Systematic List Research Articles

Peces de la Reserva de la Biosfera Selva El Ocote y presa Nezahualcóyotl (Malpaso) Chiapas, México

An inventory of the fishes of the Selva El Ocote Biosphere Reserve and Nezahualcóyotl (Malpaso) dam, including the Totopac River in Chiapas, Mexico, is presented. The material was collected from 14 sampling campaigns in 83 points between March 2007 and September 2009. Four more samplings were performed in 2014. In total 22,034 specimens were collected, the systematic list of the fishes comprises 47 species contained in 30 genera, 16 families and 10 orders. The most representative families were Cichlidae and Poeciliidae with 16 and 11 species respectively (57% of collected individuals). Six species are under some risk category according to NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010, the IUCN Red List and the American Fisheries Society: Potamarius nelsoni, Rhamdia guatemalensis, Rhamdia laluchensis, Priapella intermedia, Xiphophorus clemenciae, and Paraneetroplus hartwegi. Four species are exotic: Oreochromis mossambicus, Oreochromis niloticus, Parachromis managuensis, and Tilapia zillii.

Uczeni w habity przyobleczeni

Artykuł omawia dzieło Fryderyka Augusta Schmidta, będące pierwszym wydanym w języku polskim leksykonem uczonych polskich. Ukazało się ono w 1766 roku nakładem Michała Grölla w Warszawie. Znacznie poszerzona wersja ukazała się we Lwowie w roku 1846, z francuską z błędną datą 1766 (powinno być 1763) i niemiecką z 1768 roku. Regularny wykaz osób, których nazwał „uczeni i sławą zaszczyceni” wymienia autor począwszy od 1138 roku. Wśród nich są osoby świeckie i duchowne, a tych ostatnich także zakonnicy. Właśnie osobom duchownym autor artykuł poświęca szczególną uwagę.

Влияние трансакционных издержек на контрольную деятельность территориальных налоговых органов

Objective: to disclose and justify transaction costs of controlling activities of the territorial taxation bodies and their impact on tax control under the need for effective functioning and optimal decision making with a view of reducing the state expenditures on tax control. Methods: general scientific (synthesis, deduction, induction, generalization, testing, interviewing, observation, forecasting, scientific abstraction, statistical analysis, logic) and methods of grouping and classification, expert assessment. Results: the analysis and grouping of transaction costs of controlling activities of the territorial taxation bodies have been carried out. It was found that the most time- and resource consuming are on-site tax inspections. The factors that have a significant impact on the efficiency of tax control were revealed. It is proved that the release of material and time resources contributes to the transformation of the tax bodies. Scientific novelty: the main problem of implementation of the on-site tax control is its costs. The existing studies do not give a systematic list of tax control costs of the territorial tax bodies in general and transaction costs of tax control in particular. The author shows that the reduction of transaction costs as factors of influence on the tax control will free up the working time of the inspectors and will bring economic benefits, and also will allow to consolidate territorial tax bodies and change the status of a tax inspector. Practical significance: reducing the cost of tax control is becoming increasingly important in terms of saving financial resources of the state.

Check list of fishes of the Gulf of Mannar ecosystem, Tamil Nadu, India

Gulf of Mannar Ecosystem (GOME) covers an area spread over Rameswaram and Kanyakumari for about 19000 km2 and lies between 78°11’E and 79°15’ E longitude and 8°49’N and 9°15’N latitude. The 21 coral islands form a network of habitats for different kinds of fishes and marine organisms. Fish samples were collected during April 2005 to March 2010 from different centers viz., Vembar, Tharuvaikulam, Vellapatti, Therespuram, Tuticorin, Alangarathattu, Pazhaykayal, Punnakayal, Kayalpattinam, Veerapandiapattinam, Thiruchendur and Manappad of Gulf of Mannar ecosystem. The present check list was the first attempt to produce a systematic list of fishes found in the Gulf of Mannar ecosystem. It includes 476 genera and 1182 species in 144 families and 39 orders, of which 628 species have been recorded in the present study.

Polypharmacy, the new epidemic

Polypharmacy is an increasing problem in the care of multimorbide patients, and increases morbidity, mortality, hospitalization rates and costs. A promising intervention against polypharmacy is the systematic listing of all drugs taken by the patient with critical appraisal of indication, side effects, dosage and alternatives of every single drug. It is necessary to consider and to discuss priorities and preferences of patients in regard to treatment goals. A clear medication plan is needed after shared decision making with the patient. We present some helpful tools for this purpose. Further challenges besides an empathic communication with the patient are finding enough time in the clinical encounter, the integration of other health professionals and computer-assisted solutions in primary care practices and hospitals.

Sacoglosos (Opisthobranchia: Sacoglossa) del estado Nueva Esparta y Los Frailes, Venezuela

A systematic list including 7 species of sacoglossan gastropods collected between March 2013 and January 2014, from Nueva Esparta state and Los Frailes is herein presented. In this list, Elysia serca Marcus, 1955 and Elysia cauze Marcus, 1957 are recorded for the first time in Venezuela. In addition, an identification key for these animals is proposed.

CRUSTACEOS ANFIPODOS (GAMMARIDEA) COLECTADOS EN LAS COSTAS DEL CARIBE COLOMBIANO, AL SUR DE CARTAGENA

During studies of the crustacean fauna from the Caribbean coast of Colombia, a number of samples were obtained in March and July of 1991 at various localities south of Cartagena. A qualitative study of the samples revealed the existence of 43 species of amphipods, 25 of which (58%) had not been previously reported for this coast. A systematic list is presented as well as a description of the substrate where the species were found. The majority were collected from seagrass-bed habitats. Considering that sampling was limited almost exclusively to these habitats, the number of species found is high when compared to other areas in the Caribbean.

NUEVOS REGISTROS DE CRUSTÁCEOS ANFÍPODOS (GAMMARIDEA) COLECTADOS EN LAS COSTAS DEL CARIBE VENEZOLANO

A study of gammaridean amphipods samples obtained from marine and estuarine environments of Venezuelarevealed the existence of fiveteen species that had not been previously reported for this country. A systematic list is presented as well as a description of the substrate where the species were found.

Lexical Translation Difficulties and Context-dependent Synonymy

This paper is concerned with the general difficulties involved in translation equivalence at the lexical level, with examples from English-Arabic translation. The study tackles the major difficulties associated with lexical equivalence that are related to dictionary-based meanings. It attempts to provide a more comprehensive and systematic list of difficulty sources in relation to lexical equivalence, by suggesting additional categories that have been overlooked, or loosely mentioned in the literature, using authentic English-Arabic translation examples as much as possible. Six types of lexical difficulties are added to the ones previously listed in the literature. It also highlights cases in which the literal meaning of some lexical items and their intended or implied meanings are in asymmetric relation and cannot be rendered by the use of dictionary-based equivalents, but by using context-based equivalents..

Dendroflora of calcareous terrains in Bulgaria and its significance for conservation

The work presents characteristics of calciphile species from the dendroflora of Bulgaria (107 species), both facultative (77 species) and obligated (30 species) – their systematic structure according to families and genera, division according to biological types and live forms, as well as floristic geo-elements and spreading on vertical belts and floristic regions in Bulgaria. The conservation significance of calciphiles at national and international level has been shown on the basis of referent documents. A systematic list of calciphile species of the Bulgarian dendroflora has been presented.

LOS HABITATS COSTEROS DE LOS JUVENILES DE PECES EN LA REGION DE PUNTA GLORIA A LA ISLA DE SALAMANCA, CARIBE COLOMBIANO

This paper presents the results of an ecological field study of coastal habitats occupied by juvenile fishes, conducted from June 1979 to May 1980 in a segment of coast between Punta Gloria, SE of the city of Santa Marta and the Isla de Salamanca in the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Four habitat types were studied: very shallow marine shores, coastal lagoons (Punta Gloria and Costa Verde) and a estuary mouth (Ciénaga Grande); their ecological characteristics are described. Abiotic factors studied were surface water salinity and temperature, of which relationship with climatic and hidrological regimes is discussed. Adittionaly, changes in habitat size shape are described. A systematic list of collected fish species is presented, and an estimation of juvenile fish relative abundance per biotope is made and analysed in relation to abiotic factors.

Combinatorial tasks and outcome listing: Examining productive listing among undergraduate students

Although counting problems are easy to state and provide rich, accessible problem-solving situations, there is much evidence that students struggle with solving counting problems correctly. With combinatorics (and the study of counting problems) becoming increasingly prevalent in K–12 and undergraduate curricula, there is a need for researchers to identify potentially significant factors that might have an effect on student success as they solve counting problems. We tested one such factor among undergraduate students—their systematic listing of what they were trying to count. We argue that even creating partial lists of the set of outcomes led to significant improvements in performance in students’ success on problems, implying that systematic listing may be worthwhile for students to engage in as they learn to count. Our findings suggest that more needs to be done to refine instructional interventions that facilitate listing. We discuss these findings and suggest avenues for further research.

Ebibliographical compilation of PhD theses produced at The faculty of science, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria between 2004 – 2014

Theses are one of the information sources that users are not aware of their existence talk less of having access to them. Bibliographies helps researchers keep track of the sources they consulted or cited for their written material and gives readers a framework of how the writers' arguments were formed. This paper attempts to provide a systematic list of Ph.D theses produced by the Faculty of Science, Bayero University, Kano from 2004 to 2014. Aim was to enable the researchers and students to know and access the scientific research products of the Faculty of Science Bayero University, Kano Nigeria. The theses were arranged alphabetically under the author surname followed by the title of the work, institutional affiliation and then the year of publication respectively. Keywords : Bibliography, Ph.D., Theses.

Fishes of the Grijalva River basin of Mexico and Guatemala

The Grijalva River basin is one of the largest hydrological systems in Central America. Despite its importance, an inventory of its ichthyofauna remains incomplete. We provide a systematic checklist of fishes recorded in the Grijalva River basin based on surveys performed from 2002 to 2015. The systematic list includes 92 species, belonging to 13 orders, 25 families and 50 genera, of which 83 species are native and nine are exotics. This checklist includes three range expansions (Profundulus hildebrandi, Poecilia sphenops and Paraneetroplus hartwegi). Fifteen species are endemic to the basin. The most diverse families are Cichlidae and Poeciliidae with 25 and 23 species, respectively. Secondary freshwater fish diversity is high with 65.1%, the remaining species are primary freshwater (13.3%) and peripheral (21.7%) fishes.

Evaluación ictiológica en el Corredor Costero de Yucatán (Sureste del Golfo de México)

It is provided a systematic checklist of the ichthyofauna inhabiting the Yucatan coastal corridor, as part of the Mesoamerican Corridor which connects two of the most important reserves in Yucatan Peninsula Mexico: Celestun and Ria Lagartos. Fish specimens were collected bimonthly, from January 2002 to March 2004, in 24 localities along the coast (140 km). The systematic list includes 94 species belonging to 44 families and 19 orders. The best represented families by species number were Sciaenidae (10), Carangidae (9) and Engraulidae (5). Information about size range, number of specimen per species and zoogeographic affinities are included. The species with the highest occurrence (100%) were Harengula jaguana and Trachinotus falcatus . It is confirmed the presence of Rypticus maculatus (Serranidae) in the southern Gulf of Mexico and of three brackish species into the marine environment.

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This study investigated the role of each strategy in explaining sixth graders’ (12-13 years old students’) non-routine problem solving success and discriminating between successful and unsuccessful students. Twelve non-routine problems were given to 123 pupils. Answers were scored between 0 and 10. Bottom and top segments of 27% were then determined based on total scores. All scripts of pupils in these segments were then re-scored with regard to strategy use. Multiple regression analysis showed that strategies explain 65% of the problem solving success. Order of importance of strategies are as follows: make a drawing, look for a pattern, guess and check, make a systematic list, simplify the problem, and work backward. According to discriminant analysis results, strategies which play a significant role in distinguishing top and bottom students are look for a pattern, make a drawing, simplify the problem, guess and check and work backward, respectively.  Key words: Sixth graders, mathematics education, non-routine problems, non-routine problem solving, problem solving strategies.

Drug interactions in pain therapy

Pain is one of the most common reasons for consulting a physician. Chronic pain patients often suffer from a variety of comorbidities, such as depression and anxiety and they are therefore often simultaneously treated with more than one drug. The probability of drug interactions increases with every additional drug. A systematic internet and literature search up to February 2015 was carried out. Systematic lists were included. In addition, the drug prescription information sheets were used and an internet search via Pubmed and google.com was carried out for drugs alone and in combination in order to find substance-specific interactions. A differentiation is made between pharmaceutical, pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic drug interactions. Pharmaceutical interactions are caused by chemical, physical or physicochemical incompatibility of drugs or adjuvants used. These can even occur outside the body and during concomitant administration via the same route. A pharmacodynamic interaction in pain management is for example the additive sedative effect of opioids and benzodiazepines when taken together. Pharmacokinetic interactions occur during the absorption, distribution, metabolism and in the elimination phases. Many drug interactions can be avoided by careful and continuous evaluation of pharmacotherapy and if necessary its adaptation; however, a sound knowledge of the underlying pharmacological mechanisms and the properties of currently used analgesics is necessary.

The Optimized K-Means Clustering Algorithms to Analyzed the Budget Revenue Expenditure in Padang

APBD is a systematic detailed list of receipts,expenditures and local spending within a year arranged inPERMENDAGRI No. 16 of 2006, so that the data of APBD canbe used as guidelines for governments and local expenditures incarrying out activities to raise revenue to maintain economicstability and to avoid inflation and deflation. Governmentfinancial institutions in areas such as DPKA Padang, experienceddifficulties in identifying the relevance of each archive data onAPBD, that result in a data warehouse. In addition, to theadministration, APBD in the government of Padang have notbeen effective. To minimize the difficulty in identifying dataarchive of APBD, then the data warehouse can be used toproduce knowledge using the techniques of Data Mining (DM).The method that is used are clustering and forecasting.Clustering performed using the K-Means Algorithm whileforecasting is done by using multiple linear regressions. Thesemethods intended to classify and identify the data in the budgetthat have certain characteristics in common, and can predict thevalue of APBD for the following years.

The Optimized K-Means Clustering Algorithms to Analyzed the Budget Revenue Expenditure in Padang

APBD is a systematic detailed list of receipts,expenditures and local spending within a year arranged inPERMENDAGRI No. 16 of 2006, so that the data of APBD canbe used as guidelines for governments and local expenditures incarrying out activities to raise revenue to maintain economicstability and to avoid inflation and deflation. Governmentfinancial institutions in areas such as DPKA Padang, experienceddifficulties in identifying the relevance of each archive data onAPBD, that result in a data warehouse. In addition, to theadministration, APBD in the government of Padang have notbeen effective. To minimize the difficulty in identifying dataarchive of APBD, then the data warehouse can be used toproduce knowledge using the techniques of Data Mining (DM).The method that is used are clustering and forecasting.Clustering performed using the K-Means Algorithm whileforecasting is done by using multiple linear regressions. Thesemethods intended to classify and identify the data in the budgetthat have certain characteristics in common, and can predict thevalue of APBD for the following years.

A Taxonomic List of the Mayflies, Stoneflies and Caddisflies (Insecta: Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera) of the Sikhote-Alin Biosphere Reserve

Three orders of amphibiotic insects were examined from the eastern and western streams of the Sikhote-Alin State Nature Biosphere Reserve, which is located in the southern Russian Far East in the central portion of a mountain range with the same name. Data were obtained on Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera (EPT) fauna inhabiting streams in the Sikhote-Alin State Nature Biosphere Reserve and its adjacent area. The data were collected by the author from 1980 to 2013. More than 30 thousand larvae and adult EPT were identified, and a systematic list of 220 species was formed. Among them, Ephemeroptera is represented by 63 species from 18 genera and 8 families. Plecoptera is represented by 61 species from 30 genera and 8 families. Trichoptera is represented by 96 species from 49 genera and 20 families. The EPT biodiversity study in the local protected areas is important for assessing the ecological preferences of aquatic organisms and understanding the formation of ecosystem structures under normal conditions, i.e., without anthropogenic influence. In addition, the EPT list is of great value, as it is widely used to control the quality of the environment via the EPT indicator index. The comprehensive list of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera (EPT complex) taxonomic species of Central Sikhote-Alin streams is submitted for the first time. In addition, a brief areal EPT fauna analysis is made.