Interesting diatoms from a special habitat

The epiphytic diatoms of the soda ponds of bomb craters were sampled in 2014. The small ponds (area: 7.1-86.5 m2, depth: 4 to 60 cm) are located in the northern part of the Kiskunság National Park (47°7.403 'N, 19°8.187'E), near the village of Apaj in Hungary. Their salinity ranges from fresh water to moderately saline levels (conductivity of 1.3 to 7.1 mS cm-1). This area has patchy surface salinization, because the flow pattern of groundwater results extensive surface salinization in those discharge areas where the infiltrating freshwater does not superimpose the upwelling saline water. The salts origin from the overpressured NaCl-type water of the Pre-Neogene basement and the NaHCO3-type water of the Neogene sediments. The ponds can be characterized by different areal extent, depth and salinity, various conductivity, hydroperiod (1–9 months, the deepest ones do not dry out in years with high amount of precipitation due to probably more or less continuous supply by groundwater), plant coverage and width of macrophyte belt. All of the ponds were sampled except for the ones with very short (shorter than one month) hydroperiod. A total of 80 diatom taxa, representing 33 genera, were identified in these ponds. The genus Nitzschia was represented by the largest number of species (16), followed by the genus Gomphonema with 9 taxa. IndVal analysis identified 15 species with significant indicator values for ponds. Some interesting, rare or new diatoms for Hungarian flora have also been recorded, including Gomphonema jadwigiae, Halamphora dominici, Navicula wiesneri, Nitzschia austriaca, N. vitrea, Surirella peisonis

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Korrelációk és magyarázataik = Correlations and their explanation

A kutatások során az alábbi területeken értünk el eredményeket: Valószínűségi elméletek kauzális zártsága Reichenbachi-i közös ok rendszerek vizsgálata Kvantum korrelációk közös ok típusú magyarázatainak lehetősége Kvantum valószínűségelmélet története és interpretációs kérdései Speciális reletivitáselmélet filozófiai problémái A kutatási eredményeket 24 publikácóban közöltük (ezek között 19 angol nyelvű, melyekből 10 a referált nemzetközi folyóiratban megjelent ill. közlésre elfogadott dolgozat), és előkészületben van két könyv: egy a valószínűségi kauzalitás területén folytatott kutatásainkat foglalja össze, egy másik a relativitáselmélet alapjairól. Részben a jelen OTKA támogatásával készült el a Neumann János válogatott leveleit tartalmazó kötet, amely az American Mathematical Society kiadásában jelent meg 2005-ben. A pályázat résztvevői tartottak továbbá 15 nemzetközi konferencia és 14 egyéb (szemináriumi és meghívott) előadást. 2005 szeptemberében a European Science Foundation támogatásával (a jelen OTKA pályázatból egy minimális összeget fölhasználva) Budapesten a pályázat résztvevői nemzetközi konferenciát szerveztek ''Philosophical and Foundational Issues in Quantum Theory'' címmel. | Results were obtained in the following areas: Causal closedness of probabilistic theories Investigation of Reichenbachian Common Cause Systems Common cause explanation of quantum correlations History and interpretational problems of non-commutative probability theory Philosophical problems of the Special Theory of Relativity The results of research have been published in 24 publications (19 in English, of which 10 is in peer reviewed international journals). Two books are in preparation: one summarizing our results on probabilistic causation; another on the foundations of the Special Theory of Relativity. The volume ''John von Neumann: Selected Letters'', published in 2005 by the American Mathematical Society, has also been supported in part by the present OTKA grant. Participants of the team have delivered talks at 15 international conferences and have given 14 invited seminar talks. A small amount of the grant has been used to finance the European Science Foundation conference '' Philosophical and Foundational Issues in Quantum Theory'' in Budapest (September 2005), organized by the participants of the current OTKA grant

Scrutinising the British Monarchy: The corporate brand that was shaken, stirred and survived

Purpose – The principal purposes of this article are to provide normative advice in terms of managing the British Monarchy as a Corporate Heritage Brand and to reveal the efficacy of examining a brand’s history for corporate heritage brands generally. Design/methodology/approach – Taking a case history approach, this article examines critical events in the Crown’s history. This article is also informed by the diverse literatures on the British Monarchy and also marshals the identity literatures and the nascent literature relating to corporate brands. Six critical incidents that have shaped the monarchy over the last millennium provide the principal data source for this article. Findings - In scrutinising key events from the institution’s historiography it was found that the management and maintenance of the Crown as a corporate brand entail concern with issues relating to (1) continuity (maintaining heritage and symbolism), (2) visibility (having a meaningful and prominent public profile), (3) strategy (anticipating and enacting change), (4) sensitivity (rapid response to crises), (5) respectability (retaining public favour), and (6) empathy (acknowledging that brand ownership resides with the public). Taking an integrationist perspective, the efficacy of adopting a corporate marketing approach/philosophy is also highlighted. Research limitations – The insights derived from this article are based on the extant literatures on the Monarchy: richer insights would, of course, be derived from undertaking research within the institution. However, the difficulty in gaining access to the Royal Household in undertaking empirical/publishable research renders most methodologies currently used within management research virtually unavailable. Practical implications – There are two. In terms of the Crown a new tripartite dictum is offered which is broader in scope than Bagehot’s and takes account of the Monarchy’s constitutional, societal and symbolic obligations. As such, the Crown should be Dutiful to the tenets of a constitutional monarchy; Devoted to the peoples of the realm and Dedicated to maintaining royal symbolism. In terms of the management of corporate brands/heritage brands a five- faceted approach/modus operandi is introduced which is called: ‚Chronicling the Corporate Brand.‛ These are: (a) chronicling the brand’s history; (b) assembling a cross-section of individuals to set down the corporate brand narrative; (c) documenting and communicating the insights from the aforementioned (d) marshalling the narrative vis a vis corporate brand management/crisis management; (e) revisiting the brand’s history for new insights. Originality/value – This is one of the first articles to examine the British Monarchy through a corporate branding lens. It confirms that the Crown is analogous to a corporate brand and, therefore, ought to be managed as such