DESENVOLVIMENTOECONÔMICO E POLÍTICA INDUSTRIAL E TECNOLÓGICA: A VISÃO DO PROFESSOR FABIO ERBER

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Dulce Monteiro Filha

2017-08-01

Full Text Available RESUMO O texto ilustra o caminho teórico seguido pelo Professor Fabio Erber na construção de sua formação acadêmica, mostrando as conclusões da tese que escreveu para obter o grau de Doutor em Economia na Universidade de Sussex , assim como, aquela que lhe propiciou o título de professor titular do Instituto de Economia da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Este artigo apresenta, também, os estudos sobre Convenções que estava realizando no Pós-Doutorado na Université de Paris XIII. Erber era um profissional respeitado por ex-colegas, alunos e amigos brasileiros e estrangeiros (latino-americanos, franceses, ingleses, etc., tendo contribuído para o pensamento latino-americano no que diz respeito aos temas que estudou.

The body and the pencil. Ten questions to Claudio Patané

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Sebastiano Nucifora

2014-05-01

Full Text Available The relevance of matter in drawing. The body weight of the designer and his/her tools, the color stains in his/her fingers after s/he uses them. The sound of footsteps all over the place. The need to know, the desire to remember and cherish, but also to forget. The freedom to get lost while wandering around, notebook in hand and no street sign to rely on. Life drawing not meant as an ancient ritual, but as a necessary practice connecting people with the third dimension.  Ten questions to urban sketcher Claudio Patane share with the reader the experiences and point of view of a true wandering inquirer - among other things - of the urban scene. An artist working with paper and pencil in the digital age, in search of a different approach to digital technology: critical but not hostile, open to the social values of sharing and yet aware of the dangers concealed in its possible self-referential drift.

Fabio Corbisiero (a cura di, Comunità omosessuali. Le scienze sociali sulla popolazione LGBT, FrancoAngeli Editore, pp. 287

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Maria Antonietta Selvaggio

2013-10-01

Full Text Available The book review shall examine the work Comunità omosessuali. Le scienze sociali sulla popolazione LGBT (Homosexual community. The social sciences on the LGBT population, Fabio Corbisiero (ed., offering a detailed survey of the points of view expressed by various disciplines on issues related to LGBT people’s identity and rights in a heterosexist society. It is highlighted the critical and proactive approach with which the male and female authors of the fifteen essays in the volume analyze homosexuality as a plural condition, spread and mobile of the  human existence. What that is exceeded in the theory and practice is the dichotomous homosexuality/ heterosexuality principle which for long time structured the social knowledge, ensuring an effective instrument of control and social order. Nowadays, the instance that is imposed on the planes of the knowledge and reality is that of a necessary "pluralization", without which it can’t be guaranteed a  true citizenship to people and homosexual communities.

Violencia y maltrato en la familia romana y sus consecuencias : la adolescencia perdida de Tiberio Claudio

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Milagros Moro Ipola

2008-01-01

Full Text Available El maltrato psicológico es todo aquel que se ejerce contra el normal desarrollo de la personalidad de un niño. Aunque actual, es una situación que niños y adolescentes han venido sufriendo a lo largo de los siglos y cuyas consecuencias se han dejado ver, ya no sólo durante su adolescencia, sino también en la edad adulta. Uno de los casos más significativos de maltrato hacia un menor es el que sufrió el emperador Tiberio ClaudioThe psychological maltreatment is whatever is exercised against the normal development of the personality of a child. Even though it is a current situation, children and teenagers have been suffering it over the centuries and its consequences can be seen not only during the adolescence but in their manhood. One of the most significant cases of maltreatment against a kid is that one Emperor Tiberius Claudius suffered.

Claudio Coello decorador mural: a propósito de un proyecto suyo para la decoración de un muro de capilla

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Piedra Adarves, Álvaro

2002-12-01

Full Text Available Aspecto todavía poco conocido de la producción artística de Claudio Coello (1642-1693 es, sin duda, su labor como decorador mural. Aunque no es mucho lo que se conserva de sus pinturas murales -, las fuentes que poseemos de ellas y la existencia de algunos dibujos suyos para la decoración de paramentos y techos, indican que su actividad en este género fue tan relevante como la de caballete. El proyecto que estudiamos a continuación, la Decoración de un muro de capilla mayor dedicado a la Inmaculada Concepción de María, se suma pues a este intento de conocer mejor la obra de Coello como decorador mural....

'Don Fabio' and the taming of the three lions: the discursive construction of a foreign England manager's identity in the sports online written media

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Dermot Brendan Heaney

2012-11-01

Full Text Available This article considers the appointment of a foreign manager to coach a national football team from the perspective of discursive identity construction. The data is comprised of three corpora of online versions of newspaper articles, each corresponding to a phase in Fabio Capello’s first two years of tenure. Reflecting current trends in Critical Discourse Analysis, qualitative close analysis is carried out on two articles from each corpus while quantitative analysis is extended across each corpus to identify salient and consistent aspects of discursive identity construction. Exploiting the multi-disciplinary basis of CDA, the data is examined in terms of transitivity, lexis (comprising vocabulary, collocation, deixis, and intertextuality, and narrative identity construction. Micro-analysis of grammatical and linguistic patterns is applied to indicate patterns in press coverage in each phase, and a corresponding overview considers how aspects of identity work diffused through each corpus cohere into general storylines.

'Don Fabio' and the taming of the three lions: the discursive construction of a foreign England manager's identity in the sports online written media

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Dermot Brendan Heaney

2013-06-01

Full Text Available This article considers the appointment of a foreign manager to coach a national football team from the perspective of discursive identity construction. The data is comprised of three corpora of online versions of newspaper articles, each corresponding to a phase in Fabio Capello’s first two years of tenure. Reflecting current trends in Critical Discourse Analysis, qualitative close analysis is carried out on two articles from each corpus while quantitative analysis is extended across each corpus to identify salient and consistent aspects of discursive identity construction. Exploiting the multi-disciplinary basis of CDA, the data is examined in terms of transitivity, lexis (comprising vocabulary, collocation, deixis, and intertextuality, and narrative identity construction. Micro-analysis of grammatical and linguistic patterns is applied to indicate patterns in press coverage in each phase, and a corresponding overview considers how aspects of identity work diffused through each corpus cohere into general storylines.

Influencia de la actividad física, en el desarrollo motor de los estudiantes de básica intermedia, con discapacidad auditiva, de la Unidad Educativa Especial Claudio Neira, (octubre - marzo 2015)

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Naranjo Naranjo, Edwin Geovanny; Vera Bustamante, Braulio Ricardo

2015-01-01

Este proyecto demuestra que la actividad física, si influye en el desarrollo motor de los estudiantes con discapacidad sensorial auditiva de la UEE Claudio Neira; fundamentados en cuatro capítulos se investigaron, seleccionaron y aplicaron varios test y estrategias para mejorar las capacidades físicas, coordinativas y habilidades motrices básicas de los estudiantes. This project shows how the physical activity is a good stimulation for the student development whit special sensorial hearing...

Don Claudio Sánchez Albornoz. El historiador y su obra

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Serafín DE TAPIA

2009-08-01

Full Text Available Avila fue uno de los primeros lugares de España donde se realizó una manifestación a favor de la República. Corrían los últimos días de junio de 1869 y los sectores más progresistas del país, los republicanos, habían intensificado su movilización a raíz de la Promulgación de la Constitución de 1869, que reconocía que la monarquía era la forma de gobierno de la Nación española (art. 33. En Avila dimiten nueve concejales y los que siguen en sus puestos solicitan infructuosamente armas para los Voluntarios de la Libertad1, con cuyo apoyo pensaban los regidores mantener el espíritu de La Gloriosa. Eran tiempos agitados: los ultraconservadores carlistas se vuelven a alzar en partidas, lo que mueve al Comité Republicano de Avila a solicitar, en agosto de 1869, licencia del Ayuntamiento para «crear una fuerza aparte de su mismo partido, compuesta de cien o más hombres». Se deniega la autorización y además, meses después, el Gobierno central, cada vez más moderado procede a desarmar a los Voluntarios de la Libertad, como se estaba haciendo en todo el país; enterados los regidores del hecho consumado de la disolución de las Milicias urbanas se convoca el 6 de octubre sesión extraordinaria del Ayuntamiento para examinar el asunto. Un regidor lleva la voz cantante proponiendo a sus colegas dimitir en bloque como protesta: es D. Lucio Sánchez Albornoz, ascendiente directo de D. Claudio (era su tío-abuelo. La propuesta no fue secundada y ocho días después se recibe en el Ayuntamiento un oficio del Sr. Gobernador suspendiendo de su cargo de regidor a Sánchez Albornoz e imponiéndole una multa de 20 escudos (el salario mensual de un peón «con motivo de no haberse prestado a jurar la Constitución de 1869

Ekphrasis, Intertextuality and the Role of the Reader in Poems by Francisco Brines and Claudio Rodríguez

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W. Michael Mudrovic

1990-06-01

Full Text Available Ekphrasis, the verbal representation of visual art, affords a singular perspective on a discrepancy between the general conception of intertextuality and its practical application. Francisco Brines's "Museo de la Academia" ("Museum of the Academy" and Claudio Rodríguez's "Hilando" ("Spinning" both contain the description of a painting. Each poet achieves diverse effects with a different handling of the respective paintings, yet both come to surprisingly similar conclusions with regard to the poetic act. Brines's depiction of the martyrdom of St. Sebastian supplies a limited amount of information that dovetails neatly with the use of metaphor and metonymy. Rodríguez's use of synecdoche in conjunction with the description of the dominant figure in Velázquez's The Spinners introduces an overwhelming abundance of allusions that interconnect with one another, weaving the fabric of the text while at the same time unravelling it. Whereas Brines emphatically reminds the reader of the frame separating the participant from the work of art, Rodríguez dissolves it and conflates the world of the text with that of the participant. These variant approaches to the intertextual space correspond to the concept of supplementarity and allow us to deconstruct the commonly-held contradiction between the general and practical acceptations of intertextuality. These two poems also make the metapoetic dimension of the text, the indeterminacy of language, the interrelationship between art and life, and the view of the poem as epistemological and ontological construct—important characteristics of post-Civil War Spanish poetry—stand out in sharp relief. In these poems by major figures of that era ekphrasis leads to the discovery of essential aspects of the reading process and amends our view of intertextuality.

“Boletum medicatum”. La seta que mató al emperador Claudio / Boletum medicatum. The mushroom that killed the emperor Claudius

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Joaquín Villalba Álvarez

2009-06-01

Full Text Available Resumen: Mucho se ha escrito a lo largo de los siglos sobre las circunstancias que rodearon la muerte del emperador romano Claudio (10 a. C. – 54 d. C.. El consenso general entre los historiadores antiguos que narran el episodio –Tácito, Suetonio y Dion Casio-, así como muchas otras referencias dispersas en la literatura latina nos llevan a pensar que su muerte se debió a una conspiración de su cuarta esposa, su sobrina Agripina, que le sirvió un plato de setas previamente envenenadas. Sin embargo, entre los estudiosos modernos hay quienes, como Grimm-Samuel, han barajado la posibilidad de que su muerte se debió a la ingesta (ya fuese premeditadamente, ya de manera accidental de setas venenosas, en concreto de la especie Amanita phalloides. Partiendo de diversos argumentos, ofrecemos nuestra opinión sobre el tema, que no difiere mucho de la que ofrecen los escritores de la Antigüedad.Summary: In the course of the centuries, many pages have been written on the circumstances surrounding the death of the Roman Emperor Claudius (10 BC – 54 AD. General agreement among ancient historians who relate us the story –Tacitus, Suetonius, Cassius Dio-, as well as the rest of scattered references in Latin literature induce us to think his death was due to his fourth wife’s conspiracy, his niece Agrippina, who served him a dish with previously poisoned mushrooms. Nevertheless, some of the scholars of our time, Grimm-Samuel for example, have considered the hypothesis that Claudius died because he ingested poisonous mushrooms (“either through criminal intent, or by sheer accident”, more specifically Amanita phalloides. Starting from different arguments, we offer our own point of view, which does not differ much from the ancient writers’ opinion.

26th National Neurotrauma Symposium

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2008-12-31

Sanchez Alvaro I., Puyana Juan C., Fabio Anthony, Adelson P. David 81 COMPARATIVE NEUROPROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF CYCLOSPORIN A AND NIM811, A NON...Xiangbai, Fabio Anthony, Yuan Zhifang, Niyonkuru Christian, Wagner Amy 99 ACTIVATION OF MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING PROTEINS BY POLYUNSATURATED FATTY...Metabolism/Physiological Assessments TBI Mitchell Cohen University of California, San Francisco Ferguson Adam, Cohen Mitchell, Morabito Diane

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Lannutti, Fabio J.

2014-01-01

Fabio Lannutti (escritor argentino) obtuvo, con su novela inédita La ropa del muerto, el premio Medellín Negro 2014. El libro fue publicado por Planeta, en Medellín, en agosto de 2014. El jurado estaba integrado por Elmer Mendoza, Amir Valle y Néstor Ponce. En esta nota, Fabio Lanutti nos relata el origen de su novela y la “cocina literaria”.

Reseña: Birocco, Carlos María & Cacciatore, Luis Claudio. El despegue del desarrollo tecnológico en la Provincia de Buenos Aires: industria saladeril, aprovechamiento del agua subterránea y mensuración de la tierra en el siglo XIX.

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Facundo Roca

2016-09-01

Full Text Available El presente trabajo constituye una reseña de la obra El despegue del desarrollo tecnológico en la Provincia de Buenos Aires: industria saladeril, aprovechamiento del agua subterránea y mensuración de la tierra en el siglo XIX, de Carlos María Birocco y Luis Claudio Cacciatore. En esta reseña se realiza una revisión crítica del libro, identificando las fuentes y métodos empleados por los autores, las hipótesis centrales de la obra y los principales aportes y contribuciones al estudio del tema abordado. La obra comentada consiste en una investigación centrada en tres aspectos específicos del desarrollo científico-tecnológico de la segunda mitad del siglo XIX: la regulación de la actividad saladeril, el desarrollo de la hidrología y la mensuración y castración de tierras.

À la recherche de l'image perdu: Das Cover und die Kultur der Freiheit / À la recherche de l'image perdu: The Cover and the Culture of Freedom

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Fabian Steinhauer

2007-12-01

Full Text Available Bücher bedecken die Welt und sie verhalten sich zu ihr, wie die Schutzumschläge zu ihren Büchern. Ceci n´est pas une recension, sondern nur eine Coverschau zu Udo Di Fabio, Die Kultur der Freiheit, C. H. Beck: Munich (2005, ISBN: 3406537456. Books cover the world and behave towards it like the protecting cover protects its book. Ceci n´est pas une recension, but rather a cover preview of Udo Di Fabio, Die Kultur der Freiheit, C. H. Beck: Munich (2005, ISBN: 3406537456.

Exhibition

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2014-01-01

  Parallels vision Astronomical subjects which evoke extrasensory kinetic visions Alberto Di Fabio From 8 to 10 October, CERN Meyrin, Main Building In the framework of Italy@cern, the Staff Association presents Alberto Di Fabio. Di Fabio’s work is inspired by the fundamental laws of the physical world, as well as organic elements and their interrelation. His paintings and works on paper merge the worlds of art and science, depicting natural forms and biological structures in vivid colour and imaginative detail. For all additional information: staff.association@cern.ch | Tel: 022 767 28 19

Summary Record of the Fifth Meeting of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK and M) Across Generations

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2013-01-01

Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK and M) across Generations is an initiative under the RWMC in the area of knowledge consolidation and transfer. Disposal in engineered facilities built in stable, deep geological formations is the reference means for permanently isolating long-lived radioactive waste from the biosphere. However, there is no intention to forgo, at any time, knowledge and awareness either of the repository or of the waste that it contains. The cultural dimension of preserving RK and M is an important subject. Overall, long-term preservation of RK and M is a multidisciplinary work area in which much learning is expected over the coming years. This is the task of the RWMC's RK and M initiative. A major outcome will be a menu-driven document that - the RK and M Wiki - that will allow people to identify the elements of a strategic action plan for RK and M preservation. This document is a summary record of the 5. Meeting of the RK and M initiative. The summary is made of 8 items: 1 - Introduction (Claudio Pescatore); 2 - Updates: Wiki Status and Plans (Philippe Maupai, Claudio Pescatore), Glossary (Stephan Hotzel, Claudio Pescatore, Anne Claudel), Bibliography (Anne Claudel, Richard Ferch), Set of Essential Records- SER (Claire Mays); 3 - Documenting Phase I: Master-plan for finalising Phase I (Claudio Pescatore); 4 - Discussion of articles by project participants: The Bibliography and its Analysis (Richard Ferch, Abe Van Luik), Guiding principles (Erik Setzman, Jean-Noel Dumont), Decisions and actions, The connection to safety (Claudio Pescatore, Mareike Rueffer), Archives (Anne Claudel, Sofie Tunbrant), Cultural heritage (Jantine Schroeder, Thomas Kaiserfeld), Causes of loss of Records, Knowledge and Memory (Simon Wisbey, Arne Berckmans); 5 - Regulatory aspects (Richard Ferch, Peter Ormai), Supranational Mechanisms (Jean-Noel Dumont, Anne Claudel), Markers (Jantine Schroeder, Jozsef Fekete), General comments on Strategic Articles

Prediction of Aggressive Human Prostate Cancer by Cathepsin B

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2008-03-01

Cancer Res 2004;10(12 Pt 1):4118-4124. 28. Munoz E, Gomez F, Paz JI, Casado I, Silva JM, Corcuera MT, Alonso MJ. Ki-67 immunolabeling in pre...detected prostate cancer. J Pathol 2002;197(2):148-154. 34. Claudio PP, Zamparelli A, Garcia FU, Claudio L, Ammirati G, Farina A, Bovicelli A, Russo G...JA. Distinct roles for cysteine cathepsin genes in multistage tumorigenesis. Genes Dev 2006;20(5):543-556. 47. Fernandez PL, Farre X, Nadal A

Twisted Gastrulation as a BMP Modulator during Mammary Gland Development and Tumorigenesis

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2014-05-01

tissues ( Bonilla -Claudio et al., 2012). In WT TEBs (Fig. 8A–D) and mature ducts (Fig. 8I–L) almost all luminal cells expressed GATA-3. In contrast, Twsg1...PubMed: 12952901] Bonilla -Claudio M, Wang J, Bai Y, Klysik E, Selever J, Martin JF. Bmp signaling regulates a dosedependent transcriptional...deficient mice. Arch Oral Biol. 2006; 51:433–8. [PubMed: 16289463] Metallo CM, Ji L, de Pablo JJ, Palecek SP. Retinoic Acid and Bone Morphogenetic

Täppispalkamine / Claudio Fernandez-Araoz

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Fernandez-Araoz, Claudio

2005-01-01

10 peamist viga, mis tehakse uute töötajate tööle värbamisel ning vigade võimalikest lahendustest. Kommenteerivad Agu Vaher, Terje Tiiman ja Ille Einmann. Vt. samas: Kas teie firma vajaks uue inimese töölevärbamisel välist abi?; Midagi enamat kui vestlus - struktureeritud intervjuu; Kumba valida - armastusväärne tossike või kurjamist proff?

The External Mind

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, Extended Mind and Distributed Cognition by Claudio Paolucci pp. 69-96 The Social Horizon of Embodied Language and Material Symbols by Riccardo Fusaroli pp. 97-123 Semiotics and Theories of Situated/Distributed Action and Cognition: a Dialogue and Many Intersections by Tommaso Granelli pp. 125-167 Building......The External Mind: an Introduction by Riccardo Fusaroli, Claudio Paolucci pp. 3-31 The sign of the Hand: Symbolic Practices and the Extended Mind by Massimiliano Cappuccio, Michael Wheeler pp. 33-55 The Overextended Mind by Shaun Gallagher pp. 57-68 The "External Mind": Semiotics, Pragmatism...

And so it all began: A personal tribute to the man behind the scientist

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Aliotta, Marialuisa

2018-01-01

At the time I began my scientific career as a PhD student under the supervision of Claudio Spitaleri, the Trojan Horse Method was still in its infancy. Like with any new-born idea, it took time and passion and effort to plant the early seeds that would eventually develop into a now well-established method in nuclear astrophysics research. Here, I offer my own recollection of those early years as a personal homage to Claudio's unique mix of human traits that shaped our professional relationship for many years since.

From light to knowledge

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2011-01-01

An evening in two parts with Fabio Barblan. 1/ Light in daily life and what light means for an astronomer (exhibition). 2/ Light in all its states or how to extract information from the heavenly bodies: exploration using telescopes, space probes, spectrometry and imagery. Measuring and modelling using light (physical parameters, distances, etc.) Fabio Barblan is "an external scientific collaborator" and member of the photometry, stellar variability and GAIA group at the Observatoire de Genève. Observatoire de Genève Friday 14 October from 8:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. » Suitable for all – Admission free - Lecture in French For further information: +33 (0)4 50 41 96 80

Sylos Labini sobre Marx: implicaciones para la política económica

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Massimo Cingolani

2016-09-01

Full Text Available La presente colaboración aborda algunos aspectos postulados por Sylos Labini en su interpretación de la economía de Carlos Marx, sin duda polémica pero necesaria. Para ello se retoma la amplia discusión teórica realizada en torno a esos temas por varios académicos, que de una manera u otra, han participado e influido en dicho debate. Esta reflexión, importante en sí misma, se vuelve imprescindible en referencia a determinadas implicaciones de gran envergadura sobre la aplicación de la política económica impuesta en los últimos más de 25 años en la Unión Europea, bajo los estrechos criterios de la política fiscal y monetaria impuesta. El autor expresa su opinión a título personal. Este ensayo es una traducción realizada por Glenda Lao Largaespada y Michele Cingolani y revisada por el autor de un artículo publicado con el mismo título en el vol. 68, n. 269 (2015, pp. 81- 147 de Moneta e Credito. El trabajo desarrolla un informe presentado el 25 de Octubre de 2013 en Bolonia en la 54a Reunión Científica Anual de la Sociedad Italiana de los Economistas, que se desarrolló en una lección en la Universidad de Bérgamo el 9 de Mayo de 2014. Sin implicar su adhesión a las tesis presentadas, el autor desea agradecer a Jean-Luc Bailly, Riccardo Bellofiore, Claude Berthomieu, Luca Cefisi, Nadia Garbellini, Lorenzo Esposito, Joseph Halevi, Eckhard Hein, Stefano Lucarelli, Fabio Petri, Antonella Rancan, Roberto Romano, Alessandro Roncaglia, Andrea Salanti, Claudio Sardoni, Andrew Trigg, Jan Toporowski, Ariel Wirkierman, los referees anónimos y los traductores por los comentarios, críticas y apoyo recibidos. El autor asume plena responsabilidad por los errores que persistan.

Muusika saab rõivasteks

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2003-01-01

Itaalia professori Fabio Sartorelli teaduseksperimendist tõlkida muusikalised noodid ja rütmid mustrite, triipude ja värvide keelde ja kanda need kangale. Itaalia firma Paul & Shark rõivakollektsioonist "Kanna muusikat, mis sulle meeldib"

Laulud armastusest ja sõjast / Kersti Inno

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Inno, Kersti, 1954-

2008-01-01

Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoori ja Helsingi Barokkorkestri kontserdist Claudio Monteverdi loominguga 25. jaan. Rakvere Gümnaasiumis, 26. jaan. Tartu Jaani kirikus ja 27. jaan. Tallinnas Mustpeade majas

Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor esitab Monteverdi muusikat

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2008-01-01

Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoori ja Helsingi Barokkorkestri kontserdist Claudio Monteverdi loominguga 25. jaan. Rakvere Gümnaasiumis, 26. jaan. Tartu Jaani kirikus ja 27. jaan. Tallinnas Mustpeade majas

Keraamiline plaat, kork või klaasmosaiik? / Jana Rand

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2004-01-01

Seinaplaadimood üllatab liiklusmärkidega klaasmosaiigi, merevaiguga ääristatud või nahka jäljendava keraamikaga. Nõuandeid seinaplaatide valikuks ja paigaldamiseks. Plaadisalongis Vivarec pakutavatest korkplaatidest ja disainer Fabio Novembre kujundatud Itaalia firma Bisazza mosaiikidest. 6 ill

Suur fondijuhtide ülevaade

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2006-01-01

Küsimustele vastavad Toomas Reisenbuk, Valdur Jaht, Mehis Raud, Siim Valner, Vahur Madisson, Meelis Angerma, Alo Kullamaa, Endriko Võrklaev, Arne Randmaa, Andrei Zaborski, Robert Kitt, Fabio Filipozzi, Martin Hendre, Piotr Chorzewski, Artjom Saia, Aari Stalde ja Märten Kress

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2010-12-01

Full Text Available Peer reviewed by Renato Bordone, Filippo Burgarella, Sandro Carocci, Alexandra Chavarria Arnau, Simone Collavini, Salvatore Cosentino, Cristina La Rocca, Lech Leciejewicz, Jean-Claude Maire Vigueur, Marc Mayer, Eduardo Manzano Moreno, Fabio Saggioro, Chris Wickham, Enrico Zanini, Luca Zavagno.

Laenude lõksus / Dag Kirsebom, Claudio Zucchelli

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Kirsebom, Dag

2008-01-01

Majandussurutise tingimustes ning olukorras, kus üle saja protsendi Eesti aastasest sisemajanduse kogutoodangust moodustavad laenud, peavad eestlased hakkama säästlikumalt elama, isiklikku finantsolukorda aitab kontrolli all hoida kuueelarve koostamine

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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Knoop, Hans Henrik

2017-01-01

Knoop, H. H. (in press). Mihaly Csikszentmihaly. In B. J. Carducci (Editor-in-Chief) & A. Di Fabio, D. H. Saklofske, & C. Stough (Vol. Eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell encyclopedia of personality and individual differences: Vol. III. Personality processes and individual differences. Hoboken, NJ: John...

Supporting U.S. Stretegy for Third World Conflict

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1988-06-01

Pablo Escobar-Gaviria, the Ochoa brothers, (Jorge, Fabio, and Juan), Jaime Guillot-Lara, and Carlos Lehder Rivas formed large, ocean and continent... Bonilla . Courageously, Colombia’s President Betancur and his congress legislated new, more rigorous legal strictures against illegal drug trafficking

Muusikauudiseid maailmast / Nele-Eva Steinfeld

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2014-01-01

Lühisõnumeid maailmast: Claudio Abbado (1933-2014). Kuldne Grammy eesti muusikutele. Moskva Suure Teatri muusikajuhiks sai Tugan Sokhiev. Milwaukees röövitud stradivaarius leitud. "Jaapani Beethoveniks" nimetatud Mamoru Samuragochil oli variautor

Anneli Remme soovitab : Armastuse ja sõja laulud / Anneli Remme

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Remme, Anneli, 1968-

2008-01-01

Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoori ja Helsingi Barokkorkestri kontserdist Claudio Monteverdi loominguga 25. jaan. Rakvere Gümnaasiumis, 26. jaan. Tartu Jaani kirikus ja 27. jaan. Tallinnas Mustpeade majas, Euroraadio kontsert 29. jaan. Tallinna Metodisti kirikus

Peidetud köögid / Ketlin Priilinn

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Priilinn, Ketlin, 1982-

2006-01-01

Kabinetti suletud köök Tivali (Dante Bonuccelli), köök K11 (Norbert Wangen), köögimööbel Modus (Paola Nava, Fabio Casiraghi), köök Pantos Chef (Antonia Astor), köök Single (AlbertoColonello)

Water SA - Vol 43, No 2 (2017)

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Sensitivity to selected contaminants in a biological early warning system using Anodonta woodiana (Mollusca) · EMAIL FREE FULL TEXT EMAIL FREE FULL TEXT DOWNLOAD FULL TEXT DOWNLOAD FULL TEXT. Luisa Giari, Fabio Vincenzi, Elisa Anna Fano, Ivano Graldi, Fernando Gelli, Giuseppe Castaldelli, 200-208.

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative ...

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Saira Shams, Shabir Ahmed, Sultan Ayaz, E. F. Abd_Allah, Sumaira Shams, Sadaf Niaz, .... Raúl Vinet, Claudio Laurido, Iftikhar Hussain, Rao Zahid Abbas, Ahrar Khan, ... Zainul Amiruddin Zakaria, Mohammad Hafiz Abdul Rahim, Norhafizah ...

Bagatellid : maailm / Mirjam Tally

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Tally, Mirjam, 1976-

2007-01-01

Lahkus Luciano Pavarotti. CD-plaat tähistas 25 aasta juubelit. Claudio Abbado on muusikamaailma suuremast saginast pisut tagasi tõmbunud. Robot mängib löökpille. Ooperikardinate taga: läbipõlenud lauljad

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Items 6401 - 6450 of 11090 ... ... Tatiana Marquini Machado, Natalia Reis Furtado, Luciana Francisco Fleuri, Marizete Cavalcante de Souza Vieira, Luciana Manoel Oliveira, Fabio ... Cecília Maria de Carvalho Xavier Holanda, Janette Monroy Osório, Tarciso Bruno Montenegro Sampaio, Christina da Silva Camillo, Aldo Cunha ...

Suurriikide manöövrid võtsid Terraselt ameti

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2018-01-01

Eesti kaitseväe juhataja kindral Riho Terras jäi napilt ilma Euroopa Liidu tähtsaima militaarameti ehk sõjaväelise komitee juhi kohast. Valituks osutus Itaalia relvajõudude kindralstaabi ülem, kindral Claudio Graziano

Journal of Biosciences | Indian Academy of Sciences

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Replica-moulded polydimethylsiloxane culture vessel lids attenuate osmotic drift in long-term cell cultures · Axel Blau Tanja Neumann Christiane Ziegler Fabio Benfenati ... otherwise conventional cell culture conditions. pp 71-83 Articles. Molecular evolution of the E8 promoter in tomato and some of its relative wild species.

Journal of Biosciences | Indian Academy of Sciences

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Home; Journals; Journal of Biosciences; Volume 28; Issue 6. A skeletochronological study of growth, longevity, and age at sexual maturity in a population of Rana latastei (Amphibia, Anura). Fabio M Guarino Silvia Lunardi Michela Carlomagno Stefano Mazzotti. Articles Volume 28 Issue 6 December 2003 pp 775-782 ...

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2012-10-06

Oct 6, 2012 ... Chancing upon my article last year, Scazzocchio graciously emailed his appreciation of ... Best wishes. Claudio ... And again, you are completely right that the deletion cannot be ever totally dominant, it is almost like. Russell's ...

Review Of Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumour (TVT) In Dogs ...

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... located in the mucous membrane of the external genitalia of either sex. ... conjunctiva and even the anal mucosa (Neilsen and Kennedy, 1990, Calvert, ... to be caused by transmissible cancer cells, in this case by biting (Claudio et al., 2006).

Colloidal Assemblies Effect on Chemical Reactions.

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1986-07-01

JustIfloatIon By Availability Codes Avail and/or Dist Spoial (2) RESEARCH PLANS - Photodegradation of organic compounds by visible light. Other...distribution unlimited Participating scientific personel Edmondo PRAVAURO Associate Professor Claudio MINERO Associate Researcher op p LIST OF

Kunstnikuks pürgija vajab paari õigeaegset impulssi / Kaido Ole, Eva Unt

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Ole, Kaido

2006-01-01

Antonia Claudio Carvalho meistriklass "Ava oma silmad/Open Your Eyes" 23.-27. I ja näitus 27. I-9. II Eesti Kunstiakadeemia galeriis. Meistriklassist vestlesid EKA maaliosakonna juhataja Kaido Ole ja maalieriala III kursuse üliõpilane Eva Unt

Muusikauudiseid maailmast / Nele-Eva Steinfeld

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2016-01-01

Lühisõnumeid maailmast: Suri Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Grammy selleks aastaks jagatud. Claudio Abbado pärand liigub Berliini. Piotr Anderszewski võtab aja maha. Polar Music Prize Cecilia Bartolile. Lahkus USA helilooja Steven Stucky. Händeli kantaadi seni tundmatu versioon

Sadhana | Indian Academy of Sciences

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Home; Journals; Sadhana. Philip N Garner. Articles written in Sadhana. Volume 36 Issue 5 October 2011 pp 885-915. Current trends in multilingual speech processing · Hervé Bourlard John Dines Mathew Magimai-Doss Philip N Garner David Imseng Petr Motlicek Hui Liang Lakshmi Saheer Fabio Valente · More Details ...

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Home; Journals; Sadhana. Hui Liang. Articles written in Sadhana. Volume 36 Issue 5 October 2011 pp 885-915. Current trends in multilingual speech processing · Hervé Bourlard John Dines Mathew Magimai-Doss Philip N Garner David Imseng Petr Motlicek Hui Liang Lakshmi Saheer Fabio Valente · More Details Abstract ...

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(4-12) and has recently been approved by the FDA as a drug for leukemia treatment. The analogs le and 1d ere also quite active against several tumor lines (4,5). .... K.C. Murdock, R.G. Child, P.F. Fabio, R.B. Angier, R.E. Walace, F.E. Durr.

Valores poblacionales de hemoglobina y hematocrito en el área rural del municipio de Manizales Caldas 1999

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Giraldo Arias, Clara; Córdoba Quintero, Matha Lucía

2011-01-01

Se trata de un estudio descriptivo exploratorio para determinar valores poblacionales de hemoglobina y hematocrito del área rural de Manizales, de acuerdo al sexo, edad, condición de salud y clasificación nutricional. Nicolás Pérez Almanza, José Arnoby Chacón, Fabio Antonio Galeano

Unicredit: Eestil on vundament korras / Fabio Mucci ; intervjueerinud Villu Zirnask

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Mucci, Fabio

2011-01-01

Intervjuu Unicredit Groupi Kesk- ja Ida-Euroopa pangandusanalüüsi osakonna juhatajaga. Tema sõnul on võrreldes teiste Kesk- ja Ida-Euroopa riikidega Eesti lähemate aastate väljavaated suhteliselt head, sest makromajanduslik vundament on meil korras

Comportamiento a corrosión de materiales compuestos con aplicaciones electrónicas

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Gutiérrez Arévalo, Zayra

2007-01-01

Proyecto Fin de Carrera leído en la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos durante el curso académico 2006/2007. Tutores del Proyecto: María Victoria Utrilla Esteban y Claudio J. Múnez Alba Ciencia e Ingeniería de los Materiales

Journal of Biosciences | Indian Academy of Sciences

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https://www.ias.ac.in/article/fulltext/jbsc/037/02/0259-0267 ... Biomédica de Oriente, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Hospital General de Zona No. ... Molecular, Posgrado en Ciencias Químicas, BUAP, Blvd. 14 Sur Esq. San Claudio, CU.

Botánica médica de los indígenas Cuna de Arquía, Chocó

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Giraldo Tafur Clara

1995-11-01

Full Text Available A medical-botanical study in the indigenous Cuna community of Arquia (Choco with the collaboration of the Inatuledi (botanical doctor Claudio Izquierdo is presented. Different aspects about health, illness and the healing process are discussed. 146 plants are relerenced including indian language and translation, a brief description of uses and applications and the taxonomical name of 53 plants.Se presenta un estudio de botánica médica realizado en la comunidad indígena Cuna de Arquía, Chocó, con la colaboración del lnatuledi (médico-botánico Claudio Izquierdo. Se discuten diferentes aspectos sobre salud y enfermedad y la terapéutica curativa. Se referencian 146 plantas con el uso, nombre en lengua y español, parte a usar y la preparación, de las cuales 53 se identificaron taxonómicamente.

Uudiseid maailmast / Nele-Eva Steinfeld

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2013-01-01

Claudio Abbado kuulutati eluaegseks senaatoriks. Erkki-Sven Tüüri uudisteos "Peregrinus ecstaticus" Helsingis, Stockholmis renoveeritakse ooperimaja. Minnesota orkestri probleemid jätkuvad. "BBC Promsi" festivali edukas suvi. Titanicu pardal kõlanud viiul läheb näitusele ja oksjonile. Suri Ray Dolby

UEFA ametnik laitis staadionide seisukorda / Nils Niitra

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Niitra, Nils, 1975-

2004-01-01

UEFA noorte- ja amatöörjalgpalli projektijuht Claudio Negroni andis Tartu ja selle lähiümbruse staadionidele ebarahuldava hinde. Tamme staadionil tehakse 16 miljonit krooni maksev remont, et seal saaks 2007.a. toimuda 19-aastaste noormeeste Euroopa jalgpalli meistrivõistluste finaalturniir

CTIO Staff | CTIO

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Detector Engineer Victor Aguirre Electronic Technician Guillermo Dubó Electronic Technician Manuel Martínez Electronic Manager Pedro Vergara Instrument Maker Víctor Pinto Instrument Maker Jaime Cruz Observer Juan Andrade Mechanic Assistant Manuel Hernández Observer Support Claudio Aguilera Assistant

Enabling Openness: The future of the information society in Latin ...

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2013-11-20

Nov 20, 2013 ... ... Sandro Jiménez Ocampo, Hubert Linders, Gustavo Macedo Diniz, Ronaldo Lemos, Joana Veron, Georgia Gibson-Henlin, Carolina Botero, Cosette Castro, Claudio Ruiz, Carlos Gregorio, Katitza Rodriguez, Ramiro Álvarez Ugarte, Beatriz Busaniche, and Manuel Acevedo. Edición español: Descargar ...

Bagatellid : maailm / Nele-Eva Steinfeld, Harry Liivrand, Ivo Heinloo

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Steinfeld, Nele-Eva

2010-01-01

Uudiseid maailmast: Helilooja Jennifer Higdon pälvis Pulitzeri preemia. Fabio Luisist sai Metropolitan Opera esimene külalisdirigent. "Operalia" võitjad Sonya Yoncheva ja Stefan Pop. Lahkus metsosopran Giulietta Simionato. Kaija Saariaho uus ooper "Emilie" Amsterdamis. Hollandi maineka jazziauhinna noppis Anton Goudsmit. Herbie Hancock tähisats juubelit. Jagati reggae- ja maailmamuusika auhindu. Ilmus Stevie Wonderi biograafia

Summary Record of the Fourth Meeting of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK and M) Across Generations Project

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2013-01-01

Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK and M) across Generations is an initiative under the RWMC in the area of knowledge consolidation and transfer. Disposal in engineered facilities built in stable, deep geological formations is the reference means for permanently isolating long-lived radioactive waste from the biosphere. However, there is no intention to forgo, at any time, knowledge and awareness either of the repository or of the waste that it contains. The cultural dimension of preserving RK and M is an important subject. Overall, long-term preservation of RK and M is a multidisciplinary work area in which much learning is expected over the coming years. This is the task of the RWMC's RK and M initiative. A major outcome will be a menu-driven document that - the RK and M Wiki - that will allow people to identify the elements of a strategic action plan for RK and M preservation. This document is a summary record of the 4. Meeting of the RK and M project. Three appendices are attached to the summary: - A: Agreed changes to the key observations of the September 2012 Workshop Proceedings; - B: Summary of the discussion and action points regarding the development of the MDD Wiki; - C: Decisions and Actions. The list of participants is also attached to the end of the document. The summary is made of 32 items: 1: Progress Report (Claudio Pescatore); 2: September 2012 Workshop Proceedings (Claudio Pescatore); 3: Glossary and Bibliography Update (Anne Claudel); 4: UNESCO Digital Conference Report and Work with CoData (Claudio Pescatore); 5: Observations on the Proceedings of the UNESCO Digital Memory Conference (Anne Claudel); 6: Discussion; 7: Archives and Digital Libraries (Per Carlsson); 8: Literature Survey on Markers and Memory Preservation (Marcos Buser); 9: Tsunami Stones Report - Development Work (Helen Gordon-Smith); 10: Markers Discussion (Jantine Schroeder); 11: Study of local communities' position on monitoring and the preservation of knowledge

Detection of the CS20 Colonization Factor Antigen in Diffuse-Adhering Escherichia coli Strains

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2010-01-01

Savarino5 & Claudio F. Lanata4•7 ’Institute de Medicina Tropical ’Alexander von Humboldt’, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru; 2Umvers1ty...de C•encias Aplicadas. Lima, Peru Abstract Correspondence: Theresa J. Ochoa, Institute de Medicina Tropical ’Alexander von Humboldt’, Universidad

Kaitstud magistritööd, 1. juuni 2012

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2013-01-01

Oma töid kaitsesid Claudio Julio Rodriguez Higuera, Davi William Ferreira Gomes, Karlina Vaivade, Mohamed Gamal Abdelmeged Elmaayergy, Sigita Tamošauskaite, Eduardo Chávez Herrera, Tyler James Bennett, Felipe Cuervo Restrepo, Julia Popova, Anastasiia Sidielnik, Thomas Mark Boyle, Mirjam Männik, Sandra Preiman, Tamara Stojanovic

E-Learning--Engineering, On-Job Training and Interactive Teaching

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Silva, Anderson, Ed.; Pontes, Elvis, Ed.; Guelfi, Adilson, Ed.; Kofuji, Sergio Takeo, Ed.

2012-01-01

Chapters in this book include: (1) Courseware Adaptation to Learning Styles and Knowledge Level (Boyan Bontchev and Dessislava Vassileva); (2) Assisted On-Job Training (Claudio Teixeira and Joaquim Sousa Pinto); (3) Self-Directed Learning Readiness Factors in Physicians for Implementing E-Learning in the Continuing Medical Education Programs…

Liderando proyectos

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Piorun, Daniel; Giusti, Jose Luis

2001-01-01

Participantes del debate: Piñeiro, JoseFarfán, CarlosSantoalla, Juan CarlosColautti, RaúlCané, ClaudioLázaro, Claudia Fil: Piorun, Daniel. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas Fil: Giusti, Jose Luis. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas

Sisustusgiidi uudised / Mari Masso

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Masso, Mari

2007-01-01

Uut elutoa mööblit Eesti poodides - diivan Janno Roosilt ja Andres Labilt, tugitool Patricia Urquiolalt, Zaha Hadidi disainitud laud "Aqua", Mareo Marani pöördjalaga tool "Free" ja erinevate mustritega lauad disainistuudiolt Archivolto (disainerid Claudio Dondoli ja Marco Pocci). Lk. 58 Ell-Maaja Randküla kommentaar

Preparation of tools for lithographically controlled wetting and soft lithography

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sprotocols

2015-01-01

Authors: Massmiliano Cavallini, Denis Gentili, Pierpaolo Greco, Francesco Valle & Fabio Biscarini ### Abstract This protocol provides the instructions for designing and fabricating stamping tools with features ranging from nanometer to micrometer scale, including the fabrication using commercial tools such as compact disks or digital video disks. In particular the reported procedures are oriented towards the tools fabrication for lithographically controlled wetting and soft lithograph...

MOVIMIENTOS SINFONICOS DE UN ARQUITECTO

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Guillermo E. Felix Tejera

1996-01-01

Full Text Available Compositor, pintor, escultor, administrador, pedagogo, director del Conservatorio e investigador, el Maestro Fabio González Zuleta fue construyendo su vida a golpes de sensibilidad, imaginación y entrega al servicio de la música, de los músicos y de todos los que creen en el desarrollo integral del ser humano a través del arte.

Divine Performance

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Schneider, Magnus Tessing

2006-01-01

Essay on the Orpheus figure as a personification of the transcendent dimension of art, and how this motive has been treated in the philosophy of Marsilio Ficino as well as in four operas: Jacopo Peri's L'Euridice (1600), Claudio Monteverdi's L'Orfeo (1607), C. W. Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice (1762) ...

LHC highlights from ATLAS - FRAPWS2016 conference - Claudio Luci

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Luci, Claudio; The ATLAS collaboration

2016-01-01

I am going to give a talk about highlight from ATLAS. The conference is FRAP2016, it is a conference of astrophysics. My talk is the third one oon the first day, after a general talk and one about dark matter search at colliders (given by someone does not working in atlas or cms). There is not a talk given by a colleague from cms, so mine is the only one about lhc. I have prepared my slides thinking about a "general" public and not for a specialized audience like the one we use to give talks. I have 30 minutes, maybe I have too many slides but I can easily keep the ones about dark matter if I am going to run late.

Bagatellid : maailm / Nele-Eva Steinfeld, Ivo Heinloo

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Steinfeld, Nele-Eva

2011-01-01

Muusikasõnumeid maailmast: Hollandi kultuurielu kriis. Toetus Londoni Filharmooniaorkestrist vallandatud muusikutele. Veebilehest: arkivmusic.eu. Lahkus Kurt Sanderling. Hiinas keelustati ajaloolise sisuga ooper. Dirigent Mark Gorenstein vallandati ametist. Beethoveni kvarteti taastatud osa. Värskeid plaadilepinguid. Bostoni sümfooniaorkester otsib muusikalist juhti. Fabio Luisil probleem kodumaiste ooperimajadega. Itaalia jazzi pevad New Yorgis. Värskeid plaate jazzimaailmast. Tony Bennett purustas rekordi. DownBeati aasta jazzmuusik on Jason Moran

Mobile point-of-care monitors and diagnostic device design

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Karlen, Walter

2014-01-01

PrefaceEditorsContributorsSensors and SystemsInterfacing Diagnostics with Consumer ElectronicsPakorn Preechaburana, Anke Suska, and Daniel FilippiniLab on a CellphoneAhmet F. Coskun, Hongying Zhu, Onur Mudanyali, and Aydogan OzcanThe Phone OximeterChristian Leth PetersenCurrent Technology and Advances in Transepidermal Water Loss SensorsPietro Salvo, Bernardo Melai, Nicola Calisi, and Fabio Di FrancescoPortable High-Frequency Ultrasound Imaging System Design and Hardware Considerations

Georges Charpak and his multiwire chamber

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1970-01-01

In 1968, Georges Charpak developed the 'multiwire proportional chamber', a gas-filled box with a large number of parallel detector wires, each connected to individual amplifiers. Linked to a computer, it could achieve a counting rate a thousand times better than existing techniques - without a camera in sight. From left to right, Georges Charpak, Fabio Sauli and Jean-Claude Santiard working on a multiwire chamber in 1970.

Author Details

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Velasquez, Claudio. Vol 33, No 1 (1998) - Articles Spatial and temporal variability in recruitment of intertidal mussels around the coast of southern Africa Abstract PDF. ISSN: 2224-073X. AJOL African Journals Online. HOW TO USE AJOL... for Researchers · for Librarians · for Authors · FAQ's · More about AJOL · AJOL's ...

Computational Properties of Delay-Coupled Systems

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Escalona-Morán, M.

2015-01-01

Tesis Doctoral presentada por Miguel Angel Escalona Morán para optar al título de Doctor, en el Programa de Física del Departamento de Física de la Universitat de les Illes Balears, realizada en el IFISC bajo la dirección de Claudio Mirasso, catedrático de universidad y Miguel Cornelles Soriano, contratado postdoctoral CAIB.

Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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... Novales-Sánchez2 J J Toscano2. Facultad de Ciencias de la Electrónica, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Blvd. 18 Sur y Av. San Claudio, 72590, Puebla, Pue., México; Facultad de Ciencias Físico Mateméticas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Apartado Postal 1152, Puebla, Puebla, México ...

菲亚特动力科技和FB DESIGN创造新的纽约——百慕大赛艇速度纪录

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2013-01-01

在打破蒙特卡洛——威尼斯的赛事速度纪录一年之后，Fabio Buzzi设计的另一艘装配了2台菲亚特动力科技C9650发动机的FB Design船日前又在纽约——百慕大的赛事中创造了新的纪录。

A Nonparametric Approach to Segmentation of Ladar Images

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2012-12-01

Fabio, 9-Point, Hummer, Tiko, Dog, Spot, Bull, DB and Vap . Huge thanks also go to Maj Brian Neff, who was of great assistance during the data collection...phase of my research; I would have been a lost student without his resourcefulness. Capt Jason Vap also helped me remodel my bathroom at the worst...data has inspired numerous inquisitions which aspire to extract additional, previously unavailable, information about the illuminated scene from the

At the origins of the Trojan Horse Method

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Lattuada, Marcello

2018-01-01

During the seventies and eighties a long experimental research program on the quasi-free reactions at low energy was carried out by a small group of nuclear physicists, where Claudio Spitaleri was one of the main protagonists. Nowadays, a posteriori, the results of these studies can be considered an essential step preparatory to the application of the Trojan Horse Method (THM) in Nuclear Astrophysics.

Graafikatriennaali peapreemia läks Lätti / Kadri Karro

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Karro, Kadri

2011-01-01

Kumu Kunstimuuseumis avatud 15. Tallinna Graafikatriennaali "Armastuse, mitte raha pärast" Grand Prix saanud Edmunds Jansonsi (Läti) animeeritud dokumentaalfilmist "Väikese linnukese päevik" (2007). Kolm võrdset preemiat pälvinud Antonio Claudio Carvalho (Brasiilia), õde Mary Corita (Corita Kent, 1918-1986, USA) ja Alina Rudnitskaja (Venemaa) töödest. Eripreemiate saajad. Oliver Laas sai ERKF Olev Soansi mälestusfondi stipendiumi

STUDIO AZZURRO: TRES DÉCADAS DE EXPERIMENTACIÓN EN LA CREACIÓN AUDIOVISUAL Y LOS ESPACIOS SENSORIALES.

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VALDALISO CASANOVA, TERESA

2016-01-01

[EN] Studio Azzurro is, probably, the main exponent in the field of research, experimentation and artistic hybridization with regard to the audio-visual language and the new technologies, inside the current Italian scene. Founded in Milan in 1982 by three artists, Paolo Rosa, Fabio Cirifino and Leonardo Sangiorgi, from the beginning they have opted for the collaborative team work, distancing themselves from the opinions of the critique and from the art market. Characterized by a militant past...

BROOKHAVEN: Lattice gauge theory symposium

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Anon.

1986-12-15

Originally introduced by Kenneth Wilson in the early 70s, the lattice formulation of a quantum gauge theory became a hot topic of investigation after Mike Creutz, Laurence Jacobs and Claudio Rebbi demonstrated in 1979 the feasibility of meaningful computer simulations. The initial enthusiasm led gradually to a mature research effort, with continual attempts to improve upon previous results, to develop better computational techniques and to find new domains of application.

punktum. Juni 2007

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Aeschlimann, Heidi; Allemann, Rolf; Bonadei, Valerio; Davatz, Ariuscha; Dobmann, Regula; Etter, Kassian (Pater); Fehlbaum, Barbara; Hartmann, Tilo; Jost, Sergio; Kulla, Manfred; Linsi, Karin; Messerli, Beat; Moro, Claudio; Rocchi, Massimo; Schmid, Wilhelm

2007-01-01

Aeschlimann, Heidi: Leben heisst wahre Geschichten erfinden; Schmid, Wilhelm: Philosophie der Lebenskunst; Zöllner, Ulrike: Entwicklungspsychologie "Vom Wunsch, irgendwo ankommen und bleiben zu dürfen"; Davatz, Ariuscha: Leben in Boomtown "Shaghai: Better City, Better Life"; Etter, Kassian Pater: Im Kloster; Kulla Manfred: Leben mit Mut zum Dienen "Das christliche Konzept der Demut". Moro Claudio: Im Second Life "Ich bin du bist sie wit wir"; Hartmann Tilo: Im Second Life...

West Europe Report Tables of Contents JPRS-WER-86-064, 2 July 1986 JPRS-WER-86-124, 31 Dec 1986.

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1987-03-30

Villena; EL PAIS, 21 May 86) 97 MERCADO Reviews 1985 INI Results Under Croissier Management ( MERCADO , 23 May 86) 98 Economic Growth for...13 Jun 86) . 18 a - 3T GREECE ITALY PASOK’s Municipal Elections Strategy (EMBISTEVTIKO GRAMMA, 4 Jun 86) 21 Trends in Recent...Parliamentary, Municipal Elections Compared (EMBISTEVTIKO GRAMMA, 4 Jun 86) 22 PSI’s Martinelli Supports Justice Referendum for Reform (Claudio Martinelli

Anzoátegui

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Roberto Cortázar

1964-01-01

Full Text Available El doctor Fabio Lozano y Lozano es un historiador de conciencia, porque sin dejar de pensar en el asunto que le cautiva, deja correr el tiempo, lo cual al par que madura sus juicios, le permite rastrear sin afanes los archivos públicos y privados para mejor fundamentar sus estudios" De este su modus operan di acaba de dar una elegante prueba con la aparición de su libro que bautizó con una sola palabra: Anzoátegui.

Program and Abstracts of the 40th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Held in Boston, Massachusetts on 1-5 December 1991

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1991-09-01

WHOLE. Salazar Lindo E. Ministry of Health, Lima, Peru. 9:15 S3 NON-CULTIVABLE VIBRIO CHOLERAE 01 IN ENVIRONMENTAL WATERS, ZOOPLANKTON AND EDIBLE... Mexico City, Mexico Dr. Claudio Ribeiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Dr. Lucia Braga Charlottesville, Virginia Dr. Hassan El Bushra Los Angeles, California...12-00 NN Plenary Symposium: Cholera Grand Ballroom 9:00 AM- 4:30 PM Exhibits Republic Ballroom 9:50- 10:20 AM Coffee Break Republic Ballroom

Chronic fluoxetine treatment increases daytime melatonin synthesis in the rodent

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Reierson, GW; Wong,Mali; Licinio,Julio; Mastronardi,C

2009-01-01

Gillian W Reierson, Claudio A Mastronardi, Julio Licinio, Ma-Li WongCenter on Pharmacogenomics, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USAAbstract: Circadian rhythm disturbances can occur as part of the clinical symptoms of major depressive disorder and have been found to resolve with antidepressant therapy. The pineal gland is relevant to circadian rhythms as it secretes the hormone melatonin following activation of the cyc...

Perspectives on Maritime Strategy: Essays from the Americas

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2008-08-01

Instituto de Empresas de España and graduated from the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies at the National Defense University in Washington. Captain...Base (1998–99), the Mato Grosso Flotilla (1994), and fluvial transport boat Piraim (1983). Captain Luiz Carlos de Carvalho ROTH is retired from the...Cooperation 25 CAPTAIN CLAUDIO ROGERIO DE ANDRADE FLÔR, BRAZILIAN NAVY (RETIRED) CHAPTER FIVE Toward a Maritime Strategy 33 REAR ADMIRAL MIGUEL ANGEL

Cryopreservation of chayote (Sechium edule JACQ.SW.) zygotic embryos and shoot-tips from in vitroplantlets

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Abdelnour-Esquivel, Ana; Engelmann, Florent

2002-01-01

This paper presents the development of cryopreservation protocols for zygotic embryos and apices of chayote (Sechium edule Jacq. Sw.), a tropical plant species with recalcitrant seeds. Zygotic embryos of two cultivars, Ccocro negro (CN) and Claudio (Cl) could withstand cryopreservation, with survival percentages of 10 and 30 %, after desiccation to 23 and 19 % moisture content (fresh weight basis), respectively. Apices sampled on in vitro plantlets of cultivars Cl, 13 and JM we...

‘‘I think that the small peptides are the best for healthy ageing…’’, an interview with Vladimir Khavinson

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Rattan, Suresh

2013-01-01

Since its inception in 2000, Biogerontology has published interviews with some of the most renowned and intellectually influential biogerontologists, including Len Hayflick, Robin Holliday, Denham Harman,VincentCristofalo, Claudio Franceschi, Leslie Robert, Ken Kitani, Geroge Martin, Zhores Medve...... Vladimir Khavinson talking about his life and work in Russia during and after the Soviet times, his ideas on stress and health, his discoveries of the healthy ageing promoting small peptides, and other anti-ageing interventions....

Novitäten im Breslauer Stadttheater

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Zduniak, Maria

2017-01-01

Am Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts zählte das Breslauer Stadttheater, obwohl mit nur einer kleinen Orchester-Besetzung ausgestattet, zu den bemerkenswerten europäischen Opernbühnen. Es war aufgeschlossen für musikalische Novitäten. Als Beweis dafür sind u.a. die Breslauer Premieren Salome (1906) von Richard Strauss, L\\'Orfeo (1913) von Claudio Monteverdi und die Uraufführung der Oper Eros und Psyche (1917) von Ludomir Różycki zu nennen.

Correction to: Impact of a mixed educational and semi-restrictive antimicrobial stewardship project in a large teaching hospital in Northern Italy.

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Giacobbe, Daniele Roberto; Del Bono, Valerio; Mikulska, Malgorzata; Gustinetti, Giulia; Marchese, Anna; Mina, Federica; Signori, Alessio; Orsi, Andrea; Rudello, Fulvio; Alicino, Cristiano; Bonalumi, Beatrice; Morando, Alessandra; Icardi, Giancarlo; Beltramini, Sabrina; Viscoli, Claudio

2017-12-01

A technical error led to incorrect rendering of the author group in this article. The correct authorship is as follows: Daniele Roberto Giacobbe 1 , Valerio Del Bono 1 , Malgorzata Mikulska 1 , Giulia Gustinetti 1 , Anna Marchese 2 , Federica Mina 3 , Alessio Signori 4 , Andrea Orsi 5 , Fulvio Rudello 6 , Cristiano Alicino 5 , Beatrice Bonalumi 3 , Alessandra Morando 7 , Giancarlo Icardi 5 , Sabrina Beltramini 3 , Claudio Viscoli 1 ; On behalf of the San Martino Antimicrobial Stewardship Group.

Cost-effectiveness analysis of online hemodiafiltration versus high-flux hemodialysis

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Ramponi, Francesco; Ronco, Claudio; Mason, Giacomo; Rettore, Enrico; Marcelli, Daniele; Martino, Francesca; Neri, Mauro; Martin-malo, Alejandro; Canaud, Bernard; Locatelli, Francesco

2016-01-01

Francesco Ramponi,1,2 Claudio Ronco,1,3 Giacomo Mason,1 Enrico Rettore,4 Daniele Marcelli,5,6 Francesca Martino,1,3 Mauro Neri,1,7 Alejandro Martin-Malo,8 Bernard Canaud,5,9 Francesco Locatelli10 1International Renal Research Institute (IRRIV), San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, 2Department of Economics and Management, University of Padova, Padova, 3Department of Nephrology, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, 4Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento, FBK-IRVAPP & IZA...

Cost-effectiveness analysis of online hemodiafiltration versus high-flux hemodialysis

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Ramponi F; Ronco C; Mason G; Rettore E; Marcelli D; Martino F; Neri M; Martin-Malo A; Canaud B; Locatelli F

2016-01-01

Francesco Ramponi,1,2 Claudio Ronco,1,3 Giacomo Mason,1 Enrico Rettore,4 Daniele Marcelli,5,6 Francesca Martino,1,3 Mauro Neri,1,7 Alejandro Martin-Malo,8 Bernard Canaud,5,9 Francesco Locatelli10 1International Renal Research Institute (IRRIV), San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, 2Department of Economics and Management, University of Padova, Padova, 3Department of Nephrology, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, 4Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento, FBK-IRVAPP & IZA, Tr...

Nel bosco sacro. Realtà, finzione, magia e natura ne Il ramo d’oro di James G. Frazer

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Dimpflmeier, Fabiana

2014-01-01

‘E così il coro accenna a una legge segreta’ : così vien voglia di commentare la raccolta dei dati in Frazer.(Ludwig Wittgenstein, Note sul Ramo d’oro di Fraser)Per certi versi, è di simili ‘infedeltà creative’ che si nutre il progresso della conoscenza.(Fabio Dei, La discesa agli inferi) Nel 1922, dopo tre edizioni arrivate ad espandersi fino a dodici volumi, l’antropologo vittoriano James G. Frazer pubblica l’editio minor de Il ramo d’oro, consacrandosi a fortuna quasi imperitura. Contraria...

Relaciones entre Brasil y Paraguay durante los gobiernos de Nicanor Duarte Frutos y Fernando Lugo (2003 – 2012)

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Artwik Onieva, Agnieszka María

2014-01-01

Trabajo de Conclusión de Curso presentado a la Universidad Federal de la Integración Latinoamericana como requisito para la obtención del título de Bacharel en Relaciones Internacionales e Integración. Orientador: Prof. Dr. Fabio Borges Co-orientador: Prof. Dr.a Tereza Spyer. Las relaciones entre Brasil y Paraguay han crecido vertiginosamente en las últimas décadas, desde la aproximación política-económica que ambos experimentaron a partir de la década del setenta durante el gobierno mi...

Manifesto

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2011-05-01

Full Text Available Today, despite the storms and tides, [...] comparative literature continues along its path. Its dissemination throughout the world remains changeable and surprising. These words, cited from Claudio Guillén’s prologue to the first edition of his classic work, Introduction to comparative literature (in Entre lo uno y lo diverso, 1985-2005 aptly convey some of the tenets of the vision of Between, the newly-launched journal of the Italian Association for the Study of Theory and the Comparative History of Literature.

Los trastornos de la lectura y la escritura en escolares de la Educación Primaria

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Sc Idevis Lores-Leyva

2017-11-01

Full Text Available Se abordan fundamentos teóricos metodológicos relacionados con la atención logopédica a los escolares primarios con trastornos en la lectura y la escritura y algunos elementos indispensables que deben dominar los maestros primarios para la atención a estos escolares, con ejercicios prácticos para todo tipo de dislexia y disgrafia que brindan atención diferenciada a estos trastornos además de un breve resumen con los resultados obtenidos en la escuela primaria”Fabio Rosell del Río” de la provincia Guantánamo.

CETIH: Historia contada a tres voces/CETIH: A Story Told by Three People

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Laura Camacho

2011-12-01

Full Text Available Una vez más la Revista de Ingeniería se propone recordar un hito para la ingeniería colombiana que se gestó en la Universidad de los Andes. Pero, esta vez, la historia será contada a tres voces: Carlos Angulo Galvis, Fabio Castrellón y Juan Saldarriaga. Tres nombres que determinaron el origen, transformación y desaparición del Centro de Estudios Técnicos e Investigaciones Hidráulicas, más conocido como CETIH; siglas que aún hacen eco en la memoria de algunos de nuestros lectores.

Fronteira, fusão, filme: um toque

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Tunico Amancio

2010-12-01

Full Text Available Considered the first co-production between MERCOSUR countries, "The touch of the Oboe", a film by Claudio MacDowell, suffers from some sort of vagueness that shows off the difficulties of a complete commercial and cultural movie exchange between Brazil's neighbor countries. Even bolstered with powerful traditions, the productive associative project of this cinematic realization emblematizes an economical, symbolical and historical imbalance which still prevails among the countries of the Southern Common Market. The text notes some of these tensions, marked by the relationship between cinema and literature.

Network innovation through OpenFlow and SDN principles and design

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Hu, Fei

2014-01-01

FUNDAMENTALSSDN /OpenFlow: Concepts and Applications; Ashley Gerrity and Fei HuAn OpenFlow Network Design Cycle; Pedro A. Aranda Gutiřrez and Diego R. LopezDESIGNIP Source Address Validation Solution with OpenFlow Extension and OpenRouter; Jun BiLanguage and Programming in SDN /OpenFlow; Muhammad Farooq and Fei HuControl and Management Software for SDNs; Natalia Castro Fernandes and Luiz Claudio Schara MagalhêsController Architecture and Performance in Software-Defined Networks; Ting Zhang and Fei HuMobile Applications on Global Clouds Using OpenFlow and Software-Defined Networking; Subharth

Unraveling mulitple translatorship through an e-mail correspondence

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Jansen, Hanne

2017-01-01

The aim of this study is to shed light on questions of “multiple translatorship” and particularly on translation collaboration processes. The empirical material consists of more than three hundred e-mails exchanged between two co-translators who translated Claudio Magris’s novel Alla cieca (2005......) into Danish. The theoretical framework presents a double perspective through which the e-mail correspondence is studied: on the one hand, as an ethnographic “thick description” (focusing on translation as an event), with the aim of uncovering who the agents involved are, how they interact, and what...

Theory of the Trojan-Horse Method - From the Original Idea to Actual Applications

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Typel, Stefan

2018-01-01

The origin and the main features of the Trojan-horse (TH) method are delineated starting with the original idea of Gerhard Baur. Basic theoretical considerations, general experimental conditions and possible problems are discussed. Significant steps in experimental studies towards the implementation of the TH method and the development of the theoretical description are presented. This lead to the successful application of the TH approach by Claudio Spitaleri and his group to determine low-energy cross section that are relevant for astrophysics. An outlook with possible developments in the future are given.

Revista Corpoconsciência v. 8, n. 1, 2004

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Ponto de VistaA produção do conhecimento em educação físicap. 15-24VILMA LENÍ NISTA-PICCOLO ArtigosSolicitação metabólica no futebol profissional masculino e o treinamento cardiorrespiratóriop. 25-58NELSON KAUTZNER MARQUES JUNIOR Escola, corpo e relações de poderp. 59-72ADOLFO RAMOS LAMAR e FABIO ZOBOLI Observação sistemática no esporte: um estudo com atletas de handebolp. 73ROSANA DE FÁTIMA DELFINI Diagramação e registro de coreografias do grupo ginástico UNICAMPBRAÚLIO ROCHA e ELIZABETH PAO...

Contrarréplica a “Apostillas sobre Catolicismo y ciencia moderna”

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Full Text Available En momentos en los cuales parece casi extinguido el espíritu universitario de análisis acerca de los grandes problemas conceptuales, es de celebrar que los profesores Luz Amanda Salazar Hurtado y Fabio Barrera TélIez, se hayan tomado la molestia de comentar y criticar el trabajo Catolicismo y Ciencia moderna. Permiten así proponer debates que superen, por una parte, los pobres marcos de una tecnocracia pendiente de la rentabilidad de sus estudios; por otra, capaces de aclarar un poco el panorama de un cientifismo saturado de montañas de saber inasimilado, a causa del exceso respeto a tratados de autores con nombre resonante.

A encruzilhada entre rua e internet: redes sociais como fator de mobilização de manifestações brasileiras em 2013

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Mirian Aparecida Meliani Nunes

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Full Text Available The crossroads between the streets and the internet: social networks as a mobilizing factor for the Brazilian demonstrations in 2013 - Fabio Malini and Henrique Antoun are researchers and political activists. They wrote a book under the heat of the manifestations that took the streets of major Brazilian cities, in June 2013. They released their book in August, only two months after the heyday of the movement, reaching a speed that set, at the same time, the strength and limits of the work. They begin their narrative summarizing the history of cyberspace and cyberculture, and discover a meeting place between the streets and digital networks, a phenomenon capable of mobilizing and drawing new routes for political action.

Staff members with 25 years’ service at CERN in 2009

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The 62 staff members who are celebrating 25 years' service at CERN in 2009 were invited by the Director-General to a reception in their honour on 17 November. ARNAUDON Luca/BE BEL Jean-François/TE BERTINELLI Francesco/TE BLAND Alastair/BE BLOCH Philippe/PH BORCIER Luc/EN BRUNEL Xavier/PH BURKIMSHER Paul/EN CAMPI Domenico/PH CATTAI Ariella/PH DALIN Jean-Michel/EN DANGOISSE Claude/IT DAVIDS Daniel/EN DI MAIO Franck/BE FERRARI Claude/EN FISCHER Klaus/TE FOLLEY Adrian/PH FORMENTI Fabio/TE GATIGNON Laurentius/EN GIACHINO Rossano/BE GONIDEC Allain/PH GRAFSTROM Per/PH HANCOCK Steven/BE HATCH Mark/PH HEMMER Frederic/IT HOURICAN Michael/TE ...

ALICE presents its first award to Industry

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2003-01-01

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Reconstrucción Infográfica del Castellum de Tamuda (Tetuán, Marruecos

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Javier Bermejo Meléndez

2012-11-01

Full Text Available The last researches developed in the lot of Tamuda's Roman castellum (Tetuan, Morocco, specially centred on the doors of the military installation, have emphasized different phases or constructive episodes in the life of the same one. This way in this work they present diverse restitutions infographics corresponding to the phases documented in the enclosure, centred of a specific way in the doors of access, offering an image of the evolution of the above mentioned military installation throughout almost four centuries, from the moments of the foundation in epoch of Claudio up to the beginnings of Vst. c. A.D.

Margherita Maria Di Nino, I Fiori campestri di Posidippo. Ricerche sulla lingua e lo stile di Posidippo di Pella

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Yannick Durbec

2012-07-01

Full Text Available L’édition du papyrus P. Mil. Vogl. VIII 309 par Guido Bastianini et Claudio Gallazzi fut pour les spécialistes de l’Antiquité un événement majeur. Les centaines de publications qui s’ensuivirent ont ouvert de multiples pistes de réflexion, préparant la voie pour des travaux de synthèse. Le présent ouvrage de Margherita Maria Di Nino, qui est le fruit de la réélaboration de sa thèse soutenue à l’université de Bologne, est plus que cela. En effet, ce volume o...

Haymon d’Auxerre

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Sumi Shimahara

2005-10-01

Full Text Available Après la fondation des études haymoniennes par E. Riggenbach qui, en 1907, avait découvert Haymon d’Auxerre et indiqué l’essentiel du corpus de ses œuvres, il y a déjà eu, à Auxerre, en 1989, un grand colloque sur l’École carolingienne de cette cité. Concluant cette rencontre, Claudio Leonardi soulignait la nécessité d’établir des éditions critiques des œuvres d’Haymon et de prendre plus systématiquement en compte ses sources. Ces pistes ont été, depuis, largement exploitées ; l’atelier en a ...

Briceño Monzón, Claudio: unidad y diversidad de América.

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González Sierralta, Hancer

2006-01-01

SUMARIO Presentación Artículos Relación de la real audiencia de Caracas con el episcopado venezolano durante la colonia. The relationship between the real audiencia of Caracas and the venezuelan episcopate during the colonial period. González G., George La parroquia eclesiástica colonial. Bases constitutivas. El caso de San Buenaventura de Ejido. The colonial parish. Constituent bases. The case of San Buenaventura of Ejido. Suárez de Paredes, Niria ...

Protests put top job for ex-CERN boss in limbo

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2008-02-01

When Luciano Maiani was selected by the Italian government at the end of December to run the country's largest research organization, the National Research Council (CNR), his appointment seemed a formality. His nomination was warmly welcomed by Italian researchers, who believe that his scientific credentials and administrative experience make him the ideal person to try and turn round the demoralized and bureaucratic CNR, and minister for universities and research, Fabio Mussi, extolled his virtues. But as Physics World went to press, Maiani's appointment remained in limbo, with the members of parliament previously expected to rubber stamp the selection putting their decision on hold after discovering that Maiani was one of the 66 letter writers asking for the Pope's visit to be annulled.

At the Foot of the Volcano - Organ and Counterpoint in Naples around 1600

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Ring, Johannes

2006-12-01

Full Text Available In 1575, Rocco Rodio published a “Fantasia” on the hymnus “Ave maris stella” in Naples in his Libro di ricercate. In the context of the progressive contributions to music for keyboard instruments of his contemporaries Antonio Valente (1575, Claudio Merulo and Andrea Gabrieli, Rodio’s setting of cantus firmus seems nothing short of anachronistic. But Rodio’s intention lies in the implementation of counterpoint. For him, the art of counterpoint was the decisive basis of the composer’s craft. Rodio’s intention is illuminated by the circumstances of his creative activity –the academies in Naples, always eager to dispute,– and by certain events in Rome and Palermo that culminated in the appearance of the Spaniard named Sebastián Raval. The original context regarding the history of music for Rodio’s “Ave maris stella” is in the liturgical organ music by Antonio de Cabezón, Manuel Rodriguez Coelho und Jean Titelouze und perhaps by António Carreira.

1575 veröffentlichte Rocco Rodio in Neapel in seinem Libro di ricercate eine Fantasia über den Kirchenhymnus “Ave maris stella”. Im Kontext der progressiven Beiträge zur Tastenmusik seiner italienischen Zeitgenossen Antonio Valente (1575, Claudio Merulo und Andrea Gabrieli erscheint Rodios Cantus firmus-Satz geradezu anachronistisch. Doch Rodios Intention ist die des Kontrapunktikers. Für ihn war die kontrapunktische Kunst die entscheidende Basis des kompositorischen Handwerkes. Rodios Intention wird beleuchtet durch das Umfeld seines Wirkens –den diskussionsfreudigen Akademien in Neapel– und durch Ereignisse in Rom und Palermo, die im Auftritt des Spaniers Sebastián Raval gipfeln. Ihren eigentlichen musikhistorischen Kontext findet Rodios „Ave maris stella“ in der (liturgischen Orgelmusik von Antonio de Cabezón, Manuel Rodriguez Coelho und Jean Titelouze und vielleicht sogar von António Carreira.

IMPARARE L’ITALIANO L2 CON LE CANZONI. UN CONTRIBUTO DIDATTICO

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Elisabetta Mauroni

2011-07-01

Full Text Available Il presente contributo si inserisce nel filone degli studi che hanno messo in evidenza la potenziale ricchezza della canzone come strumento di facilitazione dell’apprendimento della L2, e come mezzo per l’approccio al testo letterario per studenti di italiano L1, additandone il carattere di attività particolarmente efficace e ‘consonante’ con una prospettiva umanistico-affettiva, comunicativa, nonché socio-costruttivista. In queste pagine sono presentate alcune attività didattiche (pensate ora per gli apprendenti di italiano L2, ora per gli studenti di italiano L1 formulate a partire da alcuni testi del cantautore Claudio Baglioni (Io sono qui, Le vie dei Colori, Bolero, Fammi andar via tratti dall’album Io sono qui, 1995, edizioni CBS. I testi qui didattizzati sono utilizzabili in diverse prospettive: grammaticale, lessicale, retorica, socio-culturale, ecc.; e per diversi livelli di competenza linguistica (L2: A1-C1; L1.     Learning italian l2 through song.  A didactic contribution   This article is part of a series of studies which focus on the potential richness of songs as tools for facilitating L2 learning, as well as being a way to approach literary texts for L1 Italian students, being a particularly effective activity from a humanistic-affective, communicative and socio-constructivist point of view.  A few didactic activities are presented (designed for L2 Italian learners, or for L1 Italian learners based on songs by Claudio Baglioni (Io sono qui, Le vie dei Colori, Bolero, Fammi andar via from the album Io sono qui, 1995, edizioni CBS.  The texts were adapted for diverse didactic uses: grammatical, lexical, rhetorical, socio-cultural, etc and for different levels of linguistic competence (L2: A1-C1, L1

Il loricato acefalo di Rusellae (Roselle, GR: una proposta di identificazione

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Eleonora Romanò

2013-07-01

Full Text Available Lo studio è incentrato sul tentativo di comprendere la scena presente sulla lorica di una statua acefala di probabile fine età claudia rinvenuta nell'area archeologica di Rusellae (Roselle, GR all'interno di un edificio connesso al culto imperiale. La decorazione analizzata è composta da diversi elementi: un trofeo di armi ed un'aquila in posizione pressocchè centrale, ai loro lati si dispongono figure umane interpretabili come barbari e per le quali si propone l'identificazione con il britanno Caratacus accompagnato dai suoi familiari mentre rivolge una supplica di liberazione al Senato ed all'imperatore Claudio, secondo l'episodio riportato negli Annales di Tacito (12.33-40.

Silicon alleviates Cd stress of wheat seedlings (Triticum turgidum L. cv. Claudio) grown in hydroponics.

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Rizwan, M; Meunier, J-D; Davidian, J-C; Pokrovsky, O S; Bovet, N; Keller, C

2016-01-01

We investigated the potential role of silicon in improving tolerance and decreasing cadmium (Cd) toxicity in durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. durum) either through a reduced Cd uptake or exclusion/sequestration in non-metabolic tissues. For this, plants were grown in hydroponic conditions for 10 days either in presence or absence of 1 mM Si and for 11 additional days in various Cd concentrations (0, 0.5, 5.0 and 50 μM). After harvesting, morphological and physiological parameters as well as elemental concentrations were recorded. Cadmium caused reduction in growth parameters, photosynthetic pigments and mineral nutrient concentrations both in shoots and roots. Shoot and root contents of malate, citrate and aconitate increased, while contents of phosphate, nitrate and sulphate decreased with increasing Cd concentrations in plants. Addition of Si to the nutrient solution mitigated these adverse effects: Cd concentration in shoots decreased while concentration of Cd adsorbed at the root cell apoplasmic level increased together with Zn uptake by roots. Overall, total Cd uptake decreased in presence of Si. There was no co-localisation of Cd and Si either at the shoot or at the root levels. No Cd was detected in leaf phytoliths. In roots, Cd was mainly detected in the cortical parenchyma and Si at the endodermis level, while analysis of the outer thin root surface of the plants grown in the 50 μM Cd + 1 mM Si treatment highlighted non-homogeneous Cd and Si enrichments. These data strongly suggest the existence of a root localised protection mechanism consisting in armoring the root surface by Si- and Cd-bearing compounds and in limiting root-shoot translocation.

Silicon alleviates Cd stress of wheat seedlings (Triticum turgidum L. cv. Claudio) grown in hydroponics

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Rizwan, M.; Meunier, J. D.; Davidian, J. C.

2016-01-01

We investigated the potential role of silicon in improving tolerance and decreasing cadmium (Cd) toxicity in durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. durum) either through a reduced Cd uptake or exclusion/sequestration in non-metabolic tissues. For this, plants were grown in hydroponic conditions for 10...

Ergonomic analysis of workplaces in the iron casting industrial pole in Claudio, Minas Gerais--Brazil.

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Mottin, Artur Caron; de Miranda, Carlos A Silva; Pagnan, Caroline Salvan; Monken, Olavo Pena

2012-01-01

Brazil is currently recognized as the 10th largest producer of castings, and the city of Cláudio, MG is known worldwide as the "Greatest foundry and metallurgical pole in Latin America", with more than 80 companies. However, this large number of enterprises and increasing investments in product development has demanded an increase in manpower and working hours of workers in the sector, proportionally increasing the incidence of occupational related health problems like RSI (repetitive strain injury), WMSDs (work-related musculoskeletal disorders) and industrial accidents. This article aims to characterize the industry from previously conducted case studies to relate the main causes of occupational diseases and outline possible interventions through design, showing how this tool can contribute to improve the working environment, workplace, tools and equipment through ergonomics adjustments.

Academic Training Lecture Regular Programme: Predictive Monte Carlo tools for LHC physics (1/3)

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2012-01-01

Predictive Monte Carlo tools for LHC physics (1/3), by Fabio Maltoni (Université Catholique de Louvain (BE)).   Wednesday, May 2, 2012 from 11:00 to 12:00 (Europe/Zurich) at CERN ( 503-1-001 - Council Chamber ) Simulations of events taking place at the LHC play key role in all experimental analyses. Starting from the basics concepts of QCD, we first review how accurate predictions can be obtained via fixed-order calculations at higher orders. Parton showers and event generation are then introduced as a means to achieve fully exclusive predictions. Finally  the recent merging and matching  techniques between fixed-order and fully exclusive simulations are  presented, as well as their implementations via the MLM/CKKW and MC@NLO/POWHEG methods. Organised by Mario Campanelli. More information here.

The astronomer Christoph Grienberger and the Galilei trial. (German Title: Der Astronom Christoph Grienberger und der Galilei-Prozess)

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Daxecker, Franz

Christopher Grienberger was born on July 2, 1561 in Hall in Tyrol, Austria. In 1580 he joined the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Grienberger studied in Prague and Vienna and succeeded his tutor, Christopher Clavius, as a professor of mathematics at the Roman College. Grienberger gave lectures in astronomy in order to prepare fellow Jesuits for their missionary work in China and constructed the equatorial set-up of the telescope. Among his works is a list of fixed stars, and he even worked in the science of optics. Grienberger sympathized with Galileo's theory of motion but was told to defend the Aristotelian view by the Father General of the Jesuits, Claudio Aquaviva. Grienberger died on March 11, 1636, and is buried in Rome.

“Gaucho primero, después hombre, después negro”. Identidad y relaciones en la pieza teatral El gaucho negro

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Matías Emiliano Casas

2014-11-01

Full Text Available The semantic of the word "gaucho" has been attributed with many meanings in different fields of study and artistic productions. The word's new signification and etymology and the gaucho participation in the economic development of Argentina, among other questions, have been the subject of dispute since the first studies about Independence until today. The play The Gaucho Black of Claudio Martínez Payva, premiered in 1927 at the National Theatre in Buenos Aires, revealed a series of problems, such as: the link with foreign settlers, the construction of identity through the gaucho figure and the relationship with black people. This study provides new tools to analyze the Rioplatense society and culture in the early Twentieth Century.

España y los españoles

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Caba, Rubén

2011-10-01

Full Text Available The author here argues in favour of the historical reality that we call Spain. To recognize the Cadiz Constitution of 1812 as the origin of present Spain, he maintains, does not imply that our country had no national identity before the 19th century. And to this effect he expounds the famous controversy between Americo Castro and Claudio Sánchez-Albornoz. Before the Arab invasion there were no “españoles”, since this word of provençal origin dates back to the 11th century, as Castro points out. However, it is also true that during the Roman as well the Gothic domination, the peninsular inhabitants were known as “hispani”, as Sánchez-Albornoz sarcastically alleges. In addition, this article includes a number of quotations from Latin, Gothic and Spanish writers of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, references which bear witness to a feeling of belonging to an old country called “Hispania” or “España”.

El autor aporta argumentos en favor de la realidad histórica que llamamos España. Sostiene que reconocer a la Constitución de Cádiz de 1812 como origen de la España política actual no implica que nuestro país careciera de identidad nacional antes del siglo XIX. Y expone la controversia de Américo Castro y de Claudio Sánchez-Albornoz sobre la génesis histórica de España para concluir que, si bien antes de la invasión árabe no había “españoles”, vocablo provenzal del siglo XI como advierte Castro, también es cierto que durante la dominación romana y goda los peninsulares eran “hispani”, como alega con sorna Sánchez-Albornoz. Además, se recogen citas de autores latinos, godos y españoles tanto medievales como renacentistas que testimonian su sentimiento de pertenecer a un viejo país llamado Hispania o España.

Come varia il clima? Una mostra sul presente e futuro del nostro pianeta

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Emma Salizzoni

2015-11-01

Full Text Available The title of the exhibition mounted at the Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali of Turin, “Times are changing: current knowledge and future scenarios of climate change,” is explicative of the authors’ (Luca Mercalli and Claudio Cassardo main purpose: making the visitor aware both of climate change already occurring - including its effects at global and local levels - and of possible future scenarios. If Arctic and Antarctic, alpine, coastal and rural landscapes show the first signs of climate change (primarily related to global warming already today, at the end of the century these landscapes will have changed even more dramatically. In order to minimize damages a prompt turnabout and avoidance of the so-called “Titanic syndrome,” i.e. denying a problem which is now evident, are needed. 

Empoderar: nuevo concepto de liderazgo para el administrador educativo

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Luis Enrique González Salazar

2001-01-01

Full Text Available En este artículo se realiza un análisis de las dosdirectrices enviadas por el Dr. Claudio Gutierrez cuandofue Ministro de Educación, en las que se “empoderaba” alas direcciones regionales de educación y se ponía en prác-tica el principio de subsidiaridad, para establecer unanueva manera de relacionar las direcciones regionalescon las oficinas centrales del Ministerio y éstas con las Ins-tituciones Educativas. Se enfatiza en el potencial de esteconcepto de liderazgo con el objeto de analizar el estadoactual del proceso de “empoderamiento” en la DirecciónRegional de Alajuela, visto este como un continuo entre laautonomía y el control en los estilos de liderazgo practica-do por los directores cinco del circuito 01

Slow Travel: in viaggio con l’asino

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Silvia Mantovani

2015-11-01

Full Text Available In viaggio con l’asino (A journey with a donkey is a travel book written by Andrea Bocconi e Claudio Visentin, which describes the adventures of hu- mans and animals along an ancient path in the heart of Abruzzo, as well as recalling the legendary travels with a donkey in the Cévennes don by Robert Louis Stevenson, providing useful informa- tions - practical and philosophical suggestions to manage donkeys – but above all promoting re- marks about travelling, territories, identities and landscapes. This is an interesting lesson, wich in- vites to reflect on different readings: behind a simple travel book, that fascinates, amuses and in- trigues, there are many important ideas that emerge in the watermark. They concern some of the most pressing issues about landscape. 

Dos traducciones costarricenses de Guy de Maupassant

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Full Text Available La historia de la traducción literaria en Costa Rica ya tiene buena documentación académica que corrobora su desarrollo y su persistencia. Desde los años tempranos del siglo xx, no pocos escritores dedicaron su pluma, a modo de oficio paralelo, tanto a su creación literaria como a la traducción. Sin duda alguna, porque las obras que tradujeron significaban, en buena medida, sus verdaderos modelos de escritura, pero también porque como traductores, entendieron desde temprano que misión suya era también verter al español, y para Costa Rica, obras que de otro modo difícilmente se conocerían con prontitud en el medio. Un insigne escritor costarricense de aquella etapa inicial de las letras nacionales fue Alejandro Alvarado Quirós (1876-1945, autor de crónicas, crítica literaria y ensayos de singular interés. Como escritor asociado al modernismo costarricense, fue asiduo lector de las letras francesas de la segunda mitad del siglo xix, y varios de los grandes narradores del realismo y el simbolismo francés fueron sus preferidos. En 1912 reunió en el pequeño tomo titulado Lilas y resedas (Imprenta Alcina, San José varios cuentos franceses, especialmente del ilustre cuentista Guy de Maupassant. De esa colección se han extraído dos, para esta sección de Letras: «Nuestras cartas» y «Adiós», que pulcramente Alvarado Quirós vertió al español; desde luego, un español culto, al modo del discurso modernista, como conscientemente el traductor ejecutó su labor. Como Alvarado Quirós, no pocos modernistas se vieron seducidos por el oficio de traducir: Roberto Brenes Mesén, Ricardo Fernández Guardia, Fabio Baudrit, José Fabio Garnier. Fue una empresa que se fue convirtiendo en tarea obligada y, con el tiempo, en una especie de tradición solapada, que hasta nuestros días se extiende.

Ramón Cote Baraibar

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2005-05-01

Full Text Available Hijo de poeta, como María Mercedes Carranza y Santiago Mutis, Ramón Cote nació en Cúcuta el 19 de mayo de 1963- Su primer libro fue publicado en 1984 por ediciones Arnao, de Madrid, donde se graduó en historia del arte en la Universidad Complutense. Al instalarse en Colombia, se dedicó a la publicidad. Ha publicado ensayos sobre poesía colombiana en revistas como ínsula, y en 1992, con el título de  |Diez de ultramar publicó una muestra de joven poesía latinoamericana que abarcaba nombres como José Luis Rivas, Coral Bracho, Raúl Zurita, Fabio Morabito, Yolanda Pantin y Eduardo Chirinos. Entre la nueva poesía colombiana, su voz es una de las más reconocibles. Vale la pena, entonces, repasar la totalidad de su trayectoria.

SEXUALITY IN THE OPINION OF ADOLESCENTS LIVING IN THE AREA OF COVERAGE IN DR FÁBIO CUIABÁ CITY, BRAZIL

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Sebastião Junior Henrique Duarte

2011-04-01

Full Text Available Quantitative study aimed to know the understanding of adolescents about their sexuality and how the exercises for further intervention by the health team. We administered a structured questionnaire in a sample of 43 adolescents aged 12 to 19 years living in the area covered by the Family Health Unit Dr. Fabio I and II. The data were tabulated in the spreadsheet program Microsoft Office Excel 2007, allowing for a descriptive treatment, keeping a confidence interval of 95%. The results show that 32.5% of participants had first intercourse between 12 and 16, and 50% of them admit they have used a condom at last intercourse. In addition, 4.6% have had some kind of sexually transmitted disease. The study indicates the need for educational activities in sexual and reproductive health to adolescents facing the neighborhoods studied, with a view to promoting health.

Reportes clínicos breves

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Full Text Available Tuberculosis y embarazo: una experiencia institucional. Autor: Luz Amparo Díaz Cruz. Tutora: Dra. María Teresa Peralta Abello, Profesora Asociada del Departamento de Ginecología. / Artritis séptica en el paciente pediátrico Autores: Fabio M. Ramírez, Patricia Uricoechea y Carlos Vásquez. Tutores: Drs. Mauricio Palau, Infectólogo, Pediatra, Profesor Asociado; Edgar Rojas, Pediátra, Profesor Asociado; Eduardo Alvarez, Jefe del Servicio de Infectología, Hospital Pediátrico de La Misericordia. / Resistencia a la insulina.  Autor: Dr. Guido Lastra. Profesor Asociado del Departamento de Medicina Interna. Unidad de Endocrinología. / Riesgo de pérdida visual postoperatoria en glaucoma avanzado. Autor: Dr. John Jairo Martínez Cardona. Tutor: Dr. Gabriel Ortiz Arizmendi, Instructor Asociado, Departamento de Cirugía, Facultad de Medicina. Universidad Nacional de Colombia.

Elections to the Senior Staff Advisory Committee (“The Nine”) 2015

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The electronic voting process for the Senior Staff Advisory Committee (“The Nine”) was closed on Friday 28 August 2015 at 17:30.   Of the 526 Senior Staff members eligible to vote, 275 voted. This represents a participation of 52%, to be compared to 59% in 2014, 63% in 2013, 61% in 2012, 43% in 2011, 44% in 2010, 57% in 2009, 53% in 2008, 63% in 2007, 64% in 2006 and 66% in 2005. The results are:   Electoral group 2 (Applied Physicists, Engineers, Computer Scientists) Candidate Dept Votes Result Sergio CALATRONI TE 50   Marco CATTANEO PH 76 ELECTED Maria DIMOU IT 44   Fabio FORMENTI TE 51   John JOWETT BE 68   Maarten LITMAATH IT 26   John SHADE IT 28   Raymond VENESS BE 103 ELECTED Payol VOITYLA DGS 12   Maurizio VRETENAR DG 100 ELECTED   Electoral group 3 (Administration, Human Resource...

Book review. Gli animali, l'uomo e l'ambiente. (a cura di Giorgio Battelli, Raffaella Baldelli, Fabio Ostanello, Santino Prosperi

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Manuel Graziani

2013-12-01

Full Text Available Da sempre i Servizi Veterinari Pubblici sono una componente poco conosciuta del Servizio Sanitario Nazionale, le loro prestazioni vengono spesso fruite in modo inconsapevole sia dalla popolazione che dall'amministrazione pubblica. È pleonastico ricordare che si tratta di attività sanitarie il cui scopo prevalente è quello di tutelare la salute animale e umana e di promuovere la produttività e il benessere delle popolazioni animali. Ma vale la pena ribadire che tali attività hanno un ruolo assai rilevante anche sotto il profilo economico e sociale. Questo corposo volume fa il punto sulle competenze che le diverse componenti professionali devono possedere. Un volume importante per comprendere la realtà veterinaria italiana, pubblica e privata, nato dal lavoro congiunto di figure di primo livello della medicina veterinaria del Paese: i curatori sono tutti docenti del Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Veterinarie dell'Università di Bologna, convinti assertori del ruolo sociale della Medicina veterinaria, del concetto di Medicina/Salute unica e della necessità di migliorare l'aspetto formativo. I professori Battelli, Baldelli, Ostanello e Prosperi fanno parte di quella che viene definita la "Scuola bolognese di Sanità Pubblica Veterinaria" il cui fondatore è stato Adriano Mantovani (scomparso a marzo dello scorso anno, unanimemente considerato il Padre della SPV italiana e di cui vengono qui pubblicati 3 scritti e una breve scheda biografica che lo ricorda. Il volume è suddiviso in tre parti allo scopo di fornire al lettore un percorso interpretativo logico che si sviluppa verso la comprensione delle competenze e dei campi di attività dei Servizi Veterinari nel nostro Paese, fino a mettere in luce le sfide attuali e future che la SPV deve affrontare. Particolare attenzione viene posta nei confronti dell'evoluzione che tali attività sanitarie potranno avere nel prossimo futuro, in riferimento ai cambiamenti socio-economici, alle attività di produzione e commercializzazione di alimenti di origine animale, alle emergenze di tipo sanitario, alle nuove istanze dei consumatori e degli amministratori pubblici. La prima parte "La storia e i concetti" si sofferma in particolare sull'evoluzione della SPV in Italia, sulle zoonosi, sul rapporto uomo-animale anche in ambito urbano con l'ultimo contributo relativo all'igiene urbana veterinaria. La seconda parte "Le attività" passa in rassegna i Servizi Veterinari pubblici del Paese, i NAS, gli Enti scientifici (tra cui IIZZSS e ISS fino a trattare attività quali la sicurezza alimentare, le emergenze non epidemiche, il benessere animale e la pet therapy. Nella terza e ultima parte "Le sfide" ci si interroga sul ruolo sociale della medicina veterinaria, sul concetto di medicina unica, sull'etica nella sperimentazione animale, sulla formazione, l'educazione e la comunicazione.

Simulation, realization and test of veto systems for the NA62 experiment

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Search Simple Search Advanced Search Latest Additions Browse Browse by Author Browse by Subject Browse by Year Browse by Type Browse by Full text availability Info Policy About FAQ Contact us Palladino, Vito (2010) Simulation, realization and test of veto systems for the NA62 experiment. [Tesi di dottorato] (Unpublished) [img] PDF palladino_vito_23.pdf Download (55MB) | Preview Item Type: Tesi di dottorato Language: English Title: Simulation, realization and test of veto systems for the NA62 experiment Creators: Creators\tEmail Palladino, Vito\tvitopalladino@gmail.com Date: 30 November 2010 Number of Pages: 146 Institution: Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Department: Scienze fisiche Doctoral School: Scienze fisiche PHD name: Fisica fondamentale ed applicata PHD cycle: 23 PHD Coordinator: name\temail Marrucci, Lorenzo\tUNSPECIFIED Tutor: name\temail Ambrosino, Fabio\tUNSPECIFIED Date: 30 November 2010 Number of Pages: 146 Uncontrolled Keywords: Kaon NA62 Veto CHANTI LAV MIUR S.S.D...

Looking at our origins

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2011-01-01

Exhibition by Nairucu-Arts, in collaboration with the Anthropology Museum Giuseppe Sergi, Università la Sapienza, Roma, Italy and ECOLINT, Campus des Nations. The exhibition comprises: posters (in English and French) intended for a large audience with text from Prof. Giorgio Manzi, Julia Rizzo, Fabio Di Vincenzo, illustrated with art drawings from Carlo Ranzi, Italy. The exhibition will also present drawings from the students of the Art Classes of Karin Bain and Fabien Bruttin at ECOLINT,Geneva. On 2nd March at 5 p.m. you will be welcomed with a drink before the conference that will be given in English at 6 p.m in the CERN Council Room by Wim De Geest, a retired Professor from KUB (Catholic University of Brussels). Title: There's no language like our language, like no language we know. But how did it evolve? A summary in French will be made available for the public. http://association.web.cern.ch/association/en/OtherActivities/Origins.html

IEEE NUCLEAR SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM AND MEDICAL IMAGING CONFERENCE 15-20 OCTOBER 2000 PALAIS DES CONGRES, LYON, FRANCE

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The IEEE NSS & MIC will be held this year in Europe for the first time in its more than 40 year history. Some 280 oral and 400 poster presentations on radiation detectors, instrumentation and imaging will be given over the five days of the conferences. In addition there is a rich programme of keynote talks, topical workshops, short courses and an industrial exhibition with more than 50 exhibitors. SHORT COURSES Following a long and successful tradition, several tutorial short courses, delivered by known experts in the specific fields, are being offered to registered students. There are still places available to attend the courses on Solid State Detectors, Particle Identification and Detectors for Astrophysics. These intensive one-day tutorials will be given on Sunday October 15. Full details and registration information can be found on the conference web site or from the Short Courses Organiser, Fabio Sauli, CERN. A limited amount of financial support is available for motivated scholars who may not ot...

Exploring the role of accounting history following the adoption of IFRS in Europe. The case of Italy

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Paola Paglietti

2009-12-01

patrimonio neto de la empresa (FASB, 1976. Este trabajo empieza con un análisis de la teoría de Besta y luego sigue con un análisis comparativo de esta teoría con el marco conceptual de los IFRS y sus medidas de evaluación. El análisis comparativo lleva varias similitudes. Ambos enfoques se han construido sobre las mismas bases teóricas, es decir, la perspectiva contable “patrimonial” y la visión reduccionista de la riqueza de una empresa. En conclusión, este documento evalúa a Fabio Besta con una visión nueva en la era de los IFRS. Sus perspectivas teóricas podrían ayudar a entender mejor y al mismo tiempo a juzgar el actual contexto contable con el objetivo de mejor integrar a los estudiosos contemporáneos en el nuevo escenario internacional donde los principios contables se están desarrollando.

Phaseout of nuclear energy in 2011. The 13th amendment to the Atomic Energy Law from the viewpoint of German constitutional law; Kernenergieausstieg 2011. Die 13. AtG-Novelle aus verfassungsrechtlicher Sicht

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Di Fabio, Udo; Durner, Wolfgang; Wagner, Gerhard

2013-07-01

The present study analyses the framework provided by German constitutional law in regard to the nuclear energy phaseout in 2011, proceeding in three steps. The contribution by Udo di Fabio is dedicated to the question whether this decision, as well as the manner of its implementation, are in accord with the guarantee of ownership provided by Art. 14 of the German Basic Law (GG). Wolfgang Durner discusses implications of the principle of equality as set out in Art. 3 Section 1 GG in the field of nuclear law. The article by Gerhard Wagner departs from the premise that the restrictions on the use of nuclear power plants should not have been imposed without granting the operators due compensation. These findings are used a basis for determining the implications of fundamental rights for a compensation regime that is in accord with the German constitution. All three contributions originate from a legal expertise that was prepared by the three authors on behalf of the RWE stock company.

Evaluadores de artículos Caldasia Vol. 16 Nros. 76-79

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1991-12-01

Full Text Available Acero, Arturo / Acosta Alfredo / Aguirre, C. Jaime / Álvarez, Humberto / Andrade, Gonzalo / Arévalo, Isabel / Barrera, Eduardo / Barriga, Ernesto / Bernal, Amanda / Bernal, Rodrigo / Bulla, / M. Germán / Cadena, Albert  / Cala, Plutarco / Campos Martha / Cogollo, Álvaro / Cuadros, Tomas Chamorro, Clara / Churchill, Steven Díaz, Santiago / Duarte, Martha / Dueñas;Hernando / Duque, Santiago / Fernandez, Jose L. / Forero, Eduardo / Franco, Esperanza / Franco, Pilar / Fuertes, Javier / Galeano, Gloria / Galvis, Germán / Gaviria, Elizabeth / Gaviria, Santiago / Gómez, Marcela / González, Favio  / Hernández, C. Jorge / Idrobo, Jesús / La Marca, Enrique / Linares, Mauricio / Londoño, Concha / Lynch,John / Lozano, Gustavo / Lozano, Nubia / Mora, O. Luis E. / Muñoz, Paulina / Murillo, María T. / Orozco, Clara I. / Palacio, Pablo / Pineda, Fabio / Pinto, N. María / Rangel, Orlando / Restrepo, Rubén / Reyes, Carmen / Rueda, Vicente / Ruiz, Pedro M. / Samper, Cristian / Smith, Ernesto / Stiles, Gary / Tchecliakova, Nadya / Turbay, Luisa F. / Uribe, Jaime / Zenner, Ingerborg / Zuluaga,  Silvio

ALICE presents its first award to Industry

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On 19 June, a French company received the first ALICE award to industry. ST Technologies has provided ALICE with a key device for the design of a very sophisticated chip for the readout of the ALICE Time Projection Chamber. Behind from left to right (Derrière de gauche à droite): Bernardo Mota, member of the ALTRO design team, Jurgen Schukraft, ALICE Spokesperson, Luciano Musa, leader of the ALTRO Design Team and Coordinator of the ALICE TPC FEE, Roberto Camapagnolo, member of the ALICE TPC FEE team, Jean-Pierre Coffin, Deputy of the ALICE Collaboration Board Chairman, Hans de Groot ALICE Resource Coordinator, Laurent Degoujon, ST - Data Converter Design Manager, Claude Engster, member of the ALICE TPC FEE team, Alain Delpi, ST - Data Converter Business Unit Manager, Carmen Gonzalez, member of the ALICE TPC FEE team, Yiota Foka, ALICE Outreach Coordinator; Front: Fabio Formenti , EP-ED Group Leader, Juan Antonio Rubio, ETT Division Leader The ALICE experiment is setting new demands on readout electronics i...

Discovery Mondays - 'Eureka! Meet the inventors'

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2006-01-01

Fabio Sauli, the inventor of the GEM detector. Do you imagine an invention as a spontaneous brainchild emergi from the convoluted mind of some scatterbrained and dishevelled scientist? If so, you are mistaken! Join us at Microcosm for the next Discovery Monday at which inventors will be the guests of honour. There you will meet scientists who, thanks to their creativity, have made technological progress possible. By constantly rising to new scientific and technological challenges, CERN has delivered numerous innovations, particularly in the medical field. Members of the Crystal Clear collaboration and the inventor of the GEM detector will give talks about their innovations and their applications, in particular for medical purposes. You will also be able to speak to members of the Medipix collaboration, which is working on improvements to X-ray and gamma ray imaging techniques. The event will be conducted in French. Come to Microcosm, (Reception Building 33, Meyrin site), on Monday 6 February from 7.30 p...

Rischio ed emergenze sociali: la raccolta rifiuti

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Alfredo Mela

2008-06-01

Full Text Available This paper is related with Fabio Sbattella's “Emergenze sociali e disgusto” and suggests some sociological reflections about the issues discussed in that work. In particular, in the first section, is maintained that the emergency phase (whether it manifests itself in a sudden and acute form or in a persistent form constitutes a possible element of the so-called “risk cycle”, which also comprises, before of the emergency itself, the time of prevention and risky decisions and, thereafter, that of reconstruction and reintegration of social systems. Although the emergency involves the implementation of specific interventions, which require the contribution of specialistic abilities, it is important to remember the systemic nature of risk presence and to develop an integrated and interdisciplinary work capacity. In the second section, some observations about the garbage-risk specific matter are proposed, underlining the necessary close complementarity between the “structural” interventions and the work aimed at changing individual and collective behaviours.

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In life and work, Claudio Bunster prefers extreme challenges. Bunster, a physicist who contemplates brain-warping theories of space and time, returned to his native Chile from the United States precisely when most intellectuals would have stayed clear - during the middle of the Pinochet dictatorship. Shut out of the universities by the military government, he broke the conventional mold by founding a research institute that he then moved from Santiago, the capital, to Valdivia in southern Chile, against the flow of minds and money. He led the presidential science advisory committee during the administration of Eduardo Frei, and served on the Dialogue Board of Human Rights to reconcile Chilean military and civil society. For his achievements, Bunster was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2005. In his Inaugural Article, which appeared in the July 24, 2007 issue of PNAS [1], he showed that after a black hole swallows a magnetic monopole, the space-time singularity starts rotating.

CERN’s policy in the field of knowledge and technology transfer goes global

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On 2 November, the Knowledge & Technology Transfer (KTT) Group presented to the Directorate three proposals that aim to enhance KTT activities. One important aspect of the proposals is the direct involvement of all members of CERN, who are strongly encouraged to communicate any ideas for additional applications of their work. KTT is a high-priority activity area because of its potential to demonstrate the role of CERN as a source of innovation, delivering tangible benefits to society. In particular, through its know-how and its leadership, CERN is today generating innovations applicable in domains such as medical sciences, energy and the environment, as well as many others. “The measures endorsed by the Directorate on 2 November include a comprehensive policy for managing the intellectual property related to CERN technologies”, explains Claudio Parrinello, head of the KTT Group in the DG Department. “This includes a proposal to redistribute part of the income generated by ...

Júlia Lopes de Almeida teatróloga: apontamentos sobre a peça inédita “O Caminho do Bem”

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dramáticas são um inequívoco exemplo: além de haver publicado os volumes A Herança (1909 e Teatro (1917, a escritora deixou algo em torno de uma dezena de textos teatrais inéditos e não encenados, todos eles disponíveis, sob a forma de documentos autógrafos e/ou datiloscritos, em seu acervo particular, mantido por Claudio Lopes de Almeida, seu neto. Diante da magnitude do legado em questão, o presente artigo estabelece como recorte analítico privilegiado a peça inédita “O Caminho do Bem”, a partir da qual tencionamos contribuir, à luz das imbricações entre arte e gênero/sexo, não apenas para a fortuna crítica da escritora, mas para aqueles estudos dedicados à pavimentação de lacunas que a historiografia literária brasileira ainda abriga.

Pedro de Castañeda: su pintura para el refectorio del Colegio Mayor de San Ildefonso (1553

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2003-09-01

Full Text Available El pintor Pedro de Castañeda es un artista poco conocido, activo en la zona de Alcalá de Henares en las décadas centrales del siglo XVI. Se sabe que junto a su hijo Juan fue colaborador del entallador y traductor de Vitruvio Miguel de Urrea. Pedro de Castañeda pintó un cirial que había tallado Urrea para la iglesia parroquial de Camarma de Esteruelas, trabajo por el que ambos cobraron cierta cantidad en 1540, y en 1550 colaboró con ese entallador y con Claudio de Arciniega, ayudado por Juan, en la obra de los retablos colaterales de la iglesia de Daganzo de Arriba (perdidos, realizando su pintura. Parece que se trata del mismo artista el Pedro Castañeda que se documenta trabajando en la zona de Segovia, concretamente en dos retablos para la iglesia de Cascajares del Fresno. Falleció en 1557…

Procedure for obtaining visas for Switzerland and France

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Signature Rights In accordance with the Status Agreements with CERN, Switzerland and France facilitate the entry of members of the Organizations personnel on to their territories. Where relevant, detailed procedures for obtaining visas apply. Within the framework of those procedures, only the following individuals are authorised to initiate the note verbale procedure as well as to sign the Official Invitation Letters and the Protocoles daccueil. Oliver BRÜNING Philip BRYANT Lyndon EVANS John FERGUSON Hélène HALLER-MAUGER David JACOBS Catherine NEDERMAN Chris ONIONS Claudio PARRINELLO Jeanne ROSTANT The French and Swiss Authorities will reject any request signed by a person who is not on this list. We would like to remind you that in accordance with the memorandum of 7 December 2000 issued by the Director of the Administration, (ref. DG/DA/00-119), 'the Organization shall not request any legitimisation document (or residence permit) or visa from the Host States for persons registered as E...

Procedure for obtaining visas for Switzerland and France

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Signature rights In accordance with their Status Agreements with CERN, Switzerland and France facilitate the entry of members of the Organization's personnel onto their territories. Where relevant, detailed procedures for obtaining visas apply. Within the framework of these procedures, only the following individuals are authorised to initiate the note verbale procedure, as well as to sign the Official Invitation Letters and the Protocoles d'accueil. Oliver BRÜNING Philip BRYANT Lyndon EVANS John FERGUSON Catherine JONES Nicolas KOULBERG Hélène HALLER-MAUGER Michelle MAZERAND Chris ONIONS Claudio PARRINELLO The French and Swiss Authorities will reject any request signed by a person who is not on this list. We would like to remind you that, in accordance with the memorandum of 7 December 2000 issued by the Director of the Administration (ref. DG/DA/00-119), 'the Organization shall not request any legitimisation document (or residence permit) or visa from the Host States for persons registered as EXTERNA...

Procedure for obtaining visas for Switzerland and France

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In accordance with their Status Agreements with CERN, Switzerland and France facilitate the entry of members of the Organization's personnel onto their territories. Where relevant, detailed procedures for obtaining visas apply. Within the framework of these procedures, only the following individuals are authorised to initiate the note verbale procedure, as well as to sign the Official Invitation Letters and the Protocoles d'accueil. Oliver BRÜNING Philip BRYANT Lyndon EVANS John FERGUSON Hélène HALLER-MAUGER David JACOBS Catherine NEDERMAN Chris ONIONS Claudio PARRINELLO Jeanne ROSTANT The French and Swiss Authorities will reject any request signed by a person who is not on this list. We would like to remind you that, in accordance with the memorandum of 7 December 2000 issued by the Director of Administration, (ref. DG/DA/00-119), 'the Organization shall not request any legitimisation document (or residence permit) or visa from the Host States for persons registered as EXTERNAL' (people w...

Carlo Rubbia, former CERN Director-General, appointed Senator for life by the President of Italy.

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2013-01-01

Today, the President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano appointed four new senators for life: the music director and conductor “maestro” Claudio Abbado, the neuroscientist Professor Elena Cattaneo, the renowned architect Renzo Piano and Professor Carlo Rubbia, who was CERN Director-General from 1989 to 1993.   Carlo Rubbia during his talk for the discovery of the W particle in 1983. In 1984, Carlo Rubbia, then head of the UA1 collaboration, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, together with Simon van der Meer, for the discovery of the W and Z particles – at that time two important missing components of the Standard Model. During his term of office as Director-General, the Large Electron Positron collider was inaugurated and the four LEP experiments produced their first results. He also mounted the case for the new Large Hadron Collider, which in 2012 led to the discovery of a Higgs boson. In 1993, the last year of his mandate, the World Wide Web proto...

Life-threatening asthma attack during prolonged fingolimod treatment: case report

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2014-07-01

Full Text Available Chiara Zecca,1,* Matteo Caporro,1,* Sandor Györik,2 Claudio Gobbi11Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland, Department of Neurology, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland; 2Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Regionale di Bellinzona, Bellinzona, Switzerland*These authors contributed equally to this workBackground: Fingolimod (FTY mediates bronchoconstriction by interacting with sphingosine-1-phosphate receptors. The majority of the reported adverse respiratory events occur during the first weeks of treatment.Case presentation: A 49-year-old woman developed a life-threatening asthma attack after 6 months of continuous FTY treatment. The adverse event required prolonged hospitalization, and the patient recovered without sequelae after FTY interruption. A history of previous airway hyperreactivity and a concurrent viral respiratory infection possibly acted as predisposing factors.Conclusion: This first description of a severe, life-threatening asthma attack during prolonged FTY treatment suggests the need for long-term clinical surveillance, especially in patients with known predisposing factors.Keywords: multiple sclerosis, bronchial hyper-reactivity

International Symposium for Thyroid Eye Disease (June 2016, London

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Natalia Y. Sviridenko

2017-03-01

Full Text Available In June 2016, an International Symposium dedicated to the cutting edge research and achievements in Thyroid Eye Disease (TED diagnosis and treatment was held in London. The symposium was organized by the International Thyroid Eye Disease (ITEDs. It was attended EUGOGO, North American Neuro-Ophthalmological Society (NANOS and Orbit Society members. The symposium was attended by leading experts in the field of ophthalmology, orbital surgery and endocrinology: Rebecca S. Bahn, Maarten Mourits, Claudio Marcocci, George Kahaly, Mario Salvi, Antony Weetman, Anja Eckstein, Daniel Rootman, Geoffrey Rose, Robert Goldberg and Susanne Pitz, as well as doctors, specializing in the field of endocrinology, ophthalmology, radiology and other specialties. The symposium program was focused on the discussion of TED pathogenesis, classification and new therapeutic and surgical approaches. TED problems discussed by more than 300 professionals (65% ophthalmologists, 18% ophthalmic surgeons and 17% endocrinologists. North America was represented by 50 delegates. Representation of other continents was not less impressive.

Characterization and genetic improvement of two wild species blueberry from Costa Rica (Vaccinium consanguineum y V. poasanum)

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Soto Valverde, Rebeca de los Angeles

2015-01-01

Accessions of two wild species blueberry from Costa Rica were characterized for use in the genetic improvement of this crop. A collection of accessions of two wild species blueberry (Vaccinium consanguineum and V. poasanum) were georeferenced and collected in the highlands of the provinces of Alajuela, San Jose and Cartago. The bushes collected were transplanted in the subestacion Fraijanes of the Estacion Experimental Fabio Baudrit Moreno of the Universidad de Costa Rica. Quantitative and qualitative descriptors were evaluated to morphologically characterize in situ and ex situ the accessions collected from each of the two species. The effect of two antimitotic agents, colchicine and oryzalin was determined on the chromosomal duplication of accessions of V. consanguineum and V. poasanum established in vitro. The gibberellic acid was used to promote in vitro germination of the seeds of V. consanguineum and V. poasanum, but reduces the percentage of germination in the latter species if it is used in high doses. The effect of antimitotic agents on the ploidy of both species was determined by flow cytometry [es

Comprehensive cognitive and cerebral hemodynamic evaluation after cranioplasty

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2014-05-01

Full Text Available Fernanda Coelho,1 Arthur Maynart Oliveira,2 Wellingson Silva Paiva,2 Fabio Rios Freire,1 Vanessa Tome Calado,1 Robson Luis Amorim,2 Iuri Santana Neville,2 Almir Ferreira de Andrade,2 Edson Bor-Seng-Shu,3 Renato Anghinah,1 Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira21Neurorehabilitation Group, Division of Neurology, 2Division of Neurosurgery, 3Neurosonology and Cerebral Hemodynamics Group, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, BrazilAbstract: Decompressive craniectomy is an established procedure to lower intracranial pressure and can save patients' lives. However, this procedure is associated with delayed cognitive decline and cerebral hemodynamics complications. Studies show the benefits of cranioplasty beyond cosmetic aspects, including brain protection, and functional and cerebrovascular aspects, but a detailed description of the concrete changes following this procedure are lacking. In this paper, the authors report a patient with trephine syndrome who underwent cranioplasty; comprehensive cognitive and cerebral hemodynamic evaluations were performed prior to and following the cranioplasty. The discussion was based on a critical literature review.Keywords: cranioplasty, decompressive craniotomy, perfusion CT, traumatic brain injury, cognition, neuropsychological test

Cost-effectiveness analysis on the use of rFSH + rLH for the treatment of anovulation in hypogonadotropic hypogonadal women

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2014-06-01

Full Text Available Enrico Papaleo,1 Carlo Alviggi,2 Giorgio Lorenzo Colombo,3,4 Claudio Pisanelli,5,6 Claudio Ripellino,7 Salvatore Longobardi,8 Pier Luigi Canonico91Centro Scienze della Natalità, Gynecological-Obstetrics Department, San Raffaele Hospital, Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; 2Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, University “Federico II” of Naples, Naples, Italy; 3Department of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; 4SAVE Studi Analisi Valutazioni Economiche, Milan, Italy; 5ACO San Filippo Neri, Rome, Italy; 6Società Italiana Di Farmacia Ospedaliera, Milan, Italy; 7CSD Medical Research Srl, Milan, Italy; 8Medical Department, Merck Serono SpA, Rome, Italy; 9Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy Background: Hypogonadotropic hypogonadal women are characterized by ovarian functionality deficiency, caused by low concentrations of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH and luteinizing hormone (LH. To recover reproduction functionality, recommended therapies for ovarian induction involve injections of FSH and LH medications. Objective: Since important differences exist between recombinant and urinary gonadotropin therapies in terms of efficacy and cost, the objective of this study was to develop a cost-effectiveness model to compare recombinant FSH (rFSH + recombinant LH (rLH and highly purified human menopausal gonadotropin (HP-HMG. Methods: A Markov model was developed, considering three cycles of therapy; probability of pregnancy and miscarriage were considered, and the efficacy was evaluated in terms of pregnancy occurrence. The perspective of the model was that of the Italian Health Service, so only direct cost (drugs, specialist visits, patient examinations, and hospitalizations were included. Results: rFSH + rLH is associated with a higher total cost (€3,453.50 and higher efficacy (0.87 compared with HP-HMG (€2,719.70 and 0.50. rFSH + r

Oraciones en plata: estudio de la obra inédita de Jacobo Pecul Montenegro

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Canedo Barreiro, María

2015-12-01

Full Text Available The purpose of this research is the study and attribution of new pieces to Jacobo Pecul Monte negro (1753-1817 a silversmith from Santiago de Compostela. His production reflects an aesthetic clearly influenced by French forms which he learnt from his father Claudio Pecul. But also Galician artists´ work, such as Ferreiro or Simón Rodríguez, had an impact on Montenegro's own creations. Twenty four new pieces have been selected from parish crosses, holy chalices, ciboriums, censers, “navetas” and monstrances, which are referenced in Pecul's manuscript “Libro de Caja”. They were extracted by Couselo Bouzas in his Galicia Artística, and catalogued in the Diocesan Archive of the Catholic Church. These pieces have been studied and attributed to Jacobo Pecul Montenegro by the guidelines set by José Manuel López Vázquez, who has studied the work of this silversmith in depth. This article attempts to make a brief study of both the author and the silversmithing typologies in the shift from the baroque style to the neoclassical style. And at the same time this study also aims to draw attention to Galician silversmithing, which is a patrimony of our popular imagery, and more often than not highly neglected.La presente investigación tiene como objetivo el estudio y atribución de nuevas piezas al orfebre compostelano Jacobo Pecul Montenegro (1753-1817, cuya producción refleja una estética influida por una parte de las formas francesas aprendidas de su padre, Claudio Pecul, y por otra de los artistas gallegos, cómo Ferreiro o Simón Rodríguez. Se han seleccionado veinticuatro nuevas piezas entre cruces parroquiales, cálices, copones, incensarios, navetas y ostensorios, las cuales aparecen referenciadas en el Libro de Caja de Pecul, extractado por Couselo Bouzas en su Galicia Artística, y catalogadas en el Archivo Diocesano de la Iglesia Católica. Dichas obras han sido estudiadas y atribuidas a Jacobo Pecul siguiendo las directrices

Using DInSAR as a tool to detect unstable terrain areas in an Andes region in Ecuador (South America)

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Mayorga Torres, Tannia

2014-05-01

deeper into vegetation cover than C band (Raucoules et al., 2007). The study processed ERS with descending orbit and ALOS with ascending orbit, due to the availability of data. Ferretti et al. (2007) said that ERS looks to the right and a slope mainly oriented to the west could have foreshortening effect in ascending orbit. Wei & Sandwell (2010) mention that ALOS in ascending orbit identifies vertical mass movements along fault systems; however, descending data has better geometry to measure mass movements. The study has fewer scenes in descending orbit. For further work, ALOS 2 will let to have more data in descending orbit. 4. CENTRAL CONCLUSIONS For mass movement having high-resolution radar is the best option; however, this data is not useful on all due to cover vegetation. Characterizing mass movements in Ecuador in necessary to put monitoring systems to avoid economic and human lost. Processing ERS and ALOS data was very useful because penetration band results were clearly identified in coherence masks. The result of Stacking DInSAR did not show clearly fringes, indeed the amount of interferograms were no enough for this technique. Researching other DInSAR techniques is necessary due to the singular characteristics of Ecuador. 5. REFERENCES Ferretti Alessandro, Monti-Guarnieri Andrea, Prati Claudio, Rocca Fabio, Massonnet Didier (2007). InSAR Principles: Guidelines for SAR Interferometry Processing and Interpretation (TM-19, Febrero 2007). K. Fletcher, Agencia Espacial Europea Publicaciones. ESTEC. Postbus 2009. 2200 AG Noordwijk. The Netherlands. Raucoules Daniel, Colesanti Carlo, Carnec Claudie (2007). "Use of SAR interferometry for detecting and assessing ground subsidence." C. R. Geoscience 339(289-302): 14. Sandwell David T., Price Evelyn J. (1998). "Phase gradient approach to stacking interferograms." Journal of Geophysical Research 103(N. B12): 30, 183-30, 204. Wei Meng, Sandwell David T (2010). "Decorrelation of L-Band and C-Band Interferometry Over

Combined therapy with peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis: a multicenter retrospective observational cohort study in Japan.

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Maruyama, Yukio; Yokoyama, Keitaro; Nakayama, Masaaki; Higuchi, Chieko; Sanaka, Tsutomu; Tanaka, Yoshihide; Sakai, Ken; Mizuiri, Sonoo; Otsuka, Yasushi; Kuriyama, Satoru; Maeba, Teruhiko; Iwasawa, Hideaki; Nakao, Toshiyuki; Hosoya, Tatsuo

2014-01-01

Combining peritoneal dialysis (PD) and hemodialysis (HD) has been common treatment option in Japan. In this retrospective, multicenter, observational study, the clinical characteristics and outcomes of 104 patients (57 ± 11 years, males 72%) who had switched from PD alone to combined therapy with PD and HD were studied. Clinical parameters were measured at baseline and after 3 months of combined therapy. At baseline, urine volume, dialysate-to-plasma ratio of creatinine (D/P Cr), and total Kt/V were 150 ml/day (range: 0-2,000 ml/day), 0.67 ± 0.11, and 1.8 ± 0.4, respectively. During the first 3 months of combined therapy, body weight, urine volume, serum creatinine level, and D/P Cr decreased, whereas hemoglobin levels increased. In patients where PD does not result in acceptable outcomes, combined therapy with PD and HD may have potential benefits in terms of dialysis adequacy and hydration status. Video Journal Club “Cappuccino with Claudio Ronco” at http://www.karger.com/?doi=368389 © 2014 S. Karger AG, Basel.

Integrating Art and Creative Practices into a Programme of Support for Nigerian Students Studying in UK Higher Education Institutions

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Elizabeth Achinewhu-Nworgu

2017-05-01

Full Text Available This scoping paper explores the experiences of overseas students from Nigeria studying in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs in the United Kingdom. It considers the context for these students and some of the particular pressures and challenges they experience in making the transition from education in Nigeria to achieving academic success and adapting to life as a student in the UK. With reference to the work of Professor Claudio-Rafael Vásquez-Martínez, at the outset of a collaborative project to explore these issues further, this paper considers whether the use of painting and other creative practices could assist these students in managing the transition more effectively and ultimately in succeeding in their academic studies. For the present study, qualitative data was gathered using interviews with Nigerian students who came to study in the UK with the assistance of a London-based organisation, Focus Learning Support Ltd, which assists Nigerian students in their applications to UK HEIs, and which supports them throughout their studies.

Aproximación a la enseñanza secundaria durante el Franquismo (1938-1967

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Leoncio VEGA GIL

2010-03-01

Full Text Available RESUMEN: El trabajo que abordamos en esta monografía se centra cronológicamente en el ciclo histórico conocido como franquismo y a nivel de contenido delimitamos el estudio a la enseñanza secundaria tanto desde su dimensión formal y política, a partir de los pilares legislativos que sobre este nivel se fueron erigiendo (1938, 1953 y 1967, como desde la realidad escolar en términos cuantitativos de la geografía nacional y un estudio interno más profundo de algunas variables para el caso de su articulación en Zamora. Y, si las fuentes nos lo permiten, entraremos en las cuestiones del «tercer nivel», la mentalidad del alumno de segunda enseñanza y su relación con el modelo social y académico real de los alumnos que asisten a cursar estudios en el Instituto «Claudio Moyano» de Zamora o de los que cursan la enseñanza colegiada, tan potenciada esta última ahora por el régimen.

PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINING VISAS FOR SWITZERLAND AND FRANCE

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SIGNATURE RIGHTS In accordance with the Status Agreements with CERN, Switzerland and France facilitate the entry of members of the Organization’s personnel on to their territories. Where relevant, detailed procedures for obtaining visas apply. Within the framework of those procedures, only the following individuals are authorised to initiate the note verbale procedure as well as to sign the Official Invitation Letters and the Protocoles d’accueil. •\tOliver BRÜNING •\tPhilip BRYANT •\tLyndon EVANS •\tJohn FERGUSON •\tHélène HALLER-MAUGER •\tDavid JACOBS •\tPhilippe LEBRUN •\tCatherine NEDERMAN •\tChris ONIONS •\tClaudio PARRINELLO •\tJeanne ROSTANT The French and Swiss Authorities will reject any request signed by a person who is not on this list. We would like to remind you that in accordance with the memorandum of 7 December 2000 issued by the Director of the Administration, (ref. DG/DA/00-119), "the Organization shall not request any legitimisation document (or residence per...

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SIGNATURE RIGHTS In accordance with the Status Agreements with CERN, Switzerland and France facilitate the entry of members of the Organization’s personnel on to their territories. Where relevant, detailed procedures for obtaining visas apply. Within the framework of those procedures, only the following individuals are authorised to initiate the note verbale procedure as well as to sign the Official Invitation Letters and the Protocoles d’accueil. •\tOliver BRÜNING •\tVinod CHOHAN •\tLyndon EVANS •\tJohn FERGUSON •\tHélène HALLER-MAUGER •\tDavid JACOBS •\tPhilippe LEBRUN •\tCatherine NEDERMAN •\tChris ONIONS •\tClaudio PARRINELLO •\tJeanne ROSTANT The French and Swiss Authorities will reject any request signed by a person who is not on this list. We would like to remind you that in accordance with the memorandum of 7 December 2000 issued by the Director of the Administration, (ref. DG/DA/00-119), "the Organization shall not request any legitimisation d...

Petras tunge

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Fra omslaget: Petras tunge er et essay om noget af den litteratur, der skrives i Europa i disse år. En litteratur, der bliver til, mens eftertidens revisorer fører en ny sandhed til protokols, og mens Europa står midt i et uforudsigeligt opbrud. Bogen handler også om nogle af de europæiske...... hovedstæder, små og store metropoler, hvor historien har sat sig tydelige spor og endnu gør det for magtfuldt og tilsyneladende tvivlløst at bevidne en ny tingenes orden. Litteraturen skrives af bl.a. Martin Amis, Hanif Kureishi, Marcel Beyer, Günter Grass, Milan Kundera, Cees Nooteboom, Aldo Busi, Claudio...... Magris og Imre Kertész. Blandt de europæiske hovedstæder, der fortælles fra, er Berlin, Budapest, London, Bruxelles, Rom og Athen. Petras tunge er en bog om i dag, om europæernes fælles nutid. Men den er også forfatterens forsøg på for sig selv at finde ud af, hvad et menneske har at holde sig til...

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2012-01-01

Thursday 10 January 2013 at 20:00 CERN Council Chamber Viridiana Directed by Luis Buñuel (Spain/Mexico, 1961) With: Silvia Pinal, Fernando Rey, Francisco Rabal Original version spanish; english subtitles; 90 minutes Viridiana, a young novice about to take her final vows as a nun, accedes to a request from her widowed uncle to visit him. Moved purely by a sense of obligation, she does so. Her uncle is moved by her resemblance to his late wife to attempt to seduce Viridiana, and tragedy ensues. In the aftermath, Viridiana tries to assuage her guilt by creating a haven for the destitute folk who live around her uncle’s estate. But from these good intentions, too, comes little good. Simon of the Desert Directed by Luis Buñuel (Spain/Mexico, 1965) With: Silvia Pinal, Claudio Brook, Enrique Alvarez Félix Original version spanish; english subtitles; 45 minutes Simon, a deeply religious man living in the 4th century, wants to be nearer to God so he climbs a c...

Apresentação

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Maria Elias Soares

2016-01-01

Full Text Available CONSELHO EDITORIAL DA REVISTA DE LETRAS ABUÊNDIA PADILHA PINTO Universidade Federal de Pernambuco abuendia@elogica.com.br CLÁUDIO LEITÃO FUNREI Univesidade Federal de Minas Gerais claudio@prover.com.br ENEIDA LEAL CUNHA Universidade Federal da Bahia leal@ufba.br / eneidalealcunha@uol.com.br JOÃO AZENHA JÚNIOR Universidade de São Paulo azenha@usp.br JOSÉ LUIZ FIORIN Universidade de São Paulo jolufi@uol.com.br LEONOR SCLIAR-CABRAL Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina lsc@th.com.br LUIZ ANTONIO MARCUSCHI Universidade Federal de Pernambuco lamarcuschi@uol.com.br MARIA DO SOCORRO SILVA DE ARAGÃO Universidade Federal do Ceará acaragao@terra.com.br MARIA HELENA MIRA MATEUS Universidade de Lisboa mhm@.ip.pt MARCIA ARBEX Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais marphi@larnet.com.br NADJA DA COSTA RIBEIRO MOREIRA Universidade Federal do Ceará nadja@ultranet.com.br PATRÍCIA ANNE VOUGHAN Universidade Federal do Ceará patricianne@uol.com.br ROLAND WALTER Universidade Federal de Pernambuco walter_roland@hotmail.com

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Maria Elias Soares

2016-01-01

Full Text Available Apresentação da Revista de Letras Vol. 1, número 27 de 2005 CONSELHO EDITORIAL DA REVISTA DE LETRAS ABUÊNDIA PADILHA PINTO Universidade Federal de Pernambuco abuendia@elogica.com.br CLÁUDIO LEITÃO FUNREI Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais claudio@prover.com.br ENEIDA LEAL CUNHA Universidade Federal da Bahia abralic@ufba.br JOÃO AZENHA JÚNIOR Universidade de São Paulo azenha@usp.br JOSÉ LUIZ FIORIN Universidade de São Paulo jolufi@uol.com.br LEONOR SCLIAR-CABRAL Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina lsc@th.com.br LUIZ ANTONIO MARCUSCHI Universidade Federal de Pernambuco lumarc@elogica.com.br MARIA DO SOCORRO SILVA DE ARAGÃO Universidade Federal do Ceará acaragao@terra.com.br MARIA HELENA MIRA MATEUS Universidade de Lisboa mhm@.ip.pt MARCIA ARBEX Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais marphi@larnet.com.br NADJA DA COSTA RIBEIRO MOREIRA Universidade Federal do Ceará nadja@ultranet.com.br PATRÍCIA ANNE VAUGHAN Universidade Federal do Ceará patricianne@uol.com.br ROLAND WALTER Universidade Federal de Pernambuco walter roland@hotmail.com.br

The Quest(ioning of Epistemological Ground: The Spanish Generation of 1956

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Judith Nantell

1992-01-01

Full Text Available Much of the critical literature written about the poetry of the Generation of 1956 asserts that for Claudio Rodriguez, José Angel Valente and Francisco Brines, among other members of this group, writing poetry is a means to knowledge. Knowledge, however, exists in tension with its apparent opposite, ignorance. Because the supplement ruptures the tidy arrangement of the knowledge/ignorance polarity, it is no longer possible to focus on either entity in isolation. If knowledge and ignorance continually imply one another, then Valente's famous dictum, "todo poema es un conocimiento haciéndose" ('every poem is knowledge becoming' which has long served as the foundation both of this generation and the critical literature written about this generation, itself is reconstituted in terms of ignorance. In scrutinizing selected poems of these poets, the critic discerns that poetry is not a process of knowing but rather a method for questioning epistemological ground. As this essay demonstrates, both the poetic text and the interpretive text investigate knowledge and ignorance, forever "becoming" their own différance .

O romanesco no cinema italiano do pós-guerra

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Annita Gullo

2017-12-01

Full Text Available Este artigo analisa o uso do romanesco, a variedade dialetal urbana de Roma, no cinema italiano do pós-guerra, utilizando três fi lmes como corpus de referência: Roma città aperta (1945, de Roberto Rossellini; Il sorpasso (1962, de Dino Risi; e Viaggi di nozze (1995, de Carlo Verdone. Os objetivos principais são: a observar o uso do romanesco nos fílmes dos três períodos históricos abordados, tendo o apoio teórico de Sergio Raffaelli (1992, Eusebio Cicotti (2001 e Fabio Rossi (1999, 2006, 2007; b verifi car o grau de formalidade/informalidade das falas fílmicas. O critério de seleção dos três fi lmes foi a presença dos fenômenos fonéticos, considerados reveladores da variação diafásica. A maior ou menor frequência de tais traços permitiu identifi car o nível de formalidade/informalidade nas falas dos atores de cada fi lme e constatar como se manifesta o continuum linguístico romano.

Medicinal clays improve the endurance of loaded inspiratory muscles in COPD: a randomized clinical trial of nonpharmacological treatment

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Baldi S

2015-10-01

Full Text Available Simonetta Baldi,1 Gian Domenico Pinna,2 Claudio Bruschi,1 Fabrizio Caldara,3 Roberto Maestri,2 Elena Dacosto,1 Antonella Rezzani,1 Ermanno Popovich,1 Ezio Bellinzona,1 Paola Crotti,1 Silvia Montemartini,1 Claudio Fracchia1 1Department of Pneumology, 2Department of Biomedical Engineering, Scientific Institute of Montescano, Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Montescano (Pavia, 3Center of Thermal Studies Pietro d’Abano, AbanoTerme, Padua, Italy Background: Inspiratory resistive breathing (IRB challenges affect respiratory muscle endurance in healthy individuals, which is considered to be an interleukin 6 (IL-6–dependent mechanism. Whether nonpharmacological thermal therapies promote the endurance of loaded inspiratory muscles in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD is unclear. The objectives of this study were to compare the effects of two thermal interventions on endurance time (ET and plasma IL-6 concentration following an IRB challenge.Methods: This study was a randomized, parallel-group, unblinded clinical trial in a single-center setting. Forty-two patients (aged 42–76 years suffering from mild to severe COPD participated in this study. Both groups completed 12 sessions of the mud bath therapy (MBT (n=22 or leisure thermal activity (LTA (n=19 in a thermal spa center in Italy. Pre- and postintervention spirometry, maximum inspiratory pressure, and plasma mediators were obtained and ET and endurance oxygen expenditure (VO2Endur were measured following IRB challenge at 40% of maximum inspiratory pressure.Results: There was no difference in ΔIL-6 between the intervention groups. But, IRB challenge increased cytokine IL-6 plasma levels systematically. The effect size was small. A statistically significant treatment by IRB challenge effect existed in ET, which significantly increased in the MBT group (P=0.003. In analysis of covariance treatment by IRB challenge analysis with LnVO2

“History is not linear … it zigzags”: The Perception of Time in Magris' novel Blindly

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Irena Prosenc Šegula

2012-12-01

Full Text Available In his novel Blindly Claudio Magris develops a complex perception of time. This perception is intertwined with reflections on history, identity and the status of the narrative voice. History, which “is not linear” but “zigzags” is presented as a continuously repetitive phenomenon, while temporal time is impossible to measure. The status of the autodiegetic narrator becomes highly problematic as the narrative voice assumes identities belonging to various historical periods ranging from the late 18th to the 20th centuries. The novel focuses on repressive historical periods which deform the protagonists' identities, thereby conveying an image of history as a blind and violent force. Fragmentation, one of the basic narrative techniques in the novel, concerns time sequences as well as the protagonists' identities and the narrative voice itself. As the protagonists' lives can only be narrated as fragments, there are frequent passages between different time periods. These merge into extratemporality, which is associated with eternal suffering stemming from the repetitive, oppressive nature of history. The historical events depicted in the novel are interpreted through the extratemporal dimension of the Argonaut myth.

Durum Wheat (Triticum Durum Desf. Lines Show Different Abilities to Form Masked Mycotoxins under Greenhouse Conditions

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Martina Cirlini

2013-12-01

Full Text Available Deoxynivalenol (DON is the most prevalent trichothecene in Europe and its occurrence is associated with infections of Fusarium graminearum and F. culmorum, causal agents of Fusarium head blight (FHB on wheat. Resistance to FHB is a complex character and high variability occurs in the relationship between DON content and FHB incidence. DON conjugation to glucose (DON-3-glucoside, D3G is the primary plant mechanism for resistance towards DON accumulation. Although this mechanism has been already described in bread wheat and barley, no data are reported so far about durum wheat, a key cereal in the pasta production chain. To address this issue, the ability of durum wheat to detoxify and convert deoxynivalenol into D3G was studied under greenhouse controlled conditions. Four durum wheat varieties (Svevo, Claudio, Kofa and Neodur were assessed for DON-D3G conversion; Sumai 3, a bread wheat variety carrying a major QTL for FHB resistance (QFhs.ndsu-3B, was used as a positive control. Data reported hereby clearly demonstrate the ability of durum wheat to convert deoxynivalenol into its conjugated form, D3G.

The beginnings of dermatopathology and dermatologic microbiology in Spain.

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del Río, E

2014-03-01

Crisóstomo Martínez from Valencia was a pioneering microscopist in 17th-century Europe. The first microscopic representations of skin in Spain appeared in an 18th-century work by Martín Martínez. Microbiology and histopathology progressed considerably in the late 19th century thanks to anatomists like Maestre de San Juan and surgeons like Federico Rubio Galí. The first Spanish pathologist to specialize in dermatology was Antonio Mendoza, a colleague of José Eugenio de Olavide at the Hospital San Juan de Dios in Madrid. Claudio Sala and Juan de Azúa also made significant contributions, including the description of pseudoepithelioma. Several disciples of Santiago Ramón y Cajal and Jorge FranciscoTello, such as Lorenzo Ruiz de Arcaute and Guillermo de la Rosa King, consolidated the dermatology laboratory, but the Civil War sent many into exile or deprived them of their professional status. Juan Rubió in Barcelona and Julio Rodríguez Puchol in Madrid were the immediate predecessors of today's dermatopathologists. Copyright © 2012 Elsevier España, S.L. y AEDV. All rights reserved.

Gastrointestinal obstruction caused by solidification and coagulation of enteral nutrition: pathogenetic mechanisms and potential risk factors

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Leonello G

2018-04-01

Full Text Available Grazia Leonello,1 Antonio Giacomo Rizzo,1 Viviane Di Dio,2 Antonio Soriano,3 Claudia Previti,3 Grazia Giulia Pantè,3 Claudio Mastrojeni,1 Sebastiano Pantè1 1Department of Human Pathology of Adults and Evolutive Era “Gaetano Barresi”, University of Messina, Messina, Italy; 2Health Research Institute Bonino Pulejo, Piemonte Hospital, Messina, Italy; 3Department of Medical and Surgery Science, University of Messina, Messina, Italy Abstract: Enteral nutrition (EN is preferred in order to provide nutrition and reduce catabolism in critically ill patients. Recent studies suggest that the use of EN is successful and complications are rare. However, an underestimated mechanical complication of tube feedings seen in critically ill patients is the coagulation and solidification of the EN causing gastrointestinal obstruction. This report describes two clinical cases (1.23% of all cases seen at our clinic of obstruction and perforation of the small bowel secondary to the solidification of EN. The understanding and early recognition of this potential complication are essential for the prevention and successful treatment of this condition. Keywords: enteral nutrition, gastrointestinal contents, intestinal obstruction, small-bowel bezoar

Alfabetización informacional a través de Moodle

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Gabriela Fernanda Cabrera Rossi

2015-01-01

Full Text Available Se describe la experiencia de la Biblioteca “Dr. Claudio Williman” de la Facultad de Educación Física del Instituto Universitario de la Asociación Cristiana de Jóvenes (IUACJ, en el desarrollo de cursos que contribuyen a la mejora de la calidad formal de los trabajos académicos. Se presentan distintos tipos de cursos impartidos por Biblioteca de carácter semipresencial, los cuales generan créditos académicos y son desarrollados bajo la plataforma Moodle. Se describe el proceso de integración del IUACJ a Moodle como herramienta educativa facilitadora para el desarrollo y organización de los cursos. Se analiza la contribución del bibliotecólogo, como gestor de información, evaluando recursos para luego ponerlos a disposición de la comunidad académica de estudiantes, proporcionando acciones que contribuyan a consolidar a la Biblioteca en su rol de alfabetizador, favoreciendo la adquisición de conocimientos y habilidades de los usuarios. También se enumeraran los cursos dictados por la Biblioteca describiendo estructura, metodología aplicada y recursos didácticos.

Behaviour of the Sm-Nd and Rb-Sr systems of the mafic-ultramafic layered sequence from Ribeirao dos Motas (Archaean), meridional craton Sao Francisco: evidences of mantle source enrichment and isotopic fractionation; Comportamento dos sistemas Sm-Nd e Rb-Sr da sequencia acamadada mafico-ultramafico Ribeirao dos Motas (Arqueano), craton Sao Francisco Meridional: evidencias de enriquecimento mantelico e fracionamento isotopico

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Carneiro, Mauricio Antonio; Carvalho Junior, Irneu Mendes de; Oliveira, Arildo Henrique de [Ouro Preto Univ., (UFOP), MG (Brazil). Dept. de Geologia]. E-mail: mauricio@degeo.ufop.br; Teixeira, Wilson [Sao Paulo Univ., SP (Brazil). Inst. de Geociencias. Dept. de Mineralogia e Geotectonica; Pimentel, Marcio Martins [Brasilia Univ., DF (Brazil). Inst. de Geociencias. Lab. de Geocronologia

2004-10-15

The Ribeirao dos Motas layered sequence (SARM) crops out in the southern part of the Sao Francisco Craton, Brazil. This sequence comprises phaneritic meta ultramafic and metamafic rocks, which, although slightly deformed and metamorphosed, retain primary igneous layers. Porphyritic rocks with idiomorphic pyroxene crystals and heteradcumulate and adcumulate textures are also present. Eighteen isotopic analyses were performed in the SARM, comprising rocks with primary (relict) textures, as well as rocks in amphibolite facies and retro-metamorphosed to green-schist facies. Seven samples yield a Sm/Nd isochron age of 2.79 +- 0.30 Ga (MSWD=1.2 e epsilon {sub Ndt}=+0.48), constraining the accretion time of the SARM rocks. The positive epsilon {sub Ndt} value coupled with the Rb/Sr evidence is consistent with mantle source relatively enriched in Nd and Sr isotopes. Nevertheless, some SARM samples display isotopic fractionation and disturbance, which can be ascribed to the following processes or their combinations: a) mobilization of the incompatible elements due to regional high grade metamorphism; b) isotopic changes during upper amphibolite facies overprint; c) isotopic resetting by low-grade fluids associated to the Claudio Shear zone, which is located nearby the SARM. (author)

Fuentes de resistencia a la antracnosis y la mancha angular en frijol común para Costa Rica

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Rodolfo Araya

2000-01-01

Full Text Available Sources of resistance to anthracnose and angular leaf spot in common bean for Costa Rica. The objective of this study was to select sources of resistance to angular leaf spot and anthracnose from a diverse group of germplasm with known resistance to these diseases and other abiotic and biotic factors. Atotal of 173 common beans that included 46 landraces and 127 breeding lines were evaluated at two locations (Estación Experimental Fabio Baudrit Moreno and Sub-Estacion Experimental Fraijanes, both of Universidad de Costa Rica in 1996 and 1997. A mixture of four races (races 9, 10, 547, and 1024 of maximum virulence and coverage in Costa Rica of the anthracnose pathogen was used to inoculate four times. Because of high natural incidence of angular leaf spot, inoculation was not necessary. Twenty-one landraces and 13 breeding lines were resistant (disease score of 3 or less to antracnose. Only five landraces (G 12529, G 14934, G 19428, G 19696, and G 19831, one improved cultivar (ICA Tundama, and a breeding line UCR 55 had intermediate reaction (disease score between 4 and 6. Thus, for angular leaf spot evaluation of a much broader range of germplasm of common bean and other related species is suggested

Modifiable Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors in the Population Aged 20-49 Years

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Francisco Carlos Valladares Mas

2014-04-01

Full Text Available Background: evidence provided by the Framingham Heart Study established the critical role of risk factors in the development of coronary heart disease. Over half a century later, current detection and control are still inadequate. Objective: to identify modifiable risk factors of coronary heart disease in individuals aged 20 to 49 years. Methods: a descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted in 276 individuals from the doctor’s office No. 1 of the Fabio di Celmo Community Teaching Polyclinic in Cienfuegos. Patients were examined in the clinic visit and/or whole family visit. The studied variables included age, sex, skin color, risk factors (excess weight/obesity, physical inactivity, smoking, hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia and psychosocial factors, which were obtained from the medical interview, physical examination, laboratory tests (total cholesterol and triglycerides and review of individual medical records and family history. Results: risk factors most frequently identified were excess weight/obesity (42.4 %, physical inactivity (34.4 % and smoking (20.3 %. Presence of these risk factors increased with age, showing differences in the distribution by sex and was associated with psychosocial factors. Their coexistence and progress with age was significant. Conclusion: prevalence of modifiable risk factors for coronary heart disease in a young population was high, with frequent association, predominating factors related to unhealthy lifestyles.

Juventudes universitarias de izquierda. De la lucha ideológica a la violencia política

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Álvaro Acevedo Tarazona

2016-01-01

Full Text Available Tal como sucedió en otros lugares del mundo, en Colombia du - rante las décadas de los sesenta y los setenta primó un ambien - te de lucha revolucionaria. Los líderes sindicales, los antiguos militantes del partido Comunista, algunos literatos y artistas de avanzada y los jóvenes universitarios fueron atraídos, desde puntos de vista ideológico, emocional y político por las corrien - tes discursivas que abogaban por una revolución total. Este artí - culo analiza los casos de cinco jóvenes que pasaron de la lucha ideológica a empuñar las armas. Son los casos de Jaime Arenas Reyes, Víctor Medina Morón, Fabio y Manuel Vásquez Castaño y Ricardo Lara Parada, quienes conformaron el primer núcleo de lo que se conocería después como Ejército de Liberación Nacio - nal (ELN. Un análisis prosopográfico de estos cinco casos nos permitirá ver la estrecha relación entre el ambiente universitario de las décadas de los sesenta y setenta y el surgimiento de la lu - cha armada en Colombia.

Registro sintético de uma vida: entrevista com Fábio Alves dos Santos (Synthetic record of a life - Interview with Fabio Alves dos Santos.

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Fábio Alves dos Santos

2013-12-01

Full Text Available Fábio Alves dos Santos (1954-2013 cursou Pedagogia, Ciências Sociais e Teologia, era Especialista em Filosofia da Religião (PUC Minas, Advogado (PUC Minas e Mestre em Direito Constitucional (UFMG. Lecionou na PUC Minas como professor de Cultura Religiosa e depois como professor no Curso de Direito, atuando principalmente no Serviço de Assistência Judiciária – SAJ, especialmente cuidado de causas populares como as da ASMARE (Associação dos Catadores de Papel, Papelão e Material Reaproveitável de Belo Horizonte, da Pastoral de Rua, da Pastoral Carcerária, de movimentos de “Sem Casa”, de ocupações e tantos outros grupos. Sua primeira publicação foi “Começo de mundo novo: sofrimento, luta e vitória dos posseiros de Santana dos Frades”, Sergipe, numa versão popular em 1981 e outra pela Editora Vozes (1990. Fruto de sua dissertação de mestrado, Fábio publicou o livro “Direito Agrário: política fundiária no Brasil (1995. Em 2001 saiu seu último livro, uma coletânea de artigos publicados em diversos jornais: “Em defesa da vida”. Num artigo em Horizonte (2004, juntamente com o advogado, amigo e colega Prof. Cristiano de Melo Bastos, discutiu “A prática jurídica na missão da PUC Minas”. Fábio sofria de grave problema de visão há mais de 15 anos. Quase ficou cego depois de diversas cirurgias de miopia. Isso, porém, não o impedia de seguir seu constante compromisso com as lutas populares. Na última entrevista que concedeu, menos de um mês antes de sua morte (19 de outubro de 2013, depois de duro sofrimento de quase dois anos, no tratamento de um câncer no pâncreas, conta um pouco de sua vida, sua luta e sua percepção de várias realidades, especialmente da Igreja e da pastoral. Militante formado na Teologia da Libertação, de profunda espiritualidade, marcada por traços da religiosidade popular nordestina e comprometida com a libertação, Fábio Alves também buscou em sua vida abrir-se à teologia do pluralismo religioso, especialmente com o Santo Daime, em cuja tradição religiosa chegou a ser “fardado”, mantendo uma profunda atitude espiritual aberta ao diálogo inter-religioso.

Vida de Carmen Caamaño Díaz : una voz del exilio interior

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Mercedes Montero Caldera

1999-01-01

Full Text Available Este artículo recoge el testimonio oral de Carmen Caamaño Díaz (Madrid, 1911, quien a través de su memoria hace un recorrido autobiográfico en el que manifiesta la evolución de un compromiso ideológico que la convertiría en sujeto activo del exilio interior durante el régimen franquista. En su etapa universitaria, Carmen fue miembro de la junta Directiva de la FUE (Federación Española de Enseñantes y Secretaria General de la UFEH (Unión Federal de estudiantes Hispanoamericanos desde 1930 a 1931. Licenciada en Filosofía y Letras, trabajó en él Centro de estudios tiistohcos formando parte del equipo de investigación que dirigía Claudio Sáncfiez Albornoz. En 1937 ingresó en el P.C.E, desempeñando, entre otros cargos, el de Gobernadora Civil de Cuenca desde enero a marzo de 1939. Al finalizar la guerra, fue detenida y condenada a prisión. En 1941 trató de reorganizar en la clandestinidad el partido comunista en la provincia de Alicante, siendo nuevamente detenida y condenada a muerte, pena que le sería conmutada por la de cárcel. Depurada profesionalmente y bajo control policial durante varios años, su actividad de oposición al régimen de Franco la llevaría a cabo desde la Asociación de Mujeres Universitarias.This article includes the oral statement of Carmen Caamaño Díaz (Madrid, 1911, who covers her autobiography through her memory, expressing an ideogical compromise evolution through which she would become an active subjet of the inner exile throughout Franco's regime. While being a student at university, she was a member of the Board of Directors of the UFEH (Spanish Teachers Union and General Secretary of the UFEH (Latin American Student Union from 1930 to 1931. With a degree in Arts, she worked at the Centre of Historie Studies taking part within the investigation team conducted by Claudio Sánchez Albornoz. In 1937 she joined the Spanish Communist Party, performing the charge, amongst others, of Civil Governor

Effect of silicon on reducing cadmium toxicity in durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. cv. Claudio W.) grown in a soil with aged contamination

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Rizwan, Muhammad; Meunier, Jean-Dominique

2012-01-01

Highlights: ► Metal stress alleviation in wheat supplemented with amorphous Si (ASi). ► Pot experiment with a metal-contaminated soil and increased doses of ASi. ► Effects are observed both at the soil and the plant levels. ► ASi increases plant biomass and Cd content in roots and decreases Cd in shoots. ► ASi decreases soil-available Cd but is limiting for Si uptake. - Abstract: Agricultural soil contamination and subsequently crops still require alternative solutions to reduce associated environmental risks. The effects of silica application on alleviating cadmium (Cd) phytotoxicity in wheat plants were investigated in a 71-day pot experiment conducted with a historically contaminated agricultural soil. We used amorphous silica (ASi) that had been extracted from a diatomite mine for Si distribution at 0, 1, 10 and 15 ton ASi ha −1 . ASi applications increased plant biomass and plant Si concentrations, reduced the available Cd in the soil and the Cd translocation to shoots, while Cd was more efficiently sequestrated in roots. But ASi is limiting for Si uptake by plants. We conclude that significant plant-available Si in soil contributes to decreased Cd concentrations in wheat shoots and could be implemented in a general scheme aiming at controlling Cd concentrations in wheat.

Effect of silicon on reducing cadmium toxicity in durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. cv. Claudio W.) grown in a soil with aged contamination

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Rizwan, Muhammad, E-mail: rizwan@cerege.fr [Aix-Marseille Universite, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut pour la Recherche et le Developpement, College de France, CEREGE (Centre Europeen de Recherche et d' Enseignement en Geosciences de l' Environnement), Europole mediterraneen de l' Arbois, BP 80, 13454 Aix-en-Provence, Cedex 4 (France); Meunier, Jean-Dominique, E-mail: meunier@cerege.fr [Aix-Marseille Universite, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut pour la Recherche et le Developpement, College de France, CEREGE (Centre Europeen de Recherche et d' Enseignement en Geosciences de l' Environnement), Europole mediterraneen de l' Arbois, BP 80, 13454 Aix-en-Provence, Cedex 4 (France); and others

2012-03-30

Highlights: Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer Metal stress alleviation in wheat supplemented with amorphous Si (ASi). Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer Pot experiment with a metal-contaminated soil and increased doses of ASi. Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer Effects are observed both at the soil and the plant levels. Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer ASi increases plant biomass and Cd content in roots and decreases Cd in shoots. Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer ASi decreases soil-available Cd but is limiting for Si uptake. - Abstract: Agricultural soil contamination and subsequently crops still require alternative solutions to reduce associated environmental risks. The effects of silica application on alleviating cadmium (Cd) phytotoxicity in wheat plants were investigated in a 71-day pot experiment conducted with a historically contaminated agricultural soil. We used amorphous silica (ASi) that had been extracted from a diatomite mine for Si distribution at 0, 1, 10 and 15 ton ASi ha{sup -1}. ASi applications increased plant biomass and plant Si concentrations, reduced the available Cd in the soil and the Cd translocation to shoots, while Cd was more efficiently sequestrated in roots. But ASi is limiting for Si uptake by plants. We conclude that significant plant-available Si in soil contributes to decreased Cd concentrations in wheat shoots and could be implemented in a general scheme aiming at controlling Cd concentrations in wheat.

Effect of silicon on reducing cadmium toxicity in durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. cv. Claudio W.) grown in a soil with aged contamination.

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Rizwan, Muhammad; Meunier, Jean-Dominique; Miche, Hélène; Keller, Catherine

2012-03-30

Agricultural soil contamination and subsequently crops still require alternative solutions to reduce associated environmental risks. The effects of silica application on alleviating cadmium (Cd) phytotoxicity in wheat plants were investigated in a 71-day pot experiment conducted with a historically contaminated agricultural soil. We used amorphous silica (ASi) that had been extracted from a diatomite mine for Si distribution at 0, 1, 10 and 15 ton ASi ha(-1). ASi applications increased plant biomass and plant Si concentrations, reduced the available Cd in the soil and the Cd translocation to shoots, while Cd was more efficiently sequestrated in roots. But ASi is limiting for Si uptake by plants. We conclude that significant plant-available Si in soil contributes to decreased Cd concentrations in wheat shoots and could be implemented in a general scheme aiming at controlling Cd concentrations in wheat. Copyright © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Staging Death, Translating Death, Rehearsing Death: A Photographer’s Apprenticeship in Dying

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Daniela Fargione

2010-10-01

Full Text Available The preponderance of death imagery in the mass media and a recent interest of photography in the practice of death suggest the need to reevaluate our approach to death and dying, especially when violence is involved. This essay is a case study of History of Violence, Claudio Cravero's last photographic project. His collection of "portraits" reproduce apparent dead bodies, mostly attacked in their own domestic spheres, but neither the perpetrator of death (a mysterious murderer?, nor the weapon used (an omnipresent knife, should be considered as main focal points of the artist's inquiry. The undoubtful protagonist of these photographs, instead, is the light, that illuminates fear: not of death itself, rather of the obnoxious indifference to it, as the result of generalized death imagery saturation.     The staged apparent death displayed in Cravero's photographs serve both as a memento mori and as a strategy to come to terms with the idea of death. In short, it is an apprentship in dying through a domesticating translation practice. Eventually, Cravero's History of Violence offers a complex reflection on the interplay between each individual story and macrolevel social History, thus providing some hypotheses of where violence and death fit in that odd geometry of time and space that we call life.

Lateral sellar compartment O.T. (cavernous sinus): history, anatomy, terminology.

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Parkinson, D

1998-08-01

Claudios Galen (119-199 a.d.) dissected lower animals with parasellar carotid retia bathed in venous blood and transposed his findings to human anatomy. Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) corrected most of Galen's errors but apparently never looked into this small, extradural compartment, nor, apparently, did Winslow (Exposition Anatomique de la Structure du Corps Humain. London: N. Prevast, 1734), who christened it the "cavernous sinus," (CS) presumably thinking that it would resemble the corpora cavernosa of the penis. Multiple surgical explorations, gross dissections, microscopic views, and vascular casts from early fetuses to an 81 year old have been examined and reviewed. The CS is not a dural sinus nor is it cavernous. The compartment is extradural, and the venous structures contained within consist of a greatly variable plexus of extremely thin-walled veins. The name, CS, is a barrier to the understanding of the structure and function of this extradural anatomical jewel box, which contains fat, myelinated and nonmyelinated nerves, arteries, and a plexus of veins. It is proposed that this name be changed, because it is inaccurate and misleading. The replacement should leave no doubt about its meaning. The lateral sellar compartment is descriptive and accurate. The veins within are a parasellar plexus.

Thermal and lighting perception in four fully glazed office buildings in Santiago, Chile

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Claudio Vásquez

2013-12-01

Full Text Available Corresponding author: Claudio Vásquez, School of Architecture, Catholic University of Chile. 1916 El Comendador str. Providencia, Santiago, ZIP: 7530091, Chile. Tel.: +56 9 92826305; E-mail: clvasque@uc.cl This paper is part of a general research project whose main objective is to establish a baseline for post-occupancy energy consumption and indoor environmental quality for office buildings in Santiago, Chile. This study aims at understanding how architectonical variables relate to, and can even determine, user comfort perception. Thus, one-year continuous monitoring in several floors at four office buildings was performed and seasonal surveys were completed. Survey participants were asked a series of questions regarding spatial orientation and comfort perception in their workspace. The data from the comfort survey and onsite measurements such as season of the year, case study, type of workspace and possibility of an outdoor view from the workstation were contrasted with the components obtained by a Principal Component Analysis (PCA. Three components were selected from the PCA, and three Maps of Perception (MP were produced. These maps were then analyzed and interpreted so as to obtain information on the general perception of thermal and lighting comfort at workspaces within several office buildings in Santiago.

REDISCOVERING MISES-HAYEK MONETARY AND BUSINESS CYCLE THEORY IN LIGHT OF THE CURRENT CRISIS: CREDIT EXPANSION AS A SOURCE OF ECONOMIC BOOM AND BUST

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Marcin Mrowiec

2013-10-01

Full Text Available The article starts with a brief description of Mises’ monetary theory, with emphasis on the Misesian differentiation of two kinds of credit: commodity and circulation credit, and with the description of the impact of circulation credit expansion on the business cycle. Further on it is described how Mises’ insights constituted the kernel of Austrian Business Cycle Theory, and how the same observations on the nature of credit constituted the kernel of the Chicago Plan (though Mises’ views on the nature of credit led him to different conculsions than it led the authors of the Chicago Plan, and how this plan is being “rediscovered” now. The following sections deal with observations of one of the preeminent current macroeconomic researches, Mr. Claudio Borio, on the elasticity of credit as the source of the current crisis, and on the importance of the financial cycle in analysing the current economic crisis. The author of this text demonstrates that Austrian Business Cycle Theory gave the same answer regarding the sources of economic crises that now modern macroeconomic theory seems to be approaching, and that the postulates for successful financial cycle modeling are already included in the ABCT. Finally, some observations on the current crisis, as well as proposals of avenues of further research are proposed.

Agricultura y botánica. La herencia de la Ilustración

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J. L. Maldonado Polo

2005-12-01

Full Text Available Agriculture and botany were very closely linked from the last third of the eighteenth century, and even more so in the first third of the following century. The high standards attained by botany during the Enlightenment continued to some extent, associated with agriculture in the transition from the Old to the New Regime. This was specifically the case from the time when Casimiro Gómez Ortega travelled to Paris, enhancing the link with French science and its representatives like Duhamel de Monceau, whose directives he would try to introduce following his return to Spain. Subsequently, Claudio Boutelou and the reign of Joseph I would increase this influence. The article seeks to deal in general with the study of agronomy in the crisis of the ancien régime, when attempts were made to introduce enlightened theoretical assumptions as a means to improving agriculture and streamlining the depleted economy. I will also emphasise the culmination of enlightenment policy which, in the institutional framework, represented a full deployment of possibilities for extending the new agriculture through a teaching system, with the training of specialists using more modern and up-to-date education, in many of the potentially agricultural localities throughout the country.

The methodological proposal of photography as a discharger of the trigger of memory: application to Telêmaco Borba s history (1950-1969

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Juliana de Oliveira Teixeira

2014-07-01

Full Text Available This work has the objectives of testing and systematizing the methodological proposal of photography as a discharger of the trigger of memory, a technique that combines photographic images with oral history. The method, developed by the group Communication and History of Universidade Estadual de Londrina, was formalized in the dissertation of Maria Luisa Hoffmann (2010 and, since then, it has been applied to cities with recent histories. To do a relevant test in this dissertation, Telêmaco Borba(PR was chosen as field of study, and the precepts of empiricism in communication were respected, following the ideas of Maria Immacolata Vassallo Lopes (2010 and Luiz Claudio Martino (2010. The application of the method was also based theoretically, using as references the works of Jacques Le Goff (2003, Ecléa Bosi (2009 and Boris Kossoy (2009. During the empirical process, nine pioneers of Telêmaco Borba were submitted to the methodological proposal, using 17 old photographs of the city. Roughly, the results of the test show that the technique, when applied with the epistemological criteria of science, becomes an efficient empirical tool, capable of bringing new data and information to the studies of memory and to the history of the studied cities.

Addiction Machines

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James Godley

2011-10-01

Full Text Available Entry into the crypt William Burroughs shared with his mother opened and shut around a failed re-enactment of William Tell’s shot through the prop placed upon a loved one’s head. The accidental killing of his wife Joan completed the installation of the addictation machine that spun melancholia as manic dissemination. An early encryptment to which was added the audio portion of abuse deposited an undeliverable message in WB. Wil- liam could never tell, although his corpus bears the in- scription of this impossibility as another form of pos- sibility. James Godley is currently a doctoral candidate in Eng- lish at SUNY Buffalo, where he studies psychoanalysis, Continental philosophy, and nineteenth-century litera- ture and poetry (British and American. His work on the concept of mourning and “the dead” in Freudian and Lacanian approaches to psychoanalytic thought and in Gothic literature has also spawned an essay on zombie porn. Since entering the Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe in 2007, Valentin Hennig has studied in the classes of Sil- via Bächli, Claudio Moser, and Corinne Wasmuht. In 2010 he spent a semester at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. His work has been shown in group exhibi- tions in Freiburg and Karlsruhe.

Cryopreservation of chayote (Sechium edule JACQ. SW.) zygotic embryos and shoot-tips from in vitro plantlets.

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Abdelnour-Esquivel, Ana; Engelmann, Florent

2002-01-01

This paper presents the development of cryopreservation protocols for zygotic embryos and apices of chayote (Sechium edule Jacq. Sw.), a tropical plant species with recalcitrant seeds. Zygotic embryos of two cultivars, Ccocro negro (CN) and Claudio (Cl) could withstand cryopreservation, with survival percentages of 10 and 30 %, after desiccation to 23 and 19 % moisture content (fresh weight basis), respectively. Apices sampled on in vitro plantlets of cultivars Cl, 13 and JM were successfully cryopreserved using a vitrification technique. Optimal conditions included the culture of mother-plants for 22 days on medium containing 0.3 M sucrose, culture of excised apices on the same medium for 1 day, loading of apices for 20 min with 2M glycerol + 0.4M glycerol, treatment with a series of diluted PVS2 solution (60 % PVS2 followed by 80 % PVS2 solution for 15 min (cultivar Cocoro Blanco [CB]) or 30 min (cultivars CN and Cl) at each concentration), rapid freezing and thawing, washing of shoot-tips with a 1.2 M sucrose solution, followed by recovery on media with progressively decreasing sucrose concentrations until the standard concentration of 0.1 M was reached. The highest survival percentages achieved ranged between 17 and 38 %, depending on the cultivar.

Brave New Worlds. Shakespearean Tempests in Italian Prisons

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Mariacristina Cavecchi

2017-11-01

Full Text Available Shakespeare is a pivotal and much staged playwright by theatre companies of prisoners in Italy, even though the practice of theatre in prison in Italy has a much shorter tradition than in the Anglo-Saxon world. Among the many Shakespearean plays, "The Tempest" is a favourite, being obviously able to shine a new light on the themes of revenge, freedom and forgiveness that are central issues in a prison context. Undeniably, in Italy, productions of "The Tempest" in prison have deeply instilled new life into the staging of the Elizabethan playwright. The list includes different kinds of experiences ranging from drama therapy, where the process towards rehabilitation and reintegration is more important than the finished aesthetic product, to productions by theatre directors who are primarily concerned with the artistic medium of the theatre and its aesthetic qualities. A survey of Shakespeare theatrical practice in Italian prisons can help investigate and understand not only the aesthetic but also the political, social and economic consequences of the function of prison nowadays, and provides the first step towards an analysis of Shakespeare practice in Italian prisons in a broader context. By comparison with other European countries, we may also discover that some Italian experiences, such as Fabio Cavalli's work in Rome at the Rebibbia prison, or Armando Punzo's with the "Fortress Company" in Volterra are unique and they deserve more attention.

Prognostic stratification of acute pulmonary embolism: Focus on clinical aspects, imaging, and biomarkers

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Luca Masotti

2009-07-01

Full Text Available Luca Masotti1, Marc Righini2, Nicolas Vuilleumier3, Fabio Antonelli4, Giancarlo Landini5, Roberto Cappelli6, Patrick Ray71Internal Medicine, 4Clinical Chemistry, Cecina Hospital, Cecina, Italy; 2Division of Angiology and Haemostasis, Department of Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland; 3Division of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Genetics and Laboratory Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Switzerland; 5Internal Medicine, Santa Maria Nuova Hospital, Florence, Italy; 6Thrombosis Center, University of Siena, Siena, Italy; 7Department of Emergency Medicine, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Pitié-Salpêtrière, UPMC Paris 6, Paris, FranceAbstract: Pulmonary embolism (PE represents a common disease in emergency medicine and guidelines for diagnosis and treatment have had wide diffusion. However, PE morbidity and mortality remain high, especially when associated to hemodynamic instability or right ventricular dysfunction. Prognostic stratification to identify high risk patients needing to receive more aggressive pharmacological and closer monitoring is of utmost importance. Modern guidelines for management of acute PE are based on risk stratification using either clinical, radiological, or laboratory findings. This article reviews the modern treatment of acute PE, which is customized upon patient prognosis. Accordingly the current risk stratification tools described in the literature such as clinical scores, echocardiography, helical computer tomography, and biomarkers will be reviewed.Keywords: pulmonary embolism, prognosis, troponin, BNP, NT-proBNP, echocardiography, computer tomography

THGEM for Multi-Proposal 2-D Image Detection

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Lim, Chang Hwy; Moon, Myungkook; Lee, Suhyun; Choi, Youghyun [Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon (Korea, Republic of); Kim, Jongyul [Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon (Korea, Republic of); Park, Jongwon [Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering, Daejeon (Korea, Republic of)

2014-05-15

A GEM (Gas Electron Multiplier) based detector, which consists of the drift area, the electron multiplication area, and the induction area, was proposed by Fabio Sauli in 1977. A GEM is made of a thin polymer film that is perforated with a periodic array and is coated with a thin metallic film on both sides. Electron multiplication in a GEM based detector is performed by the electron avalanche inside the holes of a GEM. However, the standard GEM has problems of low electron multiplication and a high fabrication cost. The thick GEM-like (THGEM) was developed to compensate for such problem. When compared with a standard GEM, the electron gain is higher and the manufacturing cost is lower due to using a general purpose PCB (printed circuit board). In this study, we describe the signal response of the THGEM based detector that has THGEMs with holes of various sizes. In this study, we developed a THGEM based study of another research group. Although this was not the first time the THGEM has been developed, this is the first implementation in Korea. Through the THGEM development process, we tested the properties of a THGEM and measured a 2-dimensional image. Further, we will evaluate the performance based on the image resolution, uniformity, etc. Additionally, we will try to apply a THGEM based detector on various application fields.

Cost-effectiveness evaluation of escitalopram in major depressive disorder in Italy

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Mencacci C

2013-02-01

Full Text Available Claudio Mencacci,1 Guido Di Sciascio,2 Pablo Katz,3 Claudio Ripellino31Ospedale Fatebenefratelli, Milan, Italy; 2Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Consorziale Policlinico di Bari, Bari, Italy; 3CSD Medical Research Srl, Milan, ItalyBackground: Depression has a lifetime prevalence of 10%–25% among women and 5%–12% among men. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs are the most used and the most cost-effective treatment for long-term major depressive disorder. Since the introduction of generic SSRIs, the costs of branded drugs have been questioned. The objective of this study was to assess the cost-effectiveness (€ per quality-adjusted life year [QALY] of escitalopram (which is still covered by a patent compared with paroxetine, sertraline, and citalopram, the patents for which have expired.Methods: A decision analytic model was adapted from the Swedish Dental and Pharmaceutical Benefits agency model to reflect current clinical practice in the treatment of depression in Italy in collaboration with an expert panel of Italian psychiatrists and health economists. The population comprised patients with a first diagnosis of major depressive disorder and receiving for the first time one of the following SSRIs: escitalopram, sertraline, paroxetine, and citalopram. The time frame used was 12 months. Efficacy and utility data for the original model were validated by our expert panel. Local data were considered for resource utilization and for treatment costs based on the Lombardy region health service perspective. Several scenario simulations, one-way sensitivity analyses, and Monte Carlo simulations were performed to test the robustness of the model.Results: The base case scenario showed that escitalopram had an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER of €4395 and €1080 per QALY compared with sertraline and paroxetine, respectively. Escitalopram was dominant over citalopram, which was confirmed by most one-way sensitivity analyses. The

LOMNITZ, Claudio. Los orígenes de nuestra supuesta homogeneidad: breve arqueología de la unidad nacional en México, p.17-36.

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Lomnitz, Claudio

2012-01-01

Como a ideia de que o mexicano é membro de uma raça tornou-se legítima e popular? Este ensaio encara esta pergunta num marco comparado, observando desde o início, que a racionalização da identidade nacional - isto é, que a naturalização das diferenças nacionais - é uma estratégia comum, especialmente em estados demasiado frágeis para pretender formar uma identidade nacional coletiva a partir da igualização da lei. Contudo, o caso mexicano tem características pouco comuns, já que no México a i...

Development of oral agent in the treatment of multiple sclerosis: how the first available oral therapy, Fingolimod will change therapeutic paradigm approach

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Gasperini C

2012-07-01

Full Text Available Claudio Gasperini,1 Serena Ruggieri21Department of Neurosciences, S Camillo Forlanini Hospital, 2Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Rome “Sapienza,” Rome, ItalyAbstract: Multiple sclerosis (MS is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the central nervous system, traditionally considered to be an autoimmune, demyelinating disease. Based on this understanding, the initial therapeutic strategies were directed at immune modulation and inflammation control. At present, there are five licensed first-line disease-modifying drugs and two second-line treatments in MS. Currently available MS therapies have shown significant efficacy throughout many trials, but they produce different side-effect profiles in patients. Since they are well known and safe, they require regular and frequent parenteral administration and are associated with limited long-term treatment adherence. Thus, there is an important need for the development of new therapeutic strategies. Several oral compounds are in late-stage development for treating MS. Fingolimod (FTY720; Novartis, Basel, Switzerland is an oral sphingosine-1-phosphase receptor modulator which has demonstrated superior efficacy compared with placebo and interferon β-1a in Phase III studies and has been approved in the treatment of MS. We summarily review the oral compounds in study, focusing on the recent development, approval and the clinical experience with FTY720.Keywords: multiple sclerosis, oral compounds, fingolimod, fty720, sphingosine 1, phosphate, patient satisfaction

Technological process for production of persimmon and strawberry vinegars

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Claudio Hidalgo

2010-08-01

Full Text Available Claudio Hidalgo1, Estibaliz Mateo1, Ana Belen Cerezo2, Maria-Jesús Torija1, Albert Mas11Biotecnologia Enològica, Departament de Bioquimica i Biotecnologia, Facultat d’Enologia, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Marcel-li Domingo, Tarragona; 2Área de Nutrición y Bromatología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, SpainAbstract: Fruit surplus is common in intensive agriculture in many countries. This ecologic and economic problem requires alternative uses to be found for fruit. The aim of this study was to use surplus fruit to produce vinegar by traditional methods (alcoholic fermentation and acetification from persimmon and strawberry. The process was performed with naturally occurring microorganisms and compared with inoculated commercial wine yeast for alcoholic fermentation. Alcoholic fermentation proceeded faster when inoculated due to the length of the lag phases observed in spontaneous fermentations. The alcoholic fermentations of strawberry mash were faster than those of persimmon mash. In contrast, acetifications were much faster in persimmon (30 days than in strawberry (70 days, in the latter some acetifications were not finished. From the technologic point of view, to produce persimmon and strawberry wine and vinegar, it is better to avoid fruit pressing and perform the process with fruit mash. Inoculation is recommended for persimmon and is necessary for strawberry.Keywords: wine, vinegar, fruit seasonings, acetic acid bacteria

Painting fear, writing time: Goya and Mário Cláudio

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Monica Genelhu Fagundes

2017-11-01

Full Text Available Beyond the narrow circle of art criticism, the late phase of Goya's painting, which corresponds to the last years of his life, has already aroused the interest of biographers, novelists and filmmakers. In stark contrast to the noble portraits, gallant parties and mild tapestry motifs that Goya produced throughout his career, his work would incorporate, in old age, the phantasmagoria, the grotesque, the unusual. Cloistered at “Quinta del Sordo”, the painter would cover his home walls with monstrous figures, demons and witches, projecting into the familiar space an authentic iconography of horror. From these images and around them, Mario Claudio recreates the end of Goya's life, transfigured into D. Francisco, in the fiction novel Gémeos (2004. Through a character our contemporary, an art scholar who specializes in Goya’s painting and is unexpectedly affected by it, the intimate drama of a man in his confrontation with time and finitude is revealed, being staged especially in the ambiguous relationship established between D. Francisco and Rosarito, his stepdaughter: young, perverse and seductive – reflection or inspiration of the shadows on the walls, causing simultaneous desire and frustration, love and hate, fascination and fear. It is the mode of representation of these dualities what we are interested in investigating, in text and image, in this paper.

The Perception of the Jesuits in the Portuguese World: between the Trade of and the Taste of «Orientalia» (16th-17th centuries

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Cristina Osswald

2018-01-01

Full Text Available The Jesuits became reputed commissioners of orientalia, during the 16th and the 17th centuries. Their commission of orientalia included exotica, rarita, and naturalia. Due to the fact that they were members of a religious order, a considerable part of orientalia had a religious character. At least, at the beginning, those objects were destined mainly to the liturgy in the missions. Nevertheless, the Jesuits quickly developed an exquisite collectionism taste of those objects and as traders. Among the orientalia that arose the greater interest among the Jesuits, reference shall be made to Japanese silk and silver transported by the Nau do Trato, Indian rarita, such as jewellery and ivory sculpture, and also naturalia and exotica, such as pearls and bezoar stones. The Jesuits moreover joined immediately the interest for Chinese porcelain and lacquerware. The Jesuits were fundamental agents from a technical viewpoint. They are credited with the creation of the Goa stones and the introduction of the Cassius purple. Jesuit authors further wrote important technical treatises. The trade and collectionism of orientalia by the Jesuits were often excessive. However, the repetition of the interdictions by both the General Claudio Acquaviva and the General Everardo Mercuriano clearly illustrates the incapacity of the authorities to put an end to inappropriate practices to religious men of owning luxurious objects and fomenting the taste for luxury, through the offer of orientalia.

From Easter Island to coated coronary stents: a remarkable saga.

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Cantwell, John D

2008-01-01

Easter Island, even though it's in the middle of nowhere, is indeed a piece of the continent, as John Donne alluded to. In addition to contributing rapamycin to the medical field, the island is an example to the whole world of the consequences of affluent lifestyles, tribal wars, and ignorance of ecology. Jared Diamond expressed these thoughts best in his book, "Collapse:" The parallels between Easter Island and the whole modern world are chillingly obvious... All countries on earth today share resources and affect each other just as did Easter's dozen clans. Polynesian Easter Island was as isolated in the Pacific Ocean as the Earth is today in space. People see the collapse of Easter Island 's society as a metaphor; a worst-case scenario, for what may lie ahead for us in our own future. Some veteran Easter Island archaeologists like Claudio Cristina feel that Diamond's views are overly simplistic, commenting that he only spent a week on the island (versus 30 years for Cristina). Predatory Polynesian rats, earthquakes, tsunamis, variations in rainfall, diseases introduced by European sailing ships, could all have contributed to the near-demise of Easter Island. Tribal wars certainly didn't help, nor did slave-raiding parties from Peru. Only the eyes of the moai (Fig. 5) have seen it all, but the statues remain silent, as they have for over 1,000 years.

Conference: photovoltaic energy - local authorities - Citizen

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Belon, Daniel; Witte, Sonja; Simonet, Luc; Waldmann, Lars; Fouquet, Doerte; Dupassieux, Henri; Longo, Fabio; Brunel, Arnaud; Kruppert, Andreas; Vachette, Philippe

2012-01-01

The French-German office for Renewable energies (OFAEnR) organised a conference on the role of photovoltaic energy, local authorities and Citizens as pillars of the energy transition. In the framework of this French-German exchange of experience, about 100 participants exchanged views on the role of local authorities and Citizens in the implementation of the energy transition. This document brings together the available presentations (slides) made during this event: 1 - Solar photovoltaics, local communities and citizens - Cornerstones of the energy revolution. Franco-German viewpoints (Daniel Belon); 2 - Structure and management of the distribution system operators in Germany. efficient, innovative and reliable: Local public enterprises in Germany (Sonja Witte); 3 - Photovoltaic energy: technical challenges for power grids - A distribution network operator's (DNO) point-of-view (Luc Simonet); 4 - The sun and the grid - challenges of the energy transition (Lars Waldmann); 5 - The role of local public authorities in the networks management: legal situation in France, Germany and in the EU (Doerte Fouquet); 6 - Towards energy transition: challenges for renewable energies - Urban solar planning tools (Henri Dupassieux); 7 - The local energy supply as a municipal task - solar land-use planning in practice in Germany (Fabio Longo); 8 - Supporting and facilitating the financing of photovoltaic projects at a community level (Arnaud Brunel); 9 - Photovoltaics in the municipality VG Arzfeld (Andreas Kruppert); 10 - For the energy revolution to be a success: Invest into renewable energy. Local, controllable and renewable 'shared energy' that is grassroots (Philippe Vachette)

Pilot study of oral administration of a curcumin-phospholipid formulation for treatment of central serous chorioretinopathy

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Mazzolani F

2012-05-01

Full Text Available Fabio MazzolaniPrivate Practice, Milan, ItalyBackground: The purpose of this open-label study was to investigate the effect of a curcumin-phospholipid (lecithin, Meriva® formulation (Norflo® tablet on visual acuity and retinal thickness in patients with acute or chronic central serous chorioretinopathy.Methods: Visual acuity was assessed by ophthalmologic evaluation, and optical coherence tomography was used to measure retinal thickness. Norflo tablets were administered twice a day to patients affected by central serous chorioretinopathy. The study included 18 eyes from 12 patients who completed a 6-month follow-up period. Visual acuity before and after Norflo treatment was the primary endpoint. The secondary endpoints were neuroretinal or pigment epithelial detachment, as measured by optical coherence tomography.Results: After 6 months of therapy, 0% of eyes showed reduction in visual acuity, 39% showed stabilization, and 61% showed improvement. The improvement was statistically significant (P = 0.08. After 6 months of therapy, 78% of eyes showed reduction of neuroretinal or retinal pigment epithelium detachment, 11% showed stabilization, and 11% showed an increase.Conclusion: Our results, albeit preliminary, show that curcumin administered as Norflo tablets is efficacious for the management of central serous chorioretinopathy, a relapsing eye disease, and suggest that bioavailable curcumin is worth considering as a therapeutic agent for the management of inflammatory and degenerative eye conditions, including those that activate the retinal microglia.Keywords: curcumin, central serous chorioretinopathy, retinal pigment epithelium detachment, Norflo®, Meriva®

Cultura, política y modernidad / Cultura, medios y sociedad

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Claudia Montagut

1999-01-01

Full Text Available Jesús Martín Barbero y otros. Cultura, política y modernidad Ces, Universidad Nacional Bogotá. 1998. 427 págs. Los ensayos que se presentan en Cultura, medios y sociedad contienen catorce artículos de diferentes autores: Fabio López de la Roche, Beatriz Sarlo, William Rowe, Ana María Ochoa Gautier, Ana María Lalinde, Jaime Eduardo Jaramillo, Jorge Orlando Melo, Jairo Chaparro Valderrama, Germán Muñoz, José Fernando Serrano, Luz Guillermina Sinning. Este libro presenta un énfasis en los medios de comunicación (en su acepción más amplia desde los libros hasta el internet como corolario de los cambios de lo que se ha llamado las tradiciones culturales, las prácticas de sociabilidad urbana y popular para una aparición de los puntos de vista de lo local, el  multiculturalismo y la globalización. / Gabriel Restrepo y otros. Cultura, medios y sociedad. Ces, Universidad Nacional Bogotá. 1998. 319 págs. Cultura, política y modernidad abre con una interesante discusión sobre "las ciencias naturales y las ciencias del espíritu" como las denomina su autor Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht , en la cual se realiza una reflexión sobre las maneras "posmodernas", "estructuralistas" y" deconstruccionistas" de escribir, empezando con el ya manido chiste de Sokal.

Growth and yield of Dutch cucumber grown in a protected environment and with alternative organic substrates

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Cinthya Meneses Fernández

2018-05-01

Full Text Available The replacement of imported substrates by local materials is a trend in severaltechnifiedproduction systems, given the cost reduction and the importance of agricultural by-products, formerly considered to be waste. The main objective of this work was to validate the effect of different substrates on the growth and productivity of Dutch cucumber plants under greenhouse conditions. The study took place from October 2012 to January 2013, at the Agricultural Experiment Station Fabio Baudrit, Alajuela, Costa Rica. Variety Fuerte was used and four mixed substrates (volume ratio made of local raw materials as coconut fiber (FC, oil palm leaf fiber (FP, organic compost (ABO, and sawdust (AS as well as a commercial treatment (control constituted by coco coir slabs were analyzed. Substrate water content, plant growth (vegetative phase, and yield were evaluated according to commercial size (S, M, L, XL, and rejected. The growth of Dutch cucumber plants, variety Fuerte, was higher on substrates with coconut fiber 40% + oil palm leaf fiber 40% + organic compost 20%, and coconut fiber 70% + organic compost 30%, while yield of the same two substrates was 15.57 and 15.44 kg/m2, respectively. Both treatments were statistically equal to the commercial coco coir substrate slabs with a yield of 14.77 kg/m2. Result attributed to the nutritional contribution of the organic compost (high K, Ca, and Mg along with and to the effects of aeration and water retention of fibers.

Capecitabine-induced cardiotoxicity: more evidence or clinical approaches to protect the patients' heart?

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Fontanella C

2014-09-01

Full Text Available Caterina Fontanella,1 Marianna Aita,1 Marika Cinausero,1 Giuseppe Aprile,1 Maria Grazia Baldin,2 Veronica Dusi,3 Chiara Lestuzzi,4 Gianpiero Fasola,1 Fabio Puglisi1,5 1Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Udine, Udine, Italy; 2Department of Cardiology, Palmanova General Hospital, Palmanova, Italy; 3Department of Cardiology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy; 4Department of Cardiology, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, National Cancer Institute, Aviano, Italy; 5Department of Medical and Biological Sciences, University of Udine, Udine, Italy Abstract: Fluoropyrimidines, such as capecitabine and 5-fluorouracil, may cause cardiac toxicity. In recent years, the incidence of this side effect has increased and it is expected to further rise due to the population aging and the disproportionate incidence of breast and gastrointestinal cancers in older individuals. The spectrum of cardiac manifestations includes different signs and symptoms and the diagnosis may be difficult. Here, we report the case of a 43-year-old woman with advanced breast cancer who was rechallenged with a capecitabine-based regimen after experiencing a cardiac adverse event during the first fluoropyrimidine exposure. This real-practice case serves as a springboard for discussion about the current evidence on differential diagnosis of capecitabine-related cardiac toxicity, its risk factors, and the underpinning mechanisms of early onset. Moreover, we discussed whether a rechallenge with fluoropyrimidines could be safe in patients who had experienced a previous cardiac adverse event. Keywords: risk factors, clinical manifestation, rechallenge

PREFACE: Young Researcher Meeting, Trieste 2013

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Agostini, F.; Antolini, C.; Aversa, R.; Cattani, G.; Martinelli, M.; Mazzaferro, L.; Migliaccio, M.; Paci, F.; Pietrobon, D.; Ricci Pacifici, D.; Stellato, F.; Veneziani, M.

2013-12-01

YRM logo The Young Researcher Meeting (www.yrmr.it) has been a rapidly growing event for the last few years. Together with other initiatives which have emerged in several research areas, the young researcher meeting marks the awareness and the desire of PhD students, postdoctoral fellows and young researchers to play a major role in scientific progress. Devoted to the discussion and the interchange of new developments and ideas in physics, the meeting is primarily aimed at graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, who are encouraged to present their work in an informal atmosphere. One of the main purposes of the conference is to create an international network of young researchers, both experimentalists and theorists, and fruitful collaborations across the different branches of physics. Born in Rome in 2009, after three editions that strengthened it, the Young Researcher Meeting 2013 was held in Trieste. Propelled by the past success, the fourth meeting was a two-day conference on 3-4June. It was sponsored by the International School for Advanced Studies - SISSA - and the University of Padova, thus acquiring an even further international drive. In this volume, we collect some of the contributions that were presented at the conference. They cover topics in astrophysics and cosmology, particle and theoretical physics, soft and condensed matter, biophysics and medical physics. YRM Organising and Editorial Committee Fabio Agostini (fabio.agostini@roma2.infn.it) Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma 'Tor Vergata' Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Roma, Italy Claudia Antolini (claudia.antolini@sissa.it) SISSA - Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati Via Bonomea 265, 34136 Trieste, Italy Rossella Aversa (raversa@sissa.it) SISSA - Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati Via Bonomea 265, 34136 Trieste, Italy Giordano Cattani (giordano.cattani@gmail.com) Matteo Martinelli (mmartin@sissa.it) SISSA - Scuola Internazionale Superiore di

Advances in the treatment of relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis – critical appraisal of fingolimod

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Gasperini C

2013-03-01

Full Text Available Claudio Gasperini,1 Serena Ruggieri,2 Chiara Rosa Mancinelli,2 Carlo Pozzilli2 1Department of Neurosciences, S Camillo Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy; 2Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza – University of Rome, Rome, Italy Abstract: Multiple sclerosis (MS is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the central nervous system, traditionally considered to be an autoimmune, demyelinating disease. Based on this understanding, initial therapeutic strategies were directed at immune modulation and inflammation control. At present, there are five licensed first-line disease-modifying drugs for MS in Europe, and two second-line treatments. Currently available MS therapies have shown significant efficacy throughout many trials, but they produce different side effects. Despite disease-modifying drugs being well known and safe, they require regular and frequent parenteral administration and are associated with limited long-term treatment adherence. Therefore, the development of new therapeutic strategies is warranted. Several oral compounds are in late stages of development for treating MS. Fingolimod is an oral sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor modulator that has demonstrated superior efficacy compared with placebo and interferon β-1a in phase III studies. It has already been approved in the treatment of MS. This review focuses on advances in current and novel oral treatment approaches in MS. We summarily review the oral compounds in this study, focusing on the recent development, approval, and the clinical experience with fingolimod. Keywords: multiple sclerosis, oral compounds, fingolimod, sphingosine-1-phosphate, patient satisfaction, adherence

Rifaximin in the treatment of hepatic encephalopathy

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Iadevaia MD

2011-12-01

Full Text Available Maddalena Diana Iadevaia, Anna Del Prete, Claudia Cesaro, Laura Gaeta, Claudio Zulli, Carmelina LoguercioDepartment of Internistica Clinica e Sperimentale, F Magrassi e A Lanzara, Hepatogastroenterology Unit, Second University of Naples, Naples, ItalyAbstract: Hepatic encephalopathy is a challenging complication in patients with advanced liver disease. It can be defined as a neuropsychiatric syndrome caused by portosystemic venous shunting, ranging from minimal to overt hepatic encephalopathy or coma. Its pathophysiology is still unclear, although increased levels of ammonia play a key role. Diagnosis of hepatic encephalopathy is currently based on specific tests evaluating the neuropsychiatric state of patients and their quality of life; the severity of hepatic encephalopathy is measured by the West Haven criteria. Treatment of hepatic encephalopathy consists of pharmacological and corrective measures, as well as nutritional interventions. Rifaximin received approval for the treatment of hepatic encephalopathy in 2010 because of its few side effects and pharmacological benefits. The aim of this work is to review the use and efficacy of rifaximin both in acute and long-term management of hepatic encephalopathy. Treatment of overt hepatic encephalopathy involves management of the acute episode as well as maintenance of remission in those patients who have previously experienced an episode, in order to improve their quality of life. The positive effect of rifaximin in reducing health care costs is also discussed.Keywords: acute hepatic encephalopathy, recurrent hepatic encephalopathy, rifaximin, lactulose, cost, health-related quality of life

Targets, attitudes, and goals of psychiatrists treating patients with schizophrenia: key outcome drivers, role of quality of life, and place of long-acting antipsychotics

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Full Text Available Andrea de Bartolomeis,1 Andrea Fagiolini,2 Marco Vaggi,3 Claudio Vampini4 1Section of Psychiatry and Treatment Resistant Psychosis, Department of Neuroscience, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy; 2Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy; 3Mental Health and Drug Addiction Department, Genovese, Genoa, Italy; 4Department of Mental Health, Ospedale Civile Maggiore and ULSS 20, Verona, Italy Purpose: This survey of Italian psychiatrists was conducted to better define drivers of schizophrenia treatment choice in real-life practice, particularly for use of long-acting injectable (LAI antipsychotics.Methods: Between October 15 and December 15, 2014, 1,000 surveys were sent to psychiatrists who treat schizophrenic patients; 709 completed questionnaires were analyzed (71% response rate.Results: The two most important factors determining therapy success were efficacy (75% of responses and tolerability (45% followed by global functioning (24% and quality of life (17%. LAI antipsychotics were most often used to facilitate regular treatment monitoring (49%, and 41% of psychiatrists thought that patients with low adherence who had failed oral therapy were well-suited for LAI antipsychotics. Only 4% of respondents saw LAI antipsychotics as appropriate for patients without other therapeutic options.Conclusion: Although efficacy and tolerability were the most common factors used to evaluate treatment success in schizophrenia, psychiatrists also consider QoL and global functioning to be important. Keywords: quality of life, long-acting injectable antipsychotics, schizophrenia, survey

Role of Ocrl1 and Inpp5E in primary cilia assembly and maintenance: a phosphatidylinositol phosphatase relay system?

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Madhivanan K

2016-02-01

Full Text Available Kayalvizhi Madhivanan,* Swetha Ramadesikan,* R Claudio Aguilar Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA *These authors contributed equally to this work Abstract: The primary cilium (PC is a plasma membrane-derived structure of great importance for cell and organismal physiology. Indeed, abnormalities in assembly or function of the PC trigger the onset of a group of genetic diseases collectively known as ciliopathies. In recent years, it has become evident that the integrity and function of the PC depends substantially on signaling elements such as phosphoinositides (PI and their regulators. Because phospholipids such as PI(4,5P2 constitute recruitment platforms for cytoskeleton, signaling, and trafficking machinery, control over their levels is critical for PC function. Although information about phosphoinositol phosphate (PIP kinases in the PC is scarce, a growing body of evidence supports a role for PIP phosphatases in cilia assembly/maintenance. Indeed, deficiencies in two 5′ PIP phosphatases, Inpp5E and Ocrl1, are clearly linked to ciliopathies like Joubert/MORM syndromes, or ciliopathy-associated diseases like Lowe syndrome. Here, we review the unique roles of these proteins and their specific site of action for ensuring ciliary integrity. Further, we discuss the possibility that a phosphatase relay system able to pass PI control from a preciliary to an intraciliary compartment is in place to ensure PC integrity/function. Keywords: primary cilia, Ocrl1, Inpp5E, Pip2, Pip3

Lung function decline in COPD

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Tantucci C

2012-02-01

Full Text Available Claudio Tantucci, Denise ModinaUnit of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, ItalyAbstract: The landmark study of Fletcher and Peto on the natural history of tobacco smoke-related chronic airflow obstruction suggested that decline in the forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1 in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD is slow at the beginning, becoming faster with more advanced disease. The present authors reviewed spirometric data of COPD patients included in the placebo arms of recent clinical trials to assess the lung function decline of each stage, defined according to the severity of airflow obstruction as proposed by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD guidelines. In large COPD populations the mean rate of FEV1 decline in GOLD stages II and III is between 47 and 79 mL/year and 56 and 59 mL/year, respectively, and lower than 35 mL/year in GOLD stage IV. Few data on FEV1 decline are available for GOLD stage I. Hence, the loss of lung function, assessed as expiratory airflow reduction, seems more accelerated and therefore more relevant in the initial phases of COPD. To have an impact on the natural history of COPD, it is logical to look at the effects of treatment in the earlier stages.Keywords: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, decline, forced expiratory volume in 1 second, FEV1

Sweet pepper greenhouse production under different depletion levels in substrate humidity

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Gustavo Quesada Roldán

2015-06-01

Full Text Available The effect of 3 substrate humidity levels on the growth and yield of 2 sweet pepper hybrids, established under greenhouse conditions, was evaluated. The experiment was held in the industrial greenhouse of the Fabio Baudrit Moreno Experimental Research Station, in La Garita (Alajuela, and the materials evaluated were the hybrids Villaplants Americano (square yellow fruit, bell type and FBM-9 (triangular red fruit type, both national origin genotypes. The first treatment was to supply water at container capacity (CC to the plant, while the second and third ones were reducing 15 and 30%, respectively, of the plant original water supply. It was demonstrated that there is no effect due to the amount of water supply on the plant´s growth, although it was observed that hydric- stressed plants were the first to begin the flowering and fruiting phase. In both hybrids, a reduction in the amount of first and second one amount quality fruit and an increasing of fruit rejected as the watering was limited. Blossom-end rot was the main rejection cause due to the water loss, associated with low calcium availability. The highest commercial yield was obtained with the Villaplants Americano hibryd (31,8 ton.ha-1, although without statistical difference between substrates at CC and CC–15%, despite a fruit quality reduction with the later treatment. The same was observed with the FBM-9 hybrid. With the CC–30% treatment, both commercial yield and fruit quality were affected, in both hybrids.

DEVELOPMENT OF HEARING COMPETENCE

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Fabio Ernesto Martínez Navas

2011-05-01

Full Text Available Es necesario buscar nuevos caminos para motivar a los profesores y a los estudiantes para que el entrenamiento auditivo se convierta en juegos de audición e improvisación, de este modo se desarrolla la competencia auditiva. Se establece la diferencia entre el oír y el escuchar y se presentan unos pasos indispensables para este propósito. Primero se hace un calentamiento, luego un entrenamiento y por último, se llega a la competencia auditiva. El pensamiento, la inteligencia y la memoria musical son indispensables para la formación del oído musical. Se debe pasar de la improvisación al dictado oral, luego al reconocimiento audiovisual para finalmente proceder a tomar dictados escritos. La escritura desarrolla la audiación cuando el sonido físico no está presente, de este modo se afina la escucha consciente representado por el pensamiento musical, es decir las imágenes sonoras, ¿cómo suena un acorde mayor?, ¿cuál es la sonoridad de una quinta justa melódica o armónica?; la audición convierte el oír en escuchar. La metodología FABERMANA[1] es la nueva propuesta, gracias al trabajo de aula en los espacios académicos de Formación Teórico Auditiva y Entrenamiento Auditivo. Actualmente hay algunos centros educativos de Educación Musical que están probando la metodología con un significativo éxito.     [1] FABERMANA: Desarrollo de la competencia auditiva, propuesta metodológica de Fabio E. Martínez N.

Factors associated with perceptions and attitude of consumers of meat with certification of origin

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Fábio Raphael Pascoti Bruhn

2015-12-01

Full Text Available ABSTRACT. Bruhn F.R.P., Lopes M.A., Faria P.B., Junqueira L.V. & Rocha C.M.B.M. [Factors associated with perceptions and attitude of consumers of meat with certification of origin.] Fatores associados à percepção e atitude de consumidores de carne bovina com certificação de origem. Revista Brasileira de Medicina Veterinária 37(4:371-378, 2015. Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Campus Universitário, Caixa Postal 3037, Lavras, MG 37200-000, Brasil. Email: fabio_rpb@yahoo.com.br The aim of this study was to determine which socioeconomic factors are related to the decision to purchase meat with certification of origin, as well as raising the profile of perception and attitude of consumers of beef in Cuiabá, MT. We performed a description of the variables and built Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE logistic regression model using the statistical package SPSS 18.0, to identify possible associations between socio-demographic characteristics and other variables raised through interviews among 418 respondents in March 2012. The place of acquisition of the flesh was the attribute that most influences the purchasing decisions of consumers. Most respondents never heard about bovine traceability. Among those who have heard about traceability, most would be willing to pay more for meat with certification of origin, although considering that there are disadvantages associated with traceability, especially in relation to the increase in the price of meat. Consumers with higher education and income were more knowledgeable about this type of certification, and these factors are of great influence on the acceptability of consumers to pay more for traced beef.

From the history of the recognitions of the remains to the reconstruction of the face of Dante Alighieri by means of techniques of virtual reality and forensic anthropology

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Stefano Benazzi

2007-07-01

Full Text Available The work consists of the reconstruction of the face of the great poet called Dante Alighieri through a multidisciplinary approach that matches traditional techniques (manual ones, usually used in forensic anthropology, with digital methodologies that take advantage of technologies born in manufacturer-military fields but that are more and more often applied to the field of the cultural heritage. Unable to get the original skull of Dante, the work started from the data and the elements collected by Fabio Frassetto and Giuseppe Sergi, two important anthropologists, respectively at the University of Bologna and Rome, in an investigation carried out in 1921, sixth century anniversary of his death, on the remains of the poet collected in Ravenna. Thanks to this, we have a very accurate description of Dante’s bones, including 297 metric data inherent to the whole skeleton, some photographs in the scale of the skull, the various norms and many other bones, as well as a model of the skull subsequently realized by Frassetto. According to these information, a geometric reconstruction of Dante Alighieri skull including the jaw was carried out through the employment and integration of the instruments and technologies of the virtual reality, and from this the relative physical model through fast prototype was realized. An important aspect of the work regards in a particular manner the methodology of 3D modelling proposed for the new reconstruction of the jaw (not found in the course of the 1921 recognition, starting from a reference model. The model of the skull prototype is then useful as the basis for the successive stage of facial reconstruction through the traditional techniques of forensic art.

Is oxycodone/naloxone effective and safe in managing chronic pain of a fragile elderly patient with multiple skin ulcers of the lower limbs? A case report 

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Guerriero F

2015-08-01

Full Text Available Fabio Guerriero,1,2 Niccolo Maurizi,1 Matthew Francis,1 Carmelo Sgarlata,1 Giovanni Ricevuti,1,2 Mariangela Rondanelli,2,3 Simone Perna,2,3 Marco Rollone21Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Therapy, Section of Geriatrics, University of Pavia, 2Azienda di Servizi alla Persona, Istituto di Cura Santa Margherita of Pavia, 3Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, Section of Human Nutrition, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy Abstract: Skin ulcers are a common issue in the elderly, as physiological loss of skin elasticity, alterations in microcirculation, and concomitant chronic diseases typically occur in advanced age, thereby predisposing to these painful lesions. Wound-related pain is often associated with skin ulcers and negatively impacts both the patient’s quality of life and, indirectly, wound healing. Pain management is an ongoing issue in the elderly, and remains underestimated and undertreated in this fragile population. Recent guidelines suggest the use of opioids as the frontline treatment of moderate and severe pain in nononcological pain in the elderly. However, due to the concerns of adverse reactions, drug interactions, and addiction, clinicians frequently hesitate to prescribe opioids. This case report describes an elderly diabetic patient with multiple ulcers of the lower limbs suffering wound-related pain. In our report, oxycodone/naloxone has proved to be an effective and safe drug, providing pain relief as well as increased compliance when redressing wounds and faster healing compared to that in similar patients. Our case provides anecdotal evidence, supported by other studies, to justify future, larger studies on chronic pain using this therapy. Keywords: chronic pain, skin ulcers, elderly, opioids, oxycodone, naloxone

Nanostructured systems containing babassu (Orbignya speciosa oil as a potential alternative therapy for benign prostatic hyperplasia

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de Sousa VP

2013-08-01

Full Text Available Valeria Pereira de Sousa,1 Joanne Crean,2 Vinícius Raphael de Almeida Borges,1 Carlos Rangel Rodrigues,1 Lidia Tajber,2 Fabio Boylan,2 Lucio Mendes Cabral1 1Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 2School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland Abstract: The oil of babassu tree nuts (Orbignya speciosa is a potential alternative for treatment and prophylaxis of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Improved results can be obtained by drug vectorization to the hyperplastic tissue. The main objective of this work was the preparation and characterization of poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA nanoparticle and clay nanosystems containing babassu oil (BBS. BBS was extracted from the kernels of babassu tree nuts and characterized by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry as well as 1H and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance. BBS-clay nanosystems were obtained by adding polyvinylpyrrolidone, Viscogel B8®, and BBS at a 2:1:1 mass ratio and characterized by X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis, infrared spectroscopy, and laser diffraction. The PLGA-BBS nanoparticles were prepared by the precipitation-solvent evaporation method. Mean diameter, polydispersity, zeta potential, and scanning electron microscopic images of the nanosystems were analyzed. Thermogravimetric analysis showed successful formation of the nanocomposite. PLGA nanoparticles containing BBS were obtained, with a suitable size that was confirmed by scanning electron microscopy. Both nanostructured systems showed active incorporation yields exceeding 90%. The two systems obtained represent a new and potentially efficient therapy for benign prostatic hyperplasia. Keywords: babassu oil, nanocomposite, poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid, nanoparticles, benign prostatic hyperplasia, treatment, nanotechnology

Evaluación de sustratos para almácigos de hortalizas

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Gustavo Quesada Rold\\u00E1n

2005-01-01

Full Text Available Se realizó una evaluación agronómica de almácigos de hortalizas (tomate, pepino, lechuga y brócoli establecidos en diferentes sustratos, en la Estación Experimental Fabio BaudritMoreno, Alajuela, Costa Rica, bajo condiciones de invernadero, del 12 de abril al 7 de mayo del 2004. Se utilizaron bandejas plásticas de 128 celdas de forma piramidal invertida. El diseño experimental utilizado fue un irrestricto completamenteal azar con cuatro repeticiones. Ala edad de transplante seevaluaron variables de vigor de germinación, desarrollo deplanta y calidad de adobe. Los sustratos que permitieron elmejor desarrollo de las plantas en los cultivos de brócoli, pepino y tomate fueron abono orgánico Juan Viñas; lombricom-post + abono orgánico Juan Viñas + granza; y abono orgánicoJuan Viñas + granza. Los sustratos aserrín de melina madurado + suelo + granza; y peat moss + perlita fueron los mejoresmedios para almácigos de lechuga. Se observó además en lossustratos abono orgánico Juan Viñas + aserrín de melina ma-durado + granza; bagazo + aserrín de melina madurado + abono orgánico Juan Viñas; y aserrín de melina madurado + fibrade coco + ceniza, una excelente calidad de adobe, aunque undesarrollo de la planta no tan vigoroso. Los sustratos “tierrafermentada”; fibra de coco; sustrato comercial 2; y bagazo +fibra de coco + piedra pómez fueron los que más limitaron elestablecimiento de las plantas de almácigo.

Temperature- and pH-sensitive wearable materials for monitoring foot ulcers

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Salvo P

2017-01-01

Full Text Available Pietro Salvo,1,2 Nicola Calisi,1 Bernardo Melai,1 Valentina Dini,3 Clara Paoletti,1 Tommaso Lomonaco,1 Andrea Pucci,1 Fabio Di Francesco,1 Alberto Piaggesi,4 Marco Romanelli3 1Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa, 2Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Council of Research, 3Wound Healing Research Unit, Department of Dermatology, University of Pisa, 4Diabetic Foot Section, Department of Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy Abstract: Foot ulcers account for 15% of comorbidities associated with diabetes. Presently, no device allows the status of foot ulcers to be continuously monitored when patients are not hospitalized. In this study, we describe a temperature and a pH sensor capable of monitoring diabetic foot and venous leg ulcers developed in the frame of the seventh framework program European Union project SWAN-iCare (smart wearable and autonomous negative pressure device for wound monitoring and therapy. Temperature is measured by exploiting the variations in the electrical resistance of a nanocomposite consisting of multiwalled carbon nanotubes and poly(styrene-b-(ethylene-co-butylene-b-styrene. The pH sensor used a graphene oxide (GO layer that changes its electrical potential when pH changes. The temperature sensor has a sensitivity of ~85 Ω/°C in the range 25°C–50°C and a high repeatability (maximum standard deviation of 0.1% over seven repeated measurements. For a GO concentration of 4 mg/mL, the pH sensor has a sensitivity of ~42 mV/pH and high linearity (R2=0.99. Keywords: diabetic foot ulcer, wearable sensors, wound temperature, wound pH

Public utilities with renewable energy sources. Proceedings; Stadtwerke mit Erneuerbaren Energien. Konferenzband

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2009-09-25

Within the 3rd EUROSOLAR Conference at 25th to 26th May, 2009, in Ludwigshafen (Federal Republic of Germany) the following lectures were held: (a) Municipal power supply - Renewable energies (Hermann Scheer); (b) The significance of municipal regulations for the development of renewable energies by the example of Rheinland-Pfalz (Gerhard Weissmueller); (c) The solar regulation of the city Marburg (Franz Kahle); (d) Large-area solar-potential register SUN-AREA, the example Osnabrueck (Martina Klaerle); (e) Energy autonomy by means of methods at municipal and state level (Stephan Grueger); (f) Concession process according to paragraph 46 EnWG as a start for a locally regenerative strategic reorientation (Christian Theobald); (g) Municipal utilities and regenerative power generation (Johannes van Bergen); (h) The hybrid power plant Enertrag (Michael Wenske); (i) Eco-power with ecological added value (Uwe Leprich); (j) Increase of added value at biogas by means of grid connection (Leonhard Thien); (k) Biogas products for private customers (Oliver Hummel); (l) Marketing of biogas as a fuel - WEGAS Wendlaender BioGas (Hans-Volker Marklewitz); (m) Geothermal heat in the Upper Rhine Graben by the example of the geothermal power plant Landau (Peter Hauffe); (n) The Act on Heating with Renewable Energy Sources - A chance for new fields of business for municipal utilities (Klara Siraki); (o) Direct marketing of electricity from renewable energies as a chance for municipal utilities (Martin Altrock, Matthias Stark); (p) The significance of EEG and EEWaermeG 2009 in the further enlargement of renewable energies (Fabio Longo); (q) Taking over of the gas grid by the municipal utility Waldkirch GmbH (Dieter Nagel); (r) Municipal added value - municipal economical effects of decentral power generation (Michael Wuebbels).

FLUJO DE GENES ENTRE FRIJOL COMÚN Y SILVESTRE EN COSTA RICA

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N\\u00E9stor Chaves-Barrantes

2009-01-01

Full Text Available Con el objetivo de analizar el flujo de genes entre frijol común silvestre y cultivado, se determinó el porcentaje de alogamia en condiciones naturales de crecimie nto del frijol silvestre y en estación experimental. En el 2004 se evaluó el cruzamie nto natural entre frijol silvestre mexicano G23511A (Phaseolus vulgaris L. y la línea blanca PAN 68, en la Estación Experimental Fabio Baudrit de la Universidad de Costa Ri ca en Alajuela. Para ello se sembraron dos parcelas experimentales; cada una constó de dos bloques de PAN 68 de 10 surcos (15 m de largo y espacia dos 0,6 m. Entre los bloques y en el borde superior de los mismos, se sembraron tres surcos de frijol silvestre como donantes de polen. Se numeraron las hileras y las plantas de cada una en los bloques de frijol blanco. En Quircot de Ca rtago (área donde crece en forma natural P. vulgaris silvestre, en el 2005 y 2006, se sembraron plantas de frijol comercia l (Vainica de Palo a lo largo de seis sitios junto a las poblaciones de frijol silvestre. En ambas localidades la floración de silvestres y comerciales fue coincidente. Se cosechó toda la semilla de los ensayos y se germinó en bandejas, determinando el porcentaje de alogamia por medio del color morado del hip ocotilo, indicativo de aquellas plántulas cruzadas. En Alajuela el porcentaje de cruza varió entre 0,007 y 0,028 %; mie ntras que en Quircot, entre 0 y 0,199 %.

BOMBAY: Instrumentation school

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Anon.

1993-01-01

Full text: Promising students had a foretaste of the latest laboratory techniques at the ICFA 1993 India School on Instrumentation in High Energy Physics held from February 15-26 and hosted by the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Bombay. The scientific programme was put together by the ICFA Panel for Future Instrumentation, Innovation and Development, chaired by Tord Ekelof (Uppsala). The programme included lectures and topical seminars covering a wide range of detector subjects. In small groups, students got acquainted with modern detector technologies in the laboratory sessions, using experimental setups assembled in various institutes world-wide and shipped to Bombay for the School. The techniques covered included multiwire proportional chambers for detection of particles and photons, gaseous detectors for UV photons and X-ray imaging, the study of charge drift in silicon detectors, measurement of the muon lifetime using liquid scintillators, tracking using scintillating fibres, and electronics for sensitive detectors. The India School was attended by around 80 students from 20 countries; 34 came from Indian universities. It was the fifth in this series, previous Schools having been at Trieste (1987, 1989 and 1991) organized by the ICFA Panel and hosted and sponsored by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, and in 1990, organized at Rio de Janeiro in collaboration with the Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas. The School was jointly directed by Suresh Tonwar (TIFR), Fabio Sauli (CERN) and Marleigh Sheaff (University of Wisconsin), and sponsored by TIFR and DAE (India), CERN (Switzerland), ICTP and INFN (Italy), British Council and RAL (UK), NSF and DOE (USA), KEK (Japan), IPP (Canada) and DESY (Germany)

FIELD SURVEY REPORT OF TSUNAMI EFFECTS CAUSED BY THE AUGUST 2012 OFFSHORE EL SALAVADOR EARTHQUAKE

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Francisco Gavidia-Medina

2015-10-01

Full Text Available This report describes the field survey of the western zone of El Salvador conducted by an international group of scientists and engineers following the earthquake and tsunami of 27 August 2012 (04:37 UTC, 26 August 10:37 pm local time. The earthquake generated a tsunami with a maximum height of ~ 6 m causing inundation of up to 300 m inland along a 40 km section of coastline in eastern El Salvador. * (Note: Presentation from the 6th International Tsunami Symposium of Tsunami Society International in Costa Rica in Sept. 2014 - based on the Field Survey Report of the tsunami effects caused by the August 2012 Earthquake which were compiled in a report by Jose C. Borrero of the University of California Tsunami Research Center. Contributors to that report and field survey participants included Hermann M. Fritz of the Georgia Institute of Technology, Francisco Gavidia-Medina, Jeniffer Larreynaga-Murcia, Rodolfo Torres-Cornejo, Manuel Diaz-Flores and Fabio Alvarad: of the Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales de El Salvador (MARN, Norwin Acosta: of the Instituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales( INOTER, Julie Leonard of the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID, OFDA, Nic Arcos of the International Tsunami Information Center (ITIC and Diego Arcas of the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (NOAA – PMEL The figures of this paper are from the report compiled by Jose C. Borrero and are numbered out of sequence out of sequence from the compiled joint report. The quality of figures 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 is rather poor and the reader is referred to the original report, as shown in the references.

Lormetazepam addiction: data analysis from an Italian medical unit for addiction

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Faccini M

2012-06-01

Full Text Available Marco Faccini,1 Roberto Leone,2 Benedetta Pajusco,1 Gianluca Quaglio,1 Rebecca Casari,1 Anna Albiero,1 Monia Donati,2 Fabio Lugoboni11Department of Internal Medicine, Addiction Unit, 2Pharmacology Unit, Reference Center for Education and Communication within the World Health Organization Program for International Drug Monitoring, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, ItalyBackground: The purpose of this study was to determine, in the context of a hospital addiction unit, which benzodiazepines were abused and to look for correlations with the characteristics of detoxified patients.Methods: A retrospective study was carried out using the database of hospital admissions to the addiction unit for detoxification from 2003 to 2010.Results: Of 879 admissions to the addiction unit during the seven-year period, 281 were for benzodiazepines. The percentage of patients addicted only to benzodiazepines was higher among females than males. Benzodiazepine consumption had started as a drug addiction behavior in only 10% of cases. The main sources of prescription identified were general practitioners (52% of cases or compliant pharmacists (25%. Overall, 15 different benzodiazepines were abused, with lormetazepam being the most commonly used (by 123 patients, 43.8% of the total.Conclusion: Our data show that, outside the population of multidrug addicts, there is an underestimated group of chronic benzodiazepine consumers who are often not referred to medical institutions for treatment. Even in the group of patients addicted to one substance only, we observed an abnormal number of requests for detoxification from lormetazepam, which appears to be more "popular" than other benzodiazepines. This drug should be prescribed according to stricter criteria and submitted to closer control.Keywords: lormetazepam, benzodiazepines, addiction, inpatient detoxification

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2017-01-01

2016 peer reviewers We are grateful to the following people for their significant contribution to Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada as peer reviewers in 2016. Their expertise ensures the quality of our journal and promotes the sharing of new knowledge among peers in Canada and internationally. Jillian Avis Sunday Azagba Sharon Bartholomew Michèle Boileau-Falardeau Jimmy Bourque Darren Brenner Robert Brison Yves Carrière Neena Chappell Guanmin Chen Yue Chen Edward Chesney Anna Chudyk Martin Cooke Erica Di Ruggiero Janet Durbin Charlene Elliott Peter Ellis Alexa Ferdinands Bradley Ferguson Lauren Fiechtner Maylene Fong Marilyn Fortin Nancy Gell Margo Greenwood Rita Henderson Erin Hobin Andrew Howell Natalie Iciaszczyk Jeff Johnson Janet Elizabeth Jull Tetyana Kendzerska Nicholas King Elaine Kingwell Victoria Kirsh Erin Kropac Liana Leach Claire Leblanc Yann Le Bodo Daniel Lebouthillier Isra Levy Elizabeth Lin Catherine Mah Loraine Marrett Caitlin McArthur Teri McComber Amy McPherson Verena Menec Leia Minaker Howard Morrison Yeeli Mui Kiyuri Naicker Tor Oiamo Scott Patten Marie-Claude Paquette Cheryl Peters Jennifer Petkovic William Pickett Michelle Ploughman Daniel Poremski Harry Prapavessis Steven Prus Jürgen Rehm Laurene Rehman Sandra Reynolds Annie Rhodes Celia Rodd Kaley Roosen Ellen Rosenberg Linda Rothman Jerry Schultz Kelly Skinner Robin Skinner Robin Somerville Becky Spencer Richard Stanwick Michael Stevenson David Streiner Laura Struik Anna Syrowatka Christopher Tait Chen Tang Kara Thompson Michelle Vine Claudio Violato JianLi Wang Stéphanie Ward Cynthia Weijs Russell Wilkins Keri Lynn Williams Renate Ysseldyk Tingting Zhang Christopher Zou

Chronic fluoxetine treatment increases daytime melatonin synthesis in the rodent

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Gillian W Reierson

2009-09-01

Full Text Available Gillian W Reierson, Claudio A Mastronardi, Julio Licinio, Ma-Li WongCenter on Pharmacogenomics, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USAAbstract: Circadian rhythm disturbances can occur as part of the clinical symptoms of major depressive disorder and have been found to resolve with antidepressant therapy. The pineal gland is relevant to circadian rhythms as it secretes the hormone melatonin following activation of the cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP signaling cascade and of arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase (AA-NAT, the rate-limiting enzyme for its synthesis. Cyclic AMP is synthesized by adenylate cyclases (AC and degraded by phosphodiesterases (PDEs. Little is known about the contribution of the PDE system to antidepressant-induced alterations in pineal cAMP signaling and melatonin synthesis. In the present study we used enzyme immunoassay to measure plasma melatonin levels and pineal cAMP levels and as well as quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction to measure pineal expression of PDE, AC, and AA-NAT genes in rats chronically treated with the prototypic antidepressant fluoxetine. We found elevated melatonin synthesis with increased pineal AA-NAT gene expression and daytime plasma melatonin levels and downregulated cAMP signaling with increased PDE and unchanged AC pineal gene expression, and decreased content of pineal cAMP. We conclude that chronic fluoxetine treatment increases daytime plasma melatonin and pineal AA-NAT gene expression despite downregulated pineal cAMP signaling in the rodent.Keywords: antidepressant, melatonin, pineal, nucleotides, cyclic, phosphodiesterase, rat

Comercio e intercambio de cerámicas finas en la Bética (ss. I-II d. C.: reflexiones generales en torno a la economía altoimperial al hilo del análisis del ejemplo isturgitano

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Pablo RUIZ MONTES

2013-06-01

Full Text Available El análisis de un caso concreto, el de la comercialización de la producción de cerámicas finas de los talleres alfareros de Los Villares de Andújar (Jaén, antigua Isturgi, ofrece la oportunidad para reflexionar sobre diversos aspectos relativos al intercambio y circulación de este tipo de bienes coincidiendo con los años de mayor bonanza económica y social en la Bética; el análisis de la naturaleza de la economía romana, de las formas y alcance que adquiere el comercio en cuestión (distribución local-regional y a larga distancia y su caracterización esencial, así como otros elementos colaterales al fenómeno (valor, gusto, consumidores..., han centrado nuestra atención. Todo ello permite dibujar una situación de excepcional dinamismo económico del que la producción y comercio de vajillas cerámicas locales, en especial la sigillata, es parte, pero también consecuencia. El proceso, intensificado desde Claudio I gracias al desarrollo de la red de comunicaciones y los transportes, la mayor demanda de bienes y un moderado crecimiento demográfico, propicia la aparición de nuevos estándares en la producción de cerámicas finas locales béticas, hasta entonces dominada aún por las tradiciones autóctonas y la desestructurada producción de cerámicas tipo Peñaflor.

Cultura y estética popular: lo híbrido, el gusto y la experiencia

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Élver Chaparro

2013-09-01

Full Text Available Este artículo, enmarcado en el proyecto “Cultura y estética popular en Boyacá” (del grupo de investigación XISQUA de la carrera de diseño gráfico de la Universidad de Boyacá, aborda, en primera instancia, algunas nociones de cultura a partir de la relación pensamiento-lenguaje- comunicación, esbozada en Eco y Díaz de Rada, quienes ofrecen elementos conceptuales para abordar la cultura en el ámbito de la comunicación y las prácticas sociales. Posteriormente se hace un rastreo histórico de la categoría cultura popular, tomando como marco de referencia los trabajos de M. Bajtin y Peter Burke, quienes establecen una correspondencia entre la cultura popular y la relación tensionante entre alta y baja cultura. En el marco de los procesos de modernización e hibridación de la cultura popular se revisa el trabajo del profesor Néstor García Canclini junto con algunas características de la experiencia estética y de las nociones de gusto que particularizan lo popular en los trabajos de Pierre Bourdieu, Claudio Malo y Sergio Martínez Luna. Por último, se reflexiona, a partir de los postulados de Martín-Barbero, sobre cómo los procesos mencionados anteriormente están mediados en la actualidad por la globalización, con las consecuentes influencias sobre los procesos de identidad local.

Zerovalent bismuth nanoparticles inhibit Streptococcus mutans growth and formation of biofilm

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Hernandez-Delgadillo R

2012-04-01

Full Text Available Rene Hernandez-Delgadillo1, Donaji Velasco-Arias2, David Diaz2, Katiushka Arevalo-Niño1, Marianela Garza-Enriquez1, Myriam A De la Garza-Ramos1, Claudio Cabral-Romero11Instituto de Biotecnologia, Centro de Investigacion y Desarrollo en Ciencias de la Salud, CIDICS, Facultad de Odontologia, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, UANL, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, 2Facultad de Quimica, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Distrito Federal, MexicoBackground and methods: Despite continuous efforts, the increasing prevalence of resistance among pathogenic bacteria to common antibiotics has become one of the most significant concerns in modern medicine. Nanostructured materials are used in many fields, including biological sciences and medicine. While some bismuth derivatives has been used in medicine to treat vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, and stomach pain, the biocidal activity of zerovalent bismuth nanoparticles has not yet been studied. The objective of this investigation was to analyze the antimicrobial activity of bismuth nanoparticles against oral bacteria and their antibiofilm capabilities.Results: Our results showed that stable colloidal bismuth nanoparticles had 69% antimicrobial activity against Streptococcus mutans growth and achieved complete inhibition of biofilm formation. These results are similar to those obtained with chlorhexidine, the most commonly used oral antiseptic agent. The minimal inhibitory concentration of bismuth nanoparticles that interfered with S. mutans growth was 0.5 mM.Conclusion: These results suggest that zerovalent bismuth nanoparticles could be an interesting antimicrobial agent to be incorporated into an oral antiseptic preparation.Keywords: zerovalent bismuth nanoparticles, antimicrobial agent, biofilm, Streptococcus mutans

Homenaje a Susana Lerner

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Silvia Giorguli

2013-01-01

Full Text Available La profesora investigadora Susana Lerner Sigal cumplió 45 años de destacada trayec- toria académica, motivo por el cual el Centro de Estudios Demográficos, Urbanos y Ambientales de El Colegio de México le rindió un homenaje. En dicho acto se realizó un recuento de sus varios aportes académicos, entre los que destaca el sustantivo impulso que dio al desarrollo de la sociodemografía mexicana, labor que siempre ha efectuado desde una perspectiva interdisciplinaria y desde un en- foque original, construido colectivamente, que recupera la diversidad, la heterogeneidad y la desigualdad −social, histórica, institucional y cultural− que caracterizan a nuestra sociedad. En su singular trayectoria, Susana Lerner también participó en el logro de transformaciones concretas de la realidad social mexicana, como es el caso del reconoci- miento y la garantía estatal de los derechos reproductivos fundamentales. El Homenaje a Susana Lerner Sigal tuvo lugar el 24 de febrero de 2012 en la Sala Alfonso Reyes de El Colegio de México. Asistieron como comentaristas Silvia Giorguli, Claudio Stern, Carolina Martínez S., Soledad González Montes, Brígida García y Or- landina de Oliveira; fungió como moderadora Ivonne Szasz. Por último, Susana Lerner emitió un breve mensaje de agradecimiento. A continuación reproducimos las palabras de cada uno de los oradores del acto en el orden de su presentación.

The Physics and Applications of High Brightness Beams: Working Group C Summary on Applications to FELS

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Nuhn, Heinz-Dieter

2003-01-01

This is the summary of the activities in working group C, ''Application to FELs,'' which was based in the Bithia room at the Joint ICFA Advanced Accelerator and Beam Dynamics Workshop on July 1-6, 2002 in Chia Laguna, Sardinia, Italy. Working group C was small in relation to the other working groups at that workshop. Attendees include Enrica Chiadroni, University of Rome ape with an identical pulse length. ''La Sapienza'', Luca Giannessi, ENEA, Steve Lidia, LBNL, Vladimir Litvinenko, Duke University, Patrick Muggli, UCLA, Alex Murokh, UCLA, Heinz-Dieter Nuhn, SLAC, Sven Reiche, UCLA, Jamie Rosenzweig, UCLA, Claudio Pellegrini, UCLA, Susan Smith, Daresbury Laboratory, Matthew Thompson, UCLA, Alexander Varfolomeev, Russian Research Center, plus a small number of occasional visitors. The working group addressed a total of nine topics. Each topic was introduced by a presentation, which initiated a discussion of the topic during and after the presentation. The speaker of the introductory presentation facilitated the discussion. There were six topics that were treated in stand-alone sessions of working group C. In addition, there were two joint sessions, one with working group B, which included one topic, and one with working group C, which included two topics. The presentations that were given in the joint sessions are summarized in the working group summary reports for groups B and D, respectively. This summary will only discuss the topics that were addressed in the stand-alone sessions, including Start-To-End Simulations, SASE Experiment, PERSEO, ''Optics Free'' FEL Oscillators, and VISA II

Moradas de la razón sensible

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María Eugenia Boito

2012-03-01

Full Text Available “Jirones de piel, ágape insumiso” establece relaciones entre la reflexión epistemológica, la estética y la normatividad en catorce apartados que –como jirones– pueden interpretarse como “pequeñas porciones de un todo”; fragmentos de telas (tramas discursivas que recorren y se detienen en la interrogación de la compleja madeja que reúne los tópicos antes referidos. Pero “jirón” tiene otro significado en el campo de la heráldica que en mi lectura, está asociada a las figuras que produce el texto: “jirón” es una forma triangular que desde el borde del escudo, llega hasta el centro o corazón de este. Claudio Martyniuk afirma “no ensancha escribir, no ensancha leer, apenas salva del extravío y de la tristeza vacías”. Sin embargo los jirones de su escritura ensayística (el ensayo como género que pretende “un despliegue que tense los entumecidos polos de la sensibilidad y el pensamiento” se orientan a proteger como escudo –pero a la vez interrogar– lo que se encuentra el corazón de los recorridos de la obra: los ejercicios de violencia cotidiana sobre nuestra piel. Por esto además de salvar del extravío y de la tristeza, la escritura de Martyniuk señala –y asila, da regazo– a la piel como instancia de expresión de nuestra sensibilidad.

Estudio crítico-textual del libro III de NA de Claudio Eliano: normativismo y cuestiones de método para la edición de la obra

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Manuela García Valdés

2007-12-01

Full Text Available The authoress of this paper develops a critical study on the main debatable passages of the text of the third book of De natura animalium (NA by Aelian. (III 2. 60.20-24; 3. 60.27; 18. 67.12-13; 21. 68.1; 22. 69.7-10; 23. 69.17-20; 26. 71.23; 26. 71.28-9; 38. 75.29; 42. 77.15; 44. 77.27. In the analysis she attempts to demonstrate, on the one hand, that the language of Aelian is still very poorly known, and how it is necessary to eliminate the conjectures and the alterations which had been arbitrarily made by earlier critics, and to prepare an edition of this work in order to understand well many key passages of his work. On the other hand, she exposes and applies the Textkritisch method, as the koiné literary texts need a rigourous and differenciated treatment that takes into account the period’s literary vogue, the evolution and language uses, namely in the phonetic, morphological and syntactic peculiarities of late Greek prose together with the author’s usage. Despite all those considerations, Aelian’s works has usually been judged and analysed through classical Greek standards. This research is a new contribution to the knowledge of the language of Aelian, of postclassical Greek and of ecdotics for Greek texts of the imperial period.

5th National Congress of the Italian Society of Physiotherapy

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Alessandro Aina

2016-10-01

knee prosthesis Cislaghi M, Penone G, Marinelli G, Rezzan G, Melegati G, Gatti R P14 The use of Kinesio Taping in the treatment of hematomas: can we distinguish fancy from the effects? Colombo Claudio, Tolosa Francesca, Andrea Moriondo, Vercelli Stefano P15 Who is able to perform explicit motor imagery after stroke? Stefano Doronzio, Matteo Paci P16 Responsiveness of the Bridge tests in Symptomatic Lumbar Spondylolisthesis Silvano Ferrari, Carla Vanti, Marco Monticone P17 The relationship between number of sessions and clinical results in lumbar symptomatic spondylolisthesis Silvano Ferrari, Carla Vanti, Marco Monticone P18 Conservative treatments for upper extremity tendinopathies in occupational medicine: narrative review Garzonio Fabiola, Zanetta Anna, Bargeri Serena, Cerone Giorgia, Sartorio Francesco P19 The time-related effect of roller-massager on extensibility of the hamstring muscles Filippo Ghirlanda, Alessandro Schneebeli, Corrado Cescon, Marco Barbero P20 Effect of two different exercise programs on pain, disability and quality of life in people with subacute and chronic nonspecific neck pain Gioia G, Faccendini S, Aina A, Tettamanti A P21 A bridge between clinical practice and research: how health professionals can study literature and learn on the job Granzotto G, Coppola L, Gava I, Frassinelli M, Gattinoni F P22 Walking capacity improves after neuromotor physiotherapy in stroke patients Lorenzo Guidotti, Marco Postiglione, Bruna Lombardi, Matteo Paci P23 Intra and inter-session reliability of the angle between pain onset and submaximal pain during upper limb neurodynamics test 1: a study in healty individuals Diego Leoni, Davide Storer, Roberto Gatti, Michele Egloff, Marco Barbero P24 Effects of an AO-MI training on balance task in patients affected by multiple sclerosis Magno Tiziano, Tettamanti Andrea P25 Outcomes of treatment with neuromuscular stimulator for chronic anterior knee pain: a clinical case Daniele Maremmani, Sebastiano Cencini, Giuseppe

Assessment of Poa annua resistance to clethodim in Costa Rica.

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Ana María Rodríguez-Ruiz

2015-06-01

Full Text Available The objective of this study was to check for the presence of resistance to clethodim in Poa annua populations observed in onion fields in the highlands of Cartago, Costa Rica. Two experiments were conducted; the first one was carried out, in 2007, in a greenhouse at the Fabio Baudrit Moreno Agricultural Experiment Station (EEAFBM, in Spanish, with seeds of plants from a farm where clethodim exercised good control (S population, and from another farm where clethodim showed a deficient control (R population. Both S and R populations were treated with different doses of clethodim (0.5X, 1.0X, 1.5X and 2.0X, being X the recommended commercial dose. In this experiment, control of the R population was 44% and 17% at doses of 1.5X and 2.0X, respectively, whereas control of the S population was 100% at either of those doses. The second experiment was carried out in 2009, seeds of two other P. annua populations were collected in a similar way: one population from an area where weed control was satisfactory (S, and the other population from an area of the farm where control was deficient (R. Seeds were sown, depending on the type, in plastic pots and sprayed with clethodim at doses of: 0. 1X, 2X, 4X, 8X, and 16X. There were significant differences in the reactions to clethodim of both P. annua populations The S population showed a higher percentage of control and less surviving plants than the R population. Several plants of the R population resisted up to 16X commercial doses of clethodim. Results of both experiments suggest the presence of P. annua populations resistant to clethodim.

Oxidative nanopatterning of titanium generates mesoporous surfaces with antimicrobial properties

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Variola F

2014-05-01

Full Text Available Fabio Variola,1,2 Sylvia Francis Zalzal,3 Annie Leduc,3 Jean Barbeau,3 Antonio Nanci31Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2Faculty of Science, Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, 3Faculty of Dental Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, CanadaAbstract: Mesoporous surfaces generated by oxidative nanopatterning have the capacity to selectively regulate cell behavior, but their impact on microorganisms has not yet been explored. The main objective of this study was to test the effects of such surfaces on the adherence of two common bacteria and one yeast strain that are responsible for nosocomial infections in clinical settings and biomedical applications. In addition, because surface characteristics are known to affect bacterial adhesion, we further characterized the physicochemical properties of the mesoporous surfaces. Focused ion beam (FIB was used to generate ultrathin sections for elemental analysis by energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS, nanobeam electron diffraction (NBED, and high-angle annular dark field (HAADF scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM imaging. The adherence of Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Candida albicans onto titanium disks with mesoporous and polished surfaces was compared. Disks with the two surfaces side-by-side were also used for direct visual comparison. Qualitative and quantitative results from this study indicate that bacterial adhesion is significantly hindered by the mesoporous surface. In addition, we provide evidence that it alters structural parameters of C. albicans that determine its invasiveness potential, suggesting that microorganisms can sense and respond to the mesoporous surface. Our findings demonstrate the efficiency of a simple chemical oxidative treatment in generating nanotextured surfaces with antimicrobial capacity with potential applications in the implant manufacturing industry and hospital setting

Assessment of Poa annua resistance to clethodim in Costa Rica

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Rodriguez-Ruiz, Ana Maria; Herrera-Murillo, Franklin; Chaves-Barrantes, Nestor; Hernandez-Diaz, Alberto

2015-01-01

The presence of resistance to clethodim in Poa annua populations was observed in onion fields in the highlands of Cartago, Costa Rica. Two experiments were conducted; the first one was carried out, in 2007, in a greenhouse at the Fabio Baudrit Moreno Agricultural Experiment Station (EEAFBM, in Spanish), with seeds of plants from a farm where clethodim has exercised good control (S population), and from another farm where clethodim has showed a deficient control (R population). Both S and R populations were treated with different doses of clethodim (0,5X, 1,0X, 1,5X and 2,0X), being X the recommended commercial dose. In this experiment, control of the R population was 44% and 17% at doses of 1.5X and 2.0X, respectively, whereas control of the S population was 100% at either of those doses. The second experiment was carried out in 2009, seeds of two other P. annua populations were collected in a similar way: one population from an area where weed control has been satisfactory (S), and the other population from an area of the farm where control was deficient (R). Seeds were sown, depending on the type, in plastic pots and sprayed with clethodim at doses of: 0. 1X, 2X, 4X, 8X, and 16X. There were significant differences in the reactions to clethodim of both P. annua populations The S population showed a higher percentage of control and less surviving plants than the R population. Several plants of the R population resisted up to 16X commercial doses of clethodim. Results of both experiments suggest the presence of P. annua populations resistant to clethodim. (author) [es

Oral administration of a curcumin-phospholipid delivery system for the treatment of central serous chorioretinopathy: a 12-month follow-up study

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Mazzolani F

2013-05-01

Full Text Available Fabio Mazzolani,1 Stefano Togni21Private Ophthalmology Practice, 2Indena SpA, Milan, ItalyBackground: The therapeutic effects of Meriva®, a curcumin-phospholipid (lecithin delivery system (formulated as Norflo® tablets, on visual acuity and retinal thickness in patients with acute and chronic central serous chorioretinopathy was previously investigated in a six-month open-label study.Methods: In this follow-up study, visual acuity was again assessed by ophthalmologic evaluation and retinal thickness by optical coherence tomography (OCT. Norflo tablets were administered twice daily to patients with central serous chorioretinopathy. The study group consisted of 12 patients (total 18 eyes who completed 12 months of follow-up. The primary endpoint was change in visual acuity before and after treatment with Norflo, and change in neuroretinal or retinal pigment epithelium detachment on OCT was the secondary endpoint.Results: After 12 months of therapy, no eyes showed further reduction in visual acuity, 39% showed stabilization, and 61% showed statistically significant improvement (P = 0.0001 by Student’s t-test and P = 0.0005 by Wilcoxon signed rank test. Ninety-five percent of eyes showed a reduction in neuroretinal or retinal pigment epithelium detachment and 5% showed stabilization. The difference in retinal thickness after 12 months was statistically significant (P = 0.0001 by Student’s t-test and P = 0.0004 by Wilcoxon signed rank test.Conclusion: These results, albeit preliminary, confirm our previous finding that this curcumin delivery system is effective in the management of central serous chorioretinopathy. When administered in a bioavailable formulation, curcumin is worth considering as a therapeutic agent for the management of inflammatory and degenerative eye conditions involving activation of retinal microglial cells.Keywords: curcumin, central serous chorioretinopathy, retinal pigment epithelium detachment, Norflo®, Meriva®

Potential drug–drug interactions in Alzheimer patients with behavioral symptoms

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Pasqualetti G

2015-09-01

Full Text Available Giuseppe Pasqualetti, Sara Tognini, Valeria Calsolaro, Antonio Polini, Fabio Monzani Geriatrics Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy Abstract: The use of multi drug regimens among the elderly population has increased tremendously over the last decade although the benefits of medications are always accompanied by potential harm, even when prescribed at recommended doses. The elderly populations are particularly at an increased risk of adverse drug reactions considering comorbidity, poly-therapy, physiological changes affecting the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of many drugs and, in some cases, poor compliance due to cognitive impairment and/or depression. In this setting, drug–drug interaction may represent a serious and even life-threatening clinical condition. Moreover, the inability to distinguish drug-induced symptoms from a definitive medical diagnosis often results in addition of yet another drug to treat the symptoms, which in turn increases drug–drug interactions. Cognitive enhancers, including acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and memantine, are the most widely prescribed agents for Alzheimer’s disease (AD patients. Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, including psychotic symptoms and behavioral disorders, represent noncognitive disturbances frequently observed in AD patients. Antipsychotic drugs are at high risk of adverse events, even at modest doses, and may interfere with the progression of cognitive impairment and interact with several drugs including anti-arrhythmics and acetylcholinesterase inhibitors. Other medications often used in AD patients are represented by anxiolytic, like benzodiazepine, or antidepressant agents. These agents also might interfere with other concomitant drugs through both pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic mechanisms. In this review we focus on the most frequent drug–drug interactions, potentially harmful, in AD patients with

Respuesta de cinco leguminosas de cobertura a la fertilización fosfórica

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Robin Gómez Gómez

2018-05-01

Full Text Available Los cultivos de cobertura de especies leguminosas son sembradas para el control de malezas, prevención de la erosión del suelo y aporte de nitrógeno al suelo. El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar la respuesta de las leguminosas de cobertura Mucuna pruriens cv. cinza, Mucuna pruriens cv. preta, Crotalaria spectabilis, Vigna radiata y Pueraria phaseoloides a la fertilización fosfórica, en dos épocas del año. El experimento se realizó en un invernadero en la Estación Experimental Agrícola Fabio Baudrit Moreno (EEAFBM de la Universidad de Costa Rica, en Alajuela, Costa Rica, en el periodo de noviembre del 2012 a enero del 2013, y se repitió de abril a mayo del 2013. Se aplicaron dosis de 0, 30, 60 y 90 kg P2O5/ha en suelo esterilizado con vapor y posteriormente, utilizado para llenar potes de 2 kg de capacidad. Se evaluó altura de planta, número de hojas verdaderas y peso seco luego de 18-26 días de la siembra, según la especie de leguminosa. Tuvieron un mayor crecimiento C. spectabilis Ruth, V. radiata (L Wilczek y P. phaseoloides (Roxb, cuando fueron fertilizadas con 60 kg P2O5/ha, mientras que, los dos cultivares de M. pruriens no incrementaron su crecimiento con la fertilización fosfórica. El fósforo a la siembra de las leguminosas de semilla pequeña aceleró su crecimiento, lo que indica la importancia de validar el empleo de este fertilizante para la obtención de una rápida cobertura del suelo, lo cual podría disminuir la competencia con las malezas.

Eprinomectin 1% Inyectable in control of Dermatobia hominis in naturally infested cattle

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Cristiano Grisi do Nascimento

2015-12-01

Full Text Available ABSTRACT. Nascimento C.G., Correia T.R., Oliveira G.F., Coumendouros K., Moraes P.A., Calado S.B., Bragaglia G.N., Rosa S.C., Toma S.B. & Scott F.B. [Eprinomectin 1% Inyectable in control of Dermatobia hominis in naturally infested cattle.] Eprinomectina 1%Injetável no controle de Dermatobia hominis em bovinos naturalmente infestados. Revista Brasileira de Medicina Veterinária, 37(Supl.1:81-84, 2015. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Tecnologia e Inovação em Agropecuária, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Campus Seropédica, Ecologia, BR 465 Km 7, Seropédica, RJ 23897-970, Brasil. E-mail: scott.fabio@gmail.com The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of injectable eprinomectin 1% on the control of Dermatobia hominis in naturally infested cattle. We selected 20 calves, crossbred Gir and Holstein breed, male and female, separated into two groups, control and treated. The control group of animals received no treatment, while the animals of the treated group received eprinomectin formulation of 1% at a single dose of 1 mL/50 kg body weight (200mcg of eprinomectin/kg per injectable route. On days +7 and +14 a count of the total number of live larvae of D. hominis on both sides of the animal for the purpose of evaluation of the effectiveness was performed. Statistical analysis of average living larvae of D. hominis counted among the groups, control and treated, showed that there was a significant difference (p ≤ 0.05 between groups on days +7 and +14. The investigational product showed an efficacy of 100% results in both experimental days. The injectable eprinomectin 1%, shown to be effective in cattle naturally infested by D. hominis (the human bot fly.

OpenBiodiv-O: ontology of the OpenBiodiv knowledge management system.

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Senderov, Viktor; Simov, Kiril; Franz, Nico; Stoev, Pavel; Catapano, Terry; Agosti, Donat; Sautter, Guido; Morris, Robert A; Penev, Lyubomir

2018-01-18

The biodiversity domain, and in particular biological taxonomy, is moving in the direction of semantization of its research outputs. The present work introduces OpenBiodiv-O, the ontology that serves as the basis of the OpenBiodiv Knowledge Management System. Our intent is to provide an ontology that fills the gaps between ontologies for biodiversity resources, such as DarwinCore-based ontologies, and semantic publishing ontologies, such as the SPAR Ontologies. We bridge this gap by providing an ontology focusing on biological taxonomy. OpenBiodiv-O introduces classes, properties, and axioms in the domains of scholarly biodiversity publishing and biological taxonomy and aligns them with several important domain ontologies (FaBiO, DoCO, DwC, Darwin-SW, NOMEN, ENVO). By doing so, it bridges the ontological gap across scholarly biodiversity publishing and biological taxonomy and allows for the creation of a Linked Open Dataset (LOD) of biodiversity information (a biodiversity knowledge graph) and enables the creation of the OpenBiodiv Knowledge Management System. A key feature of the ontology is that it is an ontology of the scientific process of biological taxonomy and not of any particular state of knowledge. This feature allows it to express a multiplicity of scientific opinions. The resulting OpenBiodiv knowledge system may gain a high level of trust in the scientific community as it does not force a scientific opinion on its users (e.g. practicing taxonomists, library researchers, etc.), but rather provides the tools for experts to encode different views as science progresses. OpenBiodiv-O provides a conceptual model of the structure of a biodiversity publication and the development of related taxonomic concepts. It also serves as the basis for the OpenBiodiv Knowledge Management System.

EVALUACIÓN AGRONÓMICA DE TRECE GENOTIPOS DE CAMOTE (Ipomoea batatas L.

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Rolbin Castillo Matamoros

2014-01-01

Full Text Available El objetivo del presente trabajo fue caracterizar desde el punto de vista agronómico, 13 genotipos de camote para su cultivo en Costa Rica. Diez fueron introducidos de la Unidad de Micropropagación de la Universidad Estatal de Carolina del Norte, y cultivados por primera vez en Costa Rica, 2 conocidos como “Exportación y Zanahoriaˮ son de introducción reciente, pero se han cultivado en el país por al menos 5 años y el restante Criollo es el que ocupa actualmente la mayor área de siembra. El trabajo se llevó a cabo en la Estación Experimental Fabio Baudrit de la Universidad de Costa Rica, ubicada en la provincia de Alajuela. Los tratamientos se dispusieron en el campo en un diseño de bloques completos al azar, con 13 genotipos y 4 repeticiones. El análisis de varianza mostró que los genotipos difirieron significativamente (p=0,0001 en todas las variables evaluadas: peso fresco y seco foliar; peso fresco y seco de raíz reservante; número de raíces reservantes; peso de raíz reservante/ planta; contenido de materia seca y rendimiento (t.ha-1. Todos los cultivares evaluados superaron el rendimiento de la variedad Criollo (6 t.ha-1 y el promedio nacional (5 a 7,8 t.ha-1, con rendimientos entre 12 y 48 t.ha-1. Algunos de los cultivares son promisorios para su cultivo en Costa Rica, no solo con base en su rendimiento, sino debido a su color de pulpa, amarilla o anaranjada, asociado a un mayor contenido de carotenos

Barrier effect of Esoxx® on esophageal mucosal damage: experimental study on ex-vivo swine model

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Di Simone MP

2012-06-01

Full Text Available Massimo P Di Simone,1 Fabio Baldi,2,3 Valentina Vasina,4 Fabrizio Scorrano,5 Maria Laura Bacci,5 Antonella Ferrieri,6 Gilberto Poggioli11Department of General Surgery and Transplants, 2Centre for the Study and Therapy of the Esophageal Diseases, 3GVM Care and Research, MCH Cotignola (RA, 4Department of Pharmacology, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, 5Department of Veterinary Medical Science – DMSVET – University of Bologna, Bologna, 6Clinical Research Department, Alfa Wassermann Spa, Bologna, ItalyAbstract: The aim of the present study was to assess the potential barrier effect of Esoxx®, a new nonprescription medication under development for the relief of gastroesophageal reflux symptoms. Esoxx is based on a mixture of hyaluronic acid and chondroitin sulfate in a bioadhesive suspension of Lutrol® F 127 polymer (poloxamer 407 which facilitates the product adhesion on the esophageal mucosa. The mucosal damage was induced by 15 to 90 minutes of perfusion with an acidic solution (HCl, pH 1.47 with or without pepsin (2000 U/mL, acidified to pH 2; Sigma-Aldrich. Mucosal esophageal specimens were histologically evaluated and Evans blue dye solution was used to assess the permeability of the swine mucosa after the chemical injury. The results show that: (1 esophageal mucosal damage is related to the perfusion time and to the presence of pepsin, (2 mucosal damage is associated with an increased permeability, documented by an evident Evans blue staining, (3 perfusion with Esoxx is able to reduce the permeability of the injured mucosa, even after saline washing of the swine esophagus. These preliminary results support further clinical studies of Esoxx in the topical treatment of gastroesophageal reflux symptoms.Keywords: bioadhesion, hyaluronic acid, Evans blue dye, animal model, esophagus, reflux esophagitis

Grupos Políticos Romanos (150-133 a.C.

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Enrique GARCÍA RIAZA

2009-11-01

Full Text Available RESUMEN: Este trabajo analiza el tejido político de la aristocracia romana en los años centrales del siglo II a.C, momento en el que los condicionantes socio-económicos derivados de la expansión mediterránea generan, a un tiempo, un aumento de las reivindicaciones de la plebe, y una importante acentuación de las rivalidades internas en el seno de la aristocracia. Con estas premisas, abordamos el estudio de los grupos de solidaridad política constituidos en torno a determinados individuos y familias. La significación de la figura de Escipión Emiliano no debe ocultar el papel de Mételo Macedónico, de los Calpurnios Pisones y, especialmente, de los Claudio-Fulvios, quienes ensayarán, de forma paralela a Emiliano, una nueva vía de protagonismo basada en la política social. ABSTRACT: This paper deals with the political organization of the Roman aristocracy during the central years of the Ilnd. Century b.C. The Roman conquest of the Mediterranean World, achieved by means of a considerable military effort, was responsible of the development in Italy of new social and economical factors. The growing popular claims and the acentuation of aristocratical competition are the main features of this trend. A prosopographical research makes it clear that some relevant political groups have been traditionaly hidden because of an excesive focus on Scipio Aemilianus. Thus, Metellus Macedonicus, the Calpurnii Pisones and, above all, the Claudii-Fulvii played a decisive paper in the context of political struggle, and some of their members even shared with Scipio an interest in pro-popular politics.

In vivo anticancer evaluation of the hyperthermic efficacy of anti-human epidermal growth factor receptor-targeted PEG-based nanocarrier containing magnetic nanoparticles

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Baldi G

2014-06-01

Full Text Available Giovanni Baldi,1 Costanza Ravagli,1 Filippo Mazzantini,1 George Loudos,2 Jaume Adan,3 Marc Masa,3 Dimitrios Psimadas,2 Eirini A Fragogeorgi,2 Erica Locatelli,4 Claudia Innocenti,5,6 Claudio Sangregorio,5,7 Mauro Comes Franchini4 1CERICOL, Sovigliana-Vinci, Italy; 2Technological Educational Institute of Athens, Athens, Greece; 3Leitat Technological Center, Barcelona, Spain; 4Department of Industrial Chemistry Toso Montanari, University of Bologna, Bologna, 5Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali (INSTM, 6Dipartimento di Chimica U Schiff, Università di Firenze, Firenze, 7Centro Nazionale delle Ricerche (ICCOM – CNR, Firenze, Italy Abstract: Polymeric nanoparticles with targeting moieties containing magnetic nanoparticles as theranostic agents have considerable potential for the treatment of cancer. Here we report the chemical synthesis and characterization of a poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide-b-poly(ethylene glycol-based nanocarrier containing iron oxide nanoparticles and human epithelial growth factor receptor on the outer shell. The nanocarrier was also radiolabeled with 99mTc and tested as a theranostic nanomedicine, ie, it was investigated for both its diagnostic ability in vivo and its therapeutic hyperthermic effects in a standard A431 human tumor cell line. Following radiolabeling with 99mTc, the biodistribution and therapeutic hyperthermic effects of the nanosystem were studied noninvasively in vivo in tumor-bearing mice. A substantial decrease in tumor size correlated with an increase in both nanoparticle concentration and local temperature was achieved, confirming the possibility of using this multifunctional nanosystem as a therapeutic tool for epidermoid carcinoma. Keywords: magnetic nanoparticles, polymeric nanocarriers, skin cancer, hyperthermia, single-photon emission computed tomography, imaging

Reasons for revision surgery after orbital decompression for Graves’ orbitopathy

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Stefano Sellari-Franceschini

2008-06-01

Full Text Available Stefano Sellari-Franceschini1, Luca Muscatello1, Veronica Seccia1, Riccardo Lenzi1, Amelia Santoro1, Marco Nardi2, Barbara Mazzi3, Aldo Pinchera3, Claudio Marcocci31Department of Neuroscience, 1st ENT division, 2Ophthalmology Division, 3Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Occupational Medicine, University of Pisa, ItalyObjectives: An analysis of complications and causes of failure in orbital decompression necessitating a second operation.Methods: Between December 1992 and April 2007, 375 patients (719 orbits were operated on using various techniques. Fourteen patients were initially operated on in our unit: 8 (group A1 were re-operated on after a short time due to complications connected with the decompression operation, 7 (group A2 were operated on after some time due to recurrence of the illness or unsatisfactory decompression (one patient is in both group A1 and A2. Five patients (group B underwent a first operation elsewhere.Results: For group A1 the most serious complications were connected to the nasal approach. For group A2 the operations were performed either because of a neuropathy recurrence or for further proptosis reduction due to recurrence or patient dissatisfaction. Lack of preoperative data hinders conclusions about group B, apart from one patient where the operation had not resolved a serious optic neuropathy after decompression based on Olivari technique combined with three-wall operation according to Mourits and colleagues (1990.Conclusions: We can deduce from group A1 that extreme attention is necessary during endonasal access, from group A2 that balancing the eyes is advisable, sacrificing maximum proptosis reduction to gain greater patient satisfaction, and from group B that decompression of the orbital apex is fundamental in the case of neuropathy.Keywords: orbital decompression, Graves’ orbitopathy, revision surgery

New advances in the treatment of generalized lipodystrophy: role of metreleptin

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Rodriguez AJ

2015-09-01

Full Text Available Alexander J Rodriguez,1 Claudio A Mastronardi,2 Gilberto J Paz-Filho2 1Department of Medicine, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, VIC, 2Department of Genome Sciences, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaAbstract: Recombinant methionyl human leptin or metreleptin is a synthetic leptin analog that has been trialed in patients with leptin-deficient conditions, such as leptin deficiency due to mutations in the leptin gene, hypothalamic amenorrhea, and lipodystrophy syndromes. These syndromes are characterized by partial or complete absence of adipose tissue and hormones derived from adipose tissue, most importantly leptin. Patients deficient in leptin exhibit a number of severe metabolic abnormalities such as hyperglycemia, hypertriglyceridemia, and hepatic steatosis, which can progress to diabetes mellitus, acute pancreatitis, and hepatic cirrhosis, respectively. For the management of these abnormalities, multiple therapies are usually required, and advanced stages may be progressively difficult to treat. Following many successful trials, the US Food and Drug Administration approved metreleptin for the treatment of non-HIV-related forms of generalized lipodystrophy. Leptin replacement therapy with metreleptin has, in many cases, reversed these metabolic complications, with improvements in glucose-insulin-lipid homeostasis, and regression of fatty liver disease. Besides being effective, a daily subcutaneous administration of metreleptin is generally safe, but the causal association between metreleptin and immune complications (such as lymphoma is still unclear. Moreover, further investigation is needed to elucidate mechanisms by which metreleptin leads to the development of anti-leptin antibodies. Herein, we review clinical aspects of generalized lipodystrophy and the pharmacological profile of metreleptin. Further, we examine studies that assessed the safety and efficacy of

Cardiac Troponin T and Hydration Status as Prognostic Markers in Hemodialysis Patients.

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Hoppe, Krzysztof; Schwermer, Krzysztof; Klysz, Patrycja; Radziszewska, Dorota; Sawatiuk, Peter; Baum, Ewa; Kaczmarek, Jolanta; Roszak, Magdalena; Kaluzna, Malgorzata; Lindholm, Bengt; Pawlaczyk, Krzysztof; Oko, Andrzej

2015-01-01

This study aimed to assess cardiac troponin T (cTnT) and hydration state as cardiovascular (CV) risk markers in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Two hundred and forty one patients were divided according to HD vintage into two groups: SV (HD ≤24 months) and LV. Water balance was assessed with overhydration (OH%; bioimpedance analysis) and daily diuresis (DD); CV dysfunction with cTnT and heart ultrasound; nutrition with subjective global assessment (SGA), cholesterol (TC) and albumin. SV had lower OH% (2.8 vs. 3.5, p < 0.05) and higher DD (1,161 vs. 637 ml, p < 0.001), while LV had higher cTnT (0.1 ± 0.04 vs. 0.1 ± 0.07 ng/ml, p < 0.05) and lower interventricular septum thickness (IVS; 13.4 vs. 14.5 mm, p < 0.05). Nutritional state as reflected by lower TC was worse in LV (184.7 vs. 169.5 mg/dl, p < 0.05). Mortality was higher in patients in the LV group (15 vs. 27 deaths, p < 0.05). OH% correlated inversely with albumin (r = -0.36, p < 0.001), TC (r = -0.31, p < 0.001) and cTnT (r = -0.4, p < 0.001). cTnT correlated positively with IVS (r = 0.39, p < 0.001), SGA (r = 0.23, p = 0.001) and mortality rate (r = 0.21, p < 0.01), and negatively with DD (r = -0.34, p < 0.001) and albumin (r = -0.25, p < 0.001). Longer dialysis vintage associates with CV dysfunction, overhydration and increased mortality, which may be predicted with OH% and cTnT. Video Journal Club ‘Cappuccino with Claudio Ronco' at http://www.karger.com/?doi=376603.

Surgical outcomes in two different age groups with Focal Cortical Dysplasia type II: Any real difference?

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Ramírez-Molina, Jorge Luis; Di Giacomo, Roberta; Mariani, Valeria; Deleo, Francesco; Cardinale, Francesco; Uscátegui-Daccarett, Angélica María; Lorenzana, Pablo; Tassi, Laura

2017-05-01

Focal Cortical Dysplasias (FCDs) represent a common architectural cortical disorder underlying drug-resistant focal epilepsy. So far, studies aimed at evaluating whether age at surgery is a factor influencing surgical outcome are lacking, so that data on the comparison between patients harboring Type II FCD operated at younger age and those operated at adult age are still scarce. We compared presurgical clinical features and surgical outcomes of patients with histopathologically diagnosed Type II FCD undergoing surgery at an earlier age with those operated after 20 years of age. We retrospectively analyzed 1660 consecutive patients operated at the "Claudio Munari" Epilepsy Surgery Centre. There were 289 patients (17.4%) with a neuropathological diagnosis of Type II FCD. We included two different groups of patients, the first one including patients operated on at less than 6years, the second sharing the same seizure onset age but with delayed surgery, carried out after the age of 20. Seizure characteristics and, neuropsychological and postoperative seizure outcomes were evaluated by study group. Forty patients underwent surgery before the age of 6 and 66 patients after the age of 20. Surgical outcome was favorable in the whole population (72.6% were classified in Engel's Class Ia+Ic), independently from age at surgery. In the children group, 32 patients were classified in Class I, including 30 (75%) children in classes Ia and Ic. In the adult group, 53 belonged to Class I of whom 47 (71%) were in classes Ia and Ic. The percentage of permanent complications, the surgical outcomes, and AED withdrawal did not significantly differ by study group. Our results indicate that there is no difference between the groups, suggesting that outcome depends mainly on the histological findings and not on timing of surgery. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Selected excerpts from the proceedings of the international symposium on safety cases for deep disposal of radioactive waste: where do we stand? 23-25 January 2007, Paris, France, Organised by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development/Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD/NEA) with the co-operation of the European Commission (EC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

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Pescatore, Claudio; ); Ruiz, Carmen

2008-01-01

Claudio Pescatore from NEA summarised the main results of a workshop organised by the Regulator's Forum in 2006 on Regulating for the Long-Term Safety of Geologic Disposal of Radioactive Waste. Workshop participants demonstrated the diversity of regulatory processes and policies across nations, which can be attributed primarily to the diversity of the socio-economic context. It was recommended that instead of focusing solely on the regulator, it is the regulatory system (i.e. a multi-actor societal decision-making process), which should be internationally compared. It was acknowledged that active institutional control cannot be maintained for the lifetime of long-lived waste, and no verifiable guarantee of safety can be provided for times when controls are no longer in place. Therefore, licensing of a geological disposal facility may be seen as an act of trust in the technology and the regulatory system, taken by the current generation on behalf of future generations. Mr Pescatore set forth further conclusions of the workshop, regarding safety indicators, timescales, and overall approaches. Since quantitative indicators characterising the effectiveness of radiological protection, including dose and risk, are no longer good measures of detriment and are subject to high uncertainty in the long-term, emphasis has been shifted to qualitative process/system indicators, for example, indicators related to the Best Available Techniques (BAT). Concerning timescales, workshop participants viewed that our duty to protect future generations does not weaken over time. Our capacity, however, to fulfil this duty is weaker with respect to far future generations. This discrepancy can be handled by recent generations' carrying out duties that can be reasonably performed, while transferring others to subsequent generations, along with resources needed to fulfil them. Since it seems likely that implementing a disposal facility may involve several generations, stepwise decision making

El Templum Divi Claudii. Decoración y elementos arquitectónicos para su reconstrucción

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Domingo, Javier Á.

2011-12-01

Full Text Available To date, little data of the Templum Divi Claudii has been available. It was dedicated by Agrippina to her deified dead husband. Nothing but a schematic drawing of the FUR of the temple, done in the 16th century, as well as a few fragments of the same marble floor, belonging to the temenos. However, thanks to the discovery of some decorative architectural elements of the temple, we can finally make a volumetric reconstruction of the monument and find out how its construction fully followed the gigantic architectural tradition started by Augustus with the temple of Mars Ultor. Its measurements, virtually identical to those of this temple, also offer the possibility of linking the emperors Claudius and Vespasian, the restorer of the Claudianum, to Augustus.Hasta el momento disponíamos de pocos datos del Templum Divi Claudii, dedicado por Agripina a su difunto esposo divinizado; apenas un esquemático dibujo realizado en el s. XVI de la pieza de la FUR correspondiente al templo, así como algunos escasos fragmentos de esta misma planta marmórea correspondientes al temenos. Sin embargo, gracias a la localización de algunos elementos de la decoración arquitectónica del templo, ahora, finalmente, podemos realizar una reconstrucción volumétrica del edificio y descubrir cómo su construcción participó plenamente de la tradición de la arquitectura gigantesca iniciada por Augusto con el templo de Mars Ultor. Sus medidas, prácticamente idénticas a las de este templo, ofrecen además la posibilidad de vincular a los emperadores Claudio y Vespasiano, restaurador del Claudianum, con Augusto.

Genetic aspects of athletic performance: the African runners phenomenon

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Vancini RL

2014-05-01

Full Text Available Rodrigo Luiz Vancini,1 João Bosco Pesquero,2 Rafael Júlio Fachina,3,4 Marília dos Santos Andrade,1 João Paulo Borin,3 Paulo César Montagner,3 Claudio Andre Barbosa de Lira51Centro de Educação Física e Desportos, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil; 2Departamento de Biofísica, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; 3Departamento de Ciência do Esporte, Faculdade de Educação Física, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil; 4Confederação Brasileira de Basquetebol, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 5Setor de Fisiologia Humana e do Exercício, Faculdade de Educação Física, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, BrazilAbstract: The current dominance of African runners in long-distance running is an intriguing phenomenon that highlights the close relationship between genetics and physical performance. Many factors in the interesting interaction between genotype and phenotype (eg, high cardiorespiratory fitness, higher hemoglobin concentration, good metabolic efficiency, muscle fiber composition, enzyme profile, diet, altitude training, and psychological aspects have been proposed in the attempt to explain the extraordinary success of these runners. Increasing evidence shows that genetics may be a determining factor in physical and athletic performance. But, could this also be true for African long-distance runners? Based on this question, this brief review proposed the role of genetic factors (mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid, the Y chromosome, and the angiotensin-converting enzyme and the alpha-actinin-3 genes in the amazing athletic performance observed in African runners, especially the Kenyans and Ethiopians, despite their environmental constraints.Keywords: genes, genotype, physical exercise, endurance runners

Home visit program improves technique survival in peritoneal dialysis.

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Martino, Francesca; Adıbelli, Z; Mason, G; Nayak, A; Ariyanon, W; Rettore, E; Crepaldi, Carlo; Rodighiero, Mariapia; Ronco, Claudio

2014-01-01

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a home therapy, and technique survival is related to the adherence to PD prescription at home. The presence of a home visit program could improve PD outcomes. We evaluated its effects on clinical outcome during 1 year of follow-up. This was a case-control study. The case group included all 96 patients who performed PD in our center on January 1, 2013, and who attended a home visit program; the control group included all 92 patients who performed PD on January 1, 2008. The home visit program consisted of several additional visits to reinforce patients' confidence in PD management in their own environment. Outcomes were defined as technique failure, peritonitis episode, and hospitalization. Clinical and dialysis features were evaluated for each patient. The case group was significantly older (p = 0.048), with a lower grade of autonomy (p = 0.033), but a better hemoglobin level (p = 0.02) than the control group. During the observational period, we had 11 episodes of technique failure. We found a significant reduction in the rate of technique failure in the case group (p = 0.004). Furthermore, survival analysis showed a significant extension of PD treatment in the patients supported by the home visit program (52 vs. 48.8 weeks, p = 0.018). We did not find any difference between the two groups in terms of peritonitis and hospitalization rate; however, trends toward a reduction of Gram-positive peritonitis rates as well as prevalence and duration of hospitalization related to PD problems were identified in the case group. The retrospective nature of the analysis was a limitation of this study. The home visit program improves the survival of PD patients and could reduce the rate of Gram-positive peritonitis and hospitalization. Video Journal Club "Cappuccino with Claudio Ronco" at http://www.karger.com/?doi=365168.

Mithramycin encapsulated in polymeric micelles by microfluidic technology as novel therapeutic protocol for beta-thalassemia

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Capretto L

2012-01-01

Full Text Available Lorenzo Capretto1, Stefania Mazzitelli2, Eleonora Brognara2, Ilaria Lampronti2, Dario Carugo1, Martyn Hill1, Xunli Zhang1, Roberto Gambari2, Claudio Nastruzzi31Engineering Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK; 2Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 3Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, ItalyAbstract: This report shows that the DNA-binding drug, mithramycin, can be efficiently encapsulated in polymeric micelles (PM-MTH, based on Pluronic® block copolymers, by a new microfluidic approach. The effect of different production parameters has been investigated for their effect on PM-MTH characteristics. The compared analysis of PM-MTH produced by microfluidic and conventional bulk mixing procedures revealed that microfluidics provides a useful platform for the production of PM-MTH with improved controllability, reproducibility, smaller size, and polydispersity. Finally, an investigation of the effects of PM-MTH, produced by microfluidic and conventional bulk mixing procedures, on the erythroid differentiation of both human erythroleukemia and human erythroid precursor cells is reported. It is demonstrated that PM-MTH exhibited a slightly lower toxicity and more pronounced differentiative activity when compared to the free drug. In addition, PM-MTH were able to upregulate preferentially γ-globin messenger ribonucleic acid production and to increase fetal hemoglobin (HbF accumulation, the percentage of HbF-containing cells, and their HbF content without stimulating α-globin gene expression, which is responsible for the clinical symptoms of ß-thalassemia. These results represent an important first step toward a potential clinical application, since an increase in HbF could alleviate the symptoms underlying ß-thalassemia and sickle cell anemia. In conclusion, this report suggests that PM-MTH produced by microfluidic approach warrants further evaluation as a potential therapeutic protocol

The challenge of perioperative pain management in opioid-tolerant patients

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Coluzzi F

2017-09-01

Full Text Available Flaminia Coluzzi,1 Francesca Bifulco,2 Arturo Cuomo,2 Mario Dauri,3 Claudio Leonardi,4 Rita Maria Melotti,5 Silvia Natoli,3 Patrizia Romualdi,6 Gennaro Savoia,7 Antonio Corcione8 1Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Unit of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Polo Pontino, Latina, 2National Cancer Institute “G Pascale” Foundation, Unit of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Naples, 3Department of Clinical Science and Translational Medicine, Tor Vergata University of Rome, 4Addiction Disease Department, Local Health Unit (ASL Rome 2, Rome, 5Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, 6Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, 7Department Anesthesia, Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Naples, 8Unit of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Dei Colli Hospital, V. Monaldi, Naples, Italy Abstract: The increasing number of opioid users among chronic pain patients, and opioid abusers among the general population, makes perioperative pain management challenging for health care professionals. Anesthesiologists, surgeons, and nurses should be familiar with some pharmacological phenomena which are typical of opioid users and abusers, such as tolerance, physical dependence, hyperalgesia, and addiction. Inadequate pain management is very common in these patients, due to common prejudices and fears. The target of preoperative evaluation is to identify comorbidities and risk factors and recognize signs and symptoms of opioid abuse and opioid withdrawal. Clinicians are encouraged to plan perioperative pain medications and to refer these patients to psychiatrists and addiction specialists for their evaluation. The aim of this review was to give practical suggestions for perioperative management of surgical opioid-tolerant patients, together with schemes of opioid conversion for chronic pain patients assuming oral or transdermal opioids, and

Bismuth oxide aqueous colloidal nanoparticles inhibit Candida albicans growth and biofilm formation

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Hernandez-Delgadillo R

2013-04-01

Full Text Available Rene Hernandez-Delgadillo,1 Donaji Velasco-Arias,3 Juan Jose Martinez-Sanmiguel,2 David Diaz,3 Inti Zumeta-Dube,3 Katiushka Arevalo-Niño,1 Claudio Cabral-Romero2 1Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto de Biotecnologia, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, UANL, Monterrey, Mexico; 2Facultad de Odontología, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, UANL, Monterrey, México; 3Facultad de Quimica, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, UNAM, Distrito Federal, México Abstract: Multiresistance among microorganisms to common antimicrobials has become one of the most significant concerns in modern medicine. Nanomaterials are a new alternative to successfully treat the multiresistant microorganisms. Nanostructured materials are used in many fields, including biological sciences and medicine. Recently, it was demonstrated that the bactericidal activity of zero-valent bismuth colloidal nanoparticles inhibited the growth of Streptococcus mutans; however the antimycotic potential of bismuth nanostructured derivatives has not yet been studied. The main objective of this investigation was to analyze the fungicidal activity of bismuth oxide nanoparticles against Candida albicans, and their antibiofilm capabilities. Our results showed that aqueous colloidal bismuth oxide nanoparticles displayed antimicrobial activity against C. albicans growth (reducing colony size by 85% and a complete inhibition of biofilm formation. These results are better than those obtained with chlorhexidine, nystatin, and terbinafine, the most effective oral antiseptic and commercial antifungal agents. In this work, we also compared the antimycotic activities of bulk bismuth oxide and bismuth nitrate, the precursor metallic salt. These results suggest that bismuth oxide colloidal nanoparticles could be a very interesting candidate as a fungicidal agent to be incorporated into an oral antiseptic. Additionally, we determined the minimum inhibitory concentration for the synthesized

Descriptive epidemiology of injuries in a Brazilian premier league soccer team

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Fachina RJ

2013-06-01

Full Text Available Rafael Júlio de Freitas Guina Fachina,1,2 Marília dos Santos Andrade,3 Fernando Roberto Silva,4 Silas Waszczuk-Junior,4 Paulo César Montagner,1 João Paulo Borin,1 Claudio Andre Barbosa de Lira5 1Departamento de Ciência do Esporte, Faculdade de Educação Física, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil; 2Confederação Brasileira de Basketball (CBB, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 3Departamento de Fisiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; 4Grêmio Barueri Futebol LTDA, Barueri, Brazil; 5Setor de Fisiologia Humana e do Exercício, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Câmpus Jataí, Jataí, Brazil Abstract: Soccer, which has a large number of participants, has a high injury incidence that causes both financial and time burdens. Therefore, knowledge about the epidemiology of soccer injuries could allow sports-medicine professionals, such as physicians and physiotherapists, to direct their work in specific preventive programs. Thus, our aim was to conduct an epidemiological survey of injuries sustained by professional soccer players from the same team who participated in the Brazilian championship premier league in 2009. To this end, we evaluated retrospectively player medical records from the team, which included name, date of birth, position, date of injury, mechanism of injury, and type of injury. In the period of study, 95 injuries were recorded: 42 (44.2% were recorded during matches, and 53 (55.8% during the training period. Injuries occurred more frequently in midfielders and strikers. All injuries happened in the lower limb, most of the injuries were muscular, and most occurred as the result of collisions with other athletes. In summary, this study demonstrates that there is a need for greater safety awareness in the training environment. Keywords: injuries, epidemiology, soccer players

Management of achalasia

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Luca Dughera

2011-02-01

Full Text Available Luca Dughera1, Michele Chiaverina1, Luca Cacciotella1, Fabio Cisarò21Internal Medicine, Motility and Endoscopy Unit, 2Gastroenterology and Hepatology Unit, Department of Medicine, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, Torino, ItalyAbstract: Several theories on the etiology and pathophysiology of achalasia have been reported but, to date, it is widely accepted that loss of peristalsis and absence of swallow-induced relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter are the main functional abnormalities. Treatment of achalasia often aims to alleviate the symptoms of achalasia and not to correct the underlying disorder. Medical therapy has poor efficacy, so patients who are good surgical candidates should be offered either laparoscopic myotomy or pneumatic balloon dilatation. Their own preference should be included in the decision-making process, and treatment should meet the local expertise with these procedures. Laparoscopic surgical esophagomyotomy is a safe and effective modality. It can be considered as initial management or as secondary treatment if the patient does not respond to less invasive modalities. Pneumatic dilatation has proven to be a safe, effective, and durable modality of treatment when performed by experienced individuals, and appears to be the most cost-effective alternative. For patients with multiple comorbidities and for elderly patients, who are not good surgical candidates, endoscopic injection of botulinum toxin should be considered a safe and effective procedure. However, its positive effect diminishes over time, and the need for multiple repeated sessions must be taken into consideration. In the management of patients with achalasia, nutritional aspects play an important role. When lifestyle changes are insufficient, it is necessary to proceed to percutaneous gastrostomy under radiological guidance. In the future, intraluminal myotomy or endoscopic mucosectomy will possibly be an option. Further studies are needed to investigate

The impact of internalizing symptoms on autistic traits in adolescents with restrictive anorexia nervosa

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Calderoni S

2015-01-01

Full Text Available Sara Calderoni,1,* Pamela Fantozzi,1,* Giulia Balboni,2 Veronica Pagni,1 Emilio Franzoni,3 Fabio Apicella,1 Antonio Narzisi,1 Sandra Maestro,1 Filippo Muratori1,4 1IRCCS Stella Maris Foundation, 2Department of Surgery, Medical, Molecular and Critical Area Pathology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; 3Child Neuropsychiatric Unit, Women, Children and Adolescents Health Department, University Hospital S Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy; 4Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy *These authors contributed equally to this work Background: Although previous studies indicated a positive association between restrictive anorexia-nervosa (AN-R and autistic traits, the potential interference of psychiatric internalizing comorbidity on this association is not yet fully investigated.Materials and methods: The aim of this study was to explore autistic traits and internalizing psychopathology in adolescents (age range: 11.7–17.2 years with AN-R. Twenty-five patients referred to two tertiary-care hospitals were compared to a large control group (N=170 with no differences in age and sex. AN-R patients and controls filled out instruments assessing autistic traits (autism spectrum quotient [AQ], psychopathology (youth self-report [YSR] 11–18, and eating patterns (eating attitude test [EAT]. In order to disentangle the possible mediating role of internalizing symptoms on autistic traits, two separate control groups (called True and False healthy control, both composed of 25 eating-problem-free participants were derived from the whole control group on the basis of the presence or absence of internalizing problems in the YSR.Results: AN-R patients scored significantly higher on AQ compared to the whole control group and to controls without internalizing problems (True HC, but these differences disappeared when only controls with internalizing problems (False HC were considered.Conclusion: Autistic traits in AN

Differences in psychopathology and behavioral characteristics of patients affected by conversion motor disorder and organic dystonia

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Pastore A

2018-05-01

Full Text Available Adriana Pastore, Grazia Pierri, Giada Fabio, Silvia Ferramosca, Angelo Gigante, Maria Superbo, Roberta Pellicciari, Francesco Margari Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy Purpose: Typically, the diagnosis of conversion motor disorder (CMD is achieved by the exclusion of a wide range of organic illnesses rather than by applying positive criteria. New diagnostic criteria are highly needed in this scenario. The main aim of this study was to explore the use of behavioral features as an inclusion criterion for CMD, taking into account the relationship of the patients with physicians, and comparing the results with those from patients affected by organic dystonia (OD. Patients and methods: Patients from the outpatient Movement Disorder Service were assigned to either the CMD or the OD group based on Fahn and Williams criteria. Differences in sociodemographics, disease history, psychopathology, and degree of satisfaction about care received were assessed. Patient–neurologist agreement about the etiological nature of the disorder was also assessed using the k-statistic. A logistic regression analysis estimated the discordance status as a predictor to case/control status. Results: In this study, 31 CMD and 31 OD patients were included. CMD patients showed a longer illness life span, involvement of more body regions, higher comorbidity with anxiety, depression, and borderline personality disorder, as well as higher negative opinions about physicians’ delivering of proper care. Contrary to our expectations, CMD disagreement with neurologists about the etiological nature of the disorder was not statistically significant. Additional analysis showed that having at least one personality disorder was statistically associated with the discordance status. Conclusion: This study suggests that CMD patients show higher conflicting behavior toward physicians. Contrary to our

Posterior composite restoration update: focus on factors influencing form and function

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Bohaty BS

2013-05-01

Full Text Available Brenda S Bohaty,1,2 Qiang Ye,3 Anil Misra,3,4 Fabio Sene,6 Paulette Spencer3,51Department of Pediatric Dentistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry, Kansas City, MO, USA; 2Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USA; 3Bioengineering Research Center, 4Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, 5Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA; 6Department of Restorative Dentistry, State University of Londrina, School of Dentistry, Londrina, BrazilAbstract: Restoring posterior teeth with resin-based composite materials continues to gain popularity among clinicians, and the demand for such aesthetic restorations is increasing. Indeed, the most common aesthetic alternative to dental amalgam is resin composite. Moderate to large posterior composite restorations, however, have higher failure rates, more recurrent caries, and increased frequency of replacement. Investigators across the globe are researching new materials and techniques that will improve the clinical performance, handling characteristics, and mechanical and physical properties of composite resin restorative materials. Despite such attention, large to moderate posterior composite restorations continue to have a clinical lifetime that is approximately one-half that of the dental amalgam. While there are numerous recommendations regarding preparation design, restoration placement, and polymerization technique, current research indicates that restoration longevity depends on several variables that may be difficult for the dentist to control. These variables include the patient's caries risk, tooth position, patient habits, number of restored surfaces, the quality of the tooth–restoration bond, and the ability of the restorative material to produce a sealed tooth–restoration interface. Although clinicians tend to focus on tooth form when evaluating the success and failure of

RAI1 gene mutations: mechanisms of Smith–Magenis Syndrome

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Falco M

2017-11-01

Full Text Available Mariateresa Falco,1,* Sonia Amabile,1,* Fabio Acquaviva2 1Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy; 2Department of Translational Medical Sciences (DISMET, Section of Pediatric Clinical Genetics, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy *These authors contributed equally to this work Abstract: Smith–Magenis syndrome (SMS; OMIM #182290 is a complex genetic disorder characterized by distinctive physical features, developmental delay, cognitive impairment, and a typical behavioral phenotype. SMS is caused by interstitial 17p11.2 deletions, encompassing multiple genes and including the retinoic acid-induced 1 gene (RAI1, or by mutations in RAI1 itself. About 10% of all the SMS patients, in fact, carry an RAI1 mutation responsible for the phenotype. RAI1 (OMIM *607642 is a dosage-sensitive gene expressed in many tissues and highly conserved among species. Over the years, several studies have demonstrated that RAI1 (or its homologs in animal models acts as a transcriptional factor implicated in embryonic neurodevelopment, neuronal differentiation, cell growth and cell cycle regulation, bone and skeletal development, lipid and glucose metabolisms, behavioral functions, and circadian activity. Patients with RAI1 pathogenic variants show some phenotypic differences when compared to those carrying the typical deletion. They usually have lower incidence of hypotonia and less cognitive impairment than those with 17p11.2 deletions but more frequently show the behavioral characteristics of the syndrome and overeating issues. These differences reflect the primary pathogenetic role of RAI1 without the pathogenetic contribution of the other genes included in the typical 17p11.2 deletion. The better comprehension of physiological roles of RAI1, its molecular co-workers and interactors, and its contribution in determining the typical SMS phenotype will certainly open a new path

Active home-based cancer treatment

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Bordonaro S

2012-06-01

Full Text Available Sebastiano Bordonaro Fabio Raiti, Annamaria Di Mari, Calogera Lopiano, Fabrizio Romano, Vitalinda Pumo, Sebastiano Rametta Giuliano, Margherita Iacono, Eleonora Lanteri, Elena Puzzo, Sebastiano Spada, Paolo TralongoUOC Medical Oncology, RAO, ASP 8 Siracusa, ItalyBackground: Active home-based treatment represents a new model of health care. Chronic treatment requires continuous access to facilities that provide cancer care, with considerable effort, particularly economic, on the part of patients and caregivers. Oral chemotherapy could be limited as a consequence of poor compliance and adherence, especially by elderly patients.Methods: We selected 30 cancer patients referred to our department and treated with oral therapy (capecitabine, vinorelbine, imatinib, sunitinib, sorafenib, temozolomide, ibandronate. This pilot study of oral therapy in the patient’s home was undertaken by a doctor and two nurses with experience in clinical oncology. The instruments used were clinical diaries recording home visits, hospital visits, need for caregiver support, and a questionnaire specially developed by the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC, known as the QLQ-C30 version 2.0, concerning the acceptability of oral treatment from the patient’s perspective.Results: This program decreased the need to access cancer facilities by 98.1%, promoted better quality of life for patients, as reflected in increased EORTC QLQ-C30 scores over time, allowing for greater adherence to oral treatment as a result of control of drug administration outside the hospital. This model has allowed treatment of patients with difficult access to care (elderly, disabled or otherwise needed caregivers that in the project represent the majority (78% of these.Conclusions: This model of active home care improves quality of life and adherence with oral therapy, reduces the need to visit the hospital, and consequently decreases the number of lost hours of work on

Negatively charged silver nanoparticles with potent antibacterial activity and reduced toxicity for pharmaceutical preparations

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Salvioni L

2017-03-01

Full Text Available Lucia Salvioni,1 Elisabetta Galbiati,1 Veronica Collico,1 Giulia Alessio,1 Svetlana Avvakumova,1 Fabio Corsi,2,3 Paolo Tortora,1 Davide Prosperi,1 Miriam Colombo1 1Nanobiolab, Department of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, 2Biological and Clinical Science Department, University of Milan, Milano, 3Surgery Department, Breast Unit, IRCCS S Maugeri Foundation, Pavia, Italy Background: The discovery of new solutions with antibacterial activity as efficient and safe alternatives to common preservatives (such as parabens and to combat emerging infections and drug-resistant bacterial pathogens is highly expected in cosmetics and pharmaceutics. Colloidal silver nanoparticles (NPs are attracting interest as novel effective antimicrobial agents for the prevention of several infectious diseases.Methods: Water-soluble, negatively charged silver nanoparticles (AgNPs were synthesized by reduction with citric and tannic acid and characterized by transmission electron microscopy, dynamic light scattering, zeta potential, differential centrifuge sedimentation, and ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy. AgNPs were tested with model Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria in comparison to two different kinds of commercially available AgNPs.Results: In this work, AgNPs with higher antibacterial activity compared to the commercially available colloidal silver solutions were prepared and investigated. Bacteria were plated and the antibacterial activity was tested at the same concentration of silver ions in all samples. The AgNPs did not show any significant reduction in the antibacterial activity for an acceptable time period. In addition, AgNPs were transferred to organic phase and retained their antibacterial efficacy in both aqueous and nonaqueous media and exhibited no toxicity in eukaryotic cells.Conclusion: We developed AgNPs with a 20 nm diameter and negative zeta potential with powerful antibacterial activity and low toxicity compared

Advances in diagnosis and treatment of trigeminal neuralgia

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Montano N

2015-02-01

Full Text Available Nicola Montano,1 Giulio Conforti,1 Rina Di Bonaventura,1 Mario Meglio,2 Eduardo Fernandez,1 Fabio Papacci1 1Institute of Neurosurgery, Catholic University, Rome, 2Institute of Neurosurgery, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy Abstract: Various drugs and surgical procedures have been utilized for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia (TN. Despite numerous available approaches, the results are not completely satisfying. The need for more contemporaneous drugs to control the pain attacks is a common experience. Moreover, a number of patients become drug resistant, needing a surgical procedure to treat the neuralgia. Nonetheless, pain recurrence after one or more surgical operations is also frequently seen. These facts reflect the lack of the precise understanding of the TN pathogenesis. Classically, it has been related to a neurovascular compression at the trigeminal nerve root entry-zone in the prepontine cistern. However, it has been evidenced that in the pain onset and recurrence, various neurophysiological mechanisms other than the neurovascular conflict are involved. Recently, the introduction of new magnetic resonance techniques, such as voxel-based morphometry, diffusion tensor imaging, three-dimensional time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography, and fluid attenuated inversion recovery sequences, has provided new insight about the TN pathogenesis. Some of these new sequences have also been used to better preoperatively evidence the neurovascular conflict in the surgical planning of microvascular decompression. Moreover, the endoscopy (during microvascular decompression and the intraoperative computed tomography with integrated neuronavigation (during percutaneous procedures have been recently introduced in the challenging cases. In the last few years, efforts have been made in order to better define the optimal target when performing the gamma knife radiosurgery. Moreover, some authors have also evidenced that

Targeted tumor imaging of anti-CD20-polymeric nanoparticles developed for the diagnosis of B-cell malignancies

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Capolla S

2015-06-01

Full Text Available Sara Capolla,1 Chiara Garrovo,2 Sonia Zorzet,1 Andrea Lorenzon,3 Enrico Rampazzo,4 Ruben Spretz,5 Gabriele Pozzato,6 Luis Núñez,7 Claudio Tripodo,8 Paolo Macor,1,9 Stefania Biffi2 1Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, 2Institute for Maternal and Child Health – IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste, 3Animal Care Unit, Cluster in Biomedicine (CBM scrl, Trieste, Italy; 4Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; 5LNK Chemsolutions LLC, Lincoln, NE, USA; 6Department of Medical, Surgery and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy; 7Bio-Target, Inc., University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA; 8Department of Human Pathology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy; 9Callerio Foundation Onlus, Institutes of Biological Researches, Trieste, Italy Abstract: The expectations of nanoparticle (NP-based targeted drug delivery systems in cancer, when compared with convectional therapeutic methods, are greater efficacy and reduced drug side effects due to specific cellular-level interactions. However, there are conflicting literature reports on enhanced tumor accumulation of targeted NPs, which is essential for translating their applications as improved drug-delivery systems and contrast agents in cancer imaging. In this study, we characterized biodegradable NPs conjugated with an anti-CD20 antibody for in vivo imaging and drug delivery onto tumor cells. NPs’ binding specificity mediated by anti-CD20 antibody was evaluated on MEC1 cells and chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients’ cells. The whole-body distribution of untargeted NPs and anti-CD20 NPs were compared by time-domain optical imaging in a localized human/mouse model of B-cell malignancy. These studies provided evidence that NPs’ functionalization by an anti-CD20 antibody improves tumor pharmacokinetic profiles in vivo after systemic administration and increases in vivo imaging of tumor mass compared to non-targeted NPs. Together

Radon thematic days - Conference proceedings

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2011-03-01

This document brings together the available presentations given at the Radon thematic days organized by the French society of radiation protection (SFRP). Twenty five presentations (slides) are compiled in the document and deal with: 1 - General introduction about radon (Sebastien Baechler, IRA); 2 - Survey of epidemiological studies (Dominique Laurier, IRSN); 3 - Dosimetric model (Eric Blanchardon, Estelle Davesne, IRSN); 4 - Radon issue in Franche-Comte: measurement of the domestic exposure and evaluation of the associated health impact (Francois Clinard, InVS); 5 - WHO's (World Health Organization) viewpoint in limiting radon exposure in homes (Ferid Shannoun, OMS); 6 - Radon measurement techniques (Roselyne Ameon, IRSN); 7 - Quality of radon measurements (Francois Bochud, IRA); 8 - International recommendations (Jean-Francois Lecomte, IRSN); 9 - Radon management strategy in Switzerland - 1994-2014 (Christophe Murith, OFSP); 10 - 2011-2015 action plan for radon risk management (Jean-Luc Godet, Eric Dechaux, ASN); 11 - Radon at work place in Switzerland (Lisa Pedrazzi, SUVA); 12 - Strategies of radiation protection optimization in radon exposure situations (Cynthia Reaud, CEPN); 13 - Mapping of the radon potential of geologic formations in France (Geraldine Ielsch, IRSN); 14 - Radon database in Switzerland (Martha Gruson, OFSP); 15 - Radon 222 in taps water (Jeanne Loyen, IRSN); 16 - Buildings protection methods (Bernard Collignan, CSTB, Roselyne Ameon, IRSN); 17 - Preventive and sanitation measures in Switzerland (Claudio Valsangiacomo, SUPSI); 18 - Training and support approach for building specialists (Joelle Goyette-Pernot, Fribourg engineers and architects' school); 19 - Status of radon bulk activity measurements performed between 2005-2010 in public areas (Cyril Pineau, ASN); 20 - Neuchatel Canton experiments (Didier Racine, SENE); 21 - Montbeliard region experience in the radon risk management (Isabelle Netillard, Pays de Montbeliard Agglomeration); 22

The role of health technology assessment bodies in shaping drug development

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Ciani O

2014-11-01

Full Text Available Oriana Ciani,1,3 Claudio Jommi1,2 1Centre for Research on Health and Social Care Management (CERGAS, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy; 2Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy; 3University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK Abstract: The use of health technology assessment (HTA to inform policy-making is established in most developed countries. Compared to licensing agencies, HTA agencies have different interests and, therefore, different evidence requirements. Criteria for coverage or reimbursement decisions on pharmaceutical compounds vary; however, it is common to include, as part of the HTA, a comparative effectiveness evaluation. This type of clinical data might go beyond that required for market authorization, thus creating an additional evidence gap between the regulatory and the reimbursement submission. The relevance of submissions to HTA agencies is consistently increasing in a pharmaceutical company’s perspective, as market prospects are strongly influenced by third-party payers’ coverage. In this study, we aim to describe current HTA activities with a potential impact throughout the drug development process of pharmaceuticals, with a comparative emphasis on the systems in place in Italy and in the UK. Based on an extensive literature and website review, we identified three major classes of HTA activities, beyond mainstream HTA, with the potential to influence the drug development program: 1 horizon scanning and early HTA; 2 bipartite and tripartite early dialogue between manufacturers, regulators, and HTA assessors; and 3 managed market entry agreements. From early stages of clinical research up to postauthorization studies, there is a trend toward increased collaboration between parties, anticipation of market access evidence collection, and postmarketing risk-sharing. Heterogeneity of HTA practices increases the complexity of the market access environment. Overall, there are

Latin American astronomers and the International Astronomical Union

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Torres-Peimbert, S.

2017-07-01

Selected aspects of the participation of the Latin American astronomers in the International Astronomical Union are presented: Membership, Governing bodies, IAU meetings, and other activities. The Union was founded in 1919 with 7 initial member states, soon to be followed by Brazil. In 1921 Mexico joined, and in 1928 Argentina also formed part of the Union, while Chile joined in 1947. In 1961 Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Venezuela were already member countries. At present (October 2016) 72 countries contribute financially to the Union. The Union lists 12,391 professional astronomers as individual members; of those, 692 astronomers work in Latin America and the Caribbean, from 13 member states (Argentina, Bolivia , Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Mexico, Panamá, Perú, Uruguay and Venezuela) as well as from Ecuador and Puerto Rico. This group comprises 5.58% of the total membership, a figure somewhat lower than the fraction of the population in the region, which is 8.6% of the world population. Of the Latin American members, 23.4% are women and 76.6% are men; slightly higher than the whole membership of Union, which is of 16.9%. In the governing bodies it can be mentioned that there have been 2 Presidents of the Union (Jorge Sahade and Silvia Torres-Peimbert), 7 VicePresidents (Guillermo Haro, Jorge Sahade, Manuel Peimbert Claudio Anguita, Silvia Torres-Peimbert, Beatriz Barbuy, and Marta G. Rovira). The IAU meetings held in the region, include 2 General Assemblies (the 1991 XXI GA took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina and the 2009 XXVIII GA, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), 15 Regional Meetings (in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela and Uruguay), 29 Symposia (in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru and Mexico), 5 Colloquia (in Argentina and Mexico), 8 International Schools for Young Astronomers (in Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Honduras and Mexico), and 11 projects sponsored by the Office of Astronomy

Agronomic traits and deoxynivalenol contamination of two tetraploid wheat species (Triticum turgidum spp. durum, Triticum turgidum spp. turanicum grown strictly under low input conditions

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Giovanni Dinelli

2014-09-01

Full Text Available An evaluation of the agronomic performance of two tetraploid wheat varieties (Triticum turgidum spp. durum, Claudio; Triticum turgidum spp. turanicum, Kamut® grown strictly under low input conditions was carried out over three consecutive cropping years. The study reported grain yield values ranging from 1.8 to 2.6 t ha-1. Productivity showed to be primarily affected by environmental conditions, while no differences were observed between the two genotypes. The study of the yield components highlighted that the durum wheat variety had a higher plant density than Kamut®, but this discrepancy was offset by a greater number of kernels per spike and the kernel weight of khorasan wheat. The investigated wheat genotypes were also analysed to assess the mycotoxin (DON levels of wholegrain semolina and the efficiency of cleaning treatments to reduce contamination. Results showed that both wheat varieties had a good hygienic and sanitary quality with a DON content ranging from 0.35 to 1.31 mg kg-1, which was lower than the maximum acceptable level set by the European regulation at 1.75 mg kg-1. In addition, our research work investigated the effects of premilling cleaning procedures, such as water washing and brushing, on mycotoxin levels, which yielded interesting results in terms of decontamination efficiency. These methods were particularly efficient with Kamut® semolina (46-93% DON reduction, suggesting that mycotoxins accumulate in this variety at more superficial levels than in the durum wheat variety. On the whole, our study provided additional knowledge on the traits to be further improved to respond to low input requirements and to enhance the potential adaptability of wheat genotypes to organic agriculture. Our results emphasized the need to develop wheat varieties that can provide adequate performance without high levels of nitrogen inputs by selecting specific traits, such as kernel weight, spike length and kernel/spike. This may help

Conference on participatory wind energy in France and in Germany

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Vohrer, Philipp; Poize, Noemie; Hanus, Dominik; Hallmann, Dieter; Jourdain, Pierre; Ruehl, Martin; Bessiere, Patrick; Guyonnet-Duperat, Philippe; Foerster, Maelle; Partetzke, Matthias; Rumolino, Claudio

2014-01-01

profitable: citizen involvement in Germany and France. Successfully financing (real) citizen wind parks in Germany. What really counts (Matthias Partetzke); 10 - Participatory Investment in Renewable energies in France: General overview, VALOREM's projects (Claudio Rumolino)

Health Services OutPatient Experience questionnaire: factorial validity and reliability of a patient-centered outcome measure for outpatient settings in Italy

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Coluccia A

2014-09-01

Full Text Available Anna Coluccia, Fabio Ferretti, Andrea PozzaDepartment of Medical Sciences, Surgery and Neurosciences, Santa Maria alle Scotte University Hospital, University of Siena, Siena, ItalyPurpose: The patient-centered approach to health care does not seem to be sufficiently developed in the Italian context, and is still characterized by the biomedical model. In addition, there is a lack of validated outcome measures to assess outpatient experience as an aspect common to a variety of settings. The current study aimed to evaluate the factorial validity, reliability, and invariance across sex of the Health Services OutPatient Experience (HSOPE questionnaire, a short ten-item measure of patient-centeredness for Italian adult outpatients. The rationale for unidimensionality of the measure was that it could cover global patient experience as a process common to patients with a variety of diseases and irrespective of the phase of treatment course.Patients and methods: The HSOPE was compiled by 1,532 adult outpatients (51% females, mean age 59.22 years, standard deviation 16.26 receiving care in ten facilities at the Santa Maria alle Scotte University Hospital of Siena, Italy. The sample represented all the age cohorts. Twelve percent were young adults, 57% were adults, and 32% were older adults. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to evaluate factor structure. Reliability was evaluated as internal consistency using Cronbach’s α. Factor invariance was assessed through multigroup analyses.Results: Both exploratory and confirmatory analyses suggested a clearly defined unidimensional structure of the measure, with all the ten items having salient loadings on a single factor. Internal consistency was excellent (α=0.95. Indices of model fit supported a single-factor structure for both male and female outpatient groups. Young adult outpatients had significantly lower scores on perceived patient-centeredness relative to older adults. No

Origin and Evolution of the Elements

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McWilliam, Andrew; Rauch, Michael

2004-09-01

Introduction; List of participants; 1. Mount Wilson Observatory contributions to the study of cosmic abundances of the chemical elements George W. Preston; 2. Synthesis of the elements in stars: B2FH and beyond E. Margaret Burbidge; 3. Stellar nucleosynthesis: a status report 2003 David Arnett; 4. Advances in r-process nucleosynthesis John J. Cowan and Christopher Sneden; 5. Element yields of intermediate-mass stars Richard B. C. Henry; 6. The impact of rotation on chemical abundances in red giant branch stars Corinne Charbonnel; 7. s-processing in AGB stars and the composition of carbon stars Maurizio Busso, Oscar Straniero, Roberto Gallino, and Carlos Abia; 8. Models of chemical evolution Francesca Matteucci; 9. Model atmospheres and stellar abundance analysis Bengt Gustafsson; 10. The light elements: lithium, beryllium, and boron Ann Merchant Boesgaard; 11. Extremely metal-poor stars John E. Norris; 12. Thin and thick galactic disks Poul E. Nissen; 13. Globular clusters and halo field stars Christopher Sneden, Inese I. Ivans and Jon P. Fulbright; 14. Chemical evolution in ω Centauri Verne V. Smith; 15. Chemical composition of the Magellanic Clouds, from young to old stars Vanessa Hill; 16. Detailed composition of stars in dwarf spheroidal galaxies Matthew D. Shetrone; 17. The evolutionary history of Local Group irregular galaxies Eva K. Grebel; 18. Chemical evolution of the old stellar populations of M31 R. Michael Rich; 19. Stellar winds of hot massive stars nearby and beyond the Local Group Fabio Bresolin and Rolf P. Kudritzki; 20. Presolar stardust grains Donald D. Clayton and Larry R. Nittler; 21. Interstellar dust B. T. Draine; 22. Interstellar atomic abundances Edward B. Jenkins; 23. Molecules in the interstellar medium Tommy Wiklind; 24. Metal ejection by galactic winds Crystal L. Martin; 25. Abundances from the integrated light of globular clusters and galaxies Scott C. Trager; 26. Abundances in spiral and irregular galaxies Donald R. Garnett; 27

Fat-free mass change after nutritional rehabilitation in weight losing COPD: role of insulin, C-reactive protein and tissue hypoxia

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Simonetta Baldi

2010-02-01

Full Text Available Simonetta Baldi, Roberto Aquilani, Gian Domenico Pinna, Paolo Poggi, Angelo De Martini, Claudio BruschiDepartment of Pneumology and Biomedical Engineering, Scientific Institute of Montescano, Salvatore Maugeri Foundation I.R.C.C.S. Pavia, ItalyBackground: Fat-free mass (FFM depletion marks the imbalance between tissue protein synthesis and breakdown in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD. To date, the role of essential amino acid supplementation (EAAs in FFM repletion has not been fully acknowledged. A pilot study was undertaken in patients attending pulmonary rehabilitation.Methods: 28 COPD patients with dynamic weight loss > 5% over the last 6 months were randomized to receive EAAs embedded in a 12-week rehabilitation program (EAAs group n = 14, or to the same program without supplementation (C group n = 14. Primary outcome measures were changes in body weight and FFM, using dual X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA.Results: At the 12th week, a body weight increment occurred in 92% and 15% of patients in the EAAs and C group, respectively, with an average increase of 3.8 ± 2.6 kg (P = 0.0002 and −0.1 ± 1.1 kg (P = 0.81, respectively. A FFM increment occurred in 69% and 15% of EAAs and C patients, respectively, with an average increase of 1.5 ± 2.6 kg (P = 0.05 and −0.1 ± 2.3 kg (P = 0.94, respectively. In the EAAs group, FFM change was significantly related to fasting insulin (r2 0.68, P < 0.0005, C-reactive protein (C-RP (r2 = 0.46, P < 0.01, and oxygen extraction tension (PaO2x (r2 = 0.46, P < 0.01 at end of treatment. These three variables were highly correlated in both groups (r > 0.7, P < 0.005 in all tests.Conclusions: Changes in FFM promoted by EAAs are related to cellular energy and tissue oxygen availability in depleted COPD. Insulin, C-RP, and PaO2x must be regarded as clinical markers of an amino acid-stimulated signaling to FFM accretion.Keywords: COPD, pulmonary rehabilitation, branched chain amino acids, insulin, systemic

Apariencia y realidad en Hamlet y Las Meninas

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Antonio PRIETO MARTÍNEZ

2009-11-01

Full Text Available La obra de Shakespeare comenzó a ser estudiada en profundidad a finales del siglo XVII y, sobre todo, en el siglo XVIII. Desde ese siglo hasta el momento actual la investigación en torno a la obra shakesperiana se ha desarrollado hasta tal punto que resulta inabordable. De entre la obra de Shakespeare, Hamlet es probablemente la que suscita mayor interés a causa de su compleja estructura y su contenido ambiguo. Del mismo modo, la obra de Velázquez comenzó a estudiarse con rigor en el siglo XVIII, aunque hasta el siglo XX no se investigan sus características e influencias. Como en el caso de Shakespeare, la bibliografía existente en la actualidad sobre su obra resulta inaccesible para el investigador. De entre todas sus pinturas, Las Meninas, del mismo modo que Hamlet, es la que despierta mayor interés y tiene una proyección universal. Haciendo un recorrido por las investigaciones más importantes realizadas sobre ambas obras en los tres últimos siglos, intento encontrar semejanzas entre ellas, basándome fundamentalmente en su estructura. Apoyando mi investigación en la teoría deconstructivista, según la propuesta de J. Derrida, y siguiendo el esquema formal de ambas obras, propongo el tema general de apariencia y realidad como núcleo de sus semejanzas. Los puntos de analogía entre Hamlet y Las Meninas son, en síntesis, los siguientes: - Texto (expresado en el ser o no ser y el reverso del lienzo sobre el que pinta Velázquez. - El personaje del espectro en Hamlet y el personaje invisible en el cuadro (María Teresa de Austria o el espectador. - Velázquez significante representado en el cuadro y la obra dentro de la obra que representan los cómicos. - El personaje de Claudio, como símbolo del tirano y los reyes representados en el espejo. - Finalmente considero la vigencia y proyección que tienen ambas obras en el mundo actual.

[The Origin of Scientific Notions in the Circle of the Roman Accademiadella Virt¾ around 1550].

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Kulawik, Bernd

2015-06-01

The Origin of Scientific Notions in the Circle of the Roman Accademia della Virtù around 1550. Between c. 1537 and 1555 a group of humanists, clerics, architects and philologists known as the so-called Accademia della Virtù got together in Rome to work on a program which was formulated in a letter by the Sienese humanist Claudio Tolomei in 1542 and published in 1547. Starting out with the intention to understand the only surviving antique book on architecture and architectural theory - Vitruvius' De architectura libri decem - the program describes a series of 24 books, eleven containing the classical text and its translation with commentaries, 13 books systematically illustrating and documenting all known and available material remains from Roman antiquity. This program for a scientific classical archaeology in a modern sense was not only intended to serve the intellectual curiosity of some humanist antiquarians but to help architects and their patrons to develop a new architecture of the same high quality as the idealized Roman examples. To achieve this practical as well as theoretical goal it was obviously necessary to re-create the antique vocabulary of architecture and its rules as well as to unify the contemporary usage of notions and norms in a canon. The first results of this project seem to be the In decem Libros M. Vitruvii Pollionis de Architectura Annotationes by Guillaume Philandrier (Rome, 1544) - up to this day a very valuable explanation of ambiguous parts in the Vitruvian text. Until the 1980s, it was believed that this book was the only outcome of the ambitious project; but then two codices of drawings after antique reliefs were identified as preparations for one of the other 23 volumes - and, because of their systematic approach, regarded as the 'first systematic archaeological book'. Now it seems that there are some other corpora of manuscripts and drawings documenting antique artifacts that should be regarded as results of the Accademia's work

ESCOLA DIFERENCIADA GUARANI: ENTRE O VIVER SEMINAL E O VIVER OCIDENTAL

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Raquel Maria de Oliveira Viçosa

2016-01-01

Full Text Available A construção das escolas diferenciadas da tradição Guarani tem representado um desafio para suas aldeias no interior do Rio Grande do Sul, bem como para as escolas rurais que acompanham esse processo e as universidades envolvidas. Partindo da observação e convivência com duas aldeias indígenas, a de Estrela Velha e a de Salto do Jacuí (investigando infâncias e educação Guarani, encontramos três escolas: a Escola Estadual Indígena de Ensino Fundamental Guarani, em Salto do Jacuí; a Escola Estadual Indígena de Ensino Fundamental Karaí Tata Endy Vera Claudio Acosta, em Estrela Velha, e profissionais da Escola Itaúba, situada no município de Estrela Velha, na qual possuem 6 estudantes indígenas. As duas primeiras estão sendo construídas nas aldeias e trabalham até o quinto ano do Ensino Fundamental. Enquanto são construídas, as crianças saem para escolas não indígenas. Em ambas as escolas diferenciadas, existem professores indígenas e não indígenas que ensinam principalmente língua Guarani, Português e Matemática, situadas no interior do Rio Grande do Sul. Nesse processo, nas duas aldeias, estão implicados lideranças indígenas, crianças e jovens das aldeias, professores Guarani e não indígenas, diretores da rede Estadual de Educação, Karai1 e KunhãKarai, estudantes e pesquisadores do Mestrado em Educação da Universidade de Santa Cruz – UNISC/RS2 , que juntos desenvolvem uma pesquisa-ação e etnográfica que vem acontecendo desde o início de 2013 de modo compartilhado e negociado através do diálogo e da escuta do que pensamos e queremos como escola diferenciada em cada aldeia Guarani. Apresentaremos as observações e diálogos que emergem do pesquisar conjuntamente e que produziram reflexões teóricas acerca do pensar, do viver seminal e ocidental.

The effect of vagal nerve blockade using electrical impulses on glucose metabolism in nondiabetic subjects

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Sathananthan M

2014-07-01

Full Text Available Matheni Sathananthan,1 Sayeed Ikramuddin,2 James M Swain,3,6 Meera Shah,1 Francesca Piccinini,4 Chiara Dalla Man,4 Claudio Cobelli,4 Robert A Rizza,1 Michael Camilleri,5 Adrian Vella1 1Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA; 2Division of General Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA; 3Division of General Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA; 4Department of Information Engineering, University of Padua, Padua, Italy; 5Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA; 6Scottsdale Healthcare Bariatric Center, Scottsdale, AZ, USA Purpose: Vagal interruption causes weight loss in humans and decreases endogenous glucose production in animals. However, it is unknown if this is due to a direct effect on glucose metabolism. We sought to determine if vagal blockade using electrical impulses alters glucose metabolism in humans. Patients and methods: We utilized a randomized, cross-over study design where participants were studied after 2 weeks of activation or inactivation of vagal nerve blockade (VNB. Seven obese subjects with impaired fasting glucose previously enrolled in a long-term study to examine the effect of VNB on weight took part. We used a standardized triple-tracer mixed meal to enable measurement of the rate of meal appearance, endogenous glucose production, and glucose disappearance. The 550 kcal meal was also labeled with 111In-diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA to measure gastrointestinal transit. Insulin action and ß-cell responsivity indices were estimated using the minimal model. Results: Integrated glucose, insulin, and glucagon concentrations did not differ between study days. This was also reflected in a lack of effect on β-cell responsivity and insulin action. Furthermore, fasting and postprandial endogenous glucose production, integrated meal appearance, and glucose

Validation of exhaled volatile organic compounds analysis using electronic nose as index of COPD severity

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Finamore P

2018-05-01

Full Text Available Panaiotis Finamore,1 Claudio Pedone,1 Simone Scarlata,1 Alessandra Di Paolo,1 Simone Grasso,2 Marco Santonico,2 Giorgio Pennazza,2 Raffaele Antonelli Incalzi1 1Unit of Geriatrics, Campus Bio-Medico di Roma University, Rome, Italy; 2Unit of Electronics for Sensor Systems, Campus Bio-Medico di Roma University, Rome, Italy Aim: Six-minute walking test distance (6MWD and body mass index, obstruction, dyspnea and exercise (BODE index are measures of functional status in COPD patients, but require space, time and patient’s compliance. Exhaled volatile organic compounds (VOCs analysis via electronic nose is a quick and easy method that has already been used to discriminate COPD phenotypes. The aim of this study is to evaluate whether VOCs analysis can predict functional status and its variation over time in COPD patients.Methods: A monocentric prospective study with 1 year of follow-up was carried out. All patients underwent pulmonary function tests, arterial gas analysis, bioimpedance analysis, 6-minute walking test, and VOCs collection. Exhaled breath was collected with Pneumopipe® and analyzed using BIONOTE electronic nose. Outcomes prediction was performed by k-fold cross-validated partial least square discriminant analysis: accuracy, sensitivity and specificity as well as Cohen’s kappa for agreement were calculated.Results: We enrolled 63 patients, 60.3% men, with a mean age of 71 (SD: 8 years, median BODE index of 1 (interquartile range: 0–3 and mean 6MWD normalized by squared height (n6MWD of 133.5 (SD: 42 m/m2. The BIONOTE predicted baseline BODE score (dichotomized as BODE score <3 or ≥3 with an accuracy of 86% and quartiles of n6MWD with an accuracy of 79%. n6MWD decline more than the median value after 1 year was predicted with an accuracy of 86% by BIONOTE, 52% by Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD class and 78% by combined BIONOTE and GOLD class.Conclusion: Exhaled VOCs analysis identifies classes of BODE

Expectations towards alcohol consumption in school children between 8 and 12 years of age: a descriptive study

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Rodolfo Gerónimo Carrillo

2017-09-01

Full Text Available Resumen INTRODUCCIÓN La Organización Mundial de la Salud señala que el consumo de bebidas alcohólicas en las reuniones sociales es frecuente en muchos lugares del mundo, pudiendo tener consecuencias sanitarias y sociales negativas. El inicio temprano del consumo de alcohol representa un importante factor de riesgo para el desarrollo de patrones de su consumo abusivo. OBJETIVOS Analizar las expectativas hacia el consumo de alcohol e identificar la edad de inicio de su consumo en niños escolares entre ocho y 12 años de edad. MÉTODOS El diseño del estudio fue de tipo exploratorio, descriptivo y transversal. El periodo de recolección de los datos fue desde febrero a marzo de 2016 en las instalaciones de las escuelas primarias Profesores Claudio Cortés Castro y Manuel Díaz Prieto de la ciudad de Villahermosa, Tabasco. Se aplicó el cuestionario de expectativas hacia el alcohol para niños. RESULTADOS La muestra fue de 203 niños. El 28% de ellos ha bebido alcohol alguna vez en la vida. La edad promedio en que consumieron esta bebida fue entre los ocho y los nueve años de edad. La bebida ingerida con más frecuencia fue la cerveza, la que en su mayoría ha sido proporcionada por el padre en lugares de convivencia familiar. Dentro de las expectativas del consumo de alcohol las dimensiones con más puntuación fueron la de agresividad y la de sociabilidad; con menor puntaje resultó la dimensión de estados negativos. CONCLUSIÓN Respecto a las expectativas del consumo de alcohol, los niños piensan que al consumirlo puede presentarse una conducta agresiva y que esto haga que digan groserías, molesten a las demás personas y discutan con las mismas. Por otra parte existen situaciones que produce el alcohol que los niños no logran apreciar en los bebedores, como la tristeza y la vergüenza.

Je ne menge poinct de porcq: Orlando di Lasso’s Early Parody Mass

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Klemen Grabnar

2013-07-01

Full Text Available One of the most remarkable 16th-century composers was Orlando di Lasso (1530/1532–1594, perhaps the most prominent musician of his time. In the second half of the 16th and the early 17th centuries, his works were widespread across Europe, especially in its central and western part. Some of the surviving contemporary sources of Lasso’s music – both printed and manuscript – are preserved in Slovenian libraries and archives. Among them are two incompletely preserved manuscripts, dating from ca. 1600, today kept at the National and University Library in Ljubljana (Ms 232 and Ms 285. They both contain Lasso’s Missa super Je ne menge poinct de porcq, first published in Lasso’s second book of Masses, Quinque missae, by Claudio Merulo in 1570. Interestingly, this early Munich-period Mass is based on a Parisian chanson by Claudin de Sermisy (ca. 1490–1562, whose content is unequivocally scatological. It was quite common for 16th-century composers to base their settings of the Mass Ordinary on pre-existent polyphonic compositions, whether sacred or secular. One of the rare descriptions of this technique – widely known as parody technique – is given in Pietro Cerone’s El melopeo y maestro (1613. It can serve as the basis for an elementary analysis of how Lasso employed Sermisy’s chanson Je ne menge point de porc. The analysis shows that Lasso, for various reasons, does not always follow the established practices as they can be observed from Cerone’s treatise. Nevertheless he demonstrates significant skill in utilising borrowed material to compose his parody Mass. Lasso’s Missa super Je ne menge poinct de porcq is particularly intriguing due to its use of Sermisy’s chanson; what could be the reason for Lasso’s decision to use Sermisy’s profoundly secular chanson in order to compose a Mass setting? Although the answer can be multifaceted (such as an intention to establish a special textual relation between the Mass and the

Heart rate response during a simulated Olympic boxing match is predominantly above ventilatory threshold 2: a cross sectional study

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2013-07-01

Full Text Available Claudio Andre Barbosa de Lira,1 Luiz Fernando Peixinho-Pena,2 Rodrigo Luiz Vancini1,2 Rafael Júlio de Freitas Guina Fachina,3,4 Alexandre Aparecido de Almeida,2 Marília dos Santos Andrade,2 Antonio Carlos da Silva2 1Setor de Fisiologia Humana e do Exercício, Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG, Câmpus Jataí, Jataí, GO, Brazil; 2Departamento de Fisiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; 3Departamento de Ciência do Esporte, Faculdade de Educação Física (FEF, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil; 4Confederação Brasileira de Basketball (CBB, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Abstract: The present study aimed to describe heart rate (HR responses during a simulated Olympic boxing match and examine physiological parameters of boxing athletes. Ten highly trained Olympic boxing athletes (six men and four women performed a maximal graded exercise test on a motorized treadmill to determine maximal oxygen uptake (52.2 mL · kg-1 · min-1 ± 7.2 mL · kg-1 · min-1 and ventilatory thresholds 1 and 2. Ventilatory thresholds 1 and 2 were used to classify the intensity of exercise based on respective HR during a boxing match. In addition, oxygen uptake (VO2 was estimated during the match based on the HR response and the HR-VO2 relationship obtained from a maximal graded exercise test for each participant. On a separate day, participants performed a boxing match lasting three rounds, 2 minutes each, with a 1-minute recovery period between each round, during which HR was measured. In this context, HR and VO2 were above ventilatory threshold 2 during 219.8 seconds ± 67.4 seconds. There was an increase in HR and VO2 as a function of round (round 3 < round 2 < round 1, P < 0.0001.These findings may direct individual training programs for boxing practitioners and other athletes. Keywords: heart rate, physiological profile, intermittent exercise, combat sports, boxing

Central serous chorioretinopathy: a pathogenetic model

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2011-02-01

Full Text Available Antonio Caccavale1, Filippo Romanazzi1, Manuela Imparato1, Angelo Negri2, Anna Morano3, Fabio Ferentini21Department of Ophthalmology, Neuropthalmology and Ocular Immunology Service, 2Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital “C. Cantù”, Abbiategrasso, Milan, Italy; 3University Eye Clinic, Foundation IRCCS San Matteo Hospital, Pavia, ItalyAbstract: Despite numerous studies describing predominantly its demography and clinical course, many aspects of central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR remain unclear. Perhaps the major impediment to finding an effective therapy is the difficulty of performing studies with large enough cohorts, which has meant that clinicians have focused more on therapy than on a deeper understanding of the pathogenesis of the disease. Hypotheses on the pathogenesis of CSCR have ranged from a basic alteration in the choroid to an involvement of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE. Starting from evidence that affected subjects often present a personality prone to stress with altered pituitary–hypothalamic axis response (HPA and that they have higher levels of serum and urinary cortisol and catecholamines than healthy subjects, we hypothesize a cascade of events that may lead to CSCR through hypercoagulability and augmented platelet aggregation. In particular we investigated the role of tissue plasminogen activator, increasing plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1, and plasmin-α2- plasmin inhibitor complexes. We reviewed the different therapeutic approaches, including adrenergic antagonists, carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, mifepristone, ketoconazole, laser photocoagulation, intravitreal injection of bevacizumab, and photodynamic therapy with verteporfin (PDT and our model of pathogenesis seems to be in agreement with the clinical effects obtained from these treatments. In accord with our thesis, we began to treat a group of patients affected by CSCR with low-dose aspirin (75–100 mg, because of its effectiveness in other

Does higher severity really correlate with a worse quality of life in obsessive–compulsive disorder? A meta-regression

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Pozza A

2018-04-01

Full Text Available Andrea Pozza,1 Christine Lochner,2 Fabio Ferretti,1 Alessandro Cuomo,3 Anna Coluccia1 1Department of Medical Sciences, Surgery and Neurosciences, Santa Maria alle Scotte University Hospital of Siena, Siena, Italy; 2SU/UCT MRC Unit on Anxiety and Stress Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa; 3Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Siena School of Medicine and Department of Mental Health, University of Siena Medical Center (AOUS, Siena, Italy Background: Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD is one of the leading causes of disability and reduced quality of life (QOL, with impairment in a number of domains. However, there is a paucity of literature on the association between severity of OCD symptoms and QOL, and the data that do exist are inconsistent. In addition, the role of severity in QOL has not been summarized as yet from a cross-generational perspective (ie, across childhood/adolescence and adulthood. Through meta-regression techniques, the current study summarized evidence about the moderator role of severity of OCD symptoms on differences in global QOL between individuals with OCD and controls. Methods: Online databases were searched, and cross-sectional case–control studies comparing participants of all ages with OCD with controls on self-report QOL measures were included. Random-effect meta-regression techniques were used to comment on the role of illness severity in global QOL in individuals with OCD. Results: Thirteen studies were included. A positive significant association emerged between OCD severity and effect sizes on global QOL: in samples with higher severity, there were narrower differences in QOL between patients with OCD and controls than in samples with lower severity. Such positive association was confirmed by a sensitivity analysis conducted on studies including only adults, where the difference in QOL ratings between patients and controls was significantly narrower

Proceedings of the 19th ASPA Congress, Cremona, June 7-10, 2011

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Guest Editor: Giacomo Pirlo

2011-06-01

Full Text Available The 19th Congress of the Animal Science and Production Association (ASPA, is held in the capital of one of the main European regions for animal production: Cremona. Despite its Gallic origin (Carra = rock, the name Cremona means big cream in modern Italian, in a clear allusion to milk. In this Congress, 153 oral presentations and 165 posters are presented, for a total of 318 scientific contributions. The Congress sessions with their relative number of papers are listed as follows: Animal breeding and genetics 87, Nutrition and feeding 57, Dairy production 40, Meat production 46, Animal welfare, Health and behaviour 37, Poultry and rabbit production 28 and Aquaculture 23. I would like to point out that 4 main lectures will be presented in the Animal breeding and genetics and Nutrition and feeding sessions (two in each, and that the Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura (Agricultural Research Council, the Agricultural Ministery research agency, which took charge of organizing the Congress, will award a prize for the best work here presented by young researchers. I would thank, first of all, Prof. Paolo Cescon, President of the Congress, for the contribution of all the CRA in organizing this event. I would also thank all the members of the Scientific Committee, dr. Riccardo Aleandri (President, dr. Fabio Abeni, dr. Fabiola Canavesi, dr. Giacinto Della Casa and dr. Marisanna Speroni, and of the Organizing Committee, dr. Giovanni Lo Piparo (President, dr. Stefania Barzaghi, dr. Maurizio Capelletti, dr. Giorgio Giraffa and dr. Luciano Migliorati. A special thanks to the secretary components, Maria Dissegna and Patrizia Re, assisted by Claudia Federici, Francesca Petrera, Miriam Odoardi, Maddalena Carli, Caterina Sanna, Stefania Marruso, Leonardo Boselli, Milena Rosi and Aldo Dal Prà. A special acknowlegment to Giacomo Pirlo, the real driving force organizing the Congress, a tireless and enthusiastic embroiderer of opportunities in scientific and

Sugammadex for reversal of neuromuscular blockade: a retrospective analysis of clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness in a single center

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Carron M

2016-02-01

Full Text Available Michele Carron, Fabio Baratto, Francesco Zarantonello, Carlo Ori Department of Medicine, Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Padova, Padova, Italy Objective: The aim of the study is to evaluate the clinical and economic impact of introducing a rocuronium–neostigmine–sugammadex strategy into a cisatracurium–neostigmine regimen for neuromuscular block (NMB management. Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness in five operating rooms at University Hospital of Padova. A clinical outcome evaluation after sugammadex administration as first-choice reversal drug in selected patients (rocuronium–sugammadex and as rescue therapy after neostigmine reversal (rocuronium–neostigmine–sugammadex compared to control was performed. A cost-analysis of NMB management accompanying the introduction of a rocuronium–neostigmine–sugammadex strategy into a cisatracurium–neostigmine regimen was carried out. To such purpose, two periods were compared: 2011–2012, without sugammadex available; 2013–2014, with sugammadex available. A subsequent analysis was performed to evaluate if sugammadex replacing neostigmine as first choice reversal drug is cost-effective. Results: The introduction of a rocuronium–neostigmine–sugammadex strategy into a cisatracurium–neostigmine regimen reduced the average cost of NMB management by 36%, from €20.8/case to €13.3/case. Patients receiving sugammadex as a first-choice reversal drug (3% exhibited significantly better train-of-four ratios at extubation (P<0.001 and were discharged to the surgical ward (P<0.001 more rapidly than controls. The cost-saving of sugammadex as first-choice reversal drug has been estimated to be €2.9/case. Patients receiving sugammadex as rescue therapy after neostigmine reversal (3.2% showed no difference in time to discharge to the surgical ward (P=0.44 compared to controls. No unplanned intensive care unit (ICU

Book Reviews

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Redactie KITLV

2008-12-01

Full Text Available Christoph Antons (ed.; Law and development in East and South-East Asia (Adriaan Bedner David B. Dewitt, Carolina G. Hernandez (eds; Development and security in Southeast Asia (vol. 1 & 2 (Freek Colombijn Lily Kong, Brenda S.A. Yeoh; The politics of landscape in Singapore; Constructions of ‘nation’ (Ben Derudder Andrew Hardy; Red hills; Migrants and the state in the highlands of Vietnam (Hans Hägerdal Hanneman Samuel, Henk Schulte Nordholt (eds; Indonesia in transition; Rethinking ‘civil society’, ‘region’, and ‘crisis’ (david Henley S. Margana; Pujangga Jawa dan bayang-bayang kolonial (Mason Hoadley Karel E.M. Bongenaar; De ontwikkeling van het zelfbesturend landschap in Nederlandsch-Indie: 1855-1942 (Gerry van Klinken Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern; Humors and substances; Ideas of the body in New Guinea (Michael Lieber Wu Xiao An; Chinese business in the making of a Malay state, 1882-1941 (Loh Wei Leng Mikihiro Moriyama; Sundanese print culture and modernity in 19th-century West Java (Julian Millie Yunita T. Winarto; Seeds of knowledge; The beginning of integrated pest management in Java (Simon Platten Jelle Miedema, Ger Reesink; One head, many faces; New perspectives on the Bird’s Head Peninsula of New Guinea (Anton Ploeg Christopher R. Duncan (ed.; Civilizing the margins; Southeast Asian government policies for the development of minorities (Nathan Porath Rosario Mendoza Cortes, Celestina Puyal Boncan, Ricardo Trota Jose; The Filipino saga; History as social change (Portia L. Reyes Stephen Dobbs; The Singapore River; A social history, 1819-2002 (Victor R. Savage Michael Wood; Official history in modern Indonesia; New Order perceptions and counterviews (Henk Schulte Nordholt Claudio O. Delang (ed.; Living at the edge of Thai society; The Karen in the highlands of northern Thailand (Nicholas Tapp Andrew C. Willford, Kenneth M. George (eds; Spirited politics: Religion

Ibuprofen delivered by poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA nanoparticles to human gastric cancer cells exerts antiproliferative activity at very low concentrations

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Bonelli P

2012-11-01

Full Text Available Patrizia Bonelli,1 Franca M Tuccillo,1 Antonella Federico,5 Maria Napolitano,2 Antonella Borrelli,1 Daniela Melisi,6 Maria G Rimoli,6 Raffaele Palaia,3 Claudio Arra,4 Francesco Carinci71Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Viral Oncogenesis; 2Department of Clinical Immunology; 3Department of Gastrointestinal-Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Cancer Oncology Surgery; 4Animal Facility, National Cancer Institute G Pascale, Naples, Italy; 5Microtech Laboratory, Naples, Italy; 6Pharmaceutical and Toxicological Chemistry Department, School of Pharmacy, University "Federico II", Naples, Italy; 7Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, ItalyPurpose: Epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory studies have suggested that ibuprofen, a commonly used nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, inhibits the promotion and proliferation of certain tumors. Recently, we demonstrated the antiproliferative effects of ibuprofen on the human gastric cancer cell line MKN-45. However, high doses of ibuprofen were required to elicit these antiproliferative effects in vitro. The present research compared the antiproliferative effects of ibuprofen delivered freely and released by poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA nanoparticles (NPs in MKN-45 cells.Methods: MKN-45 human gastric adenocarcinoma cells were treated with ibuprofen-loaded PLGA NPs. The proliferation of MKN-45 cells was then assessed by cell counting. The uptake of NPs was imaged by fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry. The release of ibuprofen from ibuprofen-loaded PLGA NPs in the cells was evaluated by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry.Results: Dramatic inhibition of cellular proliferation was observed in cells treated with ibuprofen-loaded PLGA NPs versus those treated with free ibuprofen at the same concentration. The localization of NPs was cytoplasmic. The initiation of ibuprofen release was rapid, commencing within 2 hours, and then increased slowly over time, reaching a maximum

Proceedings of the 20th ASPA Congress, Bologna, June 11-13, 2013

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Guest Editors: A. Piva, P. Bosi, A. Bonaldo, F. Sirri, A. Badiani, G. Biagi, R. Davoli, G. Martelli, A. Meluzzi, P. Trevisi

2013-06-01

Full Text Available The 20th Congress of the Animal Science and Production Association (ASPA, is held in the prestigious home of the oldest university of the world: Bologna. The anniversary also celebrates the 40th year of the founding of the Society and is an occasion to remember the past and plan for the future of Animal Sciences in Italy. In this Congress, 137 oral presentations and 155 posters are presented, for a total of 292 scientific contributions. The Congress sessions with their relative number of papers are listed as follows: Animal breeding and genetics 109, Nutrition and feeding 45, Dairy production 42, Animal welfare, health and behaviour 39, Meat quality 35, Poultry and rabbit production 11 and Aquaculture 11. I would like to point out that 3 main lectures will be presented in the Animal breeding and genetics, Nutrition and feeding and Animal welfare, health and behaviour sessions, respectively. I would thank, first of all, Prof. Vincenzo Russo, Honorary President of the Congress and Emeritus of ASPA, for the contribution of the University of Bologna in organizing this event. I would also thank all the members of the Scientific Committee, Prof. Andrea Piva (Chairperson, Prof. Anna Badiani, Prof. Giacomo Biagi, Dr. Alessio Bonaldo, Prof. Paolo Bosi, Prof. Roberta Davoli, Prof. Luca Fontanesi, Prof. Giovanna Martelli, Prof. Adele Meluzzi, Dr. Attilio Mordenti, Prof. Luca Sardi, Dr. Federico Sirri, Dr. Paolo Trevisi, and of the Organizing Committee, Prof. Claudio Cavani (Chairperson, Prof. Stefania Dall’Olio, Prof. Andrea Formigoni, Prof. Pier Giorgio Monetti, Prof. Leonardo Nanni Costa, Dr. Massimiliano Petracci, Prof. Giuliano Zaghini, Dr. Paolo Zambonelli. A special thanks to the secretary of the Congress, MV Congressi. Indeed, I would like to congratulate and thank all those who have organized the meeting and have collaborated in reviewing the summaries for what they have done for ASPA and the Italian Animal Science. A special thanks to Prof

Comparative effectiveness of early-line nab-paclitaxel vs. paclitaxel in patients with metastatic breast cancer: a US community-based real-world analysis

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Mahtani RL

2018-02-01

Full Text Available Reshma L Mahtani,1 Monika Parisi,2 Stefan Glück,3 Quanhong Ni,2 Siyeon Park,4 Corey Pelletier,2 Claudio Faria,2 Fadi Braiteh5,6 1Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 2Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ, 3Global Medical Affairs, Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ, 4School of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 5Department of Hematology/Oncology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Las Vegas, NV, 6Department of Hematology/Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA Background: Real-world analyses of treatments for patients with metastatic breast cancer are limited. We evaluated the comparative effectiveness of nab-paclitaxel vs. paclitaxel in patients with metastatic breast cancer using data from an electronic medical record database from community practices across the USA.Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study using fully de-identified data from an independent US electronic medical record platform of patients with metastatic breast cancer initiating single-agent nab-paclitaxel or paclitaxel as a first- or second-line treatment from December 1, 2010 to October 6, 2014. The clinical efficacy objectives were time to treatment discontinuation (TTD and time to next treatment (TTNT. Subgroup analyses were performed in patients with 2 types of metastatic breast cancer as follows: 1 hormone receptor-positive and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative, and 2 triple-negative disease. Results: This analysis included 925 patients. Patients receiving nab-paclitaxel vs. paclitaxel had significantly longer TTD (median 4.2 vs. 2.8 months, P<0.0001 and TTNT (median 6.0 vs. 4.2 months, P<0.0001; similar outcomes were observed for patients with hormone receptor-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative disease. Compared with paclitaxel, nab-paclitaxel was associated with significantly longer TTD in patients with triple

The complex of PAMAM-OH dendrimer with Angiotensin (1–7 prevented the disuse-induced skeletal muscle atrophy in mice

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2017-03-01

Full Text Available Valeria Márquez-Miranda,1,2,* Johanna Abrigo,3,4,* Juan Carlos Rivera,3,4 Ingrid Araya-Durán,1 Javier Aravena,3,4 Felipe Simon,3,4 Nicolás Pacheco,1 Fernando Danilo González-Nilo,1,2,5 Claudio Cabello-Verrugio3,4 1Center for Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology (CBIB, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, 2Fundación Fraunhofer Chile Research, Las Condes, 3Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas & Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Andres Bello, 4Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy, Santiago, 5Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile *These authors contributed equally to this work Abstract: Angiotensin (1–7 (Ang-(1–7 is a bioactive heptapeptide with a short half-life and has beneficial effects in several tissues – among them, skeletal muscle – by preventing muscle atrophy. Dendrimers are promising vehicles for the protection and transport of numerous bioactive molecules. This work explored the use of a neutral, non-cytotoxic hydroxyl-terminated poly(amidoamine (PAMAM-OH dendrimer as an Ang-(1–7 carrier. Bioinformatics analysis showed that the Ang-(1–7-binding capacity of the dendrimer presented a 2:1 molar ratio. Molecular dynamics simulation analysis revealed the capacity of neutral PAMAM-OH to protect Ang-(1–7 and form stable complexes. The peptide coverage ability of the dendrimer was between ~50% and 65%. Furthermore, an electrophoretic mobility shift assay demonstrated that neutral PAMAM-OH effectively bonded peptides. Experimental results showed that the Ang-(1–7/PAMAM-OH complex, but not Ang-(1–7 alone, had an anti-atrophic effect when administered intraperitoneally, as evaluated by muscle strength, fiber diameter, myofibrillar protein levels, and atrogin-1 and MuRF-1 expressions. The results of the Ang-(1–7/PAMAM-OH complex being intraperitoneally

School and conference on probability theory

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Lawler, G.F.

2004-01-01

This volume includes expanded lecture notes from the School and Conference in Probability Theory held at ICTP in May, 2001. Probability theory is a very large area, too large for a single school and conference. The organizers, G. Lawler, C. Newman, and S. Varadhan chose to focus on a number of active research areas that have their roots in statistical physics. The pervasive theme in these lectures is trying to find the large time or large space behaviour of models defined on discrete lattices. Usually the definition of the model is relatively simple: either assigning a particular weight to each possible configuration (equilibrium statistical mechanics) or specifying the rules under which the system evolves (nonequilibrium statistical mechanics). Interacting particle systems is the area of probability that studies the evolution of particles (either finite or infinite in number) under random motions. The evolution of particles depends on the positions of the other particles; often one assumes that it depends only on the particles that are close to the particular particle. Thomas Liggett's lectures give an introduction to this very large area. Claudio Landim's follows up by discussing hydrodynamic limits of particle systems. The goal of this area is to describe the long time, large system size dynamics in terms of partial differential equations. The area of random media is concerned with the properties of materials or environments that are not homogeneous. Percolation theory studies one of the simplest stated models for impurities - taking a lattice and removing some of the vertices or bonds. Luiz Renato G. Fontes and Vladas Sidoravicius give a detailed introduction to this area. Random walk in random environment combines two sources of randomness - a particle performing stochastic motion in which the transition probabilities depend on position and have been chosen from some probability distribution. Alain-Sol Sznitman gives a survey of recent developments in this

Antineoplastic-related cardiotoxicity, morphofunctional aspects in a murine model: contribution of the new tool 2D-speckle tracking

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Coppola C

2016-11-01

Full Text Available Carmela Coppola,1 Gennaro Riccio,1 Antonio Barbieri,2 Maria Gaia Monti,3 Giovanna Piscopo,1 Domenica Rea,2 Claudio Arra,2 Carlo Maurea,1 Claudia De Lorenzo,4,5 Nicola Maurea1 1Division of Cardiology, Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori “Fondazione G. Pascale”, IRCCS, Naples, Italy; 2Animal Facility Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology, Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori “Fondazione G. Pascale”, IRCCS, Naples, Italy; 3Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University Federico II, Naples, Italy; 4Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University Federico II, Naples, Italy; 5CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Naples, Italy Objective: Considering that global left ventricular systolic radial strain is a sensitive technique for the early detection of left ventricular dysfunction due to antineoplastics and the analysis of segmental myocardial contractility, we evaluated this technique for early detection of trastuzumab-related cardiotoxicity by comparing it with cardiac structural damage.Methods: Groups of six mice were injected with trastuzumab or doxorubicin, used either as single agents or in combination. Cardiac function was evaluated by transthoracic echocardiography measurements before and after treatment for 2 or 7 days, by using a Vevo 2100 high-resolution imaging system. After echocardiography, mice were euthanized, and hearts were processed for histological evaluations, such as cardiac fibrosis, apoptosis, capillary density, and inflammatory response.Results: Trastuzumab-related cardiotoxicity was detected early by 2D strain imaging. Radial strain was reduced after 2 days in mice treated with trastuzumab alone (21.2%±8.0% vs 40.5%±4.8% sham; P<0.01. Similarly, trastuzumab was found to induce apoptosis, capillary density reduction, and inflammatory response in cardiac tissue after 2 days of treatment, in a fashion similar to doxorubicin. On the contrary, fractional

Analgesic effectiveness and tolerability of oral oxycodone/naloxone and pregabalin in patients with lung cancer and neuropathic pain: an observational analysis

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Full Text Available Stefano De Santis,1 Cristina Borghesi,1 Serena Ricciardi,2 Daniele Giovannoni,1 Alberto Fulvi,2 Maria Rita Migliorino,2 Claudio Marcassa3 1Palliative Care and Cancer Pain Service, Oncological Pulmonary Unit, 2Oncological Pulmonary Unit, San Camillo-Forlanini Hospitals, Rome, 3Cardiologia Fondazione Maugeri IRCCS, Novara, Italy Introduction: Cancer-related pain has a severe negative impact on quality of life. Combination analgesic therapy with oxycodone and pregabalin is effective for treating neuropathic cancer pain. We investigated the efficacy and tolerability of a dose-escalation combination therapy with prolonged-release oxycodone/naloxone (OXN-PR and pregabalin in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer and severe neuropathic pain. Methods: This was a 4-week, open-label, observational study. Patients were treated with OXN-PR and pregabalin. Average pain intensity ([API] measured on a 0–10 numerical rating scale and neuropathic pain (Douleur Neuropathique 4 were assessed at study entry and at follow-up visits. The primary endpoint was response to treatment, defined as a reduction of API at T28 ≥30% from baseline. Secondary endpoints included other efficacy measures, as well as patient satisfaction and quality of life (Brief Pain Inventory Short Form, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and Symptom Distress Scale; bowel function was also assessed. Results: A total of 56 patients were enrolled. API at baseline was 8.0±0.9, and decreased after 4 weeks by 48% (4.2±1.9; P<0.0001 vs baseline; 46 (82.1% patients responded to treatment. Significant improvements were also reported in number/severity of breakthrough cancer pain episodes (P=0.001, Brief Pain Inventory Short Form (P=0.0002, Symptom Distress Scale (P<0.0001, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale depression (P=0.0006 and anxiety (P<0.0001 subscales, and bowel function (P=0.0003. At study end, 37 (66.0% patients were satisfied/very satisfied with the new analgesic treatment

PREFACE: Young Researcher Meeting, Trieste 2014

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Agostini, F.; Antolini, C.; Aversa, R.; Cattani, G.; Di Stefano, M.; Longobardi, M.; Martinelli, M.; Miceli, A.; Migliaccio, M.; Paci, F.; Pietrobon, D.; Pusceddu, E.; Stellato, F.

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skills. Engaging the public and finding unconventional ways to communicate results turn out to be real assets in improving the quality of presentation of current research to peers, as well as to the general public. In this volume, we collect part of the contributions that have been presented at the conference. They cover topics in astrophysics and cosmology, particle and theoretical physics, soft and condensed matter, medical physics and applied physics. Given the recent experimental achievements in particle physics and cosmology, several contributions were focused on the latest results obtained in these fields, presenting the impact of experiments such as LHC and Planck to the community of young researchers and forecasting the future goals in these areas of research. Particular interest was aroused by the session fully dedicated to applied Physics and conservation of cultural assets. Besides the intrinsic scientific value of the discussed topics, the increasing relative weight of the applied Physics session is a demonstration of the benefits that fundamental science brings to the community. YRM Organising and Editorial Committee Fabio Agostini (fabio.agostini31@gmail.com) Telespazio A Finmeccanica Thales Company Claudia Antolini (claudia.antolini@sissa.it) SISSA - Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati and Fudan University Rossella Aversa (raversa@sissa.it) SISSA - Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati Giordano Cattani (giordano.cattani@gmail.com) Marco Di Stefano (distefan@sissa.it) SISSA - Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati Maria Longobardi (marialongobardi@gmail.com) Department of Condensed Matter Physics, University of Geneva Matteo Martinelli (martinelli@thphys.uni-heidelberg.de) SISSA - Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati and Institut fur Theoretische Physik Alice Miceli (alice.miceli@uniroma2.it) Physics Department, University of Rome Tor Vergata Marina Migliaccio (mm858@ast.cam.ac.uk) Institute of Astronomy and

Special issue on coherent states: mathematical and physical aspects Special issue on coherent states: mathematical and physical aspects

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This is a call for contributions to a special issue of Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical dedicated to coherent states. The motivation behind this special issue is to gather in a single comprehensive volume the main aspects (past and present), latest developments, different viewpoints and directions being followed in this multidisciplinary field. Given the impressive development of the field in the past two decades, the topicality of such a volume can hardly be overemphasized. We strongly believe that such a special issue could become a particularly valuable reference for the broad scientific community working in mathematical and theoretical physics, as well as in signal processing and mathematics. Editorial policy The Guest Editors for this issue will be Syed Twareque Ali, Jean-Pierre Antoine, Fabio Bagarello and Jean-Pierre Gazeau. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, developments in the theory and applications of coherent states in: quantum optics, optomechanics, Bose-Einstein condensates quantum information, quantum measurement signal processing quantum gravity pseudo-Hermitian quantum mechanics supersymmetric quantum mechanics non-commutative quantum mechanics quantization theory harmonic and functional analysis operator theory Berezin-Toeplitz operators, PT-symmetric operators holomorphic representation theory, reproducing kernel spaces generalization of coherent states All contributions will be refereed and processed according to the usual procedure of the journal. Papers should report original and significant research that has not already been published. Guidelines for preparation of contributions The deadline for contributed papers will be 31 October 2011. This deadline will allow the special issue to appear before the end of May 2012 There is a nominal page limit of 15 printed pages per contribution (invited review papers can be longer). For papers exceeding this limit, the Guest Editors reserve the right to request a

Gender difference in response predictors after 1-year exenatide therapy twice daily in type 2 diabetic patients: a real world experience

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Anichini R

2013-04-01

Full Text Available Roberto Anichini,1 Sabrina Cosimi,2 Alberto Di Carlo,3 Paola Orsini,4 Alessandra De Bellis,1 Giuseppe Seghieri,1 Flavia Franconi,5 Fabio Baccetti6 1Diabetes Unit, Spedali Riuniti, Pistoia, Italy; 2Diabetes Unit, Hospital of Versilia, Camaiore (LU, Italy; 3Diabetes Unit, Hospital of Lucca, Italy; 4Diabetes Unit, Hospital of Livorno, Italy; 5Department of Biochemical Sciences, University of Sassari, Italy; 6Diabetes Unit, Hospital of Massa, Italy Purpose: To investigate whether gender affects therapeutic response by exenatide twice a day (BID in type 2 diabetes by using a database concerning patients monitored by five outpatient clinics in Tuscany, Italy. Patients and methods: We considered a cohort of 315 (154 male/161 female patients experiencing therapeutic failure while on oral therapy (metformin, or combination therapy metformin + sulphonylureas, who were given exenatide (10 µg/BID and who fully completed 4 months, 8 months, and 12 months of follow-ups. Results: Among patients stratified by gender and well matched for age, body mass index, and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c, it was found that the length of disease was longer in females than in males (12 ± 8 years versus 10 ± 7 years; P = 0.037, and the ratio of patients on metformin to those on combination therapy was higher in men (P = 0.018. Target glycemic response (1-year HbA1c ≤ 7% was achieved in a significantly higher proportion of males than females (38% versus 27%;Χ2 = 4.66; P = 0.03. Target weight loss expressed as 1-year weight percent fall from baseline ≥ 75th percentile (8.5% was significantly higher in females at 8 and 12 months (P < 0.05; for both. One-year glycemic target response was inversely related to baseline HbA1c levels and diabetes duration among males, while metformin therapy (compared to oral combination therapy was a significant predictor of better glycemic targets among females. Homeostasis model assessment-B, measured in 117 patients, predicted hypoglycemic

Physical exercise and functional fitness in independently living vs institutionalized elderly women: a comparison of 60- to 79-year-old city dwellers

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Furtado HL

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Full Text Available Hélio L Furtado,1 Nelson Sousa,2 Roberto Simão,3 Fabio Dutra Pereira,1 José Vilaça-Alves2 1Castelo Branco University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 2Research Center for Sport, Health, and Human Development, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal; 3School of Physical Education and Sports, Rio de Janeiro Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Purpose: To compare functional fitness (FF levels among independent-living (IL and day care (DC elderly women of different age groups and to analyze changes in FF after 8 months of participation in an exercise program intervention for the IL elderly women. Materials and methods: A total of 674 elderly women were divided into four IL groups with age in the range of 60–64 years (IL60–64, n=149, 65–69 years (IL65–69, n=138, 70–74 years (IL70–74, n=135, and 75–79 years (IL75–79, n=83, and four DC groups with age in the range of 60–64 years (DC60–64, n=35, 65–69 years (DC65–69, n=34, 70–74 years (DC70–74, n=47, and 75–79 years (DC75–79, n=53. The intervention consisted of a multimodal exercise training, 3 days per week for 8 months. Senior Fitness Test battery performances were obtained at baseline and after 8-month intervention. Results: Significant differences were identified between all IL groups and DC groups in all FF tests (P<0.001, except between IL70–74 and DC70–74 in the chair sit-and-reach. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA identified significant improvements in all FF tests between pre- and posttests in the IL groups (P<0.001, except in the chair sit-and-reach for the IL70–74. ANCOVA also showed a significant declining performance in all FF tests for DC groups (P<0.001, except in the chair sit-and-reach for the DC70–74 and DC75–79. Conclusion: IL women are more fit than institutionalized DC elderly women. The multimodal training was effective in improving all FF components related to daily living activities, in all age groups

Dynamical effects of vegetation on the 2003 summer heat waves

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Stéfanon, M.

2012-04-01

Dynamical effects of vegetation on the 2003 summer heat waves Marc Stéfanon(1), Philippe Drobinski(1), Fabio D'Andrea(1), Nathalie de Noblet(2) (1) IPSL/LMD, France; (2) IPSL/LSCE, France The land surface model (LSM) in regional climate models (RCMs) plays a key role in energy and water exchanges between land and atmosphere. The vegetation can affect these exchanges through physical, biophysical and bio-geophysical mechanisms. It participates to evapo-transpiration process which determines the partitioning of net radiation between sensible and latent heat flux, through water evaporation from soil throughout the entire root system. For seasonal timescale leaf cover change induced leaf-area index (LAI) and albedo changes, impacting the Earth's radiative balance. In addition, atmospheric chemistry and carbon concentration has a direct effect on plant stomatal structure, the main exchange interface with the atmosphere. Therefore the surface energy balance is intimately linked to the carbon cycle and vegetation conditions and an accurate representation of the Earth's surface is required to improve the performance of RCMs. It is even more crucial for extreme events as heat waves and droughts which display highly nonlinear behaviour. If triggering of heat waves is determined by the large scale, local coupled processes over land can amplify or inhibit heat trough several feedback mechanism. One set of two simulation has been conducted with WRF, using different LSMs. They aim to study drought and vegetation effect on the dynamical and hydrological processes controlling the occurrence and life cycle of heat waves In the MORCE plateform, the dynamical global vegetation model (DGVM) ORCHIDEE is implemented in the atmospheric module WRF. ORCHIDEE is based on three different modules. The first module, called SECHIBA, describes the fast processes such as exchanges of energy and water between the atmosphere and the biosphere, and the soil water budget. The phenology and carbon

Clinical differences among the elderly admitted to the emergency department for accidental or unexplained falls and syncope

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Pasqualetti G

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Full Text Available Giuseppe Pasqualetti,1 Valeria Calsolaro,1 Giacomo Bini,1 Umberto Dell’Agnello,1 Marco Tuccori,2 Alessandra Marino,2 Alice Capogrosso-Sansone,2 Martina Rafanelli,3 Massimo Santini,4 Eugenio Orsitto,4 Andrea Ungar,3 Corrado Blandizzi,2 Fabio Monzani1 On behalf of the ANCESTRAL-ED study group 1Geriatrics Unit, 2Pharmacology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, 3Syncope Unit, Geriatric and Intensive Care Medicine, AOU Careggi and University of Florence, Florence, 4Emergency Department, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy Abstract: It is difficult to distinguish unexplained falls (UFs from accidental falls (AFs or syncope in older people. This study was designed to compare patients referred to the emergency department (ED for AFs, UFs or syncope. Data from a longitudinal study on adverse drug events diagnosed at the ED (ANCESTRAL-ED in older people were analyzed in order to select cases of AF, syncope, or UF. A total of 724 patients (median age: 81.0 [65–105] years, 66.3% female were consecutively admitted to the ED (403 AF, 210 syncope, and 111 UF. The number of psychotropic drugs was the only significant difference in patients with AF versus those with UF (odds ratio [OR] 1.44; 95% confidence interval 1.17–1.77. When comparing AF with syncope, female gender, musculoskeletal diseases, dementia, and systolic blood pressure >110 mmHg emerged as significantly associated with AF (OR 0.40 [0.27–0.58], 0.40 [0.24–0.68], 0.35 [0.14–0.82], and 0.31 [0.20–0.49], respectively, while valvulopathy and the number of antihypertensive drugs were significantly related to syncope (OR 2.51 [1.07–5.90] and 1.24 [1.07–1.44], respectively. Upon comparison of UF and syncope, the number of central nervous system drugs, female gender, musculoskeletal diseases, and SBP >110 mmHg were associated with UF (OR 0.65 [0.50–0.84], 0.52 [0.30–0.89], 0.40 [0.20–0.77], and 0.26 [0.13–0.55], respectively

Surgical Interventions for the Treatment of Supracondylar Humerus Fractures in Children: Protocol of a Systematic Review.

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Carrazzone, Oreste Lemos; Belloti, João Carlos; Matsunaga, Fabio Teruo; Mansur, Nacime Salomão Barbachan; Matsumoto, Marcelo Hide; Faloppa, Flavio; Tamaoki, Marcel Jun Sugawara

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by a government-based noncommercial agency, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP). This study may provide surgical treatment effects evidence for SHFC. The results will assist clinical practice by demonstrating the effectiveness and potential complications of these interventions and might serve as a reference for future clinical trials on the topic. PROSPERO CRD42014009304; https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=9304 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6usiDHzD7). ©Oreste Lemos Carrazzone, João Carlos Belloti, Fabio Teruo Matsunaga, Nacime Salomão Barbachan Mansur, Marcelo Hide Matsumoto, Flavio Faloppa, Marcel Jun Sugawara Tamaoki. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols (http://www.researchprotocols.org), 21.11.2017.

El espejismo nacional-socialista. La relación entre dos catedráticos de Prehistoria, Oswald Menghin y Julio Martínez Santa-Olalla (1935-1952

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Mederos Martín, Alfredo

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, Claudio Sanchez-Albornoz. Menghin was not permitted to give lectures until 1953, and only consolidated his position when his criminal trial was cancelled in December 1956. In 1957 at the age of 69, he obtained the position of Acting Professor of Prehistory at the National University of La Plata. In 1958, Menghin was appointed Professor in General and Old World Prehistory at the University of Buenos Aires, where he retired in 1968, aged 80.Oswald Menghin, Catedrático de Prehistoria del Hombre de la Universidad de Viena entre 1922-1945, fue partidario de la unidad de Austria con Alemania y simpatizante con ideas del NSDAP sobre la necesidad de evitar una mezcla racial entre arios y judíos. Durante su etapa como Catedrático-Residente en la Universidad de Fouad en El Cairo entre 1930-1933, por contacto con Hermann Junker, radicalizó sus puntos de vista y redactó su libro Espíritu y sangre. Principios básicos de raza, lengua, cultura y nación. Su etapa como Rector en el curso 1935-1936 le catapultó a la política como miembro del consejo directivo del partido fascista austriaco, Vaterländische Front, entre 1936-1937 y su posterior nombramiento como Ministro de Educación entre marzo y mayo de 1938, justo después de la invasión de Hitler de Austria. Siendo Ministro, solicitó su ingreso en el NSDAP, que no se aceptó hasta junio de 1940, por su pertenencia previa a organizaciones católicas secretas. Menghin entró en contacto con Martínez Santa-Olalla, después de la celebración del Jubileo del Instituto de Morfología Cultural de Frankfurt en junio y julio de 1938. A raíz de una estancia de investigación de Almagro Basch en Alemania y Austria en enero y febrero de 1942, y la posterior visita a Barcelona de Menghin en junio de 1942, optó por distanciarse de Martínez Santa-Olalla, no visitando Madrid, cortando la relación epistolar e informando negativamente sobre él a las SS-Ahnenerbe. Prisionero en dos campos de concentración norteamericanos entre mayo de

COPD patients’ self-reported adherence, psychosocial factors and mild cognitive impairment in pulmonary rehabilitation

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Pierobon A

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Full Text Available Antonia Pierobon,1 Elisa Sini Bottelli,1 Laura Ranzini,1 Claudio Bruschi,2 Roberto Maestri,3 Giorgio Bertolotti,4 Marinella Sommaruga,5 Valeria Torlaschi,1 Simona Callegari,1 Anna Giardini1 1Psychology Unit, 2Department of Pulmonary Rehabilitation, 3Department of Biomedical Engineering, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, IRCCS, Montescano, 4Psychology Unit, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, IRCCS, Tratate, 5Clinical Psychology and Social Support Unit, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, IRCCS, Camaldoli, Italy Abstract: In addition to clinical comorbidities, psychological and neuropsychological problems are frequent in COPD and may affect pulmonary rehabilitation delivery and outcome. The aims of the study were to describe a COPD population in a rehabilitative setting as regards the patients depressive symptoms, anxiety, mild cognitive impairment (MCI and self-reported adherence and to analyze their relationships; to compare the COPD sample MCI scores with normative data; and to investigate which factors might predict adherence to prescribed physical exercise. This was a multicenter observational cross-sectional study. Of the 117 eligible stable COPD inpatients, 84 were enrolled according to Global initiative for chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD criteria (mainly in Stage III–IV. The assessment included Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE, Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA, anxiety, depression and self-reported pharmacological and nonpharmacological adherence. From the MMSE, 3.6% of patients were found to be impaired, whereas from the MoCA 9.5% had a likely MCI. Patients referred had mild-severe depression (46.7%, anxiety (40.5%, good pharmacological adherence (80.3% and difficulties in following prescribed diet (24.1% and exercise (51.8%; they struggled with disease acceptance (30.9% and disease limitations acceptance (28.6%. Most of them received good family (89% or social (53% support. Nonpharmacological adherence

Resistance training associated with the administration of anabolic-androgenic steroids improves insulin sensitivity in ovariectomized rats

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Urtado CB

2011-11-01

Full Text Available Christiano Bertoldo Urtado1,2, Guilherme Borges Pereira3, Marilia Bertoldo Urtado4, Érica Blascovi de Carvalho2, Gerson dos Santos Leite1, Felipe Fedrizzi Donatto1, Claudio de Oliveira Assumpção1, Richard Diego Leite3, Carlos Alberto da Silva1, Marcelo Magalhães de Sales5, Ramires Alsamir Tibana5, Silvia Cristina Crepaldi Alves1, Jonato Prestes51Health Sciences, Methodist University of Piracicaba, Piracicaba, SP, 2Center for Investigation in Pediatrics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, 3Department of Physiological Sciences, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, 4Laboratory of Orofacial Pain, Division of Oral Physiology, Piracicaba Dental School, State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, 5Graduation Program in Physical Education, Catholic University of Brasilia, Brasilia, DF, BrazilAbstract: The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of anabolic-androgenic steroids and resistance training (RT on insulin sensitivity in ovariectomized rats. Adult female Wistar rats were divided into ten experimental groups (n = 5 animals per group: (1 sedentary (Sed-Intact; (2 sedentary ovariectomized (Sed-Ovx; (3 sedentary nandrolone (Sed-Intact-ND; (4 sedentary ovariectomized plus nandrolone (Sed-Ovx-ND; (5 trained (TR-Intact; (6 trained nandrolone (TR-Intact-ND; (7 trained ovariectomized (TR-Ovx; (8 trained ovariectomized plus nandrolone; (9 trained sham; and (10 trained ovariectomized plus sham. Four sessions of RT were used, during which the animals climbed a 1.1 m vertical ladder with weights attached to their tails. The sessions were performed once every 3 days, with between four and nine climbs and with eight to twelve dynamic movements per climb. To test the sensitivity of insulin in the pancreas, glucose and insulin tolerance tests were performed. For insulin sensitivity, there was a statistically significant interaction for the TR-Ovx group, which presented higher sensitivity

Editorial v. 4, n. 3

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Júlio Araujo Carneiro da Cunha

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Full Text Available O ano de 2015 foi marcado por avanços e mudanças na PODIUM Sport, Leisure and Tourism Review. Numa retrospectiva dos indicadores da revista ao longo do ano, tivemos 23 artigos publicados em três edições. Houve 67 autores que representaram 21 instituições de ensino do país, além de outras duas universidades estrangeiras. Pudemos contar também com diversos avaliadores ad hoc que atuaram com pareceres aos trabalhos submetidos à revista ao longo deste ano. Aproveito a oportunidade para agradecer mais uma vez o trabalho voluntário desses pareceristas que ajudam a incrementar a qualidade dos trabalhos da revista, o que sustenta o avanço das áreas de Gestão do Esporte, Lazer e Turismo com um conhecimento cada vez mais robusto. A partir de outubro de 2015 a revista PODIUM Sport, Leisure and Tourism Review contou com mudanças da sua equipe editorial. Assumi a chefia editorial da revista juntamente com o suporte do Diego Janes, novo assistente editorial da revista. Trabalhamos juntos com o assistente editorial Altieres de Oliveira Silva que continua a apoiar a Podium. Aproveito a oportunidade para agradecer ao prof. João Manuel Casquinha Malaia Santos pelos serviços prestados até aqui como editor-chefe da revista e também à Camila de Oliveira Prado pelo apoio oferecido como assistente editorial nesse mesmo período. Os trabalhos prestados por eles devem ser enaltecidos porque foram, sem dúvida, fundamentais para a estruturação da revista e pela legitimação dela perante a comunidade acadêmica. Diante desses novos desafios, apresento os sete trabalhos publicados nesse último número de 2015 da Podium. O primeiro artigo leva o título de “O papel do envolvimento e do orgulho nas decisões de consumo de pacotes de preços: um estudo com ingressos de futebol no Brasil” e tem como autoria Claudio Hoffmann Sampaio, Jefferson Dobner Sordi e Marcelo Gattermann Perin. Neste estudo, os autores identificaram o quanto os pacotes de pre

Combining pain therapy with lifestyle: the role of personalized nutrition and nutritional supplements according to the SIMPAR Feed Your Destiny approach

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De Gregori M

2016-12-01

Full Text Available Manuela De Gregori,1–3 Carolina Muscoli,2,4,5 Michael E Schatman,2,6 Tiziana Stallone,2,7 Fabio Intelligente,2,8 Mariangela Rondanelli,2,9 Francesco Franceschi,2,10 Laura Isabel Arranz,2,11 Silvia Lorente-Cebrián,2,12 Maurizio Salamone,2,13,14 Sara Ilari,2,5 Inna Belfer,2,15 Massimo Allegri2,16,17 1Pain Therapy Service, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy; 2Study in Multidisciplinary Pain Research Group, 3Young Against Pain Group, Parma, Italy; 4Department of Health Sciences, Institute of Research for Food Safety and Health, University “Magna Graecia” of Catanzaro, Parma, Italy; 5IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Roccelletta di Borgia, Catanzaro, Italy; 6US Pain Foundation, Bellevue, WA, USA; 7ENPAB, Rome, 8Chronic Pain Service Anestesia Day-Surgery, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, 9Department of Public Health, Section of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Azienda di Servizi alla Persona di Pavia, University of Pavia, Pavia, 10Institute of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy; 11Department of Nutrition, Food Sciences and Gastronomy, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, 12Department of Nutrition, Food Science and Physiology, Center for Nutrition Research, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; 13Metagenics Italia srl, Milano, 14Italian Lifestyle Medicine Association, Bari, Italy; 15Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; 16Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Parma, 17Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Therapy Service, Azienda Ospedaliero, Universitaria of Parma, Parma, Italy Abstract: Recently, attention to the lifestyle of patients has been rapidly increasing in the field of pain therapy, particularly with regard to the role of nutrition in pain development and its management. In this review, we summarize the latest findings on the role of nutrition and nutraceuticals, microbiome, obesity, soy, omega-3 fatty acids, and curcumin supplementation as key elements in

Pulmonary embolism in the elderly: a review on clinical, instrumental and laboratory presentation

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Luca Masotti

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Full Text Available Luca Masotti1,8, Patrick Ray2, Marc Righini3, Gregoire Le Gal4, Fabio Antonelli5, Giancarlo Landini1, Roberto Cappelli6, Domenico Prisco7, Paola Rottoli81Internal Medicine, Cecina Hospital, Cecina, Italy; 2Department of Emergency Medicine, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Pitié-Salpêtrière, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Paris, France; 3Division of Angiology and Hemostasis, Geneva University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland; 4Department of Internal Medicine and Chest Diseases, Brest University Hospital, Brest, France; 5Clinical Chemistry, Cecina Hospital, Cecina, Italy; 6Department of Internal, Cardiovascular and Geriatric Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy; 7Department of Critical Care Medicine, Thrombosis Centre, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy; 8Departiment of Clinical Medicine and Immunological Sciences, Division of Respiratory Diseases, University of Siena, Siena, ItalyObjective: Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE remains difficult and is often missed in the elderly due to nonspecific and atypical presentation. Diagnostic algorithms able to rule out PE and validated in young adult patients may have reduced applicability in elderly patients, which increases the number of diagnostic tools use and costs. The aim of the present study was to analyze the reported clinical presentation of PE in patients aged 65 and more.Materials and Methods: Prospective and retrospective English language studies dealing with the clinical, instrumental and laboratory aspects of PE in patients more than 65 and published after January 1987 and indexed in MEDLINE using keywords as pulmonary embolism, elderly, old, venous thromboembolism (VTE in the title, abstract or text, were reviewed.Results: Dyspnea (range 59%–91.5%, tachypnea (46%–74%, tachycardia (29%–76%, and chest pain (26%–57% represented the most common clinical symptoms and signs. Bed rest was the most frequent risk factor for VTE (15%–67%; deep vein

Dendrosomal curcumin nanoformulation downregulates pluripotency genes via miR-145 activation in U87MG glioblastoma cells

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Tahmasebi Mirgani M

2014-01-01

Full Text Available Maryam Tahmasebi Mirgani,1 Benedetta Isacchi,2 Majid Sadeghizadeh,1,* Fabio Marra,3 Anna Rita Bilia,2,* Seyed Javad Mowla,1 Farhood Najafi,4 Esmael Babaei51Department of Genetics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran; 2Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; 3Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Italy; 4Department of Resin and Additives, Institute for Color Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran; 5Department of Biology, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran*These authors contributed equally to this workAbstract: Glioblastoma is an invasive tumor of the central nervous system. Tumor recurrence resulting from ineffective current treatments, mainly due to the blood–brain barrier, highlights the need for innovative therapeutic alternatives. The recent availability of nanotechnology represents a novel targeted strategy in cancer therapy. Natural products have received considerable attention for cancer therapy because of general lower side effects. Curcumin is a new candidate for anticancer treatment, but its low bioavailability and water solubility represent the main disadvantages of its use. Here, curcumin was efficiently encapsulated in a nontoxic nanocarrier, termed dendrosome, to overcome these problems. Dendrosomal curcumin was prepared as 142 nm spherical structures with constant physical and chemical stability. The inhibitory role of dendrosomal curcumin on the proliferation of U87MG cells, a cellular model of glioblastoma, was evaluated by considering master genes of pluripotency and regulatory miRNA (microribonucleic acid. Methylthiazol tetrazolium assay and flow cytometry were used to detect the antiproliferative effects of dendrosomal curcumin. Annexin-V-FLUOS and caspase assay were used to quantify apoptosis. Real-time polymerase chain reaction was used to analyze the expression of OCT4 (octamer binding protein 4 gene variants (OCT4A, OCT4B, and OCT4B1, SOX-2 (SRY

Radiological response and survival in locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer patients treated with three-drug induction chemotherapy followed by radical local treatment

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2016-06-01

Full Text Available Laura Bonanno,1 Giulia Zago,1 Giuseppe Marulli,2 Paola Del Bianco,3 Marco Schiavon,2 Giulia Pasello,1 Valentina Polo,1,4 Fabio Canova,1 Fabrizio Tonetto,5 Lucio Loreggian,5 Federico Rea,2 PierFranco Conte,1,4 Adolfo Favaretto1 1Medical Oncology Unit 2, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, 2Thoracic Surgery Department, University of Padova, 3Clinical Trials and Biostatistics Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, 4Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padova, 5Radiotherapy Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, Padova, Italy Objectives: If concurrent chemoradiotherapy cannot be performed, induction chemotherapy followed by radical-intent surgical treatment is an acceptable option for non primarily resectable non-small-cell lung cancers (NSCLCs. No markers are available to predict which patients may benefit from local treatment after induction. This exploratory study aims to assess the feasibility and the activity of multimodality treatment, including triple-agent chemotherapy followed by radical surgery and/or radiotherapy in locally advanced NSCLCs. Methods: We retrospectively collected data from locally advanced NSCLCs treated with induction chemotherapy with carboplatin (area under the curve 6, d [day]1, paclitaxel (200 mg/m2, d1, and gemcitabine (1,000 mg/m2 d1, 8 for three to four courses, followed by radical surgery and/or radiotherapy. We analyzed radiological response and toxicity. Estimated progression-free survival (PFS and overall survival (OS were correlated to response, surgery, and clinical features. Results: In all, 58 NSCLCs were included in the study: 40 staged as IIIA, 18 as IIIB (according to TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors–7th edition staging system. A total of 36 (62% patients achieved partial response (PR, and six (10% progressions were recorded. Grade 3–4 hematological toxicity was observed in 36 (62% cases. After chemotherapy, 37 (64% patients underwent surgery

Mesenchymal stromal cell labeling by new uncoated superparamagnetic maghemite nanoparticles in comparison with commercial Resovist – an initial in vitro study

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Skopalik J

2014-11-01

Full Text Available Josef Skopalik,1 Katerina Polakova,2 Marketa Havrdova,2 Ivan Justan,1 Massimiliano Magro,3 David Milde,2 Lucia Knopfova,4 Jan Smarda,4 Helena Polakova,1 Eva Gabrielova,5 Fabio Vianello,2,3 Jaroslav Michalek,1 Radek Zboril21Department of Pharmacology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic; 2Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of Physical Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic; 3Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padua, Padova, Italy; 4Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic; 5Department of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech RepublicObjective: Cell therapies have emerged as a promising approach in medicine. The basis of each therapy is the injection of 1–100×106 cells with regenerative potential into some part of the body. Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs are the most used cell type in the cell therapy nowadays, but no gold standard for the labeling of the MSCs for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI is available yet. This work evaluates our newly synthesized uncoated superparamagnetic maghemite nanoparticles (surface-active maghemite nanoparticles – SAMNs as an MRI contrast intracellular probe usable in a clinical 1.5 T MRI system.Methods: MSCs from rat and human donors were isolated, and then incubated at different concentrations (10–200 µg/mL of SAMN maghemite nanoparticles for 48 hours. Viability, proliferation, and nanoparticle uptake efficiency were tested (using fluorescence microscopy, xCELLigence analysis, atomic absorption spectroscopy, and advanced microscopy techniques. Migration capacity, cluster of differentiation markers, effect of nanoparticles on long-term viability, contrast properties in MRI, and cocultivation of labeled cells with myocytes were also studied.Results: SAMNs do not

Randomized clinical trial comparing manual suture and different models of mechanical suture in the mimicking of bariatric surgery in swine

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Fernandes MA

2014-02-01

Full Text Available Marcos AP Fernandes,1 Bruno MT Pereira,2 Sandra M Guimarães,1 Aline Paganelli,3 Carlos Manoel CT Pereira,1 Claudio Sergio Batista4 1Institute of Obesity and Advanced Video Laparoscopic Surgery of Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 2Division of Trauma, University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil; 3Laboratório de Patologia Micron Cell Diagnóstico, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 4Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine of Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Context and objective: Variations in the ability of surgeons served as motivation for the development of devices that, overcoming individual differences, allow the techniques to be properly performed, and of which the end result was the best possible. Every technique must be reproduced reliably by the majority of surgeons for their results to be adopted and recognized as effective. The aim of this study was to compare the results, from the point of view of anatomic pathology, of manual sutures versus mechanical sutures using different models of linear mechanical staplers, in the procedure of gastroenteroanastomosis and enteroanastomosis in swine. Methods: Thirty-six healthy, adult, male Sus scrofa domesticus pigs, weighing between 20.7 and 25.5 kg, were used. The swine were randomly divided into four groups of nine pigs, according to the type of suture employed: group A, manual suture with Polysorb® 3-0 wire; group B, 80-shear linear stapler (Covidien® Gia 8038-S; group C, 75-shear linear stapler (Ethicon® Tlc 75; and group D, 75-shear linear stapler (Resource® Yq 75-3. A temporal study was established on the seventh postoperative day for histopathological analysis, and the degree of inflammation, fibrosis, and newly formed vessels, as well as the presence or absence of granulation tissue, foreign body granuloma, and necrosis were all evaluated qualitatively and semiquantitatively. The results were analyzed statistically. Results: Observations during the histopathological

Cannabis and intractable chronic pain: an explorative retrospective analysis of Italian cohort of 614 patients

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Fanelli G

2017-05-01

Full Text Available Guido Fanelli,1,2 Giuliano De Carolis,3 Claudio Leonardi,4 Adele Longobardi,5,6 Ennio Sarli,7,8 Massimo Allegri,1,2 Michael E Schatman9 1Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine Unit, Division of Surgical Sciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, 2Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Therapy Service, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Parma, Parma, 3Pain Therapy Service, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, 4Department of Drug Addiction Diseases, Local Public Health of Rome, Rome, 5Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, 6Young Against the Pain (YAP Group, Parma, 7Progetti Live Surgery, 8PinHub Group, Florence, Italy; 9Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA Background: Despite growing interest in the therapeutic use of cannabis to manage chronic pain, only limited data that address these issues are available. In recent years, a number of nations have introduced specific laws to allow patients to use cannabis preparations to treat a variety of medical conditions. In 2015, the Italian government authorized the use of cannabis to treat several diseases, including chronic pain generally, spasticity in multiple sclerosis, cachexia and anorexia among AIDS and cancer patients, glaucoma, Tourette syndrome, and certain types of epilepsy. We present the first snapshot of the Italian experience with cannabis use for chronic pain over the initial year of its use.Methods: This is a retrospective case series analysis of all chronic pain patients treated with oral or vaporized cannabis in six hubs during the initial year following the approval of the new Italian law (December 2015 to November 2016. We evaluated routes of administration, types of cannabis products utilized, dosing, and effectiveness and safety of the treatment.Results: As only one of the six centers has

Management of radioactive materials and wastes: status, stakes and perspectives

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Champion, Didier; Devin, Patrick; Tanguy, Loic; Bernard, Herve; Minon, Jean-Paul; Leclaire, Arnaud; Gilli, Ludivine; Lheureux, Yves; Pescatore, Claudio; Barbey, Pierre; Schneider, Thierry; Gay, Didier; Forest, Isabelle; Hemidy, Pierre-Yves; Baglan, Nicolas; Desnoyers, Bruno; Pieraccini, Michel; Poncet, Philippe; Seguin, Bertille; Calvez, Marianne; Leclerc, Elisabeth; Bancelin, Estelle; Fillion, Eric; Segura, Yannick; Vernaz, Etienne; Granier, Guy; De Preter, Peter; Petitfrere, Michael; Laye, Frederic; Nakamura, Takashi; Gin, Stephane; Lebaron-Jacobs, Laurence; Dinant, Sophie; Vacquier, Blandine; Crochon, Philippe; Griffault, Lise; Smith, Graham

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These technical days were organized by the Environment section of the French Society of Radiation Protection (SFRP). Time was given to some exchange about the societal aspects of radioactive waste management as well as about the legal context but the most part of the debates delt with the actual management modalities of the different types of wastes, both in France and in foreign countries, and with the related stakes, in particular in terms of impact. This document brings together the presentations (slides) of the following talks: - Contributions of radiation protection to the long-term safety management of radioactive wastes (Jean-Paul MINON - ONDRAF); - The national inventory of radioactive materials and wastes (Arnaud LECLAIRE - ANDRA); - The high activity, medium activity-long living wastes in debate - a co-building approach (ANCCLI/Clis of Bure/IRSN) to share stakes, enlighten, and develop thought (Ludivine GILLI - IRSN, Yves LHEUREUX - ANCCLI); - Social aspects of Radioactive Waste Management - The International Learning (Claudio PESCATORE - AEN/OCDE); - Citizens involvement and ACRO's point of view on radioactive wastes management (Pierre BARBEY - ACRO); - New CIPR recommendations about the geologic disposal of long-living radioactive wastes (Thierry SCHNEIDER - CEPN); - Overview of processes under the views of radiation protection principles (Didier GAY - IRSN); - The national plan of radioactive materials and wastes management (Loic TANGUY - ASN); - Joint convention on spent fuel management safety and on radioactive waste management safety - status and main stakes (Isabelle FOREST - ASN); - Transport of radioactive wastes (Bruno DESNOYERS - AREVA); - Optimisation and limitation of the environmental impacts of very-low level wastes - valorisation and processes selection (Michel PIERACCINI - EDF), Philippe PONCET - AREVA); - Management of hospital wastes - Example of Montpellier's University Regional Hospital (Bertille SEGUIN - CHRU de Montpellier); - Waste

Budget impact analysis of sofosbuvir-based regimens for the treatment of HIV/HCV-coinfected patients in northern Italy: a multicenter regional simulation

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Cenderello G

2015-12-01

Full Text Available Giovanni Cenderello,1 Stefania Artioli,2 Claudio Viscoli,3 Ambra Pasa,4 Mauro Giacomini,5 Barbara Giannini,5 Chiara Dentone,6 Laura Ambra Nicolini,3 Giovanni Cassola,1 Antonio Di Biagio31Infectious Diseases Unit EO, Ospedali Galliera, Genoa, 2Infectious Diseases Unit, ASL-5 Spezzina, La Spezia, 3Infectious Diseases Unit, AOU San Martino, IST, Genoa University, Genoa, 4IT Unit, Ospedali Galliera, Genoa, 5Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics and System Engineering (DIBRIS, University of Genoa, Genova, 6Infectious Diseases Unit, ASL-1 Imperiese, Sanremo, Imperia, ItalyObjectives: Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV is a leading cause of hospitalization and death in populations coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV. Sofosbuvir (SOF is a pan-genotypic drug that should be combined with other agents as an oral treatment for HCV. We performed a 5-year horizon budget impact analysis of SOF-based regimens for the management of HIV/HCV-coinfected patients.Methods: A multicenter, prospective evaluation was conducted, involving four Italian Infectious Diseases Departments (Galliera, San Martino, Sanremo, and La Spezia. All 1,005 genotype-coinfected patients (30% cirrhotics under observation were considered (patients in all disease-stages were considered: chronic hepatitis C, cirrhosis, transplant, hepatocellular carcinoma. Disease stage costs per patient were collected; the expected disease progression in the absence of treatment and sustained virological response (SVR success rate for SOF-based regimens were calculated based on the literature and expert opinion. Drug prices were based on what the National Health Service paid for them. The comparison of "no treatment" disease progression costs versus the economic impact of SOF-based regimens was investigated.Results: Over the following 5 years, the disease progression scenario resulted in direct costs of approximately €54 million. Assuming an SVR success rate of 90%, average SOF

Cost-effectiveness analysis of online hemodiafiltration versus high-flux hemodialysis

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Ramponi F

2016-09-01

Full Text Available Francesco Ramponi,1,2 Claudio Ronco,1,3 Giacomo Mason,1 Enrico Rettore,4 Daniele Marcelli,5,6 Francesca Martino,1,3 Mauro Neri,1,7 Alejandro Martin-Malo,8 Bernard Canaud,5,9 Francesco Locatelli10 1International Renal Research Institute (IRRIV, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, 2Department of Economics and Management, University of Padova, Padova, 3Department of Nephrology, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, 4Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento, FBK-IRVAPP & IZA, Trento, Italy; 5Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America Medical Board, Fresenius Medical Care,, Bad Homburg, Germany; 6Danube University, Krems, Austria; 7Department of Management and Engineering, University of Padova, Vicenza, Italy; 8Nephrology Unit, Reina Sofia University Hospital, Córdoba, Spain; 9School of Medicine, Montpellier University, Montpellier, France; 10Department of Nephrology, Manzoni Hospital, Lecco, Italy Background: Clinical studies suggest that hemodiafiltration (HDF may lead to better clinical outcomes than high-flux hemodialysis (HF-HD, but concerns have been raised about the cost-effectiveness of HDF versus HF-HD. Aim of this study was to investigate whether clinical benefits, in terms of longer survival and better health-related quality of life, are worth the possibly higher costs of HDF compared to HF-HD.Methods: The analysis comprised a simulation based on the combined results of previous published studies, with the following steps: 1 estimation of the survival function of HF-HD patients from a clinical trial and of HDF patients using the risk reduction estimated in a meta-analysis; 2 simulation of the survival of the same sample of patients as if allocated to HF-HD or HDF using three-state Markov models; and 3 application of state-specific health-related quality of life coefficients and differential costs derived from the literature. Several Monte Carlo simulations were performed, including simulations for patients with different

The Serra de Tramuntana World Heritage Site (Mallorca, Spain). Landslide activity valuation by means of Persistent Scatterers Interferometry

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Mateos, Rosa Maria; Bianchini, Silvia; Herrera, Gerardo; Garcia, Inmaculada; Sanabria, Margarita

2016-04-01

planning activities in cultural heritage sites. References: Bianchini S, Herrera G, Mateos RM, Notti D, García-Moreno I, Mora O, Moretti S (2013). Landslide Activity Maps Generation by means of Persistent Scattered Interferometry. Remote Sensing 5:6198-6222. Mateos R.M., García-Moreno I., Herrera G., Mulas J (2013) a. Damage caused by recent mass-movements in Majorca (Spain), a region with a high risk due to tourism. Landslide Science and Practice. Claudio Margottini, Paolo Canuti and Kyoji Sassa (Editors). Volume 7: Social and Economic Impact and Policies. 105-113. Mateos RM, Rodríguez-Peces M, Azañón JM, Rodríguez-Fernández FJ, Roldán FJ, García-Moreno I, Gelabert B, García-Mayordomo J (2013)b. El deslizamiento de Bàlitx (Mallorca) y su posible origen sísmico. Procesos activos desde el Pleistoceno superior. Boletín Geológico y Minero, 124 (1): 41-61

Evaluation of the efficiency of various medfly female trapping combinations in Costa Rica in support of the sterile insect technique

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Camacho, H.

1999-01-01

This report contains information from a four-year research programme co-ordinated by the International Atomic Energy Agency. The objective of the programme was to develop a trapping system for females of the Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly), Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae), for practical use in Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) programs and to design and evaluate a trap to obtain eggs from wild female medflies in order to estimate sterility induction in the field population. The study was carried out at two different Agricultural Research Stations of the University of Costa Rica, the Fabio Baudrit Agricultural Research Station (FBS) and Laguna de Fraijanes Agricultural Research Station (LFS), and in a privately-owned coffee and orange plantation in Grecia canton (Coope-Victoria Farm). Female medfly attractants tested were three food based 'female' attractants (FA-3), namely ammonium acetate (AA), 1,4 diaminobutane (putrescine) and trimethylamine, all formulated to last at least one month. These attractants were evaluated either in combinations of two (AA + putrescine, termed FA-2) or all three (termed FA-3). The attractants were tested in various traps including the plastic International Pheromone's McPhail traps (IPMT) and Tephri traps, a Spanish trap similar to the IPMT. Traps were used either as a dry trap (provided with DDVP) or a wet trap (provided with water and 0.01% surfactant). Jackson traps with Trimedlure (JT,TML), a routinely used male medfly trapping system, was also used. Trapping experiments conducted in the citrus plantation of the FBS resulted in the following fly/trap/day indices (F/T/D): 7.18 with JT,TML; 4.62 with open bottom dry traps (OBDT) baited with FA-3; 4.18 with OBDT (PVC) baited with FA-3; 7.73 with IPMT baited with FA-3, wet; 8.245 with IPMT baited with FA-3, dry; 5.27 with IPMT baited with NuLure; 4.79 with Tephri baited with FA-3, wet; and 5.42 with Tephri, FA-3, dry. The F/T/D indices at the Coope-Victoria Farm, in coffee

An innovative intervention for the treatment of cognitive impairment–Emisymmetric bilateral stimulation improves cognitive functions in Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment: an open-label study

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Guerriero F

2015-09-01

Full Text Available Fabio Guerriero,1–3 Emanuele Botarelli,3 Gianni Mele,3 Lorenzo Polo,3 Daniele Zoncu,3 Paolo Renati,3,4 Carmelo Sgarlata,1 Marco Rollone,2 Giovanni Ricevuti,1,2 Niccolo Maurizi,1 Matthew Francis,1 Mariangela Rondanelli,5 Simone Perna,5 Davide Guido,2,6 Piero Mannu3 1Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Therapy, Section of Geriatrics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; 2Agency for Elderly People Services, Santa Margherita Hospital, Pavia, Italy; 3Ambra Elektron, Italian Association of Biophysics for the Study of Electromagnetic Fields in Medicine, 4Alberto Sorti Research Institute, Medicine and Metamolecular Biology, Turin, Italy; 5Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, Section of Human Nutrition, Endocrinology and Nutrition Unit, 6Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology Unit, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy Background and aims: In the last decade, the development of different methods of brain stimulation by electromagnetic fields (EMF provides a promising therapeutic tool for subjects with impaired cognitive functions. Emisymmetric bilateral stimulation (EBS is a novel and innovative EMF brain stimulation, whose working principle is to introduce very weak noise-like stimuli through EMF to trigger self-arrangements in the cortex of treated subjects, thereby improving cognitive faculties. The aim of this pilot study was to investigate in patients with cognitive impairment the effectiveness of EBS treatment with respect to global cognitive function, episodic memory, and executive functions. Methods: Fourteen patients with cognitive decline (six with mild cognitive impairment and eight with Alzheimer’s disease underwent three EBS applications per week to both the cerebral cortex and auricular-specific sites for a total of 5 weeks. At baseline, after 2 weeks and 5 weeks, a neuropsychological assessment was performed through mini–mental state

Evaluation of the efficiency of various medfly female trapping combinations in Costa Rica in support of the sterile insect technique

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Camacho, H [Laboratorio de Investigacion en Mosca del Mediterraneo, Escuela de Biologia, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose (Costa Rica)

1999-07-01

This report contains information from a four-year research programme co-ordinated by the International Atomic Energy Agency. The objective of the programme was to develop a trapping system for females of the Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly), Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae), for practical use in Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) programs and to design and evaluate a trap to obtain eggs from wild female medflies in order to estimate sterility induction in the field population. The study was carried out at two different Agricultural Research Stations of the University of Costa Rica, the Fabio Baudrit Agricultural Research Station (FBS) and Laguna de Fraijanes Agricultural Research Station (LFS), and in a privately-owned coffee and orange plantation in Grecia canton (Coope-Victoria Farm). Female medfly attractants tested were three food based `female` attractants (FA-3), namely ammonium acetate (AA), 1,4 diaminobutane (putrescine) and trimethylamine, all formulated to last at least one month. These attractants were evaluated either in combinations of two (AA + putrescine, termed FA-2) or all three (termed FA-3). The attractants were tested in various traps including the plastic International Pheromone`s McPhail traps (IPMT) and Tephri traps, a Spanish trap similar to the IPMT. Traps were used either as a dry trap (provided with DDVP) or a wet trap (provided with water and 0.01% surfactant). Jackson traps with Trimedlure (JT,TML), a routinely used male medfly trapping system, was also used. Trapping experiments conducted in the citrus plantation of the FBS resulted in the following fly/trap/day indices (F/T/D): 7.18 with JT,TML; 4.62 with open bottom dry traps (OBDT) baited with FA-3; 4.18 with OBDT (PVC) baited with FA-3; 7.73 with IPMT baited with FA-3, wet; 8.245 with IPMT baited with FA-3, dry; 5.27 with IPMT baited with NuLure; 4.79 with Tephri baited with FA-3, wet; and 5.42 with Tephri, FA-3, dry. The F/T/D indices at the Coope-Victoria Farm, in coffee

El foro romano de Termes (Hispania Citerior. Síntesis histórica, arqueológica y topográfica. S. I a. C.- s. II d. C.

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Martínez Caballero, Santiago

2010-12-01

progresiva superposición de estructuras en la zona. Durante la etapa Julio Claudia (14-37 d. C. se creó una nueva área pública, junto a la anterior, conformada por un recinto porticado con un templo. Este conjunto formaba parte de un espacio público principal, bien un Foro Julio Claudio, bien simplemente un santuario urbano. Finalmente, en época flavia, a partir de 75 d. C., el sitio del foro augusteo será transformado con la construcción de un gran cuadripórtico monumental y escenográfico, el Foro Flavio, complejo que se constituirá, al mismo tiempo, como un foro y un Augusteum, espacio de representación y santuario de culto dinástico.

Analysis of cardiac autonomic modulation of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

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2014-04-01

Full Text Available Tatiana Dias de Carvalho,1,2 Rubens Wajnsztejn,3 Luiz Carlos de Abreu,2,7 Luiz Carlos Marques Vanderlei,4 Moacir Fernandes Godoy,5 Fernando Adami,2 Vitor E Valenti,6 Carlos B M Monteiro,2,7 Claudio Leone,7 Karen Cristina da Cruz Martins,2 Celso Ferreira11Departamento de Medicina, Disciplina de Cardiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil; 2Laboratório de Escrita Científica da Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, FMABC, Santo André, Brazil; 3Núcleo Especializado em Aprendizagem, Programa de pós-graduação em Ciências da Saúde da Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, FMABC, Santo André, Brazil; 4Departamento de Fisioterapia da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista, UNESP, Presidente Prudente, São Paulo, Brazil; 5Núcleo Transdisciplinar de Estudos do Caos e da Complexidade. Faculdade de Medicina de São José de Rio Preto, FAMERP, São José do Rio Preto, Brazil; 6Departamento de Fonoaudiologia da Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, UNESP, Marília, Brazil; 7Departamento de Saúde Materno-Infantil da Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilBackground: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD is characterized by decreased attention span, impulsiveness, and hyperactivity. Autonomic nervous system imbalance was previously described in this population. We aim to compare the autonomic function of children with ADHD and controls by analyzing heart rate variability (HRV.Methods: Children rested in supine position with spontaneous breathing for 20 minutes. Heart rate was recorded beat by beat. HRV analysis was performed in the time and frequency domains and Poincaré plot.Results: Twenty-eight children with ADHD (22 boys, aged 9.964 years and 28 controls (15 boys, age 9.857 years participated in this study. It was determined that the mean and standard deviation of indexes which indicate parasympathetic activity is higher in

Cost-consequence analysis of sitagliptin versus sulfonylureas as add-on therapy for the treatment of diabetic patients in Italy

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Lorenzoni V

2017-11-01

Full Text Available Valentina Lorenzoni,1 Fabio Baccetti,2 Stefano Genovese,3 Enrico Torre,4 Giuseppe Turchetti1 1Institute of Management, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy; 2SD Diabetology, ASL Toscana Nordovest, Massa Carrara, Italy; 3Cardiovascular and Metabolic Department, IRCCS Multimedica Sesto San Giovanni, Milan, Italy; 4SSD Endocrinologia, Diabetologia e Malattie metaboliche, ASL 3 Genovese, Genoa, Italy Objective: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease related to a significant impact in both epidemiologic and economic terms. In Italy, around 3.6 million people are affected by diabetes and this number is expected to increase significantly in the next few years. As recommended by current national and international guidelines, metformin (Met is prescribed as first-line pharmacological treatment, and many pharmacological alternatives are available for patients uncontrolled with Met monotherapy. Despite the availability of many innovative oral antidiabetic drugs (OADs, such as dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitors (DPP4-i and its first-in-class sitagliptin (SITA, which entered the Italian market in the last 10 years, their usage is consistently lower than traditional drugs such as sulfonylureas (SUs. In fact, due to higher acquisition costs, the prescription of innovative OADs in Italy is restricted to specialist, resulting in a prominent usage of traditional OAD that can be prescribed also by general practitioners (GPs. A cost consequence analysis (CCA was performed in order to compare SITA with SU, as second-line therapy in add-on to Met, in terms of costs and related clinical events over 36 months.Methods: A CCA was conducted on a hypothetical cohort of 100,000 type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM patients uncontrolled with Met monotherapy, from both the Italian National Health Service (INHS and societal perspective. Therefore, both direct (drugs, self-monitoring, hypoglycemia, major cardiovascular events [MACEs], and switch to insulin and indirect costs

The nasal delivery of nanoencapsulated statins – an approach for brain delivery

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Clementino A

2016-12-01

Full Text Available Adryana Clementino,1,2 Mellissa Batger,3 Gabriela Garrastazu,2,3 Michele Pozzoli,3 Elena Del Favero,4 Valeria Rondelli,4 Bianca Gutfilen,5 Thiago Barboza,5 Maria B Sukkar,3 Sergio A L Souza,5 Laura Cantù,4 Fabio Sonvico1,3 1Department of Pharmacy, University of Parma, Parma, Italy; 2National Council for Scientific and Technological Development – CNPq, Brasilia, Brazil; 3Graduate School of Health – Pharmacy, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, Australia; 4Department of Medical Biotechnologies and Translational Medicine, LITA, University of Milan, Segrate, Italy; 5Laboratório de Marcação de Células e Moléculas, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Purpose: Along with their cholesterol-lowering effect, statins have shown a wide range of pleiotropic effects potentially beneficial to neurodegenerative diseases. However, such effects are extremely elusive via the conventional oral administration. The purpose of the present study was to prepare and characterize the physicochemical properties and the in vivo biodistribution of simvastatin-loaded lecithin/chitosan nanoparticles (SVT-LCNs suitable for nasal administration in view of an improved delivery of the statins to the brain. Materials and methods: Chitosan, lecithin, and different oil excipients were used to prepare nanocapsules loaded with simvastatin. Particle size distribution, surface charge, structure, simvastatin loading and release, and interaction with mucus of nanoparticles were determined. The nanoparticle nasal toxicity was evaluated in vitro using RPMI 2651 nasal cell lines. Finally, in vivo biodistribution was assessed by gamma scintigraphy via Tc99m labeling of the particles. Results: Among the different types of nanoparticles produced, the SVT-LCN_MaiLab showed the most ideal physicochemical characteristics, with small diameter (200 nm, positive surface charge (+48 mV and high encapsulation

Testimonies to the L'Aquila earthquake (2009) and to the L'Aquila process

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Kalenda, Pavel; Nemec, Vaclav

2014-05-01

Lot of confusions, misinformation, false solidarity, efforts to misuse geoethics and other unethical activities in favour of the top Italian seismologists responsible for a bad and superficial evaluation of the situation 6 days prior to the earthquake - that is a general characteristics for the whole period of 5 years separating us from the horrible morning of April 6, 2009 in L'Aquila with 309 human victims. The first author of this presentation as a seismologist had unusual opportunity to visit the unfortunate city in April 2009. He got all "first-hand" information that a real scientifically based prediction did exist already for some shocks in the area on March 29 and 30, 2009. The author of the prediction Gianpaolo Giuliani was obliged to stop any public information diffused by means of internet. A new prediction was known to him on March 31 - in the day when the "Commission of Great Risks" offered a public assurance that any immediate earthquake can be practically excluded. In reality the members of the commission completely ignored such a prediction declaring it as a false alarm of "somebody" (even without using the name of Giuliani). The observations by Giuliani were of high quality from the scientific point of view. G. Giuliani predicted L'Aquila earthquake in the professional way - for the first time during many years of observations. The anomalies, which preceded L'Aquila earthquake were detected on many places in Europe in the same time. The question is, what locality would be signed as potential focal area, if G. Giuliani would know the other observations in Europe. The deformation (and other) anomalies are observable before almost all of global M8 earthquakes. Earthquakes are preceded by deformation and are predictable. The testimony of the second author is based on many unfortunate personal experiences with representatives of the INGV Rome and their supporters from India and even Australia. In July 2010, prosecutor Fabio Picuti charged the Commission

Immunosupportive therapies in aging

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Tamas Fülöp

2007-04-01

Full Text Available Tamas Fülöp1, Anis Larbi2, Katsuiku Hirokawa3, Eugenio Mocchegiani4, Bruno Lesourd5, Stephen Castle6, Anders Wikby7, Claudio Franceschi8, Graham Pawelec21Research Center on Aging, Immunology Program, Geriatric Division, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada; 2Tübingen Ageing and Tumour Immunology Group, Center for Medical Research, University of Tübingen Medical School, Tübingen, Germany; 3Department of Pathology and Immunology Ageing and Developmental Sciences, Tokyo-Medical and Dental University Graduate School, Tokyo, Japan; 4Immunology Center, Section Nutrition, Immunity and Ageing, Research Department, Italian National Research Centres on Ageing, INRCA, Ancona, Italy; 5Hopital Universitaire de Clermont-Ferrand, Service Soins de Suite, Route de Châteaugay BP56, F-63118 Cebazat, France; 6Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and Multicampus Division of Geriatric and Gerontology, Department of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA; 7School of Health Sciences, Jönköping University, Department of Natural Science and Biomedicine, Jönköping, Sweden; 8Italian National Research Center on Aging, Department of Experimental pathology, University of Bologna, Bologna, ItalyAbstract: The primary role of the immune system is to protect the organism against pathogens, but age-associated alterations to immunity increase the susceptibility of the elderly to infectious disease. The exact nature of these changes is still controversial, but the use of screening procedures, such as the SENIEUR protocol to exclude underlying illness, helped to better characterize the changes actually related to physiological aging rather than pathology. It is generally agreed that the most marked changes occur in the cellular immune response reflecting profound alterations in T cells. Much of this is due to thymic involution as well as changes in the proportions of T cell

Seasonal rockfall risk assessment along transportation network: a sample from Mallorca (Spain)

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Mateos, Rosa Maria; Garcia, Inmaculada; Reichenbach, Paola; Herrera, Gerardo; Rius, Joan; Aguilo, Raul; Roldan, Francisco J.

2014-05-01

section of the road. For the risk analysis, four scenarios depending on the seasonal people exposition have been taken into account, considering the autumn as the season with the highest risk. This methodology can be applied to highly touristy areas such Mallorca, where the safety of the population and its visitors must be the priority of all concerned. References : Guzzetti, F., Crosta G., Detti, R. Agliardi, F., 2002: STONE: A computer program for the three-dimensional simulation of rock-falls. Computers Geosciences 28 (2002) 1079-1093. Mateos, R.M., García-Moreno, I., Azañón, J.M., 2012. Freeze-thaw cycles and rainfall as triggering factors of mass movements in a warm Mediterranean region: the case of the Tramuntana Range (Majorca, Spain). Landslides (2012), 9: 417-432. Mateos, R.M., García- Moreno, I., Herrera, G., Mulas, J., 2013b. Damage caused by recent mass-movements in Majorca (Spain), a region with a high risk due to tourism. Landslide Science and Practice. Claudio Margottini, Paolo Canuti and Kyoji Sassa (Editors). Volume 7: Social and Economic Impact and Policies. 105-113.

Principals Of Radiation Toxicology: Important Aspects.

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Popov, Dmitri; Maliev, Slava; Jones, Jeffrey

. 1990, 2012] Moderate and high doses of radiation induces necrosis of radiosensitive cells with the subsequent formation of radiation toxins and their induced acute inflammatory processes. Radiation necrosis is the most substantial and most severe form of radiation induced injury, and when widespread, has grave therapeutic implications. [D. Popov et al. 1990, 2012,Claudio A. et al. 2002, Robertson J. et al. 2002, ] Relatively small doses of Radiation Toxins induce apoptosis and high doses of Radiation Toxins induce necrosis. [Rastogi P. et al. 2009, D. Popov et al. 1990, 2012,] Threshold of Toxic Effects occurs and can be defined. [D. Popov et al. 2012, ] Radiation Toxins affects Somatic cells and Germ Cells. Radiation Toxins can induce teratogenic processes. Specific Toxicity of Radiation Toxins can affects developing fetus. Material and Methods, Results: http://www.intechopen.com/books/current-topics-in-ionizing-radiation-research/radiation-toxins-molecular-mechanisms-of-toxicity-and-radiomimetic-properties- Conclusion: Radiation is a physical agent - induce activation of some secretory proteins with high enzymatic activity. This proteins called as Radiation Toxins can produce specific for radiation biological and toxic effects after administration to radiation naive mammals. [V. Maliev et al. 2007, D. Popov et al. 1990, 2012] Radiation Toxins are teratogenic and oncogenic. Radiation Toxins effects depend on Administered Dose and Radiation effects depend on Exposure Dose and Absorbed Dose. The levels of Radiation Toxins correlates with Radiation Exposure.

Safety regulation of geological disposal of radioactive waste: progress since Cordoba and remaining challenges

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Duncan, A.; Pescatore, C.

2010-01-01

Claudio Pescatore, Deputy Division Head (NEA) presented a paper, the purpose of which was to recall where we stood at the time of the Cordoba Workshop (1997) on the regulation of disposal of long-lived radioactive waste, to review developments since then, to present the key existing issues, and reflect on the remaining challenges and possible responses. The overview study on progress in regulation for geological disposal since the Cordoba workshop [NEA/RWMC/RF(2008)6], provides a good list of references regarding the first two issues. The presentation of the existing issues takes advantage of the synthesis of the responses to a questionnaire completed by the regulatory organisations in preparation for this workshop. It warns regulators and implementers that international work to date seems to have created an expectation in the mind of the public and in some organisations that nothing less than a guarantee by the regulator is needed of maintaining current levels of protection of both individuals and populations practically forever, regardless of the impracticality of this. This expectation needs to be replaced with a carefully and clearly explained understanding of the choices involved in dealing with long-lived radioactive waste against a background of our responsibilities to both current and future generations and our practical capacity to deliver them. Concerning the current major challenges faced in regulation, the paper comes back to the issue of the 'guarantee' by the regulator and it observes that there is no doubt that there is a willingness to do the best to comply with the principle of protection and that we are broadly convinced that current concepts for geological disposal, supported by multiple lines of reasoning and application of best available techniques (BAT) will meet that principle. However, we do not have the capacity to prove or guarantee this, nor do we believe that it is possible in practice. Although we are advised that it is neither

3d-modelling workflows for trans-nationally shared geological models - first approaches from the project GeoMol

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Rupf, Isabel

2013-04-01

framework model are interpreted seismic lines, 3d-models can be generated either in time or in depth domain. Some partners will build their 3d-model in time domain and convert it after finishing to depth. Other participants will transform seismic information first and will model directly in depth domain. To ensure comparability between the different parts transnational velocity models for time-depth conversion are required at an early stage of the project. The exchange of model geometries, topology, and geo-scientific content will be achieved applying an appropriate cyberinfrastructure called GST. It provides functionalities to ensure semantic and technical interoperability. Within the project GeoMol a web server for the dissemination of 3d geological models will be implemented including an administrative interface for the role-based access, real-time transformation of country-specific coordinate systems and a web visualisation features. The project GeoMol is co-funded by the Alpine Space Program as part of the European Territorial Cooperation 2007-2013. The project integrates partners from Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland and runs from September 2012 to June 2015. Further information on www.geomol.eu. The GeoMol 3D-modelling team: Roland Baumberger (swisstopo), Magdalena Bottig (GBA), Alessandro Cagnoni (RLB), Laure Capar (BRGM), Renaud Couëffé (BRGM), Chiara D'Ambrogi (ISPRA), Chrystel Dezayes (BRGM), Gerold Diepolder (LfU BY), Charlotte Fehn (LGRB), Sunseare Gabalda (BRGM), Gregor Götzl (GBA), Andrej Lapanje (GeoZS), Fabio Carlo Molinari (RER-SGSS), Edgar Nitsch (LGRB), Robert Pamer (LfU BY), Sebastian Pfleiderer (GBA), Marco Pantaloni (ISPRA), Uta Schulz (LfU BY), Günter Sokol (LGRB), Gunther Wirsing (LGRB), Heiko Zumsprekel (LGRB)

Increased sugarcane water productivity in Brazil avoids land use change and related environmental impacts

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Scarpare, F. V.; Galdos, M. V.; Kolln, O.; Gava, G.; Franco, H.; Trivelin, P.

2012-12-01

Fábio V. Scarparea, Marcelo V. Galdosa, Oriel T. Kollna, Glauber J.C. Gavab, Henrique J. Francoa, Paulo C.O. Trivelinc a Laboratório Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia do Bioetanol - CTBE/CNPEM, C.P. 6170, Campinas, SP, 13083-970, Brazil. E-mail: fabio.scarpare@bioetanol.org.br b APTA - Polo Centro Oeste. Rod. SP 304, km 304, CP 66, Jaú, SP, 17201-970, Brazil. c Laboratório de Isótopos Estáveis, Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura, CENA/USP, C.P. 9, Piracicaba, SP, 13418-900, Brazil. Increasing crop water productivity is a key factor where water is scarce compared with land and other resources. A widespread method for water use assessment is the water productivity (WP) approach which is the ratio between biomass production per unit of water utilized. WP is useful to evaluate water utilization and to identify where and when water can be saved in an irrigation system. Traditionally, field experiments are conducted to quantify and evaluate water management practices in irrigation systems. This field trial was conducted in Jaú - São Paulo State (Lat 22.17° S, Long 48.32° W) during first and second ratoon cycles. Four treatments were appraised; rainfed only (R0); rainfed + 150 kg ha-1 of N (RN); irrigation only (I0) and irrigation + 150 kg ha-1 of N (IN). The subsurface drip irrigation was carried out considering the crop evapotranspiration (ETc) to restore 100% of evapotranspired water. The irrigation frequency was considered the water supply to the soil by precipitation and the atmospheric demand for sugarcane ETc, with a maximum soil storage capacity of 70 mm. Our results point that the WP in irrigated condition was 13% higher than rainfed field whereas for N application, WP reached even higher values, 40%. WP among all treatments showed better results for IN (~28 kg mm-1) followed by RN (~23 kg mm-1); I0 (~16 kg mm-1) and R0 (~15 kg mm-1). Those results are in agreement with some studies which suggest high synergy between water and nitrogen for the

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Elena Grigoryeva

2012-02-01

. Japan processes 96% of waste, Germany 95%, Poland 16%, Russia only 5%. At this moment the territory of Russia has accumulated 100 billion tons of garbage – there is scarcely any deposit of such a large scale. Waste recycling plants are a vital task for today’s and tomorrow’s architecture (102–105.The architecture itself is no longer designed for centuries. The green standards contain such an essential item as engineering redesign for dismantled or demolished structures. Instead of the philosophical principle “my house is my fortress”, the impermanence is on the agenda today. A house, like a short-life packing or tomorrow’s garbage, is now under the statement of the problem.This issue returns to its regular sections. In the HERITAGE section there is an article by our American contributor Brian Spencer (124–129; and a debut of Fabio Todeschini, Professor from South Africa (130–136. In the LANDSCAPE section we start publishing a series of articles by Olga Smirnova (142–147, a Krasnoyarsk architect, poet and traveler…

Geoethical suggestions for reducing risk of next (not only strong) earthquakes

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Nemec, Vaclav

2013-04-01

Three relatively recent examples of earthquakes can be used as a background for suggesting geoethical views into any prediction accompanied by a risk analysis. ĹAquila earthquake (Italy - 2009): ĹAquila was largely destroyed by earthquakes in 1315, 1319, 1452, 1461, 1501, 1646, 1703 (until that time altogether about 3000 victims) and 1786 (about 6000 victims of this event only). The city was rebuilt and remained stable until October 2008, when tremors began again. From January 1 through April 5, 2009, additional 304 tremors were reported. When after measuring increased levels of radon emitted from the ground a local citizen (for many years working for the Italian National Institute of Astrophysics) predicted a major earthquake on Italian television, he was accused of being alarmist. Italy's National Commission for Prediction and Prevention of Major Risks met in L'Aquila for one hour on March 31, 2009, without really evaluating and characterising the risks that were present. On April 6 a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Aquila and nearby towns, killing 309 people and injuring more than 1,500. The quake also destroyed roughly 20,000 buildings, temporarily displacing another 65,000 people. In July 2010, prosecutor Fabio Picuti charged the Commission members with manslaughter and negligence for failing to warn the public of the impending risk. Many international organizations joined the chorus of criticism wrongly interpreting the accusation and sentence at the first stage as a problem of impossibility to predict earthquakes. - The Eyjafjallajokull volcano eruption (Iceland - 2010) is a reminder that in our globalized, interconnected world because of the increased sensibility of the new technology even a relatively small natural disaster may cause unexpected range of problems. - Earthquake and tsunami (Japan - 2011) - the most powerful known earthquake ever to have hit Japan on March 11. Whereas the proper earthquake with the magnitude of 9.0 has caused minimum of

Homenaje al Profesor Académico Juan Di Doménico.

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Roberto Vergara Támara

2004-03-01

Nápoles en 1924 donde completó su bachillerato Académico en el Liceo Umberto 1. Estudió medicina desde 1931 y se graduó en 1937. En 1938 aprobó los exámenes estatales para ejercer la medicina en Italia.

Casado con Carmen Buraglia Stella (1947-1992. Sus hijos: Juan Francisco, Cirujano y Claudio Maurizio, Arquitecto, constructor. Sus nietos: Stefano, Eric, Claudia y Valeria.
Viajó a Estados Unidos, se especializó en Cirugía General. Internado Rotatorio en el Merey Hospital Davenport, lowa, 1939-1940. Se matriculó en un Curso de Cirugía General en el Cook County Graduate School of Medicine, 1939-1941 Yen la Mayo Clinic de Rochester, Minnesota. Asistió además al Columbus Hospital de New York y al Charity Hospital de New Orleans...

34th UIT Heat Transfer Conference 2016

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2017-01-01

renewed every three years. President, vice-President and secretary cannot be appointed for the same chair more than twice on end. UIT 2016 Steering committee Auditors Vincenzo Naso, President Mario De Salve Giuseppe Vella, Vice-President Marco Spiga Sara Rainieri, Secretary Luca Tagliafico Gian Piero Celata Davide Del Col Paolo Di Marco Alfonso Niro Past-Presidents Past-Secretaries Enrico Lorenzini Sandro Salvigni (First President and Founder) Piero Vigni † Sergio Faggiani † Gian Piero Celata Claudio Pisoni † Paolo Di Marco Gian Piero Celata Distinguished members Honorary members Gaetano Alfano † Arthur E Bergles † Vittorio Betta Michael W Collins † Maurizio Cumo Marino Di Marzo Giovanni Del Tin Frank P Incropera Giovanni De Comelli † Antonio C M Sousa Sergio Faggiani † Enrico Lorenzini Elio Oliveri Claudio Pisoni † Sandro Salvigni Giorgio Sotgia Scientific committee of the 34th UIT heat transfer conference Stefano Piva – Chair - Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Italy Giovanni Sebastiano Barozzi – Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy Gian Paolo Beretta – Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy Gian Piero Celata – Centro Ricerche ENEA Casaccia, Roma, Italy Michele Ciofalo – Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy Mario De Salve – Politecnico di Torino, Italy Paolo Di Marco – Università di Pisa, Italy Marco Filippi – Politecnico di Torino, Italy Marco Fossa - Università di Genova, Italy Giovanni Latini – Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy Enrico Lorenzini – Università degli Studi di Bologna, Italy Rita Mastrullo – Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy Oronzio Manca – Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Italy Vincenzo Naso – Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy Alfonso Niro – Politecnico di Milano, Italy Enrico Nobile – Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italy Carlo Nonino – Università degli Studi di Udine, Italy Giorgio Pagliarini – Universit

Five-year review of an international clinical research-training program

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2015-04-01

Full Text Available Claudia Kimie Suemoto,1,2 Sherine Ismail,1,3 Paulo César Rodrigues Pinto Corrêa,1,4,5 Faiza Khawaja,1,6 Teodoro Jerves,1 Laura Pesantez,1 Ana Claudia Camargo Gonçalves Germani,1,7 Fabio Zaina,1,8 Augusto Cesar Soares dos Santos Junior,1,9,10 Ricardo Jorge de Oliveira Ferreira,1,11 Priyamvada Singh,1,12 Judy Vicente Paulo,1,13 Suely Reiko Matsubayashi,1,14 Liliane Pinto Vidor,1,15 Guilherme Andretta,1,16 Rita Tomás,1,17 Ben MW Illigens,1,18 Felipe Fregni1,18,19 1Collaborative Learning in Clinical Research Program, Principles and Practice of Clinical Research (PPCR, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; 2Discipline of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil; 3King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Pharmaceutical Care Department, King Khalid Hospital, NGHA, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 4Discipline of Internal Medicine and Medical Semiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP Medical School, Ouro Preto, Brazil; 5Discipline of Pneumology, Department of Internal Medicine, Centro Universitário de Belo Horizonte (Uni-BH, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; 6Canadian Centre for Advanced Eye Therapeutics, Mississauga, ON, Canada; 7Department of Preventive Medicine, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil; 8Italian Scientific Spine Institute (ISICO, Milan, Italy; 9Hospital Osvaldo Rezende Franco, Betim, Brazil; 10Nucleo de Avaliação de Tecnologia em Saude, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; 11Department of Rheumatology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal; 12Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA, USA; 13Portuguese Institute of Oncology, Coimbra, Portugal; 14Acupuncture

PREFACE: 5th International Workshop on Top Quark Physics (TOP2012)

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Salamanna, G.; Boisvert, V.; Cerrito, L.; Khan, A.; Moretti, S.; Owen, M.; Schwanenberger, C.

2013-07-01

resonances in the boosted top regime were also provided. Finally, a set of dedicated talks on the interplay between the top sector and other hot subjects, like the Higgs and SUSY, were given both at the theory and experimental level. Furthermore, ad hoc student sessions were organized to allow younger colleagues to pose questions to the senior experts in the field and contribute with their more recent studies. The conference has been a definitive success, not just scientifically: about 130 participants from all over the world created a collegiate spirit which culminated in the social events at Winchester Hall below King Arthur's table; and in a cosy 16th century barn for the social dinner. The Local Organizing Committee would like to thank all participants, and in particular the speakers, for their high level contributions to TOP 2012 and for making this a very fruitful and pleasant time together. We conclude by wishing the Organizing Committee of TOP 2013 all the best for a successful conference. We look forward to seeing everyone in Germany in 2013. Giuseppe Salamanna Local Organizing Committee London, June 2013 Local Organising Committee Veronique Boisvert (Chair, Royal Holloway, University of London) Lucio Cerrito (Queen Mary, University of London) Akram Khan (Brunel University, London) Stefano Moretti (University of Southampton) Mark Owen (University of Manchester) Giuseppe Salamanna (Queen Mary, University of London) Christian Schwanenberger (University of Manchester) International Advisory Committee Roberto Tenchini (INFN, Pisa) Martine Bosman (IFAE, Barcelona) Michelangelo Mangano (CERN) Scott Willenbrock (University of Illinois, Urbana) Werner Bernreuther (RWTH, Aachen) Jorgen D'Hondt (VUB, Brussels) Antonio Onofre (LIP, University Minho) Fabio Maltoni (UCL, Louvain) Eric Laenen (NIKHEF) Fabrizio Margaroli (INFN, Roma 1) Juan Antonio Aguilar Saavedra (University of Granada) Yvonne Peters (University of Manchester) Roberto Chierici (CERN) Markus Cristinziani

PREFACE: EPS Euroconference XIX Nuclear Physics Divisional Conference: New Trends in Nuclear Physics Applications and Technology

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2006-06-01

. Role of Nuclear Techniques in Environment Problems. Applications of Nuclear Techniques relevant for Civil Security (contraband and explosive detection, search for Weapons of Mass Destruction, Nuclear Safeguards). Nuclear Applications in Space Research. Material and Structure Testing in Research and Industry. New contributions of Nuclear Techniques to the solution of the Energy Production problems and Nuclear Waste Transmutation. Emerging experimental techniques, new detectors and new modeling tools. During the Monday morning Session of the Conference, the 2005 IBA-EUROPHYSICS PRIZE for Applied Nuclear Science and Nuclear Methods in Medicine, sponsored by the Belgian company IBA, was awarded to the two laureates Werner Heil (Mainz) and Pierre Jean Nacher (Paris) for the development of spin polarized 3He targets by optical pumping and their applications in nuclear science and medicine. The meeting was a real success, with 18 invited talks, 66 contributed talks and 31 posters and an overall participation, during five full days, of around 150 scientists from different European and non-European countries. It also hosted a three day industrial exhibition of a selection of Companies that sponsored the event. The Organisers take thos opportunity to thank the University of Pavia, the Amministrazione Comunale di Pavia and the Provincia di Pavia, as well as all exhibitors (Ametek, Ansaldo Superconduttori, Caen, Else, Hamamatsu, IBA, Micos, Micron Semiconductor), for their support of the Conference. The Organisers finally wish to thank the Scientific Secretary of the Conference, Dr Andrea Fontana of INFN Pavia, for the huge amount of work done in preparing the Conference, Mr Claudio Casella of the Department of Nuclear and Theoretical Physics of the University of Pavia for technical support and the Conference staff, Dr Gaia Boghen and the graduate students Federica Devecchi and Silvia Franchino, for their invaluable help. The very effective and professional work of the staff of

Roadway management plan based on rockfall modelling calibration and validation. Application along the Ma-10 road in Mallorca (Spain)

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Mateos, Rosa Maria; Garcia, Inmaculada; Reichenbach, Paola; Herrera, Gerardo; Sarro, Roberto; Rius, Joan; Aguilo, Raul

2016-04-01

taking into account, not only the success, but also the mistakes. We have further validated the calibrated parameters along the Ma-road using the 63 rockfall recorded during the past 18 years along the road. 81.5% of the rockfalls are well represented by STONE modelling. Results have been exploited by the Road Maintenance Service of Mallorca for the design of the following road management plan: (1) Phase 1. Short-term. Design a specific plan for the road- sections where rockfalls were registered and modelling results were obtained. A large investment will be expended for implementation of retention and protection measures. (2) Phase 2. Medium-term. Design a specific plan for the road- sections where rockfalls were registered but no modelling results were obtained. For these cases, new studies at local scale are necessary as well as the application of other modelling software which include higher resolution input data. (3) Phase 3. Long-term. Design a specific plan for the road- sections where no rockfalls were registered but modelling results were obtained. These are potential rockfall areas and local and specific ground studies are necessaries. References Mateos RM (2006) Los movimientos de ladera en la Serra de Tramuntana (Mallorca). Caracterización geomecánica y análisis de peligrosidad. PhD. Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Madrid, 299 p. Mateos RM, García-Moreno I, Herrera G, Mulas J (2013) Damage caused by recent mass-movements in Majorca (Spain), a region with a high risk due to tourism.Landslide Science and Practice.Claudio Margottini, Paolo Canuti and KyojiSassa (Editors). Volume 7: Social and Economic Impact and Policies. 105-113. Guzzetti F, Crosta G, Detti R, Agliardi F (2002) STONE: A computer program for the three-dimensional simulation of rock-falls. Computers Geosciences. Vol. 28:1079-1093.

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José Miguel Delgado Idarreta

2009-12-01

Full Text Available Andrés Cabello, Sergio; Capellán de Miguel, Gonzalo; Fandiño Pérez, Roberto y Orduña Prada, Mónica, La transición a la democracia en La Rioja. Logroño, Gobierno de La Rioja, 2001, 291 pp.Páginas 199-200José Miguel Delgado IdarretaBeneyto, José María; Martín de la Guardia, Ricardo y Pérez Sánchez, Guillermo (dirs., Europa y Estados Unidos. Una historia de la relación atlántica en los últimos cien años. Madrid, Biblioteca Nueva, 2005, 356 pp.Páginas 201-203David Molina RabadánBosworth, Richard J. B., Mussolini’s Italy. Life under the Fascist Dictatorship 1915-1945. New York, Penguin, 2006, 692 pp.Páginas 203-205Jan NelisDávila A., Mireya; Fuentes S., Claudio (eds., Promesas de cambio. Izquierda y derecha en el Chile contemporáneo. Santiago de Chile, Editorial Universitaria, FLACSO, 2003, 189 pp.Páginas 205-208David Oviedo SilvaDelgado Idarreta, José Miguel; Andrés Cabello, Sergio, Actas del V Simposio de Historia Actual: La Rioja, España, Europa. Logroño, Instituto de Estudios Riojanos, 2006, 449 pp.Páginas 208-212Alfonso Pinilla GarcíaEvans, Richard J., La llegada del Tercer Reich. Barcelona, Península, 2005, 672 pp.Páginas 212-214Alejandro Piñero GonzálezFriedman, Thomas L., La Tierra es plana. Breve historia del mundo globalizado del siglo XXI. Madrid, Martínez Roca, 2006, 496 pp.Páginas 214-216David Molina RabadánGil Calvo, Enrique, El miedo es el mensaje. Riesgo, incertidumbre y medios de comunicación. Madrid, Alianza Editorial, 2004, 320 pp.Páginas 216-218Lucía Benítez EyzaguirreGoicovic Donoso, Igor, Entre el dolor y la ira. La venganza de Antonio Ramón Ramón. Chile, 1914. Osorno, Editorial Universidad de los Lagos, 2005, 188 pp.Páginas 218-221Alejandra Brito PeñaGriffin, Roger (ed., Fascism, Totalitarianism and Political Religion. New York, Routledge, 2005, 225 pp.Páginas 221-222Jan NelisMcNeill, John R., Algo nuevo bajo el Sol. Historia medioambiental del mundo en el siglo XX. Alianza

Realistic modeling of seismic input for megacities and large urban areas

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Panza, G. F.; Unesco/Iugs/Igcp Project 414 Team

2003-04-01

, supply a particularly powerful tool for the prevention aspects of Civil Defense. We present a selection of the main results obtained for the cities of Algiers, Beijing, Bucharest, Cairo, Debrecen, Delhi, Naples, Rome, Russe, Santiago de Cuba, Sofia, Thessaloniki and Zagreb. The UNESCO/IUGS/IGCP PROJECT 414 team members are: Giuliano F. Panza (1,2) (Chairman), Leonardo Alvarez (3), Abdelkrim Aoudia (1,2), Abdelhakim Ayadi (4), Hadj Benhallou (4,5), Djillali Benouar (6), Zoltan Bus (7), Yun-Tai Chen (8), Carmen Cioflan (9), Zhifeng Ding (8), Attia El-Sayed (10), Julio Garcia (3), Bartolomeo Garofalo (11), Alexander Gorshkov (12), Katalin Gribovszki (13), Assia Harbi (4), Panagiotis Hatzidimitriou (14), Marijan Herak (15), Mihaela Kouteva (16), Igor Kuznetzov (12), Ivan Lokmer (15), Said Maouche (4), Gheorghe Marmureanu (9), Margarita Matova (16), Maddalena Natale (11), Concettina Nunziata (11), Imtiyaz Parvez (17,1), Ivanka Paskaleva (16), Ramon Pico (18), Mircea Radulian (9), Fabio Romanelli (2), Alexander Soloviev (12), Peter Suhadolc (2), Gyõzõ Szeidovitz (7), Petros Triantafyllidis (14), Franco Vaccari (2,19). (1) The Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics, SAND Group, Mirarmar, Trieste, Italy. (2) Department of Earth Sciences, University of Trieste, Via E. Weiss 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy. (3) Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Sismologicas, Cuba. (4) Centre de Recherche en Astronomie, Astrophysique et Geophysique, BP. 63, Bouzaréah, Alger, Algérie. (5) Faculté des Sciences de la Terre de l'Aménagment du Territoire et de la Géographie, USTHB, Alger, Algérie. (6) University of Algiers (USTHB), Civil Engineering Dpt., Alger, Algeria. (7) Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Seismological Observatory of GGRI, H-1112 Budapest, Meredek u. 18, Hungary. (8) Institute of Geophysics, China Seismological Bureau, Beijing, 100081, China. (9) National Institute for Earth Physics, Calugareni 12, P.O.Box: MG 2, 76900 Bucharest-Magurele, Romania. (10) Department of

GUIDELINES FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF SYNCOPE (2009

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Full Text Available Внешние эксперты: Haruhiko Abe (Япония, David G. Benditt (США, Wyatt W. Decker (США, Blair P. Grubb (США, Horacio Kaufmann9 (США, Carlos Morillo (Канада, Brian Olshansky (США, Steve W. Parry (Великобритания, Robert Sheldon (Канада, Win K. Shen (СШАЧлены Комитета Европейского общества кардиологов по практическим рекомендациям (ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines: CPG: Alec Vahanian (Председатель (Франция, Angelo Auricchio (Швейцария,Jeroen Bax (Нидерланды, Claudio Ceconi (Италия, Veronica Dean (Франция, Gerasimos Filippatos (Греция, Christian Funck-Brentano (Франция, Richard Hobbs (Великобритания, Peter Kearney (Ирландия, Theresa McDonagh (Великобритания, Keith McGregor (Франция, Bogdan A. Popescu (Румыния, Zeljko Reiner (Хорватия, Udo Sechtem (Германия, Per Anton Sirnes (Норвегия, Michal Tendera (Польша, Panos Vardas (Греция, Petr Widimsky (ЧехияРецензенты: Angelo Auricchio (Координатор от CPG (Швейцария, Esmeray Acarturk (Турция, Felicita Andreotti (Италия, Riccardo Asteggiano (Италия, Urs Bauersfeld (Швейцария, Abdelouahab Bellou4 (Франция, Athanase Benetos6 (Франция, Johan Brandt (Швеция, Mina K. Chung3 (США, Pietro Cortelli 8 (Италия, Antoine Da Costa (Франция, Fabrice Extramiana (Франция, Jose´ Ferro7 (Португалия, Bulent Gorenek (Турция, Antti Hedman (Финляндия, Rafael Hirsch (Израиль, Gabriela Kaliska (Словакия, Rose Anne Kenny6 (Ирландия, Keld Per Kjeldsen (Дания, Rachel Lampert 3 (USA, Henning Mølgard (Denmark, Rain Paju (Эстония, Aras Puodziukynas (Литва, Antonio Raviele (�

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com o movimento cultural e político que faz a revisão da história da criação de Israel. Por fim, o último artigo do dossiê, o de Ignacio Del Valle Dávila e Carolina Amaral de Aguiar, traz as visões complementares sobre o primeiro ano do governo da Unidade Popular (1970-1973 do presidente Salvador Allende presente em Compañero presidente (Miguel Littin, 1971 e El diálogo de América (Álvaro Covacevich, 1972, realçando as tensões ideológicas decorrentes das visões que a esquerda tinha da experiência chilena. Na seção de artigos livres, Arilson Oliveira recupera o sentido histórico da rosa e do riso a propósito de O Nome da Rosa (1986, de Jean-Jacques Annaud. Claudio Coração identifica os aspectos relacionados ao problema da comunicação em Amores Brutos (2000, 21 Gramas (2003 e Babel (2006, de Alejandro González Iñárritu. Roberta Veiga recompõe o desenho do mecanismo fílmico de Jean-Luc Godard, em Passion (1982, a partir da pintura, da discussão sobre o tempo e do político. Rodrigo Carreiro analisa como os falsos documentários de horror codificados como found footage tem sido massivamente realizados nas últimas duas décadas. Por fim, André Brasil se dedica ao exame do conceito de antecampo pensado a partir de dois documentários - Pi’õnhitsi  e  Mokoi Tekoá Petei Jeguatá , vinculados ao cinema indígena da equipe Vídeo das Aldeias.A Revista dá continuidade neste número à seção de resenhas, valorizando o debate em torno da produção acadêmica recente. Boa leitura! Os editores

Contribution of seismic processing to put up the scaffolding for the 3-dimensional study of deep sedimentary basins: the fundaments of trans-national 3D modelling in the project GeoMol

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European Territorial Cooperation 2007-2013. The project integrates partners from Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland and runs from September 2012 to June 2015. Further information on www.geomol.eu The GeoMol seismic interpretation team: Roland Baumberger (swisstopo), Agnès BRENOT (BRGM), Alessandro CAGNONI (RLB), Renaud COUËFFE (BRGM), Gabriel COURRIOUX (BRGM), Chiara D'Ambrogi (ISPRA), Chrystel Dezayes (BRGM), Charlotte Fehn (LGRB), Sunseare GABALDA (BRGM), Gregor Götzl (GBA), Andrej Lapanje (GeoZS), Stéphane MARC (BRGM), Alberto MARTINI (RER-SGSS), Fabio Carlo Molinari (RER-SGSS), Edgar Nitsch (LGRB), Robert Pamer (LfU BY), Marco PANTALONI (ISPRA), Sebastian Pfleiderer (GBA), Andrea PICCIN (RLB), (Nils Oesterling (swisstopo), Isabel Rupf (LGRB), Uta Schulz (LfU BY), Yves SIMEON (BRGM), Günter SÖKOL (LGRB), Heiko Zumsprekel (LGRB)

PREFACE: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2010)

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Lin, Simon C.; Shen, Stella; Neufeld, Niko; Gutsche, Oliver; Cattaneo, Marco; Fisk, Ian; Panzer-Steindel, Bernd; Di Meglio, Alberto; Lokajicek, Milos

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, as well as two banquets held at the Grand Hotel and Grand Formosa Regent in Taipei. The next CHEP conference will be held in New York, the United States on 21-25 May 2012. We would like to thank the National Science Council of Taiwan, the EU ACEOLE project, commercial sponsors, and the International Advisory Committee and the Programme Committee members for all their support and help. Special thanks to the Programme Committee members for their careful choice of conference contributions and enormous effort in reviewing and editing about 340 post conference proceedings papers. Simon C Lin CHEP 2010 Conference Chair and Proceedings Editor Taipei, Taiwan November 2011 Track Editors/ Programme Committee Chair Simon C Lin, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Online Computing Track Y H Chang, National Central University, Taiwan Harry Cheung, Fermilab, USA Niko Neufeld, CERN, Switzerland Event Processing Track Fabio Cossutti, INFN Trieste, Italy Oliver Gutsche, Fermilab, USA Ryosuke Itoh, KEK, Japan Software Engineering, Data Stores, and Databases Track Marco Cattaneo, CERN, Switzerland Gang Chen, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Stefan Roiser, CERN, Switzerland Distributed Processing and Analysis Track Kai-Feng Chen, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Ulrik Egede, Imperial College London, UK Ian Fisk, Fermilab, USA Fons Rademakers, CERN, Switzerland Torre Wenaus, BNL, USA Computing Fabrics and Networking Technologies Track Harvey Newman, Caltech, USA Bernd Panzer-Steindel, CERN, Switzerland Antonio Wong, BNL, USA Ian Fisk, Fermilab, USA Niko Neufeld, CERN, Switzerland Grid and Cloud Middleware Track Alberto Di Meglio, CERN, Switzerland Markus Schulz, CERN, Switzerland Collaborative Tools Track Joao Correia Fernandes, CERN, Switzerland Philippe Galvez, Caltech, USA Milos Lokajicek, FZU Prague, Czech Republic International Advisory Committee Chair: Simon C. Lin , Academia Sinica, Taiwan Members: Mohammad Al-Turany , FAIR, Germany Sunanda Banerjee, Fermilab, USA Dario Barberis, CERN

PREFACE: Workshop Photograph and Program

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Workshop photograph Workshop Program Sunday 28 March 201019:00-21:00 Reception at Okura Frontier Hotel Tsukuba(Buffet style dinner with drink) Monday 29 March 2010Introduction (Chair: André Rubbia (ETH Zurich))09:00 Welcome address (05') Atsuto Suzuki (KEK)09:05 Message from CERN on neutrino physics (10') Sergio Bertolucci (CERN)09:15 Message from FNAL on neutrino physics (10') Young Kee Kim (FNAL)09:25 Message from KEK on neutrino physics (10') Koichiro Nishikawa (KEK)09:35 Introductory remark on GLA2010 (10') Takuya Hasegawa (KEK) Special session (Chair: Koichiro Nishikawa (KEK))09:45 The ICARUS Liquid Argon TPC (45') Carlo Rubbia (CERN)10:30-11:00 Coffee break Main goals of Giant Liquid Argon Charge Imaging Experiments I (Chair: Takashi Kobayashi (KEK))11:00 Results from massive underground detectors (non accelerator) (30') Takaaki Kajita (ICRR, U. of Tokyo)11:30 Present long baseline neutrino experiments (30') Chang Kee Jung (SUNY Stony Brook)12:00-12:10 Workshop picture12:10-14:00 Lunch break Main goals of Giant Liquid Argon Charge Imaging Experiments II (Chair: Takashi Kobayashi (KEK))14:00 Physics goals of the next generation massive underground experiments (30') David Wark (Imperial College London)14:30 Near detectors for long baseline neutrino experiments (20') Tsuyoshi Nakaya (Kyoto U.) Lessons on Liquid Argon Charge Imaging technology from ongoing developments (Chair: Chang Kee Jung (SUNY Stony Brook))14:50 WARP (30') Claudio Montanari (U. of Pavia)15:20 ArDM (30') Alberto Marchionni (ETH Zurich)15:50 From ArgoNeuT to MicroBooNE (30') Bonnie Fleming (Yale U.)16:20 250L (30') Takasumi Maruyama (KEK)16:50 The DEAP/CLEAN project (20') Mark Boulay (Queen's U.)17:10-17:40 Coffee break Lessons from Xe based Liquids Imaging detectors (Chair: Flavio Cavanna (U. of L'Aquilla))17:30 MEG (20') Satoshi Mihara (KEK)17:50 The XENON project (20') Elena Aprile (Columbia U.)18:10 XMASS (20') Hiroyuki Sekiya (ICRR, U. of Tokyo) Studies on physics performance (Chair

BAELO CLAUDIA Y POLLENTIA: NUEVAS EVIDENCIAS SOBRE LAS FLUCTUACIONES ECONÓMICAS EN LA HISPANIA ROMANA DE LOS SIGLOS I-II D. C. (Baelo Claudia and Pollentia: new evidence on the economic fluctuations in Roman Spain during the first and second centuries AD

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Full Text Available La revisión cronológica de la necrópolis sureste de Baelo Claudia (Bolonia-Tarifa, Cádiz y la de Can Fanals, en Pollentia (Alcudia, Mallorca, ha permitido ampliar el conocimiento sobre las fluctuaciones económicas en la Hispania romana de los siglos I y II de nuestra era y los cambios sociales asociados a las mismas. Se ha obtenido una nueva confirmación del impacto de la gran crisis de tiempos de Tiberio en los registros funerarios de Baelo Claudia y Pollentia, detectada previamente en Ampurias o Emporiae (Gerona. La bonanza de la época de Claudio se puede comprobar en Baelo Claudia de forma más elocuente que en Emporiae. Ahora bien, esta coincidencia en el devenir económico se rompe a lo largo de la segunda mitad del siglo I d. C., en concreto durante el periodo comprendido entre Nerón y principios de los Flavios. Es entonces cuando, frente a la decadente Ampurias, una pujante Pollentia sigue los pasos de la opulenta Baelo mostrando su mayor prosperidad. Sin embargo, esas tres ciudades romanas de Hispania mantienen un claro nexo basado en la exhibición durante ese periodo de su máxima complejidad social. Siempre se da una proporción directa entre la acumulación económica amortizada en los ajuares y la diferenciación entre los individuos, salvo en dos casos excepcionales. Uno, ya conocido, se refiere a la Ampurias de la segunda mitad del siglo I d. C., donde el empobrecimiento que la caracteriza se asocia con un incremento de la distancia social. Y, el otro, corresponde al extraño fenómeno documentado en la Pollentia del siglo II d. C. En esta sigue creciendo el gasto funerario, pero la diferenciación social medida desciende durante la primera mitad hasta caer abruptamente a lo largo de la segunda parte de dicha centuria. No obstante, lo más importante es que, por ahora, se detecta la misma evolución de la diferenciación social en Emporiae, Baelo Claudia y Pollentia desde la época de Tiberio hasta la primera mitad del

EMRS Spring Meeting 2014 Symposium D: Phonons and fluctuations in low dimensional structures

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Thermal conductivity in (nanostructured) SiGe materials'', Florian Doehring et al. (U. Goettingen) poster title ''Phonon blocking in Multilayers produced by Pulsed Laser Deposition'', Jordi Gomis-Bresco et al. (ICN2) poster '' A 1D PhoXonic Crystal'', Barcelona and Benjamin J Robinson et al. (U. Lancaster) poster ''Scanning Thermal microscopy studies of 2D materials''. The symposium organisers are grateful to the Scientific Committee members, Prof. Bahram Djafari-Rouhani (France), Prof. Dr. Thomas Dekorsy (Germany), Prof. Anthony Kent (UK), Prof. Fabio Marchesoni (Italy), Dr. Natalio Mingo (France), Prof. Pascal Ruello, (France) and Prof. Javier Viejo-Rodriguez (Spain), for their help with all aspects of evaluation of the scientific level of the presentations in the symposium. The symposium was sponsored by the FP7 ICT FET Open Coordination Action EUPHONON (GA. 612086) and by the CNRS GDR ''Thermal Nanosciences and NanoEngineering''. The symposium organisers express their sincere thanks to the staff of the E-MRS for continuous support and timely advice in all organisational aspects. We are indebted to Dr. Erwan Guillotel (ICN2) for his assistance with the organisation of the symposium

Controllable Quantum States Mesoscopic Superconductivity and Spintronics (MS+S2006)

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2008-10-01

Mesoscopic effects in superconductors. Tunneling measurements of charge imbalance of non-equilibrium superconductors / R. Yagi. Influence of magnetic impurities on Josephson current in SNS junctions / T. Yokoyama. Nonlinear response and observable signatures of equilibrium entanglement / A. M. Zagoskin. Stimulated Raman adiabatic passage with a Cooper pair box / Giuseppe Falci. Crossed Andreev reflection-induced giant negative magnetoresistance / Francesco Giazotto -- Quantum modulation of superconducting junctions. Adiabatic pumping through a Josephson weak link / Fabio Taddei. Squeezing of superconducting qubits / Kazutomu Shiokawa. Detection of Berrys phases in flux qubits with coherent pulses / D. N. Zheng. Probing entanglement in the system of coupled Josephson qubits / A. S. Kiyko. Josephson junction with tunable damping using quasi-particle injection / Ryuta Yagi. Macroscopic quantum coherence in rf-SQUIDs / Alexey V. Ustinov. Bloch oscillations in a Josephson circuit / D. Esteve. Manipulation of magnetization in nonequilibrium superconducting nanostructures / F. Giazotto -- Superconducting qubits. Decoherence and Rabi oscillations in a qubit coupled to a quantum two-level system / Sahel Ashhab. Phase-coupled flux qubits: CNOT operation, controllable coupling and entanglement / Mun Dae Kim. Characteristics of a switchable superconducting flux transformer with a DC-SQUID / Yoshihiro Shimazu. Characterization of adiabatic noise in charge-based coherent nanodevices / E. Paladino -- Unconventional superconductors. Threshold temperatures of zero-bias conductance peak and zero-bias conductance dip in diffusive normal metal/superconductor junctions / Iduru Shigeta. Tunneling conductance in 2DEG/S junctions in the presence of Rashba spin-orbit coupling / T. Yokoyama. Theory of charge transport in diffusive ferromagnet/p-wave superconductor junctions / T. Yokoyama. Theory of enhanced proximity effect by the exchange field in FS bilayers / T. Yokoyama. Theory of

EMRS Spring Meeting 2014 Symposium D: Phonons and fluctuations in low dimensional structures

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. Goettingen) poster title ''Phonon blocking in Multilayers produced by Pulsed Laser Deposition'', Jordi Gomis-Bresco et al. (ICN2) poster '' A 1D PhoXonic Crystal'', Barcelona and Benjamin J Robinson et al. (U. Lancaster) poster ''Scanning Thermal microscopy studies of 2D materials''. The symposium organisers are grateful to the Scientific Committee members, Prof. Bahram Djafari-Rouhani (France), Prof. Dr. Thomas Dekorsy (Germany), Prof. Anthony Kent (UK), Prof. Fabio Marchesoni (Italy), Dr. Natalio Mingo (France), Prof. Pascal Ruello, (France) and Prof. Javier Viejo-Rodriguez (Spain), for their help with all aspects of evaluation of the scientific level of the presentations in the symposium. The symposium was sponsored by the FP7 ICT FET Open Coordination Action EUPHONON (GA. 612086) and by the CNRS GDR ''Thermal Nanosciences and NanoEngineering''. The symposium organisers express their sincere thanks to the staff of the E-MRS for continuous support and timely advice in all organisational aspects. We are indebted to Dr. Erwan Guillotel (ICN2) for his assistance with the organisation of the symposium.

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Mohab Abou ZeidVrije Universiteit, Brussel Joke AdamKatholieke Universiteit Leuven Nikolas AkerblomMax-Planck-Institut für Physik, München Luis Fernando Alday Utrecht University Stelios Alexandris University of Patras Antonio Amariti Università di Milano-Bicocca Nicola Ambrosetti Université de Neuchâtel Pascal Anastasopoulos Università di Roma Tor Vergata Laura Andrianopoli Enrico Fermi Center Carlo Angelantonj Università di Torino Lilia Anguelova Queen Mary, University of London Daniel AreanUniversidade de Santiago de Compostela Gleb ArutyunovUtrecht University Spyros Avramis NTU Athens—University of Patras Ioannis Bakas University of Patras Subrata Bal Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Igor Bandos Valencia University Jessica Barrett University of Iceland Marco Baumgartl Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zürich Jacopo Bechi Università di Firenze James Bedford Queen Mary, University of London Jorge Bellorin Universidad Autonoma de Madrid Francesco Benini SISSA, Trieste Eric Bergshoeff Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Groningen Gaetano BertoldiUniversity of Wales, Swansea Adel Bilal Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, École Normale Superieure, Paris Matthias Blau Université de Neuchâtel Johannes BroedelUniversität Hannover Felix Brümmer Universität Heidelberg Julio Cesar Bueno de Andrade São Paulo State University—UNESP Cliff Burgess McMaster University Agostino Butti Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, École Normale Superieure, Paris Marco Caldarelli Universitat de Barcelona Pablo G Camara Centre de Physique Théorique, École Polytechnique, Palaiseau Joan Camps Universitat de Barcelona Felipe Canoura FernandezUniversidade de Santiago de Compostela Luigi Cappiello Università di Napoli Federico II Luca Carlevaro École Polytechnique, Palaiseau Roberto Casero Centre de Physique Théorique, École Polytechnique, Palaiseau Claudio Caviezel Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München Alessio Celi Universitat de Barcelona Anna

Comentario a la presentación del libro "70 años del Cáncer en Colombia" del Académico Efraim Otero Ruiz

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Estoy maravillado con el monumental esfuerzo y trabajo de Efraim Otero-Ruiz en la producción de su portentoso libro “Setenta años del cáncer en Colombia”.

Escrito en una prosa amena y armoniosa, su lectura es verdadero deleite intelectual para quien sigue la apasionante madeja que constituye toda la trama inicial y que envuelve la concepción, el nacimiento y el desarrollo de una institución para el tratamiento del cáncer en Colombia.

Es apasionante la forma como Efraim toma el hilo de la historia desde sus primeras y más importantes incepciones.

Es sin duda Claudio Regaud, Jefe del Laboratorio de Radiofisiología del Instituto de Radium de París, la figura clave en la iniciativa de creación de un Instituto de Radium en Colombia. Alfonso Esguerra Gómez, becario de la Institución adquiere una valiosa experiencia en el tratamiento de tumores superficiales de cara y cuello y descubre la famosa pasta Colombia que permite amoldarse sobre la piel mientras en su interior se colocan las agujas de radium.

En la década de los veinte Regaud se convierte en la figura más prestante en el mundo en el manejo del radium y es invitado universalmente para comunicar no solo sus experiencias sino como consejero y orientador de la creación de institutos de radium en el mundo.

La invitación a Regaud en 1928 para visitar el Perú es conocida por Alfonso Esguerra y allí por primera vez se organiza un movimiento de influencias que con agudo análisis describe Efraim Otero, para movilizar todas las fuerzas académicas y políticas con el fin de aprovechar esta oportunidad y obtener la visita de Regaud a Colombia.

En varias ocasiones en el futuro, circunstancias similares harán necesaria la influencia de médicos, no solo eminentes sino dotados de excelentes conexiones sociales y políticas para crear el Instituto Nacional de Radium.

Efraím se introduce por todos los vericuetos académicos, cient

EDITORIAL - ARQUIVOLOGIA

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artigos para este número especial. Convidamos um conjunto de autores que, pela sua diversidade de interesses e inserção institucional, poderiam oferecer ao público interessado reflexões sobre alguns temas de interesse arquivístico. Ao lado de profissionais com carreira consolidada no campo, buscamos viabilizar a participação de arquivistas que estão em construção do seu percurso profissional, aventurando-se pela pós-graduação.A Profa. Angélica Marques, do Curso de Arquivologia da Universidade de Brasília (UnB, oferece-nos um rico estudo sobre temáticas arquivísticas na Ciência da Informação. Diretora do TEAM Brasil no Projeto de pesquisa internacional InterPARES 3, Claudia Lacombe, do Arquivo Nacional, apresenta-nos reflexões sobre a complexa tarefa de tradução do Glossário multilíngue do Projeto InterPARES 3. A Profa. Anna Carla Almeida Mariz, do Curso de Arquivologia da Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO, convida-nos ao debate sobre parâmetros para análise de sites de instituições arquivísticas sob a perspectiva da transferência da informação no ambiente da internet e suas demandas ao arquivista. Claudio Muniz Viana, arquivista da Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ, aborda um tema de interesse crescente, os arquivos de arquitetura, a partir da experiência do Núcleo de Pesquisa e Documentação da Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da UFRJ. Arquivista da FIOCRUZ, Rose Tenório de Oliveira, apresenta-nos várias correlações entre a inexistência de políticas arquivísticas e a preservação de acervos documentais. O uso da microfilmagem e da digitalização para a preservação e acesso de documentos arquivísticos num contexto de opções tecnológicas à disposição dos arquivistas é contemplado com profundidade pelo Prof. Sérgio Conde de Albite Silva, do Curso de Arquivologia da Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO. As professoras Eliana Maria dos Santos Bahia e

Editorial - Arquivologia 10.5007/1518-2924.2011v16nesp1pi

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contribuíram com artigos para este número especial.Convidamos um conjunto de autores que, pela sua diversidade de interesses e inserção institucional, poderiam oferecer ao público interessado reflexões sobre alguns temas de interesse arquivístico. Ao lado de profissionais com carreira consolidada no campo, buscamos viabilizar a participação de arquivistas que estão em construção do seu percurso profissional, aventurando-se pela pós-graduação. A Profa. Angélica Marques, do Curso de Arquivologia da Universidade de Brasília (UnB, oferece-nos um rico estudo sobre temáticas arquivísticas na Ciência da Informação. Diretora do TEAM Brasil no Projeto de pesquisa internacional InterPARES 3, Claudia Lacombe, do Arquivo Nacional, apresenta-nos reflexões sobre a complexa tarefa de tradução do Glossário multilíngue do Projeto InterPARES 3. A Profa. Anna Carla Almeida Mariz, do Curso de Arquivologia da Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO, convida-nos ao debate sobre parâmetros para análise de sites de instituições arquivísticas sob a perspectiva da transferência da informação no ambiente da internet e suas demandas ao arquivista. Claudio Muniz Viana, arquivista da Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ, aborda um tema de interesse crescente, os arquivos de arquitetura, a partir da experiência do Núcleo de Pesquisa e Documentação da Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da UFRJ. Arquivista da FIOCRUZ, Rose Tenório de Oliveira, apresenta-nos várias correlações entre a inexistência de políticas arquivísticas e a preservação de acervos documentais. O uso da microfilmagem e da digitalização para a preservação e acesso de documentos arquivísticos num contexto de opções tecnológicas à disposição dos arquivistas é contemplado com profundidade pelo Prof. Sérgio Conde de Albite Silva, do Curso de Arquivologia da Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO. As professoras Eliana Maria dos

Libro de un Médico del Siglo XVI

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ía esperar un médico de cabecera de quien, como informaba otro embajador, “era cruel y cambiante, gozaba viendo cómo asaban vivas las liebres después de una cacería, y una vez que una tortuga le mordió un dedo, le destrozó la cabeza a mordiscos” En buena hora -y no sabemos cómo—logra salvar estas acechanzas. (“Fabio las ambiciones cortesanas prisiones son do el incauto cae”. Y prefiere alejarse de intrigas, grandes de España y archiduques locos, poniendo de por medio la mayor distancia posible. Irse, en fin, a las Indias, para lo cual pide -y obtiene– el salvoconducto respectivo...

7th Young Researcher Meeting

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in an online/offline shared area and exploit the best of both sides” adding a bottom-up approach where “young researchers can now submit their own ideas and research/application projects directly to possible interested companies” . It is mainly based on the Elevator Pitch paradigm, complementary to the traditional top-down approach where companies advertise their openings/research challenges and the interested candidates submit their proposals. This volume consists in a selection of the contributions presented at the conference as either talks or posters. These cover topics in astrophysics and cosmology, particle and theoretical physics, soft and condensed matter, medical physics, quantum information and quantum technologies, and of course metrology. Organising and Editorial Committee Fabio Agostini (fabioagostini31@gmail.com) NAIS Alessio Avella (a.avella@inrim.it) INRiM Rugiada Cuccaro (r.cuccaro@inrim.it) INRiM Marco Di Stefano (marco.distefano@cnag.crg.eu) Centre Nacional d’Anàlisi Genòmica - Centre de Regulació Genòmica (CNAG-CRG) Lapo Lolli (l.lolli@inrim.it) INRiM Lorenzo Pagnanini (lorenzo.pagnanini@gssi.infn.it) Gran Sasso Science Institute Fabrizio Piacentini (f.piacentini@inrim.it) INRiM Emanuela Pusceddu (emanuela.pusceddu@gmail.com) National Research Council-CNR Matteo Serra (matteoserra83@gmail.com) Claudia Antolini (cla.antolini@gmail.com) Giordano Cattani (giordano.cattani@gmail.com) Alessandro Cultrera (a.cultrera@inrim.it) INRiM Giacomo Fragione (giacomo.fragione90@gmail.com) Hebrew University of Jerusalem Marina Migliaccio (migliaccio@asdc.asi.it) ASDC – ASI Science Data Center Enrica Pessana (e.pessana@inrim.it) INRiM Davide Pietrobon (daddeptr@gmail.com) Raffaella Romeo (r.romeo@inrim.it) INRiM Enrico Simonetto (e.simonetto@inrim.it) INRiM Francesco Stellato (francesco.stellato@roma2.infn.it) INFN Roma Tor Vergata Silvia Cavallero (Local Organising Committee) (s.cavallero@inrim.it) INRiM Acknowledgements The organisers of the 7 th

XMM-Newton detects X-ray 'solar cycle' in distant star

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other stars as well. A team of astronomers, led by Fabio Favata, from ESA's European Space Research and Technology Centre, The Netherlands, has monitored a small number of solar-type stars since the beginning of the XMM-Newton mission in 2000. The X-ray brightness of HD 81809, a star located 90 light years away in the constellation Hydra (the water snake), has varied by more than 10 times over the past two and a half years, reaching a well defined peak in mid 2002. The star has shown the characteristic X-ray modulation (brightening and dimming) typical of the solar cycle. "This is the first clear sign of a cyclic pattern in the X-ray emission of stars other than the Sun," said Favata. Furthermore, the data show that these variations are synchronised with the starspot cycle. If HD 81809 behaves like the Sun, its X-ray brightness can vary by a factor of one hundred over a few years. "We might well have caught HD 81809 at the beginning of an X-ray activity cycle," added Favata. The existence of starspot cycles on other stars had already been established long ago, thanks to observations that began in the 1950s. However, scientists did not know whether the X-ray radiation would also vary with the number of starspots. ESA's XMM-Newton has now shown that this is indeed the case and that this cyclic X-ray pattern is not typical of the Sun alone. "This suggests that our Sun's behaviour is probably nothing exceptional," said Favata. Besides its interest for scientists, the Sun's cyclical behaviour can have an influence on everyone on Earth. Our climate is known to be significantly affected by the high-energy radiation emitted by the Sun. For instance, a temporary disappearance of the solar cycle in the 18th century corresponded with an exceptionally cold period on Earth. Similarly, in the early phases of the lifetime of a planet, this high-energy radiation has a strong influence on the conditions of the atmosphere, and thus potentially on the development of life. Finding out

8th Argentinean Bioengineering Society Conference (SABI 2011) and 7th Clinical Engineering Meeting

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de Janeiro, campus Paracambi. O segundo artigo intitulado “Um breve panorama sobre o léxico em linguística cognitiva”, é de autoria de Caio Cesar Castro da Silva, que apresenta uma introdução aos estudos lexicais de base cognitiva. O terceiro artigo intitulado “Estudo teórico do sufixo nominalizador –ura: como descrevê-lo?” é de autoria de Ana Carolina Mrad de Moura Valente, que levou em consideração os diversos estudos em língua portuguesa sobre nominalização e apresentou em seu artigo, um levantamento dos estudos sobre o sufixo –ura em português. O quarto artigo de autoria de Nilton Rodrigues Junior, intitula-se “Pastoras na voz, insubmissas na vida? As mulheres da velha guarda da Portela”, o qual procurou interpretar as relações de gênero entre os integrantes do grupo partindo do entendimento do lugar social das pastoras. O quinto artigo é de autoria de Claudio Alberto Mendes Gomes que tem como título “A importância do conceito de razão na perspectiva de Pascal em breve comparação com o pensamento cartesiano”, procurando o autor demonstrar teoricamente como se construiu o conceito de razão pascalino difundido nos séculos XVI e XVII. Apresentamos o sexto artigo de autoria de Bruno dos Santos Silva, intitulado “O conceito de psicopatia analisado pela criminologia crítica”. Em seu artigo o autor investiga o conceito de psicopatia, ainda no século XIX até os dias atuais, utilizando construções da Criminologia para interpretar a conformação do objeto psicopatia e que repercussões institucionais ela pode trazer. O sétimo artigo “A água como bem jurídico econômico”, é de autoria de Natacha Zanghelini Borba e de Diego Augusto Bayer; aqui, seus autores procuraram apresentar as principais mudanças das leis para a cobrança da água, bem como demonstrar a escassez desse recurso no mundo e no Brasil. No oitavo artigo, Thamyrys Baur Tuffi Alli, apresenta como título “Responsabilização criminal da pessoa

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. PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS, CEREBRAL HAEMODYNAMICS AND INTRAVENTRICULAR HAEMORRHAGE IN PRETERM NEONATES: A CAUSAL PATHWAY STUDY • C. Kotidis, M. Weindling, A. Eleuteri, H. Rabe, M. TurnerABS 16. PRECISION ASSESSMENT OF A NOVEL CEREBRAL TISSUE OXIMETER AND EFFECTS OF FLUCTUATIONS IN SYSTEMIC AND CEREBRAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS • S. Kleiser, D. Ostojic, N. Nasseri, H. Isler, H.U. Bucher, D. Bassler, M. Wolf, F. Scholkmann, T. KarenABS 17. ARGINASE UP-REGULATION AND eNOS UNCOUPLING CONTRIBUTE TO IMPAIRED ENDOTHELIUM-DEPENDENT VASODILATION IN A RAT MODEL OF INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RESTRICTION • I. Grandvuillemin, C. Buffat, F. Boubred, E. Lamy, J. Fromonot, A.C. Peyter, U. Simeoni, C. YzydorczykABS 18. ULTRASONOGRAPHIC MONITORING FOR POST­NATAL ADAPTATION IN PRETERM IN­FANTS • V. Nardi, M.L. Tataranno, S. Di FabioABS 19. RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF CATHETER RELATED VEIN THROMBOSIS AMONG NEWBORNS IN THE NICU SETTINGS • K. Chojnacka, Z. Krasinski, K. Wróblewska-Seniuk, J. MazelaABS 20. NON-INVASIVE CARDIAC OUTPUT MONITORING BY ELECTRICAL CARDIOMETRY IN HEMODYNAMICALLY STABLE NEONATE INFANTS • J. Shin, E.H. Lee, B.M. ChoiABS 21. MYOCARDIAL DEFORMATION AND ROTATIONAL MECHANICS IN INFANTS WITH DOWN SYNDROME IN THE EARLY NEONATAL PERIOD • C.R. Breatnach, A. Smith, P.T. Levy, N. McCallion, O. Franklin, A. EL-KhuffashABS 22. THE EFFECTS OF DELAYED CORD CLAMPING ON 12-MONTHS BRAIN MYELIN CONTENT: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL • D. Erickson-Owens, J. Mercer, S. Deoni, A. Parker, J. Collins, J. PadburyABS 23. NEONATOLOGIST-PERFORMED ECHOGRAPHY IN NEONATOLOGY: A TUNISIAN EXPERIENCE • F.Z. Chioukh, K. Ben Ameur, T. Khemis, H. Ajmi, A. Ben Salem, S. Hamdi, H. Ben Hamida, K. MonastiriABS 24. LOW SERUM CORTISOL LEVELS IN ASPHYXIATED INFANTS WITH HEMODYNAMIC INSTABILITY •  K. Kovacs, E. Szakmar, U. Meder, A. Cseko, M. Szabo, A. JermendyABS 25. INFLUENCE OF TYPE OF CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS ON EPITHELIAL LINING FLUID COMPOSITION IN INFANTS UNDERGOING CARDIAC SURGERY WITH

Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências Atmosféricas em Engenharia - 2005 -Teses Defendidas - Doutorado - Instituto de Geociências - UFRJ

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campo. As metodologias para a estimativa da TST são apresentadas e seus resultados discutidos. Os melhores resultados foram obtidos pelas metodologias de França (1994 e de Bastiaanssen (1995 que apresentaram erros médios de estimativa iguais a 0,2oC e 0,6oC, respectivamente. Autor: Audalio Rebelo Torres Junior Orientadores: Claudio Freitas Neves (COPPE e Affonso da Silveira Mascarenhas Junior Título: Estudo numérico sobre tele-conexão atmosférica entre fenômenos oceânicos do Pacífico Equatorial e do Atlântico Sul No de páginas: 147 Resumo Neste trabalho é demonstrado como, nas escalas sazonal e interanual, a Alta Subtropical do Atlântico Sul em resposta às anomalias de temperatura da superfície do mar no Pacífico equatorial e via circulação de Walker e Hadley, influencia a profundidade e conseqüentemente a disponibilidade da Água Central do Atlântico Sul ao bombeamento de Ekman, na bacia sudoeste do Atlântico Sul. Foram utilizados dados das reanálises do National Center for Environmental Prediction e do experimento de assimilação de dados do Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, bem como realizadas simulações da atmosfera em escala global, aplicando o Community Climate Model do National Center for Atmopheric Research e, simulações oceânicas em escala de bacia com o Princeton Ocean Model. Os resultados dos modelos mostraram alterações no padrão de circulação das células de Hadley e Walker, implicando no comportamento da Alta Subtropical do Atlântico. O Oceano respondeu com aumento do transporte da Corrente do Brasil e intensificação da corrente das Malvinas. A ACAS ficou mais rasa respondendo à variação do balanço de Sverdrup. Autor: Gevaldo Lisboa de Almeida Orientadores: Renato Machado Cotta e Luiz Cláudio Gomes Pimentel Título: Análise da dispersão de poluentes na atmosfera usando a técnica da transformada integral generalizada No de páginas: 165 215 Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências Atmosféricas em

PREFACE: Fourth Meeting on Constrained Dynamics and Quantum Gravity

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) Georgi Dvali (NYU, USA) Sergio Ferrara (CERN) Gian Francesco Giudice (CERN) Roman Jackiw (MIT, USA) Edward W. Kolb (Fermilab, USA) Luca Lusanna (INFN Firenze, Italy) Roy Maartens (Univ. Portsmouth, UK) Hermann Nicolai (AEI, Potsdam, Germany) Tullio Regge (Politecnico di Torino, Italy) Augusto Sagnotti (Univ. Roma Tor Vergata, Italy) Kellogg S. Stelle (Imperial College London, UK) Ruth Williams (DAMTP, Cambridge, UK) SPONSORS Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Università di Cagliari Università di Torino University of Mississippi Università di Pisa Regione autonoma della Sardegna Tiscali LIST OF PARTICIPANTS Eun-Joo Ahn (University of Chicago, USA) David Alba (Università di Firenze, Italy) Stanislav Alexeyev (Lomonosov Moscow State U., Russia) Damiano Anselmi (Università di Pisa, Italy) Ignatios Antoniadis (CERN, Geneva, Switzerland) Maria Da Conceicao Bento (Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal) Orfeu Bertolami (Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal) Massimo Bianchi (Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy) Mariam Bouhmadi-Lopez (University of Portsmouth, UK) Raphael Bousso (University of California at Berkeley, USA) Mariano Cadoni (Università di Cagliari, Italy) Steven Carlip (University of California at Davis, USA) Roberto Casadio (Università di Bologna, Italy) Marco Cavaglià (University of Mississippi, USA) Demian Cho (Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, India) Theodosios Christodoulakis (University of Athens, Greece) Chryssomalis Chryssomalakos (Inst. de Ciencias Nucleares - UNAM, Mexico) Diego Julio Cirilo-Lombardo (JINR, Dubna, Russia) Denis Comelli INFN, Sezione di Ferrara, Italy ) Ruben Cordero-Elizalde (Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico) Lorenzo Cornalba (Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy) Branislav Cvetkovic (Institute of Physics, Belgrade, Serbia ) Maro Cvitan (University of Zagreb, Croatia) Alessandro D'Adda (Università di Torino, Italy) Claudio Dappiaggi (Università di Pavia, Italy) Roberto De Leo (Università di

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geologia - Dissertações Defendidas 1999 - Mestrado - Instituto de Geociências - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

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é então conhecidas. Os taxa identificados são concordantes com a idéia vigente de que as condições climáticas, ambientais e ecológicas eram diferentes dos atualmente reinantes no nordeste brasileiro durante o Pleistoceno final sub-recente, quando prevalecia um ambiente semi-árido mais ameno. Nome: Francisco Crescêncio Júnior Orientador: Claudio Gerhiem Porto Título: Estudomorfológico e Químico dos Grãos de Ouro do Minério Oxidado da Mina de Roça Grande Ii, Mg Resumo: A partir do final da década de 70 e nos anos 80, graças ao aumento do preço do ouro, intensificaram-se as pesquisas relacionadas ao comportamento deste metal em ambientes supergênicos. Várias pesquisas se desenvolveram na Austrália, África e Brasil, voltadas, principalmente, para os depósitos supergênicos lateríticos, onde se verificou que o ouro pode sofrer remobilização, através de processos químicos e físicos. A área do presente estudo, Mina de Roça Grande II, situa-se no Quadrilátero Ferrífero, MG. O depósito encaixa-se nos metassedimentos químicos do Grupo Nova Lima. Tanto o estudo da morfologia dos grãos de ouro com auxílio de lupa binocular e microscópio eletrônico de varredura (MEV acoplado a um analisador de imagem quanto da composição química destes grãos com auxílio da microssonda eletrônica, visou elucidar a atuação de tais processos. Na zona oxidada da mina foram estudados os níveis de saprock e saprolito na formação ferrífera e no metachert, além de um nível de solo coluvionar. Estes horizontes caracterizam um perfil intempérico típico de regiões de altitudes elevadas e de natureza supergênica não-laterítica. O estudo da morfologia dos grãos de ouro revelou que os grãos do solo tendem a ser mais regulares, lisos e arredondados, demonstrando maior desgaste em relação aos grãos encontrados nos outros horizontes. O analisador de imagem, apesar de diferenciar grãos regulares e irregulares, confirmando as observações de lupa

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Full Text Available 40 Anuário do Instituto de Geociências - UFRJ Volume 24 / 2001 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geologia Dissertações Defendidas - Mestrado Nome: Aline Theophilo Silva Orientadores: Claudio Limeira Mello, Cláudio Coelho de Lima e Hélio Maurício Ribeiro dos Santos Título: Um estudo da influência do estado de tensões in-situ sobre a estabilidade de poços Resumo: O conhecimento do estado de tensões in-situ é um fator fundamental para diversas atividades da explotação na indústria do petróleo. Tal conhecimento gera subsídios para projetos de poços direcionais e de fraturamento hidráulico, previsão de produção de areia e de várias outras atividades. Com base na premissa de que as bacias da margem atlântica brasileira são tectonicamente relaxadas, o planejamento de atividades de explotação no Brasil é usualmente feito assumindo-se que as tensões horizontais principais são iguais e dependem somente da tensão de sobrecarga. Entretanto, compilações do estado de tensões em escala mundial, feitas no contexto do WORLD STRESS MAP (Zoback, 1992, indicam que esta premissa pode não ser correta, visto que a tensão principal máxima é horizontal em muitas partes do mundo. No Brasil, trabalhos baseados em sismologia e na análise da magnitude de tensões obtidas a partir de fraturamentos hidráulicos e de testes de leak-off disponíveis em várias bacias têm mostrado que usualmente a maior das tensões principais é horizontal. Nesta tese, fezse um estudo do estado de tensões in-situ num campo de petróleo utilizando-se: análise de breakouts, para a determinação da orientação das tensões horizontais in-situ; testes de leak-off obtidos de poços verticais e testes de leak-off obtidos de poços direcionais (usados na inversão de leak-off, para estimar-se as magnitudes das tensões horizontais in-situ. O tensor de tensões calculado pela inversão de leak-off reproduziu a orientação das tensões horizontais obtida atrav

Preface: Eighth European Summer School on Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics

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, triggering new researches in this field and the enthusiasm to organize events such us our European Summer school on experimental nuclear astrophysics. Once more students, young researchers and lecturers have gathered in Santa Tecla from more than twenty countries of the world. The school, though a European one, keeps playing the role of a meeting point of students of different nationalities from the whole world. These students, we are sure, have left our school not only with an improved knowledge of nuclear astrophysics but also with new friends (as well as future collaborators) all around the world. We gratefully acknowledge all the participants the lecturers and the members of the Scientific committee. The school could not have taken place without their efforts and help. The Organizing Committee also acknowledges the financial support of the Laboratori Nazionali del Sud - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Italy under the grant “LNS Astrofisica Nucleare (fondi premiali)”, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia of the University of Catania - Italy. All papers published in this volume of Journal of Physics: Conference Series have been peer reviewed through processes administered by the Editors. Reviews were conducted by expert referees to the professional and scientific standards expected of a proceedings journal published by IOP Publishing. The school has been honoured by the welcome addresses of Dr. Giacomo Cuttone, Director of Laboratori Nazionali del Sud and by the school director prof. Claudio Spitaleri. We wish to the reader that the reading of this book can be as fruitful as the participation to our school. (paper)

6th International Symposium on Molecular Allergology (ISMA

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Full Text Available Table of contents ORAL ABSTRACTS Symposium 1: Biochemistry, structure and environment of the allergen: what makes a protein an allergen? O1 Two cell-membrane peptidases carrying galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose are implicated in delayed anaphylactic reactions upon pork kidney ingestion in patients with IgE-antibodies to alpha-Gal Christiane Hilger, Kyra Swiontek, Jörg Fischer, François Hentges, Christiane Lehners, Martine Morisset, Bernadette Eberlein, Tilo Biedermann, Markus Ollert O2 Structure solution of Pla l 1 suggests similar folding of Ole e 1-like family members but distinct immunological properties Sabrina Wildner, Teresa Stemeseder, Regina Freier, Peter Briza, Roland Lang, Eva Batanero, Mayte Villalba, Jonas Lidholm, Thomas Hawranek, Fatima Ferreira, Hans Brandstetter, Gabriele Gadermaier Symposium 2: New allergen molecules in the spotlight O3 Identification of the cysteine protease Amb a 11 as a novel major allergen from short ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia Philippe Moingeon, Rachel Groeme, Julien Bouley, Véronique Bordas, Maxime Le Mignon, Laetitia Bussières, Aurélie Lautrette, Laurent Mascarell, Vincent Lombardi, Véronique Baron-Bodo, Henri Chabre, Thierry Batard, Emmanuel Nony O4 Production and characterization of polybia paulista recombinant antigen 5: a valuable diagnostic tool Karine Marafigo De Amicis, Alexandra Sayuri Watanabe, Daniele Danella Figo, José Roberto Aparecido Dos Santos-Pinto, Mario Sergio Palma, Fabio Fernandes Morato Castro, Jorge Kalil, Therese Wohlschlager, Peter Briza, Sabrina Wildner, Fatima Ferreira-Briza, Gabriele Gadermaier, Keity Souza Santos Symposium 3: Progress in molecular and cellular diagnosis O5 Basophil activation test with recombinant Pru p 3; identifying genuine peach allergic patients Margaretha Faber, Athina Van Gasse, Vito Sabato, Margo M. Hagendorens, Chris H. Bridts, Luc S. De Clerck, Araceli Diaz Perales, Didier Ebo O6 Nanofluidic technology enables rapid, near

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braquiúres foi soterrada após sua morte (posição normal, embora 25% deles represente indivíduos que foram surpreendidos pelo soterramento (posição de escape. A maioria dos cadáveres com o tórax intacto indica que os processos de decomposição foram interrompidos com a formação das concreções. Foram individualizadas quatro morfologias nos carcinólitos, a saber: prolatos, arredondados, bifurcados e cintados. Nos dois primeiros tipos ocorrem apenas um indivíduo em seu interior, enquanto que nos demais são encontradas partes morfológicas de indivíduos diferentes. A espessura da concreção é função direta da duração dos processos de decomposição. As feições diagenéticas sugerem que os carcinólitos se formaram segundo a seguinte seqüência de etapas: dissolução, recristalização, fosfatização, silicificação e compressão. Em algumas concreções os braquiúres estão expostos em sua superfície. Esta feição representa ação erosiva por transporte fluvial ou ação de marés, que causou abrasão e corrosão dos carcinólitos, sendo considerada portanto, uma feição pós-diagenética. A presença de microfósseis marinhos, e de formas jovens e adultas, algumas desarticuladas e fragmentadas, de braquiúres na paleotafocenose, sugerem um evento de mortandade em massa. A ausência de dados faciológicos das rochas encaixantes dos carcinólitos, torna difícil inferir as causas desse evento catastrófico. Entretanto, pode-se sugerir que ondas de tempestade podem ter provocado remoção do fundo lamoso rico em H2S, e causado a morte dos organismos por envenenamen- 36 Anuário do Instituto de Geociências - UFRJ Volume 23 / 2000 to. A posição de soterramento de alguns exemplares de Uca maracoani pode refletir a ação de correntes de lama, que causou soterramento destes, antes de sua morte. Nome: Miguel Armony Orientador: Claudio Bettini Título: Geoestatística paramétrica de campo Resumo: Muitas técnicas foram introduzidas ao longo do

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Davide CassaniLaboratoire de Physique Théorique, École Normale Supérieure, Paris Alejandra CastroUniversity of Michigan Claudio Caviezel Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München Alessio Celi Universitat de Barcelona Anna Ceresole Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Università di Torino Athanasios ChatzistavrakidisNational Technical University of Athens Wissam ChemissanyCentre for Theoretical Physics, University of Groningen Eugen-Mihaita CioroianuUniversity of Craiova Andres CollinucciTechnische Universität Wien Paul CookUniversità di Roma, Tor Vergata Lorenzo CornalbaUniversità di Milano-Bicocca Aldo CotroneKatholieke Universiteit Leuven Ben Craps Vrije Universiteit, Brussel Stefano Cremonesi SISSA, Trieste Riccardo D'AuriaPolitecnico di Torino Gianguido Dall'AgataUniversity of Padova Jose A de AzcarragaUniversidad de Valencia Jan de BoerInstituut voor Theoretische Fysica, Universiteit van Amsterdam Sophie de BuylInstitut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, Bures-sur-Yvette Marius de LeeuwUtrecht University Frederik De RooVrije Universiteit, Brussel Jan De Rydt Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and CERN, Geneva Bernard de WitInstitute for Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University Stephane DetournayIstituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano Paolo Di Vecchia Niels Bohr Institute, København Eugen DiaconuUniversity of Craiova Vladimir Dobrev Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia Nick DoreyUniversity of Cambridge Hajar Ebrahim NajafabadiIPM, Tehran Federico Elmetti Università di Milano Oleg Evnin Vrije Universiteit, Brussel Francesco Fiamberti Università di Milano Davide Forcella SISSA, Trieste and CERN, Geneva Valentina Forini Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Angelos Fotopoulos Università di Torino Denis Frank Université de Neuchâtel Marialuisa Frau Università di Torino Matthias Gaberdiel Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich Diego Gallego SISSA/ISAS, Trieste Maria Pilar Garcia del

Second space Christmas for ESA: Huygens to begin its final journey to Titan/ Media activities.

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, designed, developed and assembled the Cassini orbiter. NASA's Deep Space Network, also managed by JPL, will be providing communications support via the Cassini orbiter and relaying it to ESA’s control centre in Darmstadt for processing. The Italian Space Agency provided the high-gain antenna on the Cassini orbiter, much of the radio system and elements of several of Cassini's science instruments. The Huygens payload has been provided by teams including from CNES, DLR, ASI and PPARC, and outside Europe, from NASA. Practical arrangements for the Media wishing to cover the event These dramatic events marking the first attempt ever to unveil the mysteries of Titan in-situ, a distant world bigger than Mercury and Pluto which may hold clues to the early days of our own planet, will be marked by several media activities not to be missed. Pencil them into your diary. Saturday 25 December Spacecraft operations will be run at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. The ESA Media Relations Office in Paris will be operational from 04:00 hrs to 12:00 CET. ESA specialists can be reached for interviews and comments via the ESA News Desk on +33(0)1.53.69.71.55. Contacts: Franco Bonacina, Anne-Marie Rémondin, Roberto Lo Verde. Interviews from JPL can also be arranged by calling the JPL media relations office at + 1. 818-354-5011. ESA specialists at JPL: Jean-Pierre Lebreton, Claudio Sollazzo. 05:08 CET - Expected separation of the Huygens probe from the Cassini orbiter ~07:00 CET - Status report upon successful separation from NASA/JPL 10:00 CET at the latest : ESA press release assessing the separation of the Huygens probe ~10:00 CET - ESA TV Video News Release produced at JPL during separation (contact for TVs: Claus Habfast: + 31(0)6.51.18.14.96, claus.habfast@esa.int) Transmission details will be on http://television.esa.int 12:00 CET - Replay of ESA TV Video News Release on separation Thursday 13 January ESA’s ESOC establishment in Darmstadt, Germany

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, Ojeda-Lopez M A and Arauz-Lara J L 2012 J. Phys. Condens. Matter 24 464126 [31]Leferink op Reinink A B G M, van den Pol E, Byelov D V, Petukhov A V and Vroege G J 2012 J. Phys. Condens. Matter 24 464127 [32]Taylor S L, Evans R and Royall C P 2012 J. Phys. Condens. Matter 24 464128 [33]Toner J, Tu Y H and Ramaswamy S 2012 J. Phys. Condens. Matter 24 464110 [34]Schmitz R and Dünweg B 2005 J. Phys. Condens. Matter 318 170 [35]Cates M E 2012 Rep. Prog. Phys. 75 042601 [36]Tarama M and Ohta T 2012 J. Phys. Condens. Matter 24 464129 [37]Wensink H H and Löwen H 2012 J. Phys. Condens. Matter 24 464130 Colloidal dispersions in external fields contents Colloidal dispersions in external fieldsHartmut Löwen Depletion induced clustering in mixtures of colloidal spheres and fd-virusD Guu, J K G Dhont, G A Vliegenthart and M P Lettinga Advanced rheological characterization of soft colloidal model systemsS Gupta, S K Kundu, J Stellbrink, L Willner, J Allgaier and D Richter Conformational and dynamical properties of ultra-soft colloids in semi-dilute solutions under shear flowSunil P Singh, Dmitry A Fedosov, Apratim Chatterji, Roland G Winkler and Gerhard Gompper Transient dynamics in dense colloidal suspensions under shear: shear rate dependenceM Laurati, K J Mutch, N Koumakis, J Zausch, C P Amann, A B Schofield, G Petekidis, J F Brady, J Horbach, M Fuchs and S U Egelhaaf Force-induced diffusion in microrheologyCh J Harrer, D Winter, J Horbach, M Fuchs and Th Voigtmann Micro-macro-discrepancies in nonlinear microrheology: I. Quantifying mechanisms in a suspension of Brownian ellipsoidsRyan J DePuit and Todd M Squires Micro-macro discrepancies in nonlinear microrheology: II. Effect of probe shapeRyan J DePuit and Todd M Squires Viscosity of electrolyte solutions: a mode-coupling theoryClaudio Contreras-Aburto and Gerhard Nägele Electro-kinetics of charged-sphere suspensions explored by integral low-angle super-heterodyne laser Doppler velocimetryThomas Palberg, Tetyana K�

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Full Text Available 35 Anuário do Instituto de Geociências - UFRJ Volume 24 / 2001 Nome: Cesar Ajara Orientador: Bertha K. Becker Título: Brasil: Espaços incluídos e espaços excluídos na dinâmica da geração de riqueza. Resumo: Esta tese analisa o impacto das forças globalizadoras na reelaboração do espaço geográfico nacional, no período 1980-1996, procurando identificar a existência de uma nova configuração espacial atrelada à dinâmica econômico-espacial do país. Nesse sentido, associa a inclusão/exclusão de espaços mesorregionais à lógica da competitividade e seletividade espacial. Dentre os resultados alcançados, evidencia a emergência de operação de um movimento reconcentrador do crescimento econômico nos espaços hegemônicos da economia e a fragmentação do crescimento nas áreas periféricas a esses espaços. Identifica espaços incluídos, espaços excluídos e espaços de indefinição, como configuração espacial associada aos processos em curso no final do século XX. Conclui, destacando o quadro de acentuação de assimetrias quanto à capacidade mesorregional de produção, num país de dimensões continentais e marcado por grande heterogeneidade social, econômica e espacial. Visando a contribuir para a elaboração de conhecimento acerca da fase atual de reorganização do espaço nacional, o estudo identifica a existência de Brasis e indica uma agenda para pesquisas futuras neste campo de investigação. Nome: Marcelo Vinicius de La Rocha Domingues Orientador: Claudio Antonio Gonçalves Egler Título: Logística e transporte marítimo internacional: Impactos sobre o sistema Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geografia Teses Defendidas - Doutorado 36 Anuário do Instituto de Geociências - UFRJ Volume 24 / 2001 portuário brasileiro Resumo: A finalidade desta tese de doutorado é apresentar um modelo teórico interpretativo, à luz das novas teorias vigentes na Física, Química, Biologia e Matemática, sobre a rela

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frontais. Nesse contexto, o estudo teve por objetivo geral caracterizar o balanço sedimentar em um trecho do cordão de dunas frontais adjacentes à praia de Massambaba. a metodologia desenvolvida teve por base o monitoramento do campo de dunas frontais durante 22 meses (09.03.1996 a 31.12.1997 onde foram empregadas técnicas de levantamento topográfico, coleta de areia em armadilhas e análise sedimentológica, que associadas ao comportamento climatológico do período, permitiram definir um comportamento sedimentar para as dunas frontais. Nome: Analia Margarita Romanello Orientador: Claudio Antonio Gonçalves Egler Título: Aplicação de sistema de informações geográficas (SIG na avaliação da qualidade de vida 42 Anuário do Instituto de Geociências - UFRJ Volume 23 / 2000 Resumo: Na última década, a tecnologia dos Sistemas de Informação Geográfica (SIGs ganhou prestígio como ferramenta moderna para o manejo da informação espacial aplicável aos estudos do território. As propriedades que caracterizam os SIGs podem contribuir para alcançar novos conhecimentos através da análise de dados e informação sobre o território, quer dizer, sobre a organização e o funcionamento do espaço geográfico. Sem dúvida, a complexidade que estes processos apresentam e as dificuldades ou inconveniências que acarreta o emprego de técnicas computacionais, colocam o debate acerca de sua correta aplicação e das limitações que surgem na implementação da tecnologia dos SIGs como contribuição aos estudos territoriais. O emprego de técnicas de geoprocessamento como ferramenta de avaliação, no entanto é ainda limitado, sobretudo se comparamos com sua potencialidade. Este fato se deve tanto a falta de domínio dos métodos destas ferramentas, como também às dificuldades de obtenção de dados confiáveis para uso em SIG. Assim, em cada novo avanço, a tecnologia oferece maiores possibilidades para atingir e usar o conhecimento sobre o território e para faz

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ídeo Mytiloides submytiloides, (Seitz, 1935, que representa um evento biológico global de distribuição geográfica ampla e a regressiva, pela continuidade da fauna. Outras duas seqüências sedimentares transgressivas foram identificadas com base na ocorrência de cefalópodos e são datadas no Coniaciano superior e no Campaniano superior. 183 Anuário do Instituto de Geociências - UFRJ Volume 26 / 2003 Autor: Heitor Fernandes Mothé Filho Orientadores: Helena Polivanov e Cheila Gonçalves Mothé Título: Caracterização e aplicação tecnológica do rejeito da indústria do mármore e do granito - 137 p. Resumo O processo de industrialização tem deteriorado rapidamente a qualidade do meio ambiente. As indústrias geram grandes quantidades de resíduos e eles podem poluir a natureza. O setor das rochas ornamentais produz mais de 200.000 t por ano de rejeitos sólidos, não degradáveis, que são descartados em lagoas de decantação e em áreas de aterro. Os objetivos desta pesquisa são a caracterização do rejeito e a obtenção de material cerâmico. Para isto, foram feitas análises de distribuição dos tamanhos de partícula, química, mineralógica, térmica, de plasticidade, de difração de raios-X e testes de sintetização, absorção de água, densidade aparente, porosidade aparente, compressão simples e tensão de ruptura. São considerados matérias primas o rejeito, oriundo de oito empresas, argilas de Itaboraí e Seropédica. O efluente líquido também foi estudado. Um programa estatístico foi utilizado para indicar a melhor condição para uma determinada propriedade. Os resultados indicaram que o rejeito pode ser utilizado para obtenção de cerâmicos. Autor: Renato Rodriguez Cabral Ramos Orientadores: Claudio Limeira Mello e Renato Rodolfo Andreis Título: Sistemas aluviais terciários da Bacia de Resende, Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil: análise de fácies e revisão estratigráfica - 221 p. Resumo Neste trabalho é proposta uma redefini

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new and very accurate distance to NGC 300, making this galaxy a future cornerstone in the calibration of the cosmic distance scale . Moreover, they will also allow to understand in more detail how the brightness of a Cepheid-type star depends on its chemical composition, currently a major uncertainty in the application of the Cepheid method to the calibration of the extragalactic distance scale. Indeed, the effect of the abundance of different elements on the luminosity of a Cepheid can be especially well measured in NGC 300 due to the existence of large variations of these abundances in the stars located in the disk of this galaxy. Gieren and his group, in collaboration with astronomers Fabio Bresolin and Rolf Kudritzki (Institute of Astronomy, Hawaii, USA) are currently measuring the variations of these chemical abundances in stars in the disk of NGC 300, by means of spectra of about 60 blue supergiant stars, obtained with the FORS multi-mode instruments at the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) on Paranal. These stars, that are among the optically brightest in NGC 300, were first identified in the WFI images of this galaxy obtained in different colours - the same that were used to produce PR Photo 18a/02 . The nature of those stars was later spectroscopically confirmed at the VLT. As an important byproduct of these measurements, the luminosities of the blue supergiant stars in NGC 300 will themselves be calibrated (as a new cosmic "standard candle"), taking advantage of their stellar wind properties that can be measured from the VLT spectra. The WFI Cepheid observations in NGC 300, as well as the VLT blue supergiant star observations, form part of a large research project recently initiated by Gieren and his group that is concerned with the improvement of various stellar distance indicators in nearby galaxies (the "ARAUCARIA" project ). Clues on star formation history in NGC 300 ESO PR Photo 18c/02 ESO PR Photo 18c/02 [Preview - JPEG: 440 x 400 pix - 63k] [Normal

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sociedade.Maria João de Carvalho, José Viegas Brás e Maria Neves Gonçalves, autores portugueses, elegem o conceito de self-government para compreender o contributo da obra de António Sérgio para a renovação da Educação na primeira metade do século 20 em Portugal. Uma gama variada de documentos indiciam as idéias deste importante autor: textos de conferências, cartas, textos doutrinários e ensaios. Destacam que no cerne do pensamento do autor encontra-se a concepção de educação baseada no self-government, ou seja, inspirado pela Escola Ativa, propugnava a criação de sujeitos livres, ativos, autónomos, emancipados, participando ativa e solidariamente numa escola-comunidade, regida pelos princípios do self-government.Somos convidados a acompanhar Felismina e Libertina à escola, ou em sua luta pelo acesso à educação na cidade do Rio de Janeiro, no período da abolição e no pós-abolição (1888-1906, discutido no artigo de Alessandra Frota Martinez de Schueler, Irma Rizzini e Jucinato Marques. Os autores se valem desse convite para examinar as tensões e limites da escolarização no contexto do pós-abolição, quando a instrução popular contrasta com expectativas e ações de libertos e livres. Entre outras ricas questões abordadas neste artigo, acerca de um período histórico pouco pesquisado, podemos estabelecer algumas relações com os artigos do dossiê deste número 46, pois os autores também constatam que o poder público valeu-se de malabarismos numéricos, apesar das fragilidades dos levantamentos estatísticos. Indicam que houve disputas para a produção e divulgação de estatísticas e ressaltam que os números podem ser lidos sob distintas perspectivas, por exemplo no que se refere aos índices de instrução pública da população e  às condições de acesso à instrução. O artigo seguinte, de Fabio de Faria Peres e Victor Andrade de Melo, detém-se no século 19, perscruta em três impressos em circulação no Rio de

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rio Paquequer (l35,18 km2, onde situa-se a cidade de Teresópolis-RJ. Avalia o comportamento da rede fluvial no processo de ocupação da cidade, ao longo de 41 anos (1956 a 1996, considerando o crescimento de áreas impermeáveis e os problemas na rede fluvial decorrentes dessa expansão. Analisa, em detalhe, a rede de drenagem da sub-bacia do rio Meudon (3ª. Ordem, exemplificadora das mudanças na geometria do canal e nas condições de drenagem. O trabalho foi dividido em 3 (três itens. A caracterização do ambiente da bacia, relevante para as mudanças das condições de drenagem, foi realizada através do inventário dos elementos que condicionam, direta e/ou indiretamente, a rede de drenagem (relevo, geologia, solo, clima, vegetação, ocupação e uso do solo. A seguir, foi avaliada rede de drenagem quanto às suas características morfológicas (hierarquia e morfometria quanto ao perfil longitudinal e aos valores de vazão. O terceiro tópico trata dos efeitos do crescimento urbano sobre os canais de terceira ordem, especialmente quanto as mudanças das condições da geometria dos canais na sub-bacia do rio Meudon. Foi avaliado o crescimento espacial da cidade através da comparação entre fotos aéreas de 1956, 1966, 1976 e imagem SPOT, de 1996. Os resultados mostraram que a dinâmica fluvial, na área urbana de Teresópolis, encontra-se bastante modificada, em especial, no que se relaciona à geometria dos canais e ao escoamento das águas, tendo em vista o crescimento da população e as modificações introduzidas. 130 Anuário do Instituto de Geociências - UFRJ Volume 22 / 1999 Nome: Pierre Alves Costa Orientador: Claudio Antonio Gonçalves Egler Título: A Geografia da Indústria de Química Fina da Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro, Um Estudo de Caso: O Pólo de Química Fina de Jacarepaguá (RJ Resumo: A presente dissertação propõe-se a uma reflexão crítica sobre a Geografia da Indústria de Química Fina na Região Metropolitana do

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Full Text Available 106 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geologia Dissertações Defendidas - Mestrado Nome: Cristiane Mendes Coelho Título: Análise Técnica-Econômica-Financeira de Projetos em Rochas Ornamentais no Município do Rio de Janeiro e Região Metropolitana - Estudos de Casos Orientador: Claudio Margueron Resumo: O processo de avaliação técnica-econômica-financeira de projetos em rochas ornamentais, envolve uma série de análises a serem consideradas. A descrição de alguns aspectos sobre a indústria em questão, com reservas e produção de rochas ornamentais, demanda de produtos, mercado interno e externo e programas de incentivo ao setor tentam situar as empresas em análise no seu contexto setorial. Uma descrição geral sobre o processo produtivo de rochas ornamentais, desde a extração de blocos em pedreiras até a fabricação de peças acabadas, mostra os principais métodos de extração e beneficiamento utilizados nessa indústria. Os estudos de casos serviram de base de dados para a avaliação técnicaeconômica- financeira de projetos a serem desenvolvidos no setor. A estrutura organizacional e infra-estrutura das empresas analisadas são descritas com enfoque para a linha de produção de beneficiamento primário (produção de chapas de granito. São destacados os aspectos técnicos de cada empresa durante o processo produtivo de chapas, como eficiência, desdobramento, velocidade de corte e consumo de insumos em cada caso. A implantação de tecnologia de serragem de blocos sugerida pelo SENAI-DN, surge como uma alternativa de diminuir os problemas detectados nas empresas em questão. São analisados em termos comparativos, os resultados obtidos com a aplicação desta nova tecnologia em relação a metodologia aplicada nas empresas. Devido a ausência de sistemas de custeio adequados para a medição dos resultados econômicos do processo de serragem, foi construído um sistema de custeio pleno com o objetivo de avaliar o custo

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mais parecem um “forno” do que um local de amenidade. Autor: Fabio Bonatto Orientador: Jorge Xavier da Silva Título: Transformações na paisagem natural de Boa Vista, Roraima: umdiagnóstico Ambiental por Geoprocessamento Resumo: O confronto entre a necessidade da informação geográfica e a escassez de dados orientados ao Planejamento Ambiental, em particular para a região amazônica, provocou a elaboração deste estudo, o qual parte da análise histórica do processo de ocupação 200 Anuário do Instituto de Geociências - UFRJ Volume 25 / 2002 humana da região, salientando a contribuição das expedições técnico-científicas, bem como dos estudos contemporâneos, que forneceram a base para o entendimento da evolução da paisagem regional e permitiram a construção do modelo conceitual da dinâmica de transformação da paisagem local. A reunião deste conjunto de dados e informações ancilares, onde a tecnologia do Sensoriamento Remoto possibilitou o registro espacial das diferentes feições de interesse ao trabalho, foi preconizada pela utilização da Metodologia de Geoprocessamento proposta por XAVIER-DA-SILVA (1999, a qual permitiu a organização e manipulação desta vasta massa de dados. Como produtos tem-se a criação de um Modelo Digital do Ambiente e, com a realização das Análises Ambientais, o diagnóstico das transformações da paisagem de Boa Vista, que conduziram à elaboração de um Modelo de Intervenção Ambiental voltado ao Planejamento da Ocupação Urbana e à Gestão dos Recursos Naturais de maneira integrada e indissociável. Autor: Paulo Roberto Russo Orientador: Ana Maria de Paiva Macedo Brandão Título: A Distribuição das Concentrações de Partículas em Suspensão na Atmosfera da Porção Centro-oriental do Município do Rio de Janeiro: Considerações Preliminares sobre s Correlação Saúde Pública e Poluição Atmosférica Resumo: A poluição atmosférica se apresenta neste início de século como um dos