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Age Variability of Hematological Indices in Microtus arvalis Pall, and Microtus socialis Pall.
No full textАвтором установлено, что гематологические показатели (количество
эритроцитов, лейкоцитов и гемоглобина) у обыкновенной (Microtus arvalis
Pall. ) и общественной (Microtus socialis Pall. ) полевок изменяются с
возрастом животных. Эти изменения четко выражены и закономерны.It was established by the author that hematological indices (an amount of erythrocytes, leucocytes and haemoglobin) in Microtus arvalis Pall, and Microtus socialis Pail, change with the age of animals. These changes are distinctly pronounced and natural
Age Variability of Hematological Indices in Microtus arvalis Pall, and Microtus socialis Pall.
No full textАвтором установлено, что гематологические показатели (количество
эритроцитов, лейкоцитов и гемоглобина) у обыкновенной (Microtus arvalis
Pall. ) и общественной (Microtus socialis Pall. ) полевок изменяются с
возрастом животных. Эти изменения четко выражены и закономерны.It was established by the author that hematological indices (an amount of erythrocytes, leucocytes and haemoglobin) in Microtus arvalis Pall, and Microtus socialis Pail, change with the age of animals. These changes are distinctly pronounced and natural
Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists. In Three Books
No full textI feel as though I have been through this history before but have forgotten too much of it! Here is a 1767 Dodsley in good condition except for its separated front cover. It was published by J. Dodsley in Pall-mall in London in 1767. I seem to find indications of a first such Pall-mall edition in 1765. The first edition overall, I believe, was in Birmingham in 1761. This edition is, as far as I can tell, exactly like that Birmingham edition, of which I have a copy. Frontispiece and medallions are present and intact. I notice that this edition lists only R. Dodsley as editor and J. Dodsley as publisher. The covers have been crudely taped. The illustrations are presented as a set of from four to (more usually) twelve medallion-like circles on one page. They are simple and straightforward. In the size in which they are presented, there is not much room for detail or nuance. They show up much better on Hobbs' end-papers, since they are so much larger. There is an introductory illustration and a closing vignette for each book. After all three books, there is a comprehensive listing of morals, deliberately kept separate from the stories themselves. Since there is neither a T of C nor an AI, this index also serves as the best way of finding a fable's place within the collection.This is a hardbound book (hard cover)R. Dodsle
Accounting for Health and Safety costs: Review and comparison of selected methods
No full textA part of the emerging sustainability management accounting is corporate health and safety performance. One performance dimension is the costs of occupational accidents in companies. The underlying logic for calculating these costs is that if occupational accidents are prevented then these costs could be avoided. This chapter presents and discusses selected methods for calculating the costs of occupational accidents. The focus is on presenting the characteristics of each method and disclosing the benefits and drawbacks of each methodNo keywords;
New emphasis on water transparency as socio-ecological indicator for urban water: bridging ecosystem service supply and sustainable ecosystem health
No full textThe perspective on water transparency changed since the early days of limnology from being a physical parameter of optical water property to an ecological indicator tracking algal turbidity due to eutrophication or an overall success of sustained lake restoration in the late 60ies to 80ies. In modern cities, where ecosystems are commonly deteriorated by man-made modifications, water transparency offers a great opportunity to the public to raise socio-ecological consciousness concerning urban green-blue spaces. We thus re-emphasize water transparency as a key indicator of multi-functional value when assessing an oxbow lake of the riverine floodplain in Vienna, the Alte Donau. Our study covers the eutrophication from 1987 to 1994 due to the inclusion of the riverine landscape in the urban area, the following lake restoration with an ecosystem shift from a nutrient-rich, algal-turbid water body to a nutrient-poor, clear-water macrophyte controlled system and the impact of global warming in recent decades. We used light attenuation profiles to identify depth layers of specific ambient light requirements for photosynthetic domains (phytoplankton and submerged macrophytes), and to interpret Secchi measurements. Here, we calculated the depth at 1% (minimum light requirements for phytoplankton growth as euphotic depth), 3% (minimum light requirements for macrophytes as maximum macrophyte colonization depth), and 12% (preferred light requirements for phytoplankton development) of surface ambient light. A Secchi disk water transparency of 1.5 m (“lake bottom view”), judged as good water quality by human perception, refers to mesotrophic conditions with a maximum colonization depth for macrophytes exceeding the mean lake depth in Alte Donau. Water clarity required for sustained macrophyte growth, in particular for favoring bottom-dwelling Chara meadows instead of tall-growing Myriophyllum spicatum, is 3.5 m Secchi depth and thus exceeds by far water clarity requested due to bathing aesthetics. Global warming, mirrored by an advanced warming in spring seems to favor significantly a higher yield of macrophytes mainly built up by Myriophyllum at the expense of the yield of algae. The prolongation of the summer period above 21°C, however, coincides with lowered Secchi transparency. Water visibility during the hot season thus seems to be slightly hampered against lake restoration efforts by global warming
Gagea reticulata (Pall.) Schult. & Schult
No full text22. Gagea reticulata (Pall.) Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J. Roemer & A.J. Schultes, Syst. Veg. 7: 542 (1829). Ornithogalum reticulatum Pall., Reise Russ. Reich. 3: 727 (1776). Stellaster reticulatus (Pall.) Kuntze, Revis.General. Pl. 2: 716 (1891). Type (designated by Heyn & Dafni 1971): RUSSIA. ‘ Astrachan’ Pallas s.n. (holotype LINN 428.18!, isotypes BM!, M!). Ornithogalum circinnatum L.f., Suppl. Pl. 199 (1782). Gagea circinata (L.f.) Loudon, Hort. Brit. 134 (1830). Hornungia circinnata (L.f.) Bernh., Flora 23: 390 (1840). Type (designated by Heyn & Dafni 1971): RUSSIA. ‘ Astrachan’ Pallas s.n. (holotype LINN 428.18!, isotype BM!). Gagea tenuifolia (Boiss.) Fomin in Fomin & Woronow, Operd. Rast. Kavk. Krimo 1: 233 (1909). Gagea reticulata var. tenuifolia Boiss., Fl. Orient. 5: 208 (1882). Lectotype (designated by Wendelbo & Rechinger 1990): IRAN. Persepolis [Takht-e Jamshid], Haussknecht s.n. (G-BOIS). Gagea tehranica Gand., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 291 (1920). Type (designated by Zarrei et al. 2007): IRAN. Teheran, in planitie, 1200–1300 m, 18 February 1892, Bornmüller 4787 (lectotype K!). Note:— Gagea circumplexa Vvedensky (1952: 28) has not yet been found in Iran, but it is common in Afghanistan.Published as part of Zarrei, Mehdi, Wilkin, Paul & Chase, Mark W., 2011, Gagea Salisb. (Liliaceae) in Iran: an updated species checklist, pp. 33-43 in Phytotaxa 15 on page 41, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.15.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/490692
A note on Pall partitions over finite fields
No full textAbstractA Pall partition for a quadratic space V is a collection of disjoint (except for {0}) maximal totally isotropic subspaces whose union contains all of the isotropic vectors in V. In this paper it is shown that no non-degenerate quadratic space of dimension 4k+1, k⩾1, over a finite field of odd characteristic can have a Pall partition. The method of proof consists of assuming such a partition exists and showing by various counting arguments that this leads to the existence of an impossible array of ordered pairs
Business Process Risk Management, Compliance and Internal Control: A Research Agenda
No full textIntegration of risk management and management control is emerging as an important area in the wake of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and with ongoing development of frameworks such as the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework from the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Based on an inductive methodological approach using literature review and interviews with managers engaged in risk management and internal control projects, this paper identifies three main areas that currently have management attention. These are business process risk management, compliance management and internal control development. This paper discusses these areas and identifies a series of research questions regarding these critical issuesRisk management; Internal control; Business processes; Compliance; Sarbanes-Oxley Act; ERP systems; COSO; COBIT
Impact of continuity on quality of primary care - from the perspective of citizens' preferences and multimorbidity: Position Paper of the European Forum for Primary Care
No full textBackground Continuity of care is one of the cornerstones
of primary care. Initially, the concept of
continuity largely corresponded to one care provider
and continuity between doctor and patient,
but today, healthcare processes and organisations
have grown and become more complex. A survey of
patients with complex care needs found that in all of
11 countries studied care was often poorly coordinated.
Multidimensional models of continuity
have to be developed.
Aim To study existing evidence concerning significance
of continuity in primary care with special
consideration given to the preferences of citizens
and to patients with complex care needs.
Methods Contemporary literature was studied
from the aspects of primary care, patients’ point
of view, multimorbidity and organisational models.
Examples from country systems were collected. The
topic and drafts were presented and discussed at two
EFPC conference workshops.
Results Evidence shows that both patients and
caregivers identify and value continuity in the
form of regular sources of care, and that provider
continuity is related to lower total healthcare costs
on a macro level. Continuity is a considerable
component of quality in primary care. Methods to
measure and compare between primary care
centres, organisations and countries to stimulate
improvements in continuity is lacking. The complexity
of operationalising continuity in the context
of multidisciplinary team-based primary care today
and in the future remains a challenge.
Conclusions Continuity is, and will be, an important
component of quality in primary care, especially
from the perspective of citizens and growing
multimorbidity. Methods to develop continuity
should be promoted
Morphometric Characteristic of Acipenser stellatus Pall. from the Azov-Black-Sea Basin
No full textWhen comparing Acipenser stellatus Pall, from the Black and Azov seas with the Caspian ones from the rivers Kura, Volga, Sulak and Ural, the distinct, statistically authentic differences were found between them. On the basis oi the data obtained, a conclusion was made that a peculiar subspecies — Acipenser stellatus ponticus subsp. n. inhabits in the north-western part of the Black Sea. It includes the Danube and Dnieper schools. The author confirms the competence of distinguishing Acipenser stellatus Pall., inhabiting the Sea of Azov, into a peculiar subspecies — Acipenser stellatus donensis Lovetzky, which includes the Kuban, and apparently, Don schools
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