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Introduction. Within primary health care policy, there is an increasing focus on enhancing involvement with secondary health care, social care services and communities. Yet, translating these expectations into tangible changes frequently encounters significant obstacles. As part of an investigation into the progress made in achieving primary health care reform in Aotearoa New Zealand, realist research was undertaken with those charged with responsibility for national and local policies. The specific analysis in this paper probes primary health care leaders' assessments of progress towards more collaboration with other health and non-health agencies, and communities. Aim. This study aimed to investigate how ideas for more integration and joinedup care have found their way into the practice of primary health care in Aotearoa New Zealand. Methods. Applying a realist logic of inquiry, data from semi-structured interviews with primary health care leaders were analysed to identify key contextual characteristics and mechanisms. Explanations were developed of what influenced leaders to invest energy in joined-up and integrated care activities. Results. Our findings highlight three explanatory mechanisms and their associated contexts: a willingness to share power, build trusting relationships and manage task complexity. These underpin leaders' accounts of the success (or otherwise) of collaborative arrangements. Discussion. Such insights have import in the context of the current health reforms for stakeholders charged with developing local approaches to the planning and delivery of health services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To clarify the chronological sequence of East European localities of late Permian pareiasaur osteoderms, we carried out a stratigraphic analysis of the osteoderm-bearing strata. Thirty localities have been dated with maximum accuracy. They characterize eight successive stratigraphic levels: Vanyushonkian, Syominian, and Kichugian beds of the Putyatinian Regional Stage (Upper Severodvinian), Chizhian and Rovdinian beds of the Bykovian Regional Stage (Lower Vyatkian), Aristovian and Gorokhovetsian beds of the Nefyodovian Regional Stage (Upper Vyatkian), and Lagernian Beds of the Zhukovian Regional Stage (Upper Vyatkian). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the results of a revision and synthesis of data on Triassic tetrapods of Russia, collected and studied over more than a century and a half. An annotated catalog of the species encountered has been compiled, with information on the systematic position and synonymy provided for each of them, the holotype indicated, and in each case, references to the main works and illustrations are given. The accepted reconstruction of Triassic tetrapod succession of European Russia expressing the recovery of terrestrial biota after the Permian crisis is discussed. The level of resolution available for recognizing the events recorded in this faunal succession has no comparable equivalents for other land areas, so in many respects, the resulting scheme can serve as a kind of standard for intercontinental correlations. Analysis of local distinctions shown by a number of coeval tetrapod communities from different areas of European Russia enabled the identification of three distinct regions, differing in their zoogeographical connections, or, in some cases, in features of the biotopes inhabited, or in the proximity of these biotopes to the diversification centers. A catalog of all Triassic tetrapod localities known on the territory of Russia is provided, with a revised list of taxa found in each of them and collection numbers of all identifiable fossils. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper explores relationships between vaccination coverage and indicators at the level oflocal administrative units for the case of rural localities of Romania. Positive correlations have been identified in relation to fiscal capacity, coverage of the population with general practitioners, COVID‐19 incidence rate and absence of a marginalized community within the locality. Regional differences are again highlighted in the analysis. This means that there is at least partially an overlap of the disadvantaged rural areas with the ones registering low vaccination uptakes against COVID‐19. Further on, it means that these territorial areas accumulate a series of structural disadvantages that can prove to increase the discrepancies between them and other rural or large urban areas. The paper contributes to enlarging the perspective on vaccination coverage by adding both conceptual and practical insights. From the point ofview of practitioners, the results of the study can be used to tailor intervention in communities with similar characteristics, to underscore public health inequalities across territories. Points for practitioners are relevant for a wide range of stakeholders from public health, public management, and social protection fields, placed in both local and central level decision‐making positions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There are about 1000 valid species taxa of dinosaurs in the world, 85% of which were described after 1990. Twelve taxa originate from Russia, and ten of them were also established after 1990. Over the past 30 years, the number of publications dedicated to the dinosaurs of Russia has increased by 6.6 times. The first finds on the territory of our country date back to the 1890s; to date, 34 localities of bone remains of dinosaurs have already been discovered in various regions of the Russian Federation, and their number has more than doubled over the past 20 years. This article provides a brief overview of the localities in order from the oldest to the latest. This is the first part of the review; further, the taxa of dinosaurs known from remains found in Russia will be considered in detail. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract Background The Dolichopodidae, commonly known as long-legged flies, are a cosmopolitan dipteran family in the superfamily Empidoidea. The adults and majority of larvae in this family are predaceous, feeding on small and soft-bodied invertebrates, and can be used as biological control agents. Nevertheless, only few old taxonomic studies on the Egyptian dolichopodids have been carried out. Results All dolichopodid taxa known to be represented in Egypt are cataloged in the present study. The classification of all species is updated, with synonyms, type localities, distributions and data of collection from Egypt being provided. Colored photographs of some species are also provided. Syntypes of eight species are preserved in the collection of Efflatoun Bey, Cairo University, Egypt (EFC), namely Asyndetus albifacies Parent, 1929; A. albifrons Parent, 1929; Argyrochlamys cavicola (Parent, 1929); Aphrosylus parcearmatus Parent, 1925; Thinophilus atritarsis Parent, 1929; T. maculatus Parent, 1929; T. spinulosus Parent, 1929 and T. tinctus Parent, 1929. Lectotypes are designated from these syntypes in the present work. Conclusion Sixty-six species in 21 genera and 8 subfamilies are known to be represented from Egypt and cataloged in the present study. One of these species, Tachytrechus notatus (Stannius, 1831), is recorded herein for the first time. Lectotypes are designated for eight species in the collection of Efflatoun Bey, Cairo University.

The purpose of the article is to substantiate the feasibility of an integrated approach to the implementation of measures for the restoration and modernization of housing stock and heat supply objects. On the conditional example of heat supply of a heated quarter (which means a small number of residential buildings to be heated, a local boiler room and local distribution heat networks), various modernization options are considered: separate thermal modernization of buildings, modernization of heating networks, modernization of the boiler room, and options for simultaneous modernization of all elements of the chain: production-supply-consumption of heat energy (complex modernization of the heated district). It is proved that precisely a comprehensive modernization, which involves a simultaneous production, coordinated in terms of time and volumes, supply and consumption of heat, is an effective instrument for improving efficiency in the sphere of heat supply and heat consumption. The complexity of modernization in this example involves thermal modernization of buildings in the heated district (with a decrease in heat consumption by 40%) with the simultaneous modernization of heat transmission networks (with a decrease in heat loss when supplied from 20% to 5%) and modernization of the boiler room (with an increase in the efficiency quotient of boiler equipment from 88% to 93%). The implementation of such a project is economically feasible for all participants: consumers reduce the cost of paying for heat supply services by 49%, and the supplier and producer of heat with a slight (up to 6%) increase in heating tariffs provide break-even activities and receive a larger investment resource in the form of a larger amount of depreciation. At the national level, the proposed mass complex modernization of heated districts can almost halve the consumption of natural gas by municipal heat and power engineering and to the same extent reduce emissions of harmful substances into the atmosphere. In addition, it becomes possible to significantly reduce the amount of subsidies from the budget for the payment of housing and communal services by the population.

We analyze limits and colimits in the category P a r t of partial groups, algebraic structures introduced by A. Chermak. We will prove that P a r t is both complete and cocomplete and, in addition, that the full subcategory of finite partial groups is both finitely complete and finitely cocomplete. Cocompleteness is then used in order to define quotients of partial groups. We will also identify a category richer than Set (the category of sets and set-maps) and build the free partial groups over objects is such category; this yields a larger class of free partial groups, eventually allowing to prove that every partial group is the quotient of a free partial group. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: The Dolichopodidae, commonly known as long-legged flies, are a cosmopolitan dipteran family in the superfamily Empidoidea. The adults and majority of larvae in this family are predaceous, feeding on small and soft-bodied invertebrates, and can be used as biological control agents. Nevertheless, only few old taxonomic studies on the Egyptian dolichopodids have been carried out. Results: All dolichopodid taxa known to be represented in Egypt are cataloged in the present study. The classification of all species is updated, with synonyms, type localities, distributions and data of collection from Egypt being provided. Colored photographs of some species are also provided. Syntypes of eight species are preserved in the collection of Efflatoun Bey, Cairo University, Egypt (EFC), namely Asyndetus albifacies Parent, 1929; A. albifrons Parent, 1929; Argyrochlamys cavicola (Parent, 1929); Aphrosylus parcearmatus Parent, 1925; Thinophilus atritarsis Parent, 1929; T. maculatus Parent, 1929; T. spinulosus Parent, 1929 and T. tinctus Parent, 1929. Lectotypes are designated from these syntypes in the present work. Conclusion: Sixty-six species in 21 genera and 8 subfamilies are known to be represented from Egypt and cataloged in the present study. One of these species, Tachytrechus notatus (Stannius, 1831), is recorded herein for the first time. Lectotypes are designated for eight species in the collection of Efflatoun Bey, Cairo University. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper I will try to analyze the way in which food within the patrimonialization processes of material and immaterial assets is intimately connected to the locality and to the dynamics of re-territorialized of the localities on a global scale. The patrimonialization of cultural heritage, among these gastronomic ones, even when it involves specific communities is never a territorially limited phenomenon, as it puts in place cultural, institutional, legislative and economic references of the national and international type (National Institutions, UNESCO, EU etc.), capable of projecting communities in global scenarios. In this sense, the boundaries of the Foodscape on the one hand are structured, and in turn stratify, a flexible and mobile plurality of family, regional, national and global references, on the other hand they stage a local/global dynamic that moves long The delicate ridge of constraints and creativity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of the article is to substantiate the feasibility of an integrated approach to the implementation of measures for the restoration and modernization of housing stock and heat supply objects. On the conditional example of heat supply of a heated quarter (which means a small number of residential buildings to be heated, a local boiler room and local distribution heat networks), various modernization options are considered: separate thermal modernization of buildings, modernization of heating networks, modernization of the boiler room, and options for simultaneous modernization of all elements of the chain: production-supply-consumption of heat energy (complex modernization of the heated district). It is proved that precisely a comprehensive modernization, which involves a simultaneous production, coordinated in terms of time and volumes, supply and consumption of heat, is an effective instrument for improving efficiency in the sphere of heat supply and heat consumption. The complexity of modernization in this example involves thermal modernization of buildings in the heated district (with a decrease in heat consumption by 40%) with the simultaneous modernization of heat transmission networks (with a decrease in heat loss when supplied from 20% to 5%) and modernization of the boiler room (with an increase in the efficiency quotient of boiler equipment from 88% to 93%). The implementation of such a project is economically feasible for all participants: consumers reduce the cost of paying for heat supply services by 49%, and the supplier and producer of heat with a slight (up to 6%) increase in heating tariffs provide break-even activities and receive a larger investment resource in the form of a larger amount of depreciation. At the national level, the proposed mass complex modernization of heated districts can almost halve the consumption of natural gas by municipal heat and power engineering and to the same extent reduce emissions of harmful substances into the atmosphere. In addition, it becomes possible to significantly reduce the amount of subsidies from the budget for the payment of housing and communal services by the population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The geosphere of primitive Earth was the source of life's essential building blocks, and the geochemical interactions among chemical elements can inform the origins of biological roles of each element. Minerals provide a record of the fundamental properties that each chemical element contributes to crustal composition, evolution, and subsequent biological utilization. In this study, we investigate correlations between the mineral species and bulk crustal composition of each chemical element. There are statistically significant correlations between the number of elements that each element forms minerals with (#-mineral-elements) and the log of the number of mineral species that each element occurs in, and between #-mineral-elements and the log of the number of mineral localities of that element. There is a lesser correlation between the log of the crustal percentage of each element and #-mineral-elements. In the crustal percentage vs. #-mineral-elements plot, positive outliers have either important biological roles (S, Cu) or toxic biological impacts (Pb, As), while negative outliers have no biological importance (Sc, Ga, Br, Yb). In particular, S is an important bridge element between organic (e.g., amino acids) and inorganic (metal cofactors) biological components. While C and N rarely form minerals together, the two elements commonly form minerals with H, which coincides with the role of H as an electron donor/carrier in biological nitrogen and carbon fixation. Both abundant crustal percentage vs. #-mineral-elements insiders (elements that follow the correlation) and less abundant outsiders (positive outliers from the correlation) have important biological functions as essential structural elements and catalytic cofactors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Social Innovation (SI) is an increasingly important issue in Social Policy reform debates. Although there is no consensus on the term "social innovation", it seems that through the varied options it can take, it is present in a number of initiatives to combat poverty and social exclusion in active and healthy and aging policies. But most of all it is present in the daily relationship of the citizen with his place of residence. This article aims to present some of the reasons that cause this interest, with particular attention to features such as territorial organization, outlined. Looking at the relationship between social innovation and the social, political and spatial context from which it is derived, the broader contexts that influence so much its further development will be emphasized. Because social innovations are largely driven by the involvement of citizens, or other groups, we find that the level affected by social innovation policies varies mainly with local structures and has particular features such as the territorial organization of the Social Policy system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A large number of frameworks and models have been created to help translate the highly philosophical theory of critical literacy into practice. How these frameworks have been translated into classroom practice is an area much unexplored. The present study critically reviewed the frameworks of critical literacy applied in the classroom practices of language arts and language education within the last twenty years. Adapting the classification put forward by Luke and Woods (2009), the review divides the frameworks into critical pedagogy, textual, and practical approaches. In practice, these frameworks defy rigid divisions between critical and textual approaches because text still plays an important role in both approaches. The more recent frameworks are increasingly embracing more key tenets of critical literacy, but the tenet of localities still has no place in these frameworks. Nonetheless, a small number of classroom practices have carefully included localities in the design and enactment of critical literacy.

Introduction. The article examines the understudied issues of how and to what extent epidemic diseases used to spread across Kalmyk uluses (‘districts’) in the late 19th – early 20th centuries, with special attention be paid to employed control and monitoring methods. The problem was covered in a number of published reports delivered at the First Congress of Astrakhan physicians to have worked in Kalmyk-inhabited lands during the period under study, and the former contain their shared their experiences and valuable findings. Historians hardly ever approached the topic in just a few papers. Goals. So, the work aims at a detailed survey of epidemic diseases in the Kalmyk Steppe of Astrakhan Governorate in the late 19th – early 20th centuries. Materials and Methods. The study employs a set of general scientific and specific historical research methods. The observance of the historicism principle made it possible to avoid modern misinterpretations of the century-old events examined, while system-analysis techniques and interdisciplinary approaches resulted in that certain specific events of Kalmyk life were analyzed as parts of an overall picture. The article mainly explores and newly introduces materials of the Medical Department — a healthcare agency within the Kalmyk People’s Administration — currently stored at the National Archive of Kalmykia. Results. Despite the remoteness of Kalmyk nomadic settlements (Kalm. khoton) from administrative centers and first-aid stations, healthcare practitioners still were efficient enough to promptly respond in case of epidemic outbreaks. Besides treatment proper, the medical, administrative and police personnel were largely responsible for quarantine and disinfection activities, medical examination and supervision of people living around the periphery of the effective disease area. Conclusions. The analysis of materials dealing with the issue reveals Kalmyk districts were widely affected by epidemic diseases, such as typhus, smallpox, measles, diphtheria and others, while cholera and plague were not that often. It should be admitted that the frequent occurrence of those diseases in medical records across the Kalmyk Steppe was determined by their endemicity to have resulted from a number of reasons.

Alfalfa cultivation (Banat ZMS II) was carried out in the polish conditions of four localities: Saraj, Radusha (outskirt of Skopje), Jegunovce (Tetovo), and Kodzilari (Veles) with known content of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, iron and pH value. The developmental phase showed a significant impact on the molybdenum (Mo) content in the dry matter (DM) of the experimental alfalfa (leaves and stalks), whereas in the stage of flowering the average Mo values were lower by 20.45% (1.44mg/kg-1 DM), while in the two stages of development the average content of Mo in the mass of leaves (1.90 mg/kg-1DM) along with that of stalks (1.28 mg/kg-1 DM) was higher by 65.89%. Also, the quantities of Mo uptake or absorption in cultivated alfalfa variants were correlated with the different nitrogen, phosphorus, and iron contents found in the experimental plots, a ratio especially expressed in the alfalfa of the Radusha and Kodzilari localities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Suppose E is a normal subsystem of a saturated fusion system F over S. If X ≤ S is fully F -normalized, then Aschbacher defined a normal subsystem N E (X) of N F (X). In this short note we revisit and generalize this result using the theory of localities. Our more general approach leads in particular to a normal subsystem C E (X) of C F (X) for every X ≤ S which is fully F -centralized. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article argues that theories of economic development and productivity should move beyond the generally known factors and mechanisms of such development. It is theoretically proposed and empirically illustrated that differences in human behavior are significant deep-rooted causes of spatial economic and productivity disparities. The article examines the relationship between behavioral constructs and productivity using data for local areas across England. Measures of personality psychology and community culture (including both living culture and cultural heritage) are hypothesized to be related to activities impacting upon productivity performance at the local level. The analysis indicates that underlying human behavioral factors play a role in determining rates of productivity and levels of economic development in localities and regions. Culture and psychological traits, as manifested in the form of the psychocultural behavior of localities and regions, appear to shape their long-term development trajectories. Localities that have relatively atomized behavioral environments with high levels of individual commitment tend to enjoy productivity benefits. Similarly, places with high rates of cultural diversity and extravert individuals have relatively high rates of productivity. It is concluded that from a policy perspective, governments looking to level up local and regional economies should pay greater attention to understanding behavioral influences on productivity, especially related to strategies focused on behavioral nudges, institutional changes, and education systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The pre and post-independence periods will inevitably lead to the birth and formation of a Cameroonian elite. Will this elite, whose origins remain diversified, ultimately and according to its specifications work in the direction of the development of our localities or will it contribute through its egoism to the maintenance of local underdevelopment? This question remains in our opinion one of the major concerns in rural sociology, in a context of emergence still unfortunately marked by the perceptible manifestation of several social drifts. Faced with this harsh reality, the problem of development does not spare the framework of localities, quite the contrary, the policy in force of the membership of each elite in a helping electoral fiefdom, it is now in these social frameworks that the elite is vigorously deployed. In this article, it is therefore a question of questioning the elitist practices in our localities, to demonstrate that these, beyond their egoistic appearances, that is to say having an orientation exclusively centered on political positioning and notoriety of the elite as confirmed by several studies on the elites, also participate effectively in the development of our localities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This is the check list of the ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) captured in different localities in the Western Rhodope Mts. in the period 2014 – 2017. A total of 133 species were found, including 16 endemic (12% of all), 5 relicts and 10 new for the studied area species. Genera Badister and Tachys were reported for the first time from the Western Rhodopes. The faunistic contribution was made for a region researched in detail for the last in 2006. The results proved the predominantly mesophilous nature of the habitats due to the large percentage of forest territories. The life forms of the carabids showed the prevalence of the zoophages over the mixophytophages both in qualitative (67% : 33%) and in quantitative terms (85.5% : 14.5%).

The geosphere of primitive Earth was the source of life’s essential building blocks, and the geochemical interactions among chemical elements can inform the origins of biological roles of each element. Minerals provide a record of the fundamental properties that each chemical element contributes to crustal composition, evolution, and subsequent biological utilization. In this study, we investigate correlations between the mineral species and bulk crustal composition of each chemical element. There are statistically significant correlations between the number of elements that each element forms minerals with (#-mineral-elements) and the log of the number of mineral species that each element occurs in, and between #-mineral-elements and the log of the number of mineral localities of that element. There is a lesser correlation between the log of the crustal percentage of each element and #-mineral-elements. In the crustal percentage vs. #-mineral-elements plot, positive outliers have either important biological roles (S, Cu) or toxic biological impacts (Pb, As), while negative outliers have no biological importance (Sc, Ga, Br, Yb). In particular, S is an important bridge element between organic (e.g., amino acids) and inorganic (metal cofactors) biological components. While C and N rarely form minerals together, the two elements commonly form minerals with H, which coincides with the role of H as an electron donor/carrier in biological nitrogen and carbon fixation. Both abundant crustal percentage vs. #-mineral-elements insiders (elements that follow the correlation) and less abundant outsiders (positive outliers from the correlation) have important biological functions as essential structural elements and catalytic cofactors.

Allelic variants were identified using SSR-markers, and locus-specific features of the genetic structure of the round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) populations from five samples of the Black and Azov Sea basin were established. When comparing the values of observed Ho and expected He heterozygosity, it was found that the lowest average value for all analyzed loci was noted in the sample of Lake Yalpug (0.69 and 0.60, respectively), and the highest was in the sample of Zmeyniy Island (0.89 and 0.83). The average polymorphism information content (PIC) ranged from 0.64 for Ame129 locus to 0.68 for Ame133, which indicates a high level of polymorphism of selected markers for this fish species. The phylogenetic analysis showed that the main cluster is formed by representatives of the round goby of the localities Zmeyniy Island and Dzharilgatsky Bay (identity was 0.33) as well as the Dnieper-Bug estuary (0.26). The similarity of the round goby of Lake Yalpug with representatives of the main cluster is 0.23. Pisces of this locality occupy a separate position on the dendrogram, which indicates the specificity of their genetic structure that was formed historically under the influence of abiotic factors of the studied geographical zones during prolonged adaptation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We show that the automorphism group of a linking system associated to a saturated fusion system $\mathcal {F}$ depends only on $\mathcal {F}$ as long as the object set of the linking system is $\mathrm {Aut}(\mathcal {F})$ -invariant. This was known to be true for linking systems in Oliver’s definition, but we demonstrate that the result holds also for linking systems in the considerably more general definition introduced previously by the author of this article. A similar result is proved for linking localities, which are group-like structures corresponding to linking systems. Our argument builds on a general lemma about the existence of an extension of a homomorphism between localities. This lemma is also used to reprove a theorem of Chermak showing that there is a natural bijection between the sets of partial normal subgroups of two possibly different linking localities over the same fusion system.

We show that the automorphism group of a linking system associated to a saturated fusion system $\mathcal {F}$ depends only on $\mathcal {F}$ as long as the object set of the linking system is $\mathrm {Aut}(\mathcal {F})$ -invariant. This was known to be true for linking systems in Oliver's definition, but we demonstrate that the result holds also for linking systems in the considerably more general definition introduced previously by the author of this article. A similar result is proved for linking localities, which are group-like structures corresponding to linking systems. Our argument builds on a general lemma about the existence of an extension of a homomorphism between localities. This lemma is also used to reprove a theorem of Chermak showing that there is a natural bijection between the sets of partial normal subgroups of two possibly different linking localities over the same fusion system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Plant density and applications of nitrogen fertilizer have been recognized as the main crop management techniques to improve maize yield. The data showed effect of different nitrogen fertilizer rates and plant density on grain yield and yield components of water efficient maize. A Field experiment was conducted during the 2015/16 and 2016/17 planting seasons in two (Taung and Mafikeng) localities of North–West Province, South Africa to evaluate the influence of N fertilizer rates and plant density on grain yield and yield components of Water Efficient Maize (WEMA) variety. The experiment was laid out in split plot fitted into a randomized complete block design with four replicates in each site. The main plot effect was three plant densities (33333, 44444 and 55555 plants/ha) and nitrogen rates (0, 60, 120, 180 and 240 kg N ha−1) constituted the subplot. The parameters measured were grain yield and grain yield components. Data were analyzed with analysis of variance (ANOVA) of GenStat 11th edition. Differences in the treatment means were tested by Duncan Multiple Range Test (DMRT) at 5% level of probability. Regression and correlation analyses were used to determine relationship between grain yield, yield components and nitrogen rates.

All known taxa of the family Oestridae (superfamily Oestroidea) in both Egypt and Saudi Arabia are systematically catalogued herein. Three oestrid subfamilies have been recorded in Saudi Arabia and/or Egypt by six genera: Gasterophilus (Gasterophilinae), Hypoderma, Przhevalskiana (Hypodermatinae), Cephalopina, Oestrus, and Rhinoestrus (Oestrinae). Five Gasterophilus spp. have been recorded in Egypt, namely, G. haemorrhoidalis (Linnaeus), G. intestinalis (De Geer), G. nasalis (Linnaeus), G. nigricornis (Loew), and G. pecorum (Fabricius). Only two of these species have also been recorded in Saudi Arabia, namely: G. intestinalis (De Geer) and G. nasalis (Linnaeus). The subfamily Hypodermatinae is represented in the two countries by only four species in two genera, namely, H. bovis (Linnaeus) and H. desertorum Brauer (in Egypt only), and H. lineatum (Villers) (in Saudi Arabia only) and Przhevalskiana silenus (Brauer) (in both countries). The subfamily Oestrinae is represented by two widely distributed species in both countries, namely, C. titillator (Clark) and O. ovis (L.), in addition to another species represented in Egypt only, R. purpureus (Brauer). For each species, synonymies, type localities, distribution, Egyptian and Saudi Arabian localities with coordinates, and collection dates are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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During 2008-2010 the infected Brassica napus plant material was collected from nine localities: Karavukovo, Crvenka, Prigrevica, Subotica, Rimski Šančevi, Srbobran, Beška, Banatsko Karađorđevo, and Srpski Miletić. Infected tissue samples were taken from the root of both upper and basal stems, as well as from the leaf, flower and pods. Two reference isolates from Great Britain were used in these studies for the analysis of 119 isolates from Serbia, using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and PCR-RFLP. Digestion of PCR products was performed with 5 selected endonucleases: BamHI, HaeIII, Rsal, EcoRII, and AluI. On the basis of PCR analysis, all isolates originating from Serbia belong to L. complex: 111 belong to species Leptosphaeria maculans, and 8 to species Leptosphaeria biglobosa NA1 ('Leptosphaeria biglobosa brassicae), respectively.

Research analyzes, from an institucional/political perspective known as «the policy making process», health budget allocation for localities in México during 2010-2017. The main objective of the research was to observe the influence of political/institutional variables of allocation focusing on the Executive and Legislative branch in two presidential periods and three legislatures. Two types of relations were observed: 1. The relationship between political party at the presidency and political party at each entity. 2. The relationship between political party with majority in the Lower Chamber and political party governing the entity. The relations were observed through arithmetic averages of allocation for each period for: 1. Localities governed by the same political party than the presidential one 2. All localities 3. Localities governed by opposition. We found that politisation of allocation depends on the political party at the presidency. During the presidency of Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) we do not observe more allocation towards entities governed by PAN, on the contrary, entities governed by opposition received in average more health resources. With Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) however, we observe a clear politisation of health resource allocation. Between 2013-2017 every year there is a coincidence between PRI presidency and resource allocation for localities governed by PRI. Also, every year PRI had majority in the Lower Chamber (2010-2017) entities governed by PRI received in average more health resources than entities governed by opposition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents results of wildfire studies conducted Transbaikalia over the last five decades. Station-based experimental investigations into fire hazards of vegetation accomplished at the regional forest fire stations during those years covered all altitudinal vegetation zones, representative landscape localities and forest types. Route investigations were made in different natural areas. Arial monitoring of landscape fires was used during two fire seasons. Long-term effects of fires in the Baikal Natural Area and in Central Transbaikalia were investigated. Fire regimes in vegetation complexes were analyzed and for each of them the duration of the fire hazard was determined both as the total duration for the entire season and as a continuous duration for the period of the fire maximum. Characteristics of the regimes for the altitudinal belts are provided in three versions according to precipitation amounts for a season (normal, dry and wet). It is found that forest fires occur in intensive and extreme fire regimes where most of the vegetation complexes of the region become exceptionally hazardous as compared to adjacent areas. In such a situation, there are almost no barriers to fire, except for broad rivers, lakes and mountain crests. The forest fire frequency index is high due to a predominance of light coniferous stands. A rapid spread of fires is also promoted by dry grass stands and fire-hazardous shrubs where the fire is spreading nearly as fast as the speed of wind. It was established that unmown meadows, and abandoned pastures and croplands in the outskirts of villages present the threat of devastating fires not only in forests but also in settlements. In a situation, such as the one that arose in 2015, landscape fires turn to a natural disaster with severe forest-ecological consequences. Surviving forest stands decrease in productivity and increase in self-thinning, followed by an increasing degradation caused by subsequently recurring fires. Burns undergo local deforestation or a long-lasting replacement of coniferous stands by deciduous forests. The future runoff from the burned-over areas is able to enhance pollution of Lake Baikal. It is concluded that the EMERCOM resources used to fight the latest fires in Transbaikalia showed very little promise because of being delayed. A reasonable alternative to EMERCOM would involve advanced forecasting of high risks of fire occurrence in order to rapidly fight fires with moderate expenses without letting them turning to a natural disaster. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It is reported in the article about one of the most interesting places in Ukraine -Daffodils valley («Valley of narcissuses») that is situated near the town of Khust at an altitude of 175 -185 meters above sea level in western part of Khust-Solotvyno valley, within the floodplain terrace of the Tisza tributary the Khustets’ river on an ancient terrace. The aim of the article is to draw more attention of tourist industry specialists to this place, as now it is rather an object of scientific researches in a field of biology. The article shows how multi-vector development of this important recreational resource will contribute to the economic development of the region, the preservation of this unique valley of narrow-leaved narcissus, continuation of scientific researches, and also the marked advantages, along with benefits that both tourists and locals will gain from visiting this wonderful place. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article highlights one of the most interesting phenomena of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Carpathians, – places of location on lowlands and uplands of the Zakarpattia region of natural habitats of narrow-leaved narcissus (Narcissus ang ustifolius Curt.) as important recreational tourism resources. Along with their scientifi c value these rare formations on earth can carry out a cognitive, educational, rehabilitation and inspirational function as objects of recreational tourism. The article concludes the results of scientifi c researches on varieties and dynamics of development of various types of daff odil valleys in Transcarpathia, their geographical localization in Ukraine and worldwide is presented and the proposals for the positive exploitation of daff odil habitats as a multi-purpose recreational tourism objects are developed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

NAND flash storage devices are gaining popularity in consumer electronic devices, such as digital cameras, tablet PCs, and smartphones, due to their attractive features. However, write operations significantly limit the performance of the flash storage in consumer electronics devices due to their long latency and heavy overhead of garbage collection. Hence, NAND flash storage devices generally use RAM memory as a buffer to improve their write performance and to extend their lifetime. This paper proposes a novel buffer management algorithm (BMA), called as virtual-block-based buffer management scheme (VBBMS), which can make full use of both temporal and spatial localities at virtual-block level. The main difference with the existing BMAs is that the management granularity of VBBMS is a virtual block, while the management granularity of existing BMAs is a page or a block. In addition, VBBMS divides RAM into random request service region (RRSR), which is responsible for handling random requests, and sequential request service region (SRSR), which is responsible for handling sequential requests. When replacement happens, VBBMS selects victim virtual-block according to LRU policy in RRSR and first-in first-out (FIFO) policy in SRSR. VBBMS has been extensively evaluated under various realistic workloads, and our benchmark results show that VBBMS can improve buffer hit ratio, reduce response time, and erase times, compared to five existing BMAs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examines the approach taken by one Scottish council in the use of a place-based approach, aiming to investigate whether systemic mitigation of social risk can be achieved with place-based social innovation. Many local authorities have utilised the 'Total Place' ideology in the UK as a means of redesigning the public service system. This paper presents a longitudinal review of The City of Edinburgh Council's approach to Total Place, based on qualitative documentary and interview data collected over five years from 2012–2017. The paper presents the experiences from approaches implemented in the city and learning points put forward to the council. It finds that social risk can be mitigated locally, but continued commitment and conscious effort to use the learning from their Total Places is required from the local authority in whatever future approach they take to localities working. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]