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A Narrow Escape. High-energy Comminuted Fractures of Sacrum and Pelvis - are they always associated with neurological deficits? A report of two cases.

Raj, Nijanth M, Chohan, Shakil A, Prasanna, Kappaganthu V · South East Asia Journal of Medical Sciences;

High-energy impact sacral fractures after polytrauma are often assumed to be associated with significant neurological damage especially when the fractures are in Denis Zones 2 & 3 where the sacral foramina and canal are…

Herpetofaunal diversity and community structure at Lake Nabugabo and surrounding Ramsar area wetlands in southern Uganda

Behangana, M., Aluziyo, C., Dendi, D., Luiselli, L., Hughes, D.F., Greenbaum, E. · Life and Environment;

Community ecology patterns are poorly understood in Uganda, as well as in the rest of East Africa. Therefore, the aim of the study was to determine the patterns of diversity and distribution of reptiles and amphibians i…

Truncatoflabellum madrasensis sp. nov. - A new ahermatypic coral species from India and a checklist of species of the genus Truncatoflabellum from the Indian Ocean

Yambem Tenjing, S., Krishnan, P., Deepak Samuel, V., Purvaja, R. · Life and Environment;

A new species of scleractinian coral of the genus Truncatoflabellum Cairns, 1989 (Family Flabellidae), Truncatoflabellum madrasensis sp. nov. was described based on specimens collected from Chennai (east coast of India)…

The distribution and systematic status of cichlid fishes (Teleostei, Cichliformes: Cichlidae) from Morocco

Louizi, H., Agnese, J.-F., Bitja Nyom, A. R., De Buron, I., Berrada Rkhami, O., Benhoussa, A., Qninba, A., Pariselle, A. · Life and Environment;

Cichlids in Morocco are relict populations of the fauna that was extant during the last glacial episodes. In recent millennia, these fishes underwent numerous bottleneck episodes that led to a significant reduction in t…

Reproductive characteristics of the anemone fishes Amphiprion ocellaris and A. Perideraion from eastern coast of Peninsular Malaysia

Tan, I.V., Arai, T. · Life and Environment;

In order to understand the reproductive ecology of the anemone fishes, Amphiprion ocellaris and A. perideraion, the maturation variables gonadosomatic index (GSI) and fecundity were examined throughout the year on the e…

Internal waves in the bay of La Paz, southern Gulf of California , Mexico

Coria-Monter, E., Salas De León, D.A., Monreal-Gómez, M.A., Durán-Campos, E. · Life and Environment;

Internal waves in the Bay of La Paz, southern Gulf of California, Mexico, are evidenced by variations in vertical profiles of chlorophyll-a and temperature, which showed vertical displacements between down-up cast profi…

Porcellio laevis (Crustacea, Isopoda) from soil detritivore to vegetable crop pest: case study of the melon (Cucumis melo L: Cucurbitaceae)

Amari, T., Zaabar, W., Semmar, N., Souty-Grosset, C., Achouri, M.S. · Life and Environment;

Terrestrial isopods play a particularly important ecosystem function in mineralizing organic matter but, according to the species and the cultivated agroecosystem, their status of pest is yet to be confirmed. In this co…

Biometric and diet of the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) in its arid wintering areas of North Africa

Bada, L., Si Bachir, A., Ghazi, C. · Life and Environment;

Biometric and diet of the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758) in its wintering areas in northeastern Algeria was studied following the body measurements and analysis of 117 gizzard contents from November…

Body mass and trophic level variations in relation to habitat disturbance in a set of mammal species

Battisti, C., Fanelli, G., Cerfolli, F., Amori, G., Luiselli, L. · Life and Environment;

ABSTRACT . - We tested whether the species linked to progressively disturbed environments differed in terms of their body size and trophic level. We used a set of mammal species from a region of central Italy (Latium),…

New records of birds in stomach contents of marine apex predators from the north Atlantic ocean and Mediterranean sea

García-Barcelona, S., Varela, J. L., Díez-García, I. P., Pauly-Salinas, M., Báez, J. C. · Life and Environment;

Predation on seabirds by sharks or other large predators is a poorly documented issue. The blue shark is a known generalist predator that feeds on seabirds, among other prey. Bluefin tuna is a well-studied species, but…

Fish diversity and structure in the Banco stream (Banco National Park, Ivory Coast)

Yao, A. A., Konan, M. K., Ouattara, A., Gourene, G. · Life and Environment;

The fish fauna in the Banco Stream has been investigated to update the inventory of the fish species in this stream in order to establish a basis for the conservation of these fish communities and their habitat. Seven s…

New locality records and morphological characterization of the invasive crab population Percnon gibbesi (Decapoda: Grapsoidea) in the extreme west of the gulf of Annaba (Algeria)

Menail, A. A., Rachedi, M., Derbal, F. · Life and Environment;

This study describes for the first time the presence of the subtropical crab Percnon gibbesi (H. Milne Edwards, 1853) on east Algerian coasts. The morphology was studied on 102 individuals (10.2 ≤ length of carapace ≤ 4…

Insights into the ecology of Cryptorchestia garbinii on the shores of the urban lake Tegel (Berlin, Germany)

Fanini, L., Coleman, C. O., Lowry, J. K. · Life and Environment;

Talitrid amphipods find their optimal zonation in humid substrates, from the supralittoral of sandy beaches, to damp wracks cast up on river and lake banks, to the moist soil of gardens, and are known to adjust behavior…

Między amnezją i anamnezą Indywidualna pamięć historyczna wobec dominujących narracji

Firlej, Agata · Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne;

Szesnasty numer „Poznańskich Studiów Slawistycznych" dotyczy problemu jednostkowej pamięci historycznej i kulturowej oraz jej repre­zentacji wobec kolektywnego zapominania i odpominania. Na obszarze Słowiańszczyzny i Ba…

Gabriele D'Annunzio and Two Contemporary Art Projects

Badurina, Natka · Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne;

The centennnial of D'Annunzio's occupation of Rijeka (September 1919 - January 1921) confronts the professions dealing with it - historiography, memory studies, public history, cultural management - with the problem of…

Does the Form Serve Surviving? The Experience of Inheriting the Memory of the Holocaust and Psychological Functions of It's Narrativization in Prose of Magdalena Tulli

Адельгейм, Ирина · Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne;

The article considers the experience of inheriting the traumatic memory in prose of Magdalena Tulli and autopsychotherapeutic functions of it's narrativization with the help of elements of psychotherapeutic methods (fam…

Jidišismy, bohemismy a prvky středoevropského jazykového svazu v paměti českých Němců: Slovník české němčiny jako příklad strážce jazykové a kulturní paměti

Balík, Štěpán · Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne;

In the collective memory of Czech Germans as it is saved and presented in published volumes of Sudetendeutsches Wörterbuch and its Catalogue in Gießen (Collegium Carolinum), there are not only many cases of Bohemisms, b…

The Land of Light, the Land of Shadow. About the Autobiographic Prose of Faruk Šehić

Bukwalt, Miłosz · Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne;

This article is the first attempt in Poland to examine the following issues in The Book of Una, the novel by Faruk Šehić: the problems of autobiographic memory, war trauma, going through the trauma situation in a creati…

Birth Rituals and Cultural Memory of Albanian Diaspora in Ukraine

Dugushina, Alexandra · Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne;

The article is devoted to the traditional birth rituals of Albanians of Ukraine reflected in their cultural memory. Several migrations from the South Albania since XV-XVI century, following by different geographic, poli…

Spacing of Memory in The Book of My Lives by Aleksandar Hemon

Durić, Dejan · Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne;

The paper examines the memoir The Book of My Lives by Bosnian-American writer Aleksandar Hemon. This non-fiction work explores the author's childhood in the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina before the collapse of Yugos…

The Importance of Being Present: A Comparative Reading of Montaigne, Baudelaire, Canetti and Desnica

Kalinić, Snežana · Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne;

Even though they are different in many ways, Montaigne's essay "Of Experience", Baudelaire's poem "The Clock", Canetti's play The Numbered, and Desnica's novel The Springtimes of Ivan Galeb share a common trait. They al…

Dialogue Document Without a Dialogue: Current Debates on World War II in Croatia

Koren, Snježana · Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne;

The article deals with the recent controversies over the interpretations of World War II. The dominant narrative of World War II, which was created after 1945 to ensure the basis of legitimacy for the Yugoslav Communist…

Forgetting Strategies in (Re)structuring Collective Memory of Goranʼs Poem The Pit

Levanat-Peričić, Miranda · Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne;

Since the (re) structuring collective memory always implies particular political processes, in the case of Ivan Goran Kovačić and his narrative poem The Pit (Jama), the fundamental text of the Partisan canon of Croatian…

The Troubles with Memory - the Image of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Translation of Miljenko Jergović's Story Gurbet from The Second Kiss of Gita Danon

Maćkowiak-Kruczek, Maja · Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne;

The paper discusses the issue of cultural memory in a translation of literary text. Based on material of Miljenko Jergović's story Gurbet and its Polish translation, the article shows how elements of source cultural mem…

Language of Concealment and the Word for "G". Who Are the Heroes of the Queer Before Gay Time?

Nowak, Tomasz Łukasz · Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne;

Who (and what) was silent about the story told by heteronormative society? And how is the fragment of this story seen by "Others"? The article shows that the time of "queer before gay" includes (in Polish) not only well…