ARCHIVES OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Vol. 65, No. 3, 2013

CONTENTS


Scientific Papers

 

Shao-Hua Chen, Lixiong Ying, Chenjiao Wu, Qunyan Wang, and You-Ming Li

Pro12Ala substitution in the peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma (PPARy) gene and

non-alcoholic fatty liver disease ................................................................................................................................................. 809

 

Muhammad Ali Rajput, Rafeeq A. Khan, and Zeeshan Feroz

Evaluation of antiepileptic activity of the methanol extract of Trachyspermum ammi (L.) ................................................ 815

 

Minghuan Li, Yuhui Liu, Bingjie Fan, and Jinming Yu

Determining the lymph node clinical target volume of upper esophageal carcinoma with

computed tomography .................................................................................................................................................................. 821

 

I. Pajović, D. Petrić, R. Bellini, Snežana Dragićević, and Ljiljana Pajović

Stegomyia albopicta Skuse, 1894 (Diptera: Culicidae) on Luštica Peninsula 2011-2012 (Montenegro) ........................ .829

 

Zhizhong Gao, and Feng Zhang

Pseudoscorpions from Laos: description of a new species and new records

(Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) .................................................................................................................................................. 839

 

Jacek Patykowski, and Jeremi Kołodziejek

Comparative analysis of antioxidant activity in leaves of different hosts infected by

mistletoe (Viscum album L. subsp. album) ................................................................................................................................ 851

 

Lizong Hu, Shufen Li, and Wujun Gao

Expression, divergence and evolution of the caleosin gene family in Brassica rapa ........................................................ 863

 

A. Jakubska-Busse, M. Śliwiński, and M. Kobyłka

Identification of biaoctive components of essential oils of Heracleum sosnowskyi

and Heracleum mantegazzianum (Apiaceae) ........................................................................................................................... 877

 

Desanka Cenić-Milošević, Z. Tambur, S. Ivančajić, D. Bokonjić, Anika Ćuković, Tatjana Stanojković,

Nađa Grozdanić, Z. Kulišić, and Zorica Juranić

Antiproliferative effects of Camellia sinensis, Frangula alnus, and Rosmarinus officinalis .......................................... 885

 

S. M. Stamenković, Svetlana S. Ristić, Tatjana L. Đekić, Tatjana Lj. Mitrović, and Rada M. Baošić

Air quality indication in Blace (Southeastern Serbia) using lichens as bioindicators ........................................................ 893

 

S. Tasić, D. Obradović, and Irena Tasić

Characterization of Serratia fonticola, an oportunic pathogen isolated from drinking water .......................................... 899

 

Dragana Petrović-Kosanović, V. Ajdžanović, Maja Čakić-Milošević, Vesna Koko, and Verica Milošević

The effects of acute heat stress on proliferative and apoptotic processes in the rat adrenal cortex ............................... 905

 

Mohammad D. Bazzi, Mushari Quazani, Nayyar Rabbani, Ajamaluddin Malik, Mohammed Al Hasan,

Mohammed S. Elrobh, and Abdulrahman M. Al Senaidy

Glycated hemoglobin in camel: minimal correlation with blood glucose level ...................................................................... 911

 

Gordana Cvijić, Iva Lakić, P. Vujović, N. Jasnić, S. Đurašević, Slađana Dronjak-Čučaković,

and Jelena Đorđević

Single and combined effects of acute and chronic nonthermal stressors on rat interscapular brown

adipose tissue metabolic activity ................................................................................................................................................ 919

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Min Kook Kang, and Seung Jin Han

NIR is a nucleolar RNA-binding protein that is involved in the cell proliferation .............................................................. .929

 

Anastasiya M. Kaneva, Natalya N. Potolitsyna, and E. R. Bojko

Concentration of apolipoprotein-E in high density lipoproteins of human blood plasma ................................................. 939

 

Jose Reyes Gonzalez-Galaviz, Libia Zulema Rodriguez-Anaya, Zinnia Judith Molina-Garza,

Jose Cuauhtemoc Ibarra-Gamez, and Lucio Galaviz-Silva

Genotyping of white spot syndrome virus on wild and farm crustaceans from Sonora, Mexico ...................................... 945

 

Dolores Opačić, Zorica Lepšanović, and Gorica Sbutega-Milošević

In vitro activity of chlorhexidine gluconate against methicillin-resistant and -sensitive

Staphylococcus aureus strains ................................................................................................................................................... 949

 

Milica Ljaljević-Grbić, M. Stupar, Jelena Vukojević, Ivana Maričić, and Nataša Bungur

Molds in museum environments: biodeterioration of art photographs and wooden sculptures ...................................... 955

 

Svetlana Georgieva, B. Popov, and V. Petrov

Genotoxic effects of copper sulfate in rabbits ........................................................................................................................... 963

 

N. Labus, Milena Cvijanović, and Tanja Vukov

Sexual size and shape dimorphism in Salamandra salamandra (Amphibia, Caudata, Salamandridae)

from the Central Balkans ............................................................................................................................................................... 969

 

Danica Dimitrijević, Branka Janać, M. Anđelković, and Tatjana Savić

Spontaneous locomotor activity of Drosophila subobscura under controlled laboratory conditions ........................... 977

 

Tarkan Yorulmaz, Jan Zima, Atilla Arslan, and Tolga Kankilic

Variations in C-heterochromatin and AgNOR distribution in the common vole

(Microtus arvalis sensu lato) (Mammalia: Rodentia) .............................................................................................................. 989

 

Christian J. Salvadeo, Salvador E. Lluch-Cota, Martin O. Maravilla-Chavez, Sergio T. Alvarez-Castaneda,

Milena Mercuri, and Alfredo Ortega-Rubio

Impact of climate change on sustainable management of gray whale (Eschrictius robustus) populations:

whale-watching and conservation .............................................................................................................................................. 997

 

B. Milchev, D. Chobanov, and N. Simov

Diet and foraging habitats of non-breeding white storks (Ciconia ciconia) in Bulgaria ................................................ 1007

 

S. Ž. Stamenković, and Rada Matić

Morphological correlates of prey consumed by Podarcis melisellensis (Braun, 1877) and

P. siculus (Rafinesque, 1810) (Sauria, Lacertidae) from two mainland regions in the eastern Adriatic area ................. 1015

 

V. Žikić, S. S. Stanković, A. Petrović, Marijana Ilić-Milošević, and Kees van Achterberg

Parasitoid complex of Zygaena filipendulae L. (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae) ...................................................................... 1027

 

Tijana Nikolić, D. Radišić, Dubravka Milić, V. Marković, Sonja Trifunov, Snežana Jovičić,

Smiljka Šimić, and A. Vujić

Models of the potential distribution and habitat preferences of the genus Pipiza (Syrphidae: Diptera)

on the Balkan Peninsula ............................................................................................................................................................. 1037

 

Janina Bennewicz, T. Barczak, and M. Korczyński

Urban greenery aphids (Hemiptera, Aphididae) ..................................................................................................................... 1053

 

Javaid Ahmad Shah, and Ashok Kumar Pandit

Seasonal succession of crustacean zooplankton in Wular Lake of the Kashmir Himalaya ............................................. 1063

 

P. Pap, B. Ranković, and S. Maširević

Influence of temperature, relative humidity and light on conidial germination of oak powdery mildew

(Microsphaera alphitoides Griff. et Maubl.) in controlled conditions ............................................................................... 1069

 

Agnieszka Stefaniak, Sylwia Ziemkiewicz, Małgorzata Karczewska, Alicja Klejps, and Anna Jakubska-Busse

The current condition of the Orchidaceae populations in Polish National Parks ............................................................. 1079

 

Lj. Rakonjac, Zagorka Tomić, R. Nevenić, A. Lučić, Tatjana Ćirković-Mitrović, V. Popović,

and Ljiljana Brašanac-Bosanac

Possibility of application of international phytocenological nomenclature in Serbia ...................................................... 1087

 

V. Popović, A. Lučić, Mirjana Šijačić-Nikolić, Tatjana Ćirković-Mitrović, Ljubinko Rakonjac

and Ljiljana Brašanac-Bosanac

Analysis of intrapopulation variability of bald cypress (Taxodium distichum L. Rich.) in a seed stand

near Bačka Palanka using morphometric markers .................................................................................................................. 1093

 

A. A. Abdulrahaman, O. O. Bamidele and F. A. Oladele

Wood of Gliricidia sepium as a potential source of dietary fiber ...................................................................................... 1105

 

Nadia Dar, Mehwish Javed and Zahoor Qadir Samra

Immunochemical and pcr analysis of Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin B (seb) in milk and fruit juices

collected in Lahore, Pakistan ..................................................................................................................................................... 1113

 

Jelka Strgar, Mateja Pilih, Marijan Pogačnik and Dragan Žnidarčič

Knowledge of medicinal plants and their uses among secondary and grammar school students:

a case study from Slovenia ........................................................................................................................................................ 1123

 

Nurfathiha Abu Kasim, Shahrul Hisham Zainal Ariffin, Muhammad Ashraf Shahidan,

Intan Zarina Zainol Abidin, Sahidan Senafi, Abdul Aziz Jemain and Rohaya Megat Abdul Wahab

Stability of lactate dehydrogenase, aspartate aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase and tartrate resistant

acid phosphatase in human saliva and gingival crevicular fluid in the presence of protease inhibitor ........................ 1131

 

D. M. Pavlović, Aleksandra M. Pavlović and Maja Lačković

Correlation of cognitive decline and behavioral changes in patients with presenile

and senile onset Alzheimer’s disease ...................................................................................................................................... 1141

 

Маја Sazdanović, Slobodanka Mitrović, Ivana Živanović-Mačužic, D. Jeremić, Irena Tanasković,

Z. Milosavljević, A. Maliković, Neda Ognjanović, P. Sazdanović, B. Jovanović, J. Jovanović,

M. Todorović and J. Toševski

Sexual dimorphism of medium-sized neurons with spines in human nucleus accumbens .............................................. 1149

 

Anđelka Šćepanović, Andrej Perović and Verica Božić-Krstić

Nutritional status (BMI) in children suffering from asthma ................................................................................................. 1157

 

D. Jeremić, Sanja Kocić, Maja Vulović, Maja Sazdanović, P. Sazdanović, B. Jovanović, J. Jovanović,

Z. Milanović, Nela Đonović, Aleksandra Simović, Katarina Parezanović-Ilić, A. Maliković,

J. Toševski1 and Ivana Živanović-Mačužić

Anthropometric study of the facial index in the population of central Serbia .................................................................. 1163

 

Jasminka Nedeljković, S. Rakić Adrović, B. Lazić, V. Kovačević, G. Lončarević, M. Kanazir, Z. Šeguljev,

V. Petrović, V. Milošević, N. Žakula, I. Begović, C. P. Muller and J. M. Hübschen

Measles situation in Serbia in an era of measles elimination (2007-2009) .......................................................................... 1169

 

Nevenka Veličkova, and B. Petrova

Professional illnesses in miners caused by heavy metals and toxic substances .............................................................. 1175

 

E. Pajenga, T. Rexha, S. Celiku, and E. Mariani

Population-based case-control study of breast cancer in Albania ..................................................................................... .1181

 

Svetlana Perović, A. Perović, L. Erdinger and H. Hollert

Assessment of the mutagenic potential of Skadar Lake sediments using the Salmonella/microsomal assay ............ 1189

 

Ionela Lacramioara Serban, M. Hogas, and A. Ciobica

The effects of chronic manganese administration of blood pressure in rats .................................................................... .1195

 

K. Mladenović, B. Stojnić, B. Vidović, and Z. Radulović

New records of the tribe Bryobiini Berlsese (Acari: Tetranychidae: Bryobiinae) from Serbia,

with notes about associated predators (Acari: Phytoseiidae) ............................................................................................. 1199

 

Zuoqing Song, Zhenhua Pan,Xiaohong Xu, Weiqiang Wang, Lingling Zu, Jing Wang,

Zhitao Song, Hongyu Liu, Zhigang Li, Chengxiang Li, Jun Chen, Chenguo Yao, and Qinghua Zhou

Preliminary study of steep pulse irreversibile electroporation technology in human large cell lung cancer

cell lines L9981 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 1211

 

S. B. Ćurčić, D. Ž. Antić, Nina B. Ćurčić, and B. P. M. Ćurčić

Remyella montenegrina, a new troglobitic leiodid beetle (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Leptodrini)

From northeastern Montenegro ................................................................................................................................................ 1217

 

Shuang-Quing Liu, Jiang-Ying Guo, Qun Deng, Zhong-Jie He, and Shu-Hong Lei

Anticoagulant effect of Huisheng Oral Solution in a rat model of thrombosis ................................................................. 1223

 

D. Ž. Antić, B. P. M. Ćurčić, V. T. Tomić, T. Rađa, Biljana Rađa, M. A. Milinčić, and S. E. Makarov

Two new species of Brachydesmus Heller, 1858 from the Balkan Peninsula

(Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Polydesmidae) ............................................................................................................................... 1233

 

R. Irimia, A. Ciobica, C. Stanciu, and A. Trifan

The relevance of oxidative stress in cirrhotic patients with different forms of hepatic encephalopathy ...................... 1245

 

B. P. M. Ćurčić, T. Rađa, R. N. Dimitrijević, S. B. Ćurčić, Nina B. Ćurčić, and S. E. Makarov

A new cave pseudoscorpion from Dalmatia – Microchthonius tragurion n. sp.

(Chthoniidae, Pseudoscoriones) ............................................................................................................................................... 1253

 

B. P. M. Ćurčić, T. Rađa, R. N. Dimitrijević, S. B. Ćurčić, Nina B. Ćurčić, and B. S. Ilić

Neobisium cruces n. sp. and N. pluzinensis n. sp., two new cave-dwellers from Montenegro

(Neobisiidae, Pseudoscoriones) ................................................................................................................................................ 1261

 

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