Guía para completar metadatos de registros depositados en REDICCES

Los repositorios son una herramienta muy importante para la difusión de la producción científica, académica y cultural de las instituciones. Para que los repositorios cumplan con esta misión es indispensable el uso de estándares como, esquemas de metadatos, protocolos de interoperabilidad y vocabularios controlados. Esta guía se ha elaborado con el propósito de estandarizar los vocabularios controlados y formas estandarizadas que se usarán para describir los documentos depositados en el Repositorio Digital de Ciencia y Cultura de El Salvador REDICCES.Consorcio de Bibliotecas Universitarias de El Salvador CBUE

DRIVER rehberi 2.0: içerik sağlayıcılar için rehber - OAI-PMH ile metinsel bilgi kaynaklarının keşfi

Bu rehber dijital bilimsel kaynakların ortaya çıkarılmasında Kurumsal Arşiv Yöneticileri ve sorumlularının OAI-PMH ve Dublin Core Üst Verisini kullanarak kurumsal arşiv çıktılarını standart hale getirebilmesi ve oluşturulan bu arşivlerin birlikte çalişabirliğini sağlamak amacıyla hazırlanmıştır. Rehberin çevirisi 19.08.2014 tarihinde tamamlanarak kullanıma sunulmuştur.Çelik, Sönmez (Dogus Author)Genel anlamda iletişim için B kişisinin A kişinin söylediğini anlayabilmesi çok önemlidir. Ortak bir anlayış için ortak bir zemin, nesnelerin anlamları konusunda farkındalık sağlayan temel bir sözlüğe ihtiyaç vardır. Bu noktadan sonra kişi akıl yürütmeye başlayabilir. Açık erişim sistemleri akademik iletişimi desteklemek için aynı dili konuşmalıdır. Bu aynı zamanda ortak bir zemin yaratmak için de gereklidir. Teknik anlamda, “konuşabilirlik” sağlayarak ortak bir zemin yaratırız. Konuşabilirlik farklı katmanlarda yürütülebilir. DRIVER Rehberinde konuşabilirlik, söz dizimsel (OAI-PMH kullanımı ve OAI_DC kullanımı) ve anlamsal (terminolojinin kullanımı) olmak üzere iki temel yolla elde edilmeye çalışılmıştır

OpenAIRE Guidelines : release 3.0

Welcome to the OpenAIRE Guidelines. The intention of this is to provide a public space to share OpenAIREs work on interoperability and to engage with the community. The OpenAIRE Guidelines helps repository managers expose publications, datasets and CRIS metadata via the OAI-PMH protocol in order to integrate with OpenAIRE infrastructure. OpenAIRE Guidelines consists of three guidelines for publication repositories, data archives and CRIS systems respectivel

DRIVER rehberi 2.0: İçerik sağlayıcılar için rehber -- OAI-PMH ile metinsel bilgi kaynakların keşfi

Genel anlamda iletişim için B kişisinin A kişinin söylediğini anlayabilmesi çok önemlidir. Ortak bir anlayış için ortak bir zemin, nesnelerin anlamları konusunda farkındalık sağlayan temel bir sözlüğe ihtiyaç vardır. Bu noktadan sonra kişi akıl yürütmeye başlayabilir. Açık erişim sistemleri akademik iletişimi desteklemek için aynı dili konuşmalıdır. Bu aynı zamanda ortak bir zemin yaratmak için de gereklidir. Teknik anlamda, “konuşabilirlik” sağlayarak ortak bir zemin yaratırız. Konuşabilirlik farklı katmanlarda yürütülebilir. DRIVER Rehberinde konuşabilirlik, söz dizimsel (OAI-PMH kullanımı ve OAI_DC kullanımı) ve anlamsal (terminolojinin kullanımı) olmak üzere iki temel yolla elde edilmeye çalışılmıştır

Evaluation du projet "Nuit blanche ?" à Genève 2006-2007 : l'avis des partenaires

Ce [deuxième] rapport se décompose en quatre chapitres : le premier présente l'évolution de la situation, d'une part sur le plan épidémiologique de la consommation de psychotropes, et d'autre part du point de vue du projet "Nuit blanche ?". Ce chapitre résume aussi le mandat d'évaluation. Les deux chapitres suivants répondent aux questions d'évaluation : le chapitre 2 est consacré aux partenaires de "Nuit blanche ?" et à l'appréciation qu'ils font du projet et le chapitre 3 analyse le profil de la population touchée par les interventions de "Nuit blanche ?" en 2006-2007. Finalement, le quatrième chapitre présente une synthèse des réponses aux questions d'évaluation et propose quelques pistes pour la suite du projet aux travers de quelques recommandations. [Extrait du résumé]]]> Designer Drugs ; Substance-Related Disorders ; Program Evaluation ; Switzerland fre https://serval.unil.ch/resource/serval:BIB_FACAFBBD2F04.P001/REF.pdf http://nbn-resolving.org/urn/resolver.pl?urn=urn:nbn:ch:serval-BIB_FACAFBBD2F045 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/urn/urn:nbn:ch:serval-BIB_FACAFBBD2F045 info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Copying allowed only for non-profit organizations https://serval.unil.ch/disclaimer application/pdf oai:serval.unil.ch:BIB_FABED6FB1BCA 2022-05-07T01:30:34Z <oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"> https://serval.unil.ch/notice/serval:BIB_FABED6FB1BCA Die griechischen Inschriften Wachter, R. info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart incollection 2005 Das Eschmun-Heiligtum von Sidon. Architektur und Inschriften, pp. 319-331 Stucky, R.A. (ed.) oai:serval.unil.ch:BIB_FABEEB4439BC 2022-05-07T01:30:34Z <oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"> https://serval.unil.ch/notice/serval:BIB_FABEEB4439BC Agents de migration : les intermédiaires sur le marché suisse des footballeurs et danseuses de cabaret http://www.statec.public.lu/fr/biblio/periodiques/periodiques_all/r/revue_economique_sociale/2009/ Poli, R. Thiévent, R. info:eu-repo/semantics/article article 2009 Revue économique et sociale (Lausanne), vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 107-112 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pissn/0035-2772 <![CDATA[En se focalisant sur le cas des joueurs de football professionnels et des danseuses de cabaret, cet article met en lumière le rôle joué par différents types d'intermédiaire dans la mise en place, le développement et la gestion de canaux migratoires. Une attention particulière est accordée aux procédures recrutement et à la gestion de la circulation de ces deux catégories de travailleurs

Planning familial: regard sur les prestations de la Fondation Profa et de l'Espace Prévention Morges-Aubonne

Ce rapport rend compte d'une étude menée en 2003, à l'instigation de la Direction de la Fondation Profa dans le but de faire le point sur l'évolution des prestations de planning familial. [...] L'étude comporte : - un volet rétrospectif portant sur les prestations de planning familial entre 1972 et 2002, - une analyse quantitative de l'activité actuelle menée en collaboration avec l'Unité de Prévention de l'Institut universitaire de médecine sociale et préventive de Lausanne, - une analyse qualitative menée auprès des médecins et des conseillères en planning familial du Service visant à évaluer le fonctionnement des centres et les pratiques des professionnels en regard des demandes du public, - des propositions d'aménagements ou de développement des prestations adaptés aux besoins actuels en matière de santé sexuelle et reproductive. [Extrait, p. 6]]]> Family Planning Services ; Contraception ; Pregnancy, Unwanted ; Switzerland ; Vaud fre https://serval.unil.ch/resource/serval:BIB_D78ABC28F873.P001/REF.pdf http://nbn-resolving.org/urn/resolver.pl?urn=urn:nbn:ch:serval-BIB_D78ABC28F8733 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/urn/urn:nbn:ch:serval-BIB_D78ABC28F8733 info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Copying allowed only for non-profit organizations https://serval.unil.ch/disclaimer application/pdf oai:serval.unil.ch:BIB_D78B39FC9AC1 2022-05-07T01:28:00Z <oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"> https://serval.unil.ch/notice/serval:BIB_D78B39FC9AC1 Physiological ligands of PPARs in inflammation and lipid homeostasis info:doi:10.2217/17460875.1.2.191 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.2217/17460875.1.2.191 Lathion, C. Michalik, L. Wahli, W. info:eu-repo/semantics/review article 2006 Future Lipidology, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 191-201 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pissn/1746-0875 <![CDATA[Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are ligand-dependent transcription factors that are involved in many physiological processes, such as inflammation and energy homeostasis. In general, PPARs must be activated by ligands to stimulate the expression of their target genes. These agonists can be synthetic molecules, such as drugs used to treat hypertriglyceridemia and insulin resistance, or natural physiological ligands, such as fatty acids and eicosanoids. Although recent work has uncovered a surprisingly broad variety of natural molecules capable of activating PPARs, relatively little is known about their mode of action in an in vivo physiological context. The action of physiological ligands in situations of food deprivation and abundance, especially with respect to their intervention in the inflammatory response, and in both lipid homeostasis and inflammation resolution will be reviewed

Toxicomanie dans le canton de Vaud : cinquième période d'évaluation 2004-2006. Cahier 1

Les objectifs de l'évaluation pour la période 2004-2006 étaient les suivants : suivre l'évolution de la situation épidémiologique de la toxicomanie dans le canton de Vaud en s'appuyant sur les données existantes. - Répéter l'enquête sur les comportements des consommateurs de drogue dans les structures à bas seuil effectuée régulièrement dans le cadre d'une enquête nationale. - Evaluer l'émergence de nouvelles demandes de prise en charge et de nouveaux modes de consommation problématique sans héroïne. - Suivre l'évolution des structures de traitement et d'accueil à bas seuil. - Analyser la prise en charge par les médecins praticiens. - Contribuer à la réflexion sur l'apport de mesures de réduction des risques et de traitement en complément au dispositif actuel (locaux d'injection et prescription d'héroïne sous contrôle médical). [Extrait Introduction p. 5]]]> Substance-Related Disorders ; Substance Abuse Treatment Centers ; Prisons ; Syringes ; Evaluation Studies ; Switzerland ; Vaud fre https://serval.unil.ch/resource/serval:BIB_33A1F8396319.P001/REF.pdf http://nbn-resolving.org/urn/resolver.pl?urn=urn:nbn:ch:serval-BIB_33A1F83963193 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/urn/urn:nbn:ch:serval-BIB_33A1F83963193 info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Copying allowed only for non-profit organizations https://serval.unil.ch/disclaimer application/pdf oai:serval.unil.ch:BIB_33A255F82CDD 2022-05-07T01:14:47Z <oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"> https://serval.unil.ch/notice/serval:BIB_33A255F82CDD Caspase-induced inactivation of the anti-apoptotic TRAF1 during Fas ligand-mediated apoptosis. info:doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(00)01206-0 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/S0014-5793(00)01206-0 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/10692572 Irmler, M. Steiner, V. Ruegg, C. Wajant, H. Tschopp, J. info:eu-repo/semantics/article article 2000 FEBS Letters, vol. 468, no. 2-3, pp. 129-133 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pissn/0014-5793 urn:issn:0014-5793 <![CDATA[The activation of the transcription factor NF-kappaB often results in protection against apoptosis. In particular, pro-apoptotic tumor necrosis factor (TNF) signals are blocked by proteins that are induced by NF-kappaB such as TNFR-associated factor 1 (TRAF1). Here we show that TRAF1 is cleaved after Asp-163 when cells are induced to undergo apoptosis by Fas ligand (FasL). The C-terminal cleavage product blocks the induction of NF-kappaB by TNF and therefore functions as a dominant negative (DN) form of TRAF1. Our results suggest that the generation of DN-TRAF1 is part of a pro-apoptotic amplification system to assure rapid cell death

Les comportements face au VIH/sida des hommes qui ont des relations sexuelles avec des hommes: enquête Gaysurvey 2012

Gaysurvey est une enquête menée périodiquement en Suisse parmi les hommes qui ont des relations sexuelles avec des hommes (HSH). Elle s'inscrit dans le dispositif de surveillance du VIH, établi par l'Office fédéral de la santé publique, en tant qu'instrument de suivi des comportements face au VIH/Sida dans ce groupe cible. Elle a déjà été réalisée à neuf reprises : en 1987, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2007 et 2009. En 2010, l'enquête européenne EMIS a permis d'obtenir certains indicateurs qui sont présentés avec les données des enquêtes Gaysurvey lorsqu'ils sont disponibles. Les résultats de cette enquête servent directement au pilotage et à l'évaluation de la stratégie de lutte contre le VIH/Sida en Suisse, telle qu'elle a été définie par l'OFSP et ses partenaires. Elle permet d'établir des tendances temporelles au niveau des pratiques sexuelles et des expositions au risque d'infection par le VIH. Elle permet, en outre, d'approfondir certaines thématiques pertinentes pour le travail de prévention (gestion du risque au sein d'une relation stable, entrée dans la sexualité, pratiques de réduction des risques). Ce rapport a pour objectif de faire la synthèse des tendances, mises à jour lors de la dernière vague d'enquête réalisée en 2012. [Introduction p. 17]]]> Homosexuality, Male ; Sexual Behavior ; HIV Infections ; HIV Infections/prevention &amp; control ; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/prevention &amp; control ; Switzerland fre https://serval.unil.ch/resource/serval:BIB_5F60CC208F4C.P001/REF.pdf http://nbn-resolving.org/urn/resolver.pl?urn=urn:nbn:ch:serval-BIB_5F60CC208F4C5 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/urn/urn:nbn:ch:serval-BIB_5F60CC208F4C5 info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Copying allowed only for non-profit organizations https://serval.unil.ch/disclaimer application/pdf oai:serval.unil.ch:BIB_5F39CE24ECD1 2022-05-07T01:18:53Z <oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"> https://serval.unil.ch/notice/serval:BIB_5F39CE24ECD1 Repression and Protest Structural Models and Strategic Interactions info:doi:10.3917/rfsp.616.1047 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3917/rfsp.616.1047 Combes, H. Fillieule, O. info:eu-repo/semantics/article article 2011 Revue francaise de science politique (English), vol. 61, no. 6, pp. 1047-1072 <![CDATA[The recent wave of upheavals and revolts in Northern Africa and the Middle East goes back to an old question often raised by theories of collective action: does repression act as a negative or positive incentive for further mobilization? Through a review of the vast literature devoted to this question, this article aims to go beyond theoretical and methodological dead-ends. The article moves on to non-Western settings in order to better understand, via a macro-sociological and dynamic approach, the causal effects between mobilizations and repression. It pleads for a meso- and micro-level approach to this issue: an approach that puts analytical emphasis both on protest organizations and on individual activists' careers

Partager la décision thérapeutique dans des cliniques contraintes ? Enquête en milieu psychiatrique, carcéral et migratoire [Can therapeutic decision-making be shared in clinical contexts that involve constraint? An investigation into psychiatric, prison, and migratory settings]

La décision thérapeutique partagée est une notion dont la valeur est incontestable dans la pratique clinique contemporaine. Son caractère d’évidence ne devrait toutefois pas faire illusion : elle reste située et doit se négocier dans des contextes variés. Dans cette étude qualitative, il s’agit de la questionner dans des cliniques réputées difficiles (troubles psychotiques, prison et migration) en analysant les discours des institutions, des soignants et des patients. Il en ressort que l’attente légitime d’une pratique des soins la plus démocratique possible ne peut faire l’économie de compromis de la part de ses acteurs, ni oublier l’importance du soutien actif des institutions qui les encadrent. [Shared decision making is a concept whose value is indisputable in contemporary clinical practice. However, its obvious nature should not be misleading: it remains situated and must be negotiated in a variety of contexts. In this qualitative study, we question shared decision making in clinics deemed to be difficult (psychotic disorders, prison and migration), by analysing the discourses of institutions, healthcare professionals and patients. It is concluded that the legitimate expectation of the most democratic possible care practice cannot avoid compromises on the part of its actors, nor can it forget the importance of the active support of the institutions that supervise them. ]]]> shared decision-making; autonomy; psychiatry; prison clinic; migration clinic fre https://serval.unil.ch/resource/serval:BIB_1C859D53F304.P001/REF.pdf info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Restricted: indefinite embargo Copying allowed only for non-profit organizations https://serval.unil.ch/disclaimer application/pdf oai:serval.unil.ch:BIB_1C85A07E048E 2022-05-07T01:11:55Z openaire documents urnserval <oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"> https://serval.unil.ch/notice/serval:BIB_1C85A07E048E High levels of multiple Wolbachia infection and recombination in the ant Formica exsecta info:doi:10.1093/molbev/msg082 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1093/molbev/msg082 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/12679529 Reuter, M. Keller, L. info:eu-repo/semantics/article article 2003-05 Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 748-53 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pissn/0737-4038 <![CDATA[Wolbachia bacteria are intracellular symbionts of many arthropod species. Their spread through host populations is promoted by drastic alterations imposed on their hosts' reproductive physiology. In the present study, we analyzed the association between Wolbachia strains and host mitochondrial haplotypes in a Swiss population of the ant Formica exsecta. In this species, female dispersal is extremely limited and the mitochondrial haplotypes are strongly differentiated between and within subpopulations. Our study revealed exceptionally high levels of multiple infection, with all ants harboring four or five distinct Wolbachia strains. Four of these strains were present in all ants analyzed. A fifth strain was associated with only three of the five mitochondrial haplotypes. An analysis of the Wolbachia gene wsp further revealed an unexpected high rate of recombination, with three of the five Wolbachia strains appearing to have arisen by homologous recombination

Toxicomanie dans le canton de Vaud: période d'évaluation 2002-2004. Cahier 1

Le présent rapport, qui porte sur la période 2002-2004, comporte deux cahiers distincts. Le premier reprend les synthèses du suivi des divers types de structures. Il présente l'évolution des principales composantes épidémiologiques de la toxicomanie, ainsi que les résultats de deux études spécifiques menées en 2003 et 2004 : une enquête sur le rôle des pharmacies dans la réduction des risques et dans la prise en charge des personnes toxicodépendantes et une étude sur la consommation de drogues de synthèse et de cocaïne en milieu festif. [P. 5]]]> Substance-Related Disorders ; Substance Abuse Treatment Centers ; Prisons ; Syringes ; Evaluation Studies ; Switzerland ; Vaud fre https://serval.unil.ch/resource/serval:BIB_6A4ADD73EF29.P001/REF.pdf http://nbn-resolving.org/urn/resolver.pl?urn=urn:nbn:ch:serval-BIB_6A4ADD73EF297 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/urn/urn:nbn:ch:serval-BIB_6A4ADD73EF297 info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Copying allowed only for non-profit organizations https://serval.unil.ch/disclaimer application/pdf oai:serval.unil.ch:BIB_6A3D70FC3C8D 2022-05-07T01:19:46Z <oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"> https://serval.unil.ch/notice/serval:BIB_6A3D70FC3C8D Svizzera italiana. Per la storia linguistica di un'espressione geografica urn:isbn:978-884675686-2 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/isbn/978-884675686-2 Morinini, Ariele (ed.) Tomasin, Lorenzo (ed.) info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject proceedings 2019-12-20 Storia della lingua, Svizzera italiana ita oai:serval.unil.ch:BIB_6A3DAAB7EC60 2022-05-07T01:19:46Z <oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"> https://serval.unil.ch/notice/serval:BIB_6A3DAAB7EC60 Species- and nestmate brood discrimination in the sibling wood ant species Formica paralugubris and Formica lugubris Maeder, A. Freitag, A. Cherix, D. info:eu-repo/semantics/article article 2005 Annales Zoologici Fennici, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 201-212 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pissn/0003-455X <![CDATA[Formica lugubris and E paralugubris are sympatric sibling species of wood ants, both of which are widely distributed in Switzerland. Until 1996 they were considered the same species, E lugubris. To investigate whether the two species can be distinguished based on discrimination cues used by the workers we used the pupa-carrying test first introduced by Rainer Rosengren. In this test workers of discriminator colonies are faced with two kinds of pupae and their preferences for one of the types are recorded based on differential retrieval. Interspecific comparisons showed that ants preferred conspecific worker pupae to those of the sibling species regardless whether the pupae were con-colonial or hetero-colonial. Hence, this test can be used as a taxonomic tool to identify wood ants hardly distinguishable by morphological characters. In intraspecific comparisons the highly polygynous (many queens per colony) E paralugubris, the polygynous form of E lugubris and the monogynous (single queen per nest) to weakly polygynous form of E lugubris expressed different trends in their preference behaviour (with nestmate recognition in 14%, 20% and 31% of replicates, respectively). Only F paralugubris presented no significant nestmate recognition