bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Effect of aqueous extracts of black alder (Alnus glutinosa (LINNAEUS, 1753) GAERTNER, 1791) and elder (Sambucus nigra LINNAEUS, 1753) on the occurrence of Brevicoryne brassicae LINNAEUS, 1758 (Hemiptera, Aphidoidea), its parasitoid Diaeretiella rapae (M’INTOSH, 1855) (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonoidea) and predatory Syrphidae on white cabbage
Authors: Jankowska Beata , Wojciechowicz-Żytko Elżbieta 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
The insecticidal and antifeedant effects of aqueous extracts from two common plants (black alder Alnus glutinosa and elder Sambucus nigra) on the occurrence of Brevicoryne brassicae, its parasitoid Diaeretiella rapae and predatory Syrphidae on white cabbage were investigated in 2008-2009. Both extracts reduced the number of cabbage aphids, although the Sambucus nigra extract proved to have a better effect. Differences were seen both in the numbers of winged aphids settling on plants and in the overall numbers of aphids on plants during the entire season. There were no significant differences in the degree of parasitization by Diaeretiella rapae in the three experimental combinations. Eight species of Syrphidae were found in the Brevicoryne brassicae colonies: Episyrphus balteatus, Sphaerophoria scripta, S. rueppelli, S. menthastri, Eupeodes corollae, Scaeva pyrastri, Scaeva selenitica and Syrphus vitripennis. The dominant species was Episyrphus balteatus. The largest numbers of syrphid larvae and pupae were collected from cabbage aphid colonies on the control plants. Smaller numbers were recorded on the plot where the cabbages were sprayed with the Sambucus nigra extract. The results of this study indicate that botanical insecticides based on S. nigra have the potential to be incorporated into control programmes for the cabbage aphid.
Determinants of Practising Selected Forms of Physical Activity in a Group of Administrative and Office Workers
Authors: Kowalczyk Anna , Kozłowska Ewelina 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
Introduction. In recent years, a decline in the level of physical activity has been observed all over the world. The number of professions where work is performed in a sitting position has increased. This has had many consequences for our health, the society, and the economy. The aim of this work was to determine which forms of physical activity are the most popular in administrative and office workers, depending on the motives which encourage them to be active. Material and methods. In 2014, a diagnostic survey was carried out among 937 persons in administrative and office positions using a questionnaire form designed by the authors. The study involved persons aged 18 to 65 years, and most of the respondents were female (n = 669). A qualitative analysis of the data was carried out using logistic regression, and the findings were considered statistically significant at p < 0.05. Results. Changing the shape of one’s body was found to be the main determinant of using the gym among the respondents. Persons who jogged regularly, on the other hand, did so in order to increase physical fitness, and those who practised Nordic walking were motivated by the need to care for their health. As far as swimming is concerned, persons who had friends that engaged in this form of activity undertook it almost ten times more often than those who did not have such support from their family and friends (OR = 9.58). Respondents who desired to meet new people were over five times more likely to choose team games as an active form of spending their leisure time (OR = 5.21) than other respondents. Finally, those who engaged in physical activity in order to strengthen family bonds preferred playing and playing games with children in the open air. Conclusions. The predominant forms of physical activity which were regularly performed by the respondents were walking, cycling, and doing gymnastic exercise at home. The respondents were mainly motivated to pursue these activities due to their desire to relieve tension and stress, care for their health, and lose weight or maintain a healthy weight.
A facile method to prepare CdS/polymer nanocomposite fibers for the photodegradation of methylene blue under sunlight
Authors: Cheng Xinjian , Jia Yiru , Qiang Jin , Wen Lei , Zhang Chenlong , Yang Xiao , Liang Liefeng 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
Nanosized CdS/polymer composite fiber mats were fabricated via a facile electrospinning processing, and the as-prepared composite fiber mats showed excellent photodegradation ability to methylene blue (MB). Polymers bearing N and S atoms with affinity to Cd2+ ions were first synthesized and then used to prepare CdS/polymer composite fibers. In this work, coaxial electrospinning was employed to achieve the preparation of the desired composite fibers using special polymers as core and cadmium acetate [Cd(CH3COO)2] as shell. Then, fiber mats were immersed in thioacetamide (TAA) solution for several minutes, and CdS/polymer composite mats were obtained eventually. The photodegradation catalytic ability was tested using MB as a model dye under sunlight. The photocatalytic efficiency of the CdS/polymer composite fiber mat was recorded and studied by UV-visible spectra, and it showed high efficiency. Nanofiber mats will find real applications in the treatment of wastewater.
Frost hardiness of introduced sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) genotypes in Central Russia
Authors: Ozherelieva Zoya , Prudnikov Pavel , Bogomolova Natalia 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
Sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) genotypes of different ecological and geographical origins were tested. Frost hardiness extent was determined during winter by artificial freezing, which allowed identify varietal differences in frost hardiness of buds and tissues of sea buckthorn shoots. In order to identify differences in adaptation to low temperature we determined the fractional composition of water in annual shoots; and proline and malone dialdehyde concentration and total amylase activity in bark of shoots of female and male genotypes. In December, the sea buckthorn genotypes were in deep dormancy, when maximum frost hardiness of buds and tissues of annual shoots occurred. During the next months, the frost hardiness of buds and shoot tissues decreased during the state of exogenous dormancy. The performed experiment gave an opportunity to select hardy genotypes ‘Kenigsbergskaya’, ‘Surpriz Baltiki’, B 23-34, and ‘Prima Dona’ for use in further breeding, as they had demonstrated stable hardiness during the whole winter period according to all of the components of winter hardiness.
Cooperation and Mutual Relationships of Cities and their Hinterlands with Regard to the Operation of EU Integrated Development Instruments
Authors: Binek Jan , Opravil Zdeněk , Chmelař Roman , Svobodova Hana 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
This paper deals with the institutional and factual readiness of cities and villages in the Czech Republic to use Integrated Territorial Investments (ITI). On the basis of a questionnaire survey carried out in May 2014 among representatives of 69 municipalities around the core cities of Brno, Jihlava, Olomouc and Hradec Králové - Pardubice as well as a comparison of several model agglomerations, it identifies the main problems and proposes solutions to them. The main theme of this paper is to evaluate the formation of partnerships of municipalities and the process of creating integrated strategies for metropolitan areas. The paper also deals with the relationships and functional links between cities and villages and their hinterland, the common development issues and the existing structures of cooperation and communication. In the conclusion possible recommendations are given to improve the ITI functioning in the Czech Republic on the basis of both, the assessment of the situation in the Republic itself and the reflection on developments in other EU countries.
Inter-Municipal Cooperation in the Development of Industrial Parks and Tax Redistribution: The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions
Authors: Razin Eran 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
Inter-municipal cooperation mechanisms have been promoted as flexible tools, reflecting the transition from government to governance in a new network economy and eliminating the need to engage in redrawing clear-cut boundaries in the context of soft spaces with fuzzy boundaries. An evaluation of inter-municipal cooperation in the development of industrial parks and tax revenue redistribution in Israel, from the first 1992 initiative to imposed redistribution in 2014/15, reveals how an initiative ’from below’ has been adopted and encouraged ’from above’, finally used by the central state as a tool of control, to serve its own objectives. It highlights the inherent temptation for top-down imposition, embedded in bottom-up cooperation mechanisms, calling for light-touch regulatory legislation and opting for gently imposed solutions where needed.
Organisation and Diversification of the Educational Market in Poland: The Case of the Poznań Agglomeration
Authors: Walaszek Marzena , Bąkowska Edyta 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
The political changes in Poland after 1989 affected the formation of a self-reliant society. One of the results was the decentralisation of public tasks in the field of education, with the relevant competences transmitted to local governments. Since then, communes have been responsible for ensuring equal access to public education, but at the same time a non-public education market has been developing. Important for changes in the Polish educational system was also a reform started in 1999 which led to the transformation of the two-level system of education existing since 1968 into a three-level structure.
The first non-public schools began to form as an alternative to public ones. Currently, non-public schools are mainly run by non-governmental organisations, religious institutions or social associations. In the general opinion, the quality of education in non-public schools is higher than in public ones (smaller classes, better contact between student and teacher, an individual approach to each student). In the face of education-model changes it is important to create a wide range of learning opportunities for everyone. It is also not about competition, but cooperation among all institutions involved in education provision. In this article, the progressive diversification of the educational market is presented on the example of the Poznań agglomeration.
A diversified educational system, its commercialisation, and the creation of new educational opportunities for children and young people beyond the basic programme of education are undoubtedly benefits for the Polish society. The growing competition among the wide range of educational institutions (also taking into account institutions organising extra-curricular classes), from a theoretical point of view, should help to improve the quality of education in the entire market of educational services. As a consequence, these trends, together with demographic changes, may invite the question about the prospects of public schools in their present form in the future.
Factors of Local E-Government Development in Poland: The Case of the Poznań Agglomeration
Authors: Perdał Robert 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
This paper seeks to analyse factors of e-government development at the local government level in Poland. The analysis proceeded in three stages. In the first, a survey of the literature on the subject was made and a model of factors of e-government development was constructed. In the second, the factors distinguished were operationalised: indicators representing them were constructed. The third stage involved an empirical verification of the model using partial correlation and multiple regression methods; significant factors of e-government development were distinguished at the local government level. The analysis was conducted for a group of 18 communes making up the Poznań agglomeration. It was demonstrated that significant factors of local e-government development in Poland included the level of socio-economic development, inhabitants’ access to ICT, their attitudes and skills, the size of administrative units, attitudes of local authorities and leaders, a vision and a strategy of e-government development, human resources in offices, and the financial situation of a commune.
Deleterious Emission Abatement through Structured Energy Use Pattern: A North Central Nigeria Perspective
Authors: Ajayi-Banji Ademola , Omotosho Olayinka , Amori Anthony , Alao Damilola , Igbode Imoisime , Abimbola Olufemi 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
Holistic view of household energy consumption based on greenhouse gas emissions in the North Central cities of Nigeria was examined in this study. Scenarios considered were based on income level of energy users (low and high) and energy metering system (i.e. pre-paid and post-paid energy billing systems). Strong direct nexus was observed between energy use and emissions pattern. Energy utilization by post-paid category had higher weekly average value of 35.09 and 41.70 kWh as against 23.18 and 33.38 kWh for low and high income pre-paid consumers respectively. Energy use and greenhouse gas emissions from both classification followed similar trend. Data obtained and analysed in the study show that global warming and acidification potentials could be reduced by 33.94 and 19.95 % for low and high income category consumers when pre-paid meters are in place. Conclusively, energy system users with pre-paid metering system displayed reasonable level of management decisions that reduce energy wastage and consequently environmental negative impacts.
Group belonging beyond language boundaries: Language, religion and identity in the multilingual Greek community of Georgia
Authors: Höfler Concha Maria 
Published: June 2016

AbstractIn Georgia’s multilingual Greek community, the construction of belonging appears to be tied to religion and ancestry, with competence in Standard Modern Greek (SMG) not always being seen as necessary in order to “be Greek”. Forty-nine semi-structured interviews are analyzed, combining a quantitative and conversation analytical approach. Intriguingly, language competence in SMG does not always correlate with whether an interviewee deems this competence important for belonging to the Greek community. The interviews are embedded in their historical and socio-political context to elucidate the discursive resources interviewees may draw on when talking about the relationship between linguistic competence and belonging.
Is there an interlanguage speech credibility benefit?
Authors: Podlipský Václav Jonáš , Šimáčková Šárka , Petráž David 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
Some (though not all) previous studies have documented the interlanguage speech intelligibility benefit (ISIB), i.e. the greater intelligibility of non-native (relative to native) speech to non-native listeners as compared to native listeners. Moreover, some studies (again not all) found that native listeners consider foreign-accented statements as less truthful than native-sounding ones. We join these two lines of research, asking whether foreign-accented statements sound more credible to non-native than to native listeners and whether difficult-to-process (less comprehensible) utterances are less credible. In two experiments we measure the intelligibility, comprehensibility and credibility of native and foreign-accented statements for native listeners and non-native listeners matched or mismatched in L1 with non-native talkers. We find an ISIB in both matched and mismatched non-native listeners, and an analogous matched comprehensibility benefit. However, we obtain no evidence of an interlanguage speech credibility benefit. Instead, both matched and mismatched non-native listeners tend to trust native statements more (i.e. statements produced by their target-language models). For native listeners, we do not confirm the tendency to mistrust non-native statements, but we do find a moderate correlation between the comprehensibility and credibility of foreign-accented utterances, giving limited support to the hypothesis that decreased perceptual fluency leads to decreased credibility.
Transfer at the level of argument structure or morphology: a comparative study of English and Persian unaccusative and unergative verbs
Authors: Dehghan Farzaneh , Rezvani Reza 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
Transitivity alternation refers to the causative/inchoative alternation of some unaccusative verbs. Different languages use different patterns to show transitivity alternation morphologically. While some languages like English use zero or no overt lexical marking, other languages (e.g. Spanish, Turkish, and Japanese) use overt morphological markers to show transitivity. This study aims to investigate the degree to which similarities and/or mismatches between English and Persian influence the use of unaccusative and unergative verbs by Persianspeaking learners of English. Based on different verb types in English and Persian, seven verb categories were identified as the basis for comparison. A forced-choice elicitation test including 48 items was developed based on these seven verb categories. A proficiency test was also used to divide participants (116 undergraduate students of English) into high and low proficiency groups. The results revealed findings more in line with transfer at the morphological rather than the argument structure level (Montrul, 2000). Alternating unaccusatives with similar equivalent structures for transitive/intransitive pairs in Persian and non-alternating unaccusatives with different structures for transitive/intransitive pairs in Persian seem to be the most difficult verb categories for learners. The effect of proficiency level was also significant on the recognition of correct structures.
A Review on the Genus Brachycoleus (Hemiptera, Miridae) with Identification Key to the Species Found in Iran
Authors: Hosseini R. 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
Three species of the genus Brachycoleus Fieber, 1858 known from Iran, B. caucasicus (Poppius, 1912), B. lineellus Jakovlev, 1884, and B. steini Reuter, 1877 are briefly redescribed along with illustrated keys and distribution data provided.
Breeding Bird Assemblage in a Mosaic of Urbanized Habitats in a Central European City
Authors: Kopij Grzegorz 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
There is a lack of data on the population densities of birds breeding in a mosaic of typical urbanized habitats. This study was undertaken to partly fulfil this gap in our knowledge. Counts were conducted in 2008 by means of simplified territory mapping method in a fragment (1197 ha) of a large Central European city (Wrocław, SW Poland). In total, 50 bird species were breeding in the study area in 2008. The House Sparrow Passer domesticus, Common Swift Apus apus and Rock Dove comprised about 3/5 of all breeding pairs. The other group of species, each one with a density between 6 and 13 pairs per 100 ha, included seven species, namely the Starling, Sturnus vulgaris, Greenfinch, Carduelis chloris, House Martin, Delichon urbica, Tree Sparrow, Passer montanus, Great Tit, Parus major, Blue Tit, Parus caeruleus, and Jackdaw, Corvus monedula. They comprised together about 1/5. The remaining 40 species nested in a density between 0.1 and 3.5 pairs per 100 ha. The most numerous feeding guild were granivores (53.8%) and insectivores (37.9 %). Birds nesting on buildings comprised together 74 % of all breeding pairs. For a few species (Luscinia megarhynchos, Saxicola torquata, Corvus cornix and Turdus pilaris) an increase in their numbers in the last three decades has been evidenced.
An Investigation of Embryo and Eggshell Development in Trichuris suis (Nematoda, Trichuridae) under Laboratory Conditions
Authors: Yevstafieva V. А. , Yuskiv I. D. , Melnychuk V. V. 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
Peculiarities of embryogenesis morphology and biometric parameters of Trichuris suis Schrank, 1788 eggs sampled from different organic substrates are described. The eggs of T. suis under laboratory conditions at a temperature of 27 °С reach the infectious stage in 40 days and pass through seven stages of embryogenesis. The study revealed significant differences in growth and development of eggs obtained from the nematode gonads and the faeces of infected animals (Sus scrofa domesticus Linnaeus, 1758), according to length and width of eggs and eggshell plugs. The excreted T. suis eggs were shown to be better adapted to environment (survivability 96.6 ± 0.33 %), than the eggs obtained from the gonads of female nematodes (survivability 89.3 ± 0.33 %).
Mehr Komplexität wagen: ein Plädoyer für eine differenzierte Analyse von Erdöl, Staat und Entwicklung im Globalen Süden
Authors: Peters Stefan 
Published: June 2016

Zusammenfassung:Der Nexus von Erdöl, Staat und Entwicklung wird gegenwärtig kontrovers diskutiert. Galt Erdölreichtum lange Zeit als entwicklungspolitischer Fluch und Basis autoritärer Regime, lässt sich seit Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts ein neuer Rohstoffoptimismus beobachten. Der massive Preisverfall relativiert gleichwohl Hoffnungen auf wirtschaftliche und soziale Entwicklungserfolge durch die Erdölförderung. Der Beitrag diskutiert die aktuellen Kontroversen, zeigt zentrale Leerstellen der Debatte auf und analysiert diese anschließend auf Basis einer vergleichenden Analyse der Fallstudien Kuwait, Venezuela und Angola. Dabei wird gezeigt, dass allgemeine Aussagen über die Konsequenzen der Erdölabhängigkeit der Diversität der Fälle nicht gerecht werden. Statt weiter an etablierten Dichotomien festzuhalten, wird abschließend für ein komplexes qualitativ orientiertes Forschungsdesign zur Analyse von Rentengesellschaften plädiert.
Identification and characterization of microRNAs and their target genes from Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)
Authors: Huang Yong , Ma Xiu Ying , Yang You Bing , Ren Hong Tao , Sun Xi Hong , Wang Li Rui 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small single-stranded, endogenous 21–22 nt non-coding RNAs that regulate their target mRNA levels by causing either inactivation or degradation of the mRNAs. In recent years, miRNA genes have been identified from mammals, insects, worms, plants, and viruses. In this research, bioinformatics approaches were used to predict potential miRNAs and their targets in Nile tilapia from the expressed sequence tag (EST) and genomic survey sequence (GSS) database, respectively, based on the conservation of miRNAs in many animal species. A total of 19 potential miRNAs were detected following a range of strict filtering criteria. To test the validity of the bioinformatics method, seven predicted Nile tilapia miRNA genes were selected for further biological validation, and their mature miRNA transcripts were successfully detected by stem–loop RT-PCR experiments. Using these potential miRNAs, we found 56 potential targets in this species. Most of the target mRNAs appear to be involved in development, metabolism, signal transduction, transcription regulation and stress responses. Overall, our findings will provide an important foundation for further research on miRNAs function in the Nile tilapia.