Lost Potential Research Articles

The Extended Life Course in Ancient Athens

Extended life course theory proposes that identities do not have to be embodied, meaning that the as-yet-unborn and the dead can have identities and personhood. Children are an apt case study for exploring whether societies envision identity extending beyond embodied existence, because non-adults exist towards the beginning of the life course and should they die before adulthood they have some predictable transformations outstanding. Literary sources indicate ancient Athenian ontology acknowledged extended life courses that deviated from embodied ones. Literary sources, burials, gravestones and painted pottery demonstrate juveniles existed both before birth and after death, and could retain prolonged identities following the latter. More rarely, their identities could be projected, moving juveniles further along the normative life course than they had corporeally experienced. This article argues that a social impetus for projecting identity in ancient Athens was acknowledging exceptional lost potential.

On the Public and the Human: Kenneth Frampton’s References to the Space of Appearance

The term “the space of appearance,” which originates from the writings of Hannah Arendt, resonated strongly within the writings of Kenneth Frampton. In this article, I trace how Frampton understands this notion. As he has been mostly concerned with the democratic necessity to establish a public realm, he laments the loss of architecture’s ability to establish such a realm. Arendt’s notion informs him to turn to the local and thus can be understood as informative with regards to his engagement with “critical regionalism” and his attempt to define an architecture resisting neocapitalist urbanisation and its inherent placelessness. By introducing Martin Heidegger’s distinction between space and place, he connects Arendt’s “appearance” to bounded spaces and the notion of proximity. Frampton, I claim, nevertheless does not align the “space of appearance” with particular spatial typologies, but develops his understanding of the potential (or lost potential) of architecture through the reflection on specific projects.

Оцінка забезпеченості людським капіталом на тов тк «добра хата»

An analysis of the change in the number of Ukrainians from 1990 to the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian war and during the war, which negatively affected the formation of human capital of domestic enterprises, is carried out. The work examines and defines the essence of the «human capital of an enterprise» concept and defines this economic category. It has been established that human capital is an employee’s abilities that allow him to bring the most effective results in the economic activity of the enterprise (organization) in which he works. The effectiveness of using human capital at «DOBRA КHATA» TC LLC was investigated, and an assessment of human capital provision at this enterprise was provided. The structure, dynamics, and movement of the human capital of the enterprise LLC TC “DOBRA KHATA” are analyzed, and the relationship with the change in the population of Ukraine during the Russian-Ukrainian war is determined. It was established that despite the situation in the country and the lost potential, the enterprise continues to function and encourages its workers to cooperate. Yes, the enterprise uses very active methods of corporate culture, which only improve yearly. Ways to improve human capital efficiency used at«DOBRA КHATA» TC LLC have been identified. These included the guaranteed professional growth of employees who underwent training and retraining, the system of training and retraining of personnel at the expense of the state and enterprises, the creation of such an atmosphere at the enterprise that would help to interest employees in increasing labor productivity indicators, and constant assessment and analysis of the outflow of human capital and what exactly contributed to this, as well as efforts to eliminate these causes and prevent them from appearing in the future. The expediency of developing and implementing measures to increase human capital to increase labor productivity and achieve high results in enterprise development is substantiated. Keywords: human capital, enterprise, development, assessment, indicators.

Platelet-Poor versus Platelet-Rich Plasma for the Treatment of Muscle Injuries.

Muscle injury in sport results in significant lost time and potential for reinjury for athletes. Autologous blood product, namely, platelet-rich plasma (PRP), has been investigated for possible augmentation of the treatment timeline with prevention of reinjury; however, conflicting results have been identified. A growing body of basic science and clinical literature is forming that supports the use of platelet-poor plasma (PPP) for muscle injury. The purpose of this study was to provide a background of the basic science of PRP versus PPP for muscle injury and to identify and review the clinical evidence for both autologous blood products, including the author's clinical experience utilizing the blood products. At the tissue level, PRP causes myoblast proliferation while PPP has led to myoblast induction, potentially identifying improved native muscle healing. Conflicting studies have been identified for the use of PRP for muscle injury. A growing body of positive results for PPP was identified, but high-quality comparative studies are needed.

The Impact of Economic Incentives on Small and Medium Enterprises in Oman During COVID-19: Applied Study, Case of Dhofar Governorate in Oman

The study examined the impact of economic inducement on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Dhofar Governorate, Oman, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Two variables were adopted: economic incentives as the independent variable and the recovery of SMEs as the dependent variable. Three dimensions were adopted to evaluate the economic incentives experienced by small and medium enterprises, which are “facilitation of granting loans,” “reducing taxes and fees,” and “technical assistance.” The study population consisted of the employees of 8 SME companies. Primary data was collected from a convenient sample of 104 via electronic questionnaire (due to the directives related to social distancing in light of the global health crisis (Covid 19). Data were evaluated through Statistical Packages for Social Sciences SPSS. The study found a strong correlation (90.9%) between economic incentives and the recovery of minor and medium enterprises. Key factors such as facilitating loans, reducing taxes and fees, and providing technical assistance had a strong impact (82.1%) on their recovery. The Omani government should prioritize projects based on local labor and supply chains to reduce leakages and create short-term jobs, enhancing household income during the pandemic. The study facilitates data analysis and obtaining clear results of the impact of economic incentives by using a descriptive-analytical method.Governments must execute fiscal and procedural stimulus to regain lost yield potential from COVID-19, considering the macroeconomic context, monetary policy, debt, trade globalization, and SDGs.

PECULIARITIES OF ANTI-CRISIS MANAGEMENT OF ENTERPRISES IN THE CONTEXT OF ECONOMIC INSTABILITY

The article focuses on identifying the peculiarities of anti-crisis management of construction industry enterprises as leading flagships of the country’s post-war reconstruction and its development in general. Considering the specifics of the analysed enterprise, namely, the peculiarities of its activity, the authors studied the financial indicators of its activity. A distinctive feature of the current period of development of the global and Ukrainian macroeconomy is the instability of the economic environment, and the crisis in the Western financial markets has intensified the development of the crisis in the Ukrainian economy. Under these conditions, many construction companies have found themselves in a crisis due to a decline in the effective demand of the population, customers, and investors. It necessitates adopting evidence-based policy decisions and further targeted actions to restore the lost potential and strengthen the basis for further sustainable development in the global market environment. However, necessary organisational and economic measures that form an enterprise crisis management system, allowing it to maintain a more stable financial position in a crisis, still need to be studied, which is the subject of further research. The set of tools for crisis management of a construction enterprise should include modern information technologies, crisis marketing technologies, analysis methods, and forecasting of the external environment. In crisis management, measures aimed at prompt prevention, response, and overcoming a crisis in modern economic conditions are carried out exclusively using modern information technologies. Based on the above, we can conclude that the main feature of crisis management of a construction company in a crisis is the increased complexity of the management process. It is necessary to make appropriate decisions simultaneously in all areas of the enterprise’s activity: financial stability, sales promotion, and work with clients, suppliers, and financial organisations. It is proved that the crisis is an indicator of the effectiveness of the enterprise and management decisions, which reveals weaknesses. Keywords: enterprise, construction industry, monitoring, financial condition of the enterprise.

The degenerate spouse: Eugenics and divorce in Arabella Kenealy's The Marriage Yoke (1904) and Gabriele Reuter's ‘Eines Toten Wiederkehr’ (1901)

AbstractDuring the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, eugenics emphasised human intervention to rectify a perceived distortion of the ‘natural’ evolutionary progress. One of the interventions advocated by eugenicists was the prevention of marriages that were deemed incompatible. The union between the ‘fit’ and the ‘unfit’ was constantly propagated as the reason behind the degeneration of the race, especially in the wake of the rediscovery of Mendel's theories on heredity and the repudiation of Lamarckism. Both Arabella Kenealy's The Marriage Yoke (1904) and Gabriela Reuter's ‘Eines Toten Wiederkehr’ (1908) portray the tragedy of such a marriage to a ‘defective’ partner. Moreover, they emphasise the lost potential of this marriage, both for the individual and the nation, by also introducing healthier characters with whom a better eugenic match could have been made. Instead, the healthy partners are burdened by the care and nursing of their mentally and physically defective partners and children. In this article I will not only show how scientific discourses are echoed and mediated within the narrative, but also how they are used to advocate for social change.

Detection and diagnosis of age-related macular degeneration using recurrent neural network with cloud architecture and internet of things

Age-Related Macular Degeneration is a progressive, irreversible eye condition that causes vision loss and impairs quality of life. The lost potential of the optic nerve cannot be regained, but a patient with Age-Related Macular Degeneration must have early diagnosis and treatment in order to prevent visual loss. The diagnosis of Age-Related Macular Degeneration is based on visual field loss tests, a patient’s medical history, intraocular pressure, and a physical fundus evaluation. Age-Related Macular Degeneration must be diagnosed early in order to avoid irreparable structural damage and vision loss. The objective of the proposed study is to develop a new optimization-driven strategy-based recurrent neural network using the Internet of Things for the identification of age-related macular degeneration. The Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) classifier is trained using the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) technique included into the RNN-IoMT. Initially, the input picture is sent through pre-processing in order to remove noise and artefacts. The generated preprocessed picture is simultaneously sent to optical disc detection and blood vessel detection. In addition, picture level characteristics are extracted from the image that has been preprocessed. Finally, the image-level, optic disc-level, and blood vessel-level features are retrieved and compiled into a feature vector. The acquired feature vector is fed into the RNN classifier, with the suggested PSO used to train the RNN for Age-Related Macular Degeneration detection via the Internet of Medical Things. The suggested PSO+RNN exhibits better performance with enhanced precision of 97.194%, sensitivity of 97.184%, and specificity of 97.2044%, respectively.

Inside-out strategic coupling for smallholder market integration – Mango production in Malawi as a test case

Starting from the observation that value chain research has informed much of agricultural development interventions in recent decades, this paper identifies five key challenges to current agricultural development policies in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): access to finance, infrastructure, land tenure, local linkages and knowledge transfer. Based on this review, it is argued that recent theoretical advances in the global production network (GPN) approach can help to achieve a more holistic view of agricultural development policies than the more linear value chain research. In particular, three key concepts from the GPN approach are highlighted: mobilisation of regional assets, strategic coupling and territorial embeddedness. These key concepts are used to propose a framework called ‘insight-out strategic coupling for smallholder integration’, which builds on the concept of strategic coupling in GPN research and applies it as a development tool to agricultural production. Using an in-depth case study approach, the usefulness of this framework is tested by examining the experience of Malawi Mangoes, a company established to promote smallholder exports. Malawi Mangoes was initially funded by private equity, but despite a number of challenges along the way, was soon able to attract development funding and integrate smallholders from surrounding villages throughout-grower schemes. Analysis of the case shows both the usefulness of the framework and the lost potential in implementing agricultural development policy. The authors conclude that the framework is useful for linking current debates on agricultural development interventions, but that the findings of critical GPN research need to be taken into account when developing agricultural development interventions in order to respect the ‘do no harm’ principle.

Recovering the lost potential of meadows to help mitigate challenges facing California’s forests and water supply

Groundwater systems in snow-dominated drainage areas supply cool baseflows that support instream and downstream users late into the dry season. Yet, these catchments are becoming rarer with climate change and anthropogenic pressures that threaten groundwater systems. Restoration of low-gradient meadows and streams can recover a catchment’s natural storage potential, especially in Mediterranean biomes such as the Sierra Nevada of California where summer groundwater recharge is scarce. The degradation of meadows due to intense human modification has decreased groundwater elevations and shifted wet meadow plant communities toward more xeric forest and shrub communities. We applied machine learning tools to find potential “lost meadows” that may no longer support high groundwater elevations or meadow vegetation but do exhibit basic geomorphic and climatic characteristics similar to existing meadows. The model reveals potential meadow habitat in the Sierra Nevada of nearly three times its current extent. We offer two conceptual applications of the model for incorporating meadows in watershed restoration planning. The first application focuses on strategically expanding wet meadows already associated with fuel breaks for increasing wildfire resistance. The second shows how meadow restoration in post-wildfire landscapes could increase capture of sediment from burned hillslopes where increased sediment storage would benefit water storage. Meadows are important habitats that have become degraded due to long-term overuse. Re-envisioning their potential extent shows that, with restoration, meadows could also serve as components of California’s multi-tiered efforts to manage pressing threats to its forests and water supply.

Building the area’s financial capacity as an important direction of strategic planning

Subject. This article considers the conditions for building the financial potential of the region. Objectives. The article aims to rethink and reinterpret the available approaches to determining the essence of financial potential and its assessment. Methods. For the study, we used comparative and logical analyses. Results. Based on the analysis of methodological approaches to assessing the financial potential of the region, the article determines that the methodology based on the System of National Accounts helps perform a full and comprehensive assessment of the financial potential, and it proposes to identify three types of financial potential, namely, realizable potential, lost potential and the one under formation. The article also shows that the formation of financial potential should be envisaged at the stage of development of strategic planning documents. Conclusions. Taking into account the capabilities of the regions to generate and attract financial resources is the basis for determining the sources of economic growth. The study of financial potential is of particular relevance in the context of the formation of a new model of internal development of the country and regions, involving a more efficient use of available resources.

Rejecting Competence – Essentialist Constructs Reproduce Ableism and White Supremacy in Linguistic Theory: A Commentary on “Undoing Competence: Coloniality, Homogeneity, and the Overrepresentation of Whiteness in Applied Linguistics”

Rejecting Competence – Essentialist Constructs Reproduce Ableism and White Supremacy in Linguistic Theory: A Commentary on “Undoing Competence: Coloniality, Homogeneity, and the Overrepresentation of Whiteness in Applied Linguistics”

Halloween III: Season of the Witch: It’s time (again) for a re-evaluation

Halloween III: Season of the Witch is the stand-out sequel in the Halloween franchise because it deviates so wildly from the pattern set in the original film, and then followed so poorly in subsequent editions. Instead, the John Carpenter and Debra Hill-produced Halloween III takes the form of a ‘pod movie’, in which a toymaker plots to use a television signal to murder viewers on Halloween night. Much of the creative team were regular members of the Carpenter–Hill stable, which is clear in the film’s look, feel and sound. On the occasion of the release of Halloween Kills, and Halloween III’s 40th birthday, this article proposes a critical re-evaluation of the work, highlighting the lost potential in the idea of an anthology series, the lack of serious engagement in the film and the crucial point of the villain having an Irish heritage. The film is also analysed as a ‘TV Text’: films, novels, plays and non-fiction works that are concerned with the effects and mechanisms of television. These were becoming increasingly prominent in the 1980s and beyond, with examples ranging from David Cronenberg’s Videodrome (1983) and Don DeLillo’s White Noise (1985) to the late work of Gore Vidal and Arthur Miller.

К проблеме разработки потерянных руд Садона (РСО-Алания)

The relevance of the work is explained by the need to restore the lost potential of polymetallic extraction from the deposits of the Sadonsky ore node using the existing infrastructure and favorable geographical conditions for yearround operation. The purpose of the work. Theoretical and experimental substantiation of the technological possibility and economic feasibility of converting traditional development technologies to technologies for obtaining metals and other marketable products by leaching substandard metal-containing raw materials. Research methods: generalization, systematization, and analysis of theoretical and experimental studies with the acquisition of a data bank for the design of technologies for the extraction and processing of remaining reserves in the subsurface and man-made reserves on the Earth’s surface. Research results. The concept of environmental protection and resource-saving technology for the development of deposits of the type under consideration is formulated. The volume of potentially possible substandard ore reserves and mining and processing waste in the regions of the North Caucasus is estimated. The results of pioneering studies of the processes of extracting metals from ores, industrial effluents and man-made raw materials, including the processing of non-conditioned ores and their enrichment waste in a disintegrator using mechanochemical activation of the metal extraction process, are presented. The prospects of using innovative technologies in the region are assessed. It is shown that the prospects for resuscitation of mining production depend on the effectiveness of combining technologies and minimizing losses when using the available raw material base, determined by economic and mathematical modeling taking into account the environmental component.

Institutional determinants of entrepreneurial intention: The need for strategic alliances and entrepreneurial ecosystem

University education is no longer a passport to secure employment for graduates. In Zambia, for example, 72.3% of unemployed graduates are below the age of 35. Youth unemployment represents an enormous cost to society in terms of lost potential for economic growth, negative return on investment in education as well as a potential increase in vices such as crime. It appears the number of graduates is increasing while available job opportunities are fewer. This is compelling stakeholders to consider initiatives that promote new venture creation as an additional viable career option. Extant literature indicates that individuals with higher intention to start a business are more likely to actually engage in entrepreneurship than those with low or no intention. Understanding the determinants of entrepreneurial intention (EI), therefore, becomes important. In exploring the determinants of EI, prior studies investigate the effects of individual factors, contextual (institutional) factors and entrepreneurship education (EE) in isolation from each other; integrative models are lacking. Moreover, literature on the effect of EE on EI shows mixed conclusions. There is scanty research on EE and EI in developing countries such as Zambia and this limits the generalisability of research conclusions. The current study, by considering EE as the kernel, firstly examines individual and institutional determinants of EI. Secondly, it explores whether EE affects the relationships between EI and its individual and institutional determinants. To explore the interconnectedness of these issues while relying on a qualitative research strategy, the paper presents empirical results from 13 semi-structured interviews; interviewees being final year undergraduate students, entrepreneurship educators and practitioners in enterprise support organisations in Zambia. The findings indicate that the effect of EE on EI should be evaluated in conjunction with factors at the individual and institutional levels. This means that relevant individual and institutional factors exert their influence on EI directly and indirectly through their impact on the effectiveness of EE. The conclusions suggest that to promote graduate entrepreneurship, multifaceted and concerted efforts (strategic alliances) will be required from policymakers (to shape institutions), educators (to design and deliver appropriate EE content and pedagogy) and practitioners (to devise and implement collaborative enterprise support strategies and mechanisms).

High-speed imaging of spatiotemporal correlations in Hong-Ou-Mandel interference.

The Hong-Ou-Mandel interference effect lies at the heart of many emerging quantum technologies whose performance can be significantly enhanced with increasing numbers of entangled modes one could measure and thus utilize. Photon pairs generated through the process of spontaneous parametric down conversion are known to be entangled in a vast number of modes in the various degrees of freedom (DOF) the photons possess such as time, energy, and momentum, etc. Due to limitations in detection technology and techniques, often only one such DOFs can be effectively measured at a time, resulting in much lost potential. Here, we experimentally demonstrate, with the aid of a time tagging camera, high speed measurement and characterization of two-photon interference. With a data acquisition time of only a few seconds, we observe a bi-photon interference and coalescence visibility of ∼64% with potentially up to ∼2 × 103 spatial modes. These results open up a route for practical applications of using the high dimensionality of spatiotemporal DOF in two-photon interference, and in particular, for quantum sensing and communication.

Lost potential and missed opportunities for DCD liver transplantation in the United States

BackgroundDonation after cardiac death(DCD) has been proposed as an avenue to expand the liver donor pool. MethodsWe examined factors associated with nonrecovery of DCD livers using UNOS data from 2015 to 2019. ResultsThere 265 non-recovered potential(NRP) DCD livers. Blood type AB (7.8% vs. 1.1%) and B (16.9% vs. 9.8%) were more frequent in the NRP versus actual donors (p < 0.001). The median driving time between donor hospital and transplant center was similar for NRP and actual donors (30.1 min vs. 30.0 min; p = 0.689), as was the percentage located within a transplant hospital (20.8% vs. 20.9%; p = 0.984).The donation service area(DSA) of a donor hospital explained 27.9% (p = 0.001) of the variability in whether a DCD liver was recovered. ConclusionA number of potentially high quality DCD donor livers go unrecovered each year, which may be partially explained by donor blood type and variation in regional and DSA level practice patterns.

Перспективное направление восстановления потенциала Садона (РСО-Алания)

The restoration of the former potential of the deposits of the Sadonsky ore node depends on the success of extracting metals from poor ores and leaching waste with environmental improvement. The modernization of technology for the development of existing reserves of deposits is carried out on the basis of the results of the performed research. Report. The relevance of the work is explained by the need to restore the industrial potential of a large location lost during the crisis. The purpose of the work. Substantiation of the possibility of resuscitation of the lost potential of mining enterprises based on the use of substandard raw materials for the production of metals and commercial products. Research methods: systematization, generalization and analysis of theoretical and experimental studies performed at the fields under consideration. Results. The concept of environmental protection and resource-saving technology for the development of deposits of the Sadonsky ore belt has been formed. The results of the study of ways to optimize the technology of development of rock ore deposits are given. The fundamentals of a combined technology for the development of substandard reserves with an increase in the completeness of the use of mineral resources on a scientific basis are formulated. Recommendations are given for the design of technologies for underground mining of ore deposits of the type under consideration, optimized according to the criteria determined by modeling. An assessment of the resource potential of mining and metallurgical waste and recommendations for the development of the best available technologies for activating the components of concrete mixtures for the manufacture of goods is given. The results of the study of the processes of extraction of metals from ores and man-made raw materials, including using mechanochemical technology of extraction of metals in a disintegrator and combined technologies of processing of non-conditioned ores and waste of their enrichment are presented.

Lost employment potential and supporting people with Parkinson’s to stay in work: insights from a Pan European cross-sectional survey

Purpose To explore, in a European cohort of people living with Parkinson’s (PD), issues affecting employment and economic consequences, considering age at diagnosis. Materials and methods A cross-sectional survey (European convenience sample). Inclusion criteria were ≥18 years, a PD diagnosis and in work when diagnosed. Data were collected online on demographics, employment status, occupation, and perceived health. For those no longer in paid work, time from diagnosis until loss of employment, reasons for leaving and enablers to stay in work were ascertained. Results Between April and November 2019, n = 692 enrolled and n = 560 were eligible. Those who had lost paid work (n = 190, 34%) reported worse fatigue, sleep, and general health than those still in work (p < 0.05). Average annual income reduced from €26973.48 ± 12013.22 (year-1) to €14843.85 ± 16969.84 (year-10). Post-diagnosis lost employment potential was 20.1 (95% confidence interval (CI): 16.6–23.6) years at career establishment, 9.8 (95%CI: 8.9–10.7) years at mid working and 1.2 (95%CI: 0.6–1.6) years for those nearing retirement age. A greater proportion of individuals at career establishment age reported dexterity, eating, sleep, fatigue, and anxiety as factors for leaving work (p < 0.05). Conclusions This study confirms lost productivity after a PD diagnosis, especially in those with many years of potential employment ahead. The study also identified potential targets for interventions. Clinical trial registration: Clincaltrials.gov (NCT03905954). Implications for rehabilitation People with Parkinson’s diagnosed at career establishment or at mid working age risk losing many years of potential employment. Most people with Parkinson’s do not receive early intervention to support self-management of problems identified with leaving work early, such as fatigue. Adaptations to the work environment and more flexible working patterns were identified factors that may help people remain in work.

Modeling the effects of climate change on the potential distribution of the rangeland species Gymnocarpus decander Forssk (case study: Arid region of southeastern Iran).

The phenomenon of climate change is the biggest environmental challenge in the world. Climate is a determinant factor in species distribution, and climate change will affect the species' abilities to occupy geographic regions. In this study which was conducted in May of 2019, spatio-temporal changes in potential habitats of Gymnocarpus decander were assessed using the MRI-CGCM3 climate change model for RCP2.6 and RCP8.5 scenarios for the near future (2041-2061) and far future (2061-2080) periods for this purpose, climatic variables of 24 synoptic stations across a case study, bio-climatic data and vegetation cover maps of G. decander were used. First, using the factor analysis process, the dimensions of the station-observed climatic variables were reduced to five factors with a total variance of 88.3%. Then, the region was divided into five homogeneous climatic regions using partitional clustering analysis. In this study by using the logistic regression modeling technique, the probability of the presence of the desired species for two groups of independent variables including climatic factors and bioclimatic variables in each of the groups was modeled. The results showed that the best models for determining the potential habitats of G. decander are logistic regression models in groups with independent bioclimatic variables. According to the results obtained from both scenarios, the habitats of G. decander species will decrease in the future. In the most optimistic case, about 8% of G. decander habitats will be lost by 2060 and about 12% by 2080. According to modeling results, currently, 48.2% total area of the region under study has a high potential for the presence of G. decander. Also, results indicate that region number 4 in this study with an altitude range of about 800-1250m, 16°C average temperature in the growing season and annual precipitation around 150-170mm is the major habitat for G. decander. According to climate change under the RCP2.6 scenario, the area of potential habitats of G. decander will decrease to 40% in the near future and 36.4% in the far future; and according to climate change under the RCP8.5 scenario, the area of potential habitats of G. decander will decrease to 23.9% in the near future and 32.5% in the far future. In the far future, because of the increase in total precipitation, some of the lost potential habitats during the near future will be suitable again for G. decander. Due to its stability in harsh environmental conditions, G. decander appears as a type-forming species in a wide range of natural habitats in the study area and is therefore important in terms of soil protection and forage production.