στερεοτύπων που αναβιώνουν και αποκτούν επίκαιρες διαστάσεις με την αναρρίπιση του εθνικιστικού λόγου στα Βαλκάνια μετά το 1989. Στην πορεία αυτών των εξελίξεων, ο Βαλκάνιος εθνικός αντίπαλος βρίσκεται ως φτωχός μετανάστης, και ως εκ τούτου ως κατώτερος «άλλος», μέσα στην ελληνική εθνική κοινωνία.
Διαφθορά, δημοκρατία και η δεοντολογία της αρετής
Authors: Lynch Thomas D. , Lynch Cynthia E.
Published: October 2015

No abstract
Tim Bale, Πολιτική στις χώρες της Ευρώπης: Πολυεπίπεδη διακυβέρνηση και αλληλεπιδράσεις
Authors: Τσατσάνης Μάνος
Published: October 2015

No abstract
Social Network: a Cytoscape app for visualizing co-authorship networks
Authors: Kofia Victor , Isserlin Ruth , Buchan Alison M.J. , Bader Gary D.
Published: October 2015

Networks that represent connections between individuals can be valuable analytic tools. The Social Network Cytoscape app is capable of creating a visual summary of connected individuals automatically. It does this by representing relationships as networks where each node denotes an individual and an edge linking two individuals represents a connection. The app focuses on creating visual summaries of individuals connected by co-authorship links in academia, created from bibliographic databases like PubMed, Scopus and InCites. The resulting co-authorship networks can be visualized and analyzed to better understand collaborative research networks or to communicate the extent of collaboration and publication productivity among a group of researchers, like in a grant application or departmental review report. It can also be useful as a research tool to identify important research topics, researchers and papers in a subject area.
Estimation of Influence of Benefits Costs on Living Standard and Life Quality of the Population
Authors: Киселева  , Kiseleva E.
Published: October 2015

The problem of salary package as tool of motivation system is the object of acute studying in the theory and practice of management. Benefi ts act as a factor

of formation of people’s living standard and life quality.This article describes and analyzes statistical data on the benefi ts costs, population living standard and

population life quality data from 2000 to 2009 in the Russian Federation and the Irkutsk region.

The hypothesis of connection between benefi ts’ costs and living standard and life quality is confi rmed on the example of Russia and Irkutsk Region. The

correlation analysis between the Index of level of benefi ts and population living standard and population life quality demonstrates a strong interconnection

between these variables.
Key Factors Influencing the Performance of the Company’s Personnel
Authors: Маслова  , Maslova Valyentina
Published: October 2015

The modern world attaches great importance to not only to planning and organizing work in the company, but to the effi ciency of work of its staff . This article analyzes the main factors that aff ect the effi ciency of the personnel of modern Russian and foreign organizations. Among These factors are: professional competencies of employees, regulation of business processes, motivation of labor activity of personnel, management style of the CEO. The paper provides a detailed analysis of each of the identifi edfactors of staff performance. The article contains defi nitions of concepts: competence, regulation of business processes, motivation of labor activity, style of leadership. Particular attention is paid to the study of areas and levels of regulation of business processes, as well as the types of motivation.
Personnel Motivation Research in Russian Organizations of Construction Industry
Authors: Субочева  , Subocheva A. , Соболь  , Sobol O. , Красова  , Krasova V.
Published: October 2015

The diffi cult socio-economic conditions, the problem of motivation in Russian companies has deteriorated, and its solution required by most organizations active search for new approaches to the personnel management. A special role in the current economic climate plays construction industry, which is characterized by a specifi c approach to the management of personnel in connection with specifi c activities. This is due to the relevance of research problems of staff motivation organizations whose activities are related to the construction, in the new socio-economic conditions. In the article the modern approaches to the interpretation of the term “motivation”. The paper includes analysis of the level of staff satisfaction material and non-material motivation as an example of a Russian organization specializing in construction. Authors considered the company’s existing system of benefi ts and rewards incentive and compensatory nature. The article presents the obtained data in the survey on the assessment of the employees of the current system of material and non-material motivation.
Shifts in Lithuania’s agri-food industry export competitiveness: a comparative analysis versus high- and medium-high technology manufacturing industries
Authors: Vitunskiene Vlada , Serva Evaldas
Published: October 2015

Given the rising importance of global value chain, this paper analyses long-run shifts in export competitiveness of Lithuania’s agri-food industry compared to high and medium-high-technology industries in the context of Lithuania’s export vertical specialization. The combination of two complementary parameters of competitiveness i.e. Balassa (1965) index of Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) and Total Effect (TE) index proposed by Nyssens and Poullet (cited in Amador and Cabral, 2008, p. 202) were used. The matrix of both indexes builds on the scheme of analytical tool “products mapping” suggested by Widoto (2009). Our analytical tool is applied for the empirical analysis of export flows of goods by three end-use categories within aggregate agri-food industry the same as four manufacturing industries classified by R&D intensities, i.e. high-, medium-high-, medium-low- and low-technology industries. The OECD’s STAN Bilateral Trade Database by Industry and End-use category at the same time was applied to empirical analysis. The findings based on detailed analysis indicated significant differences in export competitiveness and its gains or losses in a long-term period among different reporting Lithuania’s industries and different goods by end-use category.
Research trends of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in Poland
Authors: Węgrzyn Joanna
Published: October 2015

Over the last two decades the attention given to the research on Public-private partnerships (PPPs) has been steadily increasing. Literature surveys on the research trends of PPP in English language publications suggest some emerging trends in the topics dedicated to the PPP. A similar compilation of PPP literature is not readily available on the grounds of national scientific research. That is why the aim of the article is to present contemporary trends that are being developed in Poland in the PPP filed. The indication of possible further research in the area of PPP is also an essential issue tackled in this article.
Aligning the use of portfolios with digital badging
Authors: Doherty Iain , Sharma Neel
Published: October 2015

While the place of portfolios in medical training is established, there are limits to their use. This article discusses the potential use of digital badges to complement portfolios, as these provide a transparent overview of a learner's level of competence.
Revealed: Common pitfalls for schools during Ofsted inspection
Authors: Henshaw Pete
Published: October 2015

From radicalisation to Pupil Premium reports, websites and pupil medicines – schools are warned about common inspection faults
Robotics in arthroplasty
Authors: Clark G. W. , Wood D. J.
Published: October 2015

The use of robotics in arthroplasty surgery is expanding rapidly as improvements in the technology evolve. This article examines current evidence to justify the usage of robotics, as well as the future potential in this emerging field.
Compact Handheld Probe for Shifted Excitation Raman Difference Spectroscopy with Implemented Dual-Wavelength Diode Laser at 785 Nanometers
Authors: Maiwald Martin , Eppich Bernd , Ginolas Arnim , Sumpf Bernd , Erbert Götz , Tränkle Günther
Published: October 2015

A compact handheld probe for shifted-excitation Raman difference spectroscopy (SERDS) with an implemented dual-wavelength diode laser with an emission at 785 nm is presented. The probe is milled from aluminum and has dimensions 100 × 28 × 12 mm. The diode laser provides two excitation lines with a spectral distance of 10 cm−1 (0.62 nm), has a spectral width smaller than 11 pm, and reaches an optical power of 120 mW ex probe. Raman experiments were carried out using polystyrene (PS) as the test sample. During a measurement time of over 1 h, a stable spectral center position of the Raman line at 999 cm−1 of PS was achieved within a spectral window of 0.1 cm−1. Here, the Raman intensity of this line was observed with a peak-to-peak variation smaller than ±2%, dominated by shot noise interference. A deviation of the center position of a Raman line with <±1 cm−1 was observed over the whole excitation power range. Raman investigations of the quartz glass window of the SERDS probe showed minor interference. The results demonstrate the suitability of the developed handheld probe for Raman investigations and the application of in situ SERDS experiments to fields such as food safety control, medical diagnostics, and process control.
Dehydrated Carbon Coupled with Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectrometry (LIBS) for the Determination of Heavy Metals in Solutions
Authors: Niu Guanghui , Shi Qi , Xu Mingjun , Lai Hongjun , Lin Qingyu , Liu Kunping , Duan Yixiang
Published: October 2015

In this article, a novel and alternative method of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) analysis for liquid sample is proposed, which involves the removal of metal ions from a liquid to a solid substrate using a cost-efficient adsorbent, dehydrated carbon, obtained using a dehydration reaction. Using this new technique, researchers can detect trace metal ions in solutions qualitatively and quantitatively, and the drawbacks of performing liquid analysis using LIBS can be avoided because the analysis is performed on a solid surface. To achieve better performance using this technique, we considered parameters potentially influencing both adsorption performance and LIBS analysis. The calibration curves were evaluated, and the limits of detection obtained for Cu2+, Pb2+, and Cr3+ were 0.77, 0.065, and 0.46 mg/L, respectively, which are better than those in the previous studies. In addition, compared to other absorbents, the adsorbent used in this technique is much cheaper in cost, easier to obtain, and has fewer or no other elements other than C, H, and O that could result in spectral interference during analysis. We also used the recommended method to analyze spiked samples, obtaining satisfactory results. Thus, this new technique is helpful and promising for use in wastewater analysis and management.
Thermal Treatment of Chromium(III) Oxide with Carbonates Analyzed by Far-Infrared Spectroscopy
Authors: Vogel Christian , Stemann Jan , Holldack Karsten , Sekine Ryo , Lipiec Ewelina , Adam Christian
Published: October 2015

The chemical state of thermochemically treated chromium(III) oxide (Cr2O3) with various carbonates was analyzed by far-infrared (far-IR) spectroscopy (spectral region 700–25 cm−1). Non-toxic Cr2O3 was oxidized with potassium, sodium, and calcium carbonate, respectively, to toxic Cr(VI) and Cr(V) compounds during thermal treatment at 1000 °C. In reverse, thermochemical treatment of Cr2O3 with magnesium carbonate lead to the formation of the Cr(III) compound MgCr2O4. Higher temperatures (>1200 °C) or reducing atmospheric conditions prevent the formation of Cr(VI)/Cr(V) compounds, too. Additionally, it was found that polyethylene powder with a low particle size (<70 μm) is favorable for the collection of good far-IR spectra of inorganic powders.
Uncovered butts and recovered rules: Sagging pants and the logic of abductive inference
Authors: Morgado Marcia A.
Published: October 2015

Peirce’s thesis on abductive inference, which addresses the logic of inferential thinking, frames an interpretive study of a text of heated public arguments that surrounded sagging during its rise as a highly transgressive and controversial subculture appearance form. On the assumption that I could do so, I consciously reconstructed the logic of my inferences, framing these on Peirce’s premise that interpretation begins with an observation (the result) and proceeds to a conclusion regarding meaning (the case) by intuiting a relationship (a hypothesized rule) between the observation and what it appears to mean. The abductions reveal that my inferences were constructed on conventional rules derived from common clichés, principles drawn from scholarly works on the social-psychology of dress, and ordinary marketplace wisdom.
Age-related clothing codes for boys in Britain, 1850–1900
Authors: Rose Clare
Published: October 2015

The period from c.1850 to 1900 was a turning point for boys’ clothing in Britain, with the introduction of short trousers as a garment that distinguished young boys from both older and younger males. This was also the period when mass manufacturers’ standardized garment sizes were defining the boundaries of age-related practices. This article will present an overview of changes in age-related clothing practice for boys in Britain between 1850 and 1900, and the ways in which these were understood by consumers. A comparison between documents from within the garment trades and documents addressed to consumers will provide a clearer understanding of the relationship between manufacturers’ provision of garments and consumers’ uptake of them in the period before 1900. The detailed analysis of documents from manufacturers and retailers will allow for an assessment of the importance of commercial interests in reflecting and shaping consumer behaviour.
American Civil War re-enactors’ dress as a symbol of political beliefs
Authors: Miller-Spillman Kimberly A.
Published: October 2015

The purpose of this research was to explore why some American Civil War re-enactors will galvanize while others will not, and whether this dress behaviour is tied to their political beliefs or their purpose while re-enacting. Galvanize, a term used by re-enactors, refers to the act of changing from one uniform (i.e., Union) into another (i.e., Confederate). It is common at American Civil War re-enactments that the two sides are uneven and some re-enactors need to change sides, or galvanize, to create a balanced battle scene. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected via an online survey from 214 re-enactors regarding their stance on political issues, purpose while re-enacting and willingness to galvanize. The theoretical basis for this research is Symbolic Interaction Theory and Dress and the Public, Private, and Secret Self model. This research adds an empirical approach to previous literature and documents perspectives from both Northern and Southern re-enactors.
Look What the Cat Dragged In: Analysing gender and sexuality in the Hot Metal Centerfolds of 1980s glam metal
Authors: Kurennaya Anya
Published: October 2015

Throughout rock music’s history musicians have explored the boundaries of gendered dress and performed sexuality, but none have done it quite as fascinatingly as those of glam metal, a particular subgenre of heavy metal that became commercially popular in the United States in the mid-1980s. The stars of glam metal often appropriate exaggeratedly feminine modes of dressing, such as extensive and highly styled hair and make-up, yet still strive to communicate an traditionally masculine, even hyper-masculine, heterosexual persona designed to snare women through clothing, lifestyle and the presentation of both in popular media. As musicologist Robert Walser writes, metal is a cultural entity that offers lots of opportunities for doing identity work, and accomplishing gender is one form of identity work that merits particular focus. Using the visual and sartorial material contained within the metal pin-up or centrefold, this article takes upon itself the task of understanding how glam metal musicians accomplish gender, with particular emphasis on the way ideas about heterosexual masculinity are packaged and presented to the consumer of such imagery. The metal centrefold is compared to its more famous female counterpart, the Playboy centrefold, to illustrate the way clothing and body posturing influence our reading of gender and sexuality, and the rebellious cowboy imagery that defines musicians such as Bret Michaels of Poison is compared to the image of the cowboy as viewed in Marlboro advertisements, demonstrating glam metal’s emphasis on projecting a carefully calibrated sense of heterosexual masculinity to its audience.
Reviews
Authors: Blanco F. José , WayneGuite Jacqueline , Cole Shaun
Published: October 2015

Man In Progress: 20 Años De Moda Masculina, 20 Años De GQ/20 Years Of Men’s Fashion, 20 Years Of GQ, Museo Del Traje, Madrid , 26 SEPTEMBER 2014–11 JANUARY 2015

David Bowie Is, Museum of Contemp orary Art Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 23 Sept emb er 2014–4 January 2015

Advertising Menswear: Masculinity and Fashion in the British Media Since 1945, Paul Jobling (2014) London: Bloomsbury, 254 pp. ISBN: 9781472533432, h/bk, £64.99/$112
Extending high order derivatives for special differential equations of the form \(y' = f(y)\) by using monotonically labeled rooted trees.
Authors: Hassani Hossein , Dahaghin Mohammad Shafie
Published: October 2015

This paper presents a review of the role played by labeled rooted trees to obtain derivatives for numerical solution of initial value problems in special case \(y' = f(y), y(x_0) = y_0\). We extend a process to find successive derivatives according to monotonically labeled rooted trees, and prove some relevant lemmas and theorems. In this regard, the Â derivatives, of the monotonically labeled rooted trees with n vertices are presented by using the monotonically labeled rooted trees with k + n vertices. Eventually, this process is applied to trees without labeling.
Notes from the Editors, October 2015
Authors: The Editors -
Published: October 2015

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Deporte y democracia en la Atenas clásica
Authors: Pritchard David M.
Published: October 2015

En la Grecia de época clásica, la institución de la democracia en Atenas permitió que todos sus ciudadanos pudieran acceder a la política, pero el atletismo sólo era practicado por la élite de la sociedad. Este artículo pretende estudiar la relación entre la democracia y la práctica deportiva en Atenas, buscando y analizando las razones por las que la clase inferior valorase muy positivamente y apoyara los juegos atléticos mediante políticas favorables, tanto en la administración de la infraestructura deportiva como en la protección de la crítica pública, dirigida habitualmente hacia todas las actividades de la clase superior. Una de esas razones fue la concepción similar de los eventos deportivos y de los combates de la guerra.