bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Stability and predictors of psychopathic traits from mid‐adolescence through early adulthood
Authors: Hemphälä Malin , Kosson David , Westerman Johan , Hodgins Sheilagh 
Published: November 2015

High levels of psychopathic traits in youth are associated with multiple negative outcomes including substance misuse, aggressive behavior, and criminality. Evidence regarding stability of psychopathic traits is contradictory. No previous study has examined long‐term stability of psychopathic traits assessed with validated clinical measures. The present study examined the stability of psychopathic traits from mid‐adolescence to early adulthood and explored adolescent factors that predicted psychopathic traits five years later. The sample included 99 women and 81 men who had consulted a clinic for substance misuse in adolescence. At an average age of 16.8 years, the adolescents were assessed using the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL: YV) and five years later using the PCL‐Revised (PCL‐R). Additionally, extensive clinical assessments of the adolescents and their parents were completed in mid‐adolescence. Among both females and males, moderate to high rank‐order stability was observed for total PCL and facet scores. Among both females and males, there was a decrease in the mean total PCL score, interpersonal facet score, affective facet score, and lifestyle facet score. However, the great majority of females and males showed no change in psychopathy scores over the five‐year period as indicated by the Reliable Change Index. Despite the measures of multiple family and individual factors in adolescence, only aggressive behavior and male sex predicted PCL‐R total scores in early adulthood after taking account of PCL:YV scores. Taken together, these results from a sample who engaged in antisocial behavior in adolescence suggest that factors promoting high psychopathy scores act early in life.
Switzerland's Regulatory European Integration: Between Tacit Consensus and Noisy Dissensus
Authors: Jenni Sabine 
Published: November 2015

AbstractSwitzerland's relationship with the EU is closely related to some of the transformations of domestic politics during the last decades. This contribution analyses the development of Switzerland's legal integration measures over time and explores their correlation with indicators of domestic political change, namely party positions and the salience of European integration in the electorate. It suggests that party positions and issue salience of European integration did not prevent the rather dynamic development of Switzerland's legal integration measures for two reasons: On the one hand, parties were generally in favour of the ‘bilateral way’ and related policies and European integration lost salience over the twenty years under study. On the other hand, a considerable share of legal integration measures was conducted by the government and the federal administration following mechanisms foreseen in the sectoral agreements. These measures as well as domestic rule transpositions proved not to be related to indicators of domestic political change, whereas legal integration measures in need of approval by parliament were correlated to party positions and issue salience. The analysis builds on an empirical dataset including all sectoral agreements and all federal laws transposing EU rules in the period 1990 – 2010. The results are based on descriptive analyses and Poisson regression estimates.
Exploring the Determinants of Local Service Termination*
Authors: Lamothe Meeyoung , Lamothe Scott 
Published: November 2015

ObjectivesIn the past, research focusing on local service decisions was dominated by the exploration of make‐or‐buy choices (i.e., how to produce services). In this article, we extend this venue of research to explore service termination (i.e., whether to provide). In doing so, we adopt four theoretical strands developed in the fields of public policy and management to guide our research: policy termination, political economy, make‐or‐buy, and policy diffusion.MethodsWe utilize multiple International City/County Management Association surveys for our analysis. We supplement these data with information gleaned from a variety of other sources, including Census data, to construct a binary logistic regression model examining the determinants of service termination.ResultsWe find that local governments are likely to terminate their services when they were previously outsourced to third‐party contractors rather than produced by their own employees. Further, our results indicate that locales tend to drop services more often when they are not commonly provided by peer jurisdictions, supporting the idea of diffusion.ConclusionsOur findings suggest that, despite a dearth of research undertaken, service termination is surprisingly common and widespread across service areas.
Community Attachment and Voting for School Vouchers*
Authors: Burbank Matthew J. , Levin Daniel 
Published: November 2015

ObjectiveThe analysis of public support for school voucher programs has focused on economic self‐interest and has paid little attention to the role of community. We propose a model of support for school vouchers that focuses on community attachment. We theorize that areas with growing residential populations will have less community attachment and be more supportive of school voucher programs while areas with long‐established residents will have stronger attachments to their community institutions and be less supportive of voucher programs.MethodWe test this community attachment model using data from a 2007 Utah referendum on school vouchers combined with demographic data.ResultThe data show support for the community attachment model after controlling for the effects of partisanship and socioeconomic factors.ConclusionOur analysis suggests that the nature of community life is an important consideration for understanding the appeal of public school voucher programs.
Did Perception of the Economy Affect Attitudes to Immigration at the 2010 British General Election?*
Authors: Johnson Craig , Rodger Sunil 
Published: November 2015

ObjectiveImmigration and the economy were the most salient issues in British politics at the 2010 general election, yet the relationship between them remains unclear. This article questions whether perception of the economic situation influenced hostility to immigration to Britain during the 2010 general election campaign.MethodThis article employs a logistic regression model using the 2010 British Election Study to test the effect of economic perception and other previously identified factors on hostility to immigration.ResultsThe results show that perception of the economy did have an effect on hostility to immigration at the 2010 British general election. However, the effect is negligible.ConclusionThe findings highlight the influence of other factors in predicting hostility to immigration, particularly identity and culture, party identification, and policy‐based factors. The prominence of analyzing the effect of economic concerns in determining attitudes to immigration appears misplaced.
Americans’ Value Preferences Pre‐ and Post‐9/11*
Authors: Ciuk David J. 
Published: November 2015

ObjectiveThis article examines the short‐ and long‐term effects of the attacks of 9/11 on Americans’ value preferences.MethodUsing data from 1994, 2002, and 2005, I estimate a rank‐ordered logit model where the dependent variable is respondents’ rank‐ordered preferences on four values central to American political culture.ResultsThe short‐term effects of 9/11 are significant: Americans’ were willing to “trade” equality and economic security for social order. In the long term, these effects fade and value preferences swing back to pre‐9/11 levels.ConclusionThese findings align nicely with a body of literature that suggests that traumatic public events induce feelings of panic and anxiety, thereby causing people to reorder their fundamental political cognitions. As these feelings fade, however, individuals’ fundamental political cognitions revert back toward normal.
Description of two new HLA‐A alleles, HLA‐A*02:572 and HLA‐A*03:225
Authors: Balas A. , García‐Sánchez F. , Vicario J. L. 
Published: November 2015

AbstractCharacterization of two new human‐leukocyte antigen (HLA)‐A alleles, A*02:572 and HLA‐A*03:225.
Production Network Knowledge as A Foundation for Resistance ‐ Workers Influence on A Chinese Acquisition in Germany
Authors: Bollhorn Kai , Franz Martin 
Published: November 2015

AbstractThis paper analyses how workers in Germany's automotive industry developed power in the process of a transnational carve out – namely the carve‐out of the rubber and plastics department of the German automotive supplier ZF Friedrichshafen AG to the Chinese based Zhuzhou Times New Material Technology Co., Ltd. in 2013. The worker's actions were successful because they used their production network knowledge and decided against a strategy of pure co‐operative co‐determination but implemented a strategy of resistance. They concentrated their resistance on the weak points within the value creation processes of the automotive production network. On the basis of this, the authors argue that production network knowledge can be used to develop collective power within organisations. The study is based on qualitative interviews with ZF observing participation of workers events and a press analyses on the particular acquisition.
Effects of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positivity of donors in HBsAg(+) renal transplant recipients: comparison of outcomes with HBsAg(+) and HBsAg(−) donors
Authors: Yilmaz V.T. , Aliosmanoglu İ. , Erbis H. , Ulger B.V. , Cetinkaya R. , Suleymanlar G. , Kocak H. 
Published: November 2015

AbstractAimThe aim of this study was to determine the effects of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positivity of the donors on graft survival and liver complications in HBsAg(+) renal transplant recipients.Patients and methodA group of 55 patients who underwent renal transplantation (RTx) in our hospital between 2001 and 2012 were included in the study. Patients were divided into 2 groups. Group 1 (n = 50) consisted of HBsAg(+) renal transplant recipients (RTR) whose donors were HBsAg(−). In Group 2 (n = 5), RTR and donors were both HBsAg(+). Lymphocyte cross matches, number of mismatches, donor types, renal replacement treatment modalities, drugs of induction treatment, and preoperative hepatitis B virus DNA titers of the groups were similar. In Group 1, 42 patients were taking lamivudine, 3 patients were taking entecavir, and 5 patients were taking tenofovir. All of the patients in Group 2 were taking lamivudine. Patient and graft survival rates, graft functions, acute hepatitis rates, acute rejection rates, and other clinical outcomes of the groups were compared.ResultsDemographic data of the groups were similar. Acute rejection rates (P = 0.458), graft survival rates (P = 0.515), and patient survival rates (P = 0.803) were also similar. No significant difference was found between the groups in terms of acute hepatitis rate (P = 0.511), glomerular filtration rate (calculated by Modification of Diet in Renal Disease formula) in the last follow‐up (P = 0.988), alanine aminotransferase levels (P = 0.069), or delayed graft function rate (P = 0.973). Rates of chronic allograft dysfunction and new onset diabetes mellitus after transplantation were similar.ConclusionOur study revealed that, RTx from HBsAg(+) donors to HBsAg(+) recipients is safe with antiviral treatment.
Inhibition of fucosylation of cell wall components by 2‐fluoro 2‐deoxy‐l‐fucose induces defects in root cell elongation
Authors: Dumont Marie , Lehner Arnaud , Bardor Muriel , Burel Carole , Vauzeilles Boris , Lerouxel Olivier , Anderson Charles T. , Mollet Jean‐Claude , Lerouge Patrice 
Published: November 2015

SummaryScreening of commercially available fluoro monosaccharides as putative growth inhibitors in Arabidopsis thaliana revealed that 2‐fluoro 2‐l‐fucose (2F‐Fuc) reduces root growth at micromolar concentrations. The inability of 2F‐Fuc to affect an Atfkgp mutant that is defective in the fucose salvage pathway indicates that 2F‐Fuc must be converted to its cognate GDP nucleotide sugar in order to inhibit root growth. Chemical analysis of cell wall polysaccharides and glycoproteins demonstrated that fucosylation of xyloglucans and of N‐linked glycans is fully inhibited by 10 μm 2F‐Fuc in Arabidopsis seedling roots, but genetic evidence indicates that these alterations are not responsible for the inhibition of root development by 2F‐Fuc. Inhibition of fucosylation of cell wall polysaccharides also affected pectic rhamnogalacturonan‐II (RG‐II). At low concentrations, 2F‐Fuc induced a decrease in RG‐II dimerization. Both RG‐II dimerization and root growth were partially restored in 2F‐Fuc‐treated seedlings by addition of boric acid, suggesting that the growth phenotype caused by 2F‐Fuc was due to a deficiency of RG‐II dimerization. Closer investigation of the 2F‐Fuc‐induced growth phenotype demonstrated that cell division is not affected by 2F‐Fuc treatments. In contrast, the inhibitor suppressed elongation of root cells and promoted the emergence of adventitious roots. This study further emphasizes the importance of RG‐II in cell elongation and the utility of glycosyltransferase inhibitors as new tools for studying the functions of cell wall polysaccharides in plant development. Moreover, supplementation experiments with borate suggest that the function of boron in plants might not be restricted to RG‐II cross‐linking, but that it might also be a signal molecule in the cell wall integrity‐sensing mechanism.
ISLAM AND SCIENCE: THE NEXT PHASE OF DEBATES
Authors: Guessoum Nidhal 
Published: November 2015

AbstractThis article reviews the new developments that have occurred in the past ten to fifteen years in the field of Islam and science: (1) the emergence of a “new generation” of thinkers, Muslim scientists who accept modern science's fundamental methodology, theories, and results, and try to find ways to “harmonize” it with Islam; and (2) the exponential increase in the popularity of theI‘jaz ‘Ilmiy“theory,” the “miraculous scientific content of the Qur'an” (and, some say, the Hadith) as well as the continuation of the traditionalist school (Iqbal and others, following Nasr) among a section of the Muslim intelligentsia. The author then focuses on the next phase of issues, that is the “challenges” that this “new generation” must address, including the integration of methodological naturalism and evolution (biological and human) in the Islamic worldview, and positions to adopt regarding divine action and miracles. The author also mentions “educational and social issues” where Islam and science interface, and concludes with “the way forward.”
A HEURISTIC SCIENCE‐BASED NATURALISM AS A PARTNER FOR THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS ON THE NATURAL WORLD
Authors: D'Ambrosio Paolo 
Published: November 2015

AbstractAfter a few general observations on scientific activity, the author briefly comments on different versions of naturalism. Subsequently, he suggests that the birth of evolutionary biology and its successive developments may show how the natural world comes to be differently conceived as scientific advancements are accomplished. Then the main thesis is outlined by introducing the principles of a heuristic science‐based naturalism not conclusively defining the real and the knowable. From the epistemological perspective, heuristic naturalism is meant to be framed in critical realism, whereas from the ontological standpoint it may be framed in emergent monism, given that the latter can also underpin recent trends in investigation addressing human specificity. Finally, attention is turned to some implications of heuristically guided scientific activity with regard to the issues of divine action and ofimago Dei.
RELIGION AS A LANGUAGE: EXPLORING ALTERNATIVE PATHS IN CONVERSATION WITH POSTREDUCTIONIST ANTHROPOLOGIES
Authors: Oviedo Lluis 
Published: November 2015

AbstractNew scientific approaches to religion have delivered a considerable number of theories aimed at explaining it, despite its cognitive and adaptive oddities. These efforts were built on available theoretical frameworks, including those from cognitive science, biology, and anthropology. Many voices have raised criticism against several aspects in the cognitive and evolutionist program, even if recognizing their legitimacy and the fruits collected to date. A pressing issue is whether the problem with the new scientific study of religion is related, to some extent, to the use of outdated views on human evolution, mind, and behavior. If this is the case, then a deep revision concerning current models is required. The new direction proposed should account for more complex aspects of human nature following multilevel models, and a specific human feature—language—that could better explain religion as a meaning system. Understanding religion as a language might open an alternative path inside cognitive studies that is closer to how it is lived by believers.
STORYTELLING AND WICKED PROBLEMS: MYTHS OF THE ABSOLUTE AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Authors: Stenmark Lisa L. 
Published: November 2015

AbstractThis article examines the emphasis on facts and data in public discourse, and the belief that they provide a certainty necessary for public judgment and collective action. The heart of this belief is what I call the “myth of the Absolute,” which is the belief that by basing our judgment and actions on an Absolute we can avoid errors and mistakes. Myths of the Absolute can help us deal with wicked problems such as climate change, but they also have a downside. This article explores the experience behind these myths, to better understand how they describe and mediate our experiences of uncertainty, then relates these myths to debates about climate change. I conclude by describing how to engage these myths in a way that promotes better public discourse—and thus better public judgment and collective action—by telling these stories in such a way that we poke and prod wherever the story is not.
GALILEO IN THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CONTEXT: HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, THEOLOGY, AND SCIENCE
Authors: Obolevitch Teresa 
Published: November 2015

AbstractThe trial of Galileo remains a representative example of the alleged incompatibility between science and religion as well as a suggestive case study of the relationship between them from the Western historical and methodological perspective. However, the Eastern Christian view has not been explored to a significant extent. In this article, the author considers relevant aspects of the reception of the teaching of Copernicus and Galileo in Russian culture, especially in the works of scientists. Whereas in prerevolutionary Russia Galileo was considered a symbol of the unity of science and religion, in the Soviet period his name and especially his trial was largely used for atheistic propaganda purposes. The author discusses the most recent debate in the Russian Orthodox milieu. The second part is dedicated to the presence of Galileo in Russian religious philosophy, especially in the thought of Gregory Skovoroda, Ivan Kireyevsky, and Sergey Glagolev. Finally, the relation of the Russian Orthodox Church to the teaching of Galileo is considered.
CAN SCIENCE AND RELIGION RESPOND TO CLIMATE CHANGE?
Authors: Tucker Mary Evelyn 
Published: November 2015

AbstractWith the challenge of communicating climate science in the United States and making progress in international negotiations on climate change there is a need for other approaches. The moral issues of ecological degradation and climate justice need to be integrated into social consciousness, political legislation, and climate treaties. Both science and religion can contribute to this integration with differentiated language but shared purpose. Recognizing the limits of both science and religion is critical to finding a way forward for addressing the critical challenges of climate change. How we value nature and human–Earth relations is crucial to this. We need a broader environmental ethics in dialogue with the science of climate change.
CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE CLASH OF WORLDVIEWS: AN EXPLORATION OF HOW TO MOVE FORWARD IN A POLARIZED DEBATE
Authors: de Witt Annick 
Published: November 2015

AbstractThe current gridlock around climate change and how to address our global sustainability issues can be understood as resulting from clashes in worldviews. This article summarizes some of the research on worldviews in the contemporary West, showing that these (ideal‐typical) worldviews have different, and frequently complementary, potentials, as well as different pitfalls, with respect to addressing climate change. Simultaneously, the overview shows that, because of their innate reflexivity and their capacity to appreciate and synthesize multiple perspectives, individuals inhabiting integrative worldviews may have particular potentials with respect to addressing climate change. In the conclusion I argue that the policy challenge is to develop strategies that inspire the different worldview groups to actualize their potentials while mitigating their pitfalls, as well as to unite and mobilize them around a single vision that speaks to them all.
Complete Genome Sequences of Two Japanese Eel Endothelial Cell-Infecting Virus Strains Isolated in Japan
Authors: Naoi Yuki , Okazaki Sachiko , Katayama Yukie , Omatsu Tsutomu , Ono Shin-ichi , Mizutani Tetsuya 
Published: November 2015

ABSTRACT
Japanese eel endothelial cell-infecting virus (JEECV) causes viral endothelial cell necrosis of eel (VECNE), resulting in severe economic losses in eel aquaculture in Japan. Here, we report the complete genome sequences of two new JEECV strains isolated from farmed Japanese eels.
Complete Genome Sequence of Salmonella enterica subsp.
enterica
Serovar Typhi Isolate B/SF/13/03/195 Associated with a Typhoid Carrier in Pasir Mas, Kelantan, Malaysia
Authors: Muhamad Harish Salwani , Sim Kee-Shin , Mohd Nor Fauziah , Mat Hussin Hani , Hamzah Wan Mansor , Najimudin Nazalan , Aziah Ismail 
Published: November 2015

ABSTRACT

We report here the complete genome sequence of
Salmonella enterica
subsp.
enterica
serovar Typhi B/SF/13/03/195 obtained from a typhoid carrier, who is a food handler in Pasir Mas, Kelantan.
Draft Genome Sequence of Bacillus tequilensis Strain FJAT-14262a
Authors: Chen Qian-Qian , Liu Bo , Liu Guo-hong , Wang Jie-ping , Che Jian-Mei 
Published: November 2015

ABSTRACT

Bacillus tequilensis
FJAT-14262a is a Gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium. Here, we report the 4,038,551-bp genome sequence of
B. tequilensis
FJAT-14262a, which will provide useful information for genomic taxonomy and phylogenomics of
Bacillus
.
Complete Genome Sequence of Klebsiella pneumoniae Strain HKUOPLC, a Cellulose-Degrading Bacterium Isolated from Giant Panda Feces
Authors: Lu Matthew Guan-Xi , Jiang Jingwei , Liu Lirui , Ma Angel Po-Yee , Leung Frederick Chi-Ching 
Published: November 2015

ABSTRACT

We report here the complete genome sequence of
Klebsiella pneumoniae
strain HKUOPLC, isolated from a giant panda fecal sample collected from Ocean Park, Hong Kong. The complete genome of this bacterium may contribute to the discovery of efficient cellulose-degrading pathways.
Complete Genome Sequence of a Human-Invasive Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Strain of the Emerging Sequence Type 213 Harboring a Multidrug Resistance IncA/C Plasmid and a
bla
CMY-2
-Carrying IncF Plasmid
Authors: Silva Claudia , Calva Edmundo , Calva Juan J. , Wiesner Magdalena , Fernández-Mora Marcos , Puente José L. , Vinuesa Pablo 
Published: November 2015

ABSTRACT

Salmonella enterica
subsp.
enterica
serovar Typhimurium strain 33676 was isolated in Mexico City, Mexico, from a patient with a systemic infection, and its complete genome sequence was determined using PacBio single-molecule real-time technology. Strain 33676 harbors an IncF plasmid carrying the extended-spectrum cephalosporin gene
bla
CMY-2
and a multidrug resistance IncA/C plasmid.