bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The Influence of Parental and Peer Drinking Behaviors on Underage Drinking and Driving by Young Men
Authors: Zhang Lening , Wieczorek William F. , Welte John W. 
Published: March 2013

Background: Studies have consistently found that parental and peer drinking behaviors significantly influence adolescent drinking behavior and that adolescent drinking has a significant effect on their drinking-and-driving behavior. Building upon these studies, the present article assesses whether parental and peer drinking behaviors have direct and indirect effects on adolescent drinking and driving as well as whether they moderate the effect of adolescent drinking on their drinking-and-driving behavior. Methods: The assessment is conducted using data collected from the Buffalo Longitudinal Survey of Young Men (BLSYM) with Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression analyses. Results: The data reveal that peer drinking has direct and indirect effects on adolescent drinking-and-driving behavior when adolescent drinking behavior is controlled. It also moderates the effect of adolescent drinking behavior on their drinking and driving. However, parental drinking does not have these direct and interactive effects, although it may have an indirect effect on adolescent drinking and driving via adolescent drinking behavior. Conclusions: These findings imply that peer drinking behavior should be considered seriously in prevention and intervention for reducing the risk of adolescent drinking-and-driving behavior.
Active Learning Activities to Revitalize Managerial Accounting Principles
Authors: Matherly Michele , Burney Laurie L. 
Published: March 2013

ABSTRACT:
Students often enroll in the managerial principles class because of a degree requirement rather than a burning passion to learn the subject matter. Through active learning, new content can become more interesting by involving students in their own learning. This paper offers accounting faculty four active learning activities to engage students and enhance their understanding of difficult concepts: managerial accounting terminology, activity-based costing, variance analysis, and special order decision-making. During these in-class activities, students work through relevant computations and delve into additional considerations using guided class discussions. A survey of students' attitudes reveals that students perceive that these active learning activities had a positive impact on their content knowledge related to the managerial principles course, as well as their attitude toward and interest in the class. In addition, students felt that the activities were worthwhile and demonstrated the concern their instructor had for quality teaching. The accompanying Teaching Notes contain detailed, step-by-step guidance for implementing the four activities, along with sample solutions.
Histomorphometric evaluation of the effect of early exercise on subchondral vascularity in the third carpal bone of horses
Authors: Kim Woong , McArdle Brian H. , Kawcak Chris E. , McIlwraith C. Wayne , Firth Elwyn C. , Broom Neil D. 
Published: March 2013

Abstract
Objective—To investigate histomorphometric changes in the cartilage and subchondral bone of the third carpal bone associated with conditioning exercise in young Thoroughbreds.
Animals—Nine 18-month-old Thoroughbreds.
Procedures—Both third carpal bones of 9 horses (4 exercised spontaneously at pasture only and 5 given additional conditioning exercise beginning at a mean age of 3 weeks) were evaluated. Histomorphometric variables (hyaline and calcified cartilage thickness and collagen orientation; vascular channel area, number, and orientation; and osteochondral junction rugosity) of the third carpal bone, sampled at 4 dorsopalmar sites in the radial facet, were compared between the exercised and nonexercised groups.
Results—The vascular channel area measured at the 4 dorsopalmar sites was larger in the exercised group than in the control group, but none of the variables were significantly different between groups. Both groups had significant site-specific variations in all measured variables. Most importantly, the vascular channel area was highest in the most dorsal aspect.
Conclusions and Clinical Relevance—Results suggested that the mild exercise imposed in both groups during the developmental period appeared to be associated with an increase in the vascular channel area beneath the calcified cartilage layer in the third carpal bone. This increased vascular channel area could also be associated with high stress in the dorsal aspect of the radial facet, a region that is known to be vulnerable to osteochondral fragmentation.
Western blot patterns of serum autoantibodies against optic nerve antigens in dogs with goniodysgenesis-related glaucoma
Authors: Pumphrey Stephanie A. , Pizzirani Stefano , Pirie Christopher G. , Anwer M. Sawkat , Logvinenko Tanya 
Published: March 2013

Abstract
Objective—To investigate whether differences existed between clinically normal dogs and dogs with goniodysgenesis-related glaucoma (GDRG) in serum autoantibodies against optic nerve antigens.
Animals—16 dogs with GDRG, 17 healthy dogs with unremarkable pectinate ligament and iridocorneal angle morphology, and 13 euthanized dogs with no major ocular abnormalities or underlying diseases.
Procedures—Western blotting was performed with optic nerve extracts from the euthanized dogs as an antigen source and serum from clinically normal dogs and dogs with GDRG as a primary antibody (autoantibody) source. Blots were evaluated for presence and density of bands.
Results—Multiple bands were identified on western blots from all dogs with GDRG and all clinically normal dogs, with a high degree of variability among individual dogs. Dogs with GDRG were significantly more likely than healthy dogs to have bands present at 38, 40, and 68 kDa. Dogs with GDRG had significant increases in autoreactivity at 40 and 53 kDa and a significant decrease in autoreactivity at 48 kDa.
Conclusions and Clinical Relevance—Significant differences in serum autoantibodies against optic nerve antigens were found in dogs with versus without GDRG. Although it remains unclear whether these differences were part of the pathogenesis of disease or were sequelae to glaucomatous changes, these findings provide support for the hypothesis that immune-mediated mechanisms play a role in the development or progression of GDRG. However, the high degree of variability among individual dogs and the considerable overlap between groups suggest that the clinical usefulness of this technique for distinguishing dogs with GDRG from clinically normal dogs is likely limited.
Development of a nanocomposite system and its application in biosensors construction
Authors: Penu Ramona , Vasilescu Ioana , Eremia Sandra , Gatea Florentina , Radu Gabriel-Lucian , Litescu Simona-Carmen 
Published: March 2013

Abstract
The present work describes the development of a nanocomposite system and its application in construction of a new amperometric biosensor applied in the determination of total polyphenolic content from propolis extracts. The nanocomposite system was based on covalent immobilization of laccase on functionalized indium tin oxide nanoparticles and it was morphologically and structural characterized. The casting of the developed nanocomposite system on the surface of a screen-printed electrode was used for biosensor fabrication. The analytical performance characteristics of the settled biosensor were determined for rosmarinic acid, caffeic acid and catechol (as laccase specific substrate). The linearity was obtained in the range of 1.06×10−6 − 1.50×10−5 mol L−1 for rosmarinic acid, 1.90×10−7 − 2.80×10−6 mol L−1 for caffeic acid and 1.66×10−6 − 7.00×10−6 mol L−1 for catechol. A good sensitivity of amperometric biosensor 141.15 nA µmol−1 L−1 and fair detection limit 7.08×10−8 mol L−1 were obtained for caffeic acid. The results obtained for polyphenolic content of propolis extracts were compared with the chromatographic data obtained by liquid-chromatography with diode array detection.
A note on the differentiable structure of generalized idempotents
Authors: Andruchow Esteban , Corach Gustavo , Mbekhta Mostafa 
Published: March 2013

Abstract
For a fixed n > 2, we study the set Λ of generalized idempotents, which are operators satisfying T
n+1 = T. Also the subsets Λ†, of operators such that T
n−1 is the Moore-Penrose pseudo-inverse of T, and Λ*, of operators such that T
n−1 = T* (known as generalized projections) are studied. The local smooth structure of these sets is examined.
On completion in the category SSNσFrm
Authors: Naidoo Inderasan 
Published: March 2013

Abstract
We introduce the category SSN
σ
Frm of super strong nearness σ-frames and show the existence of a completion for a super strong nearness σ-frame unique up to isomorphism by the similar construction presented in [WALTERS-WAYLAND, J. L.: Completeness and Nearly Fine Uniform Frames. PhD Thesis, Univ. Catholique de Louvain, 1996] and [WALTERS-WAYLAND, J. L.: A Shirota Theorem for frames, Appl. Categ. Structures 7 (1999), 271–277]. Completion is also shown to be a coreflection in SSN
σ
Frm. We also engage with the notion of total boundedness for nearness σ-frames and provide a characterization of the Samuel compactification of a nearness σ-frame alternative to the description in [NAIDOO, I.: Samuel compactification and uniform coreflection of nearness σ-frames, Czechoslovak Math. J. 56(131) (2006), 1229–1241].
The electoral fate and policy impact of “anti-corruption parties” in Central and Eastern Europe
Authors: Bågenholm Andreas 
Published: March 2013

Abstract
Niche parties have been increasingly successful during the last 30 years and have accordingly received a lot of scholarly attention. So far most of the focus has been on Green and radical right parties, and to a more limited extent, regional parties. In this paper I analyze the electoral fates and policy outcomes of another type of niche party, namely those focusing on anti-corruption, whose successes culminated during the 2000s. The study is limited to all new parties campaigning on the issue of anti-corruption in Central and Eastern Europe since the fall of the Berlin wall and the questions to be answered are: To what extent are these parties successful in obtaining relevant positions in the government so that they are able to effectively fight corruption? What impact do they have on anti-corruption measures, thereby influencing the level of corruption? How successful are these parties in the elections that follow? In short, to what extent do anticorruption parties matter? Apart from electoral and governmental data, the analysis is based on the Freedom House Nation in Transit annual reports, in which one section deals with the efforts to curb corruption. The results are rather mixed, but indicate that the more influential positions the anti-corruption parties (ACPs) have in government, the better are their anti-corruption performances. That implies that they are serious and competent enough to tackle those issues, despite their newness and lack of experience. Not surprisingly, the incumbent ACPs fare worse than those in opposition in subsequent elections, but quite a few still remain popular. Finally, all but one party abandoned their anti-corruption rhetoric in their second election, which implies that anti-corruption is a different type of issue, compared to the ones used by previous niche parties.
Corruption between public and private moralities: The Albanian case in a comparative perspective
Authors: Prato Giuliana 
Published: March 2013

Abstract
This essay draws on comparative ethnographic material from Albania and Italy. It addresses different forms of corruption, arguing that in order to understand the way in which phenomena such as corruption occur and are experienced in any given society, we should contextualize them in the historical and cultural traditions of that specific society. In doing so, however, we should be alert in avoiding falling into the trap of either moral relativism or cultural determinism. The essay suggests that an anthropological analysis of corruption should distinguish between legal rules and social norms. In particular, the empirical study of such norms helps to understand the meanings—both individual and inter-subjective—that actors give to the social and political situation in which they operate.
Corruption and anti-corruption local discourses and international practices in post-socialist Romania
Authors: Zerilli Filippo 
Published: March 2013

Abstract
In the past two decades academic and research literature on “corruption” has flourished. During the same period organizations and initiatives fighting against corruption have also significantly expanded, turning “anti-corruption” into a new research subject. However, despite a few exceptions there is a division of labor between scholars who study corruption itself and those who study the global anti-corruption industry. Juxtaposing corruption’s local discourses and anti-corruption international practices, this article is an attempt to bring together these two intertwined research dimensions and explore how an ethnographic approach might contribute to framing them together. Firstly, it describes how corruption in Romania is often conceptualized and explained in terms of national heritage, something related to old and recent cultural history, including traditional folklore. Secondly, it explores how anti-corruption works in practice, focusing on international legal cooperation projects monitoring the progress and shortcomings both prior to and post Romania’s accession to the European Union. Finally, revealing the articulations of these two apparently unrelated research fields, the article argues that corruption’s local explanations and the circular logic of auditing observed within the anti-corruption industry share a common developmental ideology mirroring the crypto-colonialist structure of power relations and dependency among European nation-states emerging out of the Cold War.
The meta-language of politics, culture and integrity in Japan
Authors: Kawata Junichi , Papp Melinda 
Published: March 2013

Abstract
Words and phrases must be interpreted within the proper cultural and contemporary political and historical context. In particular, the language of politics is distinguished by the use of specific terms and phrases which often allude to other associated meanings. This means that caution must be exercised when interpreting the terms used not only within the context of the other language, but often also within its own linguistic context. The translator or commentator has to be familiar with the language code used in the given environment and within the cultural biases of that particular society so that meanings are not lost and the often crucial connotations are not misinterpreted. Political rhetoric often employs words and language in a manipulative yet frequently subtle manner. This paper analyzes examples of shifts in language code by looking at a number of cases in Japan and their cultural construction where loss of integrity and backstage practices are at stake.
Slovak Slavistics: Past and present. Interdisciplinary discourses of Slovak academic Slavistics
Authors: Žeňuch Peter , Žeňuchová Katarína 
Published: March 2013

Abstract
Slovak Slavistics has adopted the interdisciplinary research approach based on examining the processes involved in language, literature, history, culture, ethnics and religion. From a scholarly and investigative point of view, Slovak Slavistics is primarily concerned with researching Slovak and Slavic relations, and Slovak and non-Slavic relations. Although Slavistics at home and abroad has been affected by the recession, it maintains its role of accelerating systematic and comprehensive investigation. The priority of Slovak Slavistics, both in a domestic and international context, is to safeguard scholarly outputs and make them available in the competitive international arena. Ensuring continuity in Slavistic research is also important and is not merely a question of prestige, but is also a fundamental means of continually improving the quality of the academic discipline. Internationally recognised Slavistic research is conducted in collaboration with the Ján Stanislav Institute of Slavistics at the Slovak Academy of Sciences. The institute sees modern Slavistics in Slovakia as having currency and exigency. Slovak Slavistic research is indispensable, provides continuity and constitutes an inseparable component of wider Central European and international Slavistic research.
Institutionalisation of Slovak Slavistics
Authors: Doruľa Ján 
Published: March 2013

Abstract
The following contribution is an overview of the gradual and systematic establishment of the institutional foundations of Slovak Slavistics. It looks at how the research focus and programme were developed and its coordination centre set up, beginning in 1988.Following that, the Slovak Committee of Slavists was established and its were statutes drawn up. Preparations then began for the 11th International Congress of Slavists in 1993. The Department of Slavistics at the Slovak Academy of Sciences was also established, becoming the Ján Stanislav Institute of Slavistics in 2005.
The article describes in detail the initial beginnings of the programmatic focus of research in Slovak Slavistics, highlighting the difficulties encountered and the various twists and turns that complicated the process of establishing the research programme and institutionalising Slovak Slavistics. It also stresses the results produced thus far and its future prospects.
Slovak studies in Russia: The current state
Authors: Valentsova Marina 
Published: March 2013

Abstract
The article introduces readers to the current state of Slovak studies in Russia. The fate of Slavic studies in Russia is complicated and it has had its ups (late 19th and early 20th century) and downs (1920s and 1930s), but until now there has been a multidisciplinary tradition of studying all Slavic peoples, their languages, literature, history and culture. The article focuses on the study of Slovak language, literature, history and culture at Moscow State University, the Institute for Slavic Studies in Moscow, and Saint-Petersburg State University. It deals with the main researchers and their work and publications. The article is based on general research into the history of Slavic studies carried out by leading Russian scientists.
The Flesh of God: Christological Implications for an Ecological Vision of the World
Authors: Wells Harold 
Published: March 2013

The great religious traditions of the world, including especially the indigenous religions of North America, have profound contributions to make to the ecological vision we need. In this paper I can only speak of the ecological significance of the gospel of Christ. I begin with the faith stance that Jesus Christ, God's Word made flesh, is "our wisdom, our righteousness, our sanctification and redemption" (1 Cor. 1:30). This means that ultimately we shall find our salvation, even our ecological salvation, in God's grace. Because Christ is our wisdom, the scriptural witness to him in the Old and New Testaments stands alone as the incomparable source of our faith. That is why I think it appropriate to approach the ecological question from a christo logical centre and on a biblical basis. If we believe we have a decisive divine disclosure in the flesh of Jesus Christ, and, in his life, death and resurrection, the decisive appearance of God's reign, then all our theological thought, including our ecological theology, needs to be governed in him. But ecological theology is a kind of contextual theology which seeks to address the environmental crisis theologically. A further methodological premise is that theologians must attend to both the Bible and the context (or as in Karl Barth's oft-quoted bon mot, "the Bible and the newspaper").
Mysticism and the Spiritual Life: Reflections on Karl Rahner's View of Mysticism
Authors: Stoeber Michael 
Published: March 2013

[…]mysticism is quite different from religious experiences in ordinary faith, where the relationship with the Divine is mediated through normal categories of experience given in a person's culture and history. This difference raises the question of the relationship of mysticism to ordinary religious experiences. What is the role and status of mystical experience in the spiritual life? What, if anything, does the mystic teach us about spiritual reality and the spiritual ideal? What are the appropriate terms of a theology of mystical experience? I will begin to explore these questions by comparing Rahner's view of mystical experiences with what he calls ordinary "experiences of the spirit" or "everyday mysticism." I will then outline the transpersonal theory of Michael Washburn, in briefly exploring a question Rahner poses regarding the possible relevance of a psychology of mystical transformation in the development of a Christian theology of mystical experience. Finally, I will conclude with some qualifying reflections about mysticism that I believe to be pertinent to the development of a contemporary theology of mystical experience.
How Canadian is Our Context?
Authors: Hall Douglas John 
Published: March 2013

I was tempted to entitle this brief tribute to my friend Harold Wells, "When did Mum become Mom?" Like most Anglo-Canadians of my vintage, and like the generations before me, I grew up calling my mother "Mum"—once 1 had advanced beyond the childhood form "Mummie." But about thirty or forty years ago, I began to notice that newspapers and other media, when they resorted to the familiar for mother, increasingly rendered it "Mom." Then I found that my own siblings were writing about our "Mom." The straw that broke the camel's back was when my mother herself began to sign her letters "Mom." Well, it's undoubtedly a small matter. Most people seem not to notice. But Thus—silently, imperceptibly—do cultures change. When more than 88 per cent of the television programs Canadians watch emanate directly from the empire on whose remote northern edge we exist, why should anyone be surprised when "centre" becomes "center," and "pianist" becomes "pianist," and "zed" becomes "zee," etc.? When the films, pop music, TV evangelism, soap operas, sitcoms, stand-up comedy, etc., etc. by which Canadians are "entertained" twenty-four hours a day are nearly all "Made in America;' why should there be any astonishment in the ranks when it is noticed that Canadian youth are not only dressing like Americans but speaking like them too?
Book Reviews
Authors: Galvin John , Warne R. , McIntire C. , Clarke Brian , Mohammed Ovey , D'angelo Mary , Granfield Patrick 
Published: March 2013

George A. Lindbeck, The Nature of Doctrine: Religion and Theology in a Postliberal Age, reviewed by John P. Galvin Ramsay Cook, The Regenerators: Social Criticism in Late Victorian Canada, reviewed by R.R. Warne Philip E. Hammond, ed., The Future of Religion: Secularization, Revival and Cult Formation, reviewed by c. T. McIntire Rodney Stark and William Sims Bainbridge, The Illness That We Are: A Jungian Critique of Christianity, reviewed by c. T. McIntire Ann Taves, The Household of Faith: Roman Catholic Devotions in MidNineteenth-Century Americac, reviewed by Brian P. Clarke Cheriyan Menacherry, An Indian Philosophical Approach to the Personality of Jesus Christ, reviewed by Ovey N. Mohammed Holmes Rolston, Voegelin and the Theologian: Ten Studies in Interpretation, reviewed by Don Wiebe Werner H. Kelber, Religious Inquiry - Participation and Detachment, reviewed by Ovey N. Mohammed Beverly Wildung Harrison, Making the Connections: Essays in Feminist Social Ethics, reviewed by Mary R. D'Angelo George P.Schner, ed.,The Church Renewed: The Documents Of Vatican II Reconsidered, reviewed by Patrick Granfield