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White Man Tells the Blues: The Power of Music and Narrative in Patrick Neate’s Twelve Bar Blues
Authors: Reinfandt Christoph 
Published: May 2014

Abstract
Patrick Neate’s 2001 novel Twelve Bar Blues is in many ways an intriguing text: Written by a white male English author, the novel utilizes the blues form in order to stage the historical impact of the ‘Black Atlantic’ (Gilroy) on late-20th-century affairs. Steeped in the jazz mythology of New Orleans, it nevertheless manages to transcend these myths by paying close attention to the pragmatic (and historical) contexts in which music and narrative exist as cultural practices. In view of the thematic scope of the present volume, the article addresses the three dimensions of its title (“White Man,” “The Blues,” and “The Power of Music and Narrative”) in order to answer the following questions: What exactly is the cultural validity ascribed to blues and early jazz in the world of the novel, and in what way is the mode of storytelling employed in the novel implicated in these assumptions?
Hyperfiction, the Pyndustry, and Luhmann's Systems Theory
Authors: Herman Luc , Arich-Gerz Bruno 
Published: May 2014

Abstract
This article first discusses the new medial literary form of hyperfiction in terms of an exchange with and between the 'old' media of film and print literature and their respective theoretizations by Joachim Paech and the hypertheorists of the 1990s. The calculated failure of the discussion leads, in the second part, to a new framing of literary texts and their criticism that pivots on Niklas Luhmann's systems theory and his medium / form distinction in particular. The writings of Thomas Pynchon and the criticism of the so-called Pyndustry will help exemplify this model, which conceptualizes hyperfictions and their reading / criticism from a new angle. At the same time, the article demonstrates that Gravity's Rainbow, a novel which critics have frequently read in terms of - or even as - film, can equally be focalized not only as prefiguring hypertextuality, but as a case in point for a hypertextual-like collaborative enterprise on the level of its criticism.
The Risks of Intertextuality: Shakespearean Allusions in Isak Dinesen's Out o[ Africa and William Trevor' s Fools of Fortune
Authors: Kehler Dorothea 
Published: May 2014

Abstract
Although allusion or intertextuality can deepen the resonances of a literary work, it may backfire. Both Isak Dinesen's Out of Africa (1938) and William Trevor's" Pools of Fortune (1983) are set in erstwhile British colonial possessions, and both repeatedly invoke Shakespeare. Dinesen favors quotation, positioning Shakespeare.":$D. the surface of her narrative, thus minimizing the risk of non-recognition. This strategy, however, unwittingly intimates her elitist ethos. Trevor contrasts with Dinesen not only in his greater sensitivity to issues of class and race (his perspective is post colonial), but also in his mode of using Shakespeare: structurally. He employs only one explicit allusion, that in his tide from Romeo and Juliet. Instead, by embedding allusions to Renaissance drama within the plot, Trevor models one of his recurrent themes - we are made out of history - while at the same time neutralizing the risks of "purposes mistook."
Utopia, Nevada: Las Vegas and American Nonfiction
Authors: Ribbat Christoph 
Published: May 2014

Abstract
This essay examines Las Vegas nonfiction by paying particular attention to the utopian function of the city in American aesthetics and to the dystopian energies of those literary texts positioned in the tradition of the New Journalism. It argues that Southern Nevada, though frequently considered as a postmodern cityscape of simulacra, has in fact always been reflected and shaped by a strong realist tradition. Some of the most important authors of literary nonfiction have written about Las Vegas: among them Hunter S. Thompson, Tom Wolfe, Joan Didion, and David Foster Wallace. In addition numerous works have appeared in recent years exploring the city from a host of architectural, urbanist, and historical perspectives. Visiting writers were interested chiefly in the city’s wealth of opportunities for meticulous observation and representation of the body (the essay explores the figure of the showgirl as a case in point). As the essay outlines this interest has not abated in the early 21st century. But the general nature of Vegas writing has changed from prose informed by the mercurial language of the New Journalism to works interested in larger, more complex and academic representations of this new American metropolis.
Fictions of Translation: The Celts, the Canon and the Question of World Literature
Authors: Doring Tobias 
Published: May 2014

Abstract
Debates on postcolonial writing, canon formation and Goethe’s notion of world literature can profit from reconsidering the well-known case of James Macpherson’s Works of Ossian. The fictions of translation which it offered to the eighteenthcentury reading public questioned ruling norms while working towards cultural change, thus helping to suggest new views on the positioning of literature in the modern world.
Crystal structure determination of organic thin-films: the example of 2,2′ :6′,2″-ternaphthalene
Authors: Resel Roland , Pichler Alexander , Resel Roland , Neuhold Alfred , Dingemans Theo , Schwabegger Günther , Simbrunner Clemens , Moret Massimo , Salzmann Ingo 
Published: May 2014

Abstract
This work presents a method for solving the crystal structure of an organic thin-film prepared on an isotropic surface. Combining specular X-ray diffraction and grazing incidence X-ray diffraction, a full structure solution is exemplarily derived for crystals of the molecule ternaphthalene (NNN). The data are analysed following a classic approach, first, by indexing the Bragg peak pattern and, second, by solving the structure using the experimentally observed intensities. Direct space methods with a rigid-body refinement are applied. The result shows that the NNN crystallizes in a layered herringbone structure. The calculated peak intensities based on this structure are in excellent agreement with the experimentally observed intensities. Overall, following this approach, the crystal structure of the molecule NNN grown in a preferred orientation within thin-films could be unambigously solved providing a general pathway for future thin-film structure solutions.
Bombardment Induced Transport of Rb+ through a K+ Conducting Glass vs. K+ Transport through a Rb+ Conducting Glass
Authors: Budina David , Zakel Julia , Martin Johannes , Menezes Pramod , Schäfer Martin , Weitzel Karl-Michael 
Published: May 2014

Abstract
The transport of rubidium ions and potassium ions respectively through
rubidium and potassium ion conducting glasses has been investigated by
means of the recently developed low energy bombardment induced ion
transport (BIIT) approach. Here, the combination of a bombarder ion
M1 (Rb+,K+) and a charge carrier ion M2
(Rb+,K+), in short M1@M2, defines a 2 × 2
matrix where the diagonal elements refer to the native ion transport,
Rb+@Rb+ and K+@K+, while the off-diagonal elements
refer to foreign ion transport, Rb+@K+ and
K+@Rb+. The latter corresponds to the transport of rubidium
ions through a potassium ion conductor and vice versa. The
native ion BIIT yields the intrinsic ionic conductivities and
activation energies for ion hopping in line with impedance
spectroscopic data also presented. The foreign ion BIIT leads to the
generation of diffusion profiles up to 100 nm into the
glass sample as revealed by time-of-flight secondary ion mass
spectrometry (ToF-SIMS). The analysis of such depth profiles by means
of Nernst–Planck-Poisson theory provides access to the concentration
dependence of the diffusion coefficients. The concentration dependence
of the potassium ion diffusion coefficient, D(K+), is markedly
different for the rubidium glass vs. the potassium glass
matrix. Within the error bars the concentration dependence of the
rubidium ion diffusion coefficient, D(Rb+), is negligible in
both glasses.
Cell Pattern and Ultrasculpture of Bulb Tunics of Selected Allium Species (Amaryllidaceae) and their Diagnostic Value
Authors: Rola Kaja 
Published: May 2014

Abstract
Cell pattern and ultrasculpture were examined by light and scanning electron microscopy in bulb tunics of 46 Allium species to determine the diagnostic value of micromorphological characters. The study examined the diversity of these characters, evaluated their usefulness at different taxonomic levels (species, section, subgenus), and considered the results in relation to the recent intrageneric classification of the genus. Detailed characteristics are provided for the investigated species, and taxa showing the presence of calcium oxalate crystals in bulb tunic cells are indicated. The results suggest that several bulb tunic characters are of taxonomic significance in Allium as their variation between specimens of the same species was negligible; they can be useful elements of species descriptions and determination keys. Allium subgenus Allium shows considerable variation of bulb tunic ultrasculpture and hexagonal or elongated cell patterns. Differences in ultrasculpture are sufficient to distinguish species within the Amerallium subgenus. Three subgenera (Anguinum, Butomissa, Reticulatobulbosa) are characterized by fibrous tunics with reticulate ultrasculpture. Rectangular to elliptic cells with thick walls, giving the bulb tunic an almost perforated structure, are characteristic for Allium subgenus Cepa. No specific pattern was found for Allium subgenus Melanocrommyum and Polyprason. The only representative of subgenus Microscordum (Allium monanthum) showed distinct herringbone ultrasculpture. The bulbs of Allium subgenus Rhizirideum representatives can be distinguished by their linear ultrasculpture following the long axis of the elongated cells. Allium bulb tunic ultrasculpture and cell pattern show some degree of variability. These characters are of potential use in taxonomic delimitation, species determination and further study of the relationships between species, particularly in members of subgenus Amerallium.
The Role of Human Insulin Growth Factor (Igf) – Axis in Carcinogenesis
Authors: Kwaśniewski Wojciech , Kotarski Józef , Polak Grzegorz , Goździcka-Józefiak Anna , Kotarski Jan 
Published: May 2014

Summary
The human insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system has attracted significant researcher interest due to its endocrine and autocrine / paracrine activities, mitogenic effects and the involvement in the regulation of proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis. The signaling pathways used by the IGF system impact cellular metabolism in a complex manner complex and many details are still unclear. Understanding the molecular mechanism of action of IGF’s and their effects on cellular activity may provide a basis to develop new anticancer drugs. This review focuses on recent studies that expand our knowledge of the signaling pathways of IGF system
Spherules associated with the cretaceous–paleogene boundary in Poland
Authors: Brachaniec Tomasz , Karwowski Łukasz , Szopa Krzysztof 
Published: May 2014

Abstract
The succession of the Lechówka section near Chełm in south-eastern Poland presents the first complete record of the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary in Poland. Samples of the boundary clay were examined for microtektites and shocked minerals to confirm the impact origin of the sediment. The spheroidal fraction reveals morphological and mineralogical features, e.g., spherules, similar to material from the K-Pg boundary as described from elsewhere. The impact genesis of the spherules is confirmed by the presence of nickel-rich spinel grains on their surfaces. The spinels are considered to be primary microlites and, thus, the spherules at Lechówka can be classified as microkrystites. No shocked minerals were noted. The deposits with spherules comprise Aland Mg-rich smectite (Cheto smectite). This almost pure Mg-rich smectite, forming up to 100% of the clay fraction, derived from the weathering of the impact glass. It is proposed that the spherules isolated from the Cretaceous- Paleogene boundary clay at Lechówka come from the Chicxulub crater in Mexico.
Influence of electron donors and copper concentration on geochemical and mineralogical processes under conditions of biological sulphate reduction
Authors: Wolicka Dorota , Borkowski Andrzej 
Published: May 2014

Abstract
Sulphidogenous microorganism communities were isolated from soil polluted by crude oil. The study was focused on determining the influence of 1) copper (II) concentration on the activity of selected microorganism communities and 2) the applied electron donor on the course and evolution of mineral-forming processes under conditions favouring growth of sulphate-reducing bacteria (SRB). The influence of copper concentration on the activity of selected microorganism communities and the type of mineral phases formed was determined during experiments in which copper (II) chloride at concentrations of 0.1, 0.2, 0.5 and 0.7 g/L was added to SRB cultures. The experiments were performed in two variants: with ethanol (4 g/L) or lactate (4 g/L) as the sole carbon source. In order to determine the taxonomic composition of the selected microorganism communities, the 16S rRNA method was used. Results of this analysis confirmed the presence of Desulfovibrio, Desulfohalobium, Desulfotalea, Thermotoga, Solibacter, Gramella, Anaeromyxobacter and Myxococcus sp. in the stationary cultures. The post-culture sediments contained covelline (CuS) and digenite (Cu9S5 ). Based on the results, it can be stated that the type of carbon source applied during incubation plays a crucial role in determining the mineral composition of the post-culture sediments. Thus, regardless of the amount of copper ion introduced to a culture with lactate as the sole carbon source, no copper sulphide was observed in the post-culture sediments. Cultures with ethanol as the sole carbon source, on the other hand, yielded covelline or digenite in all post-culture sediments.
Carbon sequestration and its dynamics in water-stable aggregates
Authors: Šimanský Vladimír , Kováčik Peter 
Published: May 2014

Abstract
Sequestration of organic carbon in soils is an effective strategy to mitigate global climate change. Carbon sequestration leads to an increase in carbon stocks in soil, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions while improving soil quality and crop production. There are several published articles containing information in which the authors explain carbon sequestration in different soil types under different climatic conditions or farming systems, but on the other hand there is less information about carbon sequestration in water-stable aggregates. In field experiment, the manner in which different soil management practices influence carbon sequestration and its dynamics in water-stable aggregates was studied. We evaluated the soil samples taken from Haplic Luvisol (Dolná Malanta - Slovakia) from all treatments of tillage (conventional, minimal and grassland) and fertilisation (without fertilisation, crop residues together with NPK fertilisers and only NPK fertilisers). The maintenance of carbon concentration within soil under conventional tillage and in native grassland was due to an enhanced incorporation of new organic matter from the coarse fraction of particulate organic matter to macro-aggregates and in treatment with ploughed crop residue together with NPK fertilisers, there was besides of this caused by the reduction of carbon mineralisation from the fine fraction. Soil management practices have a significant effect on the re-distribution of soil organic matter in water-stable aggregates. In conventional and minimal tillage, very important sources of carbon sequestration are agronomical favourable size fractions of water-stable macro-aggregates and in native grassland, as well as in all fertiliser treatments, the most important source of carbon sequestration is water-stable micro-aggregates.
Screening of bacterial populations in crop rotations with different proportion of cereals
Authors: Ondreičková Katarína , Babulicová Mária , Mihálik Daniel , Gubišová Marcela , Gubiš Jozef 
Published: May 2014

Abstract
Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism was used to determine the bacterial community diversity in crop rotations with different proportion of cereals (40%, 60% and 80%) and various fertilisation treatments (F1 - mineral fertiliser amendment + the application of organic fertiliser Veget® and F2 - mineral fertilisation) sampled on two dates (July and October 2012). No statistically significant differences in the number of terminal restriction fragments were detected by Fisher´s least significant difference between two types of fertilisation or among samples with different proportion of cereals. In contrast, statistically significant differences were detected between samples collected in July and October, when in October there was a 43.5% reduction in the number of bacterial species in comparison with July. Principal component analysis as well as cluster analysis showed that a higher similarity in composition of bacterial communities was present among all soil samples collected in July and two samples collected in October. Other samples collected in October were separated from each other. The results of this study demonstrated that bacteria abundance and community composition were not affected by the proportion of cereals and fertiliser used.
Restriction of Stable Bundles on an Abelian Surface. The C2 = 2 Case
Authors: Anghel Cristian 
Published: May 2014

Abstract
In this note we describe the restriction map from the moduli space of stable rank 2 bundles with c2 = 2 on a jacobian X of dimension 2, to the moduli space of stable rank 2 bundles on the corresponding genus 2 curve C embedded in X.
Variation in wing characteristics of monarch butterflies during migration: Earlier migrants have redder and more elongated wings
Authors: Satterfield Dara A. , Davis Andrew K. 
Published: May 2014

AbstractThe migration of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) in North America has a number of parallels with long-distance bird migration, including the fact that migratory populations of monarchs have larger and more elongated forewings than residents. These characteristics likely serve to optimize flight performance in monarchs, as they also do with birds. A question that has rarely been addressed thus far in birds or monarchs is if and how wing characteristics vary within a migration season. Individuals with superior flight performance should migrate quickly, and/or with minimal stopovers, and these individuals should be at the forefront of the migratory cohort. Conversely, individuals with poor flight performance and/or low endurance would be more likely to fall behind, and these would comprise the latest migrants. Here we examined how the wing morphology of migrating monarchs varies to determine if wing characteristics of early migrants differ from late migrants. We measured forewing area, elongation (length/width), and redness, which has been shown to predict flight endurance in monarchs. Based on a collection of 75 monarchs made one entire season (fall 2010), results showed that the earliest migrants (n = 20) in this cohort had significantly redder and more elongated forewings than the latest migrants (n = 17). There was also a non-significant tendency for early migrants to have larger forewing areas. These results suggest that the pace of migration in monarchs is at least partly dependent on the properties of their wings. Moreover, these data also raise a number of questions about the ultimate fate of monarchs that fall behind
The Importance of Identification of M-BCRABL Oncogene and JAK2V617F Mutation in Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
Authors: Szántó Annamária , Pap Zsuzsanna , Pávai Z , Benedek I , Köpeczi Judit Beáta , Tunyogi Aliz- Beáta , Horváth Emőke , Lázár Benedek Erzsébet 
Published: May 2014

Abstract
Background: The elucidation of the genetic background of the myeloproliferative neoplasms completely changed the management of these disorders: the presence of the Philadelphia chromosome and/or the BCR-ABL oncogene is pathognomonic for chronic myeloid leukemia and identification of JAK2 gene mutations are useful in polycytemia vera (PV), essential thrombocytemia (ET) and myelofibrosis (PMF). The aim of this study was to investigate the role of molecular biology tests in the management of myeloproliferative neoplasms.
Materials and methods: We tested the blood samples of 117 patients between April 2008 and February 2013 at the Molecular Biology of UMF Târgu Mureș using RQ-PCR (for M-BCR-ABL oncogene) and/or allele-specific PCR (for JAK2V617F mutation).
Results: Thirty-two patients presented the M-BCR-ABL oncogene, 16 of them were regularly tested as a follow-up of the administered therapy: the majority of chronic phase patients presented decreasing or stable values, while in case of accelerated phase and blast phase the M-BCR-ABL values increased or remained at the same level. Twenty patients were identified with the JAK2V617F mutation: 8 patients with PV, 4 with ET, 3 with PMF, 4 with unclassifiable chronic myeloproliferative disease and 1 patient with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia. There was no case of concomitant occurance of both molecular markers.
Conclusions: Molecular biology testing plays an important role in the management of myeloproliferative neoplasms: identification of the molecular markers confirms the final diagnosis, excluding secondary causes of abnormal blood count parameters. Regular monitoring of MBCR- ABL expression level is useful in the follow-up of therapeutic efficiency.
Short Segment Fixation Versus Short Segment Fixation With Pedicle Screws at the Fracture Level for Thoracolumbar Burst Fracture
Authors: Anghel S , Márton D 
Published: May 2014

Abstract
Objective: The most prevailing surgical procedure in the treatment of thoracolumbar burst fractures, Short Segment Fixation (SSF), is often followed by loss of correction or hardware failure which may be significant enough to require another surgical intervention. In order to take advantage of its benefits but to avoid or diminish the risk and impact of associated drawbacks, some other alternatives have been lately developed among which we refer to short segment fixation with intermediate screws (SSF+IS). This article provides a comparative picture over the effectiveness of the two above-mentioned surgical treatments, focusing on their potential to prevent the loss of correction.
Methods: After a systematic literature review over research papers published between 2000 and 2012, 14 articles which met the criteria were included in the meta-analysis. The relevant data extracted and compared for each subgroup of patients treated either with SSF or SSF+IS, were the weighted averages for the pre-operative, post-operative and last follow up kyphosis angles. We also considered common associated complications, operation time, and blood loss values for each surgical subgroups.
Results: The values for the loss of correction at the last follow-up were: 5.5° for SS and 7.4° for SSF+IS, which didn’t prove to be statistically different. With reference to other parameters, such as operation time, blood loss and correction attainment, the values did not present statistically significant differences, either. Regarding complications, we noticed that both SSF and SSF+IS display a similar incidence for hardware failure, screw breakages, superficial infections, deep venous thrombosis.
Conclusions: This paper concludes that, adding one or two screws at the fractured vertebra level (SSF+IS) does not bring forth a significant improvement compared to the traditional approach (SSF). Apparently, the blood loss depends mostly on the approach type (open or percutaneous) and less on the surgery type.