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REFORMOM JAVNE UPRAVE I IMPLEMENTACIJOM SISTEMA KVALITETA DO BOLJE USLUGE U REPUBLICI SRPSKOJ // PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORMS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF QUALITY SYSTEMS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE SERVICES IN REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA
Authors: Mrda Ljubomir , Radivojević Mladen 
Published: November 2017

U sadašnjem načinu rada i poslovanja raste potreba i zahtjevi korisnika usluga zaboljom, bržom, jeftinijom, ali i drugačijom uslugom. Povećavaju se zahtjevi zaosiguranjem raspoloživosti, povjerljivosti i cjelovitosti informacija, koje se pojavljujuu najrazličitijim oblicima. Sveobuhvatne, a neizbježne promjene koje očekujuRepubliku Srpsku (Bosnu i Hercegovinu) u narednom periodu, prije svega uključujupromjene načina rada javne uprave. Novi trendovi, novi načini privređivanja,uslovljavaju drugačije potrebe korisnika javnih usluga. Javni sektor se mora otvoritiuticaju tržišta i u svoj rad integrisati metode rada privatnog sektora. Prihvatajućiosnovnu koncepciju kvaliteta i odnoseći se prema građanima i ostalim korisnicimasvojih usluga na drugačiji način, rad javne uprave mora biti bolji, brži i jeftiniji.Naglasak u ovom radu je dat na implementaciju kvaliteta koji može da obezbijedizadovoljstvo korisnika usluga i svih građana kao i njihov partnerski odnos doefikasnije i kvalitetnije usluge. U ovom radu, neophodnu promjenu prema kvalitetu iefikasnijem, a jeftinijem radu jedne uprave posmatramo u segmentu reforme javne uprave, boljeg usluživanja, te jeftinijem radu uz implemantaciju standarda kvaliteta iposlovne inteligencije. Posmatramo iskustva nekih zemalja, njihov sistemreformisanja javne uprave, njihova dostignuća, njihova pozitivna iskustva da bismo ihpokušali prilagoditi našim uslovima, našem radu i poimanju reforme i efikasnijegusluživanja. Pratimo CAF alate, sistem implementacije ISO standarda i kvaliteta ujavnu upravu, sve sa ciljem da predložimo nove modele koji reformu javne uprave uRepublici Srpskoj (Bosni i Hercegovini) mogu učiniti ostvarivom na zadovoljstvo idavaoca i korisnika usluga. Sagledavamo neke od dokazanih metodologijaimplementacije standarda i dajemo preporuke kako to ostvariti na ovim prostorima.
The Differences of c-Met Expression Between AFP-Producing Gastric Cancer and Common Gastric Cancer
Authors: Luo Fen , Zhou Zhongwen , Wang Jun , Wang Zhiming , Guo Fenghua 
Published: November 2017

BackgroundAlpha-fetoprotein (AFP)–producing gastric cancer is a distinct type of gastric cancer with a high incidence of liver metastasis. c-Met is considered to play an important role in liver metastasis of gastric cancer.ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to compare the expression of c-Met in AFP-producing gastric cancer and gastric cancers not producing AFP.MethodsWe evaluated 23 patients with AFP-producing gastric cancer (AFP+) and 18 patients with common gastric cancer (AFP–) were evaluated for c-Met expression using immunohistochemical analysis.ResultsThe incidence of c-Met expression in 2 groups was the same (P &gt; 0.05), but the AFP+ group had a higher strong positive rate of c-Met expression than the AFP– group (P &lt; 0.01).ConclusionThe higher expression of c-Met might be the reason for the high incidence of liver metastasis in AFP-producing gastric cancer.
Internal Waves in the East Australian Current
Authors: Alford Matthew H. , Sloyan Bernadette M. , Simmons Harper L. 
Published: November 2017

AbstractInternal waves, which drive most ocean turbulence and add “noise” to lower‐frequency records, interact with low‐frequency current systems and topography in yet poorly known ways. Taking advantage of a heavily instrumented, 14 month mooring array, internal waves in the East Australian Current (EAC) are examined for the first time. Internal wave horizontal kinetic energy (HKE) is within a factor of 2 of the Garrett‐Munk (1976) spectrum. Continuum internal waves, near‐inertial waves, and internal tides together constitute a significant percentage of the total velocity variance. Mode‐1 internal tide energy fluxes are southward and much smaller than energy times group velocity, consistent with reflection at the continental slope of incident waves generated from near New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands. Internal tide HKE is highly phase variable, consistent with refraction by the variable EAC. Mode‐1 near‐inertial wave energy fluxes are of comparable magnitude and are equatorward and episodic, consistent with generation by storms farther poleward. These processes are considered together in the complex environment of the EAC.
Recent Developments and Perspectives in the Zinc‐Catalysed Michael Addition
Authors: Rohit K. R. , Ujwaldev S. M. , Krishnan K. Keerthi , Anilkumar Gopinathan 
Published: November 2017

AbstractMichael addition reactions play a major role in the establishment of carbon–carbon and carbon–heteroatom bonds. Non‐catalytic as well as catalytic methodologies are well known for these reactions. Zinc catalysis in the Michael addition has achieved great importance due to the broad substrate scope, mild reaction conditions, and excellent reactivity and selectivity, along with the availability of a variety of useful chiral ligands. As an inexpensive, abundant and less toxic metal, zinc occupies an important position in green chemistry for organic synthesis. Herein, the significant advances in zinc‐catalysed Michael addition reactions that follow an enolate pathway are discussed, and this Focus Review covers the literature from 2001 to 2017.
Herausforderungen bei der Synthese siliciumbasierter dielektrischer Metamaterialien
Authors: De Marco Maria Letizia , Semlali Sanaa , Korgel Brian A. , Barois Philippe , Drisko Glenna L. , Aymonier Cyril 
Published: November 2017

AbstractMetamaterialien haben optische Eigenschaften, die in der Natur beispiellos sind. Mit ihrer Fähigkeit, eine einfallende Wellenfront zu beugen, zu fokussieren, vollständig zu reflektieren, durchzulassen oder zu absorbieren, haben sie bei der Lichtmanipulation neue Horizonte eröffnet. Optisch aktive Metamaterialien sind einsetzbar für Anwendungen, die von der 3D‐Informationsspeicherung bis zu photovoltaischen Zellen reichen. Siliciumpartikel gehören zu den vielversprechendsten Synthesebausteinen für optisch aktive Metamaterialien, bislang können sie aber nicht im großen Maßstab hergestellt werden. Besonders wünschenswert sind einheitliche kristalline Si‐Synthesebausteine mit 75–200 nm Durchmesser und wenigen Verunreinigungen und Poren. Hier werden die theoretischen Hintergründe der optischen Eigenschaften von Si für Metamaterialien besprochen, außerdem werden aktuelle Synthesemethoden und die aussichtsreichsten Wege zu Si‐Partikeln für Metamaterialienwerden vorgestellt.
Nickel(0)‐Catalyzed Hydroarylation of Styrenes and 1,3‐Dienes with Organoboron Compounds
Authors: Xiao Li‐Jun , Cheng Lei , Feng Wei‐Min , Li Mao‐Lin , Xie Jian‐Hua , Zhou Qi‐Lin 
Published: November 2017

AbstractA Ni‐catalyzed hydroarylation of styrenes and 1,3‐dienes with organoboron compounds has been developed. The reaction offers a highly selective approach to diarylalkanes and allylarenes under redox‐neutral conditions. In this hydroarylation reaction, a new strategy that uses the proton of methanol to generate the active catalyst species Ni−H was developed. The Ni‐catalyzed hydroarylation, combined with a Ir‐catalyzed C−H borylation, affords a very efficient and straightforward access to a retinoic acid receptor agonist.
HOXC13 and HSP27 Expression in Skin and the Periodic Growth of Secondary Fiber Follicles from Longdong Cashmere Goats Raised in Different Production Systems
Authors: Wang Jiqing , Yu Ping , Wang Haifang , He Yanyu 
Published: November 2017

ABSTRACTThis experiment was conducted to identify periodic changes in secondary follicles (SFs) over one year of extensive (grazed) and intensive (housed and fed supplement) farming of Longdong cashmere goats. One‐year old goats (n = 24, 12 extensively fed and 12 intensively fed) were studied. The diameter, depth, density, activity, and ultra‐structural features of SFs were assessed using light microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. HOXC13 and HSP27 expression were studied using immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence method. The anagen stage in the extensively grazed goats was from April to September, but was longer (April to October) in the housed, supplementary fed group. The depth and activity of the SF in anagen and catagen differed (P < 0.05) between the groups. HSP27 and HOXC13 protein were present in both the epidermis and dermis, with HSP27 immunoreactivity highest in the hair shaft (HS), outer root sheath (ORS) and inner root sheath (IRS). HOXC13 expression was prominent in both the eprdermis and ORS. HSP27 and HOXC13 expression were prominent during anagen, and less so during catagen and telogen. In anagen, HSP27 expression in the HS, IRS, and ORS of the extensively fed group was higher than in the intensively fed group (p < 0.05). In contrast, HOXC13 expression in HS, IRS and ORS of the extensively fed group was lower than in the intensively fed group (P < 0.05). This suggests the growth of cashmere is influenced by nutrition and that housed goats could be used in cashmere production. Anat Rec, 301:742–752, 2018. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Mechanisms of calcium sequestration by isolated Malpighian tubules of the house cricket Acheta domesticus
Authors: Browne Austin , O'Donnell Michael J. 
Published: November 2017

AbstractHemolymph calcium homeostasis in insects is achieved by the Malpighian tubules, primarily by sequestering excess Ca2+ within internal calcium stores (Ca‐rich granules) most often located within type I (principal) tubule cells. Using both the scanning ion‐selective electrode technique and the Ramsay secretion assay this study provides the first measurements of basolateral and transepithelial Ca2+ fluxes across the Malpighian tubules of an Orthopteran insect, the house cricket Acheta domesticus. Ca2+ transport was specific to midtubule segments, where 97% of the Ca2+ entering the tubule is sequestered within intracellular calcium stores and the remaining 3% is secreted into the lumen. Antagonists of voltage‐gated (L‐type) calcium channels decreased Ca2+ influx ≥fivefold in adenosine 3′,5′‐cyclic monophosphate (cAMP)‐stimulated tubules, suggesting basolateral Ca2+ influx is facilitated by voltage‐gated Ca2+ channels. Increasing fluid secretion through manipulation of intracellular levels of cAMP or Ca2+ had opposite effects on tubule Ca2+ transport. The adenylyl cyclase‐cAMP‐PKA pathway promotes Ca2+ sequestration whereas both 5‐hydroxytryptamine and thapsigargin inhibited sequestration. Our results suggest that the midtubules of Acheta domesticus are dynamic calcium stores, which maintain hemolymph calcium concentration by manipulating rates of Ca2+ sequestration through stimulatory (cAMP) and inhibitory (Ca2+) regulatory pathways.
The Self‐Reference Effect on Perception: Undiminished in Adults with Autism and No Relation to Autism Traits
Authors: Williams David M. , Nicholson Toby , Grainger Catherine 
Published: November 2017

Memory for (and perception of) information about the self is superior to memory for (and perception of) other kinds of information. This self‐reference effect (SRE) in memory appears diminished in ASD and related to the number of ASD traits manifested by neurotypical individuals (fewer traits = larger SRE). Here, we report the first experiments exploring the relation between ASD and the SRE in perception. Using a “Shapes” Task (Sui et al., Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 38, 1105, 2012), participants learned to associate three different shapes (triangle, circle, square) with three different labels representing self, a familiar other, or an unfamiliar other (e.g., “you”, “mother”, “stranger”). Participants then completed trials during which they were presented with one shape and one label for 100 ms, and made judgments about whether the shape and label was a match. In Experiment 1, neurotypical participants (n = 124) showed the expected SRE, detecting self‐related matches more reliably and quickly than matches involving familiar or unfamiliar other. Most important, number of ASD traits was unrelated to the size of the SRE for either accuracy or RT. Bayesian association analyses strongly supported the null hypothesis. In Experiment 2, there were no differences between 22 adults with ASD and 21 matched comparison adults in performance on the Shapes Task. Despite showing large and significant theory of mind impairments, participants with ASD showed the typical SRE and there were no associations with ASD traits in either group. In every case, Bayesian analyses favored the null hypothesis. These findings challenge theories about self‐representation in ASD, as discussed in the article. Autism Res 2018, 11: 331–341. © 2017 The Authors Autism Research published by International Society for Autism Research and Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Lay SummaryNeurotypical people tend to find it easier to perceive and remember information that relates to themselves than information that relates to others. Research suggests that people with ASD show a diminished (or absent) self‐bias in memory and that severity of ASD predicts the extent of this diminution (more severe ASD = smaller self‐bias in memory). However, the current research suggests strongly that people with ASD do show a self‐bias in their perception. This research informs our understanding of psychological functioning in ASD and challenges theories regarding self‐awareness in this disorder.
Everyday police work during mental health encounters: A study of call resolutions in Chicago and their implications for diversion
Authors: Watson Amy C. , Wood Jennifer D. 
Published: November 2017

In recent decades, there has been sustained focus on police responses to persons experiencing mental health crises. The Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) model has been a seminal effort to improve safety, reduce arrests and enhance the use of emergency psychiatric assessment. With CIT well established, new discussions have emerged around how to further enhance the police–public health interface, including diversion from hospital emergency departments. In this context, this article takes stock of current police practices, utilizing descriptive data on 428 mental health‐related calls addressed by Chicago Police over 3 years triangulated with insights from 21 in‐depth officer interviews. During these calls, hospital transports were conducted more often than arrests. Moreover, informal interventions – without any legal action or hospitalization – were used most often, speaking to the “gray zone” nature of mental health‐related encounters. Taken together, the data reveal the need for non‐crisis diversion options that address chronic vulnerabilities.
Personal values and characteristics of remittance channels: Insights from a means‐end‐chain study
Authors: Bolzani Daniela 
Published: November 2017

AbstractStudies investigating immigrants' remittance behaviours have mainly focused on the determinants and motivations to remit and more recently on the determinants of remittance channel choices. Although these two streams of literature have evolved separately, there is a need for a greater understanding about the linkages between remittance motivations and the preferences towards different characteristics of remittance channels. This paper tackles this issue by presenting an exploratory investigation of the linkages between attributes of remittance channels and personal values behind remittance behaviours. Building on means‐end chain theory and applying a laddering technique, this paper highlights how personal values of achievement, power, security, and benevolence are reflected in immigrants' preference for different attributes of remittance channels. Implications for research, policymaking, and business practice with regard to the management and promotion of financial remittances are suggested.
Stabilizing a Vanadium Oxide Catalyst by Supporting on a Metal–Organic Framework
Authors: Cui Yuexing , Rimoldi Martino , Platero‐Prats Ana E. , Chapman Karena W. , Hupp Joseph T. , Farha Omar K. 
Published: November 2017

AbstractNU‐1000 is a robust and highly porous Zr‐based metal–organic framework (Zr‐MOFs) that has been proven to be an excellent catalyst support because of its well‐defined crystal structure, protonic grafting sites on its nodes, and thermal stability, all of which advantageously offer the possibility to study the nature of the catalytic reactive sites. Herein, we present a vanadium‐oxide catalyst supported on NU‐1000 synthesized by solvothermal deposition in MOFs (SIM), namely, V‐NU‐1000. The catalytic activity of V‐NU‐1000 was investigated by studying the oxidation of 4‐methoxybenzyl alcohol under an O2 atmosphere; this catalyst showed higher conversion and higher selectivity than vanadium‐oxide supported on high‐surface‐area zirconia (V‐ZrO2). The stability of V‐NU‐1000 was confirmed by recyclability and leaching tests, in which recycled V‐NU‐1000 had catalytic ability comparable to that of the fresh catalyst, and no loss in the metal loading was found in recollected V‐NU‐1000.
1,5‐Disubstituted 1,2,3‐Triazole‐Containing Peptidotriazolamers: Design Principles for a Class of Versatile Peptidomimetics
Authors: Kracker Oliver , Góra Jerzy , Krzciuk‐Gula Joanna , Marion Antoine , Neumann Beate , Stammler Hans‐Georg , Nieß Anke , Antes Iris , Latajka Rafał , Sewald Norbert 
Published: November 2017

AbstractPeptidotriazolamers are hybrid foldamers combining features of peptides and triazolamers—repetitive peptidomimetic structures with triazoles replacing peptide bonds. We report on the synthesis of a new class of peptidomimetics, containing 1,5‐disubstituted 1,2,3‐triazoles in an alternating fashion with amide bonds and the analysis of their conformation in solid state and solution. Homo‐ or heterochiral peptidotriazolamers were obtained from enantiomerically pure propargylamines with stereogenic centers in the propargylic position and α‐azido esters by ruthenium‐catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (RuAAC) under microwave conditions in high yields. With such building blocks the peptidotriazolamers are readily available by solution phase synthesis. While the conformation of the homochiral peptidotriazolamer Boc‐Ala[5Tz]Phe‐Val[5Tz]Ala‐Leu[5Tz]Val‐OBzl resembles that of a β VIa1 turn, the heterochiral peptidotriazolamer Boc‐d‐Ala[5Tz]Phe‐d‐Val[5Tz]Ala‐d‐Leu[5Tz]Val‐OBzl adopts a polyproline‐like repetitive structure.
Lanthanide Inorganic Solids Based on Main Group Borates and Oxyanions of Lone Pair Cations
Authors: Kong Fang , Ma Yunxiang , Mao Jianggao 
Published: November 2017

ABSTRACTLanthanide borates containing post transition metal main group elements, including Ga(III), Ge(IV), Sb(V) and Te(VI), as well as lanthanide salts of the oxyanions of lone pair cations, such as I(V), Se(IV) and Te(IV), were reviewed. The post transition metal main group elements in lanthanide borates adopt octahedral or tetrahedral geometry only. In the structure of lanthanide galloborates, only octahedral GaO6 was found while both octahedral GeO6 and tetrahedral GeO4 appeared in borogermanates. The fifth period elements Sb(V) and Te(VI) prefer octahedral coordination geometry in lanthanide borates system. The second groups introduced to lanthanide oxyanions of lone pairs are mainly focused on d0 TM units, such as WO4 tetrahedron, VO5 square pyramid or MoO6 octahedron, and rigid tetrahedral groups like sulfate SO4, silica SiO4 or selenate SeO4 units. Divalent cations like Pb(II) and magnetic ions of Cu(II) or Mn(II) were also included. The structure chemistry of lanthanide ions in these systems is rich. Coordination numbers from six to ten are discovered, yielding a wide range of coordination geometries including the pentagonal bipyramid, square antiprism, metabidiminished icosahedron, tricapped trigonal prism, capped triangular cupola, etc. The connectivity modes between the Ln polyhedra are miscellaneous, from 3D network, to 2D layer, 1D chain, tetramer, trimer, dimer and finally monomer. A number of compounds display NCS structures and strong SHG response, and many lanthanide compounds exhibit good luminescent properties in visible and IR region.
Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells Based on Zn2Ti3O8 Nanoparticles as Electron Transport Material
Authors: Pang Aiying , Shen Deli , Wei Mingdeng , Chen Zhong‐Ning 
Published: November 2017

AbstractDeveloping ternary metal oxides as electron transport layers (ETLs) for perovskite solar cells is a great challenge in the field of third‐generation photovoltaics. In this study, a highly mesoporous Zn2Ti3O8 (m‐ZTO) scaffold is synthesized by ion‐exchange method and used as ETL for the fabrication of methyl ammonium lead halide (CH3NH3PbI3) perovskite solar cells. The optimized devices exhibit 17.21 % power conversion efficiency (PCE) with an open circuit voltage (Voc) of 1.02 V, short‐circuit current density (Jsc) of 21.97 mA cm−2 and fill factor (FF) of 0.77 under AM 1.5G sunlight (100 mW cm−2). The PCE is significantly higher than that based on mesoporous ST01 (m‐ST01; 10 nm TiO2 powder) layer (η=14.93 %), which is ascribed to the deeper conductive band of ZTO nanoparticles, better light absorption and smaller charge recombination. The devices stored for 100 days at ambient temperature with humidity of 10 % showed excellent stability with only 12 % reduction of the PCE. The charge transmission kinetic and long‐term stability parameters of the ZTO‐based perovskite film growth are discussed as well.
Bioderived Muconates by Cross‐Metathesis and Their Conversion into Terephthalates
Authors: Saraçi Erisa , Wang Lan , Theopold Klaus H. , Lobo Raul F. 
Published: November 2017

AbstractPolyethylene terephthalate that is 100 % bioderived is in high demand in the market guided by the ever‐more exigent sustainability regulations with the challenge of producing renewable terephthalic acid remaining. Renewable terephthalic acid or its precursors can be obtained by Diels–Alder cycloaddition and further dehydrogenation of biomass‐derived muconic acid. The cis,cis isomer of the dicarboxylic acid is typically synthesized by fermentation with genetically modified microorganisms, a process that requires complex separations to obtain a high yield of the pure product. Furthermore, the cis isomer has to be transformed into the trans,trans form and has to be esterified before it is suitable for terephthalate synthesis. To overcome these challenges, we investigated the synthesis of dialkyl muconates by cross‐metathesis. The Ru‐catalyzed cross‐coupling of sorbates with acrylates, which can be bioderived, proceeded selectively to yield diester muconates in up to 41 % yield by using very low catalyst amounts (0.5–3.0 mol %) and no solvent. In the optimized procedure, the muconate precipitated as a solid and was easily recovered from the reaction medium. Analysis by GC–MS and NMR spectroscopy showed that this method delivered exclusively the trans,trans isomer of dimethyl muconate. The Diels–Alder reaction of dimethyl muconate with ethylene was studied in various solvents to obtain 1,4‐bis(carbomethoxy)cyclohexene. The cycloaddition proceeded with very high conversions (77–100 %) and yields (70–98 %) in all of the solvents investigated, and methanol and tetrahydrofuran were the best choices. Next, the aromatization of 1,4‐bis(carbomethoxy)cyclohexene to dimethyl terephthalate over a Pd/C catalyst resulted in up to 70 % yield in tetrahydrofuran under an air atmosphere. Owing to the high yield of the reaction of dimethyl muconate to 1,4‐bis(carbomethoxy)cyclohexene, no separation step was needed before the aromatization. This is the first time that cross‐metathesis is used to produce bioderived trans,trans‐muconates as precursors to renewable terephthalates, important building blocks in the polymer industry.