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Motivational Strategy for Personnel Management in the System of Innovation-Oriented Human Resource Management
Authors: Борисова  , Borisova N. 
Published: January 2015

The paper analyzes motivational personnel management strategy within the conditions of transiting to the innovative economy and evidences the objective
need and nature of the new approach to management. The subject of inquiry is the system of innovation-oriented human resource management (HRM) system,
created with the aim to facilitate sustainable growth of human resources potential. The author’s model of how such a system functions reveals the essence of
managerial activity in the aspect of utilizing and developing personnel innovative potential for the purpose of enhancing competitive stance of the organization.
As the conceptual apparatus of the issue in hand is rather debatable the author fi nds it reasonable to specify meaning of such concepts as «personnel», «human
resources», «innovative potential» and «innovativeness of the personnel». Assuming that in the realities of innovative economy organizational staff ’s innovative
potential is an essential quality, refl ecting the degree of personnel’s innovativeness in terms of capabilities to generate new knowledge, and further to transform
these knowledge in practical innovations, thus contributing to business worth and competitiveness of the employing company. Motivational strategy of
personnel management is considered because it serves as the key element of the innovations-oriented HRM, which is of particular importance for achieving
organization’s strategy goals. To successfully implement motivation strategy of personnel management there should be in place some powerful incentive
system, conducive to systematical growth of workers’ innovation potential based on up-to-date motivational techniques, tools and methods. The paper focuses
mainly on corporate business-training and gives priority to extended forms of training and couching, which, as the author shows, are capable of forging strong
incentives for professional and intellectual development of personnel and enhancing the workers’ competitiveness in terms of innovations. The author presents
fi ndings of her own research, which are helpful in identifying top trends in modern HRM development and ways to improve incentives to motivate personnel
under conditions of building the innovative economy in Russia.
Issues of HR-Experts Professional Development in the USA
Authors: Жильцов  , Zhiltsov Vladimir , Пахомов  , Pakhomov A. 
Published: January 2015

The paper is concerns problems of professionalization HR-experts in USA. Information on structure of professional organizations in the ­ eld of HR practices
and ways to outreach HR-experts are described. Of special interest is the assessment of HR-experts performance, undertaken on the basis of Friedson’s model.
Of interest is also description of methods, HR-experts currently use to assess their own performance and speci­ cs of professional training. As the authors show,
the need for entry control to the profession in terms of certi­ cation or acquiring higher education I relatively weak. The very fact of low entry barrier for HR
practices may relate to low recognition of signi­ cance of HR-activities by public and business community. Despite the claims of the US HR-experts that they
enjoy some autonomy of operation, in fact they tend to consider their work as being intrinsically controllable by their professional organization.
Auditing Educational Support Processes at Higher Education Institutions As a Basis for Improving Work Flows and Remuneration of Educational Support Staff
Authors: Поповская  , Popovskaya M. 
Published: January 2015

The paper reports on research fi ndings obtained by the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation within the project on «Improvement
of performance standards and elaboration of new approaches to work fl ows arrangement and remuneration for specifi c categories of higher educational
institutions staff », fi nanced from the budget in terms of Government assignment for 2014. Issues of assessing performance of educational support staff , as one
of the categories of higher educational institutions personnel, are examined through the prism of improving quality of services, rendered by state and municipal
higher educational institutions as well as remuneration system in accordance with normative legal documents of the RF. The paper presents one of available
approaches to achieving goals of higher educational institutions, namely, to enhance quality of educational services and to improve remuneration systems
supposedly based on audit of functions of educational support activities, on foregrounding the set of jobs for educational support staff as well as on assessing
quality of work fl ows of the said category of staff .
The worst tourists in the world: Gangsters, heterotopia and the space of global capital In Bruges
Authors: Stein Erica 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
Martin McDonagh’s In Bruges (2008) has generated a substantive body of literature that investigates the collision it stages between the conventions of the travelogue and the conventions of the crime narrative. This criticism, however, does not address the way in which Bruges itself is produced and positioned as socio-economic space. This article argues that In Bruges first constructs and then deconstructs the eponymous city as a heterotopia and, in doing so, sheds light on the common heterotopic qualities of both touristic and illegal spaces. More important, the operations of the narrative produce Bruges as a node in an undifferentiated space of global capital, whose primary characteristic is that of criminality.
Alternative sprawls, junkcities: Buenos Aires Libre and horizontal urban epistemologies
Authors: Schifani Allison M. 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
The horizontally organized Buenos Aires Libre is a cadre of new media artists, programmers and technophiles building their own autonomous network, apart from the Internet, in Argentina’s capital city. This network uses line-of-sight connections via directional antennae to link members and users throughout the urban landscape. The following article explores ‘junk’ and ‘sprawl’ as conceptual and material terrain activated by the network and its users. Both sprawl and junk help it to construct alternative epistemologies of urban life and to highlight the centrality of urban space to political, economic and informational systems at work in the contemporary city.
Geographies of street art: Shepard Fairey and the trans-scalar imagination
Authors: Long Mark 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
Street art is an emerging art form that insists on unmediated access to the urban realm. It seeks to reconnect urban populations with their surroundings by unsettling apparently banal landscapes that serve to reinforce dominant world-views. It operates through our reimagining of the urban environment, with designs on broader rethinking of our ways-of-being. This article charts new geographic imaginings through Shepard Fairey’s ‘Power & Glory’ exhibition in Charleston, South Carolina. ‘Power & Glory’ posits a trans-scalar geographical imagination, originating in new senses-of-belonging in the city to describe an arc from local to global; to return, finally, to the city as the immediate scale of existence.
Bodies and sculptures: Moving mountains
Authors: Evans Kate 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
This short-form article examines the relationships between people and place through a case-study of the practice of parkour. In 2009, the sculpture Cader Idris (1999), by William Pye, was removed from its prominent position outside Cardiff Central Railway Station in Wales’s capital city. During the ten years it had occupied this location, the sculpture had become popular amongst practitioners of parkour (known as traceurs). Traceurs aim to move freely along a freely determined trajectory, without inhibition or recourse to prescribed routes, approaching objects as aides to movement rather than obstacles. The incorporation of Cader Idris into such routines was cut short by the sculpture’s relocation away from the central area to become part of an art trail – a move some felt related to concerns over the use of the work. Ongoing cycles of urban redevelopment and regeneration challenge the ability to take for granted the longevity of familiar sites, and traceurs’ focus on mobility offers a novel way of approaching the changing urban landscape. By tracing the movement of a sculpture from its original location to a new site, the short-form article considers how human and non-human bodies in motion might facilitate new ways of defining and engaging with the built environment through notions of materiality and the sensing body.
Evaluation of a low-cost procedure for sampling, long-term storage, and extraction of RNA from blood for qPCR analyses
Authors: Mærkedahl Rasmus B. , Frøkiær Hanne , Lauritzen Lotte , Metzdorff Stine B. 
Published: January 2015

AbstractIn large clinical trials, where RNA cannot be extracted immediately after sampling, preserving RNA in whole blood is a crucial initial step in obtaining robust qPCR data. The current golden standard for RNA preservation is costly and designed for time-consuming column-based RNA-extraction. We investigated the use of lysis buffer for long-term storage of blood samples for qPCR analysis.Blood was collected from 13 healthy adults and diluted in MagMAX lysis/binding solution or PAXgene Blood RNA tubes and stored at –20 °C for 0, 1, or 4 months before RNA extraction by the matching method. RNA integrity, yield and purity were evaluated and the methods were compared by subsequent analyses of the gene expression levels ofThe MagMAX system extracted 2.3–2.8 times more RNA per mL blood, with better performance in terms of purity, and with comparable levels of integrity relative to the PAXgene system. Gene expression analysis using qPCR of: The MagMAX system can be used for storage of human blood for up to 4 months and is equivalent to the PAXgene system for RNA extraction. It furthermore, provides a means for significant cost reduction in large clinical trials.
Dispersion Compensation for High-Speed and Long-Distance Transmission of CSRZ-DQPSK Optical Signal
Authors: Feng Dejun , Zhang Peipei , Liu Guanxiu , Jia Dongfang 
Published: January 2015

AbstractThis paper compares the performances of 100 Gbit/s carrier-suppressed return-to-zero differential quadrature phase shift keying coded modulation signal through 3,600 km both in optical and photoelectric dispersion compensation schemes. Different dispersion compensation fiber methods are adopted in optical compensation while the photoelectric compensation is the combination of electronic dispersion compensation and optical compensation. It is shown that pre-compensation of DCFs and mixed (pre- and post-) compensation of DCFs are more excellent than the other two schemes in optical compensation, corresponding to mixed (pre- and post-) compensation of DCFs method, while pre-compensation of DCFs method is the best strategy in photoelectric compensation.
Reception of Polarization-Multiplexed QPSK Using Different Receivers with and without Differential Decoding
Authors: Kaur Iqbal , Singh Bhatia Kamaljit , Kaur Harsimrat 
Published: January 2015

AbstractIn this paper, we analyze polarization-multiplexed quadrature phase shift keying (PM-QPSK) signals using different receiver with and without differential decoding for PM-QPSK modulation and reception using training sequence-based least mean square (LMS) receiver, PM-QPSK with external local oscillator, PM-QPSK modulation and LMS dynamic receiver and compare their results for bit error rate.
First trimester severe ductus venosus flow abnormalities in isolation or combination with other markers of aneuploidy and fetal anomalies
Authors: Wiechec Marcin , Nocun Agnieszka , Matyszkiewicz Anna , Wiercinska Ewa , Latała Emilia 
Published: January 2015

AbstractAltered flow in ductus venosus (DV) may be caused by the changes in preload or afterload. Its association with aneuploidy and congenital heart defects (CHDs) was widely described.The aim of this study was to examine the incidence of a reversed a-wave in DV flow (revDV) and the absence of DV (noDV), their coincidences with other markers of aneuploidy or fetal abnormalities in a mixed-risk population.The study group covered women who underwent an ultrasound scan between 11+0 and 13+6 weeks’ gestation.Singleton pregnancies with known pregnancy outcome and a crown-rump length of 45–84 mm.A total of 5811 cases, including 137 aneuploidies, met the inclusion criteria: 35 subjects of noDV, 189 of revDV and 5587 of normal DV flow. The incidence of noDV in euploidy was 0.47%, and in aneuploidy 5.8%. The incidence of revDV in euploidy was 2.46%, and in aneuploidy 35.7%. Among aneuploidy, the highest prevalence of noDV was found in monosomy 45X. revDV showed the highest prevalence in trisomy 18. Isolated noDV was only found in euploidy. Isolated revDV subjects were only observed in euploidy and trisomy 21. Any combination of revDV with additional markers showed high incidence in major trisomies. Extracardiac anatomy and abnormal cardiac findings showed a higher prevalence in noDV and revDV cases.The presence of noDV might be useful in suspicion of monosomy X among cases with increased nuchal translucency, as well as in differentiating them from other aneuploidies. The combinations of aneuploidy markers with revDV are strong indicators of aneuploidy. revDV alone is a poor screening tool for aneuploidy and euploidy with CHD.
Geographic variation in body size of American mink ( Mustela vison ) / Variation géographique de la taille du corps chez le vison d'Amérique ( Mustela vison )
Authors: Stevens Richard T. , Kennedy Michael L. 
Published: January 2015

AbstractSpatial variation in 26 morphological characters of American mink ( Mustela vison ) from 35 localities in North America was investigated using univariate and multivariate statistical analyses. Localities were chosen based on watersheds, and it was hypothesized that high levels of gene flow in minks would prevent partitioning of body size variation within watersheds. All 26 characters in males and 25 of 26 in females exhibited significant interlocality variation. The patterns of variation in body size resulting from principal components analysis indicated that, for both sexes, minks were largest in Alaska, Manitoba, and Alberta; smallest minks were found in Florida and Quebec. There did not appear to be a relationship between body size and geographic proximity. Environmental factors collectively were found to be related to body size, although individual variables were not typically significant. Of 16 environmental variables examined, only longitude was correlated with body size in both sexes, with largest minks in the west and smallest in the east. Latitude was also correlated with body size in females. It was concluded that variation in body size of mink was likely the result of more than one factor that includes both biotic and abiotic features.
Le peuplement estival de cétacés dans le Sanctuaire Marin Pelagos (Méditerranée nord-occidentale): distribution et abondance / Summer cetacean popoulation in the Pelagos Marine Sanctuary (northwest Mediterranean): distribution and abundance
Authors: Gannier Alexandre 
Published: January 2015

RésuméUne campagne à la mer de 10 jours a été menée durant l'été 2001 pour déterminer la population de cétacés dans le Sanctuaire Marin Pelagos de Méditerranée occidentale, grâce à la méthode du transect linéaire combinée à un échantillonnage acoustique. Un total de 1613 km d'effort effectif de prospection a permis d'obtenir 93 observations de cétacés de huit espèces différentes: le Dauphin bleu et blanc (55 observations), le Rorqual commun (25 observations), le Cachalot, le Dauphin de Risso, le Dauphin commun, le Ziphius de Cuvier, le Globicéphale noir et le Grand dauphin. Ces espèces ont été observées en fonction de leur habitat préferentiel dans quatre régions du Sanctuaire: les secteurs nord-est, central, sud-ouest et tyrrhénien. C'est dans le secteur central que les abondances maximales de Dauphin bleu et blanc et de Rorqual commun ont été rencontrées, mais une diversité plus forte a été trouvée dans le secteur tyrrhénien. L'estimation de densité pour ces deux espèces s'établit à 0,52 individus/km
Comparative analysis of life-history traits in two species of C alomys (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) in captivity / Analyse comparative des traits d'histoire de vie de deux espèces de Calomys (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) en captivité
Authors: Araripe Luciana O. , Aprigliano Paula , Olifiers Natalie , Borodin Pavel , Cerqueira Rui 
Published: January 2015

AbstractWe analyzed life-history traits (fertility, growth and rate of postnatal development) in captive-bred colonies of two closely related sympatric species: Calomys expulsus and C. tener (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae). We found significant differences between the species in growth rate and several reproductive traits. C. tener had a smaller litter size and litter mass, smaller proportion of litter mass to maternal mass, lower growth rate and higher infant mortality. We also found an apparent difference in correlation patterns of life history parameters between the two species of Calomys . The strong correlation between body size and fecundity found in other studies of life history traits and in selection experiments seems to be disrupted in C. tener . We found a significant positive correlation between maternal mass and litter size and mass only for C. expulsus, which means that in C. tener the fertility of females does not depend strongly on body mass. We discuss inbreeding depression and stress reactions as possible reasons for these results.
Noteworthy rodent records from the Upper Pleistocene and Holocene of Slovenia / Données remarquables sur les rongeurs du Pléistocène Supérieur et de l'Holocène de Slovénie
Authors: Toškan Borut , Kryštufek Boris 
Published: January 2015

AbstractFive significant records of rodents are reported from the Upper Pleistocene and Holocene of Slovenia. The identification of black rat Rattus rattus from the Late Bronze/Early Iron Age (ca. 1400–400 cal. BC) at Podjamca is thought to be one of the first records in Mediterranean Europe from the pre-Roman period. Evidence is also presented for the presence of Apodemus agrarius at Podjamca (at least 7800 y BP) and Suhadole (first half of the 1st century AD); the latter falls outside the current species range. The discovery of Dinaromys bogdanovi in Early Mesolithic layers (ca. 9600–7800 y BP) at Podjamca and of Late Mesolithic age (ca. 7800–6000 y BP) at Mala Triglavca are the first Holocene records outside the recent range of the species. Cricetulus migratorius (Podjamca, ca. 9600–7800 y BP; Mala Triglavca, 7800–6000 y BP) and Sicista subtilis (Divje babe I, ca. 80–75 ky BP) are reported for the first time in this part of Europe.
Summer temperature and precipitation govern bat diversity at northern latitudes in Norway
Authors: Michaelsen Tore Christian 
Published: January 2015

AbstractThis study investigated bat diversity in a temperature and precipitation gradient in fiord and valley landscapes of western Norway about 62° N. Equipment for automatic recording of bat calls was distributed in areas ranging from lowlands to alpine habitats with a mean July temperature range of 8–14°C. A general description of species distribution was given and diversity was analysed using both a generalised linear model (GLM) and a mixed-effects model (GLMM). With regard to the sampling design, the data were analysed on a binary scale, where presence or absence of any species other than the northern bat
Influence of ultrasonic cavitation on microstructure and mechanical response of an aluminum/alumina nanocomposite
Authors: Mohanty Pragyan , Mishra Dilip Kumar , Varma Shikha , Mishra Kampal , Padhi Payodhar 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
Nanocomposites of Al and Al2O3 were synthesized by an ultrasonic full cavitation technique which is a novel route for synthesis of uniformly distributed nanoparticles in metal matrix composites. The transmission electron micrograph indicates the uniform arrangement of nanoparticles throughout the metal matrix and the average size of the nanoparticles are in the order of 5 nm. The selected area electron diffraction analysis shows the presence of both Al and Al2O3 phases, which is also evidenced from the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis. The significant improvement in hardness and Young’s modulus due to the addition of a low weight fraction of nano-sized Al2O3 in aluminium infers that alumina nanoparticulates are distributed uniformly throughout the aluminium metal matrix. Hence, this paper shows a new method for inexpensive fabrication of bulk light weight metal matrix nanocomposites (MMNCs) by the use of noncontact full cavitation method.
Personen, Großstadt, blinde Flecken
Authors: Barnert Anne 
Published: January 2015

Vorspann
Rund 300 Filme für den „Giftschrank“ hat die von 1970 bis 1986 bestehende „Staatliche Filmdokumentation“ am Filmarchiv der DDR produziert. Ihre Aufgabe war es, dokumentarische Zeugnisse für die Verwertung in einer unbestimmten Zukunft zu erstellen. Dabei ging es unter anderem auch ganz bewusst um Tabuthemen des SED-Staates. Anne Barnert präsentiert eine archivarisch fundierte Übersicht über die Produktion der SFD und die Überlieferungsgeschichte ihrer Filme. Sie bilden eine Quellengruppe ganz eigener Art besonders zur biografischen und zur Sozialgeschichte der DDR, die noch ihrer Auswertung harrt.
Regional Variation in Antenatal Corticosteroid Use: A Network-Level Quality Improvement Study
Authors: Profit J. , Goldstein B.A. , Tamaresis J. , Kan P. , Lee H.C. 
Published: January 2015

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:
Examination of regional care patterns in antenatal corticosteroid use (ACU) rates may be salient for the development of targeted interventions. Our objective was to assess network-level variation using California perinatal care regions as a proxy. We hypothesized that (1) significant variation in ACU exists within and between California perinatal care regions, and (2) lower performing regions exhibit greater NICU-level variability in ACU than higher performing regions.

METHODS:
We undertook cross-sectional analysis of 33 610 very low birth weight infants cared for at 120 hospitals in 11 California perinatal care regions from 2005 to 2011. We computed risk-adjusted median ACU rates and interquartile ranges (IQR) for each perinatal care region. The degree of variation was assessed using hierarchical multivariate regression analysis with NICU as a random effect and region as a fixed effect.

RESULTS:
From 2005 to 2011, mean ACU rates across California increased from 82% to 87.9%. Regional median (IQR) ACU rates ranged from 68.4% (24.3) to 92.9% (4.8). We found significant variation in ACU rates among regions (P &lt; .0001). Compared with Level IV NICUs, care in a lower level of care was a strongly significant predictor of lower odds of receiving antenatal corticosteroids in a multilevel model (Level III, 0.65 [0.45–0.95]; Level II, 0.39 [0.24–0.64]; P &lt; .001). Regions with lower performance in ACU exhibited greater variability in performance.

CONCLUSIONS:
We found significant variation in ACU rates among California perinatal regions. Regional quality improvement approaches may offer a new avenue to spread best practice.