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EXCEPTIONAL BURIALS AT THE SANCTUARY OF EUKLEIA AT AEGAE (VERGINA): THE GOLD OAK WREATH
Authors: Kyriakou Athanasia 
Published: November 2014

This article focuses on a recent find from the archaeological site of Vergina, which is identified as the old capital of the Macedonian kingdom, Aegae. In the surroundings of a sanctuary three burials were discovered with outstanding components. One of them, a gold oak wreath, constitutes the object of investigation. At the outset of the study the excavation site and the data of the discovery of the burials are outlined. Then the wreath is analytically presented in terms of typology, technology, craftsmanship and style. In order to incorporate it in a network of precious artefacts, the other four oak wreaths found in Macedonia and dated to the fourth centurybcare described and all of them are compared in the search for similarities or differences. Through this procedure three of them, all from Vergina, emerge as belonging to the same artistic tradition and possibly the same place of production.Then the issue of different contexts is addressed. First of all, the burial in question and the particularities of the other two burials with oak wreaths from Vergina are examined, resulting in the articulation of a pattern. The next step comprises a general sketch of the meaning of wreaths in antiquity both in life and in death, while a subsequent brief consideration of funerary assemblages from the same period and region lays emphasis on the symbolic significance of these head ornaments in their contexts. Attention is also drawn to the plant that the wreath imitates, which is connected to Zeus. In this framework the oldest known oak wreath, that of ‘Philip II’, is evaluated mainly by examining politics as reflected on coinage. The power of such symbols as applied to other members of the same family is put forward. Another level of approach, the evaluation of the wider territorial context, offers insights into the decision to deposit the burial in the area of anintra murossanctuary in the old and venerated capital of the kingdom.When the results of the study are combined, a working hypothesis emerges that would consider the burial containing the gold wreath as connected to a member of the ruling family. Research turns to the literary evidence and from this it appears that there is a possibility that the burial is that of the illegitimate murdered son of Alexander the Great.The concluding section refers briefly to episodes in the cultural biography of the wreath. In the meantime, until further and holistic study of the three burials and the construction where they were discovered is carried out, the gold oak wreath forms part of exhibitions on various themes as a representative of the assemblages.
CROATS AND CROATIA IN THE WAKE OF THE GREAT WAR
Authors: Newman John Paul 
Published: November 2014

ABSTRACTThis article addresses the experiences of Croats and Croatia in the aftermath of the First World War, showing how the interwar Kingdom of Yugoslavia privileged the wartime sacrifice of Serbia and the Serbian army and how Croats were often depicted as the remnants of a defeated state, Austria-Hungary, and therefore less entitled to citizenship in the South Slav kingdom. It focuses on three large veteran associations: the Association of Reserve Officers and Warriors, the Union of Volunteers, and the Association of War Invalids.
DISSIMILATION, ASSIMILATION AND THE UNMIXING OF PEOPLES: GERMAN AND CROATIAN SCHOLARS WORKING TOWARDS A NEW ETHNO-POLITICAL ORDER, 1919–1945
Authors: Korb Alexander 
Published: November 2014

ABSTRACTThis paper deals with a transnational network of scholars and their demographic concepts of ethnic homogenisation of Europe. Focusing on the ethnographer Karl Christian von Loesch and the sociologist Max Hildebert Boehm, it sheds light on German supremacist scholarship and its international entanglements in the interwar years. Loesch and Boehm headed the Institute for Borderland and Foreign Studies in Berlin, where they developed concepts of a new European demographic order based on ethnic segregation, border shifts, assimilation and population transfers. They closely cooperated with non-German nationalists. Indeed, Loesch and Boehm had a big impact on non-Germans scholars, who studied at their institute and who would later try to apply similar concepts of ethnic homogenisation to their countries. By discussing the work of three of their students, Franz Ronneberger, Mladen Lorković and Fritz Valjavec, the paper presents a case of transnational cooperation between German and south-eastern European scholars. Using Croatia as an example, the paper demonstrates how these scholars worked towards nation-states freed of ethnic minorities. The Second World War would bring them into a position to try to implement their projects. Yet, the brutal dynamics of the war quickly altered the reality scholars had planned to design. The grand demographic schemes paved the way for ethnic cleansing, but had not much to do with the way they were carried out.
‘My father found it for me’: changing experiences of entering the workforce in twentieth-century urban Britain
Authors: POOLEY COLIN G. 
Published: November 2014

ABSTRACT:Leaving education and gaining employment is a significant life course transition for most people. This article explores the processes by which young people gained their first job in mid-twentieth-century urban Britain, and examines the ways in which this changed in relation to major shifts in society, economy and culture. Key themes include the role of parents and other family members, changes in levels of autonomy and control and the impacts of societal change. Data are drawn from oral testimonies collected in three major urban areas: Glasgow, Manchester and London, and span a period from the 1920s to the 1980s.
Summary of BRD data from the 2011 NAHMS feedlot and dairy heifer studies
Authors: Dargatz David A. , Lombard Jason E. 
Published: November 2014

AbstractThe USDA:APHIS National Animal Health Monitoring System collects data on health and health management in livestock and poultry populations throughout the USA in order to provide stakeholders with population estimates to use as benchmarks for comparison, to guide policy development, and to identify research needs and prioritize education efforts. Recent studies of both the beef cattle feedlot industry and dairy heifer rearing operations provided information about BRD occurrence as well as information about prevention and treatment practices used on these operations. While a great deal of effort is dedicated to BRD prevention, there are still opportunities to improve the strategies used. Despite efforts to prevent the disease, BRD continues to be widespread on both of these types of operations.
Miscanthus: a case study for the utilization of natural genetic variation
Authors: Hodkinson T. R. , Klaas M. , Jones M. B. , Prickett R. , Barth S. 
Published: November 2014

Cultivars ofMiscanthusused as bioenergy crops or tested in trials are largely clonally propagated, wild sourced genotypes or clonally propagated F1 hybrids. One of the most productive taxa is the sterile triploidM.× giganteus. Little domestication or breeding has been undertaken and there is huge potential to utilize the extensive genetic resources of the genus for crop improvement. The challenge is to generate new highly adapted genotypes suitable for a range of environments. Production on marginal land, not used for food crops, is particularly desirable, but presents many barriers to crop breeders, as these are largely unproductive and/or stressful environments. This article outlines progress made in characterizing natural genetic variation inMiscanthusincluding next-generation single-nucleotide polymorphism genotyping, quantitative trait locus analysis and association mapping. It also explains how this knowledge is being used to develop novel genotypes suited for growth in a broad range of agricultural and marginal lands by defining breeding pools, generating novel crosses, manipulating polyploidy and applying genomic selection approaches.
Study of Sequential Dexter Energy Transfer in High Efficient Phosphorescent White Organic Light-Emitting Diodes with Single Emissive Layer
Authors: Kim Jin Wook , You Seung Il , Kim Nam Ho , Yoon Ju-An , Cheah Kok Wai , Zhu Fu Rong , Kim Woo Young 
Published: November 2014

AbstractIn this study, we report our effort to realize high performance single emissive layer three color white phosphorescent organic light emitting diodes (PHOLEDs) through sequential Dexter energy transfer of blue, green and red dopants. The PHOLEDs had a structure of; ITO(1500 Å)/NPB(700 Å)/mCP:Firpic-x%:Ir(ppy)3-0.5%:Ir(piq)3-y%(300 Å)/TPBi(300 Å)/Liq(20 Å)/Al(1200 Å). The dopant concentrations of FIrpic, Ir(ppy)3 and Ir(piq)3 were adjusted and optimized to facilitate the preferred energy transfer processes attaining both the best luminous efficiency and CIE color coordinates. The presence of a deep trapping center for charge carriers in the emissive layer was confirmed by the observed red shift in electroluminescent spectra. White PHOLEDs, with phosphorescent dopant concentrations of FIrpic-8.0%:Ir(ppy)3-0.5%:Ir(piq)3-0.5% in the mCP host of the single emissive layer, had a maximum luminescence of 37,810 cd/m2 at 11 V and a luminous efficiency of 48.10 cd/A at 5 V with CIE color coordinates of (0.35, 0.41).
C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP) contributes to hepatocyte death via the promotion of ERO1α signalling in acute liver failure
Authors: Rao Jianhua , Zhang Chuangyong , Wang Ping , Lu Ling , Qian Xiaofeng , Qin Jianjie , Pan Xiongxiong , Li Guoqiang , Wang Xuehao , Zhang Feng 
Published: November 2014

CCAAT/enhancer binding protein (C/EBP)-homologous protein (CHOP) has been shown to be a key molecule in endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-mediated apoptosis. ER oxidoreductin 1-α (ERO1α), a target of CHOP, is an important oxidizing enzyme that regulates reactive oxygen species (ROS), which play a prominent role in hepatocellular death during acute liver failure (ALF). However, little is known about how CHOP facilitates ROS-induced hepatocellular injury. The present study was designed to investigate the roles and molecular mechanisms of CHOP in ALF. In the liver tissues from ALF patients, the expression of CHOP was significantly increased, which was accompanied by increased expression of dsRNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR)-like ER kinase (PERK) signalling, activating transcription factor 4 (ATF6) signalling, inositol-requiring enzyme-1 (IRE1) signalling and ERO1α, as compared with healthy controls. In the mouse model of galactosamine (GaIN)/lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced ALF, the hepatocellular injury was accompanied by up-regulated PERK signalling, ATF6 signalling, IRE1 signalling, CHOP and ERO1α. In contrast, CHOP deficiency decreased hepatocellular apoptosis/necrosis and increased animal survival. Furthermore, disruption of CHOP decreased ERO1α expression leading to reducing ROS-induced cell death in vivo and in vitro. Interestingly, ERO1α overexpression restored GaIN/LPS-induced hepatocellular injury in CHOP-deficient mice. Our studies demonstrate for the first time that CHOP promotes liver damage during ALF through activation of ERO1α, a key mediator to link ER stress and ROS. Therefore, targeting CHOP/ERO1α signalling could be a novel therapeutic approach during ALF.
Dust in brown dwarfs and extra-solar planets
Authors: Lee E. , Helling Ch. , Giles H. , Bromley S. T. 
Published: November 2014

Context.Clouds form in atmospheres of brown dwarfs and planets. The cloud particle formation processes, seed formation and growth/evaporation are very similar to the dust formation process studied in circumstellar shells of AGB stars and in supernovae. Cloud formation modelling in substellar objects requires gravitational settling and element replenishment in addition to element depletion. All processes depend on the local conditions, and a simultaneous treatment is required.Aims.We apply new material data in order to assess our cloud formation model results regarding the treatment of the formation of condensation seeds. We look again at the question of the primary nucleation species in view of new (TiO2)N-cluster data and new SiO vapour pressure data.Methods.We applied the density functional theory (B3LYP, 6-311G(d)) using the computational chemistry package Gaussian09 to derive updated thermodynamical data for (TiO2)Nclusters as input for our TiO2seed formation model. We tested different nucleation treatments and their effect on the overall cloud structure by solving a system of dust moment equations and element conservation for a prescribed Drift-Phoenixatmosphere structure.Results.Updated Gibbs free energies for the (TiO2)Nclusters are presented, as well as a slightly temperature dependent surface tension forT= 500...2000 K with an average value ofσ∞= 480.6 erg cm-2. The TiO2seed formation rate changes only slightly with the updated cluster data. A considerably larger effect on the rate of seed formation, and hence on grain size and dust number density, results from a switch to SiO nucleation. The question about the most efficient nucleation species can only be answered if all dust/cloud formation processes and their feedback are taken into account. Despite the higher abundance of SiO over TiO2in the gas phase, TiO2remains considerably more efficient at forming condensation seeds by homogeneous nucleation. The paper discusses the effect on the cloud structure in more detail.
Self-improving properties for abstract Poincaré type inequalities
Authors: Bernicot Frédéric , Martell José María 
Published: November 2014

We study self-improving properties in the scale of Lebesgue spaces of generalized Poincaré inequalities in the Euclidean space. We present an abstract setting where oscillations are given by certain operators (e.g., approximations of the identity, semigroups or mean value operators) that have off-diagonal decay in some range. Our results provide a unified theory that is applicable to the classical Poincaré inequalities, and furthermore it includes oscillations defined in terms of semigroups associated with second order elliptic operators as those in the Kato conjecture. In this latter situation we obtain a direct proof of the John-Nirenberg inequality for the associated

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Grain Promotion and Food Consumption: Analysis of Chinese Provincial Data
Authors: Zhu Jing , Hare Denise , Zhong Funing , Zhou Zhangyue 
Published: November 2014

AbstractChina has long struggled to achieve food security. In the era of a planned economy, local self‐sufficiency was dictated by policy. With China's transition to a market economy, however, different policy schemes have been utilized, with greater emphasis placed on the role of market forces, especially in conjunction with China's accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001. Nevertheless, self‐sufficiency in grain production remains a deeply rooted goal, and interventionist measures geared towards its achievement are still viewed as the most direct and effective means of food security. This paper examines how the well‐being of China's rural population, proxied by measures of food consumption, is affected by the promotion of grain production. Our findings suggest that targeted households bear a disproportionate burden of food security policy, as it is currently implemented.
The impact of ethnicity on auditor choice: Malaysian evidence
Authors: Nazatul Faiza Syed Mustapha Nazri Sharifah , Smith Malcolm , Ismail Zubaidah 
Published: November 2014

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of ethnicity on auditor choice for Malaysian listed companies.Design/methodology/approachThis study evaluates the effects of various independent variables on auditor choice behaviour, particularly ethnicity of auditor and ethnicity of management, using a logistic regression analysis approach for 300 companies listed on the Bursa Malaysia (formerly known as Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange‐KLSE) over an 18 year period.FindingsAuditor choice is shown to be significantly influenced by client firm's characteristics, notably changes in management, complexity, and financial risk, lending support to the findings of previous survey studies. Ethnicity was found to be a significant factor influencing auditor choice only for auditor switches between non‐Big 4 and Big 4 firms.Research limitations/implicationsA number of important variables such as corporate governance characteristics, audit fees, client size, and growth that might enhance an understanding of auditor choice behaviour in Malaysia were not incorporated in the regression models, and might be considered in future studies.Originality/valueThe results presented in the paper have important implications for both the auditing profession and regulators in Malaysia.
Development and implementation of a dual diagnosis strategy for older people in south east London
Authors: Rao Rahul , Shanks Andy 
Published: November 2014

PurposeThe provision of a seamless service to address the needs of older people with substance misuse is now more pressing than ever, particularly given the impact of a growing population of older people in society, and with co‐morbid mental health and substance use issues. There is growing recognition of the public health needs of older people with mental health problems and substance misuse. This paper seeks to consider the development and implementation of one particular dual diagnosis strategy.Design/methodology/approachThe paper examines the background, development and implementation of a dual diagnosis strategy designed to address the growing problem of substance misuse of older people in an inner city area in London, UK.FindingsA needs assessment highlighted workforce training needs which led to the commissioning of innovative training to address this. Pathways were created to allow seamless transition between services, thus enabling older adults with dual diagnosis to receive the care that they required.Originality/valueMost local dual diagnosis strategies have focused on adults of working age. This paper concentrates on a local strategy aimed at improving services for older people with mental health and substance misuse problems.
A way through the woods: opening pathways to mental health care for women with multiple needs
Authors: Anderson Sarah 
Published: November 2014

PurposeThis paper reports on a pilot project that helps women offenders and other women with multiple needs to access mental health care. The paper aims to increase understanding of the mental health needs of these women and the barriers they face in accessing and sustaining engagement with appropriate care.Design/methodology/approachKey principles and early findings are presented from the partnership project based in Anawim Women's Centre, in which a mental health nurse (MHN) is seconded to the centre one day a week. These are presented in light of research relating to the mental health needs of vulnerable women.FindingsEarly findings suggest mental health needs are largely trauma‐based and co‐occurring substance misuse problems are common. The MHN negotiated a pathway into secondary care with community mental health team managers but concerns continue about the ability of primary care services to meet the complex needs of these women. Principles for working with this group include: provision in a women‐only space; a focus on engagement; flexibility; holistic support and empowering women and voluntary sector staff.Research limitations/implicationsFindings are based on eight months of one pilot project in which 22 women were seen.Practical implicationsPractical implications are outlined for commissioners and service managers of mental health care services for vulnerable women.Originality/valueResearch and experience suggest that women with multiple problems can struggle to engage with traditionally structured services and fail to access the holistic support they need. This paper increases understanding of this problem and suggests how these women might be better supported.
The drugs, the NHS, recovery and me …
Authors: Hind Alix 
Published: November 2014

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to describe examples of service user involvement to demonstrate how they can significantly enhance service provision for people with mental health, substance misuse, and co‐existing mental health and substance misuse problems (dual diagnosis), and in so doing, enhance their own recovery.Design/methodology/approachThe personal story of one service user illustrates a range of involvement activities: membership of service user panels, development of an anti‐stigma campaign, mentorship of trust staff, and employment as a peer support worker in both mental health and substance misuse services.FindingsService provision in mental health and substance misuse services has been enhanced through the genuine involvement of service users. This involvement has been an important factor in building the confidence and skills of service users and supporting them in their own recovery.Originality/valueThe paper describes several innovative involvement initiatives and highlights the dual benefits of these roles to services and the service users employed in them.
Quality of institutions and the BRIC countries agro-food exports
Authors: Bojnec Štefan , Fertő Imre , Fogarasi József 
Published: November 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impacts of institutional quality (IQ) in exporting and importing countries on agro-food exports from the world's leading emerging economies: Brazil, the Russian Federation, India and China (BRIC countries).

Design/methodology/approach
– Measuring is based on using the gravity trade model and econometric panel data analysis for the period 1998-2009.

Findings
– Agro-food exports from the BRIC countries, particularly Brazil and China, have increased. The Russian Federation has experienced stagnating and volatile patterns. Brazil and India have strengthened market shares in the existing importing markets, while the Russian Federation has experienced severe deterioration. The export of existing products is more important than of new products. Agro-food exports are positively associated with IQ and the size of the gross domestic product in exporting and importing countries, but negatively with distance.

Research limitations/implications
– Among IQ variables, the focus is on the indices of legal structure and security of property rights and freedom to trade internationally in agro-food importing countries and the BRIC exporting countries.

Practical implications
– Different institutions and their quality can affect agro-food exports differently. The impact of institutions is not uniform across product groups.

Originality/value
– This paper adds the impacts of IQ on agro-food exports. Except for processed products for final household consumption, agro-food exports from the BRIC countries are positively associated with the quality of the legal structure, the security of property rights and the freedom to trade internationally as IQ in exporting and importing countries.