bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Morphometric Studies on Dwarf Honey Bee Apis Florea F. Workers in Saudi Arabia
Authors: Al-Kahtani Saad N. , A. Taha El-Kazafy 
Published: June 2014

Abstract
Here we performed a morphometric analysis of dwarf honey bee (Apis florea F.) workers from Saudi Arabia, and we detected morphometric variations within the species in the Jubail and Al-Ahsa provinces of this region. Between the two provinces, Jubail is further north and is closer to sea level, and data showed that during the collection period, Jubail experienced significantly higher humidity. Compared to workers from the Jubail province, workers from Al-Ahsa province showed significantly higher body weight, measured head appendage characteristics, wing characteristics (apart from hindwing width), leg characteristics, and length and width of the 3rd abdominal sternite and 1st wax mirror. Body weight as found to be significantly positively correlated with all determined characteristics, except for flagellum length, hindwing width, 3rd tergite length, and lengths of the 4th tergite and sternite. It can be concluded that body weight and morphometric characteristics of dwarf honey bee workers were significantly affected by geographic origin. The morphometric measurements were within the range reported from most previously examined countries.
Determination of Beeswax Hydrocarbons by Gas Chromatography with a Mass Detector (GC -MS ) Technique
Authors: Waś Ewa , Szczęsna Teresa , Rybak-Chmielewska Helena 
Published: June 2014

Abstract
Here we describe a method of hydrocarbon (alkanes, alkenes, dienes) identification and quantitative determination of linear saturated hydrocarbons (n-alkanes) in beeswax using gas chromatography with a mass detector technique (GC -MS ). Beeswax hydrocarbons were isolated using a solid-phase extraction (SPE ) technique with neutral aluminum oxide (Alumina - N, 1000 mg, 6 mL), then were separated on a non-polar gas chromatography column ZB-5HT INFERNO (20 m×0.18 mm×0.18 μm). Qquantitative analysis of n-alkanes was conducted by the method of internal standard with squalane used as the internal standard. The basic parameters of validation (linearity and working range, limit of determination, repeatability and reproducibility, recovery) were determined. For all of the identified compounds, satisfactory (≥0.997) coefficients of correlation in the working ranges of the method (from 0.005 to 5.0 g/100 g) were obtained. The elaborated method was characterized by satisfactory repeatability and within-laboratory reproducibility. The average coefficients of variation for the total n-alkanes did not exceed 2% under conditions of repeatability or 4% under conditions of reproducibility. The recovery for individual n-alkanes was above 94%; for their total content, it was 100.5%. In beeswax originating from Apis mellifera, n-alkanes containing from 20 to 35 carbon atoms in their molecules were determined. The total content of these alkanes was between 9.08 g and 10.86 g/100 g (on average, 9.81 g/100 g). Additionally, apart from the saturated hydrocarbons, unsaturated hydrocarbons and dienes were identified.
Assesment of the Interest Rates in the Serbian Banking Sector
Authors: Barjaktarović Lidija , Dimić Maja , Ječmenica Dejan 
Published: June 2014

Abstract
Lending interest rates (IR) in the Serbian market are generally viewed as high. In accordance with the official NBS (National bank of Serbia) data for 2010: lending (IR) was 10.4% p.a., deposit IR was 4.2% p.a., and spread was 6.3% p.a. At the same time, IR on cross-border loans was 3.7% p.a. It means that the use of cross-border loans was a better solution for companies which were in position to take them. The indicator of IR spread in Serbia got worse and came down to 106th position (it used to be ranked 90th in 2009; WEF). If we analyse the structure of IR spread, we can notice that there is room for decreasing the level of active IR in the area of country risk premium and funding spread. Pearson Correlation shows that IR has strong relation with return on assets and volume of collected deposits i.e. profit margin per product.
Estimation of Control Rod Worth in a VVER-1000 Reactor using DRAGON4 and DONJON4
Authors: Saadatian-derakhshandeh Farahnaz , Safarzadeh Omid , Shirani Amir Saiid 
Published: June 2014

Abstract
One of the main issues in safety and control systems design of power and research reactors is to prevent accidents or reduce the imposed hazard. Control rod worth plays an important role in safety and control of reactors. In this paper, we developed a justifiable approach called D4D4 to estimate the control rod worth of a VVER-1000 reactor that enables to perform the best estimate analysis and reduce the conservatism that utilize DRAGON4 and DONJON4. The results are compared with WIMS-D4/CITATION to show the effectiveness and superiority of the developed package in predicting reactivity worth of the rod and also other reactor physics parameters of the VVER-1000 reactor. The results of this study are in good agreement with the plant's FSAR.
Verification of the use of GEANT4 and MCNPX Monte Carlo Codes for Calculations of the Depth-Dose Distributions in Water for the Proton Therapy of Eye Tumours
Authors: Grządziel Małgorzata , Konefał Adam , Zipper Wiktor , Pietrzak Robert , Bzymek Ewelina 
Published: June 2014

Abstract
Verification of calculations of the depth-dose distributions in water, using GEANT4 (version of 4.9.3) and MCNPX (version of 2.7.0) Monte Carlo codes, was performed for the scatterer-phantom system used in the dosimetry measurements in the proton therapy of eye tumours. The simulated primary proton beam had the energy spectra distributed according to the Gauss distribution with the cut at energy greater than that related to the maximum of the spectrum. The energy spectra of the primary protons were chosen to get the possibly best agreement between the measured relative depth-dose distributions along the central-axis of the proton beam in a water phantom and that derived from the Monte Carlo calculations separately for the both tested codes. The local depth-dose differences between results from the calculations and the measurements were mostly less than 5% (the mean value of 2.1% and 3.6% for the MCNPX and GEANT4 calculations). In the case of the MCNPX calculations, the best fit to the experimental data was obtained for the spectrum with maximum at 60.8 MeV (more probable energy), FWHM of the spectrum of 0.4 MeV and the energy cut at 60.85 MeV whereas in the GEANT4 calculations more probable energy was 60.5 MeV, FWHM of 0.5 MeV, the energy cut at 60.7 MeV. Thus, one can say that the results obtained by means of the both considered Monte Carlo codes are similar but they are not the same. Therefore the agreement between the calculations and the measurements has to be verified before each application of the MCNPX and GEANT4 codes for the determination of the depth-dose curves for the therapeutic protons.
Distribution and molecular identification of Tuta absoluta (Meyrick, 1917) (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) populations in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro
Authors: Đurić Zorica , Delić Duška , Hrnčić Snježana , Radonjić Sanja 
Published: June 2014

Abstract
Since 2010, the South American tomato moth - Tuta absoluta (MEYRICK, 1917) (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) - has been recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H) and Montenegro. In 2012, pheromone traps were placed among tomato crops growing in greenhouses and open fields in 14 localities in B&H and Montenegro; the pest was caught at all the sites. Adults were caught in both greenhouses and open fields in Trebinje (B&H) on 4th June 2012 and in Ulcinj (Montenegro) in mid-May. Species identification was confirmed by means of morphological characters of adults and male genitalia. In addition, molecular identification of specimens from B&H and Montenegro was performed using mitochondrial (mtDNA) markers.
Contributions to the knowledge the scarab beetles of Golestan province, Northern Iran with checklist of Iranian Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera)
Authors: Bunalski Marek , Samin Najmeh , Ghahari Hassan , Hawkeswood Trevor J. 
Published: June 2014

AbstractThis paper deals with the fauna of Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) in Golestan province, Northern Iran. In total 19 species from 16 genera (Adoretus, Aphodius, Amphimallon, Cetonischema, Copris, Eulasia, Euonthophagus, Glaphyrus, Netocia, Onthophagus, Oxythyrea, Pentodon, Valgus, Polyphylla, Stalagmosoma, Trichius) were collected and recorded from this region. A checklist of Iranian Scarabaeoidea is provided.
MiR-30b is involved in methylglyoxal-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition of peritoneal mesothelial cells in rats
Authors: Liu Hong , Zhang Ning , Tian Da 
Published: June 2014

AbstractEpithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of peritoneal mesothelial cells (PMC) is a major contributor to the pathogenesis of peritoneal fibrosis. EMT is at least in part caused by repeated exposure to glucose degradation products (GDPs), such as methylglyoxal (MGO). MiRNA contributes greatly to the EMT of PMCs. In this study, we tried to profile whether differences exist between the peritoneal membrane (PM) miRNA expression seen in control rats and that seen in rats injected intraperitoneally with MGO. We assessed whether miR-30b has a possible role in MGO-induced EMT of PMCs in rats. Comparative miRNA expression array and real-time PCR analyses were conducted for the control group at the start of the experiment and for the MGO group after 1 and 2 weeks. During the second week, the MGO rats were treated with: a chemically modified antisense RNA oligonucleotide (ASO) complementary to the mature miR-30b (ASO group); an miR-30b mismatch control sequence (MIS group); or a citrate buffer (EMT group). Bioinformatic analyses indicated that the 3′ untranslated region (3′-UTR) of bone morphogenetic protein 7 (BMP7) mRNA did contain a putative binding site for miR-30b. We also tried to investigate whether miR-30b targeted BMP7 in vitro by transfection. Of the upregulated miRNAs, miR-30b expression demonstrated the greatest increase. The administration of miR-30b ASO for two weeks significantly reduced α-SMA excretion and upregulated E-cadherin and BMP-7 expression. Our in vitro study showed that miR-30b directly targeted and inhibited BMP7 by binding to its 3’-UTR. Our results revealed that miR-30b is involved in MGO-induced EMT of PMCs in rats.
Development of phylogenetic markers for Sebacina (Sebacinaceae) mycorrhizal fungi associated with Australian orchids
Authors: Ruibal Monica P. , Peakall Rod , Foret Sylvain , Linde Celeste C. 
Published: June 2014

• Premise of the study: To investigate fungal species identity and diversity in mycorrhizal fungi of order Sebacinales, we developed phylogenetic markers. These new markers will enable future studies investigating species delineation and phylogenetic relationships of the fungal symbionts and facilitate investigations into evolutionary interactions among Sebacina species and their orchid hosts.• Methods and Results: We generated partial genome sequences for a Sebacina symbiont originating from Caladenia huegelii with 454 genome sequencing and from three symbionts from Eriochilus dilatatus and one from E. pulchellus using Illumina sequencing. Six nuclear and two mitochondrial loci showed high variability (10–31% parsimony informative sites) for Sebacinales mycorrhizal fungi across four genera of Australian orchids (Caladenia, Eriochilus, Elythranthera, and Glossodia).• Conclusions: We obtained highly informative DNA markers that will allow investigation of mycorrhizal diversity of Sebacinaceae fungi associated with terrestrial orchids in Australia and worldwide.
Novel microsatellite markers for the high‐alpine Geum reptans (Rosaceae)
Authors: Hamann Elena , Kesselring Halil , Stöcklin Jürg , Armbruster Georg F. J. 
Published: June 2014

• Premise of the study: Geum reptans reproduces by outcrossing or by the formation of stolons. Sexual and clonal reproduction are not exclusive and occur mostly simultaneously. We developed novel microsatellite primers for this species, which will be used in a study about local adaptation, phenotypic plasticity, and random molecular divergence of alpine plants.• Methods and Results: Twelve microsatellite primer sets were developed for G. reptans, of which nine were polymorphic. Initially, the forward primers had an M13 tail, and the allelic signals of each locus were amplified using a single fluorescent‐labeled M13 forward sequence. In the running phase, a multiplex PCR assay was developed using different fluorophore‐labeled forward primers. Two to 11 alleles were found per locus, depending on the studied population.• Conclusions: Identical multilocus genotypes (i.e., clonal offspring) were not found because individuals in our sampling were at least 4 m distant from each other. FST–QST analysis will be applied to detect selection processes in populations of G. reptans across the Alps.
Microsatellite primers for Parkia biglobosa (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) reveal that a single plant sires all seeds per pod
Authors: Lassen Kristin Marie , Kjær Erik Dahl , Ouédraogo Moussa , Nielsen Lene Rostgaard 
Published: June 2014

• Premise of the study: Microsatellite primers were developed for an indigenous fruit tree, Parkia biglobosa, as a tool to study reproductive biology and population structure. Here we use the primers to determine the number of fathers per pod.• Methods and Results: Microsatellite loci were enriched in a genomic sample and isolated using pyrosequencing. Eleven primer pairs were characterized in two populations of P. biglobosa in Burkina Faso (each with 40 trees). The number of alleles per locus ranged from eight to 15, and one locus had null alleles. We genotyped seeds from 24 open‐pollinated pods. The genotypic profiles of seeds per pod suggest that all seeds are outcrossed and that only one pollen donor sires all ovules in a single fruit.• Conclusions: Ten microsatellite markers were highly polymorphic. All seeds per pod of P. biglobosa were full siblings. The markers will be useful for reproductive and population genetic studies.
« Ah ! vous savez, on dit que... »
Authors: Lemaire Jean-Georges , Darchis Élisabeth 
Published: June 2014

L’activité du croire est l’un des tout premiers modes du fonctionnement mental. L’analyste peut repérer la croyance dans la zone relativement floue entre le « JE » et le « nous » où s’organisent les compromis du groupe. Le droit à croire comme à douter a un rapport avec les bénéfices narcissiques identitaires et avec la constitution d’une personnalité dans l’appartenance et la sécurisation. Suite à une fragilité narcissique et identitaire la croyance oblige parfois l’individu soit à la soumission et à l’emprise d’autrui, soit à la révolte. L’analyse du contretransfert par rapport à ses propres croyances est essentielle dans les TFCP.
Gémellité et croyance familiale
Authors: Durmanova Helena 
Published: June 2014

Dans cet article, on propose de montrer comment les croyances peuvent être pensées dans un dispositif de thérapie familiale psychanalytique. Il s’agit d’une situation clinique où la croyance familiale concerne les origines de l’histoire familiale où différents traumatismes se superposent : génocide arménien, schizophrénie, accouchement traumatique, explosions. Ils sont traités par des croyances qui originent le chaos familial dans la gémellité à défaut d’avoir pu le symboliser autrement. On fait l’hypothèse que la croyance tente ici de donner sens à l’impensé et à certains événements qui révèlent des répétitions imposées par le négatif transgénérationnel.
Tais-toi et prie !
Authors: Mevel Françoise 
Published: June 2014

Croire est une fiction nécessaire à la vie psychique car sans reconstruction le monde nous serait définitivement fermé. Parmi les croyances humaines, l’idéologie trouve une place souvent revendiquée et se présente comme une expérience intrapsychique et intersubjective de tentative de maîtrise. L’idéologie étant une « modalité d’articulation entre le psychisme et le social » (R. Kaës, 1980), elle peut trouver, alors, dans la vie sectaire, un système fermé qui jugule les questions existentielles que sous-tend toute croyance. Une thérapie familiale illustre la croyance « en une vie meilleure ».
Le drapé du croire
Authors: Arènes Jacques 
Published: June 2014

L’article analyse, dans une démarche d’anthropologie culturelle inspirée de la psychanalyse, les réaménagements contemporains du croire. Plus largement que la croyance religieuse, il cherche à saisir comment le croire est devenu une donnée « performative », qui participe, en une créativité transitionnelle individuelle, à la fécondité de l’illusion groupale. Dans le panthéon mythique de la psychanalyse, Hermès, le dieu de la métamorphose, pourrait rejoindre Œdipe, qui figure les bégaiements de l’Histoire. Mais Hermès peut-il se passer d’Œdipe ?
L'héritage de Pichon-Rivière
Authors: Eiguer Alberto 
Published: June 2014

Enrique Pichon-Rivière (E. P.-R. ; 1907-1977) fut un précurseur qui a forgé nombre de concepts et les a appliqués à la clinique et à des pratiques aussi diverses que les analyses individuelle, de groupe, de couple, de famille, des institutions, de l’art, de la publicité, de la vie quotidienne. En approchant son œuvre, l’auteur s’attarde sur le concept de lien. Si les travaux d’E. P.-R. ont bénéficié d’une large diffusion mondiale, grâce à ses élèves notamment, c’est la rencontre de son œuvre avec le champ de l’intersubjectivité qui lui donne une grande actualité. D’où vient une si grande fécondité ? L’auteur essaie de répondre à cette question.
Dépression en famille
Authors: Bittolo Christophe 
Published: June 2014

Cette présentation se propose d’étudier les dimensions groupales des troubles dépressifs. À partir d’une clinique de l’analyse de groupe, une configuration particulière des liens autour d’un patient déprimé est mise en évidence. L’auteur interroge en quoi cette configuration est l’actualisation d’une dynamique du groupe familial dont les caractéristiques et l’économie énergétique nous permettent de comprendre les modalités de régulation et de transformation de la souffrance dépressive.
A Proposal for an Austrian Nursing Minimum Data Set (NMDS)
Authors: Hackl W.O. , Ammenwerth E. , Ranegger R. 
Published: June 2014

SummaryObjective: Nursing Minimum Data Sets can be used to compare nursing care across clinical populations, settings, geographical areas, and time. NMDS can support nursing research, nursing management, and nursing politics. However, in contrast to other countries, Austria does not have a unified NMDS. The objective of this study is to identify possible data elements for an Austrian NMDS.Methods: A two-round Delphi survey was conducted, based on a review of available NMDS, 22 expert interviews, and a focus group discussion.Results: After reaching consensus, the experts proposed the following 56 data elements for an NMDS: six data elements concerning patient demographics, four data elements concerning data of the healthcare institution, four data elements concerning patient’s medical condition, 20 data elements concerning patient problems (nursing assessment, nursing diagnoses, risk assessment), eight data elements concerning nursing outcomes, 14 data elements concerning nursing interventions, and no additional data elements concerning nursing intensity.Conclusion: The proposed NMDS focuses on the long-term and acute care setting. It must now be implemented and tested in the nursing practice.Citation: Ranegger R, Hackl WO, Ammenwerth E. A proposal for an austrian nursing minimum data set (NMDS): A Delphi study. Appl Clin Inf 2014; 5: 538–547 http://dx.doi.org/10.4338/ACI-2014-04-RA-0027
De cognitieve drie-eenheid: realiseren, interpreteren en abstraheren
Authors: Radder Hans 
Published: June 2014

The article consists of three main sections, in which I successively discuss the nature and role of realization, interpretation and abstraction in experimental and observational processes. In this way, these sections address several fundamental problems in philosophy of science, ontology and epistemology, and philosophy of language. Section 1 introduces the notion of realization processes, and argues that successful realization requires causal judgments. The second section discusses the role of conceptual interpretation in experiments and observations, explains how realization and interpretation can be distinguished, and emphasizes the significance of different types and ranges of experimental and observational reproducibility. It also includes a subsection on the issue of reproducibility in contemporary social sciences and psychology. Section 3 explains how concepts are abstracted from existing realization processes, and concludes that abstraction bestows a nonlocal meaning on these extensible concepts. In addition, I discuss and criticize some rival views of abstraction and concept meaning (to wit, mentalism and localism). The article concludes with some observations on the notion of a (cognitive) trinity.
In my reply, I respond to the points raised in the six commentary papers. The following issues are addressed: the place of causality in physics (Steffen Ducheyne), perception in ordinary life (Monica Meijsing), the role of reproducibility in psychology and the social sciences (Daniël Lakens, Ruud Abma), the significance and implications of conceptual innovation (Lieven Decock), and the relationship between meaning, communication and ontology (Martin Stokhof and Michiel van Lambalgen).
Global Business Norms and Islamic Views of Women’s Employment
Authors: Syed Jawad , Van Buren Harry J. 
Published: June 2014

ABSTRACT:This article examines the issue of gender equality within Islam in order to develop an ethical framework for businesses operating in Muslim majority countries. We pay attention to the role of women and seemingly inconsistent expectations of Islamic and Western societies with regard to appropriate gender roles. In particular, we contrast a mainstream Western liberal individualist view of freedom and equality—the capability approach, used here as an illustration of mainstream Western liberalism—with an egalitarian Islamic view on gender equality. While the article identifies an opportunity for this particular approach to reform patriarchal interpretations and practices of Islam toward gender egalitarian interpretations and practices, it also contests the notions of adaptation and well-being inherent within the capability approach. We suggest that a dialectical approach to understanding the relationships among religion, culture, and business provides a better guide to responsible business action in Muslim Majority countries than does the capability approach.
Structural Changes in the Chinese Stock Market: A Review of Empirical Research
Authors: Lu Haitian , Fu Jiajia 
Published: June 2014

Abstract
China’s stock market has gone through major structural changes since its inception in the early 1990s. In this survey article, we review the empirical literature published in 15 leading accounting and finance journals from 1998 to 2013 that documents these important structural changes. In analysing this literature, we focus on the ‘distinctiveness’ of the Chinese stock market compared with developed stock markets (e.g. US) and the research opportunities generated by the China setting. Key themes include China’s share issue privatisation (SIP) reforms, the political connections in privately owned companies, the characteristics of Chinese listed companies and their governance, the regulatory environment reforms in China, and the evolving role played by auditors and other information intermediaries.