\u27Love the sinner, hate the sin\u27: Reality or fiction?

Do religious individuals “love the sinner, but hate the sin?” More specifically, is relatively higher intrinsic religious orientation linked to tolerant attitudes toward gays and lesbians, yet condemnation of homosexual behaviour? There have been conflicting conclusions within the relevant literature in answering this question (Batson, Floyd, Meyer, & Winner, 1999; Fisher, Derison, Polley III, Cadman, & Johnston, 1994; Fulton, Gorsuch, & Maynard, 1999). 169 undergraduate students completed several scales measuring religious orientation, church teaching of “love the sinner, hate the sin, and scales measuring attitude toward both homosexual people and homosexual behaviour. Intrinsic religion was associated with relatively less tolerance toward gays and lesbians if one did not account for religious fundamentalism, or church teaching of “love the sinner, hate the sin. After partialling out fundamentalism, the relationship between intrinsic religion and relatively less tolerance became nonsignificant. Also, an interaction between church teaching of “love the sinner, hate the sin” and relatively higher intrinsic religious orientation scores clarified previous conflicting research. It was concluded from the present study that some individuals (higher intrinsic religious orientation) who attended religious groups that scored higher in church teaching of “love the sinner, hate the sin were more tolerant of homosexual people, yet less tolerant of homosexual behaviour. However, the majority of people involved in this study did not make a distinction between homosexual behaviour and homosexual people. it is suggested that further research could refine this discovery

Hermetia illucens L. (Diptera, Stratiomyidae), nova tujerodna invazivna vrsta v Sloveniji

The black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) was for the first time recorded in August 2009 for the territories of Slovenia. In 2010, the black soldier fly was found on several places in the coastal region of Primorska and in Ljubljana. The way of introduction and possible effects to other species are discussed.Muha vrste Hermetia illucens je bila na ozemlju Slovenije prvič najdena v avgustu l. 2009. Leta 2010 smo jo našli na več krajih obalnega dela Primorske in v Ljubljani. Razpravljava o načinu vnosa in možnih vplivih na druge vrste

A 37 kb region upstream of brachyury comprising a notochord enhancer is essential for notochord and tail development

The node-streak border region comprising notochord progenitor cells (NPCs) at the posterior node and neuro-mesodermal progenitor cells (NMPs) in the adjacent epiblast is the prime organizing center for axial elongation in mouse embryos. The T-box transcription factor brachyury (T) is essential for both formation of the notochord and maintenance of NMPs, and thus is a key regulator of trunk and tail development. The T promoter controlling T expression in NMPs and nascent mesoderm has been characterized in detail; however, control elements for T expression in the notochord have not been identified yet. We have generated a series of deletion alleles by CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing in mESCs, and analyzed their effects in mutant mouse embryos. We identified a 37 kb region upstream of T that is essential for notochord function and tailbud outgrowth. Within that region, we discovered a T-binding enhancer required for notochord cell specification and differentiation. Our data reveal a complex regulatory landscape controlling cell type-specific expression and function of T in NMP/nascent mesoderm and node/notochord, allowing proper trunk and tail development

A 37 kb region upstream of brachyury comprising a notochord enhancer is essential for notochord and tail development

The node-streak border region comprising notochord progenitor cells (NPCs) at the posterior node and neuro-mesodermal progenitor cells (NMPs) in the adjacent epiblast is the prime organizing center for axial elongation in mouse embryos. The T-box transcription factor brachyury (T) is essential for both formation of the notochord and maintenance of NMPs, and thus is a key regulator of trunk and tail development. The T promoter controlling T expression in NMPs and nascent mesoderm has been characterized in detail; however, control elements for T expression in the notochord have not been identified yet. We have generated a series of deletion alleles by CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing in mESCs, and analyzed their effects in mutant mouse embryos. We identified a 37 kb region upstream of T that is essential for notochord function and tailbud outgrowth. Within that region, we discovered a T-binding enhancer required for notochord cell specification and differentiation. Our data reveal a complex regulatory landscape controlling cell type-specific expression and function of T in NMP/nascent mesoderm and node/notochord, allowing proper trunk and tail development