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Considerations Regarding the Land Snails from the Upper Timiş River Valley (Banat, Romania)
Authors: Gheoca Voichiţa 
Published: January 2015

ABSTRACT
The paper focuses on land snail fauna from the upper Timiş River valley. The analyzed material originates from seven locations starting with the Trei Ape area (Semenic Mountains) and ending with Petroşniţa (upstream Caransebeş). Samplings were made during one campaign in August 2012. A total of 24 species was identified, belonging to 14 families. The area analyzed exhibits a reduced diversity due to the type of substratum represented by crystalline schist, the conifer dominated vegetation in the mountain area, and the anthropogenic impact of tourism, intensive grazing, cutting of woody vegetation in meadows and waste storage. The presence in Sadova Veche of the species Drobacia banatica, listed on Annex II of the EU Habitats Directive, underlines the importance of riparian habitat preservation for the conservation and dispersion of land snail species.
The Fish Fauna of the Timiş River (Banat, Romania)
Authors: Bănăduc Doru , Stroilă Victor , Curtean-Bănăduc Angela 
Published: January 2015

ABSTRACT
This study assessed the fish communities’ diversity and structure spatial dynamic in the Timiş River, in correlation with the biotope characteristics to establish management measures.
The results are based on quantitative fish samples from 21 stations of the Timiş River, situated between its sources and the Romanian-Serbian border (241 km). The sampling campaign was conducted during 2011-2012.
In the reference zone 32 fish species were identified, belonging to 27 genera and nine families.
The fish associations present a high diversity along the entire Romanian sector of the Timiş River.
The fish communities’ diversity distribution patterns reflect the biotope conditions diversity and the human impact factors presence and degree on the Timiş River sectors. The fish communities’ diversity assessment in correlation to biotope characteristics allows the establishment of priorities, objectives and measures for the sustainable management of the studied river biodiversity.
The Timiş River Basin (Banat, Romania) Natural and Anthropogenic Elements. A Study Case - Management Chalenges
Authors: Burghelea Bianca , Bănăduc Doru , Curtean-Bănăduc Angela 
Published: January 2015

ABSTRACT
This study presents a summary of the human impact activity analysis that has influenced the ecological state of the Timiş River.
The results show that because of human activity the Timiş riverbed has been significantly changed due to serious degradation of water quality and extinction of aquatic biota.
In the context of the European Water Framework Directive, in order to achieve water quality standards, the present work aims to take stock of the main human intervention and its effects within the basin to find adequate management solutions to achieve “good ecologically status”.
Trade Tensions Between EU and Russia: Possible Effects on Trade in Agricultural Commodities for Visegrad Countries
Authors: Erokhin Vasily , Heijman Wim , Ivolga Anna 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
The paper includes overview of the current state of the EU-CIS and the EU-Russia trade flows with particular attention to trade in agricultural commodities, as well as contemporary tendencies in agricultural production and foreign trade in agricultural commodities and food in Russia. The paper specifically addresses the possible effects of the trade restrictions between the EU and Russia, particularly the imposed ban on agricultural trade, on the Visegrad countries. The paper is concluded with an overview of the expected influences of the trade tensions on Russia’s domestic agricultural market, including consumers, producers, and retailers.
The Definition of Reserves to Increase Milk Production on the Basis of Forecast Supply Balances
Authors: Meteleva Marina , Sytenko Anna 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
Dairy animal industry is one of the leading industries of animal production and an important line of many agricultural enterprises activity of the Belgorod region. In essence, its efficiency and competitiveness depend on many certain features of the regional market. The research object is dairy industry in the Belgorod region. The aim of the research was to study the state of the dairy cattle in the Belgorod region and to identify the major reserves of milk production increase on the basis of expected resource balances. The research is connected with the definition of the used branch resources balance. It will allow the definition of the directions of the branch efficiency increase. The practical value of the work is based on an estimation of the branch resources which should help to define the necessary quantity of milk, sufficient for manufacture of dairy products for internal dairy consumption. The subtheme is Increase of Milk Production.
Challenges of EU Accession for Macedonia and Ukraine: Selected View from Inside Europe and Outside Visegrad
Authors: Imeri Amir , Gálová Jana 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is a country with huge interest in accession to the great family of the European Union, which now counts about 500 million people. The paper aims to explain this interest and to give detailed arguments to all the expectations, by focusing on the process of accession of the country to the European Union and giving examples of other countries‘ similar efforts from wider region. This process represents the culmination of more than two decades of economic, social and political transformation of the country. The membership in the European Union, according to the theoretical knowledge and comparative experience, should bring convenience for Macedonia and its citizens, including prosperity, more intensive relations with its European neighbours and contribution to shaping the political, social and economic development of Europe. The accession process is long and difficult, partly because of the necessity to adopt many laws and regulations of the European Union for new member states, contained in the Acquis communautaire.
A new Genus and Species of Cestodes (Cyclophyllidea, Gryporhynchidae) from Ciconiiform Birds
Authors: Kornyushin V. V. , Greben О. B. 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
A monotypic genus Proparadilepis Kornyushin et Greben, gen. n. (type species: Proparadilepis plegadissaakovae sp. n.) is erected. It is similar to the genera Paradilepis Hsu, 1935, Ascodilepis Guildal, 1960 and Dendrouterina Fuhrmann, 1912 and differs from them by the number and shape of rostellar hooks, armament of the cirrus and shape of gravid uterus. Its type species, P. plegadissaakovae sp. n. is described from Plegadis falcinellus L. It was found by Е. О. Saakova and assigned as Paradilepis plegadis nomen nudum because its description was not published according to the criteria of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. The additions to the keys of gryporhynchid tapeworms (Bona, 1994) are proposed. The genus Dendrouterina is divided, according to the existing groups “herodiae” and “macrosphincter” distinguished by Bona (1975) into two valid genera, Dendrouterina and Mashonalepis Beverley-Burton, 1960.
Ecological and Faunistic Review of Ground Beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in Gomel Urbocenosis (The Republic of Belarus)
Authors: Halinouski M. H , Krytskaya А. M 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
The results of our own investigations as well as the literary data about ground beetle fauna of Gomel’ city are summarized in the article. The assessment of species composition and a wide range of carabidocomplexes ecological parameters have been examined. 131 ground beetles species have been detected for urbancenosis of Gomel’ city (41 per cent of species registered on the territory of the Republic of Belarus). In general, ground beetles of Gomel’ city are presented quite well in the Palearctic and their communitites are basically composed of field, meadow, and forest mesophilous and mesoxerophilous species but small in size populations in urbancenosis.
Spatial Patterns of Bird Communities of the Lower Dnieper Sands During the Breeding Season: Differentiation Factors
Authors: Moskalenko Yu. O 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
Using hierarchical cluster analysis there were distinguished six spatial patterns of bird communities during the breeding season in the Lower Dnieper Sands. The differentiation of these patterns is based on a spatial heterogeneity in the area ratio of different habitats. The sites with natural and sub-natural landscapes hold three types of bird communities. Another type of the bird community is relatively similar to the previous three, but characterized by a poor quantitative and qualitative bird composition; it is associated with open landscapes with destroyed natural vegetation. Bird communities of artificial pine plantations (the most transformed landscapes of the Lower Dnieper Sands) are very different from those in the natural and sub-natural landscapes. The spectra of ecological groups of different bird communities match the spectra of different habitat types obtained using a supervised classification of remote sensing data. It makes it possible to use a topological model of the habitat types (based on remote sensing data) as a predictor for GIS modelling of spatial distribution of different birds communities throughout the Lower Dnieper Sands.
Morphotypes in Naked Amoebas (Protista): Distribution in Water Bodies of Zhytomyr and Volyn Polissia (Ukraine) and Possible Ecological Significance
Authors: Patsyuk M. K. 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
The biotopic and seasonal distributions of the naked amoeba species related to the specific morphotypes were analyzed on the territory of Zhytomyr and Volyn Polissya. It was demonstrated that the polytactic and, to some extent, rugose and branched morphotypes of naked amoebas have the adaptive significance and could have emerged as a result of adaptation to characteristic conditions of oligotrophic lakes. In turn, the formation of lanceolate morphotype may be associated with the adaptation to low water temperatures, whereas the formation of flamellian morphotype may be an adaptation to high temperatures.
Egg Morphology of Some Nolidae and Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)
Authors: Dolinskaya I. V 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
The eggs of one species from family Nolidae (subfamily Chloephorinae) and seven species from family Erebidae (subfamilies Hermeniinae, Hypeninae, Phytometrinae and Catocalinae) occurring in Ukraine are examined, described, and illustrated with SEM. The diagnostic characters of examined species are proposed.
About Availability of the Names of Tiger Beetles (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) Given by Heinrich Beuthin
Authors: Matalin A. V , Putchkov A. V 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
The availability of the names of Palaearctic tiger beetles, given by Heinrich Beuthin, is discussed. The unavailable names are listed, and the available names associated with the valid species or subspecies names are presented.
Factors Contributing to 50-ft Walking Speed and Observed Ethnic Differences in Older Community-Dwelling Mexican Americans and European Americans
Authors: Quiben Myla U. , Hazuda Helen P. 
Published: January 2015

Background
Mexican Americans comprise the most rapidly growing segment of the older US population and are reported to have poorer functional health than European Americans, but few studies have examined factors contributing to ethnic differences in walking speed between Mexican Americans and European Americans.

Objective
The purpose of this study was to examine factors that contribute to walking speed and observed ethnic differences in walking speed in older Mexican Americans and European Americans using the disablement process model (DPM) as a guide.

Design
This was an observational, cross-sectional study.

Methods
Participants were 703 Mexican American and European American older adults (aged 65 years and older) who completed the baseline examination of the San Antonio Longitudinal Study of Aging (SALSA). Hierarchical regression models were performed to identify the contribution of contextual, lifestyle/anthropometric, disease, and impairment variables to walking speed and to ethnic differences in walking speed.

Results
The ethic difference in unadjusted mean walking speed (Mexican Americans=1.17 m/s, European Americans=1.29 m/s) was fully explained by adjustment for contextual (ie, age, sex, education, income) and lifestyle/anthropometric (ie, body mass index, height, physical activity) variables; adjusted mean walking speed in both ethnic groups was 1.23 m/s. Contextual variables explained 20.3% of the variance in walking speed, and lifestyle/anthropometric variables explained an additional 8.4%. Diseases (ie, diabetes, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) explained an additional 1.9% of the variance in walking speed; impairments (ie, FEV1, upper leg pain, and lower extremity strength and range of motion) contributed an additional 5.5%. Thus, both nonmodifiable (ie, contextual, height) and modifiable (ie, impairments, body mass index, physical activity) factors contributed to walking speed in older Mexican Americans and European Americans.

Limitations
The study was conducted in a single geographic area and included only Mexican American Hispanic individuals.

Conclusions
Walking speed in older Mexican Americans and European Americans is influenced by modifiable and nonmodifiable factors, underscoring the importance of the DPM framework, which incorporates both factors into the physical therapist patient/client management process.
Cardiovascular Stress Induced by Whole-Body Vibration Exercise in Individuals With Chronic Stroke
Authors: Liao Lin-Rong , Ng Gabriel Y.F. , Jones Alice Y.M. , Pang Marco Y.C. 
Published: January 2015

BackgroundAlthough whole-body vibration (WBV) has sparked tremendous research interest in neurorehabilitation, the cardiovascular responses to WBV in people with stroke remain unknown.ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to determine the acute effects of different WBV protocols on oxygen consumption (V̇o2), heart rate (HR), rate of perceived exertion (RPE), blood pressure (BP), and rate-pressure product (RPP) during the performance of 6 different exercises among people with chronic stroke (time since onset ≥6 months).DesignA repeated-measures design was used.MethodsEach of the 48 participants experienced all 3 WBV protocols in separate sessions: (1) no WBV, (2) low-intensity WBV (peak acceleration=0.96 unit of gravity of Earth [g]), and (3) high-intensity WBV (1.61g). The order in which they encountered the WBV protocols was randomized, as was the order of exercises performed during each session. Oxygen consumption, HR, and RPE were measured throughout the study. Blood pressure and RPP were measured before and after each session.ResultsLow-intensity and high-intensity WBV induced significantly higher V̇o2 by an average of 0.69 and 0.79 mL/kg/min, respectively, compared with the control condition. These protocols also increased HR by an average of 4 bpm. The 2 WBV protocols induced higher RPE than the control condition during static standing exercise only. Although the diastolic and systolic BP and RPP were increased at the end of each exercise session, the addition of WBV had no significant effect on these variables.LimitationsThe results are generalizable only to ambulatory and community-dwelling people with chronic stroke.ConclusionsAddition of high- and low-intensity WBV significantly increased the V̇o2 and HR, but the increase was modest. Thus, WBV should not pose any substantial cardiovascular hazard in people with chronic stroke.
The human area postrema: clear-cut silhouette and variations shown in vivo
Authors: Longatti Pierluigi , Porzionato Andrea , Basaldella Luca , Fiorindi Alessandro , De Caro Pietro , Feletti Alberto 
Published: January 2015

OBJECT
The human area postrema (AP) is a circumventricular organ that has only been described in cadaveric specimens and animals. Because of its position in the calamus scriptorius and the absence of surface markers on the floor of the fourth ventricle, the AP cannot be clearly localized during surgical procedures.

METHODS
The authors intravenously administered 500 mg fluorescein sodium to 25 patients during neuroendoscopic procedures; in 12 of these patients they explored the fourth ventricle. A flexible endoscope equipped with dual observation modes for both white light and fluorescence was used. The intraoperative fluorescent images were reviewed and compared with anatomical specimens and 3D reconstructions.

RESULTS
Because the blood-brain barrier does not cover the AP, it was visualized in all cases after fluorescein sodium injection. The AP is seen as 2 coupled leaves on the floor of the fourth ventricle, diverging from the canalis centralis medullaris upward. Although the leaves normally appear short and thick, there can be different morphological patterns. Exploration using the endoscope's fluorescent mode allowed precise localization of the AP in all cases.

CONCLUSIONS
Fluorescence-enhanced inspection of the fourth ventricle accurately identifies the position of the AP, which is an important landmark during surgical procedures on the brainstem. A better understanding of the AP can also be valuable for neurologists, considering its functional role in the regulation of homeostasis, emesis, and cardiovascular and electrolyte balance. Despite the limited number of cases in this report, evidence indicates that the normal anatomical appearance of the AP is that of 2 short and thick leaves that are joined at the midline. However, there can be great variability in terms of the structure's shape and size.
Thermal electric ice-core drills: history and new design options for intermediate-depth drilling
Authors: Zagorodnov V. , Thompson L.G. 
Published: January 2015

AbstractIce coring of temperate and polythermal glaciers demonstrates some limitations of most electromechanical (EM) and thermal electric (TE) drills. Most TE drills are heavy, require a heavy power system, work slowly and cannot operate in boreholes going through the cold–temperate ice transition. Antifreeze thermal electric drills (ATED) are capable of operating in polar ice caps, polythermal and temperate glaciers, in boreholes filled with water and/or hydrophilic fluids. Performance of the ATED drill can be improved by using an open-top core barrel and low-power and narrow-kerf coring head. ATED-type drills can be modified for an open-top core barrel equipped with low-power coring head and include a new scheme for drilling-fluid circulation using two pumps. A small metering pump releases pure ethanol above the top of the drill, and a second pump enables circulation of the borehole fluid, an ethanol–water solution (EWS), above the kerf. Use of a narrow-kerf coring head reduces power requirements and makes it possible to design a lightweight drilling system that includes the EM and TE drills for shallow and intermediate-depth drilling.
Ice platelets below Weddell Sea landfast sea ice
Authors: Hoppmann Mario , Nicolaus Marcel , Paul Stephan , Hunkeler Priska A. , Heinemann Günther , Willmes Sascha , Timmermann Ralph , Boebel Olaf , Schmidt Thomas , Kühnel Meike , König-Langlo Gert , Gerdes Rüdiger 
Published: January 2015

AbstractBasal melt of ice shelves may lead to an accumulation of disc-shaped ice platelets underneath nearby sea ice, to form a sub-ice platelet layer. Here we present the seasonal cycle of sea ice attached to the Ekström Ice Shelf, Antarctica, and the underlying platelet layer in 2012. Ice platelets emerged from the cavity and interacted with the fast-ice cover of Atka Bay as early as June. Episodic accumulations throughout winter and spring led to an average platelet-layer thickness of 4 m by December 2012, with local maxima of up to 10 m. The additional buoyancy partly prevented surface flooding and snow-ice formation, despite a thick snow cover. Subsequent thinning of the platelet layer from December onwards was associated with an inflow of warm surface water. The combination of model studies with observed fast-ice thickness revealed an average ice-volume fraction in the platelet layer of 0.25 ± 0.1. We found that nearly half of the combined solid sea-ice and ice-platelet volume in this area is generated by heat transfer to the ocean rather than to the atmosphere. The total ice-platelet volume underlying Atka Bay fast ice was equivalent to more than one-fifth of the annual basal melt volume under the Ekström Ice Shelf.
On the Fecundity and Sex-ratio of Labeo bata (Hamilton) (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae)
Authors: Joadder MAR 
Published: January 2015

The fecundity and sex- ratio of 2200 Labeo bata (Hamilton) specimens were studied. The fecundity of 234 gravid females varied from 51,354( for a fish with total length of 127.3 mm and total body weight of 20.0 g) to 91,568( for a fish with total length of 256.6 mm and total body weight of 156.70g).The mean fecundity was recorded as 67,617.50±13,510.15 for the average length and weight of 192.98±41.06 mm and 87.79±49.07 g, respectively .The mean total length and weight of gonad was 67.62± 24.01 mm and 20.35±13.50 g, respectively .The relationship between fecundity ( F.) and other parameters such as total length ( TL ), Standard length ( SL), total weight( TW), gonadal length (GL), gonadal weight (GW) and gonadal depth (GD) were studied. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jsf.v11i2.21595 Journal of Science Foundation, 2013;11(2):43-48
Les Thraces dans l’armée romaine d’après les diplômes militaires. I. Les diplômes de Claude à Domitien
Authors: Mihailescu-Bîrliba Lucreţiu , Dumitrache Iulia 
Published: January 2015

The Thracian in the Roman Army from the evidence of military diplomas. I. Diplomas from Claudius' reign up to Domitian.
We present the place of the Thracians in the exercitus romanus from the evidence of military diplomas, up to Domitianus. They are first recruited in the imperial navy, at Misena or Ravenna. The soldiers of the Irst and the IInd legio Adiutrix come out of these fleets. We know of nine soldiers serving in the fleet and five in auxiliary units. The sailors took an active part in the civil war in 68-69 A. D. The legio Ia Adiutrix composed of sailors at the time of Nero, has been consecrated by Galba; Misena and Ravenna fleets fought on the Vespasian side and their soldiers have been amply rewarded by the victorious emperor, discharged in advance of the legal term ; the legio IIa Adiutrix also had former sailors in its ranks. Must also be mentioned, under Vespasian, a constitution given to the Pannonian auxiliary units, which had also fought at his side during the civil war. From Titus’ reign, diplomas bear witness of Thracians in auxiliary units stationed in Noricum, Moesia and Germania. All these references must be replaced in the context of the recruitment. The year 55 and the next ones have been years of Thracian recruitment in the terrestrial units ; in our opinion it is the period when the Thracians fought more and more in these units. It will be still more evident under Domitian, who reorganized the provinces of Moesia and Germania.
Perception fiscale, patronage rural et genèse d’une société de base paysanne. Le sud de la Gaule vers la fin de l’Empire romain
Authors: Sarachu Pablo 
Published: January 2015

Tax collection, rural patronage and the emergence of a peasant-base society. Southern Gaul towards the end of the Roman Empire.
The overall objective of this work is to study the dependence relationships between the aristocracy, the peasantry and the state in fifth-and sixth-century southern Gaul. Current opinion in historiography claims that late antique peasantry should be seen as a class subject to considerable exploitation (either through taxes or through rent). Instead, we propose that the strong crisis of the ancient political order led to the coexistence of divergent processes: the reaffirmation of dependence relationships and even the appearance of new ones (the “patrocinia”, wich will be analyzed in detail), but also the growing indepedence of many peasants. The last one finally prevailed, resulting in the emergence of a “peasant-base society”.