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  1. Obituary: Ben Hawkins Moore, 1921-2003

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    Moore, James F.

    2004-12-01

    Ben H. Moore, emeritus professor of physics, astronomy and earth sciences at St. Cloud State University, Minnesota, died 7 November 2003, in South Padre Island, Texas. Ben was born 18 March 1921, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Fraser D. and Cora R. (Hawkins) Moore. Though his parents provided a strong guiding influence on Ben's development, Ben's career was impacted most clearly by his work as a student and research assistant for Allen Basset (Ben's father-in-law) at Park College. This relationship turned Ben's early interest in chemistry and biology toward a focus on physics. Ben received his undergraduate degree from Park College where he graduated Phi Delta Kappa. He received a MS in physics from Kansas State University. He also did post-masters work at the University of Kansas, the University of Colorado, the University of Washington and Temple University. In addition to his work as a research assistant, Ben taught at Park College as well as Washington Kansas High School, Wyandotte High School, and Kansas City Kansas Junior College before moving to St. Cloud State University in 1960. He retired from this teaching position in May 1982 but remained involved in activities of his department, including some teaching, through most of his years in retirement. Ben's accomplishments were mainly centered on his teaching. His development of courses and his rapport with students consistently brought praise from both his colleagues and his students. Above all, his work involved innovative development of the curriculum in the sciences at St. Cloud State. Soon after his arrival at the university, Ben took over the fledgling field geology course and continued to shape this offering into a program in earth sciences. The popularity of his classes, which attracted both general students and a growing number of majors, finally enabled the university to establish an earth sciences department in the late 1960's and Ben was the first chair of that department. In the mid-1960's Ben took

  2. 78 FR 63570 - Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Forms W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E, W-8ECI, W-8EXP, and W-8IMY

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    2013-10-24

    ... W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E, W-8ECI, W-8EXP, and W-8IMY AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury..., the IRS is soliciting comments concerning Form W-8BEN, Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding, Form W-8BEN-E, Certificate of Status of Beneficial Owner for...

  3. Ben's Plastic Brain

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    Kaplan, Susan L.

    2010-01-01

    This article shares a story of Ben who as a result of his premature birth, suffered a brain hemorrhage resulting in cerebral palsy, which affected his left side (left hemiparesis) and caused learning disabilities. Despite these challenges, he graduated from college and currently works doing information management for a local biotech start-up…

  4. Business Event Notification Service (BENS)

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    Department of Veterans Affairs — BENS provides a notification of pre-defined business events to applications, portals, and automated business processes. Such events are defined in the Event Catalog,...

  5. Underlying influences on Ben Marais (1909-1999

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    P J Maritz

    2004-10-01

    Full Text Available This article considers various personal and academic influences on Ben Marais. The essence of these influences helped form his principles, was present in his early childhood, and is� founded� in his deep-rooted� faith� in God. Ben Marais was a child and a product of his times. The academic influences are approached through an analysis of a specific book� that he claimed had influenced his thought, his MA dissertations and Ph.D-thesis. These formative influences helped determine his questioning the� justification of policies in the NG Kerk.

  6. Por uma carta dos bens fundamentais

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    Luigi Ferrajoli

    2010-07-01

    Full Text Available Este artigo questiona a possibilidade de a estipulação dos direitos fundamentais, e suas obrigações e proibições correspondentes, ser suficiente para garantir adequadamente as necessidades e os interesses vitais, em especial aqueles de interesse coletivo. São bens fundamentais aqueles cujo acesso é garantido a todos e a cada um, visto que são objetos dos direitos fundamentais subtraídos à lógica do mercado. A garantia de novos bens como bens fundamentais exige uma decisão política civilizatória de submeter ao direito as relações de mercado. Assim, às cartas e convenções internacionais e constitucionais de direitos fundamentais deveriam ser acrescentadas Cartas Constitucionais e Cartas Internacionais de bens fundamentais. Daí a necessidade de uma nova dimensão do constitucionalismo garantista: a longo prazo, além de global, para além da lógica individualista dos direitos e da miopia, e do estreito localismo da política das democracias nacionais.AbstractThis article addresses the question of whether the stipulation of fundamental rights and obligations and prohibitions related to them is sufficient to properly ensure the needs and vital interests, especially those from collective interest. Fundamental goods are those whose access is guaranteed to each and every one since they are the object of fundamental rights, excluded from the logic of the market. The warranty for new goods and basic goods in the bottom of civilization requires a political decision to submit the right market relations. Thus, to the international charters and conventions and fundamental constitutional rights should be added Charters and international charter of basic goods. Hence the need for a new dimension of the constitutionally guaranteed: a constitutionally guaranteed in the long term, and global, apart from the individualistic logic of rights and shortsightedness and narrow localism policy of national democracies.

  7. r ben hassine - Bulletin of Materials Science | Indian Academy of ...

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    Home; Journals; Bulletin of Materials Science. R BEN HASSINE. Articles written in Bulletin of Materials Science. Volume 40 Issue 1 February 2017 pp 79-85. Effect of Co substitution on the physicochemical properties of La 0.67 Sr 0.22 Ba 0.11 Mn 1 − x Co x O 3 compounds ( 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.3 ) · W CHERIF R BEN HASSINE J A ...

  8. 2x Ben Affleck / Laurence Lumiere

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    Lumiere, Laurence

    2007-01-01

    Põnevusfilm "Hollywoodland" : režissöör Allen Coulter : Ameerika Ühendriigid 2006 ja põnevuskomöödia "Äss mättasse" ("Smokin' Aces") : režissöör Joe Carnahan : Suurbritannia - Prantsusmaa - Ameerika Ühendriigid 2007. Mõlemas mängib Ben Affleck

  9. Preparation and characterization of three 7Be targets for the measurement of the 7Be(n, p)7Li and 7Be(n, α)7Li reaction cross sections

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    Maugeri, E. A.; Heinitz, S.; Dressler, R.; Barbagallo, M.; Ulrich, J.; Schumann, D.; Colonna, N.; Köster, U.; Ayranov, M.; Vontobel, P.; Mastromarco, M.; Schell, J.; Correia, J. Martins; Stora, T.; n TOF Collaboration

    2018-05-01

    This manuscript describes the production of three targets obtained by implantation of different activities of 7Be into thin aluminium disks. Two of the produced targets were used to measure the 7Be(n, p)7Li cross section in the energy range of interest for the Big-Bang Nucleosynthesis. A third target was used to measure the cross sections of 7Be(n, p)7Li and 7Be(n, α)7Li nuclear reactions with cold and thermal neutrons, respectively. This paper describes also the characterization of the first two targets, performed after the neutron irradiation, in terms of implanted 7Be activities and spatial distributions.

  10. How BenMAP-CE Estimates the Health and Economic Effects of Air Pollution

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    The BenMAP-CE tool estimates the number and economic value of health impacts resulting from changes in air quality - specifically, ground-level ozone and fine particles. Learn what data BenMAP-CE uses and how the estimates are calculated.

  11. The Collection Menasseh Ben Israel, CD-rom

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    Haas, de J.J.M.; Offenberg, A.K.; Ootjers, M.G.

    1998-01-01

    The Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana, Department of Judaica and Hebraica, Amsterdam University Library, harbours many unique research collections. One of the most prominent consists of the editions printed in the seventeenth century by Menasseh Ben Israel (1604), who established the first Hebrew printing

  12. Association of a bitter taste receptor mutation with Balkan Endemic Nephropathy (BEN

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    Wooding Stephen P

    2012-10-01

    Full Text Available Abstract Background Balkan Endemic Nephropathy (BEN is late-onset kidney disease thought to arise from chronic exposure to aristolochic acid, a phytotoxin that contaminates wheat supplies in rural areas of Eastern Europe. It has recently been demonstrated that humans are capable of perceiving aristolochic acid at concentrations below 40 nM as the result of high-affinity interactions with the TAS2R43 bitter taste receptor. Further, TAS2R43 harbors high-frequency loss-of-function mutations resulting in 50-fold variability in perception. This suggests that genetic variation in TAS2R43 might affect susceptibility to BEN, with individuals carrying functional forms of the receptor being protected by an ability to detect tainted foods. Methods To determine whether genetic variation in TAS2R43 predicts BEN susceptibility, we examined genotype-phenotype associations in a case–control study. A cohort of 88 affected and 99 control subjects from western Bulgaria were genotyped with respect to two key missense variants and a polymorphic whole-gene deletion of TAS2R43 (W35S, H212R, and wt/Δ, which are known to affect taste sensitivity to aristolochic acid. Tests for association between haplotypes and BEN status were then performed. Results Three major TAS2R43 haplotypes observed in previous studies (TAS2R43-W35/H212, -S35/R212 and –Δ were present at high frequencies (0.17, 0.36, and 0.47 respectively in our sample, and a significant association between genotype and BEN status was present (P = 0.020; odds ratio 1.18. However, contrary to expectation, BEN was positively associated with TAS2R43-W35/H212, a highly responsive allele previously shown to confer elevated bitter sensitivity to aristolochic acid, which should drive aversion but might also affect absorption, altering toxin activation. Conclusions Our findings are at strong odds with the prediction that carriers of functional alleles of TAS2R43 are protected from BEN by an ability to detect and

  13. [Academic heritage of Jiu huang ben cao (Materia Medica for Relief of Famines) in Japan].

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    He, Huiling; Xiao, Yongzhi

    2014-11-01

    Jiu huang ben cao (Materia Medica for Relief of Famines) was the first monograph on famines herbal in the history of China, which creates a new research field of edible plants. Around the middle and late 17th century, Jiu huang ben cao was spread to Japan and aroused great attention of famous Japanese herbalists. Thus, all versions of different edition systems were circulated in Japan. Later, some famous Japanese scholar ssuccessively quoted texts of Jiu huang ben cao from the Nong zheng quan shu (Whole book on Agricultural Administration) spread in Japan, and block-printed it as an independent work. As a result, Jiu huang ben cao virtually circulated widely in Japan.

  14. MOOC om Åben skole: Kulturlivet

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    Larsen, Henrik Wøhlk

    2017-01-01

    MOOC delen om den Kulturlivet er en del af et MOOC om åben skole, som er produceret af et partnerskab bestående af alle danske professionshøjskoler og DMJX. Målet er for denne del er at give redskaber til at deltagere i MOOC'en kan lave en kvalificeret 1. Evaluering af digitale læremidler 2...

  15. 78 FR 61385 - Aleris Recycling Bens Run, LLC, a Subsidiary of Aleris Corporation, Including On-Site Leased...

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    2013-10-03

    ... DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration [TA-W-82,388] Aleris Recycling Bens Run... Application for Reconsideration for the workers and former workers of Aleris Recycling Bens Run, LLC, Friendly..., therefore, deny the petition for group eligibility of Aleris Recycling Bens Run, LLC, a subsidiary of Aleris...

  16. Geloof en wete(-nskap In gesprek met Ben du Toit

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    J.H. van Wyk

    2001-08-01

    Full Text Available Faith and science. Discussion with Ben du Toit The Dutch Reformed minister Ben du Toit published a very challenging book in which he wrestles with the old dilemma regarding the relation between faith and science/reason. The author investigates the question of how to integrate premodern theological thought into a postmodern world context. Accordingly he (re-interprets many teachings of the Bible (a premodern book from a postmodern perspective, although he refuses to do so with the substitutionary work of Christ and his resurrection – a fortunate exception. The review closes with a few critical remarks.

  17. The institution of science and the science of institutions the legacy of Joseph Ben-David

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    2014-01-01

    The present anthology, edited by Marcel Herbst, is partially based on a conference, held in 2009, to reflect on the legacy of Ben-David, and contains a selection of substantially revised papers, plus four contributions specifically written for this volume. The book focuses on three major lines of Ben-David’s research, namely “Center and Periphery” (Part I), “Role and Ethos” (Part II), and “Organization and Growth” (Part III). In addition, comprehensive introductory (“Prologue”) and concluding chapters (“Epilogue”, Part IV) by Marcel Herbst are provided. The volume addresses the following disciplines: higher education, history and sociology of science, philosophy of science, history of medicine, public administration, policy studies, Jewish studies, and economics. The anthology is one of two new publications on Joseph Ben-David after the special Minerva edition Vol. 25, Numbers 1–2, March 1987, and Gad Freudenthal’s collection of Ben-David’s writings [1991]. The text can be used i...

  18. Common and distinct DNA-binding and regulatory activities of the BEN-solo transcription factor family.

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    Dai, Qi; Ren, Aiming; Westholm, Jakub O; Duan, Hong; Patel, Dinshaw J; Lai, Eric C

    2015-01-01

    Recently, the BEN (BANP, E5R, and NAC1) domain was recognized as a new class of conserved DNA-binding domain. The fly genome encodes three proteins that bear only a single BEN domain ("BEN-solo" factors); namely, Insensitive (Insv), Bsg25A (Elba1), and CG9883 (Elba2). Insv homodimers preferentially bind CCAATTGG palindromes throughout the genome to mediate transcriptional repression, whereas Bsg25A and Elba2 heterotrimerize with their obligate adaptor, Elba3 (i.e., the ELBA complex), to recognize a CCAATAAG motif in the Fab-7 insulator. While these data suggest distinct DNA-binding properties of BEN-solo proteins, we performed reporter assays that indicate that both Bsg25A and Elba2 can individually recognize Insv consensus sites efficiently. We confirmed this by solving the structure of Bsg25A complexed to the Insv site, which showed that key aspects of the BEN:DNA recognition strategy are similar between these proteins. We next show that both Insv and ELBA proteins are competent to mediate transcriptional repression via Insv consensus sequences but that the ELBA complex appears to be selective for the ELBA site. Reciprocally, genome-wide analysis reveals that Insv exhibits significant cobinding to class I insulator elements, indicating that it may also contribute to insulator function. Indeed, we observed abundant Insv binding within the Hox complexes with substantial overlaps with class I insulators, many of which bear Insv consensus sites. Moreover, Insv coimmunoprecipitates with the class I insulator factor CP190. Finally, we observed that Insv harbors exclusive activity among fly BEN-solo factors with respect to regulation of Notch-mediated cell fate choices in the peripheral nervous system. This in vivo activity is recapitulated by BEND6, a mammalian BEN-solo factor that conserves the Notch corepressor function of Insv but not its capacity to bind Insv consensus sites. Altogether, our data define an array of common and distinct biochemical and functional

  19. Structure of a putative BenF-like porin from Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf-5 at 2.6 A resolution

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    Sampathkumar, P.; Swaminathan, S.; Lu, F.; Zhao, X.; Li, Z.; Gilmore, J.; Bain, K.; Rutter, M. E.; Gheyi, T.; Schwinn, D.; Bonanno, J. B.; Pieper, U.; Fajardo, J. E.; Fiser, A.; Almo, S. C.; Chance, M. R.; Baker, D.; Atwell, S.; Thompson, D. A.; Emtage, J. S.; Wasserman, S. R.; Sali, A.; Sauder, J. M.; Burley, S. K.

    2010-11-01

    Gram-negative bacteria typically overcome poor permeability of outer membranes through general porins like OmpF and OmpC, which form water-filled transmembrane pores permitting diffusion of hydrophilic molecules with no particular selectivity. Many bacteria lacking such general porins use substrate-specific porins to overcome growth-limiting conditions and facilitate selective transport of metabolites. Exclusive reliance on substrate-specific porins yields lower membrane permeability to small molecules (<600 Da) versus that seen for Escherichia coli. In Pseudomonads, transit of most small molecules across the cell membrane is thought to be mediated by substrate-specific channels of the OprD superfamily. This property explains, at least in part, the high incidence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa antibiotic resistance. High-throughput DNA sequencing of the P. aeruginosa chromosome revealed the presence of 19 genes encoding structurally related, substrate-specific porins (with 30-45% pairwise amino acid sequence identity) that mediate transmembrane passage of small, water-soluble compounds. The OprD superfamily encompasses the eponymous OprD subfamily, which includes 9 P. aeruginosa proteins that convey basic amino acids and carbapenem antibiotics, and the OpdK subfamily, which includes 11 P. aeruginosa proteins that convey aromatic acids and other small aromatic compounds. Genome sequencing of other gram-negative bacteria has revealed additional members of the OprD and OpdK subfamilies in various organisms, including other pseudomonads. Among the many bacteria in which OprD superfamily members have been identified are P. putida, P. fluorescens Pf-5, P. syringae, and Azotobacter vinelandii, all of which share closely related genes that encode the so-called BenF-like porins. In P. putida, benF is part of an operon involved in benzoate catabolism regulated by benR. Within this operon, benK, benE, and benF genes have been suggested to contribute toward either influx or efflux

  20. Personal aggrandizement: an insight into Ben Enwonwu's privilege ...

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    This paper titled Personal Aggrandizement: An Insight into Ben Enwonwu's Privilege Position in the Evolution of Nigerian Art, looks at the first trained artists. How the artists were classified by their styles either in the naturalistic, the abstract or the expressive imageries. The study examines and compares the contributions of ...

  1. Significado cultural dos bens de consumo em um concurso de beleza infantil

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    Netto, Carla Freitas Silveira

    2010-01-01

    A presente dissertação tem como objetivo ampliar o conhecimento sobre o significado cultural dos bens de consumo, tendo como objeto o fenômeno dos concursos de beleza infantil e suas candidatas. Primeiramente, descrevo os concursos de beleza (adulto e infantil) expondo as principais discussões já geradas sobre o assunto, a fim de apresentar o contexto da pesquisa. Depois, realizo uma revisão teórica da temática dos significados culturais dos bens de consumo, do modelo de movimentação destes s...

  2. Traditional medicinal plants in Ben En National Park, Vietnam

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    Van Sam, Hoang; Baas, P.; Keßler, P.J.A.

    2008-01-01

    This paper surveys the medicinal plants and their traditional use by local people in Ben En National Park, Vietnam. A total of 230 medicinal plant species (belonging to 200 genera and 84 families) is used by local people for treatment of 68 different diseases. These include species that are

  3. Ben Macdhui High Altitude Trace Gas and Aerosol Transport Experiment

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    Piketh, SJ

    1999-01-01

    Full Text Available The Ben Macdhui High Altitude Aerosol and Trace Gas Transport Experiment (BHATTEX) was started to characterize the nature and magnitude of atmospheric, aerosol and trace gas transport paths recirculation over and exiting from southern Africa...

  4. Siim Nestor soovitab : Ben Frost ja Alexander Robotnik Eclectical / Siim Nestor

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    Nestor, Siim, 1974-

    2007-01-01

    Austraalia muusik ja helilooja Ben Frost projektiga "6 guitars" esinemas festivali Eclectica raames 6. sept. Tartu klubis Rock ja Roll ja itaalia diskor Alexander Robotnik 7. sept. klubis Trehv, esinejatest

  5. Stylistic Devices in Ben Okri's The Famished Road | Ikechi ...

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    This paper discusses stylistic devices in Ben Okri's The Famished Road. In the presentation of his story, the novelist makes use of literary devices which enrich readers' understanding and enjoyment of his subject matter. Satire, register, cliché, pidgin and proverbs are some of the devices. Others include: figurative language ...

  6. Projekt BEN sai avalöögi / Kadi Laid

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    Laid, Kadi, 1976-

    2005-01-01

    Koostööprojekti "Balti euroregioonide võrgustik" (BEN) eesmärgiks on ehitada välja tugev võrgustik euroregiooni riigiüleses koostöös, arendada administratiivset pädevust, erinevaid infokanaleid, dialoogi nende regioonide ja rahvusvalitsuste vahel ning suurendada ääremaade osa regionaalse arengu protsessis Läänemere regioonis

  7. The health of loblolly pine stands at Fort Benning, GA

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    Soung-Ryoul Ryu; G. Geoff Wang; Joan L. Walker

    2013-01-01

    Approximately two-thirds of the red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) (RCW) groups at Fort Benning, GA, depend on loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) stands for nesting or foraging. However, loblolly pine stands are suspected to decline. Forest managers want to replace loblolly pine with longleaf pine (P. palustris...

  8. Le labyrinthe arabo-musulman dans les romans de Tahar Ben Jelloun (El laberinto árabe-musulmán en las novelas de Tahar Ben Jelloun

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    Virginia Boza Araya

    2015-09-01

    Full Text Available El escritor marroquí Tahar Ben Jelloun reproduce en sus obras la estructura laberíntica de su medina. La circularidad que marca las historias de sus personajes constituye la muralla que protege los misterios, los secretos y los seres. La superposición de composiciones teje, en el interior de esta muralla, callejuelas obscuras que desembocan en la vida de seres cuyo destino fue alienado por los caprichos de la historia. Todo es sombrío: atmósfera, historias, personajes, y estos tan sombríos como la vida de los magrebís cuya identidad ha sido alienada y que están en búsqueda de sus raíces. Tahar Ben Jelloun est un écrivain marocain d’expression française, cependant son œuvre reste foncièrement arabe autant dans la forme que dans le fond. Chaque roman harmonise différentes compositions pour créer le labyrinthe de la culture arabo-musulmane. Son œuvre s’articule, tant au niveau macro que micro, comme une Médina qui est au cœur même de la culture arabe. Chaque histoire constitue une micro cellule (histoire dans l’histoire qui se cache au fond de ses impasses. Elle suit l’itinéraire de ces ruelles étroites et sinueuses, pour déboucher sur d’autres histoires aussi sombres que certains espaces qu’on trouve au détour d’une venelle dans les souks. En fait, la médina est indissociable des récits et d’événements historiques comme le souligne Tahar Ben Jelloun.

  9. "Olen õppinud piirangutest lugu pidama, ettetulevaid takistusi eelisteks pöörama" / Noam Ben-Jacov ; interv. Silja Saarepuu ja Villu Plink

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    Ben-Jacov, Noam, 1952-

    2006-01-01

    Iisraeli päritolu hollandi ehte- ja installatsioonikunstnik Noam Ben-Jacovist, kes juhendas Eesti Kunstiakadeemias ehte- ja sepakunsti eriala üliõpilaste meistriklassi. N. Ben-Jacov nimetab oma töid kehaskulptuurideks (body-sculpture, body-related objects), mida ta esitleb performance'ites. Osaga nädala jooksul valminud töödest saab kuni 12. XI tutvuda Põhja puiestee 27a asuvas endise Tallinna elektrijaama katlamaja ruumides. Kadri Mälk Noam Ben-Jacovist

  10. Bactérias e fungos benéficos na endosfera das plantas

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    Julierme Zimmer Barbosa

    2014-10-01

    Full Text Available No solo, a região da rizosfera em comparação com a massa de solo apresenta marcado contraste biológico, sendo um nicho de grande densidade e diversidade de microorganismos.  Alguns fungos e bactérias benéficos ao desenvolvimento vegetal têm capacidade de colonizar o interior de plantas a partir do solo, conhecidos como organismos endofíticos. Possivelmente sejam as bactérias nodulíferas, com sua reconhecida capacidade de fixar N em leguminosas as mais conhecidas. Bactérias não nodulíferas tem a capacidade de colonizar o interior das raízes das plantas através de regiões de crescimento, em seguida, podem ser carregadas via xilema rumo à parte aérea. Podem ser encontrados em todos os órgãos vegetais, todavia, poucos estudos têm analisado as populações que transitam no continuum solo-planta até atingir caules, folhas, flores, frutos e sementes. O ultimo grupo de organismos endofíticos apresentado é o grupo dos fungos micorrízicos, esses se caracterizam como um sistema de exploração do solo paralelo ao sistema radicular que, com diâmetro extremamente reduzido conseguem minar um grande volume de solo com pequena alocação de C, o que é extremamente benéfico na aquisição de nutrientes, também podem ser benéficos em condições abióticas adversas. Em adição, alguns fungos endofíticos benéficos também podem colonizar órgãos aéreos das plantas. As interações microbiológicas que ocorrem na endosfera são altamente complexas, simultâneas e dependentes de uma série de fatores, assim seu entendimento é de fundamental importância à aplicação prática dos conhecimentos acerca de microorganismos endofíticos em agrossistemas.

  11. [Textual research on Costus root (Aucklandia lappa Decne) in the Sheng nong ben cao jing (Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica)].

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    Li, Guangyan; Wang, Dequn; Fang, Shiying; Xu, Maohong

    2014-05-01

    Aucklandia lappa Decne was first recorded in the Sheng nong ben cao jing (Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica). Through the textual research of herbal literature, it was found that the costus root in the Sheng nong ben cao jing perhaps was not the plant of Aucklandia lappa Decne of Compositae, but the eaglewood or Lignum Aquilasria Resinatum based on the comprehensive judgment of shape, taste, nature, and function etc. In the Sheng nong ben cao jing, it only includes costus root without the title of eaglewood, and Tao Hongjing recorded both herbs together in his Ming yi bie lu (Supplementary Records of Celebrated Physicians), which became a foreshadow of misunderstanding of the later generations. Beginning from the Tang ben cao (Materia Medica of the Tang Dynasty), the costus root was considered as the plant of Auckiandia lappa Decne from the Compostae with its profound influence until now.

  12. Automated Environmental Data Collection at Fort Benning, Georgia, from May 1999 to July 2001

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    Hahn, Charles

    2002-01-01

    The Department of Defense, Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, Ecosystem Management Project, Ecosystem Characterization and Monitoring initiative Program at Fort Benning, Georgia...

  13. Samgar ben Anat onder die Rigters

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    S.D. Snyman

    2004-12-01

    Shamgar ben Anath could be regarded as both isolated and ignored. He finds himself isolated between the two major judges, Ehud and Deborah, and for this reason is easily overlooked and ignored. Shamgar, although not an Israelite, should be considered as a judge in his own right. Shamgar is seen as the successor to Ehud. He has, as is the case with other judges, the responsibility of delivering the people and he makes use of whatever capabilities and skills he might possess. Theologically seen, one should rather regard it as Yahweh and the judges being simultaneously at work with Yahweh taking the most unlikely candidates with the most awkward weapons into his service to deliver his people time and again from the hardships of oppression.

  14. Other Headings : Ben Jelloun, Derrida, Sansal and the Critique of Europe

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    Kaiser, Birgit; Thiele, Kathrin

    2016-01-01

    This essay diffracts the question of the heading of Europe that Derrida asked in 1990. We do so through the prism of harraga presented in Tahar Ben Jelloun's Leaving Tangiers and Boualem Sansal's Harraga. Although Europe as the capital has been ‘de-identified’ (Derrida 1992, 75) in the wake of

  15. Fabrication, electrochemical and electrocatalytic properties of carbon nanotube@nano-SiO{sub 2}BenV/phosphomolybdic acid polynary nanocomposite materials

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    Liu, Jiang; Wang, Jing; Wang, Wen-Bo [Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433 (China); Chen, Meng [Department of Material Science, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433 (China); Qian, Dong-Jin, E-mail: djqian@fudan.edu.cn [Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433 (China)

    2017-06-30

    Highlights: • Carbon nanotube@nano-SiO{sub 2}BenV(+86-21-65643666)/PMA polynary nanocomposites were prepared. • Functionalized silica nanoparticles covalently attached on the MWNT surfaces. • The nanocomposites showed reversible redox properties of viologen and PMA. • The nanocomposites acted as efficient heterogeneous catalysts for bromate reduction. - Abstract: Organic-inorganic nano-materials have attracted growing attention due to their potential applications for optoelectronic devices, sensors, and heterogeneous catalysts. We reported here on the preparation of polynary nanocomposites composed of poly(4-vinylpyridine) (P4VP) functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTP4VP), silica nanoparticles (nano-SiO{sub 2}), viologens, and/or phosphomolybdic acid (PMA), in which the MWNTP4VP, nano-SiO{sub 2}, and viologens were covalently connected while PMA was electrostatically adsorbed. Thermogravimetric analysis revealed that the nanocomposites were composed of about 40–45% MWNTs, 40–45% nanoSiO{sub 2}, as well as 10–15% organic species and others. The preparation processes and compositions of the nanocomposites were characterized using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Field emission transmission electron microscopic images revealed that the nano-SiO{sub 2}BenV particles were strongly attached to the MWNTP4VP surfaces to form MWNTP4VP@nano-SiO{sub 2}BenV triad nano-cores. Cyclic voltammograms of the MWNTP4VP@nano-SiO{sub 2}BenV casting films showed three couples of redox waves in the potential range between −0.8 and 0 V (vs Ag/AgCl), designated to the electron transfer process of viologen substituents of MWNTP4VP@nano-SiO{sub 2}BenV{sup 2+} ↔ MWNTP4VP@nano-SiO{sub 2}BenV{sup +}· and their dimers. Further, three couples of redox waves were recorded for the casting films of MWNTP4VP@nano-SiO{sub 2}BenV/PMA polynary nanocomposites in the potential range between −0.2 and 0.8 V, designated to three

  16. Iisrael paneb ise piirid paika, kui vaja / Yitzhak ben Israel ; interv. Sten A. Hankewitz

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    2006-01-01

    Iisraeli partei Kadima kandidaat parlamendivalimistel Yitzhak ben Israel selgitab, milline on programm, kui peaministriks saab Ehud Olmert. Tema sõnul Hamas ilmselt ei nõustu Teekaardi-nimelise rahuplaaniga

  17. African Kinship Across the Atlantic: A Study of Ben Igwe's Against ...

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    There is an umbilical cord that binds Africans in the homeland and those in the Diaspora. This is exhibited in the attitude of the Africans in the Diaspora always asking pertinent questions about their Motherland, and taking concrete steps to invest their talent and capital therein. Using Ben Igwe's Against the odds, this paper ...

  18. Hibridismo e simultaneidade em The Famished Road de Ben Okri = Hybridity and simultaneousness in The Famished Road, by Ben Okri

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    Divanize Carbonieri

    2008-01-01

    Full Text Available Neste artigo, analisa-se o romance The famished road (1991 de Ben Okri, um autor nigeriano que vive e publica suas obras na Inglaterra. O objetivo é demonstrar que é uma obra híbrida entre concepções de mundo e formas de narrar diferentes, características de diversas tradições literárias e orais. A análise é baseada nos conceitos de hibridismo, tradução cultural e cosmopolitismo vernáculo de Bhabha (1990 e 2000, além de textos teóricos sobre a cultura iorubá e a literatura africana, como Soyinka (1990, Okpewho (1983 e Quayson (2002, entre outros. Também são apresentadas as especificidades dorealismo mágico africano, um modo narrativo que reúne, em si, estratégias e técnicas distintas, com a discussão de autores como Cooper (2004, Slemon (1988 e Walter (1993.This article analyzes The famished road (1991 by Ben Okri, a Nigerian author who lives and publishes his works in England. Its main goal is to demonstrate that it is a hybrid work among different worldviews and narrative forms, characteristic of diverse literary andoral traditions. The analysis is based on concepts of hybridity, cultural translation and vernacular cosmopolitanism by Bhabha (1990 and 2000, as well as on theoretical texts about Yoruba culture and African literature, such as Soyinka (1990, Okpewho (1983, andQuayson (2002, among others. Specificities of African magical realism, a narrative mode that combines distinct strategies and techniques, are also presented with the discussion of authors, such as Cooper (2004, Slemon (1988, and Walter (1993.

  19. Uses and conservation of plant diversity in Ben En National Park, Vietnam

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    Hoang, Van Sam

    2009-01-01

    Ben En National Park is one of the 30 National Parks in Vietnam. In this study its botanical wealth has been comprehensively inventoried as well as the very important roles that plants play in the daily life and economy of the people inhabiting the Park. Floristic diversity - In our survey 1389

  20. Aspectos conceituais da tributação de bens digitais = Conceptual aspects of digital goods taxing

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    2008-11-01

    Full Text Available O objetivo deste trabalho consiste em identificar o regime juríco aplicável aos bens digitais no Brasil. Para chegar a tal objetivo busca-se classificar os bens digitais e conceituá-los no âmbito jurídico e no comércio eletrônico. E, por fim, apresentar uma análise sobre os aspectos tributários referentes ao ICMS (Imposto Sobre Circulação de Mercadorias e Serviços e ao ISSQN (Imposto Sobre Serviços de Qualquer Natureza em relação aos bens digitais. O estudo caracteriza-se como exploratório, utilizando-se de pesquisa bibliográfica e documental, sendo a abordagem do problema qualitativa. Os resultados da pesquisa apontam que, pela intangibilidade, os bens digitais comercializa dos no meio virtual, isto é, pela Internet, são equiparados aos pro gramas de computador e tributados como serviços. Em relação a não incidência do ICMS ela se dá pelo fato dos bens digitais serem incorpóreos e a noção de mercadoria exigir a materialidade.The objective of this study is to identify the legal regulations which can be applied todigital goods in Brazil. To achieve such objective, the digital goods were classified andconceptualized in the legal field and electronics commerce. Finally, an analysis ispresented, following the taxing aspects of ICMS (stands for ‘Imposto Sobre Circulaçãode Mercadorias e Serviços’ – Service and Goods Circulation Tax and ISSQN (stands for‘Imposto Sobre Serviços de Qualquer Natureza’ – Services of Any Nature Tax. This studyis considered exploratory once it makes use of a bibliographic and documental research.At the same time, the approach to the problem is qualitative. The results of this researchpoint out the intangibility of digital goods commercialized on the Internet which areconsidered as if they were softwares and are taxed as services. In relation to ICMS, sincethe digital goods are seen as incorporeal, it is not incident because the goods notionrequires a material characteristic.

  1. 75 FR 38179 - Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Forms W-8BEN, W-8ECI, W-8EXP, and W-8IMY

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    2010-07-01

    ... W-8BEN, W-8ECI, W- 8EXP, and W-8IMY AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury. ACTION: Notice... soliciting comments concerning Form W-8BEN, Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding, Form W-8ECI, Certificate of Foreign Person's Claim for Exemption From Withholding...

  2. Military vehicle trafficking impacts vegetation and soil bulk density at Fort Benning, Georgia

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    Potential increases in wind erosion that might be brought about by military vehicles travelling off-road during training are of concern to the United States military. Field studies were conducted in the summer of 2012 at Fort Benning, Georgia. The objective of the experiment was to assess the traffi...

  3. Ben & Jerry's Struggles with Corporate Social Responsibility in an International Context

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    Murray, J. Haskell

    2015-01-01

    This case study allows students to apply their corporate law and ethical knowledge to a socially focused business in a global environment. The assignments provide opportunities for reflection on some of the challenges facing Ben & Jerry's as the company attempted to pursue corporate social responsibility in three separate, but related,…

  4. A Motivação Hedônica no Consumo de Bens Virtuais Cosméticos em Jogos Online

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    Ricardo Ribeiro Leitinho

    2018-02-01

    Full Text Available Esta pesquisa verificou a percepção do comprador de bens virtuais cosméticos em jogos online. Bens virtuais cosméticos são roupas, pets, mobiliário entre outras modificações visuais para o avatar (representação virtual do jogador ou para o ambiente em que este se encontra. O estudo contou com 96 participantes de todos os continentes do mundo. A coleta foi realizada por meio de fóruns online e dentro do jogo League of Legends, bem como questionários distribuídos em universidades brasileiras. A técnica de análise foi a análise de conteúdo. Os resultados demonstraram que os consumidores destes bens são motivados pelo papel representado e pela gratificação. Mas também emergiu um novo fator que desafia o pesquisador a categorizá-lo de três possíveis formas, seguindo a literatura. Observou-se que existe um mercado de consumo para bens virtuais cosméticos, com consumidores voltados a presentear amigos online e a obter uma sensação de felicidade ao adquirir este tipo de bem. Além disso, há uma parcela que se contenta em investir para apoiar o desenvolvedor do jogo - o que parece ser a emersão da nova categoria citada.

  5. Fundamentos de Inteligencia Artificial: Entrevista con Antonio Benítez

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    2012-01-01

    Antonio Benítez, profesor de Lógica en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, ha dedicado buena parte de su labor docente e investigadora a la inteligencia artificial y a la filosofía de la mente y de la ciencia cognitiva. Recientemente ha publicado una obra en tres volúmenes titulada Fundamentos de Inteligencia Artificial (el tercer volumen, dedicado a la inteligencia artificial bioinspirada, aparecerá en los próximos meses). La misma ofrece una guía práctica de introducción a la programación...

  6. Ben Taub General Hospital & LifeGift: Strengthening a Partnership to Save Lives and Improve Healthcare Delivery

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    2007-01-01

    Ben Taub General Hospital, working closely with LifeGift, consistently ranks at or near the top of the list of hospitals in the United States that receive informed consent for organ donation from patients' families...

  7. Caribe y exilio en La isla que se repite de Antonio Benítez Rojo

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    Arcadio Díaz Quiñones

    2007-09-01

    Full Text Available This paper suggests a reading of Antonio Benítez Rojo's unavoidable essay La isla que se repite (1989, in order to approach and meditate on Caribbean cultures, attempting both to delineate a possible understanding of the relationship between his poetics and exile, and to analyse some of his choices as an intellectual and the way he conceived Caribbean in his essays. In the map drawn by Benítez Rojo, paradise islands appear along with those ruled by violence and death, and are sometimes confused. Plantation and Utopia are the main topics. Essays from La isla que se repite allow us to examine his wish to link his work to other traditions by means of a long rodeo through the rich Caribbean cultural matrices. It was his way to escape and transcend "nation" authoritarian discourse prevailing in modern Cuban history.

  8. Caribe y exilio en La isla que se repite de Antonio Benítez Rojo

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    Arcadio Díaz Quiñones

    2006-11-01

    Full Text Available This paper suggests a reading of Antonio Benítez Rojo's unavoidable essay La isla que se repite (1989, in order to approach and meditate on Caribbean cultures, attempting both to delineate a possible understanding of the relationship between his poetics and exile, and to analyse some of his choices as an intellectual and the way he conceived Caribbean in his essays. In the map drawn by Benítez Rojo, paradise islands appear along with those ruled by violence and death, and are sometimes confused. Plantation and Utopia are the main topics. Essays from La isla que se repite allow us to examine his wish to link his work to other traditions by means of a long rodeo through the rich Caribbean cultural matrices. It was his way to escape and transcend "nation" authoritarian discourse prevailing in modern Cuban history.

  9. El Debate del cálamo y la espada, de Jacob ben Eleazar de Toledo

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    Alba Cecilia, Amparo

    2008-12-01

    Full Text Available In this article we offer a Spanish translation with a commentary of the fourth chapter of Sefer ha-Mešalim, a collection of tales written by Jacob ben Eleazar of Toledo (13th century in the style of Maqāmāt; this chapter, known as the Debate between the Pen and the Sword, shows, in an allegorical way, the supremacy of the arts over the arms.En el presente artículo ofrecemos la traducción y el estudio del capítulo cuarto del Sefer ha-Mešalim, colección de cuentos al estilo de las macamas compuesta por Jacob ben Eleazar de Toledo (siglo XIII; este capítulo, conocido como el Debate del cálamo y la espada, expone en forma alegórica la supremacía de las letras sobre las armas.

  10. Promoting the poetic cause in Ben Okri’s stokus from Tales of freedom (2009

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    Rosemary A. Gray

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    Full Text Available This article illustrates the theme of the poetic in Ben Okri’s stokus from his Tales of freedom. It does this principally through an exploration of this new literary mode and its use of serendipity. As a sudden insight, serendipity becomes, in this Nigerian writer’s hands, a poetic device equivalent to illumination or an epiphanic moment. The introduction is an attempt to show the interrelationship between poetry and thought, on the one hand, and poetic experience, creative consciousness and serendipity, on the other. This is followed by a brief digression to outline the paucity of critical reception of this prose anthology, followed by a focused discussion of the storytelling form, in general, and the stoku, in particular. This elliptical form to which Ben Okri gives the name stoku is, as he states in Tales of freedom, ‘an amalgam of short story and haiku’. A comparison between the conventions inherent in the ancient Japanese art of tanka or haiku (short poems, also known as waku and displaying the poet’s imaginative wit (derived from the Anglo-Saxon witan [to know], and those of Okri’s newer art form, the stoku, follows. The core of the article focuses on a brief analysis of a select number of Okri’s 13 rhapsodies in prose, showing how each stoku serves to illustrate a poetically rendered moment of insight, a vision or a paradox. In Okri’s Tales of freedom, the mythic conjunction between short story and haiku reveals hitherto hidden aspects of life. Through this innovative medium, akin to flash fiction, the subconscious can illuminate unknown worlds. This is akin to experiencing serendipity, linked to interiority, to inner vision. The argument concludes by pointing to the serendipities captured obliquely yet poetically in the stokus selected for discussion. Die pleidooi vir die digterlike in Ben Okri se stokus uit Tales of freedom (2009. Hierdie artikel illustreer die tema van die poëtiese in Ben Okri se stokus

  11. The topical treatment of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis with the tincture of thioxolone plus benzoxonium chloride (Thio-Ben) along with cryotherapy: a single-blind randomized clinical trial.

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    Daie Parizi, Mohammad Hossein; Karvar, Mehran; Sharifi, Iraj; Bahrampour, Abbas; Heshmat Khah, Amireh; Rahnama, Zahra; Baziar, Zahra; Amiri, Rezvan

    2015-01-01

    A simple efficacious topical treatment for cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is still an unresolved challenge. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of the topical use of thioxolone plus benzoxonium chloride (Thio-Ben) tincture in combination with cryotherapy in comparison with intralesional meglumine antimoniate (Glucantime) along with cryotherapy in treating anthroponotic CL (ACL). The study was conducted in Leishmaniasis Center in Dadbin Health Care Clinic, Kerman, Iran. Sixty-four CL lesions were randomly assigned to receive Thio-Ben plus cryotherapy (TC) (n = 32) or Glucantime plus cryotherapy (GC) (n = 32). Thio-Ben was used topically every other day and Glucantime was used intralesionally once a week for a maximum of 3 months. In both study groups, cryotherapy was administered using liquid nitrogen once every 2 weeks. Of 64 recruited lesions, 47 lesions completed the study protocol. Twenty lesions (91%) in TC group and 23 lesions (92%) in GC group showed complete cure. TC group showed faster clinical response. Pain, hypersensitivity reaction, dizziness, and nausea were only seen in GC group. This study showed that the topical use of Thio-Ben combined with cryotherapy has a good efficacy in treating ACL with the benefit that Thio-Ben has more patient compliance and less side effects than intralesional Glucantime. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

  12. Assessment of loblolly pine decline and site conditions on Fort Benning Military Reservation, GA

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    Roger D. Menard; Lori G. Eckhardt; Nolan J. Hess

    2010-01-01

    A decline of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.), characterized by expanding areas of declining and dead trees, has become prevalent at Fort Benning, GA. A 3-year study was conducted to determine the kinds of fungi, insects, and site disturbances associated with this problem. The insects Dendroctonus terebrans, Hylastes salebrosus, H. tenuis, Pachylobius picivorus...

  13. Two design of the S4.BEN01 magnet for the CBETA splitter/merger

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    Tsoupas, N. [Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Berg, S. [Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Meot, F. [Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Ptitsyn, V. [Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Trbojevic, D. [Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Tuozzolo, J. [Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

    2017-04-10

    The splitter/merger section of the CBETA project [1] consists of 4 beam lines as shown in Fig. 1. Two of the functions of the splitter’s/merger’s lines is to match the beam parameters at the exit of the Energy Recovery Linac (ERL) to the beam parameters at the entrance of the Fixed Field Alternating Gradient (FFAG) arc, and also place the reference particles of the beam bunches at the entrance of the FFAG arc on specified trajectories according to their energies. In this technical note we are presenting results from the 2D and 3D electromagnetic analysis of the S4.BEN01 magnet which is one of the dipole magnets of the 150 MeV line of the splitter/merger. In particular we present results from two designs of the S4.BEN01 magnet, one based on iron dominated current-excited magnet, and the other design based on Halbach-type permanent magnet. An evaluation of the two designs will be given in the section under “conclusion”.

  14. Efeitos da divisão municipal na oferta de bens públicos e indicadores sociais

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    Enlinson Mattos

    2013-09-01

    Full Text Available Este artigo busca avaliar os efeitos da secessão de diversos municípios ocorrida no Brasil durante as últimas duas décadas, período que sucedeu a promulgação da constituição de 1988, sobre a oferta de bens públicos e indicadores sociais destes municípios. Consideramos o comportamento da provisão dos seguintes bens e serviços públicos -coleta de lixo, rede esgoto e iluminação - e nos seguintes indicadores sociais - renda per capita, índice de desenvolvimento humano (IDH, anos de escolaridade, taxa de analfabetismo e índice gini de desigualdade de renda. Ao compararmos municípios que se dividiram com os que não se dividiram antes e depois do período da secessão, usando dados dos censos de 1991 e 2000, encontramos um efeito negativo da divisão municipal sobre esses indicadores. Especificamente, encontramos uma redução de mais de 1 ponto percentual na provisão de coleta de lixo, esgotamento sanitário e eletrificação; redução na escolaridade média em torno de 0,16 anos; aumento de mais de 1 ponto percentual no analfabetismo para os municípios que se dividiram em relação aos que não se dividiram; queda na renda per capita de cerca de R$6; e queda no IDH por volta de 0,007. Os resultados sugerem a existência de ganhos de escala na provisão de bens públicos municipais.

  15. Direct measurement of the 7Be(n, α4 He reaction cross sections for the cosmological Li problem

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    Kawabata Takahiro

    2017-01-01

    Full Text Available The cross sections of the 7Be(n, α4He reaction for p-wave neutrons were experimentally determined at Ec.m. = 0.20−0.81 MeV close to the Big Bang nucleosynthesis (BBN energy window for the first time on the basis of the detailed balance principle by measuring the time-reverse reaction. The obtained cross sections are much larger than the cross sections for s-wave neutrons inferred from the recent measurement at the n_TOF facility in CERN, but significantly smaller than the theoretical estimation widely used in the BBN calculations. The present results suggest the 7Be(n, α4 He reaction rate is not large enough to solve the cosmological lithium problem

  16. Entrevista a Manuel de Puelles Benítez

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    Gabriela Ossenbach Sauter

    2015-02-01

    Full Text Available Entrevista a Manuel de Puelles Benítez, Profesor de Política Educativa en la Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED de Madrid desde 1986. En la entrevista se aborda sobre todo su actividad académica en relación a la historia política de la educación en España, aunque también se analiza su labor en el Ministerio de Educación durante los últimos años del Franquismo y la Transición Democrática. Entre otros temas, Puelles ha estudiado el nacimiento del sistema educativo español en relación con la formación y consolidación del moderno Estado nacional, debatiendo también acerca de la modernidad política y la educación a lo largo del siglo xx

  17. Documentation of 'Care-Packages' for Children in OECD's 2003 Tax/Ben Model, December 2006

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    Hansen, Hans

    This working paper contains documentation for the modelling of schemes implemented in OECD's 2003 Tax/Ben model for use in the 'Carearchitecture' project. The documentation also includes schemes already in the model and used in the calculations for the project. The documented schemes include...... personal taxation, parental leave benefits, payment for childcare, child benefits and housing benefits in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Great Britain and Germany....

  18. Tiede ja tutkijan sosiaalinen vastuu : Joseph Ben-Davidin, Roger Sperryn ja Knut Erik Tranøyn käsitykset tieteestä ja tutkijan sosiaalisesta vastuusta

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    2006-01-01

    Science and the Scientist's Social Responsibility. Joseph Ben-David's, Roger Sperry's and Knut Erik Tranøy's Views of Science and the Scientist's Social Responsibility The aim of the study was to investigate, whether or not there is any connection between Jewish sociologist Joseph Ben-David's, American neuroscientist Roger Sperry's and Norwegian philosopher Knut Erik Tranøy's views of science and views of the scientist's social responsibility. The sources of information were their writin...

  19. Territoriality of feral pigs in a highly persecuted population on Fort Benning, Georgia

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    Sparklin, B.D.; Mitchell, M.S.; Hanson, L.B.; Jolley, D.B.; Ditchkoff, S.S.

    2009-01-01

    We examined home range behavior of female feral pigs (Sus scrofa) in a heavily hunted population on Fort Benning Military Reservation in west-central Georgia, USA. We used Global Positioning System location data from 24 individuals representing 18 sounders (i.e., F social groups) combined with markrecapture and camera-trap data to evaluate evidence of territorial behavior at the individual and sounder levels. Through a manipulative experiment, we examined evidence for an inverse relationship between population density and home range size that would be expected for territorial animals. Pigs from the same sounder had extensive home range overlap and did not have exclusive core areas. Sounders had nearly exclusive home ranges and had completely exclusive core areas, suggesting that female feral pigs on Fort Benning were territorial at the sounder level but not at the individual level. Lethal removal maintained stable densities of pigs in our treatment area, whereas density increased in our control area; territory size in the 2 areas was weakly and inversely related to density of pigs. Territorial behavior in feral pigs could influence population density by limiting access to reproductive space. Removal strategies that 1) match distribution of removal efforts to distribution of territories, 2) remove entire sounders instead of individuals, and 3) focus efforts where high-quality food resources strongly influence territorial behaviors may be best for long-term control of feral pigs.

  20. A crise dos bens culturais como mercadorias | The crisis of cultural goods as merchandise

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    Ronaldo Fiani

    2009-09-01

    Full Text Available Resumo A digitalização das informações provocou uma crise na apropriação privada dos bens culturais como mercadorias. Paralelamente, movimentos políticos vêm se organizando internacionalmente, visando ao questionamento do tratamento dos bens culturais como mercadorias privadas. A análise do sentido e do papel desses movimentos exige uma revisão do conceito de mercadoria. Para questionar o conceito de mercadoria são revistos dois autores críticos do sistema capitalista, Karl Marx e Karl Polanyi, discutindo-se as possíveis contribuições de cada um para a compreensão desses movimentos políticos. Palavras-chave mercadoria, direitos de autor, Karl Marx, Karl Polanyi Abstract The digitalization of information provoked a crisis in the private appropriation of cultural goods. Simultaneously, political movements are being internationally organized aiming at criticizing cultural goods being treated as commodities. The analysis of the meaning and role of those political movements demands reviewing the concept of commodity. To question the concept of commodity two radical authors are reviewed: Karl Marx and Karl Polanyi, their possible contributions to the comprehension of those political movements being so evaluated. Keywords commodity, copyrights, Karl Marx, Karl Polanyi

  1. Positioning the Testimony of Job Ben Solomon, An Enslaved African American Muslim

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    Muna Sulaiman Al-Badaai

    2015-11-01

    Full Text Available Ayyub Ben Suleiman Diallo, better known as Job ben Solomon was among thousands of African Muslims enslaved in America. Job was a son of a high Priest from Senegal. He was kidnapped by his African enemy and sold as a slave in the New World in 1731. He worked on a tobacco plantation in Maryland. He ran away and was captured and imprisoned. Job’s literacy in Arabic attracted the attention of the philanthropist James Oglethorpe who helped to free him. In 1733, Job sailed to England and later returned to Africa. Upon Job’s request, Thomas Bluett wrote Some Memoirs of the Life of Job the Son of Solomon (1734. Allan Austin claims in his book African Muslims in Antebellum America: Transatlantic Stories and Spiritual Struggles (1997 that Job might be considered as the “father of African American Literature”. Muhammad Al-Ahari (2006 states that this account “is perhaps the earliest biography of any African-Americans”. However, William Andrews (1988 with other scholars consider the year of 1760 the appearance of slave narrative as genre. What is more, African Muslim slave narratives have been excluded from African American anthologies. Florence Marfo (2009 in her article entitled “African Muslims in African American Literature” discusses some possible reasons for this omission which mostly relate to the perceived identity of enslaved African American Muslims and the absence of an anti-slavery goal in their narratives. This paper aims to position Job’s testimony in the light of arguments made by the other scholars.

  2. Advocacy Narratives and Celebrity Engagement: the Case of Ben Affleck in Congo

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    Budabin, Alexandra Cosima; Richey, Lisa Ann

    2018-01-01

    shape human rights narratives by selecting issues and interacting with dominant framings. This hypothesis is tested through a discourse analysis of professional entertainer Ben Affleck’s spoken and written texts along with organizational materials covering the establishment of the Eastern Congo...... Initiative. The study explains how the ability for celebrities to contend with narratives reflects elite practices in human rights advocacy.......Global celebrities are increasingly important in human rights--promoting causes, raising awareness, and interacting with decision-makers—as communicators to mass and elite audiences. Deepening the literature on transnational advocacy and North-South relations, this article argues that celebrities...

  3. Efeitos benéficos e maléficos da malva sylvestris

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    Ana Carolina Locatelli Ecker

    2016-04-01

    Full Text Available Objetivo. Revisar os efeitos benéficos e maléficos da Malva sylvestris para a saúde humana. Materiais e métodos. Foi realizada uma busca na base de dados BIREME, em setembro de 2014, por meio das pala­vras chaves malva AND sylvestris. Foram incluídos os artigos na língua inglesa e portuguesa sem limite de tempo. Foram excluídos os estudos repetidos e aqueles que não abordavam o tema. Resultados. Atra­vés da busca realizada, foram encontrados 56 artigos, destes, foram excluídos dois repetidos, um por encontrar-se no idioma chinês e, 41 por estarem fora do tema (benefícios para animais e solo, proprie­dades químicas da erva, pesquisa em campo de determinadas regiões do mundo abrangendo índices de utilização de muitas espécies de plantas para fins medicinais. Assim, foram, incluídos 12 artigos. Com grande importância terapêutica, a erva tem sido utilizada na área da saúde em geral para inflamações internas e externas, fins quimio-preventivos e antissépticos. Também alivia secreções como catarros, congestionamento das vias respiratórias e age como calmante no sistema neurológico. Segundo pes­quisas, o chá de malva apresenta resultados mais vantajosos do que tratamentos medicamentosos e é uma das mais utilizadas como auto-medicação. Conclusão. A Malva sylvestris é utilizada para muitos fins benéficos para o ser humano desde tempos remotos, mas sua comprovação científica tem ocorrido atualmente, evidenciando a veracidade de suas vantagens na saúde e no tratamento de patologias.

  4. Los huicholes, de Fernando Benítez: un relato de viaje

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    Lucero Margarita Aguirre-Valdés

    2015-01-01

    Full Text Available El género relato de viaje cuenta con una nueva apertura para su campo de estudio gracias a las investigaciones del español Luis Alburquerque García. Haciendo uso de sus aportaciones teóricas, este trabajo busca aplicarlas al texto Los huicholes , del escritor y periodista Fernando Benítez. Se demostró que en la construcción de dicha obra participan de igual manera lo referencial y la literatura gracias al constante uso del lenguaje poético; al mismo tiempo que se mantiene en el límite entre dos disciplinas, una objetiva e informativa, y otra, subjetiva y estética.

  5. Cloning, Characterization and Analysis of cat and ben Genes from the Phenol Degrading Halophilic Bacterium Halomonas organivorans

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    Moreno, Maria de Lourdes; Sánchez-Porro, Cristina; Piubeli, Francine; Frias, Luciana; García, María Teresa; Mellado, Encarnación

    2011-01-01

    Background Extensive use of phenolic compounds in industry has resulted in the generation of saline wastewaters that produce significant environmental contamination; however, little information is available on the degradation of phenolic compounds in saline conditions. Halomonas organivorans G-16.1 (CECT 5995T) is a moderately halophilic bacterium that we isolated in a previous work from saline environments of South Spain by enrichment for growth in different pollutants, including phenolic compounds. PCR amplification with degenerate primers revealed the presence of genes encoding ring-cleaving enzymes of the β-ketoadipate pathway for aromatic catabolism in H. organivorans. Findings The gene cluster catRBCA, involved in catechol degradation, was isolated from H. organivorans. The genes catA, catB, catC and the divergently transcribed catR code for catechol 1,2-dioxygenase (1,2-CTD), cis,cis-muconate cycloisomerase, muconolactone delta-isomerase and a LysR-type transcriptional regulator, respectively. The benzoate catabolic genes (benA and benB) are located flanking the cat genes. The expression of cat and ben genes by phenol and benzoic acid was shown by RT-PCR analysis. The induction of catA gene by phenol and benzoic acid was also probed by the measurement of 1,2-CTD activity in H. organivorans growth in presence of these inducers. 16S rRNA and catA gene-based phylogenies were established among different degrading bacteria showing no phylogenetic correlation between both genes. Conclusions/Significance In this work, we isolated and determined the sequence of a gene cluster from a moderately halophilic bacterium encoding ortho-pathway genes involved in the catabolic metabolism of phenol and analyzed the gene organization, constituting the first report characterizing catabolic genes involved in the degradation of phenol in moderate halophiles, providing an ideal model system to investigate the potential use of this group of extremophiles in the decontamination of

  6. Seminari e corsi di musica antica "Egida Sartori", Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Benátky 22.-27.7. 2002

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    2002-01-01

    Roč. 39, 2-3 (2002), s. 281-282 ISSN 0018-7003. [Seminari e corsi di musica antica "Egida Sartori". Benátky, 22.07.2002-27.07.2002] Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z8059909 Keywords : conference * interpretation * early music Subject RIV: AL - Art, Architecture, Cultural Heritage

  7. Fundamentos de Inteligencia Artificial: Entrevista con Antonio Benítez

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    Asier Arias

    2012-07-01

    Full Text Available Antonio Benítez, profesor de Lógica en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, ha dedicado buena parte de su labor docente e investigadora a la inteligencia artificial y a la filosofía de la mente y de la ciencia cognitiva. Recientemente ha publicado una obra en tres volúmenes titulada Fundamentos de Inteligencia Artificial (el tercer volumen, dedicado a la inteligencia artificial bioinspirada, aparecerá en los próximos meses. La misma ofrece una guía práctica de introducción a la programación en inteligencia artificial de clara y cabal factura, además de una cuidada introducción a los aspectos teóricos de la disciplina. En esta entrevista nos habla de esta obra y de la ciencia cognitiva en general.

  8. Dos textos astrológicos conservados en el comentario al Sefer Yeṣirá de Yehudá ben Barzilay al-Bargeloní

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    Sela, Shlomo

    2008-12-01

    Full Text Available The main object of this article is to translate, scrutinize the contents and reveal the sources of two Hebrew astrological texts embedded in the commentary on Sefer Yeṣirah composed by Yehudah ben Barzilay, the leading Rabbinic authority in Barcelona in the first half of the 12th century. The first text arises great interest because it incorporates the first ever known horoscopic chart written in Hebrew. The second text includes a miscellany of cosmological and astrological theories. The analysis of both fragments reveals the reception of astrological texts by Jewish intellectuals in the Iberian Peninsula. In contrast with Abraham bar Ḥiyya and Abraham Ibn 'Ezra, who epitomize a renovating trend couching into a Hebrew mold various aspects of Greek and Arabic science, Ben Barzilay embodies a conservative trend which exclusively relies on Jewish astrological and scientific sources.Este artículo tiene como principal propósito traducir, estudiar los contenidos y descubrir las fuentes de dos textos astrológicos hebreos conservados en el comentario al Sefer Yeṣirá de Yehudá ben Barzilay, la principal autoridad rabínica de Barcelona en las primeras décadas del siglo XII. El primer texto despierta gran interés porque incorpora el primer horóscopo documentado escrito en lengua hebrea conocido. El segundo texto incorpora una miscelánea de teorías cosmológicas y astrológicas. El análisis de ambos fragmentos revela un caso especial de recepción de fuentes astrológicas y científicas por intelectuales judíos en la península Ibérica. En claro contraste con Abraham bar Ḥiyya y Abraham Ibn 'Ezra, que encarnan una corriente renovadora orientada a verter al hebreo diversos aspectos de la astrología y ciencia griega y árabe, Yehudá ben Barzilay representa una modalidad conservadora inclinada a la utilización de fuentes astrológicas y científicas de autores exclusivamente judíos.

  9. Student Intern Ben Freed Competes as Finalist in Intel STS Competition, Three Other Interns Named Semifinalists | Poster

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    By Ashley DeVine, Staff Writer Werner H. Kirstin (WHK) student intern Ben Freed was one of 40 finalists to compete in the Intel Science Talent Search (STS) in Washington, DC, in March. “It was seven intense days of interacting with amazing judges and incredibly smart and interesting students. We met President Obama, and then the MIT astronomy lab named minor planets after each

  10. Cloning, characterization and analysis of cat and ben genes from the phenol degrading halophilic bacterium Halomonas organivorans.

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    Maria de Lourdes Moreno

    Full Text Available BACKGROUND: Extensive use of phenolic compounds in industry has resulted in the generation of saline wastewaters that produce significant environmental contamination; however, little information is available on the degradation of phenolic compounds in saline conditions. Halomonas organivorans G-16.1 (CECT 5995(T is a moderately halophilic bacterium that we isolated in a previous work from saline environments of South Spain by enrichment for growth in different pollutants, including phenolic compounds. PCR amplification with degenerate primers revealed the presence of genes encoding ring-cleaving enzymes of the β-ketoadipate pathway for aromatic catabolism in H. organivorans. FINDINGS: The gene cluster catRBCA, involved in catechol degradation, was isolated from H. organivorans. The genes catA, catB, catC and the divergently transcribed catR code for catechol 1,2-dioxygenase (1,2-CTD, cis,cis-muconate cycloisomerase, muconolactone delta-isomerase and a LysR-type transcriptional regulator, respectively. The benzoate catabolic genes (benA and benB are located flanking the cat genes. The expression of cat and ben genes by phenol and benzoic acid was shown by RT-PCR analysis. The induction of catA gene by phenol and benzoic acid was also probed by the measurement of 1,2-CTD activity in H. organivorans growth in presence of these inducers. 16S rRNA and catA gene-based phylogenies were established among different degrading bacteria showing no phylogenetic correlation between both genes. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: In this work, we isolated and determined the sequence of a gene cluster from a moderately halophilic bacterium encoding ortho-pathway genes involved in the catabolic metabolism of phenol and analyzed the gene organization, constituting the first report characterizing catabolic genes involved in the degradation of phenol in moderate halophiles, providing an ideal model system to investigate the potential use of this group of extremophiles in

  11. Federal land management, carbon sequestration, and climate change in the Southeastern U.S.: a case study with fort benning

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    Zhao, S.; Liu, S.; Li, Z.; Sohl, Terry L.

    2010-01-01

    Land use activities can have a major impact on the temporal trendsandspatialpatternsofregionalland-atmosphereexchange of carbon. Federal lands generally have substantially different land management strategies from surrounding areas, and the carbon consequences have rarely been quantified and assessed. Using the Fort Benning Installation as a case study, we used the General Ensemble biogeochemical Modeling System (GEMS) to simulate and compare ecosystem carbon sequestration between the U.S. Army's Fort Benning and surrounding areas from 1992 to 2050. Our results indicate that the military installation sequestered more carbon than surrounding areas from 1992 to 2007 (76.7 vs 18.5 g C m-2 yr-1), and is projected to continue sequestering more carbon from 2008 to 2050 (75.7 vs 25.6 g C m-2 yr-1), mostly because of the proactive management approaches adopted on military training lands. Our results suggest that federal lands might play a positive and important role in sequestering and conserving atmospheric carbon because some anthropogenic disturbances (e.g., urbanization, forest harvesting, and agriculture) can be minimized or prevented on federal lands

  12. Harraga dans la littérature francophone : Boualem Sansal, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Mathias Enard et Marie Ndiaye

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    Désirée Schyns

    2016-03-01

    Full Text Available Résumé : Le présent article offre une analyse de l’immigration clandestine représentée en fiction. Je commenterai quatre productions romanesques francophones qui évoquent la recherche d’une vie meilleure en Europe par des personnages des pays du Sud, à savoir l’Algérie (Boualem Sansal, le Maroc (Tahar Ben Jelloun et Mathias Enard, et un pays d’Afrique subsaharienne qui ne sera nulle part mentionné (Marie Ndiaye. Nous allons voir que Sansal se sert de la fiction pour dénoncer surtout la situation socio-politique en Algérie qui fait que tant de jeunes veulent quitter le pays. Tahar Ben Jelloun et Mathias Enard ont recours à des références intertextuelles afin de replacer le sujet de l’immigration clandestine dans un contexte plus large, et notamment de critiquer les relations coloniales et d’établir un lien avec le passé. Quant à Marie Ndiaye, elle interpelle le lecteur en donnant un témoignage déchirant de l’errance de son personnage, mais en même temps insère des éléments fantastiques qui créent une distance esthétique et affective par rapport à l’expérience migratoire.

  13. On the Determination of the 7Be(n, α)4He Reaction Cross Section at BBN Energies

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    Lamia, L.; Spitaleri, C.; Bertulani, C. A.; Hou, S. Q.; La Cognata, M.; Pizzone, R. G.; Romano, S.; Sergi, M. L.; Tumino, A.

    2017-12-01

    7Be destruction channels are currently a matter of study because of their influence on the 7Li cosmological abundances. Here, we determine the cross section of the (n, α) reaction by using Trojan Horse experimental data for the 7Li(p, α)4He reaction and correcting for Coulomb effects. The deduced 7Be(n, α)4He data overlap with the Big Bang nucleosynthesis energies and the deduced reaction rate allows us to evaluate the corresponding cosmological implications.

  14. [„Kids’ Skills” by Ben Furman – Description and Research Review].

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    Perband, Anke; Haupts, Nadja; Rogner, Josef

    2016-01-01

    The article describes the programme „Kids’ Skills“ by the Finnish psychiatrist Ben Furman. „Kids’ Skills“ was developed to address behavioural issues in children. It is based on the assumption that children’s behavioural problems should not be pathologized, but can instead be corrected by learning a corresponding skill. The programme is characterised by its focus on strengths and its humorous and playful approach. The 15 steps of “Kids’ Skills” are intended to identify the specific skill, help generate a learning process and continue motivating the child. The authors describe the steps of the programme using a case study. They also address the limited number of existing studies, which have included a telephone and an online survey of practitioners using the programme, as well as case studies. The results of these studies are discussed with regard to their basis in evidence and practical relevance. Continuing research is recommended and possible implementations are suggested.

  15. Modeling Soil Quality Thresholds to Ecosystem Recovery at Fort Benning, Georgia, USA

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    Garten Jr., C.T.

    2004-03-08

    The objective of this research was to use a simple model of soil C and N dynamics to predict nutrient thresholds to ecosystem recovery on degraded soils at Fort Benning, Georgia, in the southeastern USA. The model calculates aboveground and belowground biomass, soil C inputs and dynamics, soil N stocks and availability, and plant N requirements. A threshold is crossed when predicted soil N supplies fall short of predicted N required to sustain biomass accrual at a specified recovery rate. Four factors were important to development of thresholds to recovery: (1) initial amounts of aboveground biomass, (2) initial soil C stocks (i.e., soil quality), (3) relative recovery rates of biomass, and (4) soil sand content. Thresholds to ecosystem recovery predicted by the model should not be interpreted independent of a specified recovery rate. Initial soil C stocks influenced the predicted patterns of recovery by both old field and forest ecosystems. Forests and old fields on soils with varying sand content had different predicted thresholds to recovery. Soil C stocks at barren sites on Fort Benning generally lie below predicted thresholds to 100% recovery of desired future ecosystem conditions defined on the basis of aboveground biomass (18000 versus 360 g m{sup -2} for forests and old fields, respectively). Calculations with the model indicated that reestablishment of vegetation on barren sites to a level below the desired future condition is possible at recovery rates used in the model, but the time to 100% recovery of desired future conditions, without crossing a nutrient threshold, is prolonged by a reduced rate of forest growth. Predicted thresholds to ecosystem recovery were less on soils with more than 70% sand content. The lower thresholds for old field and forest recovery on more sandy soils are apparently due to higher relative rates of net soil N mineralization in more sandy soils. Calculations with the model indicate that a combination of desired future

  16. COMPARTIMENTAÇÃO GEOMORFOLÓGICA E MORFOTECTÔNICA DO GRÁBEN DO CARIATÁ, PARAÍBA, A PARTIR DE IMAGEAMENTO REMOTO

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    Bruno Azevedo Cavalcanti Tavares

    2014-12-01

    Full Text Available Desde a sua identificação, a unidade geomórfica Gráben do Cariatá se tornou se fundamental importância para a interpretação do cenário morfotectônico regional no contexto do rebordo leste do nordeste do Brasil, desafiando algumas hipóteses prévias sobre a evolução geomórfica do piemonte do planalto da Borborema. Neste sentido faz-se necessário refinar o conhecimento referente à história geomórfica do gráben, de seus preenchimentos sedimentares, unidades pedo-estratigráficas e controles lito-estruturais sobre as associações de formas de relevo. Um estudo desta ordem pode lançar luz sobre a evolução dos compartimentos escalonados que antecedem a escarpa da Borborema e suas implicações sob pontos de vista páleo-climáticos e neotectônicos, a partir de abordagens que prescindam da utilização do conceito das superfícies regionais de aplainamento. A combinação de Modelos digitais do terreno e imagens de satélite propiciaram uma modelagem mais precisa da área de estudo, sendo uma importante ferramenta para a análise da influencia da neotectônica sobre a compartimentação do relevo. Desse modo, feições como escarpas, facetas triangulares, anfiteatros de erosão e vales lineares foram identificados a partir de técnicas de sensoriamento remoto e estão estritamente ligadas às linhas de reativação de falhas no gráben. A rede de drenagem principal da área de estudo, o rio Paraíba, também está influenciada pela dinâmica morfotectônica, o que se faz explicitar a partir de uma incisão de maior ordem em determinados setores, resultando mesmo no abandono da antiga planície sob a forma de terraços erosivos.

  17. Mudança tecnologica na industria de bens de capital no Estado de Sao Paulo, 1928-1937

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    2007-01-01

    Resumo:A indústria brasileira durante a Grande Depressão tem sido estudada sob vários ângulos, mas são relativamente escassos trabalhos que tratam das eventuais mudanças no uso de recursos produtivos. Ainda mais escassos são os trabalhos que buscaram examinar as mudanças na indústria de bens de capital, urna indústria significativamente mais complexa em termos tecnológicos. O presente trabalho tentou contribuir com a historiografia econômica da industrialização brasileira estudando a indústri...

  18. Bens culturais acessíveis às crianças: limites e possibilidades para o desenvolvimento cultural na educação infantil

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    Muriane Sirlene Silva de Assis

    2012-10-01

    Full Text Available Este trabalho é parte de uma tese de doutorado que investigou o processo de desenvolvimento cultural da criança na Educação Infantil a partir das concepções de diferentes sujeitos. O presente trabalho focalizou as concepções das crianças, das professoras e dos pais sobre o acesso das crianças aos bens culturais. A pesquisa utilizou procedimentos metodológicos fundamentados em abordagem qualitativa e coletou dados por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas e questionários. A Teoria Histórico-Cultural serviu de fundamentação teórica para o estudo. A análise dos dados enunciou que a escola e a família contribuíam para o desenvolvimento cultural das crianças, todavia, essa contribuição ocorria de forma pouco intencional e sistematizada. A pesquisa demonstrou que o acesso das crianças e dos adultos aos bens culturais era restrito e limitado, em especial à televisão, e isso empobrecia as possibilidades de desenvolvimento cultural deles. As atividades artísticas e culturais eram interpretadas como recurso didático-pedagógico e raramente se vinculavam ao lazer, ao divertimento, a ampliação da visão de mundo e consequentemente ao desenvolvimento cultural. O estudo ressaltou que não basta ter acesso aos bens culturais, há que se buscar por meio da apropriação do patrimônio cultural da humanidade, uma atuação mais consciente na prática social.

  19. La relación entre el miedo a la violación y el sexismo benévolo en una muestra de mujeres de Ciudad Juárez (México)

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    Espinoza Ornelas, Roxana; Moya, Miguel; Willis, Guillermo B.

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    En este artículo se estudió la relación entre el miedo a la violación y el sexismo benévolo en 2 muestras de mujeres de Ciudad Juárez (México). Usando un diseño correlacional, en el Estudio 1 (N = 225 mujeres) se encontró que cuanto mayor es el miedo a la violación, mayores puntuaciones se obtienen en sexismo benévolo, pero no en sexismo hostil. En el Estudio 2 (N = 188 mujeres) se manipuló experimentalmente el miedo considerando 3 condiciones: miedo a la violación, miedo al crimen y condició...

  20. Proposal for a refinement of the National Energy Balance (BEN) and Useful Energy Balance (BEU); Proposta de refinamento do Balanco Energetico Nacional e do Balanco de Energia Util

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    Leite, Alvaro Afonso Furtado [Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (DCET/UESC), Ilheus, BA (Brazil). Dept. de Ciencias Exatas e Tecnologicas], email: aafleite@uesc.br; Bajay, Sergio Valdir [Universidade Estadual de Campinas (NIPE/UNICAMP), SP (Brazil). Fac. de Engenharia Mecanica. Nucleo Interdisciplinar de Planejamento Energetico], email: bajay@fem.unicamp.br

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    The need to discuss the reformulation of two important tools for the Brazilian energy planning - the National Energy Balance (BEN) and the Useful Energy Balance (BEU) - was the motivation to carry out the study reported in this paper. The concepts embodied in the BEN were set out in the seventies, while those structuring the BEU were defined in the eighties. Since then, the ways to produce, trade and consume energy underwent important changes in Brazil and the expansion planning of the national energy system requires, nowadays, more detailed information and, in some cases, more reliable data than those currently provided by the two balances. They need, thus, to be refined, and this paper aims to contribute towards this goal. (author)

  1. Igrejas eletrônicas: espetacularização e consumo de bens simbólicos no neopentecostalismoicos no neopentecostalismo

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    Roger Bressianini Almeida

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    Full Text Available O artigo apresenta uma análise das práticas espetaculares e do consumo de bens simbólicos nas igrejas eletrônicas. Dentro do modelo neopentecostal iniciado no final do século XX, estratégias são lançadas para a construção de imagens midiatizadas e passíveis de veneração, personificadas na figura dos líderes de suas denominações. Com este processo realizado por meio das práticas de espetacularização descritas por Guy Debord, os líderes religiosos realizam uma transferência de seu poder carismático para pequenos bens simbólicos desprovidos de valor de uso que, uma vez consumidos, materializam os poderes simbólicos e econômicos que possibilitam a manutenção e expansão de suas instituições. Partindo do conceito de campo religioso proposto por Pierre Bourdieu, este estudo aborda peculiaridades e problemas de um modelo de religião em que as imagens midiáticas adquirem conceito de imagens de culto. Por apresentar altas taxas de crescimento de adeptos no Brasil nas últimas décadas, torna-se necessário compreender e ampliar os conhecimentos a respeito desses movimentos religiosos e suas estratégias de operação.

  2. Consideraciones acerca de la opinión del profesor Ben Karpman sobre psicodiagnóstico y psicoterapia del criminal

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    Luis Jaime Sánchez

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    Full Text Available Lanzado al público de las ciencias psíquicas por "The Mental Science Publishing", ha aparecido una trascendente monografía del doctor Ben Karpman, profesor de psiquiatría en la Universidad de Howard, sobre examen psicológico del criminal. Atiende al libro que mencionó un particular y básico interés profesional, y este motivo me lleva a examinar con alguna detención la idea conductiva del psiquiatra norteamericano.

  3. O mercado de bens e serviços com apelos ambientais

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    Eliana Boaventura Bernardes Moura Alves

    2013-12-01

    Full Text Available A crescente conscientização ambiental da sociedade tem alavancado o consumo de produtos e serviços com apelo ambiental, formando o denominado “mercado verde”, que tem impulsionado a economia e estimulado o desenvolvimento sustentável. Este trabalho teve como objetivo analisar o mercado de bens e serviços com apelos ambientais e inferir sobre suas motivações e tendências. O método utilizado foi a pesquisa bibliográfica a fim de construir um estudo descritivo, que reunisse e compilasse informações deste mercado. Constatou-se que o marketing aliado à responsabilidade ambiental, vem alcançando cada vez mais espaço nos meios de comunicação das empresas e funciona como ferramenta estratégica, favorecendo a imagem corporativa e a competitividade, além de conquistar e fidelizar consumidores. O “mercado verde” revela tendências de crescimento, tanto no quesito número de consumidores, como também de competidores. Tal fato pode requerer um marketing mais agressivo e mais informativo por parte das empresas, no intuito de manter e conquistar novos clientes.

  4. Longwall face recovery operations at Mine 26 of the Old Ben Coal Company, Benton, Illinois, USA

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    Monks, W R; Hodgkinson, D; Ferris, W

    1985-02-01

    The paper describes a longwall face recovery (salvage) operation witnessed by National Coal Board Western Areas personnel at No. 26 Mine of the Old Ben Coal Company in Venton, Illinois. A brief review is made of the company and No. 26 Mine, and followed by a description of the longwall face salvage operations detailing the face equipment, preparation work, salvage equipment used, the method of operation and the results obtained. Particular reference is made to the successful use of Free Steered Vehicles (FSVs) for salvaging equipment and the use of roof bolts for the primary support of the face line. Finally, a number of conclusions are made which lead to firm recommendations for UK adoption.

  5. A study of decisive factors in cross-national acquisitions - An example of BenQ and Foxconn cooperation

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    Tu, Kai-Jan

    2012-09-01

    As a result of globalization, the number of multinational mergers and acquisitions across the globe has grown steadily over the years. In this article I have conducted research based on two key studies: the failure and success of two companies, BenQ and Foxconn, through the mergers and acquisitions. I gain the conclusion that effective cross-border culture communication is an absolute, decisive factor in building successful relationships among companies; enterprises must develop a "cross-border culture communication motivation function" from both the acquiring and the acquired parts of the partnership. It is only then, that enterprises can exert their market and financial synergy influence to the fullest extents.

  6. Desarrollo de un modelo de negocio para una cooperativa hortícola de mujeres en Benín

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    Herías Sáenz, Marina

    2016-01-01

    La República de Benín es un país africano situado en el área subsahariana occidental. Es un país catalogado con un bajo índice de desarrollo, en el que una proporción considerable de los habitantes vive por debajo del umbral de la pobreza y cuyo principal motor económico actual es la agricultura comercial. En este país, concretamente en la comuna de Nikki, una de las 12 comunas que lo integran, es donde la ONG española OAN International focaliza su actividad. Su fin último es cooperar en el d...

  7. Premodern’den Postmodern’e Benliğin ve Kutsalın Dönüşümü: Narsisist Benliğin Kutsal Algısı / Transformation of Knowledge and Sacred from Premodern to Postmodern: The Sacred Perception of Narcissist Self

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    Ahmet GÜVEN

    2015-07-01

    Full Text Available Benlik kavramını, vülgarize ederek söylemek gerekirse, modern öncesi ve sonrası olmak üzere ayırmak gerekir. Modern düşüncenin “bilgi”nin mahiyeti üzerinde meydana getirmiş olduğu dönüşüm öncelikle benlik algısını ve kaçınılmaz olarak kutsal algısını değiştirmiştir. Geleneğin içinde merkezi konuma sahip olan “kutsal bilgi” (scentia sacra benliğe, ancak “Külli akl” (intellect ile varlık sahası tanımış ve benliği terbiye edilmesi gereken “nefs” olarak görmüştü. Modern düşünce ise “bilen” ve “bilinen” benlik ayrımını yaparak bilginin merkezini ilahi olandan beşeri olana taşıyarak bilginin “desacralizasyonunu” (kutsallıktan arındırma temin etmiştir. Geleneğin çok katmanlı hakikat telakkisi yerine geçen modernizmin tek boyutlu ve dayatmacı hakikat algısına tepki olarak postmodern zamanlarda hakikatin ulaşılamaz olduğu fikrine dayanan hakikatin izafiliği düşüncesi doğmuştur. Bu postmodern düşünce narsisist benliğin ortaya çıkışında en etkili unsurdur. / To clarify the concept of the self, it is necessary to consider the term in two periods as premodern and postmodern. The transformation realized in the essence of the “information” by modern thought, changed initially the perception of the self and then inevitably the perception of sacred. The sacred knowledge (scentia sacra which had a central place in traditional thought entitled self to exist only in divine intelligence (intellect and the tradition regarded the self as the personality which must be disciplined. However, modern thought made a separation between the self that knows and the self that is known, and desacralized the information by shifting the center of the information from divine to the human one. The thought about the relativity of the truth which based on idea of the inaccessibility of the truth was born in postmodern times as a reaction to the perception of the one

  8. Contribution of Ben Jonson to development of the English renaissance comedy

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    Jovanović Slobodan D.

    2012-01-01

    Full Text Available Ben Jonson’s Works, published in 1616, included all his comedies written that far, and meant an important precedent which helped to establish drama as literary kind comparable to the rest of literature. Before that date, drama was regarded as unworthy of the name of literature, and Jonson was the first to give it its new dignity. His comedies written after 1616 were usually published immediately after they were acted. Jonson’s theoretical interests were an expression of his intellectual aristocratism and his realistic temperament. He took pride in being able to create comedies according to the best scientific rules, and felt superior to those who made them by sheer talent. Jonson was the only theoretician among the English Renaissance dramatists, but although he was ready to fight for his rules, his application of them was broad and elastic. In his comedies there are many departures from classical models, often modified by his keen observation of everyday English life. The theory he adhered to was an abstract and rigid kind of realism, which in his practice was transformed by his gift of observation and his moral zeal into a truly realistic and satirical comic vision of life.

  9. África Brasil (1976: uma análise midiática do álbum de Jorge Ben Jor

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    OLIVEIRA, Luciana Xavier

    2012-04-01

    Full Text Available This article is a study of the musical genre dynamics, articulated to the interpretation of stylistic marks mobilized as addressing strategies inserted in the music of Jorge Ben Jor. In order to do so, we conducted a mediatic analysis over one of his most representativealbums, Africa Brazil (Philips, 1976, also articulating the concepts of mass popular music, diction and popular song. The corpus consists of two songs of this disc, Xica da Silva and Africa Brazil (Zumbi. In this sense, through this methodological exercise, we try to understandhow are structured the grammars of musical genres inscribed in the album, also taking into consideration its dynamics of meaning-making inside the massive brazilian and international popular music.

  10. BOAS PRÁTICAS PARA A CONCEPÇÃO DE UMA PLATAFORMA LOGÍSTICA DE BENS NÃO PERECÍVEIS: UM CASO DE EMPREENDEDORISMO SOCIAL

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    Luisa Margarida Carvalho

    2011-06-01

    Full Text Available A multimensionalidade dos fenómenos da pobreza e da exclusão social obrigam ao encontro de diversos actores na procura de soluções participadas. O envolvimento de diversas organizações em parceria para a resolução de problemas e necessidades sociais pode ser encarado como uma solução inovadora que potencia práticas de empreendedorismo social. Neste âmbito a criação de um Mercado Social de bens não perecíveis na cidade Setúbal - Portugal envolvendo diversas entidades, nomeadamente Instituições Particulares de Solidariedade Social (IPSS, Câmara Municipal de Setúbal e Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal formam uma rede de cooperação cujo objectivo base se centra na resolução de problemas sociais em tempos de crise. Este estudo tem como objectivo descrever as boas práticas que suportaram a concepção da plataforma logística para o Mercado Social de bens não perecíveis, apontando caminhos e procedimentos passíveis de disseminar noutros contextos e formas de transferência de conhecimento do ensino superior para a comunidade local.

  11. Plasticité du droit constitutionnel et dynamique de l’autoritarisme dans la Tunisie de Ben Ali

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    Éric Gobe

    2012-02-01

    Full Text Available Le droit des institutions politiques dans la Tunisie de Ben Ali apparaît particulièrement plastique et instable car ce sont les échéances politiques liées à la pérennisation du régime autoritaire qui dictent le rythme et la nature des changements institutionnels. Ce droit est conçu de façon à rendre impensable l’éventualité d’une alternance au sommet de l’État tout en permettant aux pouvoirs publics tunisiens de tenir un discours sur la résolution de la Tunisie à approfondir son engagement démocratique. Les récents textes constitutionnels et législatifs organisant la vie politique concourent, dans le même temps à limiter formellement les pratiques autoritaires tout en les autorisant si nécessaire.

  12. A distribuição física como recurso estratégico de fabricantes de bens de consumo para a obtenção da vantagem competitiva

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    Marcio Vieira de Almeida

    2014-12-01

    Full Text Available O objetivo neste artigo é identificar os diversos aspectos envolvidos na distribuição física que podem torná-la uma fonte de vantagem competitiva para fabricantes de bens de consumo. Para tanto, a distribuição foi focada na relação entre fabricantes de bens de consumo e varejistas pelo fato de estes últimos estarem em contato com os clientes e poderem avaliar sua satisfação com os produtos. O artigo está fundamentado na abordagem da visão baseada em recursos (VBR, da qual foram utilizados os conceitos de valor, recursos estratégicos, vantagem competitiva e estratégias competitivas, bem como os de distribuição física e logística de autores dessas áreas. A pesquisa foi do tipo exploratório e descritivo com a aplicação da metodologia qualitativa que se mostrou a mais adequada para os objetivos do estudo. Foram entrevistados oito executivos, sendo três de empresas de varejo e cinco de fabricantes, por meio de roteiro padrão com perguntas abertas. Os dados foram tratados e analisados com base nas técnicas da análise de conteúdo. Como resultado, constatou-se que, para obtenção de vantagem competitiva pelos fabricantes de bens de consumo, é indispensável haver criação de valor partilhado com o varejista, capital intelectual e cultura de serviços produtivos, colaboração entre os participantes da cadeia de distribuição e adoção da estratégia de modelo híbrido.

  13. Cultura e consumo: uma explicação teórica da estrutura e do movimento do significado cultural dos bens de consumo

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    Numa sociedade de consumo, o significado cultural se move incessantemente de um ponto para outro. Na trajetória normal, o significado cultural se move primeiro do mundo culturalmente constituído para os bens de consumo e desses para o consumidor individual. Diversos instrumentos são responsáveis por esse movimento: a publicidade, o sistema de moda e quatro rituais de consumo. Este artigo analisa o movimento do significado cultural do ponto de vista teórico, demonstrando onde reside o signifi ...

  14. ENTRE PRÉDIOS ENVIDRAÇADOS, UMA CRUZ ESLAVA: ucranianos, bens culturais e a cidade AMIDST GLASS-WALLED BUILDINGS, A SLAVIC CROSS: Ukrainians, cultural assets and the city

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    Paulo Augusto Tamanini

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    Full Text Available http://dx.doi.org/10.5965/2175180303022011192 Este artigo preocupa-se em tecer alguns apontamentos sobre o local de estabelecimento dos imigrantes ortodoxos ucranianos na cidade de Curitiba e verificar quais as estratégias adotadas no intuído de preservar os bens culturais etnicos, durante o processo de modificação do espaço trazidos pela urbanização da Avenida  Cândido Hartmann (que até 1978 se chamava  Vila dos Ucraínos. Para buscar as informações que dão suporte às análises que contemplem os temas ‘bens culturais e a cidade’, depoimentos tomados de imigrantes que moravam no bairro, atentam para perceber  a relação dialética  entre o lugar  e o conjunto de crenças e práticas culturais do grupo. Se de um lado a urbanidade tende a homogeneizar lugares que se criam específicos, por outro, quando há interesse, reforça as identificações étnicas em espaços apropriados

  15. Cities, Towns and Villages, City limit boundaries for all municipalities in Ben Hill, Brooks, Cook, Echols, Lanier, Irwin, Lowndes, Tift and Turner Counties., Published in 2010, 1:7200 (1in=600ft) scale, Southern Georgia Regional Commission.

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    NSGIC Regional | GIS Inventory — Cities, Towns and Villages dataset current as of 2010. City limit boundaries for all municipalities in Ben Hill, Brooks, Cook, Echols, Lanier, Irwin, Lowndes, Tift...

  16. Integración de microorganismos benéficos (Hongos micorrícicos y bactérias izosféricas) en agrosistemas de las Islas Canarias

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    Jaizme-Vega, María del Carmen; Rodríguez-Romero, Ana Sue

    2008-01-01

    La actividad microbiana de la rizosfera es, en gran medida, responsable del funcionamiento del ecosistema y de la fertilidad de los suelos agrícolas. Entre los microorganismos benéficos del suelo, tanto los hongos formadores de micorrizas arbusculares (MA) como las bacterias rizosféricas promotoras del crecimiento (BRPC), constituyentes claves de la zona rizosférica, contribuyen a mejorar el desarrollo y la nutrición de la planta, así como a incrementar la tolerancia de los ...

  17. Geographic Place Names, GNIS data for Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Cook, Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Pierce, Tift, Turner, Ware counties., Published in 1999, 1:7200 (1in=600ft) scale, Southern Georgia Regional Commission.

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    NSGIC Regional | GIS Inventory — Geographic Place Names dataset current as of 1999. GNIS data for Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Cook, Echols, Irwin,...

  18. Fabriquer le bonheur conjugal : sur l’argent et l’impuissance chez Tahar Ben Jelloun

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    Florina Matu

    2015-05-01

    Full Text Available Dans son dernier roman, intitulé de manière ironique Le Bonheur conjugal (2012, Tahar Ben Jelloun prépare soigneusement la recette d’un mariage infernal. Rien n’y manque dans ce pot au poison que constitue la vie commune des protagonistes: le choc des classes sociales entre un homme issu d’une famille aisée et une paysanne parvenue, la différence d’âge, l’immixtion de la belle-famille, la jalousie, l’adultère, la haine et la vengeance. Et pourtant c’est surtout l’argent, doublé d’une inévitable cupidité, qui représente la source des principaux conflits dans ce ménage. Cet article explore le rôle de l’argent dans la construction du bonheur et/ou du malheur conjugal, de même que la relation disproportionnelle entre la réussite financière et l’impuissance au sens propre et au figuré. Ces aspects seront analysés dans le cadre culturel marocain et français afin de faire ressortir le caractère universel des problèmes du couple dans la société contemporaine.

  19. In Search of the Postmodern Utopia: Ben Okri’s In Arcadia

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    Alistair Graeme Fox

    2005-08-01

    Full Text Available This essay explores how Ben Okri’s most recent novel, In Arcadia(2002, attempts to reconstruct the possibility of utopia in the face of a fragmentation of identity and destruction of determinate certainties affecting contemporary society in the aftermath of postmodernism. By tracing the intertextual relations existing between this work and earlier works in an intellectual/literary tradition that extends from Theocritus and Virgil through Dante, More, Milton, Sannazzaro, Sidney and others, Fox shows how Okri develops the proposition that men and women confronting an ‘empty universe where the mind spins in uncertainty and repressed terror’ can recover sanity through art. Even though, in Okri’s vision, the world may be ‘a labyrinth without an exit’, presided over by Death without any hint of transcendence, men and women, he concludes, can recover paradise through the ‘painting of the mind’ which can creative complete forms that can be fed into ‘spirit’s factory for the production of reality’. This generative activity, which is at the heart of the Arcadian vision, in Okri’s view, has the power to make life a place of ‘secular miracles’, despite the limitations imposed upon it by the realities of finitude and death. The essay concludes by suggesting that Okri’s concept of utopia is very close to Kant’s idea of Aufklärung as expounded by Michel Foucault –– that is, neither a world era, nor an event whose signs are perceived, nor the dawning of an accomplishment, but rather a process of which men and women are at once elements and agents, and which occurs to the extent that they decide to be its voluntary actors. While in some respects Okri’s vision is strikingly similar to certain of its antecedents, it is thus nevertheless distinctively postmodern in the ways in which it is inflected.

  20. Civil execution: the search for goods by the creditor and the right to banking and fiscal secrecies Execução civil: a busca de bens pelo credor e o direito aos sigilos bancário e fiscal

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    Luiz Fernando Belinetti

    2005-12-01

    Full Text Available It presents problem resulting from the absence of assets belonging to the executed party in the civil execution. It particularly investigates the crisis generated by the absence of assets, as well as the procedure carried out in order to locate assets that can be seized. It also examines the issue pertaining to banking and fiscal privacy, including an exhibition of the theorical bases of the institutes, juridical disciplines and the doctrinal and jurisprudential position on the theme. It highlights the fact that both banking privacy and fiscal privacy are based on the right to privacy, and thus posses constitutional consent. It reinforces the relativity of the right to privacy which enables the executor to have acess to the information pertaining to banking and fiscal data belonging to the executed party, once all attempts at locating assets have been implemented without success. The dissertation affirms that a contrary judicial decision does not fulfill the principle of effectiveness of procedure. It concludes that the right to credit of the executor is also in the interests of justice, and thus the right to privacy must give way when confronted by the interests, as a result of the application of the principle of proporcionality.Trata da problemática resultante da ausência de bens do executado no processo de execução. Investiga, particularmente, a crise instalada com a ausência de bens do executado e as diligências realizadas na tentativa de localizar bens penhoráveis. Examina a questão do direito aos sigilos bancário e fiscal, com exposição das bases teóricas dos institutos, disciplina jurídica e o posicionamento doutrinário e jurisprudencial sobre o tema. Destaca que tanto o sigilo bancário quanto o sigilo fiscal são fundamentados no direito à privacidade, possuindo, ainda que por via oblíqua, assento constitucional. Sustenta a relatividade do direito ao sigilo, o que possibilita ao exeqüente, mediante seu pedido, o acesso

  1. Age and growth of Crystallogobius linearis (von Düben, 1845 (Teleostei: Gobiidae from the Adriatic Sea

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    M. La Mesa

    2001-12-01

    Full Text Available Age and growth of the crystal goby Crystallogobius linearis (von Düben, 1845 were investigated by means of daily growth increment counts on the sagittal otoliths. Samples of C. linearis, obtained as by-catch of the Aphia minuta fishery, were collected in a coastal area of the central Adriatic Sea between March and September 1996. Otolith age-readings were carried out on 167 specimens, ranged from 14 to 41 mm of total length, and indicated that the population was composed of individuals from two to seven months old. Growth of both males and females appeared practically linear over the whole size range studied, although in females a slight decrease in growth rate of older specimens was observed. Furthermore, the hatch date distribution of C. linearis, obtained by the backcalculation of the ageing data, indicated a long breeding season of at least eight months. The results of this study indicated that, as reported from literature for most nektonic gobies, the crystal goby is also characterised by a short life span, during which a high reproductive effort is displayed throughout a long breeding season.

  2. [Classes of crude drugs and its distribution of producing area in the attached illustrations in Ben cao tu jing (Illustrated Classic of Materia Medica)].

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    Xu, T; Peng, H S

    2016-03-01

    Ben cao tu jing (Illustrated Classic of Materia Medica) is the earliest extant atlas book of materia medica in China, with 933 attached drawings. Among them, the largest portion, amounting to 670, are herbaceous plants, mostly commonly used, with definite marks of the origin producing areas, distributed across 149 administrative divisions(prefectures and counties) of the Song Dynasty, most of them in Northern area which were distributed denser than those in Southern area. The densest ones were located in Southern Shanxi, Eastern Sichuan and Eastern Anhui. In the attached drawings, the frequency of highest occurrence appeared in this Classic are three prefectures, Chuzhou, Shizhou and Guangzhou.

  3. [Preliminary textual research on Zhijintang Sanctum re-revised version of Jinling edition of Ben cao gang mu (Compendium of Materia Medica)].

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    Zheng, Jinsheng

    2014-03-01

    The Zhijintang Sanctum version of the re-revised edition of Jinling edition of Ben cao gang mu (Compendium of Materia Medica)collected by Zhao Huiyuan of Baihe, Henan Province in 2008 was opted as one of the third batch of the National Directory of Rare Ancient Worksin 2010. On the second cover page (patent page), it is recorded as"Original Jiangxi version". However, it is investigated to find that most of its paper sheets were reprinted after the original Jinling version, only scores of paper sheets were supplemented block-printed, including the additional block-printed second preface and Li Jianyuan's submitted report of the Jiangxi version, the re-revised time of which should be after the Jiangxi edition, or 1603. The exact time can be determined only by checking it carefully against another Jinling re-revised version (the Sheyuantang Sanctum edition).

  4. Ben Franklin, America’s Postage Stamp Star — on the Wane?

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    François Brunet

    2010-01-01

    Full Text Available This paper is an assessment of Ben Franklin’s evolving figure in U.S. postage stamps, focusing especially on the contrast between the 2006 tercentennial Franklin 4-stamp panel, a rather high-brow representation of Franklin as an intellectual, and his traditional image as a homely, common face. The singular history of U.S. postage stamps, with their innovative choice of historical figures as subject matter and their broader emphasis on commemoration, is briefly summarized. The evolution of the Franklin figure — the most common postal image, along with George Washington — is then detailed, showing how the traditional image prevailed until the 1950s, before being progressively displaced by a more cultural and, lately, intellectual image of the nation’s “electrizer”.Cet article vise à interpréter l’évolution de la figure de Benjamin Franklin dans les timbres-poste des Etats-Unis, en se fondant notamment sur le contraste entre le bloc de quatre timbres émis lors du tricentenaire en 2006, qui représente Franklin dans les différents métiers d’un intellectuel des Lumières, et son image traditionnelle d’Américain simple et moyen. On retrace tout d’abord l’histoire singulière des timbres américains, caractérisée par le choix innovant de figures historiques comme sujets et plus généralement par la prééminence de la fonction commémorative. Puis on étudie en détail l’évolution de la figure de Franklin — sujet le plus fréquent des timbres américains avec George Washington — en montrant que l’image traditionnelle s’est perpétuée jusqu’aux années 1950, avant de céder progressivement à une image plus culturelle et, récemment, plus intellectuelle.

  5. Gestão da inovação tecnológica: uma análise da aplicação do funil de inovação em uma organização de bens de consumo

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    Muriel de Oliveira Gavira

    2007-03-01

    Full Text Available Por causa da reconhecida importância da inovação para o crescimento e desenvolvimento das organizações, tem-se procurado desenvolver formas e ferramentas para otimizar sua gestão. Estas, por sua vez, variam de acordo com o setor e a dinâmica produtiva da indústria. O funil de inovação é uma ferramenta desenvolvida com base na observação da gestão da inovação em empresas de bens de consumo, como alimentos, higiene e limpeza, cosméticos, entre outros. A gestão da inovação por meio da utilização do funil tem sido adotada por algumas empresas, sejam essas nacionais ou multinacionais, matrizes ou subsidiárias. Daí o interesse em verificar a eficácia de sua aplicação, bem como as vantagens e dificuldades de sua utilização e também as diferenças da prática do funil com relação à teoria desenvolvida, constituindo esses pontos de interesse os objetivos do presente trabalho. Para tanto, foi realizado um estudo de caso em uma subsidiária de uma grande multinacional de bens de consumo. Com base nesse estudo, foi possível concluir que o funil é uma ferramenta adequada a empresas de bens de consumo e que sua aplicação não diverge muito da teoria, porém são necessários pequenos ajustes, como a adequação a diferentes culturas e rotinas empresariais, a adoção de ferramentas de apoio e atividades de incentivo e motivação dos funcionários.

  6. Tetanus Seroprevalence among Pregnant Women in Ben-U Sen Health Center in Diyarbakir

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    Ali Ceylan

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    Full Text Available Aim: At the aim of this study was to determine the tetanus seroprevalence among pregnant women and childbearing aged woman living in the Ben-u Sen Health Center region that is in lower socio-economical level. Materials and methods: In this descriptive study, a team including the staff of health center and several volunteers visited the houses of pregnant women living in the health center coverage region and questionnaires were completed through face to face interviews. The study group included 214 pregnant women. Among them, serum samples of 197 subjects’ were studied for anti-toxic antibody for tetanus. For control, serum samples from 200 women living in the same health center region were collected. It was evaluated as partially protective, protective and longterm protection when tetanus antibody level was 0,01-<0,1 IU/ml, 0,1-<1.0 IU/ml and 1,0 IU/ml and over, respectively. Results: The mean age of the women was 26,4, mean marriage and first pregnancy ages were 17,9 and 18,9, respectively, and 40% of the subjects had never been examined or received follow up by a health center. It was revealed that 25.8% of the subjects were not protected and 74.2% had a full protection level of antibody. Within the control group, the same levels of antibodies were detected in 40.0% and 60.0% of the women, respectively. Conclusion: The study indicates that the immunity levels against tetanus are not satisfactory and every childbearing aged woman should be included in a vaccination program whenever they receive any examination in a health center. [TAF Prev Med Bull 2011; 10(4.000: 481-486

  7. [Experience of treatment and understanding of impediment disease in Shen nong ben cao jing (Shen-ntonz's Classic of Materia Medica)].

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    Ding, Hongchang; Wang, Zhenrui

    2015-01-01

    As a book with significant historical materials for the research of impediment disease not to be ignored, Shen nong ben cao jing (Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica) contains, among its 365 kinds of materia medica, 75 kinds of medicines related to impediment disease. Among the latter ones, 51 are related to "damp impediment", "cold-damp impediment", "wind-cold-damp impediment", "wind impediment", "wind-damp impediment", and "cold impediment"; 16 are related to "laryngeal impediment", "general impediment", and "blood impediment"; 8 are related to "muscular impediment", "stomach impediment", "hernia-conglomeration impediment", "internal consumptive-thirst impediment", "wilting impediment", and "hemiplegic impediment". To systematically analyze the properties, tastes, and effects of these medicines and its related knowledge, and then further explore the overall recognition and their treating experience of the physicians at that period would not only enrich the historical research on impediment disease, but also offer much help and reference to the understanding and treatment of impediment for contemporary clinicians.

  8. Humanismo y asistencia benéfica en las "Cartas a Elpidio" de Félix Varela Humanism and Beneficence in Félix Varela's "Letters to Elpidio"

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    Full Text Available En el presente trabajo se valora la presencia de la concepción humanista de Félix Varela en su obra "Cartas a Elpidio". Se toma como punto de partida al humanismo filosófico en su variante latinoamericana, ubicando a Varela en el lugar correspondiente al llamado "triángulo básico" de la filosofía cubana del siglo XIX. En particular, se hace énfasis en sus ideas acerca de la asistencia benéfica y de la subordinación del bien individual al bien común, cuestiones que aunque constituyen una línea temática permanente dentro del pensamiento vareliano obra, reciben aquí un tratamiento muy maduro, que no ha sido objeto de estudios precedentes. Asimismo se toman en consideración las condiciones y el momento histórico en que fue escrita la obra y las acciones benéficas, de asistencia social, que conjuntamente se generanThe presence of Félix Varela's humanistic position in his work "Letters to Elpidio" is appraised in this work. Philosophical humanism in its Latin American variant is taken as a starting point, placing Varela in a position corresponding to the so-called "basic triangle" of Cuban philosophy in the XIX century. In particular, emphasis is made in his ideas about beneficence and the subordination of individual well-being to common well-being, issues that although they constitute a permanent thematic line in Varela's thought; receive a very mature treatment in this work, even more mature than that of precedent studies. Also they take into consideration the conditions and the historical context in which this work was written and the beneficent actions, of social assistance that are consequently generated

  9. O pilar que ficou: um estudo de conservação em bens patrimoniais a partir do conceito de valor: o caso da Igreja do Pilar do Recife

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    2010-01-01

    A crescente busca de reinserção de bens patrimoniais, que estão em desuso ou foram abandonados, nos contextos urbanos atuais, mostra o conflito inerente ao processo de mudança e adaptação de valores. Para discutir essa questão o estudo aqui apresentado, tem como objetivo refletir sobre a conservação de um bem patrimonial religioso em estado de degradação, considerando-se sua desvinculação com o atual contexto descaracterizado em que está inserido. Para tal, pesquisa-se a Igreja...

  10. Ben Franklin stilled the waves an informal history of pouring oil on water with reflections on the ups and downs of scientific life in general

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    2004-01-01

    Benjamin Franklin, the 18th-century American statesman and scientist, watched the calming effect of a drop of oil on the waves and ripples of a London pond, and began to investigate exactly what was happening to cause this strange phenomenon. Following Franklin's lead, a motley crowd of scientists over the next two centuries and more chose to investigate the nature of atoms and molecules through the interaction of fluid membranes. Building on Franklin's originalexperiments, their work has culminated in the discovery of the structure of cell membranes, research that continues to bear fruit today. Ben Franklin Stilled the Waves is far more than the story of oil on water; it is a voyage into the very nature of science and its place in our history.

  11. Helechos y licofitos de la Reserva Natural Educativa Colonia Benítez (Chaco, Argentina

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    Bruno Dematteis

    2015-01-01

    Full Text Available La Reserva Natural Educativa Colonia Benítez cuenta con una superficie aproximada de ocho ha, está ubicada en el departamento Primero de Mayo, en la provincia del Chaco, Argentina. Desde el punto de vista fitogeográfico, esta área protegida se localiza dentro del Distrito Chaqueño Oriental de la Provincia Chaqueña. Como objetivos de este trabajo se planteó realizar un inventario de helechos y licofitos y una clave para el reconocimiento de los taxa que crecen en esta reserva. A tal fin, se examinaron las colecciones depositadas en CTES, y se realizaron nuevas recolecciones de especímenes. Se registraron 12 géneros con un total de 17 especies, siendo Doryopteris el género mejor representado con tres especies: D. concolor, D. lorentzii y D. pentagona. El género Adiantopsis presentó dos especies (A. chlorophylla y A. tweediana, al igual que Anemia con (A. simplicior y A. tomentosa var. anthriscifolia y Pteris (Pteris denticulata var. tristicula y Pteris vittata. Los demás géneros presentaron sólo una especie: Adiantum lorentzii, Anogramma chaerophylla, Azolla cristata, Hemionitis tomentosa, Microgramma vaccinifolia, Pityrogramma calomelanos var. calomelanos, Pleopeltis minima y Selaginella sellowii. El hábito terrícola fue el mejor representado con 12 especies, de las cuales una de ellas es rupícola y otras tres se pueden comportar como epífitos facultativos, en tanto que los estrictamente epífitos fueron representados por sólo dos especies. Azolla cristata fue la única especie acuática presente. Se presentan observaciones ecológicas y un análisis biogeográfico de las especies registradas

  12. [Research on Japanese monograph of comprehensive dietetic materia medica, the Pao chu bei yong wo ming ben cao (Japanese Materia Medica Prepared for Kitchen)].

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    Zhou, M; Ye, J

    2017-11-28

    Japanese physicians of Edo Period (1603-1867) wrote many dietetic books, by combining the knowledge system (content and compiling style) and thoughts of diet therapy from China with local condition in Japan. Among them, the Pao chu bei yong wo ming ben cao ( Japanese Materia Medica Prepared for Kitchen ), written by Mukai Genshou, a physician in the early Edo, is the earliest comprehensive work of dietetic materia medica. In this book, the choice and usage of Japanese dietetic materia medica reveals obvious Japanese local color, including the name, morphology, cultivation, collection, identification, nature and flavor, and indication etc., reflecting the sprouting idea of edible herbal plant at the beginning of Edo period and the characteristic of absorbing Chinese diet thoughts by Japanese physician. This is the important first-hand historical material to understand the development of Japanese dietetic herbalism in early Edo and its dietotherapy culture.

  13. União Europeia: Uma breve história do futuro para um governo dos bens comuns europeu

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    António Covas

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    Full Text Available A integração europeia é um bom exemplo de aplicação de uma teoria dos comuns, embora esta perspetiva não seja muito habitual. Estamos, porém, convencidos de que a via do federalismo cooperativo é uma excelente aproximação a esta teoria dos bens comuns ou colaborativa, como agora se diz. 60 anos depois do tratado de Roma e num ano, 2017, em que tudo pode acontecer, inclusive, uma “tragédia dos comuns”, decidimos que há motivos suficientes para fazer uma breve viagem ao futuro do projeto europeu e desenhar um decálogo dos “comuns europeus”, como guião para o próximo programa governativo da União Europeia. | European Union: A brief History of the Future for a government of European commons. It is not a very usual outlook, but from the political point of view, the European integration is a good application of the commons based theory. Besides, we are also convinced that the cooperative federalism method is an excellent approach to this theory. In 2017, and 60 years after the Treaty of Rome, everything seems again at stake, that is why we decided to make a small journey to the future of the European project and, for that purpose, to redesign the European commons catalogue for the next European government.

  14. Gestão coletiva de bens comuns no extrativismo da mangaba no nordeste do Brasil Collective mangement of common goods in mangaba extractivism in the northeast of Brazil

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    Heribert Schmitz

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    Full Text Available O artigo analisa a gestão coletiva de bens comuns no extrativismo da mangaba destacando o acesso aos recursos, os arranjos institucionais e os conflitos sociais entre os atores envolvidos. A pesquisa foi realizada no Nordeste do Brasil a partir de observações, entrevistas e dados secundários. O trabalho mostra a existência de remanescentes de mangabeiras bem conservados a partir da gestão coletiva.This article analyses the collective management of common goods within the context of mangaba fruit collection; it focuses on the access to resources, the institutional arrangements and the social conflicts among the involved actors. The research was undertaken in northeastern Brazil and is based on observations, interviews and secondary data. The study demonstrates the existence of well preserved mangaba trees due to collective management.

  15. Insectos plagas y benéficos asociados al cultivo de mora (Rubus glaucus, benth en La Sabana, Madriz, Nicaragua

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    Full Text Available LA MORA (RUBUS GLAUCUS, BENTH ES UNA PLANTA en proceso de domesticación que se cultiva en pequeñas parcelas. Es hospedera de muchos insectos plaga y enfermedades. En Nicaragua se establecieron plantaciones de mora desde hace unos tres años, como alternativa de diversificación de fincas cafetaleras en los departamentos de Madriz y Nueva Segovia. Hasta ahora no hay información formal sobre los principales insectos plaga y benéficos presentes en este cultivo, que está tomando gran importancia. Por ello, se hizo una investigación para describir la fluctuación poblacional de los insectos plaga y sus depredadores naturales, asociados a este cultivo. El estudio se realizó en la finca La Patasta, municipio La Sabana, departamento de Madriz, entre septiembre de 2004 y abril de 2005. El monitoreo se realizó semanalmente en cinco sitios específicos, mediante capturas manuales de especimenes, con ayuda de bolsas de plástico y vasos de vidrio con alcohol. Como resultado, se identificó y describió la fluctuación poblacional de insectos de las principales familias Scarabaeidae, Chrysomelidae, Curculionidae, Cantharidae, y de los órdenes Hemíptero (Cicadellidae, Pentatomidae, Miridae y Orthóptero (Acrididae y Tettigonidae. Igualmente, se identificó y describió la fluctuación poblacional de depredadores naturales de insectos de la familia Staphilinidae, Coccinelidae, Vespidae y Aracnidae, presentes en este cultivo.

  16. As misericórdias e as transferências de bens: o caso dos Monteiros, entre o Porto e a Ásia (1580-1640

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    Full Text Available Resumo Os testamentos de dois mercadores da mesma família, envolvidos na viagem do Japão, Antônio e Domingos Monteiro, revelam um modo de vida marcado pela mobilidade entre vários territórios do Sudeste Asiático, transacionando grande variedade de produtos. Por meio de sua rede de relações, é possível discernir a presença de parentes seus, sobretudo sobrinhos, e de outros negociantes portuenses, sugerindo que o modelo português de emigração para o Brasil já estava em ação no Oriente. Embora a transmissão de bens competisse aos provedores dos defuntos e ausentes, as misericórdias transferiam capitais de defuntos para a metrópole, em detrimento dos agentes diretos do rei, embora fosse impossível evitar a ingerência destes últimos. Apesar da vontade em fazer chegar o dinheiro à metrópole rapidamente para convertê-lo em padrões de juro, conveniências do trato, a burocracia régia e litígios sucessórios tornavam moroso o processo de transferência.

  17. Genetic Analysis of Resistance to Benzimidazoles in Physarum: Differential Expression of β-Tubulin Genes

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    Burland, Timothy G.; Schedl, Tim; Gull, Keith; Dove, William F.

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    Physarum displays two vegetative cell types, uninucleate myxamoebae and multinucleate plasmodia. Mutant myxamoebae of Physarum resistant to the antitubulin drug methylbenzimidazole-2-yl-carbamate (MBC) were isolated. All mutants tested were cross-resistant to other benzimidazoles but not to cycloheximide or emetine. Genetic analysis showed that mutation to MBC resistance can occur at any one of four unlinked loci, benA, benB, benC or benD. MBC resistance of benB and benD mutants was expressed in plasmodia, but benA and benC mutant plasmodia were MBC sensitive, suggesting that benA and benC encode myxamoeba-specific products. Myxamoebae carrying the recessive benD210 mutation express a β-tubulin with noval electrophoretic mobility, in addition to a β-tubulin with wild-type mobility. This and other evidence indicates that benD is a structural gene for β-tubulin, and that at least two β-tubulin genes are expressed in myxamoebae. Comparisons of the β-tubulins of wildtype and benD210 strains by gel electrophoresis revealed that, of the three (or more) β-tubulin genes expressed in Physarum, one, benD, is expressed in both myxamoebae and plasmodia, one is expressed specifically in myxamoebae and one is expressed specifically in plasmodia. However, mutation in only one gene, benD, is sufficient to confer MBC resistance on both myxamoebae and plasmodia. PMID:6479584

  18. Estructura forestal de una zona de manglar en la laguna de Coyuca de Benítez, Guerrero

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    Full Text Available Los manglares son un recurso forestal de gran importancia en los humedales, tanto por su diversidad y estructura maderable como por los beneficios ambientales y socioeconómicos que representan. Su composición depende de factores ambientales, condiciones edáficas, acción antrópica y de la capacidad de interrelacionarse entre sí para compartir un espacio. En el estado de Guerrero existen solo registros que indican áreas de distribución de bosques de manglar y descripción de especies. El objetivo fue conocer la importancia ecológica del manglar adjunto a las comunidades de El Carrizal y Playa Azul, municipio Coyuca de Benítez, Guerreo, a través de la obtención de su densidad y abundancia relativa, diversidad y volumen maderable. De julio a diciembre del 2016, se obtuvo la composición estructural de la vegetación asociada al manglar, con base en 10 unidades de 10 ×10 m (100 m2 y una intensidad de muestreo de 4 %. Se identificaron nueve especies forestales asociadas al ecosistema de manglar. Se determinó un volumen total de 10.30 m3 rollo total árbol, de los cuales Laguncularia racemosa (mangle blanco aporta el mayor volumen con 8.05 m3 rollo total árbol; mientras que para el área total de la zona de humedal el valor fue de 218.92 m3 rollo total árbol. Con esta investigación se logró conocer la composición estructural de las especies de flora en el área de estudio, y la importancia ecológica del manglar constituido por L. racemosa, representada como alternativa de conservación para la zona.

  19. Curse Of The Desert? Magic Realism And The Pitfalls Of Setting In Bessie Head’s Maru And Ben Okri’s Starbook

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    Wazha Lopang

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    Full Text Available This paper argues that magic realism cannot evolve in a setting where there is no bush environment because this is where oral literature flourishes. The oral literature provides the conditions necessary for magic realism to explore the relationship between the surreal and the mundane. If the magic realism is set outside this bush environment then the experience becomes muted. Texts that have a clear dichotomy between the world of human habitation (such as villages, towns and that of the spirits (such as the bush or forest enable magic realism to evolve into a more profound experience, that of the dream setting. My argument is that the dream setting needs this dichotomy for it to exist. In essence, texts that do not use the bush environment as part of their setting fall short in their creative aspect because the space and time within which characters function are constrained. The use of the oral tradition with its interplay of the human, animal and spirit worlds creates a platform for the dream setting, something which cannot happen where the setting limits itself to the world of human habitation. I will compare Bessie Head’s Maru with Ben Okri’s Starbook to show how the oral tradition in the latter text makes it achieve a level of magic realism that cannot be possible in Head’s Maru.

  20. Guilhem de Saint Gregori, "Ben grans avolesa intra" (BdT 233.2; Bartolomeo Zorzi, "En tal dezir mos cors intra" (BdT 74.4

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    Full Text Available This paper provides a commentary and translation of two contrafacta of Arnaut Daniel’s sestina: Guilhem de Saint Gregori’s "Ben gran avolesa intra" and Bartolomeo Zorzi’s "En tal dezir mos cors intra". For the first song, I will highlight the new contexts and meanings given to Arnaut’s images (which are taken from his sestina and other poems within Guilhem’s invective against Aimers II of Poitiers, in order to evaluate its literary qualities and innovations. Through lexical analysis, this paper will reveal the strong connection between Zorzi’s and Guilhem’s songs. In particular, the paper analyses specifically their common theme of Hell, suggesting Bartolomeo’s text is most likely an answer to Arnaut’s sestina, which clearly expresses a desire of sensual pleasure. The study pays particular attention to the relation between sexual love and the matter of eternal damnation: Zorzi attacks Arnaut’s ferm voler, advancing his argument by evoking Chrétien de Troyes’ "Perceval" (references to which are spread throughout the text, and not only in l. 18 and through his constant stress on the duties towards one’s family.

  1. Contabilidade pública: a evidenciação em notas explicativas das informações contábeis provenientes do reconhecimento dos bens de uso comum nos municípios da região metropolitana de São Paulo

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    Seraphim, Paulo Rogerio

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    A Contabilidade Pública Brasileira está a caminho da convergência as Normas Internacionais de Contabilidade. Este trabalho abordou o estudo da evidenciação das informações contábeis oriundas do reconhecimento dos bens de uso comum como pontes, ruas, estradas, viadutos e praças pela Administração Pública através das notas explicativas. O objetivo geral foi validar uma proposta de estrutura de nota explicativa que promova a evidenciação das informações contábeis a seus usuários, em apoio ao pro...

  2. Etiology of Balkan endemic nephropathy: A multifactorial disease?

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    Toncheva, Draga; Dimitrov, Tzvetan; Stojanova, Stiliana

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    Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) is of great clinical importance in the restricted areas of Bulgaria, Rumania, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina. So far, studies on the etiological factors for BEN have not discovered any single environmental causative agent of this puzzling disease. These data reject the possibility of a purely environmental causation of BEN. The pattern of BEN transmission in the risk families is not typical for single gene disorders. Extensive epidemiological and genetic studies disclose characteristics of multifactorial (polygenic) inheritance of BEN. The evidences of 'familial tendency', variation of the risk for BEN depending on the number of sick parents and the degree of relatedness; the development of BEN in individuals from at-risk families who were born in non-endemic areas; the data that disease is not found in the gypsy population and the expressions of 3q25 cytogenetic marker suggest that the genetic factors play an important role as causative factors in BEN development. The possible impact of environmental triggers on individuals genetically predisposed to BEN could be supposed by the following data: the cytogenetic results of the increased frequency of folate sensitive Fra sites, spontaneous or radiation-induced aberrations in several bands in BEN patients, the data from the detailed analysis of breaks in BEN patients and controls that generate structural chromosome aberrations; the occurrence of BEN in immigrants. Genetical epidemiological approaches to etiology and prevention of BEN are proposed. The predisposing genes for BEN could be genes localized in a region between 3q25-3q26; transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β), genetic heterogeneity of xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes; defects in the host's immune system. The predisposing genes for BEN patients with urinary tract tumors could be germline mutations in tumor suppressor genes and acquired somatic mutations in oncogenes

  3. Non-Euclidean Space, Movement and Astronomy in Modern Art: Alexander Calder’s Mobiles and Ben Nicholson’s Reliefs

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    Malloy Vanja

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    Full Text Available John Keats once wrote that ‘there is no such thing as time and space’ rather, believing that time and space are mental constructs that are subject to a variety of forms and as diverse as the human mind. In the 1920s through the 1930s, modern physics in many ways supported this idea through the various philosophical writings on the Theory of General Relativity to the masses by scientists such as Arthur Eddington and Albert Einstein. These new concepts of modern physics fundamentally changed our understanding of time and space and had substantial philosophical implications, which were absorbed by modern artists resulting in the 1936 Dimensionist Manifesto. Seeking to internalize the developments of modern science within modern art, this manifesto was widely endorsed by the most prominent figures of the avant-garde such as Marcel Duchamp, Jean Arp, Naum Gabo, Joan Miró, László Moholy-Nagy, Wassily Kandinsky and Alexander Calder. Of particular interest to this manifesto was the new concept of the fourth-dimension, which in many ways revolutionized the arts. Importantly, its interpretation varied widely in the artistic community, ranging from a purely physical four-dimensional space, to a kinetic concept of space in which space and time are linked, to a metaphysical interest in a space that exists beyond the material realm. The impact of modern science and astronomy on avant-garde art is currently a bourgeoning area of research with considerable implications to our rethinking of substantial artistic figures of this era. Through a case study of Alexander Calder’s Mobiles and Ben Nicholson’s Reliefs, this paper explores how these artworks were informed by an interest in modern science.

  4. [Textual research on Guang dong xin yu (New Sayings of Guangdong) quoted in Ben cao gang mu shi yi (Supplements to Compendium of Materia Medica].

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    Zhang, Ruixian; Zhang, Wei; Li, Jian; Liang, Fei

    2014-05-01

    Altogether 15 terms for Guang dong xin yu (New Sayings of Guangdong) were used in Ben cao gang mu shi yi (Supplements to Compendium of Materia Medica), including Yue yu (Cantonese sayings), Chong yu (Sayings from Insect Drug), Jie yu (Sayings from Crustacean Drug), Xin yu (New Sayings), Yue hai xiang yu (Fragrant Sayings from Cantonese Region), Yue zhi mu yu (Sayings from Plants in Cantonese Annals), Guang dong suo yu (Trivial Sayings from Guangdong), Yue shan lu (Records of Cantonese Mountains), Yue lu (Cantonese Records), Jiao guang lu (Joint Guangdong Records), Yue cao zhi (Records of Cantonese Grasses), Guang guo lu (Records of Guangdong Fruits), Nan yue suo ji (Trivial Records of Southern Canton), Guang zhi (Guangdong Records), Yue zhi (Cantonese Records) etc. dealing with 57 sorts of drugs (with individual overlapping ones), the author of Xin yu was Qu Dajun, a surviving fogy of the Ming Dynasty actively involved in the activities to restore the old dynasty and resist the Qing Dynasty, and was persecuted in the literary inquisition in which his works were burnt so that Zhao Xuemin, when quoting his texts, had to go in a roundabout way.

  5. A integração regional como mecanismo para provisão de bens públicos: uma análise comparativa da agenda de segurança pública no Mercosul e na Comunidade Andina de Nações

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    Taiane Las Casas

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    Full Text Available Para entender se o processo de integração regional pode ser um mecanismo para o provimento de bens públicos regionais, parte-se do modelo de Olson (1965 que identifica as variáveis relevantes para compreender como os membros de um grupo superam seus dilemas de ação coletiva. A comparação entre Mercosul e CAN no tocante ao tráfico de drogas possibilita concluir que em ambos os acordos há provimento subótimo de segurança pública, ainda que o Mercosul apresente alguns avanços relativamente à CAN.

  6. Evaluation of health benefit using BenMAP-CE with an integrated scheme of model and monitor data during Guangzhou Asian Games.

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    Ding, Dian; Zhu, Yun; Jang, Carey; Lin, Che-Jen; Wang, Shuxiao; Fu, Joshua; Gao, Jian; Deng, Shuang; Xie, Junping; Qiu, Xuezhen

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    Guangzhou is the capital and largest city (land area: 7287 km(2)) of Guangdong province in South China. The air quality in Guangzhou typically worsens in November due to unfavorable meteorological conditions for pollutant dispersion. During the Guangzhou Asian Games in November 2010, the Guangzhou government carried out a number of emission control measures that significantly improved the air quality. In this paper, we estimated the acute health outcome changes related to the air quality improvement during the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games using a next-generation, fully-integrated assessment system for air quality and health benefits. This advanced system generates air quality data by fusing model and monitoring data instead of using monitoring data alone, which provides more reliable results. The air quality estimates retain the spatial distribution of model results while calibrating the value with observations. The results show that the mean PM2.5 concentration in November 2010 decreased by 3.5 μg/m(3) compared to that in 2009 due to the emission control measures. From the analysis, we estimate that the air quality improvement avoided 106 premature deaths, 1869 cases of hospital admission, and 20,026 cases of outpatient visits. The overall cost benefit of the improved air quality is estimated to be 165 million CNY, with the avoided premature death contributing 90% of this figure. The research demonstrates that BenMAP-CE is capable of assessing the health and cost benefits of air pollution control for sound policy making. Copyright © 2015. Published by Elsevier B.V.

  7. Reconocimiento de hongos con potencial benéfico asociados a la rizósfera de chontaduro (Bactris gasipaes H.B.K. en la region Pacifico del Valle del Cauca, Colombia

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    Sarria-Villa Greicy A.

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    El chontaduro o pejibaye DBactris gasipaes H.B.K es el principal cultivo de los agroecosistemas de la selva :Gmeda  tropical de la costa pacifica colombiana. Esta región no aparece reerenciada en la literatura cientifica a pesar de su alta biodiversidad e importancia agroecológica. El objetivo de este estudio ue aislar % caracteriIar  morfológicamente  hasta  género,  hongos  presentes en la riIósera de B. gasipaes en dos sistemas de producción diferentes, localizados en Citronela y Sabaletas, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Durante seis meses se tomaron muestras de raices % suelo riIos-rico en tres

    -pocas con distinta precipitación pluvial. Se planteó como :ipótesis que el tamaño % diversidad de la población de :ongos  son inMuenciados negativamente por la precipitación, %a que esta es la variable climOtica preponderante en la región del estudio. Los resultados mostraron que en la localidad de Citronela las poblaciones de hongos permanecieron estables durante los dos primeros muestreos, independiente de los cambios ocurridos en el r-gimen de lluvias entre -pocas. En Sabaletas, durante estos mismos periodos, los registros de lluvias ueron mOs altos, lo que pudo generar condiciones anaerobias en la rizósfera y limitar la expresión poblacional fúngica. Para el tercer muestreo, en ambas localidades aumentó la población % diversidad de g-neros de :ongos, lo que coincide con la

    -poca de alta precipitación pluvial % llenado de rutos en las palmas, condiciones que aparentemente favorecen la liberación de exudados en las raíces y consecuentemente el desarrollo de las poblacio- nes microbianas ben-ficas  de la riIósera.  Los g-neros de :ongos  aislados en este estudio ueron6 Trichoderma en ambas localidades, Fusarium y Rhizopus sólo en Citronela, Penicillium y Thielaviopsis sólo en Sabaletas. Estos

  8. Benzoate transport in Pseudomonas putida CSV86.

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    Choudhary, Alpa; Purohit, Hemant; Phale, Prashant S

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    Pseudomonas putida strain CSV86 metabolizes variety of aromatic compounds as the sole carbon source. Genome analysis revealed the presence of genes encoding putative transporters for benzoate, p-hydroxybenzoate, phenylacetate, p-hydroxyphenylacetate and vanillate. Bioinformatic analysis revealed that benzoate transport and metabolism genes are clustered at the ben locus as benK-catA-benE-benF. Protein topology prediction suggests that BenK (aromatic acid-H+ symporter of major facilitator superfamily) has 12 transmembrane α-helices with the conserved motif LADRXGRKX in loop 2, while BenE (benzoate-H+ symporter protein) has 11 predicted transmembrane α-helices. benF and catA encode benzoate specific porin, OprD and catechol 1,2-dioxygenase, respectively. Biochemical studies suggest that benzoate was transported by an inducible and active process. Inhibition (90%-100%) in the presence of dinitrophenol suggests that the energy for the transport process is derived from the proton motive force. The maximum rate of benzoate transport was 484 pmole min-1 mg-1 cells with an affinity constant, Kmof 4.5 μM. Transcriptional analysis of the benzoate and glucose-grown cells showed inducible expression of benF, benK and benE, suggesting that besides outer membrane porin, both inner membrane transporters probably contribute for the benzoate transport in P. putida strain CSV86. © FEMS 2017. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.

  9. Projeto de cadeia de suprimentos ágeis e verdes: estudos exploratórios em uma empresa de bens de consumo não duráveis

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    Angelica Reis Galdino Takahashi

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    Full Text Available Resumo Novas tendências em gestão da cadeia de suprimentos têm fomentado grandes discussões na área, incluindo os paradigmas de alinhamento dinâmico e de gestão sustentável de cadeias. O primeiro prega que se deve gerenciar dinamicamente diferentes tipologias de cadeias (e.g. totalmente flexíveis, ágeis, enxutas e de reabastecimento contínuo a fim de responder adequadamente a comportamentos específicos dos clientes. O segundo preconiza que o projeto e a gestão dessas cadeias devem considerar questões ambientais e sociais, em complementação aos aspectos econômicos. Recentemente, alguns autores têm combinado essas tendências em um novo modelo conceitual visando melhor gerenciar trade-offs de sustentabilidade quando do projeto de cadeias de suprimentos. O objetivo deste trabalho é testar algumas das hipóteses levantadas por tal modelo em cadeias ágeis. Por meio de simulações em uma multinacional de bens de consumo não duráveis, foi possível verificar que o modelo proposto possui coerência e potencial para ajudar as empresas a projetar cadeias ágeis e verdes.

  10. [Increase of entomological indices during the pre-epidemic period of dengue in Ben Tre, South Vietnam].

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    Nguyen, T P Q; Luu, L L; Vu, T Q H; Buisson, Y

    2011-10-01

    Dengue has emerged in Vietnam 50 years ago and since has become endemo-epidemic throughout the whole country. Each year, major epidemics of dengue fever (DF) and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) hit South Vietnam during the rainy season, causing significant morbidity and mortality, especially among young children. The only preventive measure is vector control, but it is often implemented too late or indiscriminately. The aim of this study was to investigate, in the pre-epidemic stage, the existence of significant changes in vector indices, which will predict DF/DHF outbreaks. We conducted a descriptive transversal study, repeated once a month for four months (March to June) in the village of Locthuan (province Ben Tre) in the Mekong's delta. Adult mosquitoes were caught in 30 houses, and larvae were collected in water holding containers of 50 houses. The houses were randomly selected. Vector densities were calculated according to the indices recommended by WHO. Virological analysis was carried out on lots of female Aedes and larvae in order to determine viral infection rates. Catches of adult mosquitoes collected 496 specimens including 329 Aedes, 139 Culex and 28 Anopheles. Aedes aegypti was present in 63% of visited homes that is an average density of 1.8 mosquitoes per house. The increase in imaginal indices during the 4 months was not significant. The survey of breeding sites of Ae. aegypti identified 1292 water containers in which 71,569 larval specimens were collected. The values of house index, container index [CI] and Breteau index [BI] increased each month, the latter from 166 to 442. This increase was significant for CI and BI. Breeding sites were mostly intra-home, mainly consisting of large and small ceramic jars. Larval density of Ae. aegypti in the containers also increased significantly over the 4 months. It was correlated with the lack of cover and predators such as Mesocyclops spp., Micronecta spp. and larvivorous fishes. Cultivation of 15 pools of

  11. Offspring of parents with Balkan Endemic Nephropathy have higher C-reactive protein levels suggestive of inflammatory processes: a longitudinal study

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    Tsolova Svetla

    2009-04-01

    Full Text Available Abstract Background Despite the characteristic extensive tubulointerstitial fibrosis, Balkan Endemic Nephropathy (BEN is usually considered a non-inflammatory disease. Methods We examined a marker of inflammation, C-reactive protein (CRP, in the offspring of patients with BEN, a population at risk for BEN, prior to development of established disease to determine if an inflammatory process could be identified in the early stages of the disease. In 2003/04, 102 adult offspring whose parents had BEN and a control group of 99 adult offspring of non-BEN patients were enrolled in this prospective study. This cohort was re-examined yearly for four consecutive years. Levels of serum CRP were measured in years 3 and 4 and compared between groups. The data were analyzed with mixed models. Results Compared to controls, offspring of BEN parents had statistically higher CRP levels in two consecutive years, suggestive of early inflammatory reactivity. Whenever the mother was affected by BEN (both parents, or mother only, serum CRP was significantly increased, but not if only the father had BEN. CRP was inversely related to kidney cortex width but not to markers or renal function. Conclusion Early stages of BEN may involve inflammatory processes. The observation of a maternal involvement supports the concept of fetal programming, which has been implicated in the pathogenesis of other chronic kidney diseases.

  12. Åben Adoption

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    Jeldtoft, Nadia

    2007-01-01

    Denne rapport er en systematisk forskningsoversigt over udenlandske erfaringer med adoption i forhold til anbringelse uden for hjemmet, fx familiepleje, institutionsanbringelse og hjemgivelse til de biologiske forældre. Konklusionerne i rapporten er overraskende entydige: Adopterede børn klarer sig...

  13. Pyramids of QTLs enhance host-plant resistance and Bt-mediated resistance to leaf-chewing insects in soybean.

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    Ortega, María A; All, John N; Boerma, H Roger; Parrott, Wayne A

    2016-04-01

    QTL-M and QTL-E enhance soybean resistance to insects. Pyramiding these QTLs with cry1Ac increases protection against Bt-tolerant pests, presenting an opportunity to effectively deploy Bt with host-plant resistance genes. Plant resistance to leaf-chewing insects minimizes the need for insecticide applications, reducing crop production costs and pesticide concerns. In soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.], resistance to a broad range of leaf-chewing insects is found in PI 229358 and PI 227687. PI 229358's resistance is conferred by three quantitative trait loci (QTLs): M, G, and H. PI 227687's resistance is conferred by QTL-E. The letters indicate the soybean Linkage groups (LGs) on which the QTLs are located. This study aimed to determine if pyramiding PI 229358 and PI 227687 QTLs would enhance soybean resistance to leaf-chewing insects, and if pyramiding these QTLs with Bt (cry1Ac) enhances resistance against Bt-tolerant pests. The near-isogenic lines (NILs): Benning(ME), Benning(MGHE), and Benning(ME+cry1Ac) were developed. Benning(ME) and Benning(MGHE) were evaluated in detached-leaf and greenhouse assays with soybean looper [SBL, Chrysodeixis includens (Walker)], corn earworm [CEW, Helicoverpa zea (Boddie)], fall armyworm [FAW, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith)], and velvetbean caterpillar [VBC, Anticarsia gemmatalis (Hübner)]; and in field-cage assays with SBL. Benning(ME+cry1Ac) was tested in detached-leaf assays against SBL, VBC, and Southern armyworm [SAW, Spodoptera eridania (Cramer)]. In the detached-leaf assay, Benning(ME) showed the strongest antibiosis against CEW, FAW, and VBC. In field-cage conditions, Benning(ME) and Benning(MGHE) suffered 61 % less defoliation than Benning. Benning(ME+cry1Ac) was more resistant than Benning(ME) and Benning (cry1Ac) against SBL and SAW. Agriculturally relevant levels of resistance in soybean can be achieved with just two loci, QTL-M and QTL-E. ME+cry1Ac could present an opportunity to protect the durability of Bt

  14. Bowel Endometriosis Syndrome: a new scoring system for pelvic organ dysfunction and quality of life.

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    Riiskjær, M; Egekvist, A G; Hartwell, D; Forman, A; Seyer-Hansen, M; Kesmodel, U S

    2017-09-01

    Is it possible to develop a validated score that can identify women with Bowel Endometriosis Syndrome (BENS) and be used to monitor the effect of medical and surgical treatment? The BENS score can be used to identify women with BENS and to monitor the effect of medical and surgical treatment of women suffering from bowel endometriosis. Endometriosis is a heterogeneous disease with extensive variation in anatomical and clinical presentation, and symptoms do not always correspond to the disease burden. Current endometriosis scoring systems are mainly based on anatomical and surgical findings. The score was developed and validated from a cohort of 525 women with medically or surgically treated bowel endometriosis from Aarhus and Copenhagen University Hospitals, Denmark. Patients filled in questionnaires on pelvic pain, quality of life (QoL) and urinary, sexual and bowel function. Items were selected for the final score using clinical and statistical criteria. The chosen variables were included in a multivariate analysis. Individual score values were designated items to form the BENS score, which was divided into 'no BENS', 'minor BENS' and 'major BENS.' Internal and external validations were performed. The six most important items were 'pelvic pain', 'use of analgesics', 'dyschezia', 'straining to urinate', 'fecal urgency' and 'satisfaction with sexual life'. The range of the BENS score (0-28) was divided into 0-8 (no BENS), 9-16 (minor BENS) and 17-28 (major BENS). External validation showed a significant association between BENS score and QoL (P = 0.0001). The BENS scoring system is limited by the fact that it was developed from a single endometriosis unit in Denmark, making it susceptible to social, cultural and demographic bias. It is the first endometriosis classification system to be based directly on the symptomatology of the patient. Validation in other languages will promote comparison of treatments and results across borders. No external funding was either

  15. Public health benefits of reducing air pollution in Shanghai: a proof-of-concept methodology with application to BenMAP.

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    Voorhees, A Scott; Wang, Jiandong; Wang, Cuicui; Zhao, Bin; Wang, Shuxiao; Kan, Haidong

    2014-07-01

    In recent years, levels of particulate matter (PM) air pollution in China have been relatively high, exceeding China's Class II standards in many cities and impacting public health. This analysis takes Chinese health impact functions and underlying health incidence, applies 2010-2012 modeled and monitored PM air quality data, and estimates avoided cases of mortality and morbidity in Shanghai, assuming achievement of China's Class II air quality standards. In Shanghai, the estimated avoided all cause mortality due to PM10 ranged from 13 to 55 cases per day and from 300 to 800 cases per year. The estimated avoided impact on hospital admissions due to PM10 ranged from 230 cases to 580 cases per day and from 5400 to 7900 per year. The estimated avoided impact on all cause mortality due to PM2.5 ranged from 6 to 26 cases per day and from 39 to 1400 per year. The estimated impact on all cause mortality of a year exposure to an annual or monthly mean PM2.5 concentration ranged from 180 to 3500 per year. In Shanghai, the avoided cases of all cause mortality had an estimated monetary value ranging from 170 million yuan (1 US dollar=4.2 yuan Purchasing Power Parity) to 1200 million yuan. Avoided hospital admissions had an estimated value from 20 to 43 million yuan. Avoided emergency department visits had an estimated value from 5.6 million to 15 million yuan. Avoided outpatient visits had an estimated value from 21 million to 31 million yuan. In this analysis, available data were adequate to estimate avoided health impacts and assign monetary value. Sufficient supporting documentation was available to construct and format data sets for use in the United States Environmental Protection Agency's health and environmental assessment model, known as the Environmental Benefits Mapping and Analysis Program - Community Edition ("BenMAP-CE"). Published by Elsevier B.V.

  16. O Processo de Cocriação de Valor entre Empresas e Consumidores: uma análise comparativa de dois casos da indústria de bens de consumo

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    Jorge Fernando Dietrich

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    Full Text Available O envolvimento do consumidor nos processos de criação de valor tornou-se um tema de destaque na última década na esfera acadêmica do Marketing (Grönroos, 2006. Apresentada por Vargo e Lusch (2004a, a Lógica do Serviço Dominante (Lógica S-D enfatiza que os consumidores estruturam sua avaliação crítica de valor quando bens e serviços estão em uso. Este conceito, denominado valor em uso, é um dos elementos fundamentais relacionados aos processos de cocriação de valor entre empresas e consumidores (Prahalad & Ramaswamy, 2004. O presente trabalho baseia-se em dois estudos de casos realizados junto a grandes empresas do segmento de bens de consumo (Whirlpool e Tramontina. O objetivo principal da pesquisa foi analisar o conjunto de fatores considerados fundamentais para a ocorrência da cocriação de valor, incluindo: cultura empresarial, características do mercado, intensidade competitiva, características dos produtos e habilidades específicas das empresas. A escolha das duas organizações foi baseada na intenção de comparar duas empresas com características distintas no que tange ao processo de cocriação (ocorrência versus não-ocorrência do fenômeno. A interpretação dos dados primários obtidos nas entrevistas de profundidade com gestores das empresas, e de dados secundários oriundos de uma análise documental, proporcionou um conjunto de achados importantes para a compreensão do tema. Observou-se que a influência dos fatores fundamentais para a cocriação foram confirmados nos casos analisados, com preponderância da cultura organizacional e das habilidades da empresa. Além disto, um novo fator emergiu como relevante na implantação da cocriação de valor, denominado relação com a marca e caracterizado como um consistente sentimento de pertencimento e de identidade do consumidor para com a marca. Como desdobramento deste estudo, evidencia-se que a cocriação não pode ser associada apenas a implantação de

  17. O Processo de Cocriação de Valor entre Empresas e Consumidores: uma análise comparativa de dois casos da indústria de bens de consumo

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    Jorge Fernando Dietrich

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    Full Text Available O envolvimento do consumidor nos processos de criação de valor tornou-se um tema de destaque na última década na esfera acadêmica do Marketing (Grönroos, 2006. Apresentada por Vargo e Lusch (2004a, a Lógica do Serviço Dominante (Lógica S-D enfatiza que os consumidores estruturam sua avaliação crítica de valor quando bens e serviços estão em uso. Este conceito, denominado valor em uso, é um dos elementos fundamentais relacionados aos processos de cocriação de valor entre empresas e consumidores (Prahalad & Ramaswamy, 2004. O presente trabalho baseia-se em dois estudos de casos realizados junto a grandes empresas do segmento de bens de consumo (Whirlpool e Tramontina. O objetivo principal da pesquisa foi analisar o conjunto de fatores considerados fundamentais para a ocorrência da cocriação de valor, incluindo: cultura empresarial, características do mercado, intensidade competitiva, características dos produtos e habilidades específicas das empresas. A escolha das duas organizações foi baseada na intenção de comparar duas empresas com características distintas no que tange ao processo de cocriação (ocorrência versus não-ocorrência do fenômeno. A interpretação dos dados primários obtidos nas entrevistas de profundidade com gestores das empresas, e de dados secundários oriundos de uma análise documental, proporcionou um conjunto de achados importantes para a compreensão do tema. Observou-se que a influência dos fatores fundamentais para a cocriação foram confirmados nos casos analisados, com preponderância da cultura organizacional e das habilidades da empresa. Além disto, um novo fator emergiu como relevante na implantação da cocriação de valor, denominado relação com a marca e caracterizado como um consistente sentimento de pertencimento e de identidade do consumidor para com a marca. Como desdobramento deste estudo, evidencia-se que a cocriação não pode ser associada apenas a implantação de

  18. FATORES CRÍTICOS DE SUCESSO EM PROJETOS DE BENS DE CAPITAL COM TIPOLOGIA PRODUTIVA ENGINEERING TO ORDER (ETO: UMA ANÁLISE A PARTIR DA LITERATURA

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    Antônio Carlos Pacagnella Júnior

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    Full Text Available Este trabalho busca contribuir com a uma linha de pesquisa bastante abordada na literatura sobre gerenciamento de projetos, os fatores críticos de sucesso. Entretanto, para este estudo busca-se a identificação destes elementos em um tipo de projeto bastante específico, o de bens de capital com engenharia sob encomenda (ou engineering to order, cuja literatura é bastante escassa e insipiente. O método adotado neste artigo é a pesquisa bibliográfica, que foi realizada tomando por base periódicos científicos da área e livros de autores conhecidos desta área que permitiram a identificação dos seguintes fatores: Estabelecer objetivos claros, Controle das linhas de base, Análise de recursos críticos, Relacionamento entre projetos, Integração com fornecedores, Seleção de fornecedores, Integração com clientes, Análise de fatores limitantes, Estrutura e comunicação, Controle de desempenho técnico, Experiência da equipe, Uso de Sistema de informação para projetos, Presença de escritório de projetos, Execução adequada de comissionamento, Prevenção de multitarefa, Reservas de tempo e dinheiro, Reservas de tempo e dinheiro, Documentação clara, Registro de lições aprendidas e Utilização de tecnologias anteriores.

  19. Journal of Genetics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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    Rebhi Lamia Omezzine Asma Kacem Slim Rejeb Jihène Boumaiza Imen Ben Hadjmbarek Ibtihel Kchock Kaouther Belkahla Radhia Ben Rejeb Nabila Nabli Naoufel Ben Abdelaziz Ahmed Boughzala Essia Bouslama Ali · More Details Fulltext PDF. pp 81-85 Research Note. Barriers to gene flow in interspecific hybridization ...

  20. Synthesis, solid-state structure, and bonding analysis of a homoleptic beryllium azide

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    Naglav, Dominik; Tobey, Briac; Lyhs, Benjamin; Roemer, Beate; Blaeser, Dieter; Woelper, Christoph; Jansen, Georg; Schulz, Stephan

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    [Ph 4 P] 2 [Be(N 3 ) 4 ] (1) and [PNP] 2 [Be(N 3 ) 4 ] (2; PNP=Ph 3 PNPPh 3 ) were synthesized by reacting Be(N 3 ) 2 with [Ph 4 P]N 3 and [PNP]N 3 . Compound 1 represents the first structurally characterized homoleptic beryllium azide. The electronic structure and bonding situation in the tetraazidoberyllate dianion [Be(N 3 ) 4 ] 2- were investigated by quantum-chemical calculations (NPA, ELF, LOL). (copyright 2017 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH and Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

  1. Synthesis, Solid-State Structure, and Bonding Analysis of a Homoleptic Beryllium Azide.

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    Naglav, Dominik; Tobey, Briac; Lyhs, Benjamin; Römer, Beate; Bläser, Dieter; Wölper, Christoph; Jansen, Georg; Schulz, Stephan

    2017-07-10

    [Ph 4 P] 2 [Be(N 3 ) 4 ] (1) and [PNP] 2 [Be(N 3 ) 4 ] (2; PNP=Ph 3 PNPPh 3 ) were synthesized by reacting Be(N 3 ) 2 with [Ph 4 P]N 3 and [PNP]N 3 . Compound 1 represents the first structurally characterized homoleptic beryllium azide. The electronic structure and bonding situation in the tetraazidoberyllate dianion [Be(N 3 ) 4 ] 2- were investigated by quantum-chemical calculations (NPA, ELF, LOL). © 2017 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

  2. Discovery of a new mitochondria permeability transition pore (mPTP) inhibitor based on gallic acid.

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    Teixeira, José; Oliveira, Catarina; Cagide, Fernando; Amorim, Ricardo; Garrido, Jorge; Borges, Fernanda; Oliveira, Paulo J

    2018-12-01

    Pharmacological interventions targeting mitochondria present several barriers for a complete efficacy. Therefore, a new mitochondriotropic antioxidant (AntiOxBEN 3 ) based on the dietary antioxidant gallic acid was developed. AntiOxBEN 3 accumulated several thousand-fold inside isolated rat liver mitochondria, without causing disruption of the oxidative phosphorylation apparatus, as seen by the unchanged respiratory control ratio, phosphorylation efficiency, and transmembrane electric potential. AntiOxBEN 3 showed also limited toxicity on human hepatocarcinoma cells. Moreover, AntiOxBEN 3 presented robust iron-chelation and antioxidant properties in both isolated liver mitochondria and cultured rat and human cell lines. Along with its low toxicity profile and high antioxidant activity, AntiOxBEN 3 strongly inhibited the calcium-dependent mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) opening. From our data, AntiOxBEN 3 can be considered as a lead compound for the development of a new class of mPTP inhibitors and be used as mPTP de-sensitiser for basic research or clinical applications or emerge as a therapeutic application in mitochondria dysfunction-related disorders.

  3. Is Increased Susceptibility to Balkan Endemic Nephropathy in Carriers of Common GSTA1 (*A/*B Polymorphism Linked with the Catalytic Role of GSTA1 in Ochratoxin A Biotransformation? Serbian Case Control Study and In Silico Analysis

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    Zorica Reljic

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    Full Text Available Although recent data suggest aristolochic acid as a putative cause of Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN, evidence also exists in favor of ochratoxin A (OTA exposure as risk factor for the disease. The potential role of xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes, such as the glutathione transferases (GSTs, in OTA biotransformation is based on OTA glutathione adducts (OTHQ-SG and OTB-SG in blood and urine of BEN patients. We aimed to analyze the association between common GSTA1, GSTM1, GSTT1, and GSTP1 polymorphisms and BEN susceptibility, and thereafter performed an in silico simulation of particular GST enzymes potentially involved in OTA transformations. GSTA1, GSTM1, GSTT1 and GSTP1 genotypes were determined in 207 BEN patients and 138 non-BEN healthy individuals from endemic regions by polymerase chain reaction (PCR. Molecular modeling in silico was performed for GSTA1 protein. Among the GST polymorphisms tested, only GSTA1 was significantly associated with a higher risk of BEN. Namely, carriers of the GSTA1*B gene variant, associated with lower transcriptional activation, were at a 1.6-fold higher BEN risk than those carrying the homozygous GSTA1*A/*A genotype (OR = 1.6; p = 0.037. In in silico modeling, we found four structures, two OTB-SG and two OTHQ-SG, bound in a GSTA1 monomer. We found that GSTA1 polymorphism was associated with increased risk of BEN, and suggested, according to the in silico simulation, that GSTA1-1 might be involved in catalyzing the formation of OTHQ-SG and OTB-SG conjugates.

  4. Os heróis como exemplos morais: as narrativas biográficas escritas por Valentim Benício da Silva através da linha editorial da Biblioteca Militar = Heroes as moral examples: biographical narratives written by Valentim Benicio da Silva through the editorial line of the Military Library

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    Oliveira, Priscila Roatt de

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    Full Text Available O artigo visa analisar as biografias produzidas por Valentim Benício da Silva através da linha editorial da Biblioteca Militar. Duas temáticas serão abordadas: as narrativas biográficas e o anticomunismo no Exército, partindo dos discursos presentes na historiografia produzidas pelo o Exército durante o Estado Novo, relacionando-os com outras fontes produzidas pelos militares, relatórios dos Ministros da Guerra, revistas militares, etc. Na primeira parte, busco demonstrar as concepções históricas presentes na historiografia de Valentim Benício da Silva e de outros escritores da editora do Exército. Demonstro que as narrativas biográficas possuíam um caráter moralizante, o herói era representado como indivíduo exemplar, modelo de contemplação e identificação. Na segunda parte, tratarei das duas conceituações binárias presentes nos discursos do Exército e da Biblioteca Militar, o herói e o não herói. Ambos os conceitos serviam como estratégias políticas complementares, que visavam exemplificar através da história e do passado, a função dos soldados na sociedade, que era o afastamento da política, defesa do governo e uma conduta legalista no interior do Exército. Ao mesmo tempo, que se reforça o exemplo dos heróis como indivíduos legalistas, que apesar de todos os sacrifícios da carreira militar, nunca traíram a instituição castrense por motivos políticos. Uma produção anticomunista buscou representar os membros da Aliança Nacional Libertadora como traidores do Exército

  5. Dual delivery systems based on polyamine analog BENSpm as prodrug and gene delivery vectors

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    Zhu, Yu

    Combination drug and gene therapy shows promise in cancer treatment. However, the success of such strategy requires careful selection of the therapeutic agents, as well as development of efficient delivery vectors. BENSpm (N 1, N11-bisethylnorspermine), a polyamine analogue targeting the intracellular polyamine pathway, draws our special attention because of the following reasons: (1) polyamine pathway is frequently dysregulated in cancer; (2) BENSpm exhibits multiple functions to interfere with the polyamine pathway, such as to up-regulate polyamine metabolism enzymes and down-regulate polyamine biosynthesis enzymes. Therefore BENSpm depletes all natural polyamines and leads to apoptosis and cell growth inhibition in a wide range of cancers; (3) preclinical studies proved that BENSpm can act synergistically with various chemotherapy agents, making it a promising candidate in combination therapy; (4) multiple positive charges in BENSpm enable it as a suitable building block for cationic polymers, which can be further applied to gene delivery. In this dissertation, our goal was to design dual-function delivery vector based on BENSpm that can function as a gene delivery vector and, after intracellular degradation, as an active anticancer agent targeting dysregulated polyamine metabolism. We first demonstrated strong synergism between BENSpm and a potential therapeutic gene product TRAIL. Strong synergism was obtained in both estrogen-dependent MCF-7 breast cancer cells and triple-negative MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells. Significant dose reduction of TRAIL in combination with BENSpm in MDA-MB-231 cells, together with the fact that BENSpm rendered MCF-7 cells more sensitive to TRAIL treatment verified our rationale of designing BENSpm-based delivery platform. This was expected to be beneficial for overcoming drug resistance in chemotherapy, as well as boosting the therapeutic effect of therapeutic genes. We first designed a lipid-based BENSpm dual vector (Lipo-SS-BEN

  6. The role of lecithin cholesterol acyltransferase and organic substances from coal in the etiology of Balkan endemic nephropathy: A new hypothesis

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    Pavlovic, N.M.; Orem, W.H.; Tatu, C.A.; Lerch, H.E.; Bunnell, J.E.; Feder, G.L.; Kostic, E.N.; Ordodi, V.L.

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    Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) occurs in Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia. BEN has been characterized as a chronic, slowly progressive renal disease of unknown etiology. In this study, we examined the influence of soluble organic compounds in drinking water leached from Pliocene lignite from BEN-endemic areas on plasma lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) activity. We found that changes for all samples were the most prominent for the dilution category containing 90% plasma and 10% of diluting media. Water samples from BEN villages from Serbia and Romania showed higher LCAT inhibiting activity (p = 0.02) and (p = 0.003), respectively, compared to deionised water and non-endemic water. A secondary LCAT deficiency could result from this inhibitory effect of the organic compounds found in endemic water supplies and provide an ethiopathogenic basis for the development of BEN in the susceptible population. ?? 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

  7. Malondialdehyde and 8-oxo-7.8-dihydro-2'deoxyguanosine in the urine of residents from Balkan endemic nephropathy area in Croatia--a pilot study

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    Domijan, Ana-Marija; Miletić-Medved, Marica; Peraica, Maja

    2013-01-01

    Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) is a human chronic tubulointerstitial renal disease that occurs in rural areas of some Balkan countries. The disease is insidious and fatal, and mostly affects persons in their sixties or seventies. BEN areas have unusually high rates of otherwise rare upper urinary...... tract tumors (UTT). Since extensive production of reactive oxygen species leading to oxidative stress has been implicated in tumor development, the aim of this study was to see whether oxidative stress is involved in the development of BEN and UTT. Urine samples were collected from a BEN village (N = 22......) and a control village (N = 16) residents and analyzed for malondialdehyde (MDA) and 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'deoxyguanosine (8-oxodG). The levels of both oxidative stress parameters were significantly higher in the BEN village residents than controls. However, there was no correlation between MDA and 8-oxodG results...

  8. "Brugerens arme og ben"

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    Munk-Madsen, Eva

    Omsorgspraksis, det praktiske, sociale og emotionelle arbejde omsorgsydere udfører i samspil med omsorgsmodtagere, har både diskursive og ikke-diskursive elementer. Disse er imidlertid tæt forbundne via arbejdets mellem-menneskelige karakter. I dette paper er det samspillet mellem diskurs og plej...

  9. Brugerens arme og ben

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    Munk-Madsen, Eva

    2006-01-01

    Omsorgsarbejde, det praktiske, sociale og emotionelle arbejde omsorgsarbejdere udfører i samspil med omsorgsmodtagere, har både diskursive og praktiske elementer. Disse er tæt forbundne via arbejdets mellemmenneskelige karakter. I denne artikel er det samspillet mellem diskurs og plejepraksis i h...

  10. Ben Franklin's Scientific Amusements

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    Herschbach, Dudley

    2003-04-01

    As an American icon, Benjamin Franklin is often portrayed as wise and canny in business and politics, earnestly pursuing and extolling diligence, sensible conduct, pragmatism, and good works. Also legendary are some of his inventions, particularly the lightning rod, bifocals, and an efficient wood-burning stove. The iconic image is misleading in major respects. Today, surprisingly few people appreciate that, in the 18th century, Franklin was greatly esteemed throughout Europe as a scientist (termed then a "natural philosopher.") He was hailed as the "Newton of Electricity." Indeed, until Franklin, electricity seemed more mysterious than had gravity in Newton's time, and lightning was considered the wrath of God. By his own account, Franklin's studies of electricity and many other phenomena were prompted not by practical aims, but by his playful curiosity--which often became obsessive. Also not generally appreciated is the importance of Franklin's scientific reputation in enhancing his efforts to obtain French support for the American Revolution.

  11. Por uma questão de justiça ambiental

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    Sônia T. Felipe

    2006-01-01

    Full Text Available Ao publicar Uma teoria da Justiça, em 1971, Rawls não inclui, explicitamente, um tipo de bens, denominados, neste artigo, bens naturais ambientais, um tipo de bens indispensável para assegurar a sobrevivência de todos os organismos sujeitos a necessidades básicas, incluindo as humanas. Uma teoria ética da justiça deve considerar a distribuição justa dos bens naturais ambientais a todos os seres vivos, independentemente de sua capacidade de raciocinar ou de falar, pois necessidades corpóreas são naturalmente comuns a todas as espécies vivas.

  12. Digital Database Development and Seismic Characterization and Calibration for the Middle East and North Africa.

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    1998-02-24

    Fr., 19, 469-480. Ben Sari, D. (1987). Connaissance Geophysique du Maroc, Editions Marocaines et Internationales, Rabat, Morocco, 207 pp. Blanco, M.J...Universite De Montpellier Ii, Montpelier, France, 140 Pp. Ben Sari, D., (1978). Connaissance Geophysique Du Maroc, L’universite Grenoble I...Scientifique Et Medicale, Grenoble, France, 262 Pp. Ben Sari, D. (1987). Connaissance Geophysique Du Maroc, Centre National De Coordination Et De Planification

  13. Molecular characterization, fitness and mycotoxin production of benzimidazole-resistant isolates of Penicillium expansum.

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    Malandrakis, Anastasios A; Markoglou, Anastasios N; Konstantinou, Sotiris; Doukas, Eleftherios G; Kalampokis, John F; Karaoglanidis, George S

    2013-04-01

    Penicillium expansum field-strains resistant to benzimidazole fungicides were isolated in high frequency from decayed apple fruit collected from packinghouses and processing industries located in the region of Imathia, N. Greece. In vitro fungitoxicity tests resulted in the identification of two different resistant phenotypes: highly (BEN-HR) and moderately (BEN-MR) carbendazim-resistant. Thirty seven percent of the isolated P. expansum strains belonged to the BEN-HR phenotype, carried no apparent fitness penalties and exhibited resistance levels higher than 60 based on EC50 values. Cross resistance studies with other benzimidazole fungicides showed that all BEN-HR and BEN-MR isolates were also less sensitive to benomyl and thiabendazole. Fungitoxicity tests on the response of BEN-HR isolates to fungicides belonging to other chemical classes revealed no cross-resistance relationships between benzimidazoles and the phenylpyrrole fludioxonil, the dicarboximide iprodione, the anilinopyrimidine cyprodinil, the QoI pyraclostrobin, the imidazole imazalil and the triazole tebuconazole, indicating that a target-site modification is probably responsible for the BEN-HR phenotype observed. Contrary to the above, some BEN-MR isolates exhibited an increased sensitivity to cyprodinil compared to benzimidazole-sensitive ones. BEN-MR isolates had fitness parameters similar to the benzimidazole-sensitive isolates except for conidia production which appeared significantly decreased. Analysis of mycotoxin production (patulin and citrinin) showed that all benzimidazole-resistant isolates produced mycotoxins at concentrations significantly higher than sensitive isolates both on culture medium and on artificially inoculated apple fruit. Comparison of the β-tubulin gene DNA sequence between resistant and sensitive isolates revealed a point mutation resulting from the E198A substitution of the corresponding protein in most but not all HR isolates tested. Molecular analysis of the

  14. Hepatoprotective Effects of Betaine Against Oxidative Stress Induced by Levodopa and Benserazide in Rats

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    M Alirezaei

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    Results: The study results indicated that the treatment of rats with levodopa and benserazide significantly increased total homocysteine (tHcy in plasma of the LD/Ben. group in comparison with the other groups (p <0.05. tHcy concentration was also significantly higher in LD group in comparison with control, betaine and LD/Bet. groups. Lipid peroxidation (TBARS amount of liver increased significantly in LD/Ben. group when compared to the control group which this index decreased by betaine treatment. In contrast, glutathione peroxidase and superoxide dismutase activities in liver were significantly higher in the LD-treated rats as compared to the LD/Ben. group. Serumic dopamine concentration decreased significantly in LD/Ben.-treated rats in comparison with LD and LD/Bet. groups. Conclusion: Taken together, it seems that betaine acts as an antioxidant agent regarding decrease of LD/Ben.-induced oxidative stress and is able to decrease their oxidative effects in liver of rats.

  15. Determination of βS haplotypes in patients with sickle-cell anemia in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

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    Full Text Available βS haplotypes were studied in 47 non-related patients with sickle-cell anemia from the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Molecular analysis was conducted by PCR/RFLP using restriction endonucleases XmnI, HindIII, HincII and HinfI to analyze six polymorphic sites from the beta cluster. Twenty-seven patients (57.5% were identified with genotype CAR/CAR, 9 (19.1% CAR/BEN, 6 (12.8% CAR/CAM, 1 (2.1% BEN/BEN, 2 (4.3% CAR/Atp, 1 (2.1% BEN/Atp and 1 (2.1% with genotype Atp/Atp. The greater frequency of Cameroon haplotypes compared to other Brazilian states suggests the existence of a peculiarity of African origin in the state of Rio Grande do Norte.

  16. Corporate social responsibility concept in the ice cream industry

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    The bachelor thesis is focused on the corporate social responsibility concept in the ice cream industry and in Ben & Jerry's company. Ben & Jerry's ice cream is Vermont- based company and subsidiary of Unilever and produces high quality ice cream while striving to serve to greater good. Collected data about the company that were used in analyses of the internal environment and CSR environment revealed some unique techniques of how company Ben & Jerry's deals with CSR. These analyses were equa...

  17. NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF PATIENTS ON MAINTENANCE HEMODIALYSIS WITH BALKAN (ENDEMIC NEPHROPATHY

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    Miomir Stojanovic

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    Full Text Available The aim of this study was to ascertain the nutritional status of patients with Balkan (Endemic Nephropathy (BEN on maintenance hemodialysis (HD. The specimen of examines included 14 patients with BEN and 178 patients with another diagnosis on hemodialysis in Institute of Nephrology and Hemodialysis, Clinical Center Nis in 2002. Body mass index (BMI of male patients with BEN was 25.7±5.0 kg/m2; normal body weight was present in 66.7% of cases and obese in 33.3% of cases. BMI of female patients with BEN was 24.5±4.3 kg/m2; malnutrition was present in 12.5% of cases, normal body weight in 50.0% and obese in 37.5% of cases. Anthropometric indexes (BMI, lean body mass, body height, relative body weight, biceps, triceps, sub-scapular and iliac skinfold thickness, as well as, percent of body fat, mid-arm circumference and mid-arm muscle circumference of another HD patients was slight lower then HD patients with BEN, but differences was not statistically significant.

  18. Bens de consumo e insegurança alimentar: diferenças de gênero, cor de pele autorreferida e condição socioeconômica Household appliances and food insecurity: gender, referred skin color and socioeconomic differences

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    Leticia Marin-Leon

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    Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Com base nos dados da Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios (PNAD, 2004, foram comparadas as diferenças na prevalência de insegurança moderada/grave em relação à segurança alimentar, e insegurança leve quanto à posse de bens de consumo e outras condições socioeconômicas e demográficas. MÉTODOS: Foram estudados os domicílios particulares permanentes, com rendimento domiciliar per capita de até um salário mínimo, utilizando-se a Escala Brasileira de Insegurança Alimentar respondida por morador do domicílio (n=51.357. A associação entre as variáveis e a variável dependente (segurança alimentar foi verificada pelo teste do Χ2 com nível de significância de 5%. Foram calculadas razões de prevalência brutas e intervalos de confiança de 95% e a análise ajustada foi conduzida por meio de regressão múltipla de Poisson, utilizando Stata 8.0, que incorpora as ponderações do desenho amostral com delineamento complexo. RESULTADOS: A renda domiciliar mensal per capita foi a variável com maior força de associação com a segurança alimentar. Tanto em áreas urbanas quanto rurais, foram encontradas elevadas razões de prevalência para insegurança alimentar moderada ou grave nos domicílios chefiados por mulheres, de cor negra, presença no domicílio de seis ou mais moradores, localização metropolitana e com ausência de alguns bens específicos (fogão, filtro, geladeira, freezer, máquina de lavar roupa e telefone celular. Em modelo que incluiu, entre os bens, apenas a posse de geladeira, a maior razão de prevalência ocorreu na renda de até ¼ de salário mínimo, seguindo-se a ausência de posse de geladeira, tanto nos domicílios chefiados por homens brancos, como por negros e mulheres brancas ou negras. Embora os domicílios chefiados por mulheres e por negros apresentem maior insegurança alimentar, as diferenças intragrupais foram maiores em domicílios chefiados por homens brancos e menores

  19. BENS PÚBLICOS: ANÁLISES DE REGISTROS CONTÁBEIS DOS BENS DE USO COMUM

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    2012-12-01

    Full Text Available Public property is defined by the Brazilian Civil Code as the property of national domain belonging to the legal persons ruled by the internal public law and all others are private, regardless of the person to which they belong. The same provision classifies public property as follows: common use property (rivers, seas, roads, streets and squares; special use property (buildings or lots of land used by the federal, state or municipal administration, including the ones belonging to their original authorities and the state property (property with no specific purpose. This study has as objective to analyze the accounting records of common use property determined by NBC T 16.10, with a view of suggesting changes in legislation. The methodology used was exploratory, bibliographical and qualitative research. Results revealed that the record determined by NBC T 16.10 does not reflect the financial situation of public entities and therefore, suggestions of other types of record for changes in legislation were done (to account as offset asset and liability and/or as specific items of Asset and Liability, which will highlight public entities' patrimonial and financial situation. One must also note the suggestion of including the concepts of special use property and state property in the review of the foregoing legislation.

  20. Mercado de Bens Simbólicos do Futebol: A Estratégia Empreendedora da Gestão Andrés Sanchez no Sport Club Corinthians Paulista

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    Renato Berton

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    Full Text Available O crescimento do mercado de bens simbólicos se tornou realidade em todos os continentes. Particularmente, o futebol, desde a Copa do Mundo de 1990, passou por crescimento financeiro incomum. A exploração da paixão dos torcedores/consumidores pelo futebol e por seus respectivos clubes transformou-se em grande atividade comercial e de prestação de serviços, após o advento da Lei Pelé em março de 1998. Consequentemente, os clubes deixaram de ser meras agremiações esportivas e se tornaram grandes organizações, responsáveis por oferecer um produto atraente e cada vez mais rentável. A estratégia empreendedora da gestão de Andrés Sanchez possibilitou ao Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, em 2012, alcançar o primeiro lugar de empresa no futebol brasileiro e a sexta colocação no cenário mundial. Por meio de pesquisa exploratória de natureza qualitativa, ex-post factum, acompanhada de entrevista em profundidade com gestores participantes do empreendimento e membros da torcida organizada, o objetivo central da pesquisa, na perspectiva fenomenológica, buscou identificar as estratégias empregadas na Gestão Andrés Sanchez para a valorização da marca. Os resultados da pesquisa apontam para a integração das estratégias funcionais com a estratégia dos negócios. Na percepção dos entrevistados, a visão empreendedora permitiu ao clube, em quatro anos (2008-2011, formar a base de seu acelerado crescimento para, posteriormente, alcançar posicionamento diferenciado e, consequentemente, vantagem competitiva sustentável.DOI: 10.5585/podium.v2i1.35

  1. Cell polarity and patterning by PIN trafficking through early endosomal compartments in Arabidopsis thaliana.

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    Full Text Available PIN-FORMED (PIN proteins localize asymmetrically at the plasma membrane and mediate intercellular polar transport of the plant hormone auxin that is crucial for a multitude of developmental processes in plants. PIN localization is under extensive control by environmental or developmental cues, but mechanisms regulating PIN localization are not fully understood. Here we show that early endosomal components ARF GEF BEN1 and newly identified Sec1/Munc18 family protein BEN2 are involved in distinct steps of early endosomal trafficking. BEN1 and BEN2 are collectively required for polar PIN localization, for their dynamic repolarization, and consequently for auxin activity gradient formation and auxin-related developmental processes including embryonic patterning, organogenesis, and vasculature venation patterning. These results show that early endosomal trafficking is crucial for cell polarity and auxin-dependent regulation of plant architecture.

  2. Browse Title Index

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    Jun 28, 2012 ... Yosra Ben Akal-Ben Fatma1, Katia Pianelli2, Martine Dieuaide-Noubhani3, Aline Le Menn5,. Catherine ... science (Sobolev et al., 2003), nutrition and quality (Hall ...... the leaves of C3 plants also showed an increase of.

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    Distributor: Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation. . ZAR 87.00. Nc'wala Traditional Ceremony (2010). Directed by Moffat Ndhlovu. Producer: Ben Kangwa. Distributor: Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation. . ZAR 87.00. Lwindi Gonde Traditional Ceremony (2010). Directed by Chrispin Nchobeyi. Producer: Ben ...

  5. "Next-generation psychiatric assessment: Using smartphone sensors to monitor behavior and mental health": Correction to Ben-Zeev et al. (2015).

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    Reports an error in "Next-generation psychiatric assessment: Using smartphone sensors to monitor behavior and mental health" by Dror Ben-Zeev, Emily A. Scherer, Rui Wang, Haiyi Xie and Andrew T. Campbell (Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 2015[Sep], Vol 38[3], 218-226). Model fit statistics in Table 1 are reported as a row for Model 2, but not for Model 1, due to a production error. Model 1 fit statistics should appear as a row with the following information: 2LL 1490.0, AIC 1498.0 & BIC 1505.3. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2015-14736-001.) Optimal mental health care is dependent upon sensitive and early detection of mental health problems. We have introduced a state-of-the-art method for the current study for remote behavioral monitoring that transports assessment out of the clinic and into the environments in which individuals negotiate their daily lives. The objective of this study was to examine whether the information captured with multimodal smartphone sensors can serve as behavioral markers for one's mental health. We hypothesized that (a) unobtrusively collected smartphone sensor data would be associated with individuals' daily levels of stress, and (b) sensor data would be associated with changes in depression, stress, and subjective loneliness over time. A total of 47 young adults (age range: 19-30 years) were recruited for the study. Individuals were enrolled as a single cohort and participated in the study over a 10-week period. Participants were provided with smartphones embedded with a range of sensors and software that enabled continuous tracking of their geospatial activity (using the Global Positioning System and wireless fidelity), kinesthetic activity (using multiaxial accelerometers), sleep duration (modeled using device-usage data, accelerometer inferences, ambient sound features, and ambient light levels), and time spent proximal to human speech (i.e., speech duration using microphone and speech

  6. Ben Bende Değilim

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    Mehmet Tayfun Gülle

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    Full Text Available The book includes memoirs of Mr. Yildirim who was author of the mentioned book also retired librarian. Author with beard and liken to different characters by people all the time so he shared his memoirs with dry humour.

  7. Våben, mennesker og teknologi

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    Kristensen, Emil

    2013-01-01

    This project revolves around the relations between weapons, human beings and legislation with particular focus on school shootings in the USA. The project investigates how tragedies like school shootings influence the American mentality and American law through probability neglect and availability cascades. Furthermore, it will be up for discussion throughout the project, what parts of American culture and mentality provide grounds to maintain The Second Amendment and whether or not this main...

  8. Radioreklamen skal finde sine ben

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    Sigurd Bennike

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    Full Text Available Den 1. august 1988 startede radioreklamerne i Danmark uden nævneværdig opmærksomhed fra hverken pressen eller medieforskerne. Annoncørerne, reklamebureauerne og de store radiostationer har haft lidt svært ved at finde hinanden. Og heller ikke nemt ved at finde ud af, hvem der skulle producere reklamerne og hvordan sådan nogle skal lyde på dansk. Som det indirekte fremgår af denne artikel, så er det svært at få tal ud af branchen. - Men et kvalificeret gæt lyder på, at der er omsat for mellem 20 og 40 millioner kroner på de første måneder, koncentreret på mindre end 50 af de 237 nærradiosendetilladelser. De radiostationer der vælger at sende reklamer, skal betale 10% af deres omsætning til en særlig radiofond, hvis midler deles ud til de græsrodsradioer, som ikke kan eller vil skaffe sig reklameindtægter.

  9. Effects of structure and number of heteroatom on the π-π stacking inte-ractions of benzene with N-substituted coronenes: A theoretical study

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    Pouya Karimi

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    Full Text Available Stability of the π-π stacking interactions in the Ben||N-substituted-coronene complexes was stu-died using the computational quantum chemistry methods (where Ben is benzene and || denotes π-π stacking interaction, and N-substituted-coronene is coronene molecule which substituted with different number of N atoms. The results reveal simultaneous effects of structure and number of Heteroatom on the π-π stacking interactions with N-substituted-coronenes. Changing the number of Heteroatom N in N-substituted-coronenes and substitution of 8N-coronene with electron-withdrawing or electron-donating X groups alter the electron charge density at rings of this molecule and leads to different binding energies in the Ben||X-8N-substituted-coronene com-plexes. Results indicate that electron-withdrawing groups lead to higher π–π stacking binding energies compared to electron-donating ones in the Ben||X-8N-substituted-coronene complexes.

  10. Sistemas de equações de demanda por carnes no Brasil: especificação e estimação

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    Moisés de Andrade Resende Filho

    2012-03-01

    Full Text Available Especificações alternativas do sistema de demanda quase ideal (AIDS foram utilizadas para estimar as demandas agregadas das carnes bovina, suína e de frango e outros bens de consumo e as suas elasticidades no Brasil. Detectada a necessidade de se utilizar a variável tendência nas equações dos modelos, observou-se uma tendência de crescimento da demanda por carnes e de decrescimento da demanda por outros bens de consumo. A variável dummy para o Plano Real indicou que o mesmo não afetou as demandas. Com base nas elasticidades próprios-preços Marshallianas, as demandas por carnes são inelásticas e a demanda por outros bens de consumo é elástica. As elasticidades preços-cruzados Marshallianas e Hicksianas confirmaram que as carnes bovina, suína e de frango são bens substitutos. As elasticidades-gasto indicaram que todos os bens são normais, exceto a carne suína que é um bem inferior. Como é provável que o gasto com o consumo das famílias aumente ao longo do tempo, ceteris paribus, as elasticidades gasto indicam que a demanda por carnes perderá importância para os outros bens de consumo, que o consumo de carne bovina perderá importância para a carne de frango e que o consumo de carne de porco perderá importância para as outras carnes.

  11. Tid til eftertanke i Danske Bank

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    Det er tankevækkende, at Danske Bank aldrig har taget initiativ til en åben, viden- skabelig analyse af bankens historie.......Det er tankevækkende, at Danske Bank aldrig har taget initiativ til en åben, viden- skabelig analyse af bankens historie....

  12. DMPD: Signals and receptors involved in recruitment of inflammatory cells. [Dynamic Macrophage Pathway CSML Database

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    Full Text Available 7744810 Signals and receptors involved in recruitment of inflammatory cells. Ben-Ba...ow Signals and receptors involved in recruitment of inflammatory cells. PubmedID 7744810 Title Signals and receptors involved in recr...uitment of inflammatory cells. Authors Ben-Baruch A, Mic

  13. Journal of Genetics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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    No major genes in autoimmune thyroid diseases: complex segregation and epidemiological studies in a large Tunisian pedigree · Noura Bougacha-Elleuch Saida Ben Arab Ahmed Rebai Mouna Mnif Abdellatif Maalej Nadia Charfi Mohamed Ben Lassouad Jomaa Jouida Mohamed Abid Hammadi Ayadi · More Details ...

  14. Evolutionary relationships in Aspergillus section Fumigati inferred from partial beta-tubulin and hydrophobin sequences

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    Geiser, D.M.; Frisvad, Jens Christian; Taylor, J.W.

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    are heterothallic. Phylogenetic relationships were inferred among members of Aspergillus section Fumigati based on partial DNA sequences from the benA beta-tubulin and rodA hydrophobin genes. Aspergillus clavatus was chosen as an outgroup. The two gene regions provided nearly equal numbers of phylogenetically...... informative nucleotide characters. The rodA region possessed a considerably higher level of inferred amino acid variation than did the benA region. The results of a partition homogeneity test showed that the benA and rodA data sets were not in significant conflict, and the topologies of the most parsimonious...

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    May 5, 2017 ... Chondroblastic osteosarcoma of the distal tibia: a rare case report. Aymen Ben Fredj1,&, Lassaad Hassini1, Aymen Fekih1, Mohamed Allagui1, Issam Aloui1, Abderrazek Abid1. 1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital, Monastir, Tunisia. &Corresponding author: Aymen Ben Fredj, ...

  16. Patrimônio de Fé e Religiosidade: os Bens Culturais inseridos na Festa do Senhor dos Passos em São Cristóvão, Sergipe, Brasil (Heritage of Faith and Religiosity: Cultural Objects inserted on the Festival of Senhor dos Passos in São Cristóvão

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    Full Text Available Patrimônio de Fé e Religiosidade: os Bens Culturais inseridos na Festa do Senhor dos Passos em São Cristóvão, Sergipe, Brasil. (Heritage of Faith and Religiosity: Cultural Objects inserted on the Festival of Senhor dos Passos in São Cristóvão - DOI: 10.5752/P.2175-5841.2013v11n31p1018O conceito de Bens Culturais de uma localidade vem passando por novos paradigmas quanto à abrangência e relevância. Nesse âmbito, além do Patrimônio Material de ruas, praças, igrejas, objetos artísticos e históricos, o discurso e ações dos órgãos oficiais e da comunidade, devem também se pautar pela valorização das produções imateriais da cultura. Esses elementos envolvem os sujeitos e os sons produzidos por eles, seus ofícios, memórias, festas e religiosidade. Nesse sentido, o presente artigo visa analisar os Bens Culturais que compõem o cenário da celebração do Senhor dos Passos e descrever os seus valores histórico, religioso e artístico. A metodologia utilizada foi: pesquisa bibliográfica, documental e de campo. Após as três etapas da pesquisa e observação no local, constatado que a Festa do Senhor dos Passos em São Cristóvão possui elementos patrimoniais conectados que a transforma em um evento vinculado à identidade cultural-religiosa da região. Alguns desses elementos já são tombados nos níveis estadual, nacional e mundial, enquanto que outros, embora não reconhecidos pelos órgãos oficiais de salvaguarda do Patrimônio, são valorizados pela comunidade no que concerne a afetividade, memória, dádiva e pertencimento: Patrimônios de Fé, Religiosidade e Culto em Sergipe. Palavras-chave: Patrimônio Cultural. Festa. Religiosidade. Senhor dos Passos. São Cristóvão (Sergipe.   Abstract The concept of cultural property that belongs to one locality has been going through new paradigms regarding the scope and relevance. In this context, in addition to material assets (streets, squares, churches and historical

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    MULTILEVEL SYNCRETISM AND THE EVOLUTION OF AFRIKAANS. PERIPHRASTIC POSSESSIVES WITH SE. Paul T. Roberge. University or North Carolina, Chapel ..... van hem ook een bees gestoole ben ook drie volk !lli!. spoor en ook ben daar bij Bester een velds waage uijt gespanne gewees heef zulle de man zijn ...

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    Items 101 - 150 of 3061 ... Maruis Kitembo Feruzi, Cédrick Sangwa Milindi, Mireille Kakinga Zabibu, Jules Panda Mulefu, Francois Tshilombo Katombe. Vol 24, No 1 (2016), Amyloïdosis, sarcoidosis and systemic lupus erythematosus, Abstract PDF. Amel Rezgui, Imene Ben Hassine, Monia Karmani, Fatma Ben Fredj, Chadia ...

  19. Approximability of Robust Network Design

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    2014-01-01

    We consider robust (undirected) network design (RND) problems where the set of feasible demands may be given by an arbitrary convex body. This model, introduced by Ben-Ameur and Kerivin [Ben-Ameur W, Kerivin H (2003) New economical virtual private networks. Comm. ACM 46(6):69-73], generalizes the

  20. GEORGE HERBERT MEAD'IN SOSYAL AHLAK ANLAYIŞI

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    Klasik Amerikan pragmatistlerinden George Herbert Mead’a göre benlik, ne salt zihinden ibarettir, ne de ontolojik çatallaşmayı içerir. O, bunun yerine sadece analitik bir ayrım olarak benliği (self) özne benlik (I) ve nesne benlik (me) olarak ifade eder. Ancak ne özne benliği nesne benlik olmaksızın, ne de nesne benliği özne benlik olmaksızın düşünebiliriz. Özne benlik, doğrudan deneyimlerimizde kendisini göstermez, eylemin gerçekleşmesinden sonra biliş alanına girer. O, haf...

  1. Visitando vizinhos: uma análise da série histórica de produção de bens de capital no Brasil utilizando diagramas de recorrência Encountering neighbors: an analysis of capital goods production in Brazil using recurrence plot diagrams

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    Newton Paulo Bueno

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    Full Text Available O objetivo do texto é identificar possíveis não linearidades na série de produção de bens de capital brasileira no período janeiro/1975-janeiro/2002. Utilizando a técnica de análise de séries temporais com diagramas de recorrência e o método de previsão por nearest neighbors, apresentam-se evidências de que os investimentos no Brasil - tomando como proxy a série temporal de produção de bens de capital - seguem uma dinâmica com um componente não linear determinístico não desprezível. Embora não tenha sido objetivo do texto identificar a possível fonte dessa dinâmica, os resultados empíricos alcançados autorizam a supor que a dinâmica macroeconômica brasileira pode ser mais sensível à variabilidade da política econômica do que normalmente se supõe. A implicação disso é que a capacidade de prever esses efeitos, com uma margem estatisticamente aceitável de significância, pode ser muito reduzida em períodos em que a dinâmica da série se torna mais sensível em relação às condições iniciais; as técnicas aqui empregadas, entretanto, sugerem que em certa medida é possível, senão prever a evolução dos investimentos, pelo menos identificar os períodos nos quais essa previsão é menos confiável.The objective of the paper is to identify possible non-linearities in Brazilian capital goods production in the period January/1975-January/2002. Using the techniques of recurrence plots diagrams and nearest neighbors forecasting, we found evidences that investments in Brazil present a non negligible non-linear component. Although it has not been the purpose of the paper to identify the possible source of that dynamics, the empiric results found authorize to speculate that the dynamics of some important macroeconomic variables in Brazil might be more sensitive to economic policy variability than it is usually supposed. The implication is that the ability to foresee those effects, within a significant

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    SUBSTERNAL GOITERS : SPECIAL CLINICAL,. RADIOLOGICAL AND THERAPEUTIC. M. Ben Amor, S. Dhambri, I. Hariga, W. Abid, R. Hannachi, O. Ben Gamra, S. Zribi, CH. .... L'indication chirurgicale est formelle dans les goitres plon- geantsdevant le risque de détresse respiratoire aiguë met- tant en jeu le pronostic vital ...

  3. An evaluation of some fungicides in the management of fruit and leaf ...

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    Four fungicide treatments viz Ben late (Benomyl), Cupravit (Copper oxychloride), Dithane M45 (Mancozeb), and. Ben late alternated with Dithane M45 were applied to control P!laeoramularia angolensi~ In a block of the variety. "Valencia" in the citrus orchard at Kiige, Uganda. No fungicide was applied to the control.

  4. Avaliação do serviço de distribuição física: a relação entre a indústria de bens de consumo e o comércio atacadista e varejista Evaluation of physical distribution service: relationship between the grocery industry, retailers and wholesalers

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    Full Text Available O objetivo deste trabalho é apresentar os resultados de pesquisa sobre a avaliação da qualidade do serviço de distribuição física prestado por fornecedores da indústria de bens de consumo ao comércio atacadista e varejista. Para tanto, foi desenvolvida uma metodologia para medir a qualidade do serviço de distribuição física, que foi aplicada em dois momentos distintos: logo após a implementação do plano real, em 1994 e no final de 1995. Os resultados indicam fortes mudanças de comportamento do mercado ao longo do período decorrido entre as duas pesquisas. Os resultados demonstram que a importância do serviço ao cliente, como variável de decisão de compra entre a indústria de bens de consumo e comércio, tem crescido substancialmente ao longo do período considerado nas duas pesquisas. A pesquisa também demonstrou que, se por um lado, o cliente tornou-se mais exigente por melhores serviços, por outro, os fornecedores pioraram o nível de serviço de distribuição física. O percentual de clientes insatisfeitos, por conseguinte, aumentou substancialmente entre junho de 1994 e o fim de 1995.The objective of this paper is to present the results of research developed to determine the quality of physical distribution services offered by the grocery industry as perceived by retailers and wholesalers. A methodology was developed in order to measure the service quality, which was applied at two different moments: soon after the implementation, in 1994, of the Brazilian economic plan called the "Plano Real", and at the end of 1995. The results show great changes in the market behavior over the time interval between the two phases of the research. The results also show customer service as a purchasing variable that is increasing in importance. Retailers and wholesalers are raising their service requirements as suppliers are decreasing their service quality level. As a result, the percentage of unsatisfied client firms

  5. Correlates of the MMPI-2-RF in a College Setting

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    Forbey, Johnathan D.; Lee, Tayla T. C.; Handel, Richard W.

    2010-01-01

    The current study examined empirical correlates of scores on Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF; A. Tellegen & Y. S. Ben-Porath, 2008; Y. S. Ben-Porath & A. Tellegen, 2008) scales in a college setting. The MMPI-2-RF and six criterion measures (assessing anger, assertiveness, sex roles, cognitive…

  6. Browse Title Index

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    Vol 21, No 1 (2015), Perinatal-lethal Gaucher disease presenting as hydrops fetalis, Abstract PDF. E BenHamida, I Ayadi, I Ouertani, M Chammem, A Bezzine, R BenTmime, L Attia, R Mrad, Z Marrakchi. Vol 12, No 1 (2012), Periorbital edema as initial manifestation of chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus, Abstract PDF.

  7. www@20: Celebrations for 20 years of the web

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    Welcome by Professor Rolf Heuer, Director General of CERN The history of the Web with Ben Segal, Jean-Francois Groff and Robert CailliauQuestions for the panel : Jean-Francois Groff, Ben Segal, Tim Berners-Lee and Robert CailliauThe future of the Web with Chris Bizer, Stephane Boyera, Dan Brickley and Tom Scott

  8. Cyber Foraging for Improving Survivability of Mobile Systems

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    Cyber-Foraging for Improving Survivability of Mobile Systems Sebastián Echeverría ( Universidad de los Andes) Grace A. Lewis James Root Ben...NUMBERS FA8721-05-C-0003 6. AUTHOR(S) Sebastián Echeverría ( Universidad de los Andes), Grace A. Lewis, James Root, & Ben Bradshaw 7. PERFORMING

  9. Efficacy of Light and Nonlighted Carbon Dioxide-Baited Traps for Adult Sand Fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) Surveillance in Three Counties of Mesrata, Libya

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    but not tested for Leishmania; the alimentary canal of remaining specimens was removed and preserved in 75% ethanol for polymerase chain reaction (PCR...Ftaiti A, Ben-Ishmail R. 1993. Leishman- iasis in Lybia and studies on sandflies. Arch Inst Pasteur Tunis 70:465–466. El-Buni AA, Jabeal I, Ben-Darif AT

  10. A Primer on Developing Measures of Effectiveness

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    does not tell us how to secure the general populace, so we have to continue our research. In The Quest for Viable Peace, Ben Lovelock reports that...Resolution, ed. Robert C. Orr (Washington, DC: The CSIS Press, 2004), 40. 17. Ibid., 42. 18. Ben Lovelock , “Securing a Viable Peace: Defeating Militant

  11. La doble ruptura del equilibrio dinámico de la frontera viva colombo-venezolana: nuevos perfiles demográficos e impacto en bienes colectivos colombianos; A dupla ruptura de equilibrio dinâmico da frontera viva colombo-venezuelana: novos perfis demográficos e impacto em bens coletivos colombianos; Double rupture of the dynamic balance of the colombo-venezuelan live border: new demographic profiles and impact on colombian public goods

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    Full Text Available Resumen: Este texto presenta desde una perspectiva netamente teórica, las esperables consecuencias en la prestación de bienes y servicios colectivos que podría tener la actual coyuntura migratoria de la población venezolana hacia Colombia. Para esto, se describen las características que envuelven el proceso migratorio en particular y los perfiles migrantes, lo que permitiría entrever las posibles afectaciones sobre bienes colectivos, tales como: salud, educación y seguridad ciudadana. Palabras clave: migraciones, Venezuela, Colombia.   Resumo: Este texto apresenta desde uma perspectiva …, das esperadas consequências na prestação de bens e serviços coletivos que podem ter, a atual conjuntura migratória da população venezuelana até a Colômbia. Para isso, se descrevem as características que envolvem o proceso migratório em particular e os perfis migrantes, o que permitiría antever as possiveis consequências sobre bens coletivos, tais como: saúde, educação e segurança cidadã. Palavras-chaves: migração; Venezuela; Colômbia.   Abstract: This paper presents, from a purely theoretical perspective, the expected consequences in the provision of collective goods and services, that could happen in the current migratory situation of the Venezuelan population towards Colombia. In this way, we describe the characteristics that surround the migratory process in particular, and the migrant profiles, which would allow us to see the possible effects on collective goods, such as health, education and citizen security. Key words: Colombia, Venezuela, Migratory processes, Public goods.

  12. Variation of a benthic heterotrophic bacteria community with different respiratory metabolisms in Coyuca de Benítez coastal lagoon (Guerrero, Mexico

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    Full Text Available The fluctuations of the number, biomass and composition of the heterotrophic community were studied daily for two days, according to depth, pH, Eh, O2 and organic carbon concentration within a zone of the canal between the Coyuca de Benítez lagoon (Guerrero, Mexico and the coastal waters. At the three moments of the day studied (6 am, 2 pm and 10 pm, the oxygen concentrations in the overlying water and in the superficial sediment layer were near air-saturation in the diurnal samplings (582 µM at 6 am and 665 µM at 2 pm, and sub-satured during the night (158 µM. In the sediments, the models of vertical distribution of Eh and organic carbon distributions were very irregular due to the bio-perturbation of the benthic, meio- and macrofauna, whose activity allows the superficial organic carbon to migrate towards sediment deeper layers. Vertical distribution of the different viable bacteria populations seems to be related to the hydrodynamic patterns of the communicating canal and sediments heterogeneity. In the sediment column, the heterotrophic bacteria total number varied from 6.8 to 20.3 x 108 cells cm-3. The highest heterotrophic bacterial biomass values were encountered during the diurnal samplings (39.2 µgC.l-1 at 6 am and 34.4 µgC.l-1 at 2 pm and the lowest during the night (9.7 µgC.l-1. The fluctuations of viable heterotrophic bacteria populations with different respiratory metabolisms (aerobic, microaerophilic and anaerobic can be explained by the existence of suboxic microniches that appear when particles of sediment are resuspended due to the water circulation and the benthic infauna excavating activity, that allows the supernatant water oxygen to penetrate through its galleries towards deeper sediment zones. The statistical analysis (Multiple lineal regression model r²≥ 0.5 showed that the on the whole, the hydrological parameters are not influence over the bacterial number and bacterial biomass distribution (r²≤ 0

  13. Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy | Indian Academy of Sciences

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    Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée, Equipe Physique Quantique et Application, Faculté des Sciences Ben M'sik, B.P. 7955, Université Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco. Equipe de Recherche Subatomique et Application, Faculté des Sciences Ben M'sik, Université Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco. Centre de ...

  14. Potencial efeito benéfico da suplementação de colecalciferol na prevenção do Diabetes Mellitus tipo 1

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    Rafaella Gonçalves Ferreira de Oliveira

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    Full Text Available Introdução: O diabetes mellitus tipo 1 (DM1 é uma condição de etiologia complexa, imunomediada na qual fatores ambientais e determinantes genéticos interagem resultando na destruição específica de células beta. Antes de essa destruição chegar a níveis críticos, quando se desenvolve a doença manifesta e sua sintomatologia clássica, existe um período pré-clínico, de duração variável, onde o paciente permanece assintomático. Isso vem instigando cada vez mais as pesquisas, na tentativa de identificar possíveis marcadores da doença nessa fase precoce. Objetivo: Descrever a evolução clínico-laboratorial de uma família com três indivíduos relacionados em 1º grau, que tinham títulos de anticorpos elevados - pai, filha (17 anos e filho (12 anos, este último (caso-índice apresentava também glicemia alterada - com a suplementação de vitamina D, objetivando um possível efeito benéfico sobre a potencial evolução para DM1; além de descrever os principais aspectos clínicos e laboratoriais relacionados ao Pré Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1 , baseando-se nos estudos descritos na literatura mundial. Metodologia: Revisão de prontuário, acompanhamento clínico laboratorial dos pacientes e pesquisa bibliográfica nas bases de dados MEDLINE, LILACS, SciELO e MD Consult. Resultado: Todos iniciaram 4000UI/dia de colecalciferol, mantendo cuidados (alimentação saudável e atividade física regular, sendo observada euglicemia e redução dos títulos de anti-GAD após um ano de seguimento e 8 meses de suplementação. Dentre os irmãos que apresentavam positividade para autoanticorpos antiilhotas, aquele que apresentava deficiência de vitamina D foi o primeiro a desenvolver alterações glicêmicas, mesmo tendo níveis de autoanticorpos menores que a irmã sem alterações glicêmicas.  Conclusão: estes dados sugerem possível benefício da suplementação da vitamina D na evolução do DM1 em fase precoce. Estudos

  15. Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy | Indian Academy of Sciences

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    Jan 27, 2016 ... Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée (URAC10), Equipe Physique Quantique et Applications, Faculté des Sciences Ben M'sik, Université Hassan II, B.P. 7955, Casablanca, Maroc; Equipe de Recherche Subatomique et Applications, Faculté des Sciences Ben M'sik, Université Hassan II, B.P. ...

  16. An Investigation of Loss of Control Eating Disorder in Children

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    syndrome eating disorders in adulthood ( Kotler , Cohen, Davies, Pine, & Walsh, 2001). For this reason, early identification of pathological overeating...eating (Iancu, Cohen, Ben Yehuda, & Kotler , 2006; Schmidt, Jiwany, & Treasure, 1993). Such research indicates that alexithymia may be a stable trait...CT: Yale University. Iancu, I., Cohen, E., Ben Yehuda, Y., & Kotler , M. (2006). Treatmetn of eating disorders improves eating symptoms but not

  17. Case series

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    3 mars 2014 ... Childs Nerv Syst. Nov 2000; 16(10-. 11):765-9. PubMed | Google Scholar. 4. Ben Becher S, Cheour M, Ben Hassine L, Hlioui S, et al. Les kystes hydatiques cerebraux chez l'enfant. Arch Péd. 1997;. 4(11):1107-1110. PubMed |Google Scholar. 5. Duishanbai S, Jiafu D, Guo H, Liu C, Liu B, et al. Intracranial.

  18. Latvian education's uneasy course / Ben Nimmo

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    2005-01-01

    Läti Haridus- ja Teadusministeeriumi andmetel õppis 2004.-2005. õppeaastal 55 protsenti Läti üliõpilastest ärinduse, õiguse ja majandusega seotud erialasid. Haridusministeeriumi kõrghariduse osakonna juhataja Janis Cakste ja Läti Kaubandus- ja Tööstuskoja tegevdirektor Janis Leja annavad ülevaate sellise olukorra põhjustest ning selgitavad insenerierialade populariseerimise vajadust

  19. 1459-IJBCS-Article-Ben Moussa Ali

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    L'Oued Khoumane est un cours d'eau traversant du sud-est à l'ouest la ville de Moulay Idriss Zerhoun. L'intérêt porté à ce .... Oxygène, Demande Biologique en Oxygène et les matières en ..... agriculture et au fumier (Dumontier et al.,. 1995).

  20. Åben og Rolig for Unge

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    Westphael, Gitte; Krogh, Søren Christian; Jensen, Christian Gaden

    -14 deltagere) i samarbejde mellem Rigshospitalet og Herbert Bensons forskningsgruppe ved Harvard University (Jensen et al., 2015). Kurset afholdes af to psykologuddannede, certificerede instruktører og baseres på den biopsykosociale sundhedsmodel og sammensatte metoder, herunder meditation, kognitive øvelser...

  1. Structural study of salt forms of amides; paracetamol, benzamide and piperine

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    Kennedy, Alan R.; King, Nathan L. C.; Oswald, Iain D. H.; Rollo, David G.; Spiteri, Rebecca; Walls, Aiden

    2018-02-01

    Single crystal x-ray diffraction has been used to investigate the structures of six complexes containing O-atom protonated cations derived from the pharmaceutically relevant amides benzamide (BEN), paracetamol (PAR) and piperine (PIP). The structures of the salt forms [PAR(H)][SO3C6H4Cl], [BEN(H)][O3SC6H4Cl] and [BEN(H)][Br]·H2O are reported along with those of the hemi-halide salt forms [PAR(H)][I3]. PAR, [PIP(H)][I3]·PIP and [PIP(H)][I3]0·5[I]0.5. PIP. The structure of the cocrystal BEN. HOOCCH2Cl is also presented for comparison. The geometry of the amide group is found to systematically change upon protonation, with the Cdbnd O distance increasing and the Csbnd N distance decreasing. The hemi-halide species all feature strongly hydrogen bonded amide(H)/amide pairs. The amide group Cdbnd O and Csbnd N distances for both elements of each such pair are intermediate between those found for simple neutral amide and protonated amide forms. It was found that crystallising paracetamol from aqueous solutions containing Ba2+ ions gave orthorhombic paracetamol.

  2. Creation retold: Use of Scripture and tradition in Sirach 16:24�17:14

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    Full Text Available This article examines the use of Scripture and tradition in Sirach 16:24�17:14, which is a retelling of the creation stories. Ben Sira as an interpreter of Scripture utilised interpretive traditions or exegetical motifs that were in circulation during his time to provide instruction for his generation. His indebtedness to Scripture is evident from the quotations from Scripture and his use of scriptural language. In his retelling of the creation stories, he made use of the exegetical motifs that were in circulation, adapting them within the wisdom interpretive framework. He also rejected the tendency to blame evil on external agencies such as fallen angels and downplayed the gap between the creation process and the giving of the law at Sinai.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: The article is an exegetical inquiry of the extra-biblical text of Ben Sira in dialogue with Scripture and with other exegetical traditions which were in circulation in the Second Temple period. The article highlights the indebtedness of Ben Sira to both Scripture and tradition, and also noting Ben Sira�s own creativity in the use of Scripture and tradition in his retelling of creation story

  3. Sorption isotherms, kinetic and optimization process of amino acid proline based polymer nanocomposite for the removal of selected textile dyes from industrial wastewater.

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    Raghunath, Sharista; Anand, K; Gengan, R M; Nayunigari, Mithil Kumar; Maity, Arjun

    2016-12-01

    In this article, adsorption and kinetic studies were carried out on three textile dyes, namely Reactive Blue 222 (RB 222), Reactive Red 195 (RR 195) and Reactive Yellow 145 (RY 145). The dyes studied in a mixture were adsorbed under various conditions onto PRO-BEN, a bentonite modified with a new cationic proline polymer (l-proline-epichlorohydrin polymer). The proline polymer was characterized by 1 H NMR, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), dynamic light scattering (DLS) and TEM. The PRO-BEN composite was characterized by FT-IR, dynamic light scattering (DLS) (zeta potential), TEM imaging, SEM/EDX and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (characterize the binding energy). During adsorption studies, factors involving pH, temperature, the initial concentrations of the dyes and the quantity of PRO-BEN used during adsorption were established. The results revealed that the adsorption mechanism was categorized by the Langmuir type 1 isotherm. The adsorption data followed the pseudo-second order kinetic model. The intraparticle diffusion model indicated that adsorption did not only depend on the intraparticle diffusion of the dyes. The thermodynamic parameters verified that the adsorption process was spontaneous and exothermic. The Gibbs free energy values indicated that physisorption had occurred. Successful adsorption of dyes from an industrial effluent was achieved. Desorption studies concluded that PRO-BEN desorbed the dyes better than alumina. This can thereby be viewed as a recyclable remediation material. The PRO-BEN composite could be a cost efficient alternative towards the removal of organic dyes in wastewater treatment. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

  4. Reducing health disparities: the social role of medical schools.

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    Dopelt, Keren; Davidovitch, Nadav; Yahav, Zehava; Urkin, Jacob; Bachner, Yaacov G

    2014-06-01

    Medical education based on the principles of social medicine can contribute toward reducing health disparities through the "creation" of doctors who are more involved in community programs. This study compared the social medicine orientation of graduates from various medical schools in Israel. The authors conducted an online cross-sectional survey in May 2011 among physicians who are graduates of Israeli medical schools. The study included 1050 physicians practicing medicine in Israel: 36% who are graduates from the Hebrew University, 26% from Tel Aviv University, 22% from the Technion and 16% from Ben-Gurion University. A greater percentage of physicians who studied either at the Technion or Ben-Gurion are working or have worked in the periphery (∼50% vs. ∼30% at the Hebrew and Tel Aviv Universities). Among Ben-Gurion graduates, 47% are active in social medicine programs vs. 34-38% from other schools. Among physicians active in social medicine programs, 32% of Ben-Gurion alumni estimated that their medical education greatly influenced their social medicine involvement vs. 8-15% from other schools. Hebrew University alumni described their studies as more research-oriented. In contrast, Ben-Gurion graduates described their studies as more social medicine-oriented and they exhibited more positive attitudes about the role of physicians in reducing health disparities. Social medicine-oriented medical education induces a socialization process reinforcing human values regarding doctor-patient relationships and produces positive attitudes among future doctors about social involvement. Findings emphasize the need to develop educational programs with this orientation and to strengthen medical schools in the periphery.

  5. Globin haplotypes of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I-infected individuals in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, suggest a post-Columbian African origin of this virus.

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    Alcantara, Luiz Carlos; Van Dooren, Sonia; Gonçalves, Marilda Souza; Kashima, Simone; Costa, Maria Cristina Ramos; Santos, Fred Luciano Neves; Bittencourt, Achilea Lisboa; Dourado, Inês; Filho, Antonio Andrade; Covas, Dimas Tadeu; Vandamme, Anne-Mieke; Galvão-Castro, Bernardo

    2003-08-01

    The city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, has sociodemographic characteristics similar to some African cities. Up to now, it has had the highest prevalence of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) infection (1.74%) in the country. To investigate which strains of HTLV-I are circulating in Salvador, we studied isolates from 82 patients infected with HTLV-I: 19 from the general population, 21 from pregnant women, 16 from intravenous drug users, and 26 from patients and their family attending a neurologic clinic. Phylogenetic analysis from part of the LTR fragments showed that most of these isolates belonged to the Transcontinental subgroup of the Cosmopolitan subtype (HTLV-Ia). Only one sample from a pregnant woman was closely related to the Japanese subgroup, suggesting recent introduction of a Japanese HTLV-I lineage into Salvador. betaA-Globin haplotypes were examined in 34 infected individuals and found to be atypical, confirming the racial heterogeneity of this population. A total of 20 chromosomes were characterized as Central African Republic (CAR) haplotype (29.4%), 31 (45.6%) were characterized as Benin (BEN) haplotype, and 17 (25%) were characterized as Senegal (SEN) haplotype. Five patients' genotypes (14.7%) were CAR/CAR; 10 (29,4%), BEN/BEN; 9 (26.5%), CAR/BEN; 2 (5.9%), BEN/SEN; and 7 (20.6%), SEN/SEN. One patient's genotype (2.9%) was CAR/SEN. The betaA-globin haplotype distribution in Salvador is unusual compared with other Brazilian states. Our data support the hypothesis of multiple post-Columbian introductions of African HTLV-Ia strains in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.

  6. Values-Driven Business How to Change the World, Make Money, and Have Fun

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    Cohen, Ben

    2006-01-01

    In Values-Driven Business, Ben & Jerry's co-founder Ben Cohen and Social Venture Network chair Mal Warwick team up to provide you with a way to run your business for profit and personal satisfaction. This practical, down-to-earth book details every step in the process of creating and managing a business that will reflect your personal values, not force you to hide them.

  7. OPAL and More

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    2009-01-01

    We shall summarize some of the research activities performed in collaboration with Ben Shen in the OPAL experiment at LEP and in the CMS experiment at the LHC. And we shall recall the LEP legacy to particle physics in general and to the Standard Model in particular. Short recollections are made in other fields in which Ben was interested, in particular in Astroparticle Physics.

  8. Gastronomi over bål

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    Jensen, Kirsten

    2016-01-01

    Ild giver varme og lys. Bålet er samlingspunkt for hygge og god mad. Væk med sorte snobrød og branket kød. Frem med gastronomi under åben himmel.......Ild giver varme og lys. Bålet er samlingspunkt for hygge og god mad. Væk med sorte snobrød og branket kød. Frem med gastronomi under åben himmel....

  9. Madens festival

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    Agerholm, Frank Juul

    2013-01-01

    Refleksioner over madens festival og fremstilling af en typologisk skitse med fire grundtyper, der kunne benævnes ”Dyrskuet”, ”Høstgudstjenesten”, ”Bilka-fødselsdagsfesten” og ”Food Festivalen”.......Refleksioner over madens festival og fremstilling af en typologisk skitse med fire grundtyper, der kunne benævnes ”Dyrskuet”, ”Høstgudstjenesten”, ”Bilka-fødselsdagsfesten” og ”Food Festivalen”....

  10. Case report

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    3 juin 2015 ... Ben Amna M, Hajri M, Oumaya C, Anis J, Bacha K, Ben Hassine. L, Chebil M, Ayed M. La malokoplakie génito-urinaire: À propos de dix cas et revue de la littérature. Ann Urol. 2002;. 36(6):388-391. PubMed | Google Scholar. 5. Mc Clure J. Malakoplakia. J Pathol. 1983; 140(4):275-. 330. PubMed |Google ...

  11. Bowel Endometriosis Syndrome

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    Riiskjær, M; Egekvist, A G; Hartwell, D

    2017-01-01

    STUDY QUESTION: Is it possible to develop a validated score that can identify women with Bowel Endometriosis Syndrome (BENS) and be used to monitor the effect of medical and surgical treatment? SUMMARY ANSWER: The BENS score can be used to identify women with BENS and to monitor the effect...... of medical and surgical treatment of women suffering from bowel endometriosis. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY: Endometriosis is a heterogeneous disease with extensive variation in anatomical and clinical presentation, and symptoms do not always correspond to the disease burden. Current endometriosis scoring systems...... are mainly based on anatomical and surgical findings. STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION: The score was developed and validated from a cohort of 525 women with medically or surgically treated bowel endometriosis from Aarhus and Copenhagen University Hospitals, Denmark. PARTICIPANTS/MATERIALS, SETTING AND METHODS...

  12. Strategic management applied to the Six-Sigma suitability appraisal for R&D in FMCG companies = Gestão estratégica aplicada à avaliação da adequação do Six-Sigma para P&D em empresas de bens de consumo

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    Full Text Available This research assesses the suitability of the Six-sigma program for R&D in FMCG companies. The study also includes an analysis of its potential advantages and challenges for this business area. This was performed through data acquisition using a web-based survey targeting large scale multinational companies. Results showed that most R&D personnel within FMCG companies see Six-sigma as a positive methodology for their sector. Roughly 80% of the participants selected time saving and better knowledge allocation as the main advantages of the Six-sigma system. Almost 90% of the survey contributors believe that the series of potential benefits could lead to important scientific breakthroughs. A financial challenge is expected with the implementation and it was said to be the main concern of R&D personnel, especially from those with managerial backgrounds. Cultural changes and scientific obstacles were not reported as imminent threats to the new system. In light of the above, Six-sigma was found to be suitable for R&D in FMCG companies requiring only a few modifications in its standards and a well-defined strategic implementation plan. = Esta pesquisa avalia a adequação do programa Six-Sigma para o setor de P&D em empresas de bens de consumo. O estudo também inclui uma análise das vantagens potenciais e dos desafios para esta área de negócio. Este estudo foi realizado por meio da aquisição de dados, utilizando um questionário online direcionado à profissionais de grandes empresas multinacionais. Os resultados mostraram que a maior parte dos profissionais de P&D nas empresas de FMCG veem o Six-Sigma como uma metodologia positiva para este setor. Cerca de 80% dos participantes selecionados apontam a economia de tempo e a melhor alocação de conhecimento como as principais vantagens do sistema Six-sigma. Quase 90% dos colaboradores da pesquisa acreditam que a série de benefícios potenciais podem levar a descobertas científicas importantes

  13. Determination of Indicators of Ecological Change

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    system Apr 04 September 04 Will be conducted in August and September by Shirish Bhat in conjunction with USDA in Tifton , GA Total of 14 journal...Fort Benning, GA . 137 3.3.3 Impacts on Soil Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity: Mechanized Military Training Characterization Using Five...Characteristics and Stream Water Quality in Fort Benning, GA . 204 3.4.2 Microbial Nutrient Cycling in the Riparian Zone and its Influence on Stream

  14. Chlorophyll Diagenesis in the Water Column and Sediments of the Black Sea

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    Washington. Eyssen H. J., Parmentier G. G., Compemolle G. C., De Pauw G., and Piessens-Denef M. (1973) Biohydrogenation of sterols by Eubacterium ATCC...sediments. I 144 dominant diatom species identified in the Black Sea, Rhizoselenium spp , is cholesterol (Volkman, 1986; Benli, 1987). The flux of cholesterol...in the Clack Sea, for example Gonyaulax polygramma and Peridinium spp ., do not possess this sterol (Volkman, 1986; Benli, 1987). The appeav ince of

  15. Aspergillus section Fumigati typing by PCR-restriction fragment polymorphism.

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    Staab, Janet F; Balajee, S Arunmozhi; Marr, Kieren A

    2009-07-01

    Recent studies have shown that there are multiple clinically important members of the Aspergillus section Fumigati that are difficult to distinguish on the basis of morphological features (e.g., Aspergillus fumigatus, A. lentulus, and Neosartorya udagawae). Identification of these organisms may be clinically important, as some species vary in their susceptibilities to antifungal agents. In a prior study, we utilized multilocus sequence typing to describe A. lentulus as a species distinct from A. fumigatus. The sequence data show that the gene encoding beta-tubulin, benA, has high interspecies variability at intronic regions but is conserved among isolates of the same species. These data were used to develop a PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) method that rapidly and accurately distinguishes A. fumigatus, A. lentulus, and N. udagawae, three major species within the section Fumigati that have previously been implicated in disease. Digestion of the benA amplicon with BccI generated unique banding patterns; the results were validated by screening a collection of clinical strains and by in silico analysis of the benA sequences of Aspergillus spp. deposited in the GenBank database. PCR-RFLP of benA is a simple method for the identification of clinically important, similar morphotypes of Aspergillus spp. within the section Fumigati.

  16. Aspergillus Section Fumigati Typing by PCR-Restriction Fragment Polymorphism▿

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    Staab, Janet F.; Balajee, S. Arunmozhi; Marr, Kieren A.

    2009-01-01

    Recent studies have shown that there are multiple clinically important members of the Aspergillus section Fumigati that are difficult to distinguish on the basis of morphological features (e.g., Aspergillus fumigatus, A. lentulus, and Neosartorya udagawae). Identification of these organisms may be clinically important, as some species vary in their susceptibilities to antifungal agents. In a prior study, we utilized multilocus sequence typing to describe A. lentulus as a species distinct from A. fumigatus. The sequence data show that the gene encoding β-tubulin, benA, has high interspecies variability at intronic regions but is conserved among isolates of the same species. These data were used to develop a PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) method that rapidly and accurately distinguishes A. fumigatus, A. lentulus, and N. udagawae, three major species within the section Fumigati that have previously been implicated in disease. Digestion of the benA amplicon with BccI generated unique banding patterns; the results were validated by screening a collection of clinical strains and by in silico analysis of the benA sequences of Aspergillus spp. deposited in the GenBank database. PCR-RFLP of benA is a simple method for the identification of clinically important, similar morphotypes of Aspergillus spp. within the section Fumigati. PMID:19403766

  17. Rorschach Assessment of Two Distinctive Personality States of a Person With Dissociative Identity Disorder.

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    Hartmann, Ellen; Benum, Kirsten

    2017-12-13

    This case study used test data from a patient with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID; American Psychiatric Association, 2013 ) to illustrate how two main personality states of the patient ("Ann" and "Ben") seemed to function. The Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS; Meyer, Viglione, Mihura, Erard, & Erdberg, 2011 ) and the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems-Circumplex (IIP-64; Horowitz, Alden, Wiggins, & Pincus, 2000 ), administered to Ann and Ben in separate settings, exposed two diverse R-PAS and IIP-64 profiles. Ann's R-PAS profile suggested an intellectualized style of information processing with few indications of psychological problems. Ben's profile indicated severe perceptual, cognitive, and interpersonal difficulties combined with suspicion and anxiety. Ann's IIP-64 profile suggested minor interpersonal problems, whereas Ben's indicated serious relational difficulties. The findings were discussed in relation to the theory of trauma-related structural dissociation of the personality (van der Hart, Nijenhuis, & Steele, 2006 ), which implies an enduring split in the organization of the personality with more or less separate entities with their own sense of self, perception of the world, and ways of organizing emotional, cognitive, and social functions. The DID personality structure is seen as a defense strategy and as a pathway in the personality development producing serious psychological pain and symptoms.

  18. Low-lying intruder state of the unbound nucleus {sup 13}Be

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    Kondo, Y., E-mail: kondo@phys.titech.ac.j [Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Oh-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551 (Japan); Nakamura, T.; Satou, Y. [Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Oh-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551 (Japan); Matsumoto, T.; Aoi, N. [RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198 (Japan); Endo, N. [Department of Physics, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577 (Japan); Fukuda, N.; Gomi, T. [RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198 (Japan); Hashimoto, Y. [Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Oh-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551 (Japan); Ishihara, M. [RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198 (Japan); Kawai, S. [Department of Physics, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo 171-8501 (Japan); Kitayama, M.; Kobayashi, T.; Matsuda, Y. [Department of Physics, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577 (Japan); Matsui, N. [Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Oh-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551 (Japan); Motobayashi, T. [RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198 (Japan); Nakabayashi, T.; Okumura, T. [Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Oh-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551 (Japan); Ong, H.J.; Onishi, T.K. [Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033 (Japan)

    2010-06-21

    An experimental study for the unbound nucleus {sup 13}Be has been performed by means of the invariant mass method via the one-neutron removal reaction {sup 1}H({sup 14}Be,{sup 12}Be+n). A resonance has been observed at 0.51(1) MeV in the relative energy (E{sub rel}) spectrum of the {sup 12}Be+n system. The transverse momentum distribution of the {sup 12}Be+n system as well as the resonance width of 0.45(3) MeV gives evidence for the p-wave nature of the resonance. A d-wave resonance has also been observed at 2.39(5) MeV in the E{sub rel} spectrum. The observation of the low-lying p-wave resonance indicates the disappearance of the N=8 magicity in the vicinity of the neutron drip line region.

  19. Comparability of scores on the MMPI-2-RF scales generated with the MMPI-2 and MMPI-2-RF booklets.

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    Van der Heijden, P T; Egger, J I M; Derksen, J J L

    2010-05-01

    In most validity studies on the recently released 338-item MMPI-2 (Butcher, Dahlstrom, Graham, Tellegen, & Kaemmer, 1989) Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF; Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008; Tellegen & Ben-Porath, 2008), scale scores were derived from the 567-item MMPI-2 booklet. In this study, we evaluated the comparability of the MMPI-2-RF scale scores derived from the original 567-item MMPI-2 booklet with MMPI-2-RF scale scores derived from the 338-item MMPI-2-RF booklet in a Dutch student sample (N = 107). We used a counterbalanced (ABBA) design. We compared results with those previously reported by Tellegen and Ben-Porath (2008). Our findings support the comparability of the scores of the 338-item version and the 567-item version of the 50 MMPI-2-RF scales. We discuss clinical implications and directions for further research.

  20. Karpaltunnelsyndrom: Prognostiske og økonomiske forhold ved endoskopisk operation

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    Meldgaard, Anette

    Formål: At identificere prognostiske faktorer for genoptagelse af arbejde og normalisering af funktions¬niveau efter endoskopisk operation for karpaltunnelsyndrom. At vurdere de økonomiske konse¬kvenser i forhold til traditionel åben operation i en cost-effectiveness analyse med sparede syge......-tions¬tilfredshed samt symptom- og funktionsscore blev udfyldt. Udfra en simpel erhvervskorrigeret OR blev de signifikante prognostiske faktorer identificeret ved multipel logistisk regression. Her-udover blev der gennemført en cost-effectiveness analyse af endoskopisk operation i forhold til kon-ventionel åben...... operation. Effekten beregnedes som et vægtet gennemsnit af forskellen i antal post-operative sygedage estimeret i randomiserede kliniske undersøgelser af endoskopisk operation versus åben operation. Resultater: Den gennemsnitlige funktionsscore faldt fra 2,3 til 1,4 postoperativt (SD 0,8) og den gen...

  1. The IDF: Tactical Success - Strategic Failure, SOD, the Second Intifada and Beyond

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    2011-05-19

    the time periods in between. Additionally, Robert St. John’s biography Ben Gurion presented an interesting and useful account of one of Israel’s...Schiff, A History of the Israeli Army, 2. 9 Ibid., 4. 10 Robert St. John, Ben Gurion: The Biography of an Extraordinary Man (New York: Doubleday...Jewish settlements and Jews in Palestine’s population centers. The 1929 Arab Revolt centered on Jerusalem and consisted of Arab attacks against

  2. Predicting Future Training Opportunities Using the Land-Use Evolution and Impact Assessment Model

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    2007-10-01

    not require surveys of local populations or other time-intensive data gathering methods. ERDC/CERL SR-07-15 3 board records, local chamber of commerce records...neighbor, Fort Benning has been identified as an Army installation threatened by encroachment (Fort Benning 2004; Greater Columbus Georgia Chamber of Commerce 2004...worked with the Greater Columbus Consolidated Chamber of Commerce to create a Joint Land Use (JLUS) plan intended to implement buffer zones, land

  3. Enseñanza y aprendizaje del ELE en Benín: ¿qué puede aportar la adaptación del MCER? / Teaching and learning of SFL in Benin: What can provide the adaptation of the CEFR?

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    Laurent-Fidèle Sossouvi

    2016-01-01

    Full Text Available Resumen El Marco Común Europeo de Referencia para las Lenguas (MCER funciona en Europa como una herramienta para resolver y mejorar las dificultades de los estados miembros en materia de enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras. Pese a su universalidad, su obligada referencia y gran importancia en el mundo, sigue siendo desconocido por los profesionales de la enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras, especialmente del castellano en Benín. En este trabajo se hace hincapié en las posibilidades que tiene este documento en este país. Por ello, se comienza presentando algunas realidades del contexto de aprendizaje para luego explicar en qué consiste este marco supranacional. Después, se explora su importancia para la mejora de la docencia, del aprendizaje y de la evaluación, para centrarse en sus posibles aportaciones en el aula de castellano. Abstract The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR works in Europe as a tool to solve and improve the plight of the state members relating to the foreign languages teaching. Despite the universality, obligatory reference and the great importance of this tool in the world, it remains unknown to foreign language teaching experts, especially those of Spanish as Foreign Language (SFL in Benin. This paper emphasizes the possibilities of this document in this country. Therefore, we start by presenting some realities of learning context and then we explain what this frame supranational is. Then, we explore its importance for improving teaching, learning and assessment, and focus on their possible contributions to the Spanish language classroom.

  4. Suspension Array for Multiplex Detection of Eight Fungicide-Resistance Related Alleles in Botrytis cinerea

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    Xin Zhang

    2016-09-01

    Full Text Available A simple and high-throughput assay to detect fungicide resistance is required for large-scale monitoring of the emergence of resistant strains of Botrytis cinerea. Using suspension array technology performed on a Bio-Plex 200 System, we developed a single-tube allele-specific primer extension (ASPE assay that can simultaneously detect eight alleles in one reaction. These eight alleles include E198 and 198A of the β-Tubulin gene (BenA, H272 and 272Y of the Succinate dehydrogenase iron–sulfur subunit gene (SdhB, I365 and 365S of the putative osmosensor histidine kinase gene (BcOS1, and F412 and 412S of the 3-ketoreductase gene (erg27. This assay was first established and optimized with eight plasmid templates containing the DNA sequence variants BenA-E198, BenA-198A, SdhB-H272, SdhB-272Y, BcOS1-I365, BcOS1-365S, erg27-F412, and erg27-412S. Results indicated that none of the probes showed cross-reactivity with one another. The minimum limit of detection for these genotypes was one copy per test. Four mutant plasmids were mixed with 10 ng/μL wild-type genomic DNA in different ratios. Detection sensitivity of mutant loci was 0.45% for BenA-E198A, BcOS1-I365S, and erg27-F412S, and was 4.5% for SdhB-H272Y. A minimum quantity of 0.1 ng of genomic DNA was necessary to obtain reliable results. This is the first reported assay that can simultaneously detect mutations in BenA, SdhB, BcOS1, and erg27.

  5. O INVENTÁRIO E O REGISTRO DO PATRIMÔNIO IMATERIAL:NOVOS INSTRUMENTOS DE PRESERVAÇÃO

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    Beatriz Freire

    2012-09-01

    Full Text Available O Registro de Bens de Natureza Imaterial, criado em agosto de 2000 pelo Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional –IPHAN –tornou possível o reconhecimento de bens culturais processuais e a definição de estratégias específicas de preservação e divulgação dos mesmos. Sua aplicação pressupõe a documentação dos bens culturais a serem registrados. Para procedê-la, o IPHAN desenvolveu uma metodologia específica, o Inventário Nacional de Referências Culturais/INRC. A aplicação do INRC e as primeiras experiências de Registro serão comentadas à luz da ampliação do conceito de patrimônio que hoje orienta a política nacional de preservação.PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Registro de Bens de Natureza Imaterial; patrimônio; atual política nacional de preservação; bens culturais; IPHAN.ABSTRACT:The Register of ImmaterialNature Possessions, createdin August 2000, by Institute of National Historical and Artistic Heritage (IPHAN, became possible the recognition of processcultural possessions as well as the definition of specific strategies for their preservation and publication. His application supposes the cultural possessions document that will be registered. To proceed with her, IPHAN developed a specific methodology denominated National Inventory of Cultural References (INRC. This application and first experiences will be analyzed based on an enlargement of heritage’s  concept which, nowadays, positions the national politics about preservation.KEY-WORKS: Register of Immaterial Nature Possessions; heritage; national politics about preservation;IPHAN; cultural possessions.

  6. Suspension Array for Multiplex Detection of Eight Fungicide-Resistance Related Alleles in Botrytis cinerea.

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    Zhang, Xin; Xie, Fei; Lv, Baobei; Zhao, Pengxiang; Ma, Xuemei

    2016-01-01

    A simple and high-throughput assay to detect fungicide resistance is required for large-scale monitoring of the emergence of resistant strains of Botrytis cinerea . Using suspension array technology performed on a Bio-Plex 200 System, we developed a single-tube allele-specific primer extension assay that can simultaneously detect eight alleles in one reaction. These eight alleles include E198 and 198A of the β-Tubulin gene ( BenA ), H272 and 272Y of the Succinate dehydrogenase iron-sulfur subunit gene ( SdhB) , I365 and 365S of the putative osmosensor histidine kinase gene ( BcOS1 ), and F412 and 412S of the 3-ketoreductase gene ( erg27 ). This assay was first established and optimized with eight plasmid templates containing the DNA sequence variants BenA- E198, BenA- 198A, SdhB- H272, SdhB- 272Y, BcOS1- I365, BcOS1- 365S, erg27 -F412, and erg27 -412S. Results indicated that none of the probes showed cross-reactivity with one another. The minimum limit of detection for these genotypes was one copy per test. Four mutant plasmids were mixed with 10 ng/μL wild-type genomic DNA in different ratios. Detection sensitivity of mutant loci was 0.45% for BenA- E198A, BcOS1- I365S, and erg27 -F412S, and was 4.5% for SdhB- H272Y. A minimum quantity of 0.1 ng of genomic DNA was necessary to obtain reliable results. This is the first reported assay that can simultaneously detect mutations in BenA , SdhB , BcOS1 , and erg27 .

  7. Consumo por idosos nos arranjos familiares "unipessoal" e "residindo com o cônjuge": uma análise por regiões do país, a partir de dados da POF (2008/2009)

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    Melo,Natália Calais Vaz de; Teixeira,Karla Maria Damiano; Ferreira,Marco Aurelio Marques; Silva,Neuza Maria da

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    OBJETIVO: Identificar e comparar, com base nos microdados da Pesquisa de Orçamentos Familiares POF/IBGE (2008/2009), os tipos de bens e serviços que os idosos dos arranjos familiares "unipessoal" e "residindo com o cônjuge" consomem nas diversas regiões do país. MÉTODOS: Estudo descritivo, quantitativo, com corte transversal, que utilizou os microdados da POF/IBGE (2008/2009), utilizando variáveis sociodemográficas e bens e serviços consumidos...

  8. Fra åben konflikt til symbiotisk evolution

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    Aagaard, Peter; Pedersen, John Storm

    2013-01-01

    Offentlige velfærdsydelser tildeles, produceres og leveres typisk direkte til borgerne af fagprofessionelle, der har stor autonomi. Begrundelsen for de fagprofessionelles autonomi er, at de skal kunne udøve skøn i forbindelse med deres arbejde, således at borgerne får de fagligt set bedst mulige...... ydelser. Krisen har ført til hård budgetdisciplin for at undgå vækst i de offentlige udgifter. Men hård budgetdisciplin og de fagprofessionelles autonomi passer ikke godt sammen. Denne kombination af succeskriterier skaber konflikter mellem styringen af den offentlige sektors udgifter og de...... fagprofessionelles autonomi. Det er en konflikt, der også afspejler sig i en række konflikter på det offentlige arbejdsmarked i disse år (jvf. f.eks. KLs lærer-lockout). Dermed bliver dette spørgsmål relevant: Kan offentlige ledere, der har ansvar for offentlig serviceproduktion, forene de fagprofessionelles...

  9. Fra åben konflikt til symbiotisk evolution

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    Aagaard, Peter; Pedersen, John Storm

    2014-01-01

    Offentlige velfærdsydelser tildeles, produceres og leveres typisk direkte til borgerne af fagprofessionelle, der har stor autonomi. Begrundelsen for de fagprofessionelles autonomi er, at de skal kunne udøve skøn i forbindelse med deres arbejde, således at borgerne får de fagligt set bedst mulige...... ydelser. Krisen har ført til hård budgetdisciplin for at undgå vækst i de offentlige udgifter. Men hård budgetdisciplin og de fagprofessionelles autonomi passer ikke godt sammen. Denne kombination af succeskriterier skaber konflikter mellem styringen af den offentlige sektors udgifter og de...... fagprofessionelles autonomi. Det er en konflikt, der også afspejler sig i en række konflikter på det offentlige arbejdsmarked i disse år (jf. f.eks. KL’s lærer-lockout). Dermed bliver dette spørgsmål relevant: Kan offentlige ledere, der har ansvar for offentlig serviceproduktion, forene de fagprofessionelles...

  10. Med åben gestus mod det kommende

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    Jensen, Thomas Bo

    2010-01-01

    Inger og Johannes Exner har i al stilfærdighed udviklet og fulgt en faglig diskurs uden sidestykke i dansk arkitektur. Meget tyder på, at denne diskurs nu har indhentet vores samtid, hvor krav om ressourceansvarlighed, genanvendelighed og det man kunne kalde bygningskulturel bæredygtighed presse ...

  11. Baltics catch Germany's second wave / Ben Nimmo

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    Nimmo, Ben

    2005-01-01

    Saksamaal on Balti riikide majanduses oluline osa, kuid Saksamaa-Baltimaade Kaubanduskoja juhi Ralph-Georg Tischeri arvates võib see veelgi suureneda. Tabel: Saksamaa ja Baltimaade majandusnäitajad 2004. aastal. Saksamaa eksport uutesse Euroopa Liidu liikmesriikidesse

  12. Medieleg med våben og kamera

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    Jørgensen, Helle Hovgaard

    2012-01-01

    the phenomenon weapon play, and the question of what kind of play it is, and why adults often are a little resistant when it comes to the matters of violence, destruction and death in children’s play, while on the other hand, the kids are often fascinated and creative when performing the weapon play...... of the stories told by the children in the video filmed field work, and in that context also on the “role” played by the camera, and the camera holder. That leads to an interpretative approach to the music video dominated by a Danish child culturally oriented tradition where the child’s perspective and the adult...

  13. Development leaders assess Latvia's future / Ben Nimmo

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    Nimmo, Ben

    2005-01-01

    Läti Investeeringute ja Arengu Instituudi rahvusvahelised esindajad tõid välja kohtumisel kohalike ärimeestega Läti eelised: heade oskustega töötajad, toimiv logistiline võrgustik ning riigipiir Venemaaga

  14. Psychological therapy for psychogenic amnesia: Successful treatment in a single case study.

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    Cassel, Anneli; Humphreys, Kate

    2016-01-01

    Psychogenic amnesia is widely understood to be a memory impairment of psychological origin that occurs as a response to severe stress. However, there is a paucity of evidence regarding the effectiveness of psychological therapy approaches in the treatment of this disorder. The current article describes a single case, "Ben", who was treated with formulation-driven psychological therapy using techniques drawn from cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) for psychogenic amnesia. Before treatment, Ben exhibited isolated retrograde and anterograde memory impairments. He received 12 therapy sessions that targeted experiential avoidance followed by two review sessions, six weeks and five months later. Ben's retrograde and anterograde memory impairments improved following therapy to return to within the "average" to "superior" ranges, which were maintained at follow-up. Further experimental single case study designs and larger group studies are required to advance the understanding of the effectiveness and efficacy of psychological therapy for psychogenic amnesia.

  15. Cleavage of spike protein of SARS coronavirus by protease factor Xa is associated with viral infectivity

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    Du, Lanying; Kao, Richard Y.; Zhou, Yusen; He, Yuxian; Zhao, Guangyu; Wong, Charlotte; Jiang, Shibo; Yuen, Kwok-Yung; Jin, Dong-Yan; Zheng, Bo-Jian

    2007-01-01

    The spike (S) protein of SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV) has been known to recognize and bind to host receptors, whose conformational changes then facilitate fusion between the viral envelope and host cell membrane, leading to viral entry into target cells. However, other functions of SARS-CoV S protein such as proteolytic cleavage and its implications to viral infection are incompletely understood. In this study, we demonstrated that the infection of SARS-CoV and a pseudovirus bearing the S protein of SARS-CoV was inhibited by a protease inhibitor Ben-HCl. Also, the protease Factor Xa, a target of Ben-HCl abundantly expressed in infected cells, was able to cleave the recombinant and pseudoviral S protein into S1 and S2 subunits, and the cleavage was inhibited by Ben-HCl. Furthermore, this cleavage correlated with the infectivity of the pseudovirus. Taken together, our study suggests a plausible mechanism by which SARS-CoV cleaves its S protein to facilitate viral infection

  16. Generation of broadband electrostatic noise by electron acoustic solitons

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    Dubouloz, N.; Pottelette, R.; Malingre, M.; Treumann, R.A.

    1991-01-01

    Broadband electrostatic noise (BEN) bursts whose amplitude sometimes reaches about 100 mV m -1 have been observed by the Viking satellite in the dayside auroral zone. These emissions have been shown to be greatly influenced by nonlinear effects and to occur simultaneously with the observation of particle distributions favouring the destabilization of the electron acoustic mode. It is shown that electron acoustic solitons passing by the satellite would generate spectra that can explain the high-frequency part of BEN, above the electron plasma frequency

  17. Dormancy release and flowering time in Ziziphus jujuba Mill., a "direct flowering" fruit tree, has a facultative requirement for chilling.

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    Meir, Michal; Ransbotyn, Vanessa; Raveh, Eran; Barak, Simon; Tel-Zur, Noemi; Zaccai, Michele

    2016-03-15

    In deciduous fruit trees, the effect of chilling on flowering has mostly been investigated in the "indirect flowering" group, characterized by a period of rest between flower bud formation and blooming. In the present study, we explored the effects of chilling and chilling deprivation on the flowering of Ziziphus jujuba, a temperate deciduous fruit tree belonging to the "direct flowering" group, in which flower bud differentiation, blooming and fruit development occur after dormancy release, during a single growing season. Dormancy release, vegetative growth and flowering time in Z. jujuba cv. Ben-Li were assessed following several treatments of chilling. Chilling treatments quantitatively decreased the timing of vegetative bud dormancy release, thereby accelerating flowering, but had no effect on the time from dormancy release to flowering. Trees grown at a constant temperature of 25°C, without chilling, broke dormancy and flowered, indicating the facultative character of chilling in this species. We measured the expression of Z. jujuba LFY and AP1 homologues (ZjLFY and ZjAP1). Chilling decreased ZjLFY expression in dormant vegetative buds but had no effect on ZjAP1expression, which reached peak expression before dormancy release and at anthesis. In conclusion, chilling is not obligatory for dormancy release of Z. jujuba cv. Ben-Li vegetative buds. However, the exposure to chilling during dormancy does accelerate vegetative bud dormancy release and flowering. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.

  18. NASA Lewis and Ohio Company Hit Hole in One

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    1998-01-01

    Ben Hogan Company's Golf Ball Division, which is based in Elyria, Ohio, had developed concepts and prototypes for new golf balls but was unable to determine exact performance characteristics. Specifically, the company's R&D department wanted to measure the spin rates of experimental golf balls. After the Golf Ball Division requested assistance, researchers and technicians from the NASA Lewis Research Center went to Elyria and conducted several days worth of tests. Ben Hogan is using the test results to improve the spin characteristics of a new ball it plans to introduce to the market.

  19. Acquisitions de la Bibliothèque Géographie

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    Bernadette Joseph

    2008-03-01

    Full Text Available AfriqueAngola : oil, broad-based growth, and equity, Washington, D.C., World Bank, cop. 2007, G 19-3337BATTISTINI, René, Géographie de l’Afrique orientale, Kenya, Uganda et Tanzanie, Paris, Centre de documentation universitaire, 1969, BCOURS 314BEN YAHMED, Gabon , un pari d’avenir, Paris, les Éd. du Jaguar, DL 2007, G 19-3336BEN YAHMED, HOUSTIN, NDIAYE, WADE, Atlas du Sénégal, Paris, les Éd. J.A., impr. 2007, G 19-3353CHARTON, H., L’Afrique orientale : annuaire 2005, G 19-3289IOP, NIANG DIENE...

  20. Antidepressant-Like Activity of Ethanol Extract of Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi) in Mice

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    Aslam Muhammad; Nasir Ali

    2017-01-01

    Ganoderma lucidum, known as “Lingzhi” in China, is one among greatly regarded fungi around the world. In old Chinese encyclopedias of medical “Shen Nong’s Ben Cao Jing” and “Ben Cao Gang Mu”, it is rated as extraordinarily precious fungus. In this study, antidepressant activity of ethanol extract of Ganoderma lucidum has been assessed. The extract was given orally by gavage at the dose of 20 mg/kg, 75 mg/kg, and 130 mg/kg body weight. Fluoxetine (20 mg/kg p.o.) was used as the sta...

  1. Ivermektinfølsomhed hos danske Collies og Border Collies

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    Treschow, Michaela E. C.; Fredholm, Merete

    2007-01-01

    Anvendelse af ivermektin i terapeutiske doser til hunde medfører i visse tilfælde neurologiske bivirkninger. Der er tale om en idiosynkrasi, der benævnes ivermektinfølsomhed, og som primært er beskrevet hos hyrdehunderacer, herunder især Collies......Anvendelse af ivermektin i terapeutiske doser til hunde medfører i visse tilfælde neurologiske bivirkninger. Der er tale om en idiosynkrasi, der benævnes ivermektinfølsomhed, og som primært er beskrevet hos hyrdehunderacer, herunder især Collies...

  2. Influências do Comércio Eletrônico B2B no Processo de Atendimento de Pós-Vendas no Segmento de Bens de Capital: Estudo de Caso em uma Empresa Representante de Equipamentos Pesados

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    Tiago Correa do Amaral

    2015-06-01

    Full Text Available Estratégias competitivas são identificadas como norteadoras e pontos divergentes entre as empresas, que por sua vez garantem a evolução do mercado. Mais especificamente no setor de bens de capital, a necessidade de se diferenciar em suporte se traduz na exigência em disponibilidade de máquina, pois somente assim é possível proporcionar o retorno sobre o investimento realizado na aquisição do equipamento. O atendimento em pós-vendas, que visa suportar o produto em condições operacionais, é um relacionamento de longo prazo e que deve ser realizado com excelência com o intuito de proporcionar segurança e confiança e, consequentemente, fidelizar o cliente. A agilidade desse atendimento e o provisionamento de soluções rápidas é essencial para o consumidor e, por isso, a hipótese que o comércio eletrônico pode agregar valor nesse processo foi testada em uma empresa representante de equipamentos pesados de mais de 70 anos de mercado. A pesquisa foi conduzida através de entrevistas exploratórias com profissionais que atuam diretamente no relacionamento com clientes do segmento de equipamentos pesados para construção. Portanto, o objetivo desse trabalho foi identificar como o comércio eletrônico pode influenciar na qualidade de atendimento, velocidade de resposta e redução de custos no processo de atendimento em pós-vendas nas relações B2B. Os resultados apontam que a efetiva implantação de uma ferramenta de tecnologia da informação, como o comércio eletrônico, pode proporcionar vantagens competitivas através de um atendimento assertivo e otimizado em pós vendas.

  3. Fabrification of electroreduced graphene oxide–bentonite sodium composite modified electrode and its sensing application for linezolid

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    Prashanth, S.N.; Teradal, Nagappa L.; Seetharamappa, J.; Satpati, Ashis K.; Reddy, A.V.R.

    2014-01-01

    Graphene and its composites have attracted considerable attention in synthesis and electrochemical applications. In the present work, we have synthesized and characterized graphene oxide-bentonite composite (GO-BEN) and utilized it to fabricate an electrochemical sensor. For this, the solution of GO-BEN cast on glassy carbon electrode (GCE) was reduced electrochemically in phosphate buffer solution of pH 6 to obtain electrochemically reduced graphene oxide-bentonite composite (ERGO-BEN-GCE). This ERGO-BEN film was used for electrochemical investigation of an oxazolidinone class of antibiotic, linezolid (LIN) for the first time. The electrochemical sensor showed excellent enhancement and adsorptive ability towards the electrooxidation of LIN. LIN exhibited two each of oxidation and reduction peaks on ERGO-BEN film in phosphate buffer of pH 7.0. Effects of accumulation time, pH of solution and scan rate were studied and various electrochemical parameters were evaluated. The plot of pH versus E p gave a slope of 26.2 mV/pH in the pH range of 4.2-8.0 indicating the participation of two electrons and one proton in the electrode process. An adsorptive stripping differential pulse voltammetric method (AdSDPV) was developed for the determination of LIN in bulk, pharmaceutical formulations and urine samples. Adsorptive stripping linear sweep voltammetric (AdSLSV) and differential pulse voltammetric (DPV) methods were also developed and the results were compared. LIN showed linear relationship between the current density and concentration in the range of 0.25 - 31.25 μM with a LOD of 0.0337 μM in AdSDPV method; 0.5 - 31.25 μM with a LOD of 0.100 μM in DPV method and 1.25 - 37.5 μM with a LOD of 0.5461 μM in AdSLSV method respectively. The proposed AdSDPV method was observed to be simple, fast and inexpensive and hence, could be readily adopted for quality control in pharmaceutical products

  4. Oportunidade e desafio em marketing: como e por que as pessoas se desfazem de seus bens? Opportunity and challenge in marketing: how and why people dispose goods?

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    Maribel Carvalho Suarez

    2011-04-01

    Full Text Available Ainda que o campo de estudos do comportamento do consumidor inclua não apenas a aquisição, mas também o uso e o descarte de bens, serviços, tempo e idéias pelos consumidores, poucos estudos se voltaram para o tema do descarte. Apesar da importância crescente desse tópico, a literatura sobre o descarte, mais do que restrita, encontra-se dispersa em trabalhos que nem sempre se articulam em um diálogo que possibilite o desenvolvimento do conhecimento e sua aplicação pelos gestores. Adotando uma metodologia para realizar investigações bibliográficas de forma sistemática com seleção de fontes “journals” com base em rankings múltiplos, a pesquisa em questão neste artigo procurou avançar no conhecimento sobre o tema de duas maneiras distintas. Primeiro, organizou de maneira crítica a literatura já produzida sobre o tema. Segundo, propôs um novo arcabouço conceitual a ser testado empiricamente em trabalhos futuros. O arcabouço articula a distinção entre cinco tipos distintos de benefícios de descarte, e propõe possíveis relações com o envolvimento no ato do descarte, dissonância e rituais de descarte. Ao final do artigo são discutidas as implicações dos resultados da pesquisa para o conhecimento do comportamento do consumidor e para as práticas gerenciais de marketing.Despite the fact that the field of consumer behavior is defined by acquisition, consumption, and disposition of goods, services, time and ideas, very few studies have addressed the disposition issue. Indeed, in spite of its relevance, the literature on the subject is scant and dispersed, failing to foster a dialogue that could contribute to knowledge building and recommendations for practitioners. Adopting a methodology for carrying out systematic bibliographical investigations, with selection of journals on the basis of multiple rankings, the research at issue in this article aimed at filling this gap in two different ways. First it reviewed and

  5. Mode de mise en place des corps salifères dans l'Atlas septentrional de Tunisie. Exemple de l'appareil de Bir Afou

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    Ben Chelbi, Mohamed; Melki, Fetheddine; Zargouni, Fouad

    2006-05-01

    30 km southwest of Tunis, two thin flaky 'Triassic' intrusions underline the two flanks of the Atlasic anticline of Bir Afou. These evaporites are interbedded within the Clansayesian shales, and are under and overlain by glauconitic conglomeratic contacts. The 'Triassic' flakes, topic of our study, are sourced from the Bir Afou Triassic mass after a rapid pouring out during Late Aptian extensional tectonics. This structure corresponds, for us, to a 'salt glacier', similar to that one described at Ben Gasseur by Vila and al. [J.M. Vila, M. Ben Youssef, M. Chikhaoui, M. Ghanmi, Bull. Soc. géol. France 167 (1996) 235-246], which was subsequently folded during Lower Eocene times. Middle and Upper Eocene transgressive formations unconformably deposited on top of the Aptian anticlinal hinge. The major Late Miocene compressive phase is responsible for the present structures and that are superimposed onto the pre-existing 'salt glacier'. This salifereous system extends the 'salt glacier' domain towards the eastern part of the Tunisian Atlas. To cite this article: M. Ben Chelbi et al., C. R. Geoscience 338 (2006).

  6. Sustentabilidade em áreas protegidas brasileiras: a universidade pública e o ecoturismo de conhecimento

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    José Pedro Da Ros

    2015-07-01

    Full Text Available http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2178-4582.2015v49n1p94 O presente artigo discute o ecoturismo em áreas protegidas e sua interface com as novas demandas do turismo relacionadas à busca de conhecimentos. Propõe-se um tipo de turismo que não limita, como geralmente acontece na prática, suas atividades à simples contemplação e consumo dos bens “naturais” ou dos bens culturais: ao contrário, o que pretende é a interação dos ecoturistas com tais bens, em ações que envolvem o conhecer. Trata-se de um modelo de gestão de ecoturismo para as áreas protegidas brasileiras do Sistema Nacional de Unidades de Conservação da Natureza, com cuidados efetivos relacionados à sustentabilidade possível, protagonizando comunidades locais, que se apoie na produção e socialização de conhecimentos científicos e populares e que seja mediado, em seu desenvolvimento, por universidades públicas e instituições afins.

  7. Sistemas produto-serviço: referencial teórico e direções para futuras pesquisas

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    Miriam Borchardt

    2010-08-01

    Full Text Available Neste artigo, caracterizado como teórico e exploratório, assume-se uma perspectiva crítica de análise sobre o tema product-service system (PSS – Sistemas Produto-Serviço. O PSS é um sistema integrado de bens e serviços que visa oferecer soluções completas e integradas a consumidores de bens de base tecnológica. O objetivo deste trabalho é construir um marco referencial acerca dos elementos essenciais a serem considerados na concepção e gestão de um PSS, focalizando as diferentes abordagens verificadas na literatura. O PSS teve sua origem na sustentabilidade ambiental: a partir de um uso mais intensivo dos produtos, por meio de aluguel, compartilhamento ou multiuso, os recursos físicos teriam seu uso maximizado; tal abordagem tem como premissa a existência de um gerenciamento adequado desses bens físicos. Posteriormente, uma abordagem com foco na sustentabilidade econômica passou a ser considerada: a entrega de soluções no lugar de bens físicos gera relações de longo prazo com os consumidores e diversos parceiros. Foram identificadas, também, as categorias de PSS, os elementos a serem considerados no projeto de um PSS, as vantagens e os desafios decorrentes da aplicação do mesmo. Pretende-se que essa pesquisa teórica venha servir de base para posteriores estudos de casos exploratórios e um survey sobre o tema.

  8. Spatial variations of wet deposition rates in an extended region of complex topography deduced from measurements of 210Pb soil inventories

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    Branford, D.; Mourne, R.W.; Fowler, D.

    1998-01-01

    The radionuclide 210 Pb derived from gaseous 222 Rn present in the atmosphere becomes attached to the same aerosols as the bulk of the main pollutants sulphur and nitrogen. When scavenged from the atmosphere by precipitation, the 210 Pb is readily attached to organic matter in the surface horizons of the soil. Inventories of 210 Pb in soil can thus be used to measure the spatial variations in wet (or cloud) deposition due to orography averaged over many precipitation events (half-life of 210 Pb is 22·3 year). Measurements of soil 210 Pb inventories were made along a transect through complex terrain in the Scottish Highlands to quantify the orographic enhancement of wet deposition near the summits of the three mountains Ben Cruachan, Beinn Dorain and Ben Lawers, which, respectively, lie at distances of approximately 30, 55 and 80 km from the coast in the direction of the prevailing wind. The inventory of 210 Pb on the wind-facing slopes of Ben Cruachan shows an increase with altitude that rises faster than the precipitation rate, which is indicative of seeder-feeder scavenging of orographic cloud occurring around the summit. Results for Beinn Dorain show a smaller rise with altitude whereas those for Ben Lawers give no indication of a rise. It is concluded that the seeder-feeder mechanism in regions of complex topology decreases in effectiveness as a function of distance inland along the direction of the prevailing wind. (Copyright (c) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam. All rights reserved.)

  9. Plasma salicylate from methyl salicylate cream compared to oil of wintergreen.

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    Wolowich, William R; Hadley, Carmen M; Kelley, Michael T; Walson, Philip D; Casavant, Marcel J

    2003-01-01

    Poison Control Centers follow the acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) treatment guideline to manage unintentional ingestions of topical methyl salicylate liniments. For example, one teaspoon of 30% methyl salicylate cream such as Ben Gay provides an "ASA equivalent dose" of 180 mg/kg for a 10 kg child. The ASA treatment guideline advises emesis with syrup of Ipecac and 24 h home followup for this dose. Both the ASA conversion factor to yield the ASA equivalent dose and the treatment guideline assume 100% bioavailability of the salicylate. The nature of this topical dosage product led the investigators to expect less than complete absorption of methyl salicylate. To compare plasma concentrations of salicylate from ingested methyl salicylate cream with plasma concentrations of salicylate from ingested oil of wintergreen. Four adult volunteers consented to an open label, four-way crossover design, with randomization to the following treatments: 1 mL Oil of Wintergreen, U.S.P., 6.7 g of Ben Gay 15% and 20 g of Ben Gay 15% and also to hold 5 g of Ben Gay 15% cream in the buccal cavity for 1 minute and then expectorate. Plasma was collected for salicylate determination, and the results analyzed with a noncompartmental pharmacokinetic model. No plasma salicylate was detected after buccal treatment phase. Relative bioavailability for the low-dose treatment was 0.5 compared to oil of wintergreen. Plasma salicylate concentrations from methyl salicylate cream are not equal to those achieved after ingestion of oil of wintergreen. Dosage formulation must be considered when predicting toxicity.

  10. World's patrimony: from humanist ideal to new civilization utopia

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    Simone Scifoni

    2003-12-01

    Full Text Available Este artigo procura analisar a trajetória de criação e consolidação do conceito de patrimônio mundial pela Unesco, com destaque para as questões relativas ao patrimônio natural. Discute os critérios de identificação do valor universal dos bens, apresentando um diagnóstico da distribuição dos bens tom bado s pelo mundo e analisa o patrimônio mundial como um dos instrumentos que definem o quadro das relações internacionais na esfera ambiental.

  11. Forsøg med 4,8 m langt lydvaffelelement

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    Hansen, Lars Pilegaard

    Denne rapport omhandler den statiske eftervisning af Betonelements A/S's 4,8 m lange lydregulerende vaffelplade, i det følgende benævnt vaflen. Vaflen påtænkes anvendt i tagkonstruktioner til udfyldning mellem ribbeetagplader (RTP), hvor også den skivevirkning udnyttes. Vaflen har gode akutstikre......Denne rapport omhandler den statiske eftervisning af Betonelements A/S's 4,8 m lange lydregulerende vaffelplade, i det følgende benævnt vaflen. Vaflen påtænkes anvendt i tagkonstruktioner til udfyldning mellem ribbeetagplader (RTP), hvor også den skivevirkning udnyttes. Vaflen har gode...

  12. Clinical, hematological, and molecular characterization of sickle cell anemia pediatric patients from two different cities in Brazil Caracterização clínica, hematológica e molecular de crianças portadoras da anemia falciforme em duas diferentes cidades do Brasil

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    Isa Menezes Lyra

    2005-08-01

    Full Text Available This study focused on clinical, hematological, and molecular aspects of sickle cell anemia pediatric patients from two different cites in Brazil. Seventy-one patients from São Paulo and Salvador, aged 3 to 18 years, were evaluated. Hematological analyses, betaS globin gene haplotypes, and alpha2 3.7kb-thalassemia were performed. Numbers of hospitalizations due to vaso-occlusive crises, infections, stroke, and cholelithiasis were investigated. São Paulo had more hospitalizations from vaso-occlusion, cholelithiasis, and stroke than Salvador. The Ben/CAR genotype predominated in both cities. alpha2 3.7kb-thalassemia had a frequency of 28.2% in Salvador, mostly with Ben/CAR genotype (45.0%, while São Paulo had 22.5% with similar frequencies of the Ben/ CAR and CAR/CAR genotypes. Sickle cell anemia patients from São Paulo also had more episodes of stroke, which was observed among CAR/CAR, atypical, and BEN/CAR haplotypes. In Salvador stroke was only observed in the Ben/CAR genotype. Cholelithiasis had similar frequencies in the two cities. These data suggest a milder phenotype among patients in Salvador, possibly due to genetic, environmental, and socioeconomic factors. Further studies are needed to elucidate modulating factors and phenotype association.O objetivo desse estudo foi avaliar aspectos clínicos, hematológicos e moleculares de pacientes pediátricos portadores de anemia falciforme em duas cidades brasileiras: Salvador e São Paulo. Foram estudados 71 pacientes com idades variando entre 3 a 18 anos, analisando-se os seguintes aspectos: perfis hematológicos, haplótipos dos genes da globina beta, presença de talassemia alfa-2(3.7kb, número de internações por vaso-oclusão, infecção, presença de acidente vascular cerebral e litíase biliar. O genótipo Ben/CAR predominou nas duas cidades. Talassemia alfa-2(3.7kb teve freqüência de 28,2% em Salvador e 22,5% em São Paulo. Os pacientes de São Paulo apresentaram um número maior

  13. Kontrol af konventionelle våben i Europa

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    Hoffmann, Rune; Kierulf, John; Pradhan-Blach, Flemming

    Rapporten indledes med en historisk gennemgang af tilblivelsen og udviklingen af Traktat om Konventionelle Væbnede Styrker i Europa (CFE), som blev iværksat af NATO og det tidligere Warszawapagten i 1973. Traktaten fastsætter et loft for antallet af kampvogne, pansrede kampkøretøjer, artilleripje...

  14. Ben Okri's The Famished Road: A re-evaluation

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    imaginative effect. In the same way, ... of that word, in the god. J. K. Rowling's imaginative world in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a ... The Famished Road cannot affirm that spirit children exist in the real world. What, as a vehicle ...

  15. Facebook - åben kommunikation mellem brands og brugere

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    Mortensen, Thomas Bøtker

    2009-01-01

    Facebook har oplevet en rivende succes fra oprettelsen i 2004, til den i januar måned rundede 160 millioner profiler på verdens plan, og det er ikke kun i udlandet, Facebook er blevet en succes. Danskerne har i lige så høj grad taget det sociale netværk til sig - i skrivende stund har 34 procent af...

  16. Optimal Mirrleesean taxation in a Ben-Porath economy

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    Kapička, Marek

    2015-01-01

    Roč. 7, č. 2 (2015), s. 219-248 ISSN 1945-7707 R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GA13-29370S Institutional support: PRVOUK-P23 Keywords : optimal tax es * unobservable human capital * income tax es Subject RIV: AH - Economics Impact factor: 2.567, year: 2015

  17. Optimal Mirrleesean taxation in a Ben-Porath economy

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    Kapička, Marek

    2015-01-01

    Roč. 7, č. 2 (2015), s. 219-248 ISSN 1945-7707 Institutional support: RVO:67985998 Keywords : optimal tax es * unobservable human capital * income tax es Subject RIV: AH - Economics Impact factor: 2.567, year: 2015

  18. Hydroxybenzoic Acid Derivatives as Dual-Target Ligands: Mitochondriotropic Antioxidants and Cholinesterase Inhibitors.

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    Oliveira, Catarina; Cagide, Fernando; Teixeira, José; Amorim, Ricardo; Sequeira, Lisa; Mesiti, Francesco; Silva, Tiago; Garrido, Jorge; Remião, Fernando; Vilar, Santiago; Uriarte, Eugenio; Oliveira, Paulo J; Borges, Fernanda

    2018-01-01

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a multifactorial age-related disease associated with oxidative stress (OS) and impaired cholinergic transmission. Accordingly, targeting mitochondrial OS and restoring cholinergic transmission can be an effective therapeutic strategy toward AD. Herein, we report for the first time dual-target hydroxybenzoic acid (HBAc) derivatives acting as mitochondriotropic antioxidants and cholinesterase (ChE) inhibitors. The studies were performed with two mitochondriotropic antioxidants AntiOxBEN 1 (catechol derivative), and AntiOxBEN 2 (pyrogallol derivative) and compounds 15-18 , which have longer spacers. Compounds AntiOxBEN 1 and 15 , with a shorter carbon chain spacer (six- and eight-carbon) were shown to be potent antioxidants and BChE inhibitors (IC 50 = 85 ± 5 and 106 ± 5 nM, respectively), while compounds 17 and 18 with a 10-carbon chain were more effective AChE inhibitors (IC 50 = 7.7 ± 0.4 and 7.2 ± 0.5 μM, respectively). Interestingly, molecular modeling data pointed toward bifunctional ChEs inhibitors. The most promising ChE inhibitors acted by a non-competitive mechanism. In general, with exception of compounds 15 and 17 , no cytotoxic effects were observed in differentiated human neuroblastoma (SH-SY5Y) and human hepatocarcinoma (HepG2) cells, while Aβ-induced cytotoxicity was significantly prevented by the new dual-target HBAc derivatives. Overall, due to its BChE selectivity, favorable toxicological profile, neuroprotective activity and drug-like properties, which suggested blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability, the mitochondriotropic antioxidant AntiOxBEN 1 is considered a valid lead candidate for the development of dual acting drugs for AD and other mitochondrial OS-related diseases.

  19. Hydroxybenzoic Acid Derivatives as Dual-Target Ligands: Mitochondriotropic Antioxidants and Cholinesterase Inhibitors

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    Catarina Oliveira

    2018-04-01

    Full Text Available Alzheimer's disease (AD is a multifactorial age-related disease associated with oxidative stress (OS and impaired cholinergic transmission. Accordingly, targeting mitochondrial OS and restoring cholinergic transmission can be an effective therapeutic strategy toward AD. Herein, we report for the first time dual-target hydroxybenzoic acid (HBAc derivatives acting as mitochondriotropic antioxidants and cholinesterase (ChE inhibitors. The studies were performed with two mitochondriotropic antioxidants AntiOxBEN1 (catechol derivative, and AntiOxBEN2 (pyrogallol derivative and compounds 15–18, which have longer spacers. Compounds AntiOxBEN1 and 15, with a shorter carbon chain spacer (six- and eight-carbon were shown to be potent antioxidants and BChE inhibitors (IC50 = 85 ± 5 and 106 ± 5 nM, respectively, while compounds 17 and 18 with a 10-carbon chain were more effective AChE inhibitors (IC50 = 7.7 ± 0.4 and 7.2 ± 0.5 μM, respectively. Interestingly, molecular modeling data pointed toward bifunctional ChEs inhibitors. The most promising ChE inhibitors acted by a non-competitive mechanism. In general, with exception of compounds 15 and 17, no cytotoxic effects were observed in differentiated human neuroblastoma (SH-SY5Y and human hepatocarcinoma (HepG2 cells, while Aβ-induced cytotoxicity was significantly prevented by the new dual-target HBAc derivatives. Overall, due to its BChE selectivity, favorable toxicological profile, neuroprotective activity and drug-like properties, which suggested blood-brain barrier (BBB permeability, the mitochondriotropic antioxidant AntiOxBEN1 is considered a valid lead candidate for the development of dual acting drugs for AD and other mitochondrial OS-related diseases.

  20. Hydroxybenzoic acid derivatives as dual-target ligands: mitochondriotropic antioxidants and cholinesterase inhibitors

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    Oliveira, Catarina; Cagide, Fernando; Teixeira, José; Amorim, Ricardo; Sequeira, Lisa; Mesiti, Francesco; Silva, Tiago; Garrido, Jorge; Remião, Fernando; Vilar, Santiago; Uriarte, Eugenio; Oliveira, Paulo J.; Borges, Fernanda

    2018-04-01

    Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a multifactorial age-related disease associated with oxidative stress (OS) and impaired cholinergic transmission. Accordingly, targeting mitochondrial OS and restoring cholinergic transmission can be an effective therapeutic strategy towards AD. Herein, we report for the first time dual-target hydroxybenzoic acid (HBAc) derivatives acting as mitochondriotropic antioxidants and cholinesterase (ChE) inhibitors. The studies were performed with two mitochondriotropic antioxidants AntiOxBEN1 (catechol derivative), and AntiOxBEN2 (pyrogallol derivative) and compounds 15-18, which have longer spacers. Compounds AntiOxBEN1 and 15, with a shorter carbon chain spacer (six- and eight-carbon) were shown to be potent antioxidants and BChE inhibitors (IC50 = 85 ± 5 and 106 ± 5 nM, respectively), while compounds 17 and 18 with a ten-carbon chain were more effective AChE inhibitors (IC50 = 7.7 ± 0.4 and 7.2 ± 0.5 nM, respectively). Interestingly, molecular modelling data pointed towards bifunctional ChEs inhibitors. The most promising ChE inhibitors acted by a non-competitive mechanism. In general, with exception of compounds 15 and 17, no cytotoxic effects were observed in differentiated human neuroblastoma (SH-SY5Y) and human hepatocarcinoma (HepG2) cells, while Αβ-induced cytotoxicity was significantly prevented by the new dual-target HBAc derivatives. Overall, due to its BChE selectivity, favourable toxicological profile, neuroprotective activity and drug-like properties, which suggested blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability, the mitochondriotropic antioxidant AntiOxBEN1 is considered a valid lead candidate for the development of dual acting drugs for AD and other mitochondrial OS-related disease

  1. Conceito Jurídico de Software, Padrão Proprietário e Livre: Políticas Públicas

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    Luiz Otávio Pimentel

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    Full Text Available http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2177-7055.2013v35n68p291Este trabalho faz uma análise dos principais direitos de propriedade intelectual de software e de padrões de software, apontando diferenças entre o proprietário e o livre, fazendo referência às políticas públicas de inovação no Brasil. Traz a revisão conceitual das principais características e dos efeitos jurídicos da opção pela utilização de software e padrão proprietários, software e padrão livre. Considera-se que a abordagem jurídica é distinta conforme a destinação dos bens, seja insumo para a produção de outros bens e para a prestação de serviço ou para o consumo dos bens que utilizam algum tipo de programa de computador e padrão relacionado. A abordagem, neste artigo, é voltada para o software como insumo e para utilização empresarial ou pelo setor público.

  2. Assessing the recovery potential of alpine moss-sedge heath: Reciprocal transplants along a nitrogen deposition gradient

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    Armitage, Heather F.; Britton, Andrea J.; Woodin, Sarah J.; Wal, Rene van der

    2011-01-01

    The potential of alpine moss-sedge heath to recover from elevated nitrogen (N) deposition was assessed by transplanting Racomitrium lanuginosum shoots and vegetation turfs between 10 elevated N deposition sites (8.2-32.9 kg ha -1 yr -1 ) and a low N deposition site, Ben Wyvis (7.2 kg ha -1 yr -1 ). After two years, tissue N of Racomitrium shoots transplanted from higher N sites to Ben Wyvis only partially equilibrated to reduced N deposition whereas reciprocal transplants almost matched the tissue N of indigenous moss. Unexpectedly, moss shoot growth was stimulated at higher N deposition sites. However, moss depth and biomass increased in turfs transplanted to Ben Wyvis, apparently due to slower shoot turnover (suggested to result partly from decreased tissue C:N slowing decomposition), whilst abundance of vascular species declined. Racomitrium heath has the potential to recover from the impacts of N deposition; however, this is constrained by the persistence of enhanced moss tissue N contents. - Alpine moss-sedge heath, dominated by Racomitrium lanuginosum, from across the UK has the potential to recover from the impacts of N pollution; however, this is constrained by persistence of enhanced moss tissue N contents.

  3. Assessing the recovery potential of alpine moss-sedge heath: Reciprocal transplants along a nitrogen deposition gradient

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    Armitage, Heather F., E-mail: h.armitage@abdn.ac.u [Macaulay Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB15 8QH (United Kingdom); Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UU (United Kingdom); Britton, Andrea J. [Macaulay Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB15 8QH (United Kingdom); Woodin, Sarah J. [Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UU (United Kingdom); Wal, Rene van der [Aberdeen Centre for Environmental Sustainability (ACES), School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UU (United Kingdom)

    2011-01-15

    The potential of alpine moss-sedge heath to recover from elevated nitrogen (N) deposition was assessed by transplanting Racomitrium lanuginosum shoots and vegetation turfs between 10 elevated N deposition sites (8.2-32.9 kg ha{sup -1} yr{sup -1}) and a low N deposition site, Ben Wyvis (7.2 kg ha{sup -1} yr{sup -1}). After two years, tissue N of Racomitrium shoots transplanted from higher N sites to Ben Wyvis only partially equilibrated to reduced N deposition whereas reciprocal transplants almost matched the tissue N of indigenous moss. Unexpectedly, moss shoot growth was stimulated at higher N deposition sites. However, moss depth and biomass increased in turfs transplanted to Ben Wyvis, apparently due to slower shoot turnover (suggested to result partly from decreased tissue C:N slowing decomposition), whilst abundance of vascular species declined. Racomitrium heath has the potential to recover from the impacts of N deposition; however, this is constrained by the persistence of enhanced moss tissue N contents. - Alpine moss-sedge heath, dominated by Racomitrium lanuginosum, from across the UK has the potential to recover from the impacts of N pollution; however, this is constrained by persistence of enhanced moss tissue N contents.

  4. Policy Reader

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    1985-09-01

    This policy reader comprises: Correspondence; Memorandum of Understanding between the US Department of Transportation and the US Department of Energy for the Transportation of Radioactive Materials under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act; Internal Guidelines for Interactions with Communities and Local Governments; Statement by Ben C. Rusche before the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment, US House of Representatives, September 13, 1985; Speech presented by Ben C. Rusche before the ANS/CNS/AESJ/ENS Topical Meeting, Pasco, Washington, September 24, 1985 - ''Status of the United States' High-Level Nuclear Waste Disposal Program''; and ''DOE Seeks Comments on Nuclear Transportation Planning,'' DOE News, September 30, 1985

  5. Measurement of angle-correlated differential (n,2n) reaction cross section with pencil-beam DV neutron source

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    Takaki, S.; Kondo, K.; Shido, S.; Miyamaru, H.; Murata, I.; Ochiai, Kentaro; Nishitani, Takeo

    2006-01-01

    Angle-correlated differential cross-section for 9 Be(n,2n) reaction has been measured with the coincidence detection technique and a pencil-beam DT neutron source at FNS, JAEA. Energy spectra of two emitted neutrons were obtained for azimuthal and polar direction independently. It was made clear from the experiment that there are noise signals caused by inter-detector scattering. The ratio of the inter-detector scattering components in the detected signals was estimated by MCNP calculation to correct the measured result. By considering the inter-detector scattering components, the total 9 Be(n,2n) reaction cross-section agreed with the evaluated nuclear data within the experimental error. (author)

  6. The lobe to plasma sheet boundary layer transition: Theory and observations

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    Schriver, D.; Ashour-Abdalla, M.; Treumann, R.; Nakamura, M.; Kistler, L.M.

    1990-01-01

    The lobe and the plasma sheet boundary layer in the Earth's magnetotail are regions of different plasma conditions and share a common interface. The transition from the lobe to the plasma sheet boundary layer is examined here using AMPTE/IRM data. When the satellite crossed from the lobe to the plasma sheet boundary layer, intense narrow banded wave bursts at 1 kHz were observed an d then broadband electrostatic noise (BEN) immediately followed. Simultaneous with the onset of BEN, high energy earthward streaming proton beams at > 40 keV (> 2,700 km/s) were detected. These results are used as input into a numerical simulation to study ion beam instabilities in the PSBL

  7. Kuldmedaliga talumees / Silja Lättemäe

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    Lättemäe, Silja, 1952-

    2005-01-01

    Järvamaa Takkasaare talu peremees Arvo Kuutok koos oma perega tegeleb piimakarjakasvatusega. 2002. a. tunnustas Euroopa Põllumajanduskonföderatsiooni (CEA) president Ben Gill tema tegevust CEA kuldmedaliga

  8. Divergent trend in density versus viscosity of ionic liquid/water mixtures: a molecular view from guanidinium ionic liquids.

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    Singh, Akhil Pratap; Gardas, Ramesh L; Senapati, Sanjib

    2015-10-14

    Ionic liquids (ILs) have shown great potential in the dissolution and stability of biomolecules when a low-to-moderate quantity of water is added. Hence, determining the thermophysical properties and understanding these novel mixtures at the molecular level are of both fundamental and practical importance. In this context, here we report the synthesis of two nontoxic guanidinium cation based ILs, tetramethylguanidinium benzoate [TMG][BEN] and tetramethylguanidinium salicylate [TMG][SAL], and present a detailed comparison of their thermophysical properties in the presence of water. The results show that the [TMG][SAL]/water mixtures have higher density and higher apparent molar volume, but a lower viscosity and higher compressibility than the [TNG][BEN]/water mixtures. The measured viscosity and compressibility data are explained from ab initio quantum mechanical calculations and liquid-phase molecular dynamics simulations, where salicylate anions of denser [TMG][SAL]/water were found to exist as isolated ions due to intramolecular H-bonding. On the contrary, intermolecular H-bonding among the benzoate anions and their strong tendency to form an extended H-bonding network with water made [TMG][BEN]/water solutions more viscous and less compressible. This study shows the importance of probing these emerging solvents at the molecular-to-atomic level, which could be helpful in their optimal usage for task-specific applications.

  9. Protective effects of valsartan and benazepril combined with atorvastatin on cardiorenal syndrome in rats.

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    Tang, S-Y; Peng, D-F; Hu, Y-J; Chen, J

    2015-01-01

    To study the protective effects of valsartan (Val) and benazepril, (Ben) combined with atorvastatin (Ato), on cardiorenal syndrome (CRS) in rats. After establishing cardiorenal syndrome model, the rats were randomly divided into control, Ato, Ben+Ato and Val+Ato groups, which were treated with corresponding drugs. Before and 4 weeks after treatment, the serum creatinine (Scr), blood urea nitrogen (BUN), type-B natriuretic peptide (BNP), aldosterone (ALD), angiotensin (Ang) II, C-reactive protein (CRP), blood lipid and urine protein were determined. The left ventricular systolic pressure (LVSP), left ventricular diastolic pressure (LVDP), left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP) as well as maximum rising and falling rates of left ventricular pressure (±dp/dtmax) were detected. The heart weight index was also determined. 6, 3, 1 and 2 rats control, Ato, Ben+Ato and Val+Ato groups died, respectively. Compared with control group, the serum Cr, BUN, BNP, ALD, CRP and urinary protein levels in treatment groups significantly decreased, and the blood lipid level, LVDP, LVEDP and heart weight index significantly decreased, with increased LVSP. No statistically significant difference was observed among treatment groups. Valsartan and benazepril, combined with atorvastatin, can have significant protective effects on cardiorenal functions of rats with CRS, with no significant difference between these two drugs.

  10. Measurements of the neutron-induced reactions on 7Be with CRIB by the Trojan Horse method

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    Hayakawa, S.; Abe, K.; Beliuskina, O.; Cha, S. M.; Chae, K. Y.; Cherubini, S.; Figuera, P.; Ge, Z.; Gulino, M.; Hu, J.; Inoue, A.; Iwasa, N.; Kahl, D.; Kim, A.; Kim, D. H.; Kiss, G.; Kubono, S.; La Cognata, M.; La Commara, M.; Lamia, L.; Lattuada, M.; Lee, E. J.; Moon, J. Y.; Palmerini, S.; Parascandolo, C.; Park, S. Y.; Pierroutsakou, D.; Pizzone, R. G.; Rapisarda, G. G.; Romano, S.; Shimizu, H.; Spitaleri, C.; Tang, X. D.; Trippella, O.; Tumino, A.; , P., Vi; Yamaguchi, H.; Yang, L.; Zhang, N. T.

    2018-04-01

    The cosmological 7Li problem has been one of the big issues left in the standard Big-Bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) model. In order to determine the radiogenic 7Li abundance by the BBN, it is important to know the production and the destruction rate of 7Be rather than 7Li itself. We performed indirect measurements of the relevant neutron-induced reactions 7Be(n, p)7Li and 7Be(n, α)4He simultaneously by the Trojan Horse Method (THM) via the three-body reactions 7Be(d,7Lip)1H and 7Be(d, αα)1H. A 7Be radioactive-isotope (RI) beam at 3.16 MeV/u was produced at Center-for-Nuclear-Study RI Beam (CRIB) separator. The Q-value spectra shows the evidence of the three-body channels of interest. We confirmed that the THM was applicable to the present measurements by the momentum distributions of the spectator proton. Preliminary excitation functions are roughly consistent with the previous studies, moreover providing new data in the BBN energy range, and suggesting that new information about the 7Be(n, p1)7Li* contribution may be obtained by carrying out a further data analysis.

  11. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF): incremental validity in predicting early postoperative outcomes in spine surgery candidates.

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    Marek, Ryan J; Block, Andrew R; Ben-Porath, Yossef S

    2015-03-01

    A substantial proportion of individuals who undergo surgical procedures to relieve spine pain continue to report significant pain and dysfunction after recovery. Psychopathology and patient expectations have been linked to poor results, leading to an increasing reliance on presurgical psychological screening (PPS) as part of the surgical diagnostic process. The original Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI; Hathaway & McKinley, 1943) and the MMPI-2 (Butcher, Graham, Ben-Porath, Tellegen, & Dahlstrom, 2001) were among the measures most commonly used in PPS evaluations and research. This study focuses on the newest version of the test, the MMPI-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF; Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008/2011; Tellegen & Ben-Porath, 2008/2011) as a predictor of outcomes for spine surgery candidates. Using a sample of 172 men and 210 women who underwent a PPS, we examined the ability of MMPI-2-RF scale scores to predict early surgical outcomes independent of other presurgical risk factors identified by other means, as well as patients' presurgical expectations. MMPI-2-RF results accounted for up to 11% of additional variance in measures of early postoperative functioning. MMPI-2-RF scales that assess for emotional/internalizing problems, specifically Demoralization, measures of somatoform dysfunction, and interpersonal problems contributed most to the prediction of diminished outcome. 2015 APA, all rights reserved

  12. Assembling a Cellular User Manual for the Brain.

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    Sloan, Steven A; Barres, Ben A

    2018-03-28

    For many years, efforts to decipher the various cellular components that comprise the CNS were stymied by a lack of technical strategies for isolating and profiling the brain's resident cell types. The advent of transcriptional profiling, combined with powerful new purification schemes, changed this reality and transformed our understanding of the macroglial populations within the brain. Here, we chronicle the historical context and scientific setting for our efforts to transcriptionally profile neurons, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes, and highlight some of the profound discoveries that were cultivated by these data.Following a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer, Ben Barres passed away during the writing of this Progression piece. Among Ben's innumerable contributions to the greater scientific community, his addition of publicly available transcriptome databases of CNS cell types will forever remain a relic of his generous spirit and boundless scientific curiosity. Although he had impressively committed a majority of these enormous gene lists to memory, Ben could oftentimes be spotted at meetings buried in his cell phone on the Barres RNAseq database. Perhaps the only thing he enjoyed more than exploring these data himself, was knowing how useful these contributions had been (and will hopefully continue to be) to his scientific peers. Copyright © 2018 the authors 0270-6474/18/383149-05$15.00/0.

  13. Composión trófica de la comunidad insectil en dos agroecosistemas ganaderos con Leucaena leucocephala (Lam. de wit y Panicum maximum Jacq. Trophic composition of the insect community in two livestock production agroecosystems with Leucaena leucocephala (Lam. de wit and Panicum maximum Jacq.

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    O Alonso

    2011-12-01

    Full Text Available Con el objetivo de definir los principales grupos funcionales en la comunidad de insectos presentes en dos áreas compuestas por la asociación de Leucaena leucocephala cv. Perú y Panicum maximum cv. Likoni (un sistema silvopastoril y un campo de semilla, respectivamente, ambas localizadas en la Estación Experimental de Pastos y Forrajes "Indio Hatuey", se muestrearon cada 15 días, durante tres años, las hojas, las inflorescencias y las legumbres de la leguminosa y el follaje de la gramínea, para colectarlos. La clasificación de los grupos se realizó a partir de: la identificación de cada especie insectil, la información que ofrece la literatura acerca de su hábito principal de alimentación y las observaciones realizadas en el campo. Con estos elementos se definieron los fitófagos y los benéficos, y como subgrupos de estos últimos: los depredadores, los parasitoides, los polinizadores, los descomponedores de la materia orgánica, los coprófagos y los micófagos. En total se identificaron 113 especies de insectos, 63 con hábitos fitófagos y los 50 restantes benéficos. En el estrato arbóreo se encontraron 88 especies, 49 fitófagas (56% y 39 benéficas (44%; y 103 en el herbáceo, 59 insectos fitófagos (57% y 44 benéficos (43%; 78 especies coincidieron en los dos estratos. Se destaca que en ambos predominaron los depredadores y los parasitoides de los órdenes Hymenoptera, Coleoptera y Diptera, tales como: Cycloneda sanguinea limbifer Casey, Coccinella maculata (De Geer, Chilocorus cacti Linnaeus, Conura sp., Pimpla marginella (Brullé y Rogas sp. Se concluye que la estructura y función de la comunidad de insectos mostró un número relativamente mayor de insectos fitófagos con respecto a los benéficos; sin embargo, fue importante el predominio de los enemigos naturales, responsables de la actividad reguladora de las poblaciones de fitófagos, a las que mantienen por debajo del umbral de daño económico en el cultivo de la

  14. 77 FR 61755 - Performance Review Board Members

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    2012-10-11

    ... JULIET COHEN GARY CONNOR SUZI COX VIRGINIA DANIEL KATHERINE DEL VECCHIO PAOLO DELPHIN-RITTMON MIRIAM DEVOSS ELIZABETH DICKINSON ELIZABETH ERNEY JOAN GABRIEL EDWARD GOLDHABER BEN GOTTLICH VICKI HENDERSON...

  15. The Swedish view : three countries, one market / Ben Nimmo

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    Nimmo, Ben

    2005-01-01

    Rootsi on Põhjamaadest suurim investor Balti riikides ning suuruselt teine investor Lätis ja Leedus. Majanduslikust koostööst Rootsi ja Baltimaade vahel. Tabel: Rootsi ja Baltimaade majandusnäitajad 2004. aastal

  16. Carcinome hybride de la fosse nasale | Ben Mhamed | Journal ...

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    Hybrid carcinoma is a rare neoplasm, accounting for less than 0.1% of all registered tumors in salivary glands. Up to now, only one case of hybrid carcinoma of the nasal cavity has been described. In this report, we describe a case of hybrid carcinoma composed of epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma with an adenoid cystic ...

  17. Compulsory treatment of 50 alcoholic drunken drivers | Ben-Aire ...

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    Fifty alcoholic drunken drivers receiving treatment as part of a suspended sentence were studied to assess the efficacy of compulsory treatment. Twenty-six showed improvement in drinking behaviour, 12 did not co-operate and were referred back to court, 7 were re-arrested on further charges of drunken driving and 4 were ...

  18. 40 CFR 721.1150 - Substituted polyglycidyl ben-zena-mine.

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    2010-07-01

    ... subject to reporting. (1) The following chemical substance, referred to by premanufacture notice number... found to cause cancer, reproductive effects, kidney and liver effects in laboratory animals, and.... —Similar chemicals cause cancer, reproductive effects, and kidney and liver changes in laboratory animals...

  19. Influência do método de extração sobre a composição química de suco de uva bordô (vitis labrusca)

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    Bruna Bresolin Roldan

    2016-01-01

    O aumento no consumo de uva que vem ocorrendo nos últimos anos está relacionado em parte a divulgação das propriedades benéficas à saúde associadas ao consumo de suco de uva. Estes efeitos benéficos são atribuídos à elevada concentração de compostos fenólicos presentes no suco. A composição química (incluindo os compostos fenólicos) do suco de uva é afetada por vários fatores, tais como: variedade de uva, condições edafoclimáticas de cultivo e método de extração do suco. O método de extração ...

  20. b.i.t. Bremerhaven: Thin Clients entlasten Schulen

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    Das Schulamt Bremerhaven zentralisiert die Verwaltungs-IT und schafft dadurch Freiräume für pädagogische und organisatorische Herausforderungen. Pflege und Support der neuen Infrastruktur übernimmt der Dienstleister b.i.t. Bremerhaven, die Thin Clients kommen vom Bremer Hersteller IGEL Technology. Ganztagsschulen, das 12-jährige Abitur, PISA, der Wegfall der Orientierungsstufe - deutsche Schulen müssen derzeit zahlreiche organisatorische und pädagogische Herausforderungen bewältigen. Um die neuen Strukturen umsetzen zu können, werden zusätzliche Ressourcen benötigt. Das Schulamt Bremerhaven hat gemeinsam mit dem Dienstleister b.i.t. Bremerhaven (Betrieb für Informationstechnologie) eine intelligente Lösung gefunden, wie sich die benötigten finanziellen Freiräume schaffen lassen.

  1. Assessment of Two Desk-Top Computer Simulations Used to Train Tactical Decision Making (TDM) of Small Unit Infantry Leaders

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    Beal, Scott A

    2007-01-01

    Fifty-two leaders in the Basic Non-Commissioned Officer Course (BNCOC) at Fort Benning, Georgia, participated in an assessment of two desk-top computer simulations used to train tactical decision making...

  2. Effect of Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation on the colorants of ...

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    Effect of Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation on the colorants of heated red beetroot extracts. Hayet Ben Haj Koubaier, Ismahen Essaidi, Ahmed Snoussi, Slim Zgoulli, Mohamed Moncef Chaabouni, Phillipe Thonart, Nabiha Bouzouita ...

  3. Uusi heliplaate / Tõnu Pedaru

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    Pedaru, Tõnu

    1999-01-01

    Heliplaatidest " Jordan Knight "S/T", "Full Of House", Clinton "Disco & The Halfway To Discontent", Apollo 440 "Gettin" High On Your Own Supply", Ben & Jason "Emoticons", Murry The hump "Thrown Like A Stone"

  4. Instrumentalisation of the electronic learning booklet ELB: The case ...

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    pc

    2018-03-05

    Mar 5, 2018 ... ]Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Materials, Ben M'sik Faculty of Sciences,. Hassan II ... Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research, Morocco. 3Groupe .... knowledge, profile, specialty or experience.

  5. 76 FR 72982 - Cable Statutory License: Specialty Station List; Correction

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    2011-11-28

    ...: Ben Golant, Assistant General Counsel, Copyright GC/I&R, P.O. Box 70400, Southwest Station, Washington... objection (no evidence of construction or the type of programming broadcast should not be identified as...

  6. Effect of prophylactic phenobarbital on seizures, encephalopathy ...

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    cerebral metabolism and re-oxygenation, which lead to cerebral oedema .... their serum electrolytes and glucose, calcium and magnesium levels measured. ..... Dzhala V, Ben-Ari Y, Khazipov R. Seizures accelerate anoxia-induced neuronal.

  7. The Impact of the Lisbon Treaty on EU Competition Law: A Review of Recent Case Law of the EU Courts

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    Ben Van Rompuy

    2011-01-01

    Since the Lisbon Treaty came into force on December 1, 2009, there has been no Treaty provision proclaiming adherence to the principle of undistorted competition. Ben Van Rompuy (Georgetown Univ. Law Center)

  8. Obituary: Benjamin Franklin Peery Jr. (1922-2010)

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    Cowley, Charles

    2011-12-01

    Professor Benjamin F. Peery, Jr. died at his home in Silver Spring, MD of natural causes on 30 November 2010. His full life began in St. Joseph, MO (home of the Pony Express) on 4 March 1922. His father was a railway mail clerk, so his family moved frequently. Most of his childhood was spent in southeastern Minnesota. He enlisted in the army in 1942, and served in campaigns in North Africa and Italy. After his discharge in 1945, he enrolled in the University of Minnesota, earning a BS in Physics in 1949. One of his early hobbies was to build and fly model airplanes. His intention to pursue aeronautical engineering changed to physics, but after receiving a MS in physics from Fisk University in 1955, he decided on a career in astronomy. He told the editors of the PBS series The Astronomers (1991, in which his career is highlighted) he thought it was shamefully absurd not to know what made the stars shine. So he began PhD studies in astronomy at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor). His dissertation was on the complex eclipsing binary VV Cephei, where a compact hot star passes behind a cool giant star, revealing the structure of that giant's atmosphere. This task was especially demanding because of the complexity of the system's spectrum and the formidable array of observations assembled by Ben's advisor, Dean McLaughlin. Fortunately, Ben's strong physics background enabled him to design and construct one of the first oscilloscope measuring engines, which his fellow students called the PeeryScope. The final (1961) dissertation is an impressive combination of observational and astrophysical analysis. His degree was obtained in 1962; he had already begun a career at the University of Indiana, where he taught and did research (1959--1976). The Indiana years were highly productive. In addition to his own research, he was advisor on six PhD dissertations, and a master's thesis. Several of his students have also had productive careers. An ADS search on his students' names

  9. Psychometric Comparisons of Benevolent and Corrective Humor across 22 Countries: The Virtue Gap in Humor Goes International.

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    Heintz, Sonja; Ruch, Willibald; Platt, Tracey; Pang, Dandan; Carretero-Dios, Hugo; Dionigi, Alberto; Argüello Gutiérrez, Catalina; Brdar, Ingrid; Brzozowska, Dorota; Chen, Hsueh-Chih; Chłopicki, Władysław; Collins, Matthew; Ďurka, Róbert; Yahfoufi, Najwa Y El; Quiroga-Garza, Angélica; Isler, Robert B; Mendiburo-Seguel, Andrés; Ramis, TamilSelvan; Saglam, Betül; Shcherbakova, Olga V; Singh, Kamlesh; Stokenberga, Ieva; Wong, Peter S O; Torres-Marín, Jorge

    2018-01-01

    Recently, two forms of virtue-related humor, benevolent and corrective, have been introduced. Benevolent humor treats human weaknesses and wrongdoings benevolently, while corrective humor aims at correcting and bettering them. Twelve marker items for benevolent and corrective humor (the BenCor) were developed, and it was demonstrated that they fill the gap between humor as temperament and virtue. The present study investigates responses to the BenCor from 25 samples in 22 countries (overall N = 7,226). The psychometric properties of the BenCor were found to be sufficient in most of the samples, including internal consistency, unidimensionality, and factorial validity. Importantly, benevolent and corrective humor were clearly established as two positively related, yet distinct dimensions of virtue-related humor. Metric measurement invariance was supported across the 25 samples, and scalar invariance was supported across six age groups (from 18 to 50+ years) and across gender. Comparisons of samples within and between four countries (Malaysia, Switzerland, Turkey, and the UK) showed that the item profiles were more similar within than between countries, though some evidence for regional differences was also found. This study thus supported, for the first time, the suitability of the 12 marker items of benevolent and corrective humor in different countries, enabling a cumulative cross-cultural research and eventually applications of humor aiming at the good.

  10. Psychometric Comparisons of Benevolent and Corrective Humor across 22 Countries: The Virtue Gap in Humor Goes International

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    Sonja Heintz

    2018-02-01

    Full Text Available Recently, two forms of virtue-related humor, benevolent and corrective, have been introduced. Benevolent humor treats human weaknesses and wrongdoings benevolently, while corrective humor aims at correcting and bettering them. Twelve marker items for benevolent and corrective humor (the BenCor were developed, and it was demonstrated that they fill the gap between humor as temperament and virtue. The present study investigates responses to the BenCor from 25 samples in 22 countries (overall N = 7,226. The psychometric properties of the BenCor were found to be sufficient in most of the samples, including internal consistency, unidimensionality, and factorial validity. Importantly, benevolent and corrective humor were clearly established as two positively related, yet distinct dimensions of virtue-related humor. Metric measurement invariance was supported across the 25 samples, and scalar invariance was supported across six age groups (from 18 to 50+ years and across gender. Comparisons of samples within and between four countries (Malaysia, Switzerland, Turkey, and the UK showed that the item profiles were more similar within than between countries, though some evidence for regional differences was also found. This study thus supported, for the first time, the suitability of the 12 marker items of benevolent and corrective humor in different countries, enabling a cumulative cross-cultural research and eventually applications of humor aiming at the good.

  11. Narnia 1300 aastat hiljem / Timo Diener

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    Diener, Timo

    2008-01-01

    Mängufilm "Narnia lood : prints Caspian" ("The Chronicles of Narnia : Prince Caspian") C.S. Lewise muinasjutu ainetel : peaosas Ben Barnes : režissöör Andrew Adamson : Ameerika Ühendriigid - Suurbritannia 2008

  12. Õnnetu saatusega Oliver Twist Polanski meelevallas / Andres Laasik

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    Laasik, Andres, 1960-2016

    2005-01-01

    Mängufilm Charles Dickensi romaani järgi "Oliver Twist" : stsenarist Ronald Harwood : režissöör Roman Polanski : nimiosas Barney Clark, Fagin - Ben Kingsley : Suurbritannia - Tšehhi - Prantsusmaa - Itaalia 2005

  13. A comparison of [/sup 18/F]spiroperidol, [/sup 18/F]benperidol and [/sup 18/F] haloperidol kinetics in baboon brain

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    Arnett, C.D.; Shiue, C.Y.; Wolf, A.P.; Fowler, J.S.; Logan, J.

    1984-01-01

    Neuroleptic receptor ligands, spiroperidol, benperidol and haloperidol were labeled with fluorine-18 by a nucleophilic aromatic substitution reaction of p-nitrobenzo-nitrile with /sup 18/F/sup -/ to produce p-[/sup 18/F]fluorobenzonitrile which was converted to p-[/sup 18/F]fluoro-y-chlorobutyrophenone and then alkylated with the appropriate amine to give [/sup 18/F]spiroperidol ([/sup 18/F]SP), [/sup 18/F]benperidol ([/sup 18/F]BEN), or [/sup 18/F]haloperidol ([/sup 18/F]HAL). Specific activity ranged from 3 to 6 Ci/μmol. Anesthetized baboons were injected with 6-17 mCi of [/sup 18/F]-labeled tracer. Kinetic curves (striatum and cerebellum) were obtained from PETT scans up to 4 hr with each drug; [/sup 18/F]SP was studied to 8 hr. [/sup 18/F]SP and [/sup 18/F]BEN exhibited similar kinetics in striatum, with radioactivity concentration plateauing by 30 min after injection and remaining constant for the remainder of the study. These two compounds cleared rapidly from the cerebellum. [/sup 18/F]HAL showed a much different kinetic pattern in the striatum. Although it reached a higher striatal concentration (≅0.07% per ml vs. ≅ 0.02% per ml for [/sup 18/F]SP or [/sup 18/F]BEN), a peak occurred at 30 min after injection, followed by a decline almost as rapid as that in the cerebellum. Plasma analyses for [/sup 18/F]SP showed > 90% unchanged drug up to 5 min and ≅ 30% metabolites at 20 min after injection. Pretreatment with (+)-butaclamol abolished the selective distribution of [/sup 18/F]SP to the striatum in the four animals studied. Both [/sup 18/F]SP and [/sup 18/F]BEN may be suitable for PETT studies of neuroleptic receptors, but the in vivo kinetics of these compounds are markedly different from their in vitro receptor binding kinetics

  14. Tanatophobia in the patients on dialysis

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    Novaković Milan

    2006-01-01

    Full Text Available Background/Aim. Thanatophobia is an exaggerated, specific, structured fear of death. It appears in childhood and continues to grow over the years, and in the old age it is accompanied with nosophobia and other mental disorders. The aim of this study was to analyze thanatophobia in dialysed patients which was in the direct connection with a basic disorder, and the influence of this disorder on functioning and the quality of life of the patients on dialysis. Methods. In the study we examined 753 patients from the chronic program of haemodialysis in a period from 1999 to 2004. The patients were classified in two groups: 348 randomized patients with Balkan Endemic Nephropathy (BEN, and the control group (N18 of patients with terminal renal insufficiency, and other diagnoses (n = 405. Since the study was a comparative, cross-sectional one, the patients were tested by the appropriate questionnaires for anxiety, depression and general mental functioning. Statistical analysis was done by the standard descriptive and analytic statistic methods. Results. Based on socio-demographics data we revealed a highly significant difference regarding the place of living between the groups BEN and N18 (χ2 = 23.970; p < 0.01, the frequency of occurrence of renal comorbidity (χ2 = 23.970; p < 0.01, the frequency of family renal comorbidity in siblings (χ2 = 23.970; p < 0.01, and the frequency of migrationes (χ2 = 4.874; p < 0.01. According to psychiatry scales, the patients from the BEN group were significantly more anxious and depressive than those from the control group. Conclusion. The signs of thanatophobia were revealed in both examined groups, but significantly more in the patients with BEN than in those with other nephrologic diseases. Thanatophobia starts before dialysis, and dialysis structures it into fear of death which is in a direct connection with the basic disorder. This intensive fear may be connected with dementia and depression, but also with

  15. Oh What a Tangled Biofilm Web Bacteria Weave

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    ... Home Page Oh What a Tangled Biofilm Web Bacteria Weave By Elia Ben-Ari Posted May 1, ... a suitable surface, some water and nutrients, and bacteria will likely put down stakes and form biofilms. ...

  16. Menthol poisoning

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    ... to treat aches and pains (such as Ben-Gay, Therapeutic Mineral Ice) Peppermint oil Other products may ... ECG (electrocardiogram, or heart tracing) Chest x-ray Tube down the windpipe and lungs (bronchoscopy) to look ...

  17. Methyl salicylate overdose

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    ... used to relieve sore muscles and joints (Ben Gay, Icy Hot) Oil of wintergreen Solutions for vaporizers ... breathing problems, and other symptoms Activated charcoal Laxative Tube through the mouth into the stomach if vomiting ...

  18. Genetics Home Reference: juvenile primary lateral sclerosis

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    ... Hung WY, Ouahchi K, Yan J, Azim AC, Cole N, Gascon G, Yagmour A, Ben-Hamida M, ... medicine? What is newborn screening? New Pages Lyme disease Fibromyalgia White-Sutton syndrome All New & Updated Pages ...

  19. Ginsbergi vennaskond, värskelt ühendatud / Marko Mägi

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    Mägi, Marko

    2005-01-01

    Poetry slami laadis luuleõhtul "Poesie United" esinesid 21. mail KuKu klubis Wehwalt Koslovsky, Tobias Hoffmann (Saksamaa), Ben Porter Lewis, Milo Martin (USA), Antoine Faure (Prantsusmaa), fs, Asko Künnap, Jürgen Rooste

  20. Rapid Wall-Breaching Kit, Ingress Hole Determination Experiment

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    Turner, Daniel D; Carstens, Christian B; Redden, Elizabeth S; Whalen, Joseph B

    2003-01-01

    .... The experiment was conducted at McKenna Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) site Ft. Benning, Georgia. Soldiers from the Ranger Training Brigade and Headquarters Company 3/11th Infantry participated in the experiment...

  1. Náhrobek židovského tiskaře z Moravy v Krakově

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    Jelínková, Andrea

    -, č. 3 (2012) E-ISSN 1805-2800 Institutional support: RVO:67985971 Keywords : Hebrew printing * Cracow * Isaac ben Aaron of Prostitz http://www.lib.cas.cz/casopis-informace/nahrobek-zidovskeho-tiskare-z-moravy-v-krakove/

  2. Usher Syndrome

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    ... to abnormal development of the vestibular hair cells, sensory cells that detect gravity and head movement. RP ... 3 Ben-Rebeh, I., et al. (2016). Genetic analysis of Tunisian families with Usher syndrome type 1: ...

  3. Facts About Usher Syndrome

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    ... to abnormal development of the vestibular hair cells, sensory cells that detect gravity and head movement. RP ... 3 Ben-Rebeh, I., et al. (2016). Genetic analysis of Tunisian families with Usher syndrome type 1: ...

  4. Karr’s Kill Cult: Virtual Cults and Pseudo-Killing in the Digital Age

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    Jeremy Biles

    2012-03-01

    Full Text Available Most readers will recall the 1996 tragedy in which six-year-old beauty-pageant princess JonBenét Ramsey was found bound, gagged, and strangled in the basement of her parents’ home, inciting an orgy of media coverage. What readers may not know is that John Mark Karr—the imminently creepy individual who falsely confessed to the killing, and whose sordid past includes an arrest for possession of child pornography—has continued to make news as an alleged cyberstalker and would-be cult leader. This article claims that whereas a real serial killer is compelled to murder again and again with different victims, Karr is compelled to repeat the singular murder of JonBenét Ramsey the only way he can—in a virtual reality constituted by writing.

  5. Relationship between weathered coal deposits and the etiology of Balkan endemic nephropathy

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    Feder, G.L.; Radovanovic, Z.; Finkelman, R.B.

    1991-01-01

    Field studies in epidemiology and environmental geochemistry in areas in Yugoslavia containing villages with a high incidence of Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN), indicate a possible relationship between the presence of low-rank coal deposits and the etiology of BEN. Preliminary results from qualitative chemical analyses of drinking water from shallow farm wells indicate the presence of soluble polar aromatic and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons. These compounds may be derived from weathering of low-rank coals occurring in the vicinity of the endemic villages. All of the endemic villages are in alluvial valleys of tributaries to the Danube River. All except one of the clusters of endemic villages are located in the vicinity of known Pliocene age coals. Detailed sampling of the drinking waters and the nearby coals are being undertaken to identify a possible etiologic factor

  6. Implementing Rapid Bioassessment Protocols (RBP’s) for Watershed Monitoring

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    2010-08-01

    indicate greater stream quality. ............................... 16 Figure 7. Percent EPT (Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera , and Trichoptera) within sampled...greater stream quality. Figure 7. Percent EPT (Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera , and Trichoptera) within sampled basins at Fort Benning, 2002-2005; greater

  7. Genetics Home Reference: vitiligo

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    ... SA, Fain PR, Ferrara TM, Ben S, Riccardi SL, Cole JB, Gowan K, Holland PJ, Bennett DC, Luiten ... medicine? What is newborn screening? New Pages Lyme disease Fibromyalgia White-Sutton syndrome All New & Updated Pages ...

  8. National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

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    ... for Birth Mothers NOFAS Position Statements Stamp Out Stigma Campaign FASD Hall of Fame NOFAS 25th Anniversary ... written by Ben Wikner, a parent of a child living with FASD. I have two sons, one ...

  9. Exploring antioxidant reactivity and molecular structure of phenols ...

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    Jul 11, 2017 ... wine.3,4 These food products have shown countless ben- efits for human ... during the oxidation process, and thereby inhibiting or slowing ... mechanism and action of antioxidants. ..... fluorescence intensity occurs (Figure 3).

  10. Genetics Home Reference: 2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria

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    ... Ben-Omran T, Hoffmann GF, de Lonlay P, McDonald MT, Meberg A, Muntau AC, Nuoffer JM, Parini ... 10 All Bulletins Features What is direct-to-consumer genetic testing? What are genome editing and CRISPR- ...

  11. Browse Title Index

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    , L'effet de l'extubation precoce apres chirurgie cardiaque pour la rehabilitation post opératoire, Abstract PDF. Hichem Cheikhrouhou, Amine Kharrat, Rahma Derbel, Yesmine Ellouze, Karim Jmal, Hela Ben Jmaa, Mohamed Ali Elkamel, Imed ...

  12. Poesie United toob kirjanduspeo

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    2005-01-01

    23. mail toimub Tartus rahvusvaheline kirjanduspidu "International spoken word subversion 2005" eesti, saksa, prantsuse ja ameerika sõnakunstnikega: Wehwalt Koslovsky, Tobias Hoffmann, Ben Porter Lewis, Milo Martin, Antoine Faure. Vt ka Postimees, 21. mai, lk. 26

  13. Journal of Chemical Sciences | Indian Academy of Sciences

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    as proposed by Ben-Naim) to compute the K-B Parameters of the mixtures, in which thermodynamic information on mixtures such as partial molar volumes, isothermal compressibility, and experimental data of partial vapour pressures are used.

  14. New Methods for Design and Computation of Freeform Optics

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    2015-07-09

    338, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2009. [18] R. Winston, J. C. Miñano, and P. Beńıtez, with contributions by N. Shatz and J. Bortz, Nonimaging Optics, Elsevier Academic Press, Amsterdam, 2005. 8

  15. Vitamin D inadequacy is widespread in Tunisian active boys and is ...

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    Vitamin D inadequacy is widespread in Tunisian active boys and is related to diet but not to adiposity or insulin resistance. Ikram Bezrati, Mohamed Kacem Ben Fradj, Nejmeddine Ouerghi, Moncef Feki, Anis Chaouachi, Naziha Kaabachi ...

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    Feb 24, 2018 ... The algae was cultivated in laboratory under different red light LED (LD) intensity of, 10, 20, 30, 100 ... are trying to produce microalgae/ cyanobacteria commercially (Belay 1997; Ben-Amotz. 2004). ... Cultivation condition. C.

  17. Ljubov vtoroi svezhesti / Katja Tarhanova

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    Tarhanova, Katja

    2005-01-01

    Kaks uut ameerika melodraamat - "Oleks see ometi nii" ("Just Like Heaven") : režissöör Mike Waters : peaosas Reese Witherspoon ja "Prime" : stsenarist ja režissöör Ben Younger : peaosas Uma Thurman

  18. Army Corps of Engineers: Factors Contributing to Cost Increases and Schedule Delays in the Olmsted Locks and Dam Project

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    creating a pool of water deep enough to allow boats and barges to move upstream or downstream. Once the Olmsted dam is completed, the wickets will be...34Ben C. Gerwick, Inc., Glosten Associates, Hsieh Wen Shen

  19. Maru ühendatud : Poesie United esines Tartus / Priit Kruus

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    2005-01-01

    23. mail esinesid Tartus saksa, ameerika, prantsuse ja eesti luuletajad spoken word-kirjandusüritusega "Poesie united". Osalesid Wehwalt Koslovsky, Tobias Hoffmann, Milo Martin, Ben Porter Lewis, Antoine Faure, Jürgen Rooste, Asko Künnap ja fs

  20. Divergence of the Floral A-Function between an Asterid and a Rosid Species.

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    Morel, Patrice; Heijmans, Klaas; Rozier, Frédérique; Zethof, Jan; Chamot, Sophy; Bento, Suzanne Rodrigues; Vialette-Guiraud, Aurélie; Chambrier, Pierre; Trehin, Christophe; Vandenbussche, Michiel

    2017-07-01

    The ABC model is widely used as a genetic framework for understanding floral development and evolution. In this model, the A-function is required for the development of sepals and petals and to antagonize the C-function in the outer floral whorls. In the rosid species Arabidopsis thaliana , the AP2-type AP2 transcription factor represents a major A-function protein, but how the A-function is encoded in other species is not well understood. Here, we show that in the asterid species petunia ( Petunia hybrida ), AP2B/BLIND ENHANCER ( BEN ) confines the C-function to the inner petunia floral whorls, in parallel with the microRNA BLIND BEN belongs to the TOE-type AP2 gene family, members of which control flowering time in Arabidopsis. In turn, we demonstrate that the petunia AP2-type REPRESSOR OF B-FUNCTION ( ROB ) genes repress the B-function (but not the C-function) in the first floral whorl, together with BEN We propose a combinatorial model for patterning the B- and C-functions, leading to the homeotic conversion of sepals into petals, carpels, or stamens, depending on the genetic context. Combined with earlier results, our findings suggest that the molecular mechanisms controlling the spatial restriction of the floral organ identity genes are more diverse than the well-conserved B and C floral organ identity functions. © 2017 American Society of Plant Biologists. All rights reserved.

  1. Parents' perceptions of the family climate for road safety.

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    Taubman-Ben-Ari, Orit

    2015-01-01

    The current study examined the applicability of the Family Climate for Road Safety Scale (FCRSS; Taubman-Ben-Ari and Katz-Ben-Ami, 2013) to the parents of young drivers. The sample consisted of 549 parents and 234 of their children, all of whom completed the FCRSS. In addition, the parents completed the multidimensional driving style inventory (MDSI; Taubman-Ben-Ari et al., 2004) and provided background data (e.g., age, gender). Confirmatory factor analysis supported a slightly modified structure of the scale for parents. Examination of the correlations revealed significant weak to strong associations between parents' scores on the various FCRSS dimensions on the one hand, and their self-reported driving styles and offspring's perceptions of the family climate for safety on the other. The findings indicate that the FCRSS is suitable for use with the parents of young drivers, and that perceptions of the family climate are shared by the two generations. Furthermore, they show that family climate is related to parents' customary driving behavior, with the careful driving style positively related to the positive dimensions of the FCRSS. The discussion stresses the importance of the parents' influence on the manner in which their children drive, and the multifaceted nature of this influence. Moreover, it indicates the potential value of the FCRSS, both for research and for designing interventions and measuring their effectiveness. Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

  2. Seminar

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    8 mai 2015 ... 1Service de Rhumatologie, CHU Hassan II, Université Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah, Fès, Maroc. &Corresponding .... On note une élévation des marqueurs de formation osseuse: les phosphatases .... continue pendant 1 an.

  3. Annals of African Surgery - Vol 8 (2011)

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    Left pancreatectomy for primary hydatid cyst of the body of pancreas · EMAIL FREE FULL TEXT EMAIL FREE FULL TEXT · DOWNLOAD FULL TEXT DOWNLOAD FULL TEXT. A Makni, F Chebb, J Jouini, M Kacem, ZS Ben ...

  4. Kuus näitlejat, üks Bob Dylan / Jaanus Noormets

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    Noormets, Jaanus

    2008-01-01

    Todd Haynes'i mängufilm muusik Bob Dylanist "Kus on Bob Dylan?" ("I'm Not There") : laulja alter ego kehastavad Ben Whishaw, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, Marcus Carl Franklin : Ameerika Ühendriigid 2007

  5. Developing Creativity Ecosystems: Preparing College Students for Tomorrow's Innovation Challenge

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    Hulme, Eileen; Thomas, Ben; DeLaRosby, Hal

    2014-01-01

    Eileen Hulme, Ben Thomas, and Hal DeLaRosby argue for the importance of creativity as a learning outcome and challenge higher education to produce students capable of becoming the innovative leaders the twenty-first-century economy requires.

  6. Integrating Psychopathology and Personality Disorders Conceptualized by the MMPI-2-RF and the MCMI-III: A Structural Validity Study

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    Heijden, P.T. van der; Egger, J.I.M.; Rossi, G.M.P.; Derksen, J.J.L.

    2012-01-01

    The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008) Restructured Clinical scales and Higher Order scales were linked to the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III ( Millon, Millon, Davis, & Grossman, 2009) personality disorder scales and clinical

  7. A study of physico-chemical characteristics of Ugborikoko/Okere ...

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    2009-11-16

    Nov 16, 2009 ... of the physico-chemical parameters and heavy metal pollutants were determined. Results of both ..... workshops) who use engine oils to service car engines. These values ... Ben Miller Books Nigeria Ltd. 5: 34-55. Imevbore ...

  8. "U Tsharlza Dikkensa sprossite..." / Jelena Skulskaja

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    Skulskaja, Jelena, 1950-

    2005-01-01

    IX PÖFFi filme - mängufilm Charles Dickensi romaani järgi "Oliver Twist" : stsenarist Ronald Harwood : režissöör Roman Polanski : nimiosas Barney Clark, Fagin - Ben Kingsley : Suurbritannia - Tšehhi - Prantsusmaa - Itaalia 2005

  9. New results on the generation of broadband electrostatic waves in the magnetotail

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    Grabbe, C. L.

    1985-01-01

    The theory of the generation of broadband electrostatic noise (BEN) in the magnetotail is extended through numerical solution of the dispersion relation under conditions that exist in the plasma sheet boundary layer. It is found that the low-frequency portion of the spectrum has a broad angular spectrum but a fairly sharp peak near 75 deg with respect to the magnetic field, while the high-frequency portion has a narrower angular spectrum that is strongly concentrated along the magnetic field line. These results are in excellent agreement with observations of the broadband wave spectrum and a recent measurement of the propagation direction. The effect of a second cold component of electrons is analyzed, and it is found that it can increase the upper cutoff frequency of BEN to the observed value at about the plasma frequency.

  10. Blogging Bouazizi: The Role of Cyberactivists Before and After Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution

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    Matt Gordner

    2016-05-01

    Full Text Available This article examines the changing role of cyberactivists before and after the Jasmine Revolution through case studies of three prominent figures: Houssem Aoudi (Cogite, Wasaibi, Sami Ben Gharbia (Nawaat.org, and Haythem el Mekki (MosaiqueFM, Attessia TV. The main argument presented here is that the attainment of freedom of the Internet and the success of the revolt created new opportunities for formal political involvement for the cyberactivists as they transited from dissidents under the Ben Ali regime to citizen-participants of a nascent democratic order. A subsidiary argument is that a new generation of Tunisian leadership came to the fore of Tunisia’s private and public spheres to advance the stated aims of the revolution, including inter alia combating unemployment, securing civil liberties, stemming corruption, and the ever deepening of pro-democracy reforms.

  11. Analytische Betrachtung des Quantisierungsfehlers bei grundlegenden Rechenoperationen der digitalen Signalverarbeitung

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    W. Schlecker

    2005-01-01

    Full Text Available Bei der Realisierung digitaler Schaltungen mit einem ASIC oder FPGA kann die Wortbreite der Berechnungen frei gewählt werden. Um die Fläche bzw. die benötigte Hardware zu minimieren, wird versucht, die Berechnungen mit minimaler Wortbreite zu implementieren. Dabei muss jedoch das Quantisierungsrauschen, das durch das Beschränken der Wortbreite entsteht, berücksichtigt werden. Häufig wird hierzu eine worst-case Abschätzung des Fehlers gemacht oder mit Simulationen die benötigte Wortbreite bestimmt. Der vorliegende Beitrag betrachtet die Auswirkungen der Quantisierung analytisch. Dabei wird von gleichverteilten Eingangssignalen ausgegangen. Es wird das Quantisierungsrauschen in Abhängigkeit von der Eingangs- und Ausgangswortbreite bei der Multiplikation und beim Skalarprodukt betrachtet. Die Untersuchungen wurden für Runden und für Abschneiden analytisch durchgeführt und durch Simulation bestätigt.

  12. HIGH ECCENTRICITY EOQ TOTAL COST FUNCTION YIELDS JIT RESULTs

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    Willian Roach

    2010-06-01

    Full Text Available No estoque de bens perecíveis, o custo de armazenamento H é muito maior do que o previsto na fórmula clássica do lote econômico do pedido (EOQ. Para bens perecíveis, a função custo total no EOQ é um pico e não uma reta horizontal. Esta forma pontiaguda leva o modelo EOQ a produzir entregas just in time (JIT - resultados semelhantes. O efeito pontiagudo (excentricidade da curva de custo total do lote econômico EOQ depende apenas do custo de armazenamento (H e não da demanda anual (D ou do custo do pedido (S. D e S determinam o nível (altura da curva de custo total do estoque (TC, mas não a forma.

  13. How newness enters a country : reception of the "postcolonial" in Estonia / Ene-Reet Soovik

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    Soovik, Ene-Reet, 1968-

    2006-01-01

    Postkolonialistliku tõlkekirjanduse retseptsiooni Eestis vaadeldakse kolme romaani põhjal: Arundhati Roy "Väikeste Asjade Jumal" (eesti k. 1997 ja 2004), Salman Rushdie "Mauri viimane ohe" (eesti k. 2001 ja 2008), Ben Okri "Näljutatud tee" (eesti k. 1998)

  14. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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    Sunanda Banerjee Rohini M Godbole Sreerup Raychaudhuri Ben Allanach Sunanda Banerjee Satyaki Bhattacharyya Debajyoti Choudhury Siba Prasad Das Anindya Datta Rohini M Godbole Monoranjan Guchait Sabine Kraml Gobinda Majumdar David Miller Margarete Mühlleitner Nobuchika Okada Maxim Perelstein ...

  15. Monoranjan Guchait

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    Sunanda Banerjee Rohini M Godbole Sreerup Raychaudhuri Ben Allanach Sunanda Banerjee Satyaki Bhattacharyya Debajyoti Choudhury Siba Prasad Das Anindya Datta Rohini M Godbole Monoranjan Guchait Sabine Kraml Gobinda Majumdar David Miller Margarete Mühlleitner Nobuchika Okada Maxim Perelstein ...

  16. Leca, bostad och landskap

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    Beim, Anne; Dahl, Torben; Sørensen, Peter

    1993-01-01

    I december 1992 var svensk LECA inviteret til en åben svensk konkurrence. Målet var at tegne en lille boligblok med 5-12 boliger. De skulle udformes inden for det eksisterende bygningsreglement. Publikationen viser vinderforslagene fra konkurrencen ...

  17. Medical Care and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old

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    ... shake head no) respond to familiar pictures or toys stand when supported and pull up on things to stand Talk to your doctor if you have concerns about your child's development. Reviewed by: Elana Pearl Ben-Joseph, MD Date ...

  18. 1860 E NUOVOMONDO: DUE DIVERSE “STORIE” DI SUBALTERNI ...

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    Nuovomondo (2006) di Emanuele Crialese condividono ben poco: corrono quasi settanta ... variazioni di significato. Qui lo si vuole utilizzare nel senso ormai classico a esso dato dalla ... Il realismo è, infatti, alla base delle due pellicole, ma il ...

  19. An Economic Analysis Of Corruption In Nigeria | Ben | Journal of ...

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    The bane of the Nigerian economy has been mainly corruption in all sectors. This work is an in depth analysis on the meaning, kinds, causes and the economic implications to the country. It x-rayed how various leaders past and present have contributed to the underdevelopment of the country through corruption and proffers ...

  20. Patriarchy and resource control in Nigeria: a reading of Ben ...

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    Creative Artist: A Journal of Theatre and Media Studies. Journal Home · ABOUT THIS JOURNAL · Advanced Search · Current Issue · Archives · Journal Home > Vol 11, No 1 (2017) >. Log in or Register to get access to full text downloads. Username, Password, Remember me, or Register · Download this PDF file. The PDF ...

  1. EnviroAtlas - Memphis, TN - BenMAP Results by Block Group

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    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — This EnviroAtlas dataset demonstrates the effect of changes in pollution concentration on local populations in 703 block groups in Memphis, Tennessee. The US EPA's...

  2. EnviroAtlas - Pittsburgh, PA - BenMAP Results by Block Group

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    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — This EnviroAtlas dataset demonstrates the effect of changes in pollution concentration on local populations in 1,089 block groups in Pittsburgh, PA. The US EPA's...

  3. EnviroAtlas - Phoenix, AZ - BenMAP Results by Block Group

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    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — This EnviroAtlas dataset demonstrates the effect of changes in pollution concentration on local populations in 2,434 block groups in Phoenix, AZ. The US EPA's...

  4. EnviroAtlas - Portland, ME - BenMAP Results by Block Group

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    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — This EnviroAtlas dataset demonstrates the effect of changes in pollution concentration on local populations in 146 block groups in Portland, Maine. The US EPA's...

  5. EnviroAtlas - Tampa, FL - BenMAP Results by Block Group

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    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — This EnviroAtlas dataset demonstrates the effect of changes in pollution concentration on local populations in 1,833 block groups in Tampa Bay, Florida. The US EPA's...

  6. EnviroAtlas - Milwaukee, WI - BenMAP Results by Block Group

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    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — This EnviroAtlas dataset demonstrates the effect of changes in pollution concentration on local populations in 1,175 block groups in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The US...

  7. EnviroAtlas - Paterson, NJ - BenMAP Results by Block Group

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    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — This EnviroAtlas dataset demonstrates the effect of changes in pollution concentration on local populations in 107 block groups in Paterson, New Jersey. The US EPA's...

  8. EnviroAtlas - Durham, NC - BenMAP Results by Block Group

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    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — This EnviroAtlas dataset demonstrates the effect of changes in pollution concentration on local populations in 193 block groups in Durham, North Carolina. The US...

  9. EnviroAtlas - Austin, TX - BenMAP Results by Block Group

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    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — This EnviroAtlas dataset demonstrates the effect of changes in pollution concentration on local populations in 750 block groups in Austin, Texas. The US EPA's...

  10. EnviroAtlas - Portland, OR - BenMAP Results by Block Group

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    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — This EnviroAtlas dataset demonstrates the effect of changes in pollution concentration on local populations in 1176 block groups in Portland, Oregon. The US EPA's...

  11. EnviroAtlas - Woodbine, IA - BenMAP Results by Block Group

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    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — This EnviroAtlas dataset demonstrates the effect of changes in pollution concentration on local populations in 1 block group in Woodbine, Iowa. The US EPA's...

  12. EnviroAtlas - Fresno, CA - BenMAP Results by Block Group

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    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — This EnviroAtlas dataset demonstrates the effect of changes in pollution concentration on local populations in 405 block groups in Fresno, California. The US EPA's...

  13. EnviroAtlas - Cleveland, OH - BenMAP Results by Block Group

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    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — This EnviroAtlas dataset demonstrates the effect of changes in pollution concentration on local populations in 1,442 block groups in Cleveland, Ohio. The US EPA's...

  14. Violation of Linguistic and Patient's Rights in Kenya Nyongesa Ben ...

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    Kangethe Iraki

    The paper makes the following observations: there is need to reinforce the law ..... Communication between health care professional (HCPs) and patients often fail to ... defects in goods or services and protection of health, safety and economic.

  15. 26th European Congress of Arachnology in Midreshet Ben-Gurion

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    2011-01-01

    Early in September, 130 arachnologists and 11 accompanying persons from 27 countries from all over the world headed to Israel to attend the 26th European Congress of Arachnology hosted by the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research.

  16. Der Thesaurusgedanke im Grimmschen Worterbuch

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    Unternehmensgeschichtlich ist es maglich, vier verschiedene Thesauruskonzepte in der Entwick- lung des Deutschen Warterbuches zu unterscheiden. In der ersten Periode wurde das Thesaurus- konzept vom Bemiihen]. Grimms bestimmt, die ganze Fiille der deutschen Sprache in nur einem. Warterbuch zu erschlieBen.

  17. Environment and deep-sea mining: A perspective

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    Nath, B.N.; Sharma, R.

    for 30 years,the los would be 30-fold.All the four programs have thus shown different degrees of destruction and resedimen-tation behavior. The most detrimental effects have ben noticed in the DISCOL program. The differences can be attributed...

  18. The Enigmatic Nature of the Israeli Legal System

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    Antonios Platsas

    role of the Israeli Supreme Court's judges has reinforced the unique ..... 61 IBA App 11/86 Ben-Haim v Tel Aviv District Committee, Israel Bar .... 78 The Code has been envisaged in 1976 by Professor Aharon Barak, then Attorney General and.

  19. None So Blind: Early Childhood Education and Care--The Connective Tissue

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    Gammage, Philip

    2007-01-01

    The author makes sense of the story of his professional life through the eyes of several important writers and teachers on education and says that, for him, Bridget Plowden ranks alongside John Dewey, Friedrich Froebel, Ben Morris and A.S. Neill.

  20. 1 Integrating land cover and terrain characteristics to explain plague ...

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    influence of land cover and terrain factors on the abundance and spatial distribution ... factors operating at diverse scales, including climate (Debien et al., 2009; Ben Ari .... A cloud free three-band SPOT 5 image captured on 27 February 2007, ...

  1. Ka luule võib olla tantsitav / Aija Sakova

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    2005-01-01

    21. ja 23. mail esinevad Tallinnas ja Tartus saksa, ameerika, prantsuse ja eesti luuletajad spoken word-kirjandusüritustega "Poesie united". Osalevad Wehwalt Koslovsky, Tobias Hoffmann, Milo Martin, Ben Porter Lewis, Antoine Faure, Jürgen Rooste, Asko Künnap ja fs

  2. Avoidance responses of some indigenous and exotic freshwater ...

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    1990-04-17

    Apr 17, 1990 ... Many glossiphoniid leeches feed on the body fluids of ben- thic invertebrates, primarily ..... responsive forms as well as for the smaller size classes of all the snail species .... of Natal) for his assistance and critical review of the.

  3. Surmav lõhn / Jaanus Noormets

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    2006-01-01

    Patrick Süskindi krimiromaani "Parfüüm" ekraniseering "Parfüüm : ühe mõrva lugu" ("Perfume: The Story of a Murderer") : režissöör Tom Tykwer : peaosas Ben Whishaw : Ameerika Ühendriigid - Saksamaa 2006

  4. Jaan Ruus soovitab : "Parfüüm : ühe mõrva lugu" / Jaan Ruus

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    2006-01-01

    Patrick Süskindi krimiromaani "Parfüüm" ekraniseering "Parfüüm : ühe mõrva lugu" ("Perfume: The Story of a Murderer") : režissöör Tom Tykwer : peaosas Ben Whishaw : Ameerika Ühendriigid - Saksamaa 2006

  5. DVD. Alar Niineväli soovitab : "Parfüüm : Ühe mõrva lugu" / Alar Niineväli

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    2007-01-01

    Patrick Süskindi krimiromaani "Parfüüm" ekraniseering "Parfüüm : Ühe mõrva lugu" ("Perfume: The Story of a Murderer") : režissöör Tom Tykwer : peaosas Ben Whishaw : Ameerika Ühendriigid - Saksamaa 2006

  6. Tapvalt hõrk naiselõhn paistab mõrvari ninasõõrmeist / Andres Laasik

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    Patrick Süskindi krimiromaani "Parfüüm" ekraniseering "Parfüüm : ühe mõrva lugu" ("Perfume: The Story of a Murderer") : režissöör Tom Tykwer : peaosas Ben Whishaw : Ameerika Ühendriigid - Saksamaa 2006

  7. In-Service Performance and Costs of Methods to Control Urban Rail System Noise : Second Test Series Report

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    1979-10-01

    The goal of the project is to provide sufficient information to allow a transit system with given track and car conditions and budgetary constraints to determine the mix of available noise control methods which will result in the greatest overall ben...

  8. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Journal of Earth System Science wishes to place on record the valuable assistance received from the ... Ravi Bhushan, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad. Dan Blumberg, Ben Gurion ... L Kannan, Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Parangipettai. Halil Karahan, Pamukkale ...

  9. Mit Kindergartenkindern Medientechnologien ergründen

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    Chimirri, Niklas Alexander

    2012-01-01

    Der alltäglichen Nutzung von Medientechnologien liegen komplexe Interaktionsprozesse zugrunde. Eine Erforschung des Kind-Technik-Verhältnisses benötigt daher Konzepte, die der intersubjektiven und materiellen Beziehungshaftigkeit menschlichen Alltags gerecht werden. Das zuletzt verstärkt von der ...

  10. Green synthesis of tri/tetrasubstituted 1H-imidazoles and 2,3 ...

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    carried out in polar solvents such as ethanol, methanol, acetic acid, dimethylformamide (DMF), and dimethyl- sulfoxide (DMSO), leading to complex ... few drops of water (0.3 mL), 0.210 g (1 mmole) ben- zil was added at room temperature.

  11. Kaks uut näitust Kunstihoones

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    20. detsembrist Tallinna Kunstihoones kontseptuaalne kunstiprojekt "Expat-Art-Centre" (koostaja Mathieu Copeland, osalevad Brian Eno, Pierre Huyghe, Ben Kinmont, Claude Leveque, Didier Marcel, Olivier Mosset, Shimabuku, Dan Walsh, Ian Wilson) ning Tallinna Linnagaleriis Marko Mäetamme "Mälestusnäitus"

  12. Facebook tegi kinodes kahe päevaga võimsa avalöögi / Andres Laasik

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    2010-01-01

    Režissöör David Fincheri filmi "Sotsiaalvõrgustik" (USA 2010) edust. Film jutustab Facebooki ühe asutaja Mark Zuckerbergi eduloo. Filmi aluseks on Ben Mezrichi raamat "Kogemata miljardärid: Facebooki asutamine, lugu seksist, rahast, geeniusest ja reetmisest"

  13. Images in medicine

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    ebutamanya

    2015-10-12

    Oct 12, 2015 ... 1Department of Neonatology, Charles Nicole Hospital, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis, Tunisia. &Corresponding author: Emira Ben Hamida, Department of Neonatology, Charles Nicole Hospital, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis, Tunisia. Key words: Harlequin color change, dermatology, neonate, preterm.

  14. Magnetic resonance vascular imaging

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    Axel, L

    1989-01-01

    The basis principles of MRI are reviewed in order to understand how blood flow effects arise in conventional imaging. Then some of the ways these effects have ben used in MRI techniques specifically designed for vascular imaging, are considered. (author)

  15. Duurzaamheid en wederkerigheid

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    L.J. de Haan (Leo)

    1998-01-01

    textabstractVan alle internationale universitaire ontwikkelingssamenwerkingsprojecten waarbij ik betrokken ben, is die met de Université Nationale du Bénin de meest uitdagende, maar daarom ook niet de gemakkelijkste. In mijn eerdere samenwerking met onderzoekinstituten in Niger, Burkina Faso en Mali

  16. El mundo del libro : agosto de 1968

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    Agustín Rodríguez Garavito

    1968-08-01

    Full Text Available Se presentan reseñas de los siguientes autores y obras: -Arciniegas, Germán. Isaacs, genio y figura -Naranjo Villegas, Abel. Sociología de la familia -Morales Benítez, Otto. Raíces Humanas.

  17. COMPOSITION AND BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY AGAINST BENEFICIAL AND PATHOGENIC BACTERIA OF OREGANO ESSENTIAL OILS FROM FOUR CHEMOTYPES OF Origanum AND Lippia GENUS

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    L. Betancourt

    2012-01-01

    Full Text Available Diversos estudios demuestran la actividad antibacterial de distintos quimiotipos de aceites esenciales de orégano (OEO, carvacrol y timol, contra bacterias patógenas Gram positivas y Gram negativas, pero muy poca información está disponible sobre el efecto de los OEO en bacterias benéficas. El objetivo de este estudio fue comparar la composición y concentración mínima bactericida (CMB de OEO de quimiotipos del género Origanum: O. vulgare L. ssp. hirtum (OH, O. majorana (OM y O. vulgare L. (OL cultivados en Colombia, frente Lippia origanoides Kunth (LO nativo del Alto Pa-tía en Colombia y O. vulgare L. ssp. hirtum cultivado en Grecia (OG. Los OEO se ob-tuvieron por arrastre de vapor, la composición se determinó por cromatografía de gases acoplada a espectrometría de masas y la actividad antibacteriana mediante el método de dilución en caldo y cultivo en agar. Se evaluaron tres quimiotipos de OEO: OH y OG tipo-carvacrol, LO y OL tipo-timol y OM rico en compuestos sabinilo. Las variedades de orégano producidas bajo condiciones de invernadero a alta altitud mostraron un alto contenido de precursores. Un valor similar de concentración mínima bactericida contra Salmonella enteritidis (0.098 mg/mL fue observada para carvacrol, OH y LO. La más baja actividad bactericida contra las bacterias benéficas Lactobacillusacidophilusy Bifidobacterium breve fue observada para OM (6.25 mg/mL y LO (50 mg/mL, respectivamente. Estos resultados mostraron que LO, nativo de Colombia presentó un efecto antibacteriano comparable a OH y carvacrol contra enterobacterias patógenas y una baja actividad bactericida contra las bacterias benéficas. Estos resultados mostraron un efecto bactericida selectivo contra bacterias benéficas y patógenas de los quimiotiposOriganum ssp. y L. origanoides. Se comprobó un buen potencial de L. origanoides para uso como aditivo antimicrobiano para la salud humana y animal.

  18. Evaluación de estrategias de control biológico de Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks y Phyllocoptruta oleivora (Ashmead en naranja Valencia

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    Karol Imbachi L

    2012-12-01

    Full Text Available El daño ocasionado por los ácaros Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks y Phyllocoptruta oleivora (Ashmead en el cultivo de naranja Valencia (Citrus sinensis L. es reconocido tanto por el impacto económico como por el daño externo de los frutos. En este trabajo se evaluó el efecto de agentes biológicos para el control de estas plagas en un cultivo comercial de naranja Valencia en el municipio de Caicedonia, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Se usó un diseño de bloques completos al azar para evaluar los tratamientos siguientes: (1 liberación de especies de Phytoseiidae nativos (Neoseiulus anonymus, Neoseiulus californicus, Iphiseiodes zuluagai y Amblyseius herbicolus en poblaciones de 500 individuos/árbol; (2 liberación de larvas de Chrysoperla carnea (100 larvas/árbol; (3 aplicación localizada de cipermetrina 2 cm³/lt como tratamiento de exclusión de agentes benéficos; y (4 testigo consistente en el tratamiento utilizado por los agricultores (aplicación localizada de abamectina, 1.5 cm³/lt. Las liberaciones de las especies benéficas y las aplicaciones de los tratamientos se realizaron sobre racimos florales y frutos marcados en el tercio medio de cada árbol. Las evaluaciones de daños se realizaron cada semana hasta la cosecha. Los tratamientos de liberación de Phytoseiidae, liberación de larvas de C. carnea y aplicación de abamectina presentaron el menor daño de P. latus; el tratamiento de exclusión de benéficos demostró la importancia de los agentes controladores naturales sobre la plaga. En el manejo de P. oleivora, los tratamientos de liberación de larvas de C. carnea y aplicación de abamectina presentaron los mejores resultados con el menor daño en frutos. La población de P. oleivora ocasionó daños significativos en el tratamiento de liberación de ácaros Phytoseiidae y exclusión de benéficos.

  19. Giving artisans access | IDRC - International Development Research ...

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    Dec 20, 2017 ... Brain drain and capacity building in Africa. “In 25 years, Africa will be empty of brains.” That dire warning, from Dr Lalla Ben Barka of the UN. View moreBrain drain and capacity building in Africa ...

  20. EGNOS: è ora di usarlo

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    Fabrizio Bernardini

    2006-04-01

    anche dell’applicazione descritta nella rubrica Reports di questo stesso numero, vogliamo evidenziare alcuni aspetti del sistema che non ci sembra ancora ben apprezzato a livello utente e due prospettive note come SISNET ed ESA ALIVE.

  1. USA võtab hoogu maha / Tarvo Vaarmets

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    2010-01-01

    Pärast riiklike soodustuste lõppu koduostjatele on USA-s vähenenud kinnisvara soetamine, jaemüüjate käive langes juunis võrreldes maiga 0,5%. USA keskpanga presidendi Ben Bernanke hinnangul on USA majandus ebatavaliselt ebamäärane

  2. Ei enamat kui halb illustratsioon / Kristiina Davidjants

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    Davidjants, Kristiina, 1974-

    2006-01-01

    Patrick Süskindi krimiromaani "Parfüüm" ekraniseering "Parfüüm : ühe mõrva lugu" ("Perfume: The Story of a Murderer") : režissöör Tom Tykwer : peaosas Ben Whishaw : Ameerika Ühendriigid - Saksamaa 2006. Võrdlus raamatuga

  3. Think Human

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    Nielsen, Charlotte Marie Bisgaard

    2012-01-01

    Artiklen analyserer maskinmetaforik med eksempel i Sundhedsstyrelsens uge-40 kampagne. Indledningsvis beskriver forfatteren baggrunden for den sproglige aflejring der af Erik Hollnagel og Roy Harris benævnes som "maskinmetaforer". Maskinmetaforer beskrives siden i teori og praksis, særligt i kamp...

  4. Productivity Measurement in R&D: Productivity Measurement Experiment (PROMEX) in Selected Research and Development Programs at the National Bureau of Standards

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    1975-12-01

    Frequency Standards R. A. Kamper, Cryoelectronics D. B. Mann, Cryogenic Metrology Other Contributors: T. Dillon S. Dunaway J. Ellermeier K. T. Higgins R...research projects could be continuously assessed. Lipetz,, Ben-Ami. The Measueement of Efficiency of Scientific Research. Intermedia , Inc., Carlisle

  5. Reading Computer Programs: Instructor’s Guide to Exercises

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    1990-08-01

    Miara , Musselman, Navarro, and Shneiderman [Miara83]. In this carefully done study, the authors concluded that indentation to show structure does enhance...studying program comprehension. Miara83 Miara , J. Richard, Joyce A. Musselman, Juan A. Navarro, and Ben Shneiderman. "Program Indentation and

  6. U.S. EPA ACCOUNTABILITY RESEARCH

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    The Office of Research and Development (ORD) has implemented a program to develop and validate environmental public health indicators. These indicators are intended to reflect the impact on public health that results from environmental decision-making and to help clarify the ben...

  7. A Perspective on Research Challenges in Information Security

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    2011-11-01

    UNCLASSIFIED A Perspective on Research Challenges in Information Security Tamas Abraham, David Adie, Angela Billard, Paul Buckland, Michael Frangos ...Abstract (U) 4. AUTHORS Tamas Abraham, David Adie, Angela Billard, Paul Buckland, Michael Frangos , Ben Long, Mar- tin Lucas, Paul Montague, Dean Philp

  8. Genetic diversity in barley landraces (Hordeum vulgare L. subsp.

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    Genetic diversity in barley landraces (Hordeum vulgare L. subsp. vulgare) originated from Crescent Fertile region as detected by seed storage proteins. RIM MZID FARHAT CHIBANI RAYDA BEN AYED MOHSEN HANANA JOELLE BREIDI RABIH KABALAN SAMIH EL-HAJJ HASSAN MACHLAB AHMED REBAI LAMIS ...

  9. Halb nali. Oma viga? / Maria-Kristiina Soomre

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    Soomre, Maria-Kristiina, 1978-

    2007-01-01

    Näitus "Halb nali" Tallinna Kunstihoones kuni 6. I 2008. Kuraator Johannes Saar, kunstnikud: Tamy Ben-Tor, Nathalie Djurberg, Peter Finnemore, Paul Granjon, Ivars Gravlejs, Igor Grubic, Zlatko Kopljar, Tsui Kuang-Yu, Marko Mäetamm, Jüri Ojaver, Julian Rosefeldt, Tommi Toija

  10. Partnerships for Building S&T Capacity in Africa: The African ...

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    2011-01-12

    Jan 12, 2011 ... Brain drain and capacity building in Africa. “In 25 years, Africa will be empty of brains.” That dire warning, from Dr Lalla Ben Barka of the UN. View moreBrain drain and capacity building in Africa ...

  11. STELLA comes into operation

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    1980-01-01

    The photo shows the 3 metre diameter 11/14 GHz antenna on Bld. 513 for data transmission via the OTS satellite in the STELLA project (see Annual Report 1979 p. 88, Fig. 3). Mervyn Hine and Ben Segal stand on the left.

  12. 77 FR 60745 - Advisory Committee to the Internal Revenue Service; Meeting

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    2012-10-04

    ... include: Cost Basis Reporting for Debt and Options, de minimis Threshold for Form 1099 Corrections, Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act including: Preexisting Account Definition, Reason to Know Standards...-8BEN, Certification of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding...

  13. Kuninglikud lapsed keset Mallorcat / Tiiu Laks

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    Laks, Tiiu, 1984-

    2007-01-01

    Kunstnike Yannick (s. 1942) ja Ben (s. 1930) Jakoberi eramuuseumist Hispaanias. Lisaks 16.-19. saj. pärit lasteportreedele sisaldab muuseum moodsa kunsti töid, sealhulgas kunstnike endi tehtud skulptuure ning Domenico Gnolli teoseid. Kodumaja kujundajaks on egiptuse arhitekt Hassan Fathy

  14. Teaching children generalized imitation skills: a case report.

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    Brown, Freddy Jackson; Peace, Natalie; Parsons, Rachel

    2009-03-01

    Generalized imitation plays an important role in the acquisition of new skills, in particular language and communication. In this case report a multiple exemplar training procedure, with an errorless learning phase, was used to teach Ben, a 13-year-old child with severe intellectual disabilities, to imitate behaviours modelled by an adult instructor. After exposure to seven multiple exemplars, Ben learned to imitate novel actions to criterion (i.e. generalized imitation). These skills were maintained at 90 percent at 6 week and 18 week follow-up. In line with earlier research, this article provides some further support for the finding that multiple exemplar training can facilitate the reliable emergence of generalized imitation skills. Topographically similar behaviours during the learning phase can be difficult to discriminate and hence can slow the learning process. Future research could explore how generalized imitation supports the development of basic communication and activity skills.

  15. Migration Monitoring of Blackcurrant Gall Mite (Cecidophyopsis ribis Westw. from Buds to Leaves on Several Blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum L. Cultivars

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    Piotrowski Wojciech

    2016-12-01

    Full Text Available The blackcurrant gall mite (Cecidophyopsis ribis is the most important pest of blackcurrant crops. Over recent years withdrawal from plant protection programmes of chemical products (endosulfan and amitraz used for the control of this pest in Poland, has led to an observed increase in population numbers. In 2013, fenpiroxymate (Ortus 05 SC became registered for control of this pest. It is deemed best that chemical protection should be used during the migration period; when big gall mites emerge from buds in search of new buds. The studies were carried out in a plantation of blackcurrants during 2011-2013. The assessment of migration of the blackcurrant gall mite was carried out on the cultivars ‘Ben Hope’, ‘Ben Alde’r, ‘Ojeby’n and ‘Ruben’. Every year, from selected cultivars buds were collected. They were then placed on blackcurrant leaves within Petri dishes. After one, three and five days of placing buds on the leaves, the estimated number of eriophyid mites on the leaves was calculated. The data has shown a very useful method for monitoring blackcurrant gall mite, which can be used in calculating the treatment dates for this pest. Also, the data has shown that differences in the periods of migration of the mite are dependent on the cultivar and time of flowering. Among the cultivars observed the least susceptible to colonization by the blackcurrant gall mite was a Polish cultivar ‘Ruben’, while the most susceptible cultivar was ‘Ben Hope’.

  16. Electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds increase the efficacy of stem cell-mediated therapy of surgically resected glioblastoma

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    Bagó, Juli R.; Pegna, Guillaume J.; Okolie, Onyi; Mohiti-Asli, Mahsa; Loboa, Elizabeth G.; Hingtgen, Shawn D.

    2017-01-01

    Engineered stem cell (SC)-based therapy holds enormous promise for treating the incurable brain cancer glioblastoma (GBM). Retaining the cytotoxic SCs in the surgical cavity after GBM resection is one of the greatest challenges to this approach. Here, we describe a biocompatible electrospun nanofibrous scaffold (bENS) implant capable of delivering and retaining tumor-homing cytotoxic stem cells that suppress recurrence of post-surgical GBM. As a new approach to GBM therapy, we created poly(l-lactic acid) (PLA) bENS bearing drug-releasing human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs). We discovered that bENS-based implant increased hMSC retention in the surgical cavity 5-fold and prolonged persistence 3-fold compared to standard direct injection using our mouse model of GBM surgical resection/recurrence. Time-lapse imaging showed cytotoxic hMSC/bENS treatment killed co-cultured human GBM cells, and allowed hMSCs to rapidly migrate off the scaffolds as they homed to GBMs. In vivo, bENS loaded with hMSCs releasing the anti-tumor protein TRAIL (bENSsTR) reduced the volume of established GBM xenografts 3-fold. Mimicking clinical GBM patient therapy, lining the post-operative GBM surgical cavity with bENSsTR implants inhibited the re-growth of residual GBM foci 2.3-fold and prolonged post-surgical median survival from 13.5 to 31 days in mice. These results suggest that nanofibrous-based SC therapies could be an innovative new approach to improve the outcomes of patients suffering from terminal brain cancer. PMID:27016620

  17. Clinical and molecular characteristics of sickle cell anemia in the northeast of Brazil

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    Elisângela Vitória Adorno

    2008-01-01

    Full Text Available Beta S-globin gene (βS-globin haplotypes, markers for severe sickle cell anemia (SCA, and the alpha-thalassemia 2 gene 3.7 kb deletion (-α2(3.7 kb thal along with demographic and clinical data were investigated in SCA outpatients (n = 125, 63 female and 62 male in the Brazilian state of Bahia, which has a high prevalence SCA. PCR-RFLP showed that the Central African Republic/Benin (CAR/BEN, 51.2% haplotype was most frequent, followed by the Benin/Benin (Ben/Ben, 28.8%. At least one CAR haplotype was present in every outpatient with a history of cerebrovascular accident. The Cameroon (Cam, Senegal (Sen and Arab-India haplotypes occurred in small numbers, as did atypical haplotypes. Fetal hemoglobin (HbF, % was unevenly distributed. Compared to those > 18 y, those aged < 18 y had had fewer erythrocyte transfusions and high HbF levels (12.3% ± 7.01 to 7.9% ± 4.36 but a higher frequency of spleen sequestration and pneumonia. Compared with normal α - genes carriers values, the outpatients with -α2(3.7 kb thal (determined by PCR analysis had significantly higher mean hemoglobin concentration (Hb (8.3 ± 1.34 g/dL, p = 0.018 and packed cell volume (PCV = 27.1% ± 4.26, p = 0.019 but low mean corpuscular volume (MCV = 86.1 fL = 10-15 L ± 9.56, p = 0.0004 and mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH = 26.6% ± 4.60, p = 0.039.

  18. Prognostic value of p53, c-ErbB2 and tunel data in upper urothelial carcinoma associated with Balkan nephropathy

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    Savin Marina

    2014-01-01

    Full Text Available A characteristic tumor suppressor protein 53 (p53 mutational profile of genotoxic action of aristolochic acid was identified in the upper urothelial carcinoma (UUTT associated with Balkan nephropathy (BEN. In the present study, we examined the prognostic value of tissue-based molecular markers in overall-survival (OS risk after surgical treatment of UUTT, adjusted for gender, age and urological characteristics in 32 patients with BEN. Immunohistochemical examination of p53, the proliferation cell nuclear antigen (PCNA, the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (c-ErbB2; also known as HER-2/neu proto-oncogene and the in situ terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL assay for apoptosis detection were used to examine serial tumor sections. The median OS-time was 60 months for UUTT operation; the mortality rate (18.7% was related to (new disease (reoccurrence or invasion in 12-216 months. High-grade (p=0.029, TUNEL>0.36%+ cells (p=0.010, and c-ErbB2+ cells (p=0.014 can define the risk of tumor invasion. Patients with Balkan nephropathy that develop UUTT at a stage greater than pT1 (with apoptosis TUNEL+ cells >0.36% and p53+ cells greater than 10% were at high risk of poor-OS after the tumor surgery (h(x=6.35; p=0.045. The obtained data present evidence for p53, cErbB2 and apoptosis deregulation, as a result of environmental toxin action. This is the first report of molecular biomarker linkage with OS for BEN-associated UUTT.

  19. Measurement of DSM-5 section II personality disorder constructs using the MMPI-2-RF in clinical and forensic samples

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    Anderson, J.L.; Sellbom, M.; Pymont, C.; Smid, W.; de Saeger, H.; Kamphuis, J.H.

    2015-01-01

    In the current study, we evaluated the associations between the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF; Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008) scale scores and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.; DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013)

  20. Flexible spintronic devices on Kapton

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    Bedoya-Pinto, Amilcar; Donolato, Marco; Gobbi, Marco

    2014-01-01

    Magnetic tunnel junctions and nano-sized domain-wall conduits have been fabricated on the flexible substrate Kapton. Despite the delicate nature of tunneling barriers and zig-zag shaped nanowires, the devices show an outstanding integrity and robustness upon mechanical bending. High values of ben...

  1. 76 FR 69700 - Klamath National Forest; California; Pumice Vegetation Management Project

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    2011-11-09

    ... Management Project AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact.... Grantham, Forest Supervisor, Attn: Ben Haupt, Pumice Vegetation Management Project Team Leader, Goosenest... Management Project will recommend implementation of one of the following: (1) The proposed action; (2) an...

  2. 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Conferring Molecular Machines as ...

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    The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the year 2016 was awardedto three illustrious chemists, Professors Jean-Pierre Sauvage,Sir Fraser Stoddart, and Ben Feringa. Pioneering works ofthese chemists on designing molecules, chemically synthesizingthem, and extracting a work out of such designedmoleculesopen-up a new ...

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  7. Short Note A perceived local extinction of Red-billed Oxpeckers in ...

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    Short Note A perceived local extinction of Red-billed Oxpeckers in the Yabelo region, southern Ethiopia. Richard J Mellanby, Celia Broadhurst, Mengistu Wondafrash, Mihiret Ewnetu, Sandy Watt, Rob Critchlow, Aman Dadesa, Tom Deas, Chere Enawgaw, Berihun Gebremedhin, Ellie Graham, Sarah MacLean, Ben Ross ...

  8. CODESRIA Bulletin - Vol 1999, No 1-2 (1999)

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    Subscription or Fee Access. Table of Contents. Articles. Negotiating Post-war Identities: Child Soldiers in Mozambique and Angola. Alcinda Honwana. Congolese Immigrants in South ... Currency and Sovereignty. Hakim Ben Hammouda. Men and Women Between the Public and Private Sphere. Penda Mbow. Book Review: ...

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    Brink claims that censorship turns the writer into a “physio- logist” who must ..... her personal awakening in terms that may remind us of Susan du Toit. Like Susan, she is ... language. Once the image of Ben and Melanie is captured on film, it.

  10. Will the Real Tunisian Opposition Please Stand Up?

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    Haugbølle, Rikke Hostrup; Cavatorta, Francesco

    2011-01-01

    ABSTRACT This contribution examines the reasons behind the failure of Tunisia’s opposition to forge effective coordination and collaborative links during Ben Ali’s reign, focusing specifically on the inability and unwillingness of political parties to act in concert in order to challenge his auth...

  11. MMPI-2 Personality Psychopathology Five (PSY-5) and prediction of treatment outcome for patients with chronic back pain

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    Vendrig, A.A.; Derksen, J.J.L.; Mey, H.R.A. De

    2000-01-01

    This study investigated the utility of the MMPI-2-based Personality Psychopathology Five (PSY-5) scales (Harkness, McNulty, & Ben-Porath, 1995) in the outcome prediction of behaviorally oriented chronic-pain treatment. The PSY-5 is a dimensional descriptive system for personality and its disorders.

  12. Enzymatic pre-treatment of high content cellulosic feedstock improves biogas production

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    Animal wastes with high lignin and cellulosic contents can serve as the feedstock for biogas production (mainly methane) that could be used as alternative energy source. However, these high lignin and cellulosic feedstocks are quite recalcitrant to be readily utilized by methanogens to produce ben...

  13. What are the Causes of Spinal Cord Injury?

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    ... in a New Light An Honest Wheelchair Love Story Seven Helpful Smart Home Devices for People With Disabilities Can’t Work Because of a Spinal Cord Injury? Tags accessibility accident ADA adaptive adaptive equipment Adaptive technology Americans with Disabilities Act Ben Mattlin caregiver Cerebral ...

  14. Distributed academic leadership in emergent research organisations

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    Kokkeler, Bernardus J.M.

    2014-01-01

    The thesis “distributed academic leadership in emergent research organizations" that Ben Kokkeler on October 29th 2014 successfully defended at the University of Twente, shows that a specific type of academic leadership developes, deep in the heart of the university, in emerging research institutes.

  15. Plahvatusohtlik / Mari Laaniste

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    2008-01-01

    Mängufilm koolivägivalla teemal "Surmalaps" ("Bang Bang You're Dead") : stsenarist enda näidendi põhjal William Mastrosimone : režissöör Guy Ferland : peaosas Ben Foster : Ameerika Ühendriigid - Kanada 2002. Lisatud lühiandmed B. Fosteri kohta

  16. Aspectos da leptina na anorexia nervosa: possíveis efeitos benéficos no tratamento da hiperatividade Aspects of leptin in anorexia nervosa: possible beneficial effects on the treatment of hyperactivity

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    Silvana Soriano Frassetto

    2009-10-01

    Full Text Available Pesquisas recentes demonstram a relação direta da leptina na regulação do balanço energético e como um dos fatores envolvidos em transtornos alimentares. Com ação no sistema nervoso central, a leptina interfere na ingestão alimentar, no metabolismo da glicose, no peso corporal, na produção de hormônios sexuais e na atividade física. As pesquisas realizadas tanto em seres humanos como em animais demonstram que a queda nos níveis de leptina está relacionada aos sintomas apresentados na anorexia nervosa: a baixa ingestão alimentar, a perda excessiva de peso corporal, a amenorréia e a hiperatividade. Assim, o grau de hipoleptinemia não é apenas uma forte indicação de baixa reserva de tecido adiposo, mas também de severa desordem, sendo que os níveis de leptina podem ser utilizados para avaliar melhor a gravidade da doença. Pesquisas estão sendo realizadas com o objetivo de discutir a possibilidade de utilização da leptina como coadjuvante no tratamento de pacientes com anorexia nervosa para a diminuição da hiperatividade. Acredita-se que o tratamento com leptina associado à medicação e à psicoterapia, poderia ser benéfico em pacientes anoréxicas extremamente ativas, deixando-as mais suscetíveis ao tratamento adicional. Uma realimentação suficiente, a medicação, a psicoterapia e um ambiente acolhedor durante o tratamento com leptina devem ser assegurados. Assim, este artigo tem como objetivo discorrer sobre a leptina e aspectos relacionados à anorexia, e discutir como esta informação pode ser importante na avaliação clínica de pacientes com este transtorno alimentar.Recent studies have demonstrated a direct relationship between leptin and the regulation of energy balance, and as a factor involved in eating disorders. Acting on the central nervous system, leptin affects food intake, glucose metabolism, body weight, the production of sexual hormones, and physical activity. Studies with humans and animals

  17. Work in progress Tim Radford on research that aims to find a tiny error in Einstein's theory of special relativity

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    2004-01-01

    "Ben Varcoe wants to find a relatively small mistake in Einstein's theory of special relativity. To do this, he will slow light down from 300,000 km per second to 10 metres per second - about the speed of Darren Campbell - and see how it behaves" (1 page)

  18. Opskrift på borgerkrig

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    Oxenbøll, Morten

    2008-01-01

    Kronikken problematiserer forslaget om at uddele våben til civile afghanere i kampen mod Taleban. Diskussionen tager udgangspunkt i antropologiske studier af lignende konflikter andre steder i verden, hvor centralmagten ikke har haft et effektivt voldsmonopol eller helt har været fraværende. Udgi...

  19. Quaestiones Mathematicae - Vol 39, No 3 (2016)

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    Measures of weak noncompactness, nonlinear Leray-Schauder alternatives in Banach algebras satisfying condition (P) and an application · EMAIL FULL TEXT EMAIL FULL TEXT · DOWNLOAD FULL TEXT DOWNLOAD FULL TEXT. Amro Alsheikh Ali, Afif Ben Amar, 319-340. http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16073606.2015.

  20. Vrijheid, gelijkheid en eenzaamheid

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    Hofstee, E.W.

    1980-01-01

    Ik ben geboren en getogen en ik heb geleefd en gewerkt in en vanuit ' de Verlichtingsdenkbeelden. De Franse revolutie in haar ontwikkeling heeft te veel onplezierige aspecten om haar straks zonder reserve te herdenken. Men moet ernstig hopen, dat onze wereld zich nog tijdig van deze eenzijdigheid,

  1. African Journal of Biotechnology - Vol 11, No 36 (2012)

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    Inter-specific relationships among two Tunisian Thymus taxa: Thymus capitatus Hoffm. et Link. and Thymus algeriensis Boiss. et Reut. using molecular markers · EMAIL FREE FULL TEXT EMAIL FREE FULL TEXT · DOWNLOAD FULL TEXT DOWNLOAD FULL TEXT. Imen BEN EL HADJ ALI, Arbi GUETAT, Mohamed ...

  2. Biological Sciences and Bioelectromagnetics in Europe: Summary Report.

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    1985-08-26

    conducted using milli- BEN research in the FRG is centered meter waves. around two major laboratories: Gesell - Using yeast cells, German workers schaft...colleague, Dr. split-phantom and an infrared thermo- Rodney Sheppard, has also worked for graph camera . The simulations can be years in dielectrics. Between

  3. Mõõdulindiga õnne ja edu kallal / Anneli Aasmäe

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    Aasmäe, Anneli, 1973-

    2000-01-01

    Juhtimiskonsultant Mait Raava kinnitusel on edukus 70 protsenti kaasasündinud omadus, Eesti edukatel on tegutsemisvajadus veres, nad võivad toetuda Iisraeli päritolu juhtimisteoreetiku Eliyahu M. Goldratti õpetusele, mitte eduretsepte ja õnnevalemeid pakkuvaile autorite rivile Dale Carnegie'st Ben Furmanini. Kommentaarid: Aune Past, Mait Raava

  4. Effect of harvest timing on leaf production and yield of diterpene glycosides in Stevia rebaudiana Bert: a specialty perennial crop for Mississippi

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    Stevia rebaundiana (Bertoni), a perennial shrub of the Asteraceae, is one of the most important sources of non-caloric natural sweeteners. Stevia’s plant extracts and glycosides have been used for several years in Paraguay and Brazil. Several studies suggest that Stevia and its glycosides exert ben...

  5. Early recurrence of obstructive jaundice after placement of a self-expanding metal endoprosthesis

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    Fockens, P.; Waxman, I.; Davids, P. H.; Huibregtse, K.; Tytgat, G. N.

    1992-01-01

    Self-expanding metal endoprostheses have ben used in the treatment of malignant obstructive jaundice for a few years. We report on a patient with obstructive jaundice due to a metastasis of a squamous cell lung cancer into the pancreatic head who received an expandable metal endoprosthesis and

  6. Apresentação

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    Denise Fernandes Geribello

    2011-03-01

    cobiçadas dentro das cidades e que tem, via de regra, sido demolidas ou fortemente descaracterizadas, impedindo a conservação física dos bens industriais e a compreensão ampla das redes de beneficiamento-produção-escoamento que os definia.

  7. VALUING ACID MINE DRAINAGE REMEDIATION IN WEST VIRGINIA: BENEFIT TRANSFER WITH PREFERENCE CALIBRATION

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    Several thousand kilometers of West Virginia streams are degraded by acid mine drainage (AMD), and the estimates for cleanup range in the billions of dollars. Not enough money is available to restore all the affected streams, so some way to prioritize those streams is needed. Ben...

  8. The MMPI-2-Restructured Form and the Standard MMPI-2 Clinical Scales in Relation to DSM-IV

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    Heijden, P.T. van der; Egger, J.I.M.; Rossi, G.M.P.; Grundel, G.; Derksen, J.J.L.

    2013-01-01

    In a Dutch sample of psychiatric outpatients (N = 94), we linked the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–2 (MMPI-2; Butcher et al., 2001) Clinical scales and MMPI-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF; Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008) Higher-Order (H-O) scales, Restructured Clinical (RC) scales and

  9. Deti nagradili svoihh kinokumirov

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    2007-01-01

    Los Angeleses toimus 20. korda tseremoonia, kus filmitegijatele anti kätte Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards. Lapsed valisid oma suurimateks lemmikuteks näitleja Ben Stilleri ja Gore Verbinski lavastatud piraadi-triloogia teise filmi "Kariibi mere piraadid : Surnud mehe aardekirst" ("Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man's Chest")

  10. Journal of Earth System Science | Indian Academy of Sciences

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    Home; Journals; Journal of Earth System Science. Younes Jedoui. Articles written in Journal of Earth System Science. Volume 122 Issue 1 February 2013 pp 15-28. Investigation of sulphate origins in the Jeffara aquifer, southeastern Tunisia: A geochemical approach · Samir Kamel Mohamed Ben Chelbi Younes Jedoui.

  11. JournaLofEEA, Vol. 25, 2008----- -

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    CLEANER PRODUCTION FOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN LEATHER. INDUSTRY ... The solid waste inventory of the factory has b~en ... generate solid wastes. • Identification of problems existing in the• process. • Generation of Cleaner Production options. • Identification of the best options that are economically and ...

  12. Technology, Togetherness, and Adolescents: Creating a Meaningful Adolescent Learning Community in the Digital Age

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    Moudry, Ben

    2016-01-01

    Ben Moudry has written a comprehensive overview of the current challenges facing parents, schools, administrators, and students regarding what he calls "handheld computers," commonly known as smart phones. His annotated statistics and description of American society in 2015 are frightening in their clarity, while the percentages and…

  13. 78 FR 18594 - Notice of Cancelation for Call of the President's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and...

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    2013-03-27

    ... DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Notice of Cancelation for Call of the President's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Notice of Cancelation: This notice was published in...: March 21, 2013. Ben O'Dell, Associate Director for Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships...

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  16. Did I Grow up Just to Stay Home?

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    Reynolds, Geoffrey A.

    2009-01-01

    This article focuses on the background of the English duo Everything but the Girl (EBTG). EBTG was formed in 1982 in Hull, England, consisting of Tracey Thorn (lead singer, sometimes guitar) and Ben Watt (guitar, keyboard, and vocal). Their music includes: alternative, dance, electronica, lounge, and pop.

  17. Por uma universidade para o mercado ou para todos: democracia e emancipação

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    Edite Maria Sudbrack

    2017-07-01

    Full Text Available A temática abordada neste ensaio exige posicionamento das Políticas Educacionais no sentido de superação do atraso histórico das oportunidades de acesso, permanência e qualidade do Ensino Superior no país, na perspectiva de sua democratização. O texto é de caráter teórico, de natureza bibliográfica e qualitativa. O artigo discute os apelos da globalização neoliberal que transforma o conhecimento em mercadoria, impactando no processo de exclusão, sob as determinações originárias dos organismos multilaterais, os quais produzem a transnacionalização das Políticas Educacionais. No horizonte da utopia, reside a luta para que a educação, a cultura, a ciência e o conhecimento sejam tratados como bens a serem solidariamente compartilhados, ou seja como bens públicos, rumo à ampliação das oportunidades.

  18. Nitrogen species in drinking water indicate potential exposure pathway for Balkan Endemic Nephropathy

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    Niagolova, Nedialka; McElmurry, Shawn P.; Voice, Thomas C.; Long, David T.; Petropoulos, Evangelos A.; Havezov, Ivan; Chou, Karen; Ganev, Varban

    2005-01-01

    This study explored two hypotheses relating elevated concentrations of nitrogen species in drinking water and the disease Balkan Endemic Nephropathy (BEN). Drinking water samples were collected from a variety of water supplies in both endemic and non-endemic villages in the Vratza and Montana districts of Bulgaria. The majority of well water samples exceeded US drinking water standards for nitrate + nitrite. No statistically significant difference was observed for any of the nitrogen species between villages classified as endemic and non-endemic. Other constituents (sodium, potassium and chloride) known to be indicators of anthropogenic pollution were also found at elevated concentrations and all followed the order wells > springs > taps. This ordering coincides with the proximity of human influences to the water sources. Our results clearly establish an exposure pathway between anthropogenic activity and drinking water supplies, suggesting that the causative agent for BEN could result from surface contamination. - Water in villages affected and unaffected by Balkan Endemic Nephropathy had no significant differences in nitrogen compounds

  19. MUSICA E MUSICOTERAPIA

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    Fulvio Šuran

    2014-01-01

    Full Text Available Perché la musica piace? Molte sono le possibili risposte a tale quesito, nessuna però del tutto soddisfacente. Comunque, di certo nessuno avrà da ridire se si risponde con un “perché fa bene”, poiché tale risposta sintetizza un po’ tutte le implicazioni della questione, siano esse di ordine biologico, psicologico, sociologico, estetico o etico. In questo senso le relazioni fra educazione generale, educazione musicale e musicoterapia sono assai strette. Ed è nostra intenzione richiamare l’attenzione su di esse, mostrando che la funzione terapeutica non è una questione semplicemente marginale o accessoria dell’educazione, ma qualcosa di ben più rilevante. Per cui è inconcepibile che ancor oggi si possa pensare ad una compiuta educazione, nella quale la musica non sia in onore. Di più, è impensabile un’educazione priva di spirito musicale, inteso come disposizione ad accogliere e ad esprimere, in ben temperata armonia, pensieri ed azioni.

  20. Big Bang Day : The Great Big Particle Adventure - 1. Atom

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    Steven Weinberg; Terry White; John Ellis; Jim Virdee

    2008-01-01

    In this series, comedian and physicist Ben Miller asks the CERN scientists what they hope to find. The notion of atoms dates back to Greek philosophers who sought a natural mechanical explanation of the Universe, as opposed to a divine one. The existence what we call chemical atoms, the constituents of all we see around us, wasn't proved until a hundred years ago, but almost simultaneously it was realised these weren't the indivisible constituents the Greeks envisaged. Much of the story of physics since then has been the ever-deeper probing of matter until, at the end of the 20th century, a complete list of fundamental ingredients had been identified, apart from one, the much discussed Higgs particle. In this programme, Ben finds out why this last particle is so pivotal, not just to atomic theory, but to our very existence - and how hopeful the scientists are of proving its existence.

  1. Onde elettromagnetiche

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    Toraldo di Francia, Giuliano

    1988-01-01

    Prefazione: "L'opera "Onde Elettromagnetiche" di Giuliano Toraldo di Francia vide la luce per i tipi della Casa Editrice Zanichelli nel lontano 1953. Tradotta ben presto in inglese e in giapponese, ha incontrato il favore di varie generazioni di studenti universitari e un apprezzamento dei docenti che non sembra ancora estinto. Ma è evidente che in trentacinque anni tante cose, troppe cose sono avvenute in quel campo di studio, per poter pensare che oggi il vecchio libro non presenti cospicue lacune. Ed è proprio a colmare tali lacune che ci siamo dedicati nell'elaborare il presente volume, pur conservando quasi tutto il materiale che aveva dato buona prova nel suo progenitore. La mole è inevitabilmente raddoppiata; eppure siamo ben lungi dall'avere esaurito un dominio così vasto, né ci eravamo proposti di farlo. Quello che presentiamo è il frutto di una scelta ragionata. Abbiamo ritenuto opportuno ampliare la parte sulle onde piane (con l'introduzione dei parametri di Stokes, e dei concetti di velocit�...

  2. Association between the MMPI-2 restructured form (MMPI-2-RF) and malingered neurocognitive dysfunction among non-head injury disability claimants.

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    Tarescavage, Anthony M; Wygant, Dustin B; Gervais, Roger O; Ben-Porath, Yossef S

    2013-01-01

    The current study examined the over-reporting Validity Scales of the MMPI-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF; Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008/2011) in relation to the Slick, Sherman, and Iverson (1999) criteria for the diagnosis of Malingered Neurocognitive Dysfunction in a sample of 916 consecutive non-head injury disability claimants. The classification of Malingered Neurocognitive Dysfunction was based on scores from several cognitive symptom validity tests and response bias indicators built into traditional neuropsychological tests. Higher scores on MMPI-2-RF Validity Scales, particularly the Response Bias Scale (Gervais, Ben-Porath, Wygant, & Green, 2007), were associated with probable and definite Malingered Neurocognitive Dysfunction. The MMPI-2-RF's Validity Scales classification accuracy of Malingered Neurocognitive Dysfunction improved when multiple scales were interpreted. Additionally, higher scores on MMPI-2-RF substantive scales measuring distress, internalizing dysfunction, thought dysfunction, and social avoidance were associated with probable and definite Malingered Neurocognitive Dysfunction. Implications for clinical practice and future directions are noted.

  3. Detection of overreported psychopathology with the MMPI-2-RF [corrected] validity scales.

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    Sellbom, Martin; Bagby, R Michael

    2010-12-01

    We examined the utility of the validity scales on the recently released Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2 RF; Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008) to detect overreported psychopathology. This set of validity scales includes a newly developed scale and revised versions of the original MMPI-2 validity scales. We used an analogue, experimental simulation in which MMPI-2 RF responses (derived from archived MMPI-2 protocols) of undergraduate students instructed to overreport psychopathology (in either a coached or noncoached condition) were compared with those of psychiatric inpatients who completed the MMPI-2 under standardized instructions. The MMPI-2 RF validity scale Infrequent Psychopathology Responses best differentiated the simulation groups from the sample of patients, regardless of experimental condition. No other validity scale added consistent incremental predictive utility to Infrequent Psychopathology Responses in distinguishing the simulation groups from the sample of patients. Classification accuracy statistics confirmed the recommended cut scores in the MMPI-2 RF manual (Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008).

  4. Celebrity-led development organisations

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    Budabin, Alexandra Cosima; Rasmussen, Louise Mubanda; Richey, Lisa Ann

    2017-01-01

    The past decade has seen a frontier open up in international development engagement with the entrance of new actors such as celebrity-led organisations. We explore how such organisations earn legitimacy with a focus on Madonna’s Raising Malawi and Ben Affleck’s Eastern Congo Initiative. The study...... for funding, endorsements, and expertise. We argue that the ways in which celebrity-led organisations establish themselves as legitimate development actors illustrate broader dynamics of the machinery of development.......The past decade has seen a frontier open up in international development engagement with the entrance of new actors such as celebrity-led organisations. We explore how such organisations earn legitimacy with a focus on Madonna’s Raising Malawi and Ben Affleck’s Eastern Congo Initiative. The study...... draws from organisational materials, interviews, mainstream news coverage, and the texts of the celebrities themselves to investigate the construction of authenticity, credibility, and accountability. We find these organisations earn legitimacy and flourish rapidly amid supportive elite networks...

  5. The law regarding health records of the deceased in the UK.

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    Dimond, Bridgit

    Case Scenario: Following the death in hospital of a patient, John, a dispute has arisen over his will and the allocation of his property. He married twice and had a son from each marriage who have never got on well with each other. In his will he left his terraced house to the son, Bruce, who most frequently visited him at home and in hospital. The other son, Ben, however, feels that Bruce exerted undue influence upon the father and that the property should have been equally divided between the two of them in the absence of any other relatives. He also believes that his father lacked the necessary mental capacity when he made his will and, therefore, the will is also invalid on those grounds. Ben is seeking to access his father's health records to try and establish the mental state of his father at the time he made the will. He has applied to see the records. Will he be able to access them?

  6. Cross sections and reaction rates of d+{sup 8}Li reactions involved in Big Bang nucleosynthesis

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    Balbes, M.J. [Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States). Dept. of Physics; Farrell, M.M. [Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States). Dept. of Physics; Boyd, R.N. [Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States). Dept. of Physics]|[Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210 (United States); Gu, X. [Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States). Dept. of Physics; Hencheck, M. [Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States). Dept. of Physics; Kalen, J.D. [Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States). Dept. of Physics; Mitchell, C.A. [Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States). Dept. of Physics; Kolata, J.J. [Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556 (United States); Lamkin, K. [Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556 (United States); Smith, R. [Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (United States); Tighe, R. [Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 (United States); Ashktorab, K. [Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (United States); Becchetti, F.D. [Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (United States); Brown, J. [Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (United States); Roberts, D. [Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (United States); Wang, T.F. [Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550 (United States); Humphrey, D. [Department of Physics, University of Western Kentucky, Bowling Green, KY 42101 (United States); Vourvopoulos, G. [Department of Physics, University of Western Kentucky, Bowling Green, KY 42101 (United States); Islam, M.S. [Department of Physics, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306 (United States)

    1995-02-20

    We have measured angular distributions of the {sup 2}H({sup 8}Li, {sup 7}Li){sup 3}H and {sup 2}H({sup 8}Li, {sup 9}Be)n reactions at E{sub c.m.}=1.5 to 2.8 MeV using an {sup 8}Li-radioactive-beam technique. Astrophysical S-factors and reaction rates were calculated from the measured cross sections. Although the {sup 2}H({sup 8}Li, {sup 9}Be)n cross section is small, it can contribute to {sup 9}Be synthesis. The {sup 2}H({sup 8}Li, {sup 7}Li){sup 3}H reaction has a sufficiently large cross section to destroy {sup 8}Li, which may decrease the synthesis of heavier elements. No products from the {sup 2}H({sup 8}Li, {sup 9}Li)p reaction were detected. We also present the results of calculations using the inhomogeneous model of primordial nucleosynthesis in several regions of parameter space. ((orig.))

  7. Aktív anyagok szerepe a rozmaring ízesítésű napraforgó olajban = The role of active materials of rosemary in sunflower oil

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    Somogyi, László

    2008-01-01

    Kutatómunkám célja az immerzióval, azaz a fűszer áztatásával előállított rozmaring ízesítésű napraforgó olaj aromakarakterének és fontosabb kémiai tulajdonságainak elemzése volt. Az elvégzendő feladatokat az alábbi kérdések megválaszolása érdekében jelöltem ki: 1. Hogyan változik az ízesített napraforgó olaj aromája az adagolt rozmaring arányának és az áztatási időnek függvényében? 2. Milyen oxidációs stabilitással rendelkezik az ízesített olaj ? 3. Mennyire képes az ízesített nap...

  8. Lead plating of the low beta resonator

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    Brennan, J.M.; Corcoran, D.; Coughlin, R.; Goliak, T.; Hodgkins, D.; James, P.; Seamster, A.G.; Secora, J.H.

    1984-01-01

    Plating operations were performed at the lead plating facility at SUNY, Stony Brook. Initial procedures were based on the previous experience of prototype development by Ben-Zvi and Brennan. Several attempts were made to produce satisfactory results, however the lead surfaces were consistently stained and lacked the bright metallic finish routinely achieved with the split loop resonator at SUNY. The development of a new set of procedures was initiated, aided by reports of plating success from Ben-Zvi. Controlled tests were conducted which suggested several changes in the plating parameters. Based on these results and suggestions from the staff at SUNY a new process was defined which was successful in producing the smooth reflective metallic surface known to be necessary forla optimum resonator performance. Following a successful repair of the the crack, the prototype was plated and chemically polished with the new techniques. The resultant surface was highly reflective and free of stains and particulates. The subsequent prototype cold test was successful

  9. Journal of Biosciences | Indian Academy of Sciences

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    Author Affiliations. Assia Zaim1 Daniel Petit2 Lahsen ElGhadraoui1. Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Laboratoire de biotechnologie microbienne, BP 2202 Fès, Morocco; UMR 1061, INRA, Université de Limoges, 123 Albert Thomas, F-87060 Limoges, France ...

  10. Telemedia Technology. Telecommunications Study Commission, Working Paper No. 5.

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    Fairholm, Gilbert W.

    This report presents an overview of the distribution formats for instructional television. While broadcast means of distribution have ben the mainstay of instructional television in the past, there are at least three television technologies that are considered as appropriate delivery mechanisms: over the air transmission, including broadcasting,…

  11. Advanced Echocardiography for the Detection of Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Aortic Regurgitation

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    Olsen, Thue

    2010-01-01

    BAGGRUND Aortainsufficiens kan forårsage kardiel dysfunktion, hjertesvigt og død. Kirurgisk aortaklapudskiftning er en effektiv behandling, men kun hvis den gennemføres, før der er udviklet åbenlys kardiel dysfunktion. Der er behov for bedre metoder til at karakterisere kardiel dysfunktion, idet ...

  12. Original Paper Dynamique des peuplements des Parcelles d'Essais ...

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    permanentes (PFTP) à Bensékou visait à évaluer la dynamique de la population de ... est alors important de mettre en œuvre une sensibilisation de la population locale sur les mérites de la gestion ..... contrôle des PES se sont encore montré.

  13. Some progress on seismic isolation technology in building structure in China

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    Lin Luan

    1992-01-01

    Seismic isolation technology has been considerably developed in China. Appropriate codes and design manuals have ben used. There is a plan of developing Fast reactor technology in China. The conceptual design for a fast experimental reactor was completed. Investigation of seismic isolation technology for fast reactor has started

  14. CO2-strategier

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    Jørgensen, Michael Søgaard

    2008-01-01

    I 2007 henvendte Lyngby-Taarbæk kommunens Agenda 21 koordinator sig til Videnskabsbutikken og spurgte om der var interesse for at samarbejde om CO2-strategier. Da Videnskabsbutikken DTU er en åben dør til DTU for borgerne og deres organisationer, foreslog Videnskabsbutikken DTU at Danmarks...

  15. Simple concurrent garbage collection almost without synchronization

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    Hesselink, Wim H.; Lali, M.I.

    We present two simple mark and sweep algorithms, A and B, for concurrent garbage collection by a single collector running concurrently with a number of mutators that concurrently modify shared data. Both algorithms are based on the ideas of Ben-Ari's classical algorithm for on-the-fly garbage

  16. Application of the “4R” nutrient stewardship concept to horticultural crops: getting nutrients in the “right” place

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    The 4R nutrient stewardship concept was introduced in 2009 by International Plant Nutrition Institute to define the right source, rate, time, and place to apply fertilizers to produce not only the most economical outcome in any given crop but to also to provide desirable social and environmental ben...

  17. Author Details

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    Abdelkader, Faten Ben. Vol 64, No 1 (2016): Special Edition - Articles Particularité du traitement à l'acide formique de varroa destructor (Acari, Varroidae), parasite d'apis mellifera dans les conditions tunisiennes. Abstract. ISSN: 0378-9721. AJOL African Journals Online. HOW TO USE AJOL... for Researchers · for ...

  18. Coalition Warfare Program Tactile Situation Awareness System for Aviation Applications: Simulator Flight Test

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    2015-12-01

    David Myers1 Timothy Gowen2 Angus Rupert3 Ben Lawson3 Justin Dailey3,4 1Chesapeake Technology International 2Naval Aviation Center for... Angus Rupert of the USAARL. The algorithm is described in “Configuration Parameters for the Tactile Situation Awareness System (TSAS)” dated July 2010

  19. Бернанке снова уболтал рынки / Дмитрий Фокин

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    Фокин, Дмитрий

    2011-01-01

    USA Föderaalreserv on jätnud põhiintressi vahemikus 0-0.25% muutmata ja ei ole teada, millal see muutuda võiks. USA Föderaalreservi juht Ben Bernanke on samuti öelnud, et USA majandus on stabiliseerumas ja et inflatsioon peaks madalaks jääma. Graafik

  20. CDApps: integrated software for experimental planning and data processing at beamline B23, Diamond Light Source. Corrigendum.

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    Hussain, Rohanah; Benning, Kristian; Myatt, Daniel; Javorfi, Tamas; Longo, Edoardo; Rudd, Timothy R; Pulford, Bill; Siligardi, Giuliano

    2015-05-01

    In the paper by Hussain et al. [(2015), J. Synchrotron Rad. 22, 465-468], Daniel Myatt is missing from the list of authors. The complete list of authors should be Rohanah Hussain, Kristian Benning, Daniel Myatt, Tamas Javorfi, Edoardo Longo, Timothy R. Rudd, Bill Pulford and Giuliano Siligardi.

  1. Kenya | Page 87 | IDRC - International Development Research Centre

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    That dire warning, from Dr Lalla Ben Barka of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), reflects the growing alarm over Africa's increasing exodus of human capital ... Language English. A profile of Michael Clarke, director of IDRC's Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) program area.

  2. 76 FR 41515 - Proclaiming Certain Lands, Community College Campus, as an Addition to the Bay Mills Indian...

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    2011-07-14

    ... Campus, as an Addition to the Bay Mills Indian Community of Michigan AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs... Mills Indian Community of Michigan. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ben Burshia, Bureau of Indian... and part of the Bay Mills Indian Community of Michigan for the exclusive use of Indians on that...

  3. African Journal of Urology

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    Ktari Kamel, Sarhen Gassen, Mahjoub Mohamed, Ben Kalifa Bader, Klaii Rim, Karim Bouslam, Saidi Radhia, Jelled Anis, Saad Hamadi, 14-18 ... Two pelvises, one stone: A different approach for management of calculi in a duplex renal collecting system · EMAIL FREE FULL TEXT EMAIL FREE FULL TEXT DOWNLOAD ...

  4. Case report

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    abp

    2017-05-16

    May 16, 2017 ... Rim Bechraoui and Jihene Marrakchi did data collection; Houda. Chahed and Ghada Kharrat did Redaction; Mohamed Ben Amor and. Rim Zainine did Operative management of the patient; Azza. Mediouni, Nejeh Beltaief and Ghazi Besbes did the Corrections. Figures. Figure 1: Cervical MRI; limited mass, ...

  5. African Journal of Urology - Vol 24, No 1 (2018)

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    Ktari Kamel, Sarhen Gassen, Mahjoub Mohamed, Ben Kalifa Bader, Klaii Rim, Karim Bouslam, Saidi Radhia, Jelled Anis, Saad Hamadi, 14-18 ... Two pelvises, one stone: A different approach for management of calculi in a duplex renal collecting system · EMAIL FREE FULL TEXT EMAIL FREE FULL TEXT · DOWNLOAD ...

  6. African Journal of Biotechnology - Vol 11, No 87 (2012)

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    Potential of a polyculture of Arundo donax and Typha latifolia for growth and phytotreatment of wastewater pollution · EMAIL FREE FULL TEXT EMAIL FREE FULL TEXT · DOWNLOAD FULL TEXT DOWNLOAD FULL TEXT. Soulwène Kouki, Neila Saidi, Asma Ben Rajeb, Fadhel M'hiri, 15341-15352 ...

  7. Linee di credito e investimenti in Europa: evidenza dala crisi finanziaria

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    Campello, M.; Giambona, E.; Graham, J.R.; Harvey, C.R.; Guida, R.; Mele, A.

    2012-01-01

    Durante la crisi finanziaria del 2008-2009, con l’assottigliarsi della liquidità e dei profitti, molte imprese sono state obbligate ad affidarsi a linee di credito bancarie. Sorprendentemente, si conosce ben poco riguardo a questi piani di credito in una normale situazione di mercato; ancora meno si

  8. A Replication of the MMPI-A PSY-5 Scales and Development of Facet Subscales

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    Bolinskey, P. Kevin; Arnau, Randolph C.; Archer, Robert P.; Handel, Richard W.

    2004-01-01

    McNulty, Harkness, Ben-Porath and Williams recently developed Personality Psychopathology Five (PSY-5) scales for the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory A (MMPI-A). This study examined these new scales in a sample of 545 adolescents receiving inpatient psychiatric treatment. Item-level principal components analyses were employed to…

  9. 77 FR 34991 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI...

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    2012-06-12

    ... administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native... affiliated with the human remains should contact Dr. Ben Secunda, NAGPRA Project Manager, University of...

  10. Supply Chain Costing

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    Asmussen, Jesper Normann; Kristensen, Jesper; Wæhrens, Brian Vejrum

    Based Costing (ABC) på et forsyningskædeniveau – heri benævnt Supply Chain Costing (SCC). Udoverdefordelederfindesved ABCtilføjerSCCogså et økonomisk grundlag til det strategiske rationale, der ofte ligger bag opbygningen af virksomhedens forsyningskæde, og kan dermed medvirke til konkret...

  11. 78 FR 56659 - Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to a...

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    2013-09-13

    ..., Excel, or Adobe PDF file formats only. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ben Laws, Office of Protected... requires notice and opportunity for public comment. NMFS has defined ``negligible impact'' in 50 CFR 216..., as well as greater immigration of animals into the nearshore study area (DFO, 2009). The rapid growth...

  12. Kuldlõvi võitis üllatusena Hiina film tammi ehitamisest / A. L.

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    A. L.

    2006-01-01

    Veneetsia filmifestivali parima filmi peaauhind Kuldlõvi läks Hiina režissööri Jia Zhang-Ke filmile "Vaikelu" ("Dong"). Parima näitleja Coppa Volpi said Helen Mirren ja Ben Affleck, elutööauhinna sai režissöör David Lynch

  13. Pop / Koit Raudsepp

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    Raudsepp, Koit

    2001-01-01

    Heliplaatidest: S. I. Futures "The Mission Statement". Lilac Time "Compendium - The Fontana Trinity". Jeff Buckley "Live A L'Olympia". The Confusion Musical Academy Presents: Irmin Schmidt & Kumo "Masters of Confusion". Kylie "Fever. Jay-Z "The Blueprint". The Crash "Wildlife". Ben Folds "Rockin' The Suburbs". Daft Punk "Alive 1997"

  14. Multilocus phylogeny and antifungal susceptibility of Aspergillus section Circumdati from clinical samples and description of A. pseudosclerotiorum sp. nov.

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    A multilocus phylogenetic study was carried out to assess the species distribution in a set of 34 clinical isolates of Aspergillus section Circumdati from the USA and their in vitro antifungal susceptibility were determined against eight antifungal drugs. The genetic markers used were ITS, BenA, CaM...

  15. Den rekreative værdi af udrensning i eg

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    Skovsgaard, Jens Peter; Jensen, Frank Søndergaard; Meilby, Henrik

    2017-01-01

    Professionelle forstfolk i Nordeuropa foretrækker ung egeskov, som er udrenset hårdt og derfor er meget åben. I Mellem- og Sydeuropa foretrækkes svagere udrensning, som giver tættere bevoksninger. Forskellene er formodentlig kulturelt betingede og afspejler forskelle i uddannelsen af skovfogeder ...

  16. A Working Ranch with an Effective Medusahead Management Program

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    Since 2005, rancher Ben McGough, owner of the Circle Bar Ranch in Mitchell, Oregon, has been working with USDA-ARS rangeland ecologist Roger Sheley to implement EBIPM on the ranch. More than 600 acres were infested with medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae) when they began working together. We de...

  17. An Introduction to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent-Restructured Form (MMPI-A-RF).

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    Handel, Richard W

    2016-12-01

    The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent-Restructured Form (MMPI-A-RF; Archer, Handel, Ben-Porath, & Tellegen, 2016) is a new broadband measure of adolescent psychopathology and personality. The MMPI-A-RF is the adolescent counterpart of the MMPI-2-RF (Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008/2011). The goal of the MMPI-2-RF development project was to capture the clinically significant substance of the MMPI-2 item pool with a psychometrically sound measure linked to contemporary models of personality and psychopathology (Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008/2011). Using the MMPI-2-RF scales and development methods as models, Archer et al. (2016) developed a 241-item adolescent self-report inventory-in contrast to the 478-items of the MMPI-A-that includes 48 new and revised scales. In this manuscript, I provide an overview of the rationale for the development of the MMPI-A-RF, an abbreviated review of its development process, brief descriptions of its 48 scales, and a subset of analyses bearing on reliability and validity. As with the MMPI-2-RF, one of our primary goals was to develop scales with improved discriminant validity relative to the heterogeneous Clinical Scales of the MMPI-2 and MMPI-A. The MMPI-A-RF development process employed a large sample of 15,128 adolescents (9,286 boys and 5,842 girls) drawn from a variety of settings. In addition to the development sample, subsequent validation analyses were conducted in multiple independent samples including numerous external criterion measures. The MMPI-A-RF is designed to provide a comprehensive assessment of adolescent psychopathology and personality in a wide array of clinical and forensic settings.

  18. β-globin haplotypes in normal and hemoglobinopathic individuals from Reconcavo Baiano, State of Bahia, Brazil

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    Wellington dos Santos Silva

    2010-01-01

    Full Text Available Five restriction site polymorphisms in the β-globin gene cluster (HincII-5'ε, HindIII-Gγ, HindIII-ªγ, HincII-'ψβ1 and HincII-3''ψβ1 were analyzed in three populations (n = 114 from Reconcavo Baiano, State of Bahia, Brazil. The groups included two urban populations from the towns of Cachoeira and Maragojipe and one rural Afro-descendant population, known as the "quilombo community", from Cachoeira municipality. The number of haplotypes found in the populations ranged from 10 to 13, which indicated higher diversity than in the parental populations. The haplotypes 2 (+----,3(----+,4(-+--+and6(-++-+onthe βA chromosomes were the most common, and two haplotypes, 9 (-++++and 14 (++--+, were found exclusively in the Maragojipe population. The other haplotypes (1, 5, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 16 had lower frequencies. Restriction site analysis and the derived haplotypes indicated homogeneity among the populations. Thirty-two individuals with hemoglobinopathies (17 sickle cell disease, 12 HbSC disease and 3 HbCC disease were also analyzed. The haplotype frequencies of these patients differed significantly from those of the general population. In the sickle cell disease subgroup, the predominant haplotypes were BEN (Benin and CAR (Central African Republic, with frequencies of 52.9% and 32.4%, respectively. The high frequency of the BEN haplotype agreed with the historical origin of the afro-descendant population in the state of Bahia. However, this frequency differed from that of Salvador, the state capital, where the CAR and BEN haplotypes have similar frequencies, probably as a consequence of domestic slave trade and subsequent internal migrations to other regions of Brazil.

  19. Synthesis of high quality diamond film for the dosimeter realization in the radiotherapy domain

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    Vaissiere, Nicolas

    2014-01-01

    This thesis aims to master the MPCVD synthesis of heteroepitaxial diamond films of high crystalline quality on iridium substrate for radiotherapy dosimeters. This objective has led us to develop the epitaxial iridium layer grown on SrTiO 3 substrates (001). A vacuum frame equipped with an electron gun has been developed and calibrated. The obtained layers characterized by XRD, possess a structural quality equivalent to the state of the art/in literature. Bias Enhanced Nucleation (BEN)- MPCVD induces nucleation of 'domains' on the iridium surface, according a unique nucleation pathway. Significant work has been conducted on (BEN)-MPCVD optimization to obtain a reliable and reproducible method for generating homogeneous 'domains' on a surface of 5 x 5 mm 2 . Combined characterizations (SEM, XPS, AES) of 'domains' surface enabled us to establish the identity card of their chemical and morphological properties. We demonstrate that they contain diamond nuclei. In addition, the temporal expansion of these 'domains' seems to follow preferential directions <110> of iridium lattice during the (BEN)-MPCVD stage. From these results, self-supported heteroepitaxial diamond films 100μ-m thick have been grown. The correlation between their crystalline quality and their detection response was conducted with the LCD dosimeter team. The inhomogeneities in the crystal structure due to structural defects have been identified. To study more locally these samples, a measurement campaign was carried out by microbeam X on the DIFFABS line at Soleil Synchrotron. The combination of the different knowledge acquired during this thesis has allowed the fabrication and characterization of the first detector based on heteroepitaxial diamond at the LCD laboratory. (author) [fr

  20. EnviroAtlas - Des Moines, IA - BenMAP Results by Block Group

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    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — This EnviroAtlas dataset demonstrates the effect of changes in pollution concentration on local populations in 312 block groups in Des Moines, Iowa. The US EPA's...

  1. EnviroAtlas - New Bedford, MA - BenMAP Results by Block Group

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    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — This EnviroAtlas dataset demonstrates the effect of changes in pollution concentration on local populations in 128 block group in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The US...

  2. EnviroAtlas - Green Bay, WI - BenMAP Results by Block Group

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    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — This EnviroAtlas dataset demonstrates the effect of changes in pollution concentration on local populations in 155 block groups in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The US EPA's...

  3. Russia-Baltics : Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing? / Ben Nimmo

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    Nimmo, Ben

    2006-01-01

    Arutlus teemal, kui palju sõltuvad Balti riigid Venemaa majandusest ja energiast. Venemaa rahvusvahelist tähtsust võimaldavad maagaasivarud. Tabelid: Baltimaade kaubandus Venemaa ja ELiga; Baltimaade gaasifirmade osanikud

  4. A Study of Ben Okri's Songs of Enchantment and Infinite Riches

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    DrNneka

    its values as the quality of its contribution to man's freedom” (Qtd. in Onuekwusi ... the faces of three white women with disheveled blonde hair and dolphine eyes and .... In Songs of Enchantment, Dad single-handedly fights vices in the society.

  5. EnviroAtlas - New York, NY - BenMAP Results by Block Group

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    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — This EnviroAtlas dataset demonstrates the effect of changes in pollution concentration on local populations in 6,378 block groups in New York City, New York. The US...

  6. Development of a water hydraulic servovalve; Suiatsu servo ben no kaihatsu

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    Urata, E.; Nakao, Y. [Kanagawa University, Kanagawa (Japan). Faculty of Engineering; Yamashina, C.; Miyagawa, S.; Usami, Y.; Shinoda, M. [Ebara Research Co. Ltd., Kanagawa (Japan)

    1997-06-25

    An electrohydraulic servovalve that uses clear water as a pressure medium (water hydraulic servovalve) is developed. A conventional electrohydraulic servovalve cannot work with this hostile fluid. This paper explains the structure and functions of components, and the relationship between them, as well as development procedure of the water hydraulic servovalve. The basic idea for the development is to support the spool of the valve with hydrostatic bearings and to lead the water from the bearings to the flapper-nozzle system, which, in this valve contains a laminar restriction upstream from the nozzle instead of the turbulent restriction in the conventional flapper-nozzle system. This paper also explains the design procedure of the hydrostatic bearing in the valve and the connection of electromagnetic elements and the fluidic elements. The manufactured water hydraulic servovalves show good characteristics in their smooth motion, endurance and controllability, including dynamic characteristics. 25 refs., 12 figs.

  7. A novel TPR-BEN domain interaction mediates PICH-BEND3 association

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    Pitchai, Ganesha P; Kaulich, Manuel; Bizard, Anna H

    2017-01-01

    PICH is a DNA translocase required for the maintenance of chromosome stability in human cells. Recent data indicate that PICH co-operates with topoisomerase IIα to suppress pathological chromosome missegregation through promoting the resolution of ultra-fine anaphase bridges (UFBs). Here, we iden...

  8. Tre lampor och ett ben : produktserie för Gotlands Lampfabrik

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    Johansson, Emma

    2010-01-01

    Gotlands Lampfabrik är en nystartad verksamhet (2009) som drivs av Jonas Kling och Jane Odell centralt på Gotland. De producerar stilrena lampskärmar i ett ljust polymermaterial med papp på båda sidorna. Produktionen är liten och görs för hand på plats i den egna fabriken i Väskinde. Sortimentet består av 33 lampskärmar och i nuläget producerar inte Gotlands Lampfabrik sina egna lampben eller upphängningar utan köper in dem från fristående parter vilket medför att sortimentet kan uppfattas so...

  9. Enhanced road functionality with porous asphalt on the Ben Schoeman Highway

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    De Kock, TJ

    1994-10-01

    Full Text Available The degree to which a road is capable of accommodating traffic is dependent on functionality and economics. The higher the traffic the greater the challenge. Porous asphalt is currently one of the best alternatives to meet functionality requirements...

  10. Cultural Heritage Documentation. The Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou in Morocco.

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    Gaetano Ginex

    2010-12-01

    Full Text Available This writing concerns the morphological analysis and some study of the architectural structure through digital model of a site of particular interest in Mediterranean area, a desert village situated in south Morocco. We intends to give a contribution to an actual debate on the theme of cultural heritage, understood as sum of architectures and territories made through a system of signs and codes able to promote trials of identity and of recognition. To create a “global directory”, an informative net of cultural interest and to create circuits that interact through interpretative models, so that to define a code of safeguard interactive; through a multimedia, that code implements elements for to check specificities typical of places and of architectures in Mediterranean landscape.

  11. The forgotten fleet : the British navy and Baltic independence / Ben Nimmo

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    Nimmo, Ben

    2004-01-01

    14. novembril peetud mälestuspäevast Lätis, mis oli pühendatud Läti Vabadussõjas langenud lätlastele ja liitlasvägede sõduritele. Mälestusüritusest võtsid osa Läti relvajõud ning Inglismaa, Kanada ja Ameerika Ühendriikide esindajad

  12. An Empiricist Criterion of Meaning | Benétreau-Dupin | South African ...

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    Such propositions involve generalizations, and also terms that are theoretical constructs. I study here how to assess the meaning of scientific propositions, that is, the specific import of theoretical terms. Empiricists have expressed a concern that scientific propositions, and theoretical terms, should always be, to some degree, ...

  13. Combination phenylbutyrate/gemcitabine therapy effectively inhibits in vitro and in vivo growth of NSCLC by intrinsic apoptotic pathways

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    Schniewind Bodo

    2006-11-01

    Full Text Available Abstract Background Standard chemotherapy protocols in NSCLC are of limited clinical benefit. Histone deacetylase (HDAC inhibitors represent a new strategy in human cancer therapy. In this study the combination of the HDAC inhibitor phenylbutyrate (PB and the nucleoside analogue gemcitabine (GEM was evaluated and the mechanisms underlying increased cell death were analyzed. Methods Dose escalation studies evaluating the cytotoxicity of PB (0.01–100 mM, GEM (0.01–100 μg/ml and a combination of the two were performed on two NSCLC cell lines (BEN and KNS62. Apoptotic cell death was quantified. The involvement of caspase-dependent cell death and MAP-kinase activation was analyzed. Additionally, mitochondrial damage was determined. In an orthotopic animal model the combined effect of PB and GEM on therapy was analyzed. Results Applied as a single drug both GEM and PB revealed limited potential to induce apoptosis in KNS62 and Ben cells. Combination therapy was 50–80% (p = 0.012 more effective than either agent alone. On the caspase level, combination therapy significantly increased cleavage of the pro-forms compared to single chemotherapy. The broad spectrum caspase-inhibitor zVAD was able to inhibit caspase cleavage completely, but reduced the frequency of apoptotic cells only by 30%. Combination therapy significantly increased changes in MTP and the release of cyto-c, AIF and Smac/Diabolo into the cytoplasm. Furthermore, the inhibitors of apoptosis c-IAP1 and c-IAP2 were downregulated and it was shown that in combination therapy JNK activation contributed significantly to induction of apoptosis. The size of the primary tumors growing orthotopically in SCID mice treated for 4 weeks with GEM and PB was significantly reduced (2.2–2.7 fold compared to GEM therapy alone. The Ki-67 (KNS62: p = 0.015; Ben: p = 0.093 and topoisomerase IIα (KNS62: p = 0.008; Ben: p = 0.064 proliferation indices were clearly reduced in tumors treated by combination

  14. Geomorphological evolution of a newly restored upland temporary stream

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    Marteau, Baptiste; Batalla, Ramon J.; Gibbins, Chris N.; Green, David R.; Vericat, Damià

    2015-04-01

    The river Ehen, NW England, has been designated as a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) as it hosts England's largest population of freshwater pearl mussels (M. margaritifera). One of the Ehen's main headwater tributary, Ben Gill, was diverted to Ennerdale Lake in the 1970s to help increase the volume of water available for abstraction. Concerns over this diversion on the hydrology and sediment dynamics of the Ehen has led to the reconnection of this temporary stream as part of a project designed to improve habitat conditions for mussels in the Ehen. The reconnection has involved the construction of a new section of channel, following the natural (pre-diversion) course of Ben Gill. This paper presents findings of research designed to track the morphological evolution of the newly created Ben Gill channel. The work follows a previous research in which fluvial dynamics in the Ehen were studied before the reconnection of Ben Gill. Morpho-sedimentary dynamics are analysed at multiple scales: from the movement of individual particles, to changes on channel morphology following competent flow events. Changes in the channel's grain size distributions have been investigated in different sections, while bed mobility has been assessed using a combination of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags inserted into representative particles and painted bed patches. Additionally, digital elevation models (DEMs) of the entire new channel have been constructed by means of automatic digital photogrammetry using high resolution aerial photography taken by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). DEMs of difference (DoD) between major flow events have been used to track lateral and longitudinal changes in the channel at a spatial resolution of less than 5cm. Finally, in order to link sedimentological changes in the new channel to its impact on the main stem Ehen, morpho-sedimentary changes of a gravel bar at the confluence have been monitored combining tracers (i.e. RFID) and repeated

  15. Plaadid : Pop& rock. Etno. Klassika

    Index Scriptorium Estoniae

    2002-01-01

    Uutest heliplaatidest Radiohead "I Might Be Wrong", Spears, Britney "Britney", Mick Jagger "Goddess In The Doorway", DMX "The Great Depression", Alcazar "Casino", Ben & Jason "Ten Songs About You", Rachid Taha "Live", ABBA "The Definitive Collection", James Last "Plays ABBA Greatest Hits", Musica Fiata Köln/Roland Wison "Rosenmüller-Requiem"

  16. Pooh som vi spiser

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    Mark, Edith; Delmar, Charlotte

    2007-01-01

    med diabetes (type 1) og børn med overvægt er udvalgt. Kvalitative forskningsmetoder benyttes: Børnene interviewes individuelt og observeres i gruppeforløbet, tegninger og kreative udtryk inddrages i en fænomenologisk forskningstilgang med en åben og eksplorativ indgangsvinkel for at få mest mulig...

  17. Progressive Retirement Programme

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    HR Department

    2009-01-01

    Following the Standing Concertation Committee meeting of 2 December 2008, please note that the Progressive Retirement Programme has been extended by one year, i.e. until 31 March 2010. Further information is available on : https://hr-services.web.cern.ch/hr-services/services-Ben/prp/prp.asp HR Department, tel. 73903

  18. 15-00115_SI_NP.doc

    Indian Academy of Sciences (India)

    SAID TIGHADOUINI1, SMAAIL RADI*,1, LOIC TOUPET2, MUHAMMAD SIRAJUDDIN*,3, TAIBI BEN HADDA*,4, MEHMET AKKURT5, ISMAIL WARAD6, YAHIA MABKHOT7 and SAQIB ALI8. 1LCAE, Département de Chimie, Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohammed Premier, Oujda 60000, Morocco. 2Institut de Physique ...

  19. Sadhana | Indian Academy of Sciences

    Indian Academy of Sciences (India)

    Author Affiliations. M Benyoucef1 A Coujou2 F Pettinari-Sturmel2 S Raujol2 B Boubker3 N Clément2. Faculte Des Sciences et Techniques Gu´eliz, Marrakech, Maroc; Cemes-Loe, 29 Rue J Marvig, 31055 Toulouse, France; Faculte Des Sciences Ben M'Sick, Casablanca, Maroc ...

  20. Exploring Variation in Glycemic Control Across and Within Eight High-Income Countries

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    Charalampopoulos, Dimitrios; Hermann, Julia M; Svensson, Jannet

    2018-01-01

    OBJECTIVE: International studies on childhood type 1 diabetes (T1D) have focused on whole-country mean HbA1c levels, thereby concealing potential variations within countries. We aimed to explore the variations in HbA1c across and within eight high-income countries to best inform international ben...

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