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  1. Quality of Prenatal Care Services in Karabuk Community Health Center

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    Binali Catak

    2012-04-01

    Full Text Available The aim of the study was to evaluate the quality and quantity of prenatal care services according to gestastional week in Karabuk Community Health Center (CHC. Methods: In this descriptive study 365 pregnant women was selected as sample among 753 pregnant women registered at Karabuk CHC in 18/01/2011. 93.0% of women in the selected sample has been visited in their homes and the face to face interviews were done. The questionnaire was prepared according to Prenatal Care Management Guidelines (PCMG of Ministry of Health. Findings The number of follow-ups was not complete in 23.7% of 15-24 month, 34.4% of 25-32 month, 52,1% of 33-42 month pregnant women. At least four follow-up visits were completed only in 66,7% of postpartum women. Timing of first visit was after 15th week in 15,6% of women. In follow up visits 62.5% of of women’s height were never measured, in 13,0% the women hearth sound of infants didn’t monitored at least once. Laboratory test numbers were under the level required by PCMG. The delivery conditions weren’t planned in 41,8% of last trimester and postpartum women and training about breastfeeding wasn’t given to 15,5 of the same group. Result In family medicine model in Karabuk CHC developments in number of prenatal follow-up visits were observed, but no substantial improvements were found in quality of prenatal visits. Regular in service trainings shoud be given to family doctors and midwives. The use of prenatal care guideline published by MoH should be increased. Keywords: Prenatal care, pregnancy, timing of first visit, qality of prenatal care [TAF Prev Med Bull 2012; 11(2.000: 153-162

  2. Extraction of Greenhouse Areas with Image Processing Methods in Karabuk Province

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    Yildirima, M. Z.; Ozcan, C.

    2017-11-01

    Greenhouses provide the environmental conditions to be controlled and regulated as desired while allowing agricultural products to be produced without being affected by external environmental conditions. High quality and a wide variety of agricultural products can be produced throughout the year. In addition, mapping and detection of these areas has great importance in terms of factors such as yield analysis, natural resource management and environmental impact. Various remote sensing techniques are currently available for extraction of greenhouse areas. These techniques are based on the automatic detection and interpretation of objects on remotely sensed images. In this study, greenhouse areas were determined from optical images obtained from Landsat. The study was carried out in the greenhouse areas in Karabuk province. The obtained results are presented with figures and tables.

  3. MPID-T2: a database for sequence-structure-function analyses of pMHC and TR/pMHC structures.

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    Khan, Javed Mohammed; Cheruku, Harish Reddy; Tong, Joo Chuan; Ranganathan, Shoba

    2011-04-15

    Sequence-structure-function information is critical in understanding the mechanism of pMHC and TR/pMHC binding and recognition. A database for sequence-structure-function information on pMHC and TR/pMHC interactions, MHC-Peptide Interaction Database-TR version 2 (MPID-T2), is now available augmented with the latest PDB and IMGT/3Dstructure-DB data, advanced features and new parameters for the analysis of pMHC and TR/pMHC structures. http://biolinfo.org/mpid-t2. shoba.ranganathan@mq.edu.au Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.

  4. Edu-mining: A Machine Learning Approach

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    Srimani, P. K.; Patil, Malini M.

    2011-12-01

    Mining Educational data is an emerging interdisciplinary research area that mainly deals with the development of methods to explore the data stored in educational institutions. The educational data is referred as Edu-DATA. Queries related to Edu-DATA are of practical interest as SQL approach is insufficient and needs to be focused in a different way. The paper aims at developing a technique called Edu-MINING which converts raw data coming from educational institutions using data mining techniques into useful information. The discovered knowledge will have a great impact on the educational research and practices. Edu-MINING explores Edu-DATA, discovers new knowledge and suggests useful methods to improve the quality of education with regard to teaching-learning process. This is illustrated through a case study.

  5. From National Policy-Making to Global Edu-Business: Swedish Edu-Preneurs on the Move

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    Rönnberg, Linda

    2017-01-01

    This study explores the movements of some Swedish former education policy-makers that are currently active as commercial edu-business actors with the ambition to expand in the Global Education Industry (GEI). The aim is to map and analyze how a selection of Swedish edu-preneurs affiliated with a particular Swedish school chain enter the GEI and…

  6. Determination Of Measures That The Operating Nurses Take For The Fire Safety: Example Of Karabuk

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    Isil Isik Andsoy

    2012-06-01

    Material and Methods: The research group consisted of 32 operating room nurses in Karabuk hospitals who accept volunteer to participate. The data were collected with face to face interviews. Questionnaire was prepared by the researcher with the accompaniment of literature. Evaluation of the data, number and percentage were used. Results: In this study, 96.9% of the nurses have indicated that precautionary measures are taken against fire, and 75% of them have reported to have fire extinguishers and alarm system, and also 93.8% of them have stated that maintenance of existing systems in the operating room is done at certain intervals. Furthermore, 87.6% of the nurses have noted to have a fire extinguisher instruction in the operating room, and 62.5% of them have remarked that there are fire exit signs. Conclusion: Finally all of the nurses have indicated that routine checks of the operating rooms' electirical system are done. It has been found out that most of the nurses are knowledgable but inadequate about precautions against fire. As a result, it has been recommended to do an emergency planning in case of fires in operating rooms; to teach this plan to nurses, anesthetists, surgeon and other surgical team by fire drills; to train surgical team about fire risks and measures and to repeat this training regularly. [J Contemp Med 2012; 2(2.000: 87-93

  7. Summary of CPAS EDU Testing Analysis Results

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    Romero, Leah M.; Bledsoe, Kristin J.; Davidson, John.; Engert, Meagan E.; Fraire, Usbaldo, Jr.; Galaviz, Fernando S.; Galvin, Patrick J.; Ray, Eric S.; Varela, Jose

    2015-01-01

    The Orion program's Capsule Parachute Assembly System (CPAS) project is currently conducting its third generation of testing, the Engineering Development Unit (EDU) series. This series utilizes two test articles, a dart-shaped Parachute Compartment Drop Test Vehicle (PCDTV) and capsule-shaped Parachute Test Vehicle (PTV), both of which include a full size, flight-like parachute system and require a pallet delivery system for aircraft extraction. To date, 15 tests have been completed, including six with PCDTVs and nine with PTVs. Two of the PTV tests included the Forward Bay Cover (FBC) provided by Lockheed Martin. Advancements in modeling techniques applicable to parachute fly-out, vehicle rate of descent, torque, and load train, also occurred during the EDU testing series. An upgrade from a composite to an independent parachute simulation allowed parachute modeling at a higher level of fidelity than during previous generations. The complexity of separating the test vehicles from their pallet delivery systems necessitated the use the Automatic Dynamic Analysis of Mechanical Systems (ADAMS) simulator for modeling mated vehicle aircraft extraction and separation. This paper gives an overview of each EDU test and summarizes the development of CPAS analysis tools and techniques during EDU testing.

  8. Use of the antiozonant ethylenediurea (EDU) in Italy: verification of the effects of ambient ozone on crop plants and trees and investigation of EDU's mode of action.

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    Paoletti, Elena; Contran, Nicla; Manning, William J; Ferrara, Anna M

    2009-05-01

    Twenty-four experiments where EDU was used to protect plants from ozone (O(3)) in Italy are reviewed. Doses of 150 and 450 ppm EDU at 2-3 week intervals were successfully applied to alleviate O(3)-caused visible injury and growth reductions in crop and forest species respectively. EDU was mainly applied as soil drench to crops and by stem injection or infusion into trees. Visible injury was delayed and reduced but not completely. In investigations on mode of action, EDU was quickly (8 days), as it cannot move via phloem. EDU did not enter cells, suggesting it does not directly affect cell metabolism. EDU delayed senescence, did not affect photosynthesis and foliar nitrogen content, and stimulated antioxidant responses to O(3) exposure. Preliminary results suggest developing an effective soil application method for forest trees is warranted.

  9. The antioxidant EDU and Raphanus sativus L. - a new approach to biological indication of ozone?; Das Antioxidant EDU und Raphanus sativus L. - neue Moeglichkeiten der Bioindikation von Ozon?

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    Kostka-Rick, R; Manning, W J

    1993-12-31

    Studies on the effects of ozone on plants repeatedly suggested to use anti-oxidant agent-like ethylene diurea (EDU) as control treatment for exposure systems like open-top chambers. Radish (`Cherry Belle`) was exposed to ozone (135-225 {mu}g m{sup -3}, 7.5 h d{sup -1}, 7 d) in a controlled way in green-house tests run during three different developmental stages. Some plants received pretreatment with EDU (150 mg l{sup -1}). Up to 26% of the leaf surface was injured by ozone exposure in untreated plants; EDU-treated plants and control plants grown in filtered ais showed a maximum of 2% of leaf injury. The growth of the storage organ (hypocotyl) was significantly depressed by ozone exposure (without EDU) but compensatory processes largely redressed this loss after the exposure period. EDU caused some minor leaf injury and a nonsignificant stimulation of shoot growth. (orig.) [Deutsch] In O{sub 3}-Wirkungsuntersuchungen mit Pflanzen wurde wiederholt der Einsatz antioxidanter Wirkstoffe wie Ethylendiurea (EDU) als Kontrollbehandlung alternativ zu Expositionssystemen wie z.B. Open-Top-Kammern vorgeschlagen. Waehrend drei verschiedener Entwicklungsstadien wurden Radies (Sorte `Cherry Belle`) in einem Gewaechshausversuch kontrolliert mit O{sub 3} belastet (135-225 {mu}g m{sup -3}, 7.5 h d{sup -1}, 7 d), nachdem ein Teil der Pflanzen mit EDU behandelt worden war (150 mg l{sup -1}). Bei unbehandelten Pflanzen wurden bis zu 26% der Blattflaeche durch die O{sub 3}-Exposition geschaedigt; EDU-behandelte Pflanzen und Kontrollpflanzen in gefilterter Luft zeigten maximal 2% Blattschaedigung. Das Wachstum des Speicherorgans (Hypokotyl) war durch die O{sub 3}-Belastung (ohne EDU) signifikant vermindert, kompensatorische Prozesse glichen diesen Verlust nach der Belastungsphase jedoch weitgehend aus. EDU selbst loeste leichte Blattschaedigungen aus und bewirkte eine nicht-signifikante Stimulation des Sprosswachstums. (orig.)

  10. The antioxidant EDU and Raphanus sativus L. - a new approach to biological indication of ozone?; Das Antioxidant EDU und Raphanus sativus L. - neue Moeglichkeiten der Bioindikation von Ozon?

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    Kostka-Rick, R.; Manning, W.J.

    1992-12-31

    Studies on the effects of ozone on plants repeatedly suggested to use anti-oxidant agent-like ethylene diurea (EDU) as control treatment for exposure systems like open-top chambers. Radish (`Cherry Belle`) was exposed to ozone (135-225 {mu}g m{sup -3}, 7.5 h d{sup -1}, 7 d) in a controlled way in green-house tests run during three different developmental stages. Some plants received pretreatment with EDU (150 mg l{sup -1}). Up to 26% of the leaf surface was injured by ozone exposure in untreated plants; EDU-treated plants and control plants grown in filtered ais showed a maximum of 2% of leaf injury. The growth of the storage organ (hypocotyl) was significantly depressed by ozone exposure (without EDU) but compensatory processes largely redressed this loss after the exposure period. EDU caused some minor leaf injury and a nonsignificant stimulation of shoot growth. (orig.) [Deutsch] In O{sub 3}-Wirkungsuntersuchungen mit Pflanzen wurde wiederholt der Einsatz antioxidanter Wirkstoffe wie Ethylendiurea (EDU) als Kontrollbehandlung alternativ zu Expositionssystemen wie z.B. Open-Top-Kammern vorgeschlagen. Waehrend drei verschiedener Entwicklungsstadien wurden Radies (Sorte `Cherry Belle`) in einem Gewaechshausversuch kontrolliert mit O{sub 3} belastet (135-225 {mu}g m{sup -3}, 7.5 h d{sup -1}, 7 d), nachdem ein Teil der Pflanzen mit EDU behandelt worden war (150 mg l{sup -1}). Bei unbehandelten Pflanzen wurden bis zu 26% der Blattflaeche durch die O{sub 3}-Exposition geschaedigt; EDU-behandelte Pflanzen und Kontrollpflanzen in gefilterter Luft zeigten maximal 2% Blattschaedigung. Das Wachstum des Speicherorgans (Hypokotyl) war durch die O{sub 3}-Belastung (ohne EDU) signifikant vermindert, kompensatorische Prozesse glichen diesen Verlust nach der Belastungsphase jedoch weitgehend aus. EDU selbst loeste leichte Blattschaedigungen aus und bewirkte eine nicht-signifikante Stimulation des Sprosswachstums. (orig.)

  11. Eetikata edu ei saavuta / Patrick Dixon

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    Dixon, Patrick

    2003-01-01

    Ettevõte on edu saavutanud siis, kui ta on võitnud nii selle töötajate ja juhtide kui avalikkuse usalduse, leiab autor. Lisa: Usalduse loomine vajab igapäevast järjekindlat tööd ; Kes on kes: Patrick Dixon

  12. Europa Drum Sampler (EDuS), Phase I

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    National Aeronautics and Space Administration — The main objective of the proposed work is to develop a robust and effective sample acquisition system for the Europa lander called the Europa Drum Sampler (EDuS)....

  13. Israel: Benefits of the EduTA [Education and Training Appraisal

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    2016-01-01

    The EduTA mission provided a unique opportunity to: • Bring together all the ministries and agencies regulating radiation protection to discuss the status of the regulatory framework for E&T; • Reactivate the National Advisory Committee to provide a coordination framework for the actions identified during the EduTA mission; • Strengthen national regulatory framework for E&T by identifying action to: develop and implement E&T requirements for medical practitioners; develop legislation to address optimization of radiation protection of patients during medical exposure; • Promote a sustainable approach to build competence by adopting a national strategy for E&T in radiation protection. The EduTA mission paved also the way for a more effective and needs-oriented request of assistance from IAEA through the Technical Cooperation programme

  14. Towards iTunes U and Youtube.edu

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    Specht, Marcus

    2011-01-01

    Specht, M. (2010, 22 November). Towards iTunes U and Youtube.edu. Training and Presentation given at training event for Open Universiteit IPO group. Heerlen, The Netherlands: Open University of the Netherlands, CELSTEC, Learning Media Lab.

  15. Mobile-IT Education (MIT.EDU): M-Learning Applications for Classroom Settings

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    Sung, M.; Gips, J.; Eagle, N.; Madan, A.; Caneel, R.; DeVaul, R.; Bonsen, J.; Pentland, A.

    2005-01-01

    In this paper, we describe the Mobile-IT Education (MIT.EDU) system, which demonstrates the potential of using a distributed mobile device architecture for rapid prototyping of wireless mobile multi-user applications for use in classroom settings. MIT.EDU is a stable, accessible system that combines inexpensive, commodity hardware, a flexible…

  16. Protection of plants from ambient ozone by applications of ethylenediurea (EDU): A meta-analytic review

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    Feng Zhaozhong; Wang Shuguang; Szantoi, Zoltan; Chen Shuai; Wang Xiaoke

    2010-01-01

    A meta-analysis was conducted to quantitatively assess the effects of ethylenediurea (EDU) on ozone (O 3 ) injury, growth, physiology and productivity of plants grown in ambient air conditions. Results indicated that EDU significantly reduced O 3 -caused visible injury by 76%, and increased photosynthetic rate by 8%, above-ground biomass by 7% and crop yield by 15% in comparison with non-EDU treated plants, suggesting that ozone reduces growth and yield under current ambient conditions. EDU significantly ameliorated the biomass and yield of crops and grasses, but had no significant effect on tree growth with an exception of stem diameter. EDU applied as a soil drench at a concentration of 200-400 mg/L has the highest positive effect on crops grown in the field. Long-term research on full-grown tree species is needed. In conclusion, EDU is a powerful tool for assessing effects of ambient [O 3 ] on vegetation. - EDU effectively protect plants against ambient ozone.

  17. Uniprindi büroo- ja trükikojahoone : edu peatänavatest, Uniprindi trükikojast ning geneerilisest arhitektuurist = Success from Main Streets, Uniprint Printing Plant, and Generic Architecture / Veljo Kaasik

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    Kaasik, Veljo

    2000-01-01

    Pärnu mnt. ristmiku juurde Tallinnas R. Puusepa arhitektibüroo poolt trükikojale Uniprint projekteeritud büroo-tootmishoonest. Arhitektid Raivo Puusepp, Krista Väärtnõu. Konstruktsioonid: Projektbüroo Teinos, Civen OÜ. Projekt 1999-2000, hoone valmis 2000. Peatänavaid ääristava hoonestuse kiirest muundumisest. 9 ill.: korruste plaanid, lõiked, vaated (joon.); välisvaated (foto)

  18. Review of the app: Symbaloo EDU

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    David Fociños

    2017-07-01

    Full Text Available This review analyzes Symbaloo EDU, a personalized virtual desktops tool with a lot of potential in the educational field. It also provides ideas on how to use it both for the management of our favorite resources on the web and from a didactic point of view, especially as an integrating element of our Personal Learning Environment.

  19. SmartHeart CABG Edu

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    Gabriele DI GIAMMARCO

    2015-12-01

    Full Text Available The paper reports on the SmartHeart CABG Edu Android app. The app was conceived to be an innovative and up-to-date tool for patient education, the first of its kind in the Italian context. In particular, the app was developed to provide educational material for patients about to undergo Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG surgery, a set of self-assessment tools concerning health status (i.e., BMI calculator, LDL cholesterol calculator and anxiety assessment tool and usability questionnaires (i.e., SEQ and SUS. The paper initially describes the app, then reports on its evaluation, concerning both the app usability and the pre-operative anxiety, and ends by showing the improvements -- derived from the usability evaluation -- put into practice.

  20. Trækonstruktioner

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    Larsen, H.J.; Riberholt, H.

    Denne anvisning behandler materialer til trækonstruktioner og beregning af sædvanlige elementer og konstruktioner i henhold til Trænormen fra 2003 med tillæg. Forbindelser behandles i SBI-anvisning 194: Trækonstruktioner. Forbindelser. Anvisningen er tænkt anvendt af projekterende og som lærebog på...

  1. How "Edu-Babble" Turns Pupils into "Customers"

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    Chitty, Clyde

    2009-01-01

    The Report of the Nuffield Review of 14-19 education, described by its Lead Director Professor Richard Pring of Oxford University in the last number of FORUM (Volume 51, Number 2 http://dx.doi.org/10.2304/forum.2009.51.2.197), highlights the increasing use of what can be described as "edu-dabble" by sectors of the education establishment.

  2. Nucleus geometry and mechanical properties of resistance spot ...

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    Department of Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Mersin University, 33343 Ciftlikkoy, Mersin, Turkey; Metallurgy Materials Engineering Department, Engineering Faculty, Karabuk University Baliklarkayasi, Karabuk, Turkey; Faculty of Tarsus Technical Education, Mersin University, 33480 Tarsus, Turkey ...

  3. TVB-EduPack - An interactive learning and scripting platform for The Virtual Brain

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    Henrik eMatzke

    2015-11-01

    Full Text Available The Virtual Brain (TVB; www.thevirtualbrain.org is a neuroinformatics platform for full brain network simulation based on individual anatomical connectivity data. The framework addresses clinical and neuroscientific questions by simulating multi-scale neural dynamics that range from local population activity to large-scale brain function and related macroscopic signals like electroencephalography and functional magnetic resonance imaging. TVB is equipped with a graphical and a command-line interface to create models that capture the characteristic biological variability to predict the brain activity of individual subjects. To enable researchers from various backgrounds a quick start into TVB and brain network modelling in general, we developed an educational module: TVB-EduPack. EduPack offers two educational functionalities that seamlessly integrate into TVB’s graphical user interface (GUI: (i interactive tutorials introduce GUI elements, guide through the basic mechanics of software usage and develop complex use-case scenarios; animations, videos and textual descriptions transport essential principles of computational neuroscience and brain modelling; (ii an automatic script generator records model parameters and produces input files for TVB’s Python programming interface; thereby, simulation configurations can be exported as scripts that allow flexible customization of the modelling process and self-defined batch- and post-processing applications while benefitting from the full power of the Python language and its toolboxes. This article covers the implementation of TVB-EduPack and its integration into TVB architecture. Like TVB, EduPack is an open source community project that lives from the participation and contribution of its users. TVB-EduPack can be obtained as part of TVB from thevirtualbrain.org.

  4. Uuringud tõstavad Eesti e-edu poolest esirinda / Henrik Roonemaa

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    Roonemaa, Henrik

    2004-01-01

    Economist Intelligence Unit'i uuringust riikide e-valmiduse kohta ja e-Business W@atch'i aruandest, milles võrreldi Euroopa firmade edu IT ning tehnoloogia kasutamist äris. Lisa: Eesti embab e-ajastut

  5. IDES-EDU: Comprehensive multidisciplinary education programme to accelerate the implementation of EPBD in Europe

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    Wyckmans, Annemie; Almeida, Manuela; Brunsgaard, Camilla

    are expected learning outcomes, level of integration in existing curricula and alignment with theory and assessment methods. Measures for improvement as well as further dissemination to other European educational facilities are proposed. In this manner, the project will contribute to make the multiple......This paper presents a new education and training programme on integrated energy design developed by fifteen European universities collaborating within the IDES-EDU project (2010-2013), funded by Intelligent Energy Europe. IDES-EDU aims to accelerate the implementation of the Energy Performance...... of Buildings Directive (EPBD) by proposing Master and Post Graduate education and training in multidisciplinary teams. To speed up transition from traditional, sub-optimised building projects with discipline-oriented, segregated budgets and operations, IDES-EDU developed comprehensive, multidisciplinary...

  6. IAU astroEDU: an open-access platform for peer-reviewed astronomy education activities

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    Heenatigala, Thilina; Russo, Pedro; Strubbe, Linda; Gomez, Edward

    2015-08-01

    astroEDU is an open access platform for peer-reviewed astronomy education activities. It addresses key problems in educational repositories such as variability in quality, not maintained or updated regularly, limited content review, and more. This is achieved through a peer-review process similar to what scholarly articles are based on. Activities submitted are peer-reviewed by an educator and a professional astronomer which gives the credibility to the activities. astroEDU activities are open-access in order to make the activities accessible to educators around the world while letting them discover, review, distribute and remix the activities. The activity submission process allows authors to learn how to apply enquiry-based learning into the activity, identify the process skills required, how to develop core goals and objectives, and how to evaluate the activity to determine the outcome. astroEDU is endorsed by the International Astronomical Union meaning each activity is given an official stamp by the international organisation for professional astronomers.

  7. Macrolide resistance gene erm(TR) and erm(TR)-carrying genetic elements in Streptococcus agalactiae: characterization of ICESagTR7, a new composite element containing IMESp2907.

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    Mingoia, Marina; Morici, Eleonora; Marini, Emanuela; Brenciani, Andrea; Giovanetti, Eleonora; Varaldo, Pietro E

    2016-03-01

    The objective of this study was to investigate macrolide-resistant Streptococcus agalactiae isolates harbouring erm(TR), an erm(A) gene subclass, with emphasis on their erm(TR)-carrying genetic elements. Four erm(TR)-carrying elements have been described to date: three closely related (ICE10750-RD.2, Tn1806 and ICESp1108) in Streptococcus pyogenes, Streptococcus pneumoniae and S. pyogenes, respectively; and one completely different (IMESp2907, embedded in ICESp2906 to form ICESp2905) in S. pyogenes. Seventeen macrolide-resistant erm(TR)-positive S. agalactiae isolates were phenotypically and genotypically characterized. Their erm(TR)-carrying elements were explored by analysing the distinctive recombination genes of known erm(TR)-carrying integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs) and by PCR mapping. The new genetic context and organization of IMESp2907 in S. agalactiae were explored using several experimental procedures and in silico analyses. Five isolates harboured ICE10750-RD.2/Tn1806, five isolates harboured ICESp1108 and five isolates bore unknown erm(TR)-carrying elements. The remaining two isolates, exhibiting identical serotypes and pulsotypes, harboured IMESp2907 in a new genetic environment, which was further investigated in one of the two isolates, SagTR7. IMESp2907 was circularizable in S. agalactiae, as described in S. pyogenes. The new IMESp2907 junctions were identified based on its site-specific integration; the att sites were almost identical to those in S. pyogenes. In strain SagTR7, erm(TR)-carrying IMESp2907 was embedded in an erm(TR)-less internal element related to ICE10750-RD.2/Tn1806, which, in turn, was embedded in an ICESde3396-like element. The resulting whole ICE, ICESagTR7 (∼129 kb), was integrated into the chromosome downstream of the rplL gene, and was excisable in circular form and transferable by conjugation. This is the first study exploring erm(TR)-carrying genetic elements in S. agalactiae. © The Author 2015. Published by

  8. SAR-EDU - An education initiative for applied Synthetic Aperture Radar remote sensing

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    Eckardt, Robert; Richter, Nicole; Auer, Stefan; Eineder, Michael; Roth, Achim; Hajnsek, Irena; Walter, Diana; Braun, Matthias; Motagh, Mahdi; Pathe, Carsten; Pleskachevsky, Andrey; Thiel, Christian; Schmullius, Christiane

    2013-04-01

    Since the 1970s, radar remote sensing techniques have evolved rapidly and are increasingly employed in all fields of earth sciences. Applications are manifold and still expanding due to the continuous development of new instruments and missions as well as the availability of very high-quality data. The trend worldwide is towards operational employment of the various algorithms and methods that have been developed. However, the utilization of operational services does not keep up yet with the rate of technical developments and the improvements in sensor technology. With the enhancing availability and variety of space borne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data and a growing number of analysis algorithms the need for a vital user community is increasing. Therefore the German Aerospace Center (DLR) together with the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena (FSU) and the Technical University Munich (TUM) launched the education initiative SAR-EDU. The aim of the project is to facilitate access to expert knowledge in the scientific field of radar remote sensing. Within this effort a web portal will be created to provide seminar material on SAR basics, methods and applications to support both, lecturers and students. The overall intension of the project SAR-EDU is to provide seminar material for higher education in radar remote sensing covering the topic holistically from the very basics to the most advanced methods and applications that are available. The principles of processing and interpreting SAR data are going to be taught using test data sets and open-source as well as commercial software packages. The material that is provided by SAR-EDU will be accessible at no charge from a DLR web portal. The educational tool will have a modular structure, consisting of separate modules that broach the issue of a particular topic. The aim of the implementation of SAR-EDU as application-oriented radar remote sensing educational tool is to advocate the development and wider use of

  9. Assessing ambient ozone injury in olive (Olea europaea L.) plants by using the antioxidant ethylenediurea (EDU) in Saudi Arabia.

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    Basahi, J M; Ismail, I M; Haiba, N S; Hassan, I A; Lorenzini, G

    2016-06-01

    The antiozonant chemical, ethylenediurea (N-[2-(2-oxo-1-imidazolidinyl)ethyl]-N'-phenylurea, abbreviated as EDU), was applied as stem injections or soil drenches to 5-year-old containerized plants of olive (Olea europaea L. cultivar Kalamata) in growth chambers in order to assess its ameliorative effects against realistic ozone (O3) stress. Visible injury symptoms were reduced greatly in individuals treated with EDU, with injection applications having greater protection than soil drenches. EDU application caused increases in the measured ecophysiological parameters compared to untreated individuals. In particular, the stem injection protected plants against photosynthetic impairment (unchanged net photosynthetic rates and intercellular CO2 concentration, in comparison to plants grown in filtered air). EDU application increased the protection of PSII from ambient O3 oxidative stress, although it did not retain the proportion of redox state of QA, pigment composition of photosynthetic apparatus and size of light-harvesting complex of PSII. However, the stem injection of plants with EDU induced lower non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) values in comparison to ambient air (-2 %), indicating a better photoprotection of PSII in comparison to soil drench application. EDU application caused increases in the morphological and biometric parameters compared to individuals exposed to ambient air. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study highlighting the protection of Kalamata olive trees due to EDU in terms of growth, yield, visible injury, and photosynthetic performance. Furthermore, this study proved that EDU could be a low-cost and a low-technology efficient tool for assessing O3 effects on plant performances in the field in Saudi Arabia.

  10. Safety features of TR-2 reactor

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    Tuerker, T.

    2001-01-01

    TR-2 is a swimming pool type research reactor with 5 MW thermal power and uses standard MTR plate type fuel elements. Each standard fuel element consist of 23 fuel plates with a meat + cladding thickness of 0.127 cm, coolant channel clearance is 0.21 cm. Originally TR-2 is designed for %93 enriched U-Al. Alloy fuel meat.This work is based on the preparation of the Final Safety Analyses Report (FSAR) of the TR-2 reactor. The main aspect is to investigate the behaviour of TR-2 reactor under the accident and abnormal operating conditions, which cowers the accident spectrum unique for the TR-2 reactor. This presentation covers some selected transient analyses which are important for the safety aspects of the TR-2 reactor like reactivity induced startup accidents, pump coast down (Loss of Flow Accident, LOFA) and other accidents which are charecteristic to the TR-2

  11. Friluftsinstallationer i træer

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    Skov, Simon; Thomsen, Iben Margrete

    2015-01-01

    Abebaner, treetop walking, high rope adventure, slackline, træhuse og parkour-baner er alle installationer, som bruger træerne som støtte, enten midlertidigt eller permanent. Den nye sport, turistattraktionen eller team building-redskabet sætter i alle tilfælde træerne på prøve. Der følger positiv...

  12. Ethylenediurea (EDU): A research tool for assessment and verification of the effects of ground level ozone on plants under natural conditions

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    Manning, William J. [Department of Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003-9320 (United States); Paoletti, Elena, E-mail: e.paoletti@ipp.cnr.it [IPP CNR, Via Madonna del Piano 10, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Italy); Sandermann, Heinrich [ecotox.freiburg, Schubertstr. 1, D-79104 Freiburg (Germany); Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, D-85764 Neuherberg (Germany); Ernst, Dieter [ecotox.freiburg, Schubertstr. 1, D-79104 Freiburg (Germany)

    2011-12-15

    Ethylenediurea (EDU) has been widely used to prevent ozone (O{sub 3}) injury and crop losses in crop plants and growth reductions in forest trees. Successful use requires establishing a dose/response curve for EDU and the proposed plant in the absence of O{sub 3} and in the presence of O{sub 3} before initiating multiple applications to prevent O{sub 3} injury. EDU can be used to verify foliar O{sub 3} symptoms in the field, and to screen plants for sensitivity to O{sub 3} under ambient conditions. Despite considerable research, the mode of action of EDU remains elusive. Additional research on the mode of action of EDU in suppressing O{sub 3} injury in plants may also be helpful in understanding the mode of action of O{sub 3} in causing injury in plants. - EDU is a verified and effective tool for the assessment of the effects of ozone on plants.

  13. Dipole and spin-dipole strength distributions in isotopes

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    Necla Cakmak

    2018-01-03

    Jan 3, 2018 ... isotopes. NECLA CAKMAK1, SADIYE CAKMAK2, CEVAD SELAM3 and SERDAR UNLU4,∗. 1Department of Physics, Karabuk University, Karabuk, Turkey. 2Department of Physics ... and 14 and the giant resonances in the energy region of. 19–27 MeV were ... even–even nuclei [21]. The restoration of this ...

  14. Landbrugets trædemølle

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    Hansen, Henning Otte

    2016-01-01

    Teorien om landbrugets trædemølle siger, at teknologi medfører stigende produktivitet, stigende udbud og dermed faldende priser. Dermed øges behovet for ny teknologi. Det vedvarende teknologipres gavner de innovative landmænd, mens de mere afventende landmænd kun oplever de negative virkninger i...... form af prisfald. I denne artikel beskrives nærmere de enkelte elementer i trædemøllen. Samtidig vurderes trædemøllens betydning og mulige påvirkning. Det konkluderes, at trædemøllen, dens forudsætninger og afledte virkninger stadig er fuldt gældende. Det er ikke muligt for et enkelt land eller region...... af bremse trædemøllen på lang sigt. På lokalt plan kan man løse nogle sociale og økonomiske problemer skabt af trædemøllen gennem nemmere afvandring....

  15. Multi-Collinearity Based Model Selection for Landslide Susceptibility Mapping: A Case Study from Ulus District of Karabuk, Turkey

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    Sahin, E. K.; Colkesen, I., , Dr; Kavzoglu, T.

    2017-12-01

    Identification of localities prone to landslide areas plays an important role for emergency planning, disaster management and recovery planning. Due to its great importance for disaster management, producing accurate and up-to-date landslide susceptibility maps is essential for hazard mitigation purpose and regional planning. The main objective of the present study was to apply multi-collinearity based model selection approach for the production of a landslide susceptibility map of Ulus district of Karabuk, Turkey. It is a fact that data do not contain enough information to describe the problem under consideration when the factors are highly correlated with each other. In such cases, choosing a subset of the original features will often lead to better performance. This paper presents multi-collinearity based model selection approach to deal with the high correlation within the dataset. Two collinearity diagnostic factors (Tolerance (TOL) and the Variance Inflation Factor (VIF)) are commonly used to identify multi-collinearity. Values of VIF that exceed 10.0 and TOL values less than 1.0 are often regarded as indicating multi-collinearity. Five causative factors (slope length, curvature, plan curvature, profile curvature and topographical roughness index) were found highly correlated with each other among 15 factors available for the study area. As a result, the five correlated factors were removed from the model estimation, and performances of the models including the remaining 10 factors (aspect, drainage density, elevation, lithology, land use/land cover, NDVI, slope, sediment transport index, topographical position index and topographical wetness index) were evaluated using logistic regression. The performance of prediction model constructed with 10 factors was compared to that of 15-factor model. The prediction performance of two susceptibility maps was evaluated by overall accuracy and the area under the ROC curve (AUC) values. Results showed that overall

  16. In-Storage Embedded Accelerator for Sparse Pattern Processing

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    2016-08-13

    MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Email: wjun@csail.mit.edu, hnguyen@ll.mit.edu, vijayg@ll.mit.edu, arvind@csail.mit.edu...Bairoch A, and Apweiler R., The Swiss-Prot protein sequence data bank and its supplement TrEMBL in 2000, Nucl. Acids Res. 28:45- 48(2000). [17

  17. EduCTX: A blockchain-based higher education credit platform

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    Turkanović, Muhamed; Hölbl, Marko; Košič, Kristjan; Heričko, Marjan; Kamišalić, Aida

    2017-01-01

    Blockchain technology enables the creation of a decentralized environment where transactions and data are not under the control of any third party organization. Any transaction ever completed is recorded in a public ledger in a verifiable and permanent way. Based on blockchain technology, we propose a global higher education credit platform, named EduCTX. This platform is based on the concept of the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS). It constitutes a globally trusted, de...

  18. Blog.tr.ee ei anna alla / Raigo Neudorf

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    Neudorf, Raigo

    2007-01-01

    Veebikeskkonna blog.tr.ee arengust ja majandamisest räägivad keskkonna looja Andris Reinmann ja firma OÜ Tr.ee osaniku Mobi Solutions'i esindaja Rain Rannu. Vt. samas: Mis on blog.tr.ee; Kaljundi: blog.tr.ee on hobiprojekt. Kommenteerib nagi.ee juhataja Jüri Kaljundi. Lisatud joonis: Blog.tr.ee unikaalsete külastajate arv nädalas

  19. High doses of ethylenediurea (EDU) as soil drenches did not increase leaf N content or cause phytotoxicity in willow grown in fertile soil.

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    Agathokleous, Evgenios; Paoletti, Elena; Manning, William J; Kitao, Mitsutoshi; Saitanis, Costas J; Koike, Takayoshi

    2018-01-01

    Ground-level ozone (O 3 ) levels are nowadays elevated in wide regions of the Earth, causing significant effects on plants that finally lead to suppressed productivity and yield losses. Ethylenediurea (EDU) is a chemical compound which is widely used in research projects as phytoprotectant against O 3 injury. The EDU mode of action remains still unclear, while there are indications that EDU may contribute to plants with nitrogen (N) when the soil is poor in N and the plants have relatively small leaf area. To reveal whether the N content of EDU acts as a fertilizer to plants when the soil is not poor in N and the plants have relatively large total plant leaf area, willow plants (Salix sachalinensis Fr. Schm) were exposed to low ambient O 3 levels and treated ten times (9-day interval) with 200mL soil drench containing 0, 800 or 1600mg EDU L -1 . Fertilizer was added to a nutrient-poor soil, and the plants had an average plant leaf area of 9.1m 2 at the beginning of EDU treatments. Indications for EDU-induced hormesis in maximum electron transport rate (J max ) and ratio of intercellular to ambient CO 2 concentration (C i :C a ) were observed at the end of the experiment. No other EDU-induced effects on leaf greenness and N content, maximum quantum yield of photosystem II (F v /F m ), gas exchange, growth and matter production suggest that EDU did not act as N fertilizer and did not cause toxicity under these experimental conditions. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

  20. Solar UV-B effects on PSII performance in Betula nana are influenced by PAR level and reduced by EDU

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    Albert, Kristian Rost; Mikkelsen, Teis Nørgaard; Ro-Poulsen, Helge

    2012-01-01

    -B transparent filter control (Teflon), UV-B-absorbing filter (Mylar) and UV-AB-absorbing filter (Lexan). Ethylenediurea (EDU), a chemical normally used to protect plants against ozone injury, was sprayed on the leaves both in the field and in an additional laboratory study to investigate if EDU mitigated...

  1. Notes on inventive methodologies and affirmative critiques of an affective edu-future

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    Staunæs, Dorthe

    2016-01-01

    of minds and bodies. Especially, motivation, engagement and the desire for learning are targets for policy and leadership technologies. This possible scenario is an affective edu-future that has connections to new modes of governance through standards and thereby present ways of leading educational...

  2. The interstellar extinction in the open clusters Tr 14, Tr 15, Tr 16/Cr 232 and Cr 228 in NGC 3372. New near-infrared photometry

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    Tapia, M.; Roth, M.; Ruiz, M.T.

    1988-01-01

    Near-infrared JHKL photometry of more than 200 stars, members of the open clusters Tr14, Tr15, Tr16, Cr228 and Cr232 in the Carina Nebula are presented. From comparing these results with the available visual photometry and spectroscopy, it is found that, except in Tr15, the intracluster reddening is characterized by a 'normal' extinction law at λ > 0.5μm but is highly anomalous and variable in the U- and B-bands. This behaviour may be explained by the presence of intracluster interstellar grains 'processed' by shock waves presumably associated with the explosive history of η Carinae. All clusters are found to be at the same distance from the Sun at d = 2.4 ± 0.2 kpc or Vsub(o) - Msub(v) 11.9 ± 0.2. The total amount of reddening, though, differs significantly from cluster to cluster. (author)

  3. Evaluation of the anti-oxidant ethylene diurea (EDU) as a protectant against ozone effects on crops (Growth chamber trials)

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    Archambault, D.J.; Li, X. [Alberta Research Council, Vegreville, AB (Canada). Environmental Technologies

    2003-02-01

    A field study conducted during the summer of 2000 showed that when the antioxidant ethylene diurea (EDU) was applied to crops there was an increase in several parameters. The authors designed a series of controlled-environment trials to test the following: were the effects of EDU the result of EDU-mediated protection against ozone (O{sub 3}) or were they from the plant growth promoting effects of EDU independent of O{sub 3}. The three major objectives were: (1) to modify an existing gas exposure system to expose plants to O{sub 3} and to test the stability and reliability of the system, (2) to perform O{sub 3} exposure trials using wheat, barley, field pea and canola to observe the effects of O{sub 3}, and (3) to test whether the effects of EDU could be attributed to protection against O{sub 3} injury or to the plant growth promoting effects independent of O{sub 3}. The modification to the gas exposure system involved the installation of an O{sub 3} delivery system and a monitoring system. Stability of the system was tested using radish plants. The symptoms of O{sub 3} injury on radish leaves began after two weeks of exposure. It appeared as mottled bleached areas which became red. Mottled chlorotic areas appeared on wheat and barley, which led to complete chlorosis, necrosis and eventually abscission. After two weeks of exposure, field pea developed tendril curl, and canola plants displayed no visible signs of injury from O{sub 3} exposure. The results of the study indicated that the effects of EDU can be species- and cultivar-specific. 15 refs., 11 tabs., 8 figs.

  4. EduSIG: gvSIG aplicado a la enseñanza de la geografía

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    Bermejo Domínguez, Juan A.; Anguix Alfaro, Álvaro; Juncos, Raúl

    2009-01-01

    EduSIG parte de la idea de disponer de un SIG como herramienta educativa para el aprendizaje de la geografía. Por un lado EduSIG consiste en un gvSIG más simple, sin herramientas complejas o muy técnicas, que permite navegar, consultar, construir y entender los mapas sin necesitar ninguna formación en Sistemas de Información Geográfica. Por otro lado pretende dar una visión didáctica de la enseñanza de la geografía, incluyendo tanto vistas temáticas predefinidas y diverso...

  5. Understanding TR binding to pMHC complexes: how does a TR scan many pMHC complexes yet preferentially bind to one.

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    Javed Mohammed Khan

    Full Text Available Understanding the basis of the binding of a T cell receptor (TR to the peptide-MHC (pMHC complex is essential due to the vital role it plays in adaptive immune response. We describe the use of computed binding (free energy (BE, TR paratope, pMHC epitope, molecular surface electrostatic potential (MSEP and calculated TR docking angle (θ to analyse 61 TR/pMHC crystallographic structures to comprehend TR/pMHC interaction. In doing so, we have successfully demonstrated a novel/rational approach for θ calculation, obtained a linear correlation between BE and θ without any "codon" or amino acid preference, provided an explanation for TR ability to scan many pMHC ligands yet specifically bind one, proposed a mechanism for pMHC recognition by TR leading to T cell activation and illustrated the importance of the peptide in determining TR specificity, challenging the "germline bias" theory.

  6. Investigating the taste in the city : Très très bon, gourmet stroll in Paris

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    Camille BRACHET

    2015-12-01

    Full Text Available In this paper, will be examined the potential of television regarding the representation of food and taste. The analysis focuses on a particular TV show, Très très bon, a weekend program broadcast on the channel Paris Première. Since the success of many TV programs has already shown that cooking and television can go together, it is interesting to try to understand the terms of staging which are very specific to Très très bon. For this purpose, the apparatus behind this TV program will be analysed in order to understand how the TV show seduces the viewer for whom any form of tasting remains technically impossible.

  7. Businnes Model of Cors-Tr Tusaga-Aktif

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    Bakici, S.; Erkek, B.; İlbey, A.; Kulaksiz, E.

    2017-11-01

    CORS-TR (TUSAGA-Aktif (Turkish National Permanent GNSS Network - Active)), serves location information at cm level accuracy in Turkey and TR Northern Cyprus in few seconds, where adequate numbers of GNSS satellites are observed and communication possibilities are present. No ground control points and benchmarks are necessary. There are 146 permanent GNSS stations within the CORS-TR System. Station data are transferred online to the main control center located in the Mapping Department of the General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre. CORS-TR System was established in 2008 and has been updated in software, hardware, communication and pricing areas from technical and administrative point of view in order to improve the system and provide better service to the users. Thus, the added value obtained from the CORS-TR System has been increased and contributed to the more efficient use of country resources. In this paper, how the technical, administrative and financial studies in the operation of the CORS-TR System were managed with a sustainable business model, studies for solving problems encountered in operating of the system, the cost / benefit analysis of the system and the sharing of experience gained from the perspective of how web-based applications are managed and the business model of the CORS-TR System are explained in detail.

  8. MO-DE-BRA-03: TOPAS-edu: A Window Into the Stochastic World Through the TOPAS Tool for Particle Simulation

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    Perl, J; Villagomez-Bernabe, B; Currell, F

    2015-01-01

    Purpose: The stochastic nature of the subatomic world presents a challenge for physics education. Even experienced physicists can be amazed at the varied behavior of electrons, x-rays, protons, neutrons, ions and the any short-lived particles that make up the overall behavior of our accelerators, brachytherapy sources and medical imaging systems. The all-particle Monte Carlo particle transport tool, TOPAS Tool for Particle Simulation, originally developed for proton therapy research, has been repurposed into a physics teaching tool, TOPAS-edu. Methods: TOPAS-edu students set up simulated particle sources, collimators, scatterers, imagers and scoring setups by writing simple ASCII files (in the TOPAS Parameter Control System format). Students visualize geometry setups and particle trajectories in a variety of modes from OpenGL graphics to VRML 3D viewers to gif and PostScript image files. Results written to simple comma separated values files are imported by the student into their preferred data analysis tool. Students can vary random seeds or adjust parameters of physics processes to better understand the stochastic nature of subatomic physics. Results: TOPAS-edu has been successfully deployed as the centerpiece of a physics course for master’s students at Queen’s University Belfast. Tutorials developed there takes students through a step by step course on the basics of particle transport and interaction, scattering, Bremsstrahlung, etc. At each step in the course, students build simulated experimental setups and then analyze the simulated results. Lessons build one upon another so that a student might end up with a full simulation of a medical accelerator, a water-phantom or an imager. Conclusion: TOPAS-edu was well received by students. A second application of TOPAS-edu is currently in development at Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland. It is our eventual goal to make TOPAS-edu available free of charge to any non-profit organization, along with

  9. MO-DE-BRA-03: TOPAS-edu: A Window Into the Stochastic World Through the TOPAS Tool for Particle Simulation

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    Perl, J [Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (United States); Villagomez-Bernabe, B; Currell, F [Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland (United Kingdom)

    2015-06-15

    Purpose: The stochastic nature of the subatomic world presents a challenge for physics education. Even experienced physicists can be amazed at the varied behavior of electrons, x-rays, protons, neutrons, ions and the any short-lived particles that make up the overall behavior of our accelerators, brachytherapy sources and medical imaging systems. The all-particle Monte Carlo particle transport tool, TOPAS Tool for Particle Simulation, originally developed for proton therapy research, has been repurposed into a physics teaching tool, TOPAS-edu. Methods: TOPAS-edu students set up simulated particle sources, collimators, scatterers, imagers and scoring setups by writing simple ASCII files (in the TOPAS Parameter Control System format). Students visualize geometry setups and particle trajectories in a variety of modes from OpenGL graphics to VRML 3D viewers to gif and PostScript image files. Results written to simple comma separated values files are imported by the student into their preferred data analysis tool. Students can vary random seeds or adjust parameters of physics processes to better understand the stochastic nature of subatomic physics. Results: TOPAS-edu has been successfully deployed as the centerpiece of a physics course for master’s students at Queen’s University Belfast. Tutorials developed there takes students through a step by step course on the basics of particle transport and interaction, scattering, Bremsstrahlung, etc. At each step in the course, students build simulated experimental setups and then analyze the simulated results. Lessons build one upon another so that a student might end up with a full simulation of a medical accelerator, a water-phantom or an imager. Conclusion: TOPAS-edu was well received by students. A second application of TOPAS-edu is currently in development at Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland. It is our eventual goal to make TOPAS-edu available free of charge to any non-profit organization, along with

  10. Factors affecting the effects of EDU on growth and yield of field-grown bush beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), with varying degrees of sensitivity to ozone

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    Elagoez, Vahram [Plant Biology Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003 (United States)]. E-mail: velagoz@nsm.umass.edu; Manning, William J. [Department of Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003 (United States)

    2005-08-15

    The effects of foliar applications of ethylenediurea (EDU) on responses to ozone by field-grown bush bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) lines 'S156' (O{sub 3}-sensitive) and 'R123' (O{sub 3}-tolerant), and cultivars 'BBL 290' (O{sub 3}-sensitive) and 'BBL 274' (O{sub 3}-tolerant) were investigated during the 2001 and 2002 growing seasons. EDU was applied weekly to designated plants between primary leaf expansion and pod senescence. Results were compared with control plants at harvests made at pod maturation and pod senescence. In 2001, average hourly ambient O{sub 3} concentrations ranged between 41 and 59 ppb for a total of 303 h; in 2002, for 355 h. EDU applications prior to pod maturation significantly increased the number of marketable pods in 'R123', but not for the other cultivars. Harvests at pod senescence showed significant improvements in crop yield production in EDU-treated 'S156' plants, whereas for EDU-treated 'R123' plants significant reductions were determined in above-ground biomass and seed production. In contrast, results from 'BBL 290' and 'BBL 274' at both harvest points were inconclusive. Growth and reproductive responses of O{sub 3}-sensitive and O{sub 3}-tolerant bush bean plants to EDU applications varied, depending on developmental stages, duration of EDU applications, and fluctuations in ambient O{sub 3}. - Plant sensitivity to ozone, stage of plant development, number of applications of EDU and ambient ozone affect bean plant responses to EDU.

  11. Protection of ash (Fraxinus excelsior) trees from ozone injury by ethylenediurea (EDU): Roles of biochemical changes and decreased stomatal conductance in enhancement of growth

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    Paoletti, Elena; Contran, Nicla; Manning, William J.; Castagna, Antonella; Ranieri, Annamaria; Tagliaferro, Francesco

    2008-01-01

    Treatments with ethylenediurea (EDU) protect plants from ozone foliar injury, but the processes underlying this protection are poorly understood. Adult ash trees (Fraxinus excelsior), with or without foliar ozone symptoms in previous years, were treated with EDU at 450 ppm by gravitational trunk infusion in May-September 2005 (32.5 ppm h AOT40). At 30-day intervals, shoot growth, gas exchange, chlorophyll a fluorescence, and water potential were determined. In September, several biochemical parameters were measured. The protective influence of EDU was supported by enhancement in the number of leaflets. EDU did not contribute its nitrogen to leaf tissue as a fertiliser, as determined from lack of difference in foliar N between treatments. Both biochemical (increase in ascorbate-peroxidase and ascorbic acid, and decrease in apoplastic hydrogen peroxide) and biophysical (decrease in stomatal conductance) processes regulated EDU action. As total ascorbic acid increased only in the asymptomatic trees, its role in alleviating O 3 effects on leaf growth and visible injury is controversial. - Both biochemical and biophysical processes may regulate EDU action

  12. BUSINNES MODEL OF CORS-TR (TUSAGA-AKTIF

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    S. Bakici

    2017-11-01

    Full Text Available CORS-TR (TUSAGA-Aktif (Turkish National Permanent GNSS Network – Active, serves location information at cm level accuracy in Turkey and TR Northern Cyprus in few seconds, where adequate numbers of GNSS satellites are observed and communication possibilities are present. No ground control points and benchmarks are necessary. There are 146 permanent GNSS stations within the CORS-TR System. Station data are transferred online to the main control center located in the Mapping Department of the General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre. CORS-TR System was established in 2008 and has been updated in software, hardware, communication and pricing areas from technical and administrative point of view in order to improve the system and provide better service to the users. Thus, the added value obtained from the CORS-TR System has been increased and contributed to the more efficient use of country resources. In this paper, how the technical, administrative and financial studies in the operation of the CORS-TR System were managed with a sustainable business model, studies for solving problems encountered in operating of the system, the cost / benefit analysis of the system and the sharing of experience gained from the perspective of how web-based applications are managed and the business model of the CORS-TR System are explained in detail.

  13. Organisatsiooni ja juhtimise valdkonna paradigma ja selle muutumine sõltuvalt edu-uskumusest / Heinrich Ausmees

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    Ausmees, Heinrich, 1941-

    2004-01-01

    Autori väitel uus edu-uskumus eeldab, et kui me oleme suutelised looma metafoore toimuvatest protsessidest, siis oleme võimelised, või vähemalt oleme loonud eeldused selleks, et valdkonnas tegutseda ja muutusi esile kutsuda

  14. New tools for scientific learning in the EduSeis project: the e-learning experiment

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    A. Zollo

    2007-06-01

    Full Text Available The Educational Seismological Project (EduSeis is a scientific and educational project, the main aim of which is the development and implementation of new teaching methodologies in Earth Sciences, using seismology as a vehicle for scientific learning and awareness of earthquake risk. Within this framework, we have recently been experimenting with new learning and information approaches that are mainly aimed at a high school audience. In particular, we have designed, implemented and tested a model of an e-learning environment in a high school located in the surroundings of the Mt. Vesuvius volcano. The proposed e-learning model is built on the EduSeis concepts and educational materials (web-oriented, and is based on computer-supported collaborative learning. Ten teachers from different disciplines and fifty students at the I.T.I.S. “Majorana” technical high school (Naples have been taking part in a cooperative e-learning experiment in which the students have been working in small groups (communities. The learning process is assisted and supervised by the teachers. The evaluation of the results from this cooperative e-learning experiment has provided useful insights into the content and didactic value of the EduSeis modules and activities. The use of network utilities and the “Learning Community” approach promoted the exchange of ideas and expertises between students and teachers and allowed a new approach to the seismology teaching through a multidisciplinary study.

  15. IDES-EDU – new interdisciplinary education program for Sustainable Buildings

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    Dvorakova, Pavla; Kabele, Karel; Brunsgaard, Camilla

    2013-01-01

    Buildings fulfilling all requirements related to energy, economy and environment are necessary to be designed by interdisciplinary teams with efficient transfer of information and good knowledge base. IDES EDU is a project co-funded by the Intelligent Energy Europe program in which 15 European...... universities make a concerted effort to develop and implement balanced master and postgraduate courses on Sustainable Energy Design providing skills and knowledge that exceed the requirements of the EPBD. The resulting courses focus on different aspects of sustainable building design from the perspective...

  16. Trükitööstuste TOP 50

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    2002-01-01

    Trükitööstuste TOP 50. Käibe TOP 30. Käibe kasum TOP 30. Kasvu TOP 30. Kasumi kasvu TOP 30. Rentaabluse TOP. Varade tootlikkuse TOP. Trükitööstusettevõtete üldandmed. Trükitööstusettevõtete finantsandmed

  17. Kesklinna kolimine tõi Renault' müüjale loodetust suurema edu / Tõnu Tramm

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    Tramm, Tõnu, 1968-

    2005-01-01

    TOP-i 2. koht. Renault'sid müüva Autori AS-i juht Vello Tamm peab ettevõtte edu aluseks kolimist kesklinna ning senise töö analüüsimist ja uute eesmärkide seadmist. Diagramm: Majandusnäitajad

  18. Assessing effects of ambient ozone on injury and growth of Trifolium subterraneum at four rural sites in the Netherlands with ethylenediurea (EDU)

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    Tonneijck, A.E.G.; Dijk, van C.J.

    1997-01-01

    To assess adverse effects of ambient ozone on injury and growth, EDU (ethylenediurea) and non-EDU-treated plants of subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum cv. Geraldton) were exposed to ambient air at four rural sites in the Netherlands. In each of two successive experiments of eight weeks

  19. The roles of testicular nuclear receptor 4 (TR4 in male fertility-priapism and sexual behavior defects in TR4 knockout mice

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    Bao Bo-Ying

    2011-10-01

    Full Text Available Abstract Background Successful reproductive efforts require the establishment of a situation favorable for reproduction that requires integration of both behavior and internal physiological events. TR4 nuclear receptor is known to be involved in male fertility via controlling spermatogenesis, yet its roles in regulating other biological events related to reproduction have not been completely revealed. Methods Male TR4 knockout (TR4-/- and wild type mice were used for the sexual behavior and penile dysfunction studies. Mice were sacrificed for histological examination and corresponding genes profiles were analyzed by quantitative RT-PCR. Reporter gene assays were performed. Results We describe an unexpected finding of priapism in TR4-/- mice. As a transcriptional factor, we demonstrated that TR4 transcriptionally modulates a key enzyme regulating penis erection and neuronal nitric oxide synthese NOS (nNOS. Thereby, elimination of TR4 results in nNOS reduction in both mRNA and protein levels, consequently may lead to erectile dysfunction. In addition, male TR4-/- mice display defects in sexual and social behavior, with increased fear or anxiety, as well as reduced mounting, intromission, and ejaculation. Reduction of ER alpha, ER beta, and oxytocin in the hypothalamus may contribute to defects in sexual behavior and stress response. Conclusions Together, these results provide in vivo evidence of important TR4 roles in penile physiology, as well as in male sexual behavior. In conjunction with previous finding, TR4 represents a key factor that controls male fertility via regulating behavior and internal physiological events.

  20. Exploring Application, Attitudes and Integration of Video Games: MinecraftEdu in Middle School

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    Sáez-López, José-Manuel; Miller, John; Vázquez-Cano, Esteban; Domínguez-Garrido, María-Concepción

    2015-01-01

    The aim of this study is to assess the use of MinecraftEdu in classroom practice analyzing the outcomes and attitudes of all members of the educational community through a quasi-experimental approach. The research presents three dimensions oriented to assessing the use of this application in a didactic unit "History and Architecture"…

  1. RedNemo

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    Alkan, Ferhat; Erten, Cesim

    2017-01-01

    is their erroneous nature; they contain false-positive interactions and usually many more false-negatives. Recently, several computational methods have been proposed for network reconstruction based on topology, where given an input PPI network the goal is to reconstruct the network by identifying false...... material including source code, useful scripts, experimental data and the results are available at http://webprs.khas.edu.tr/∼cesim/Red Nemo. tar.gz CONTACT: cesim@khas.edu.tr Supplementary information: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online....

  2. screening for cognitive impairment in late onset depression in a Brazilian sample using the BBRC-edu

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    Tânia Maria da Silva Novaretti

    Full Text Available ABSTRACT Depression and dementia are the most prevalent neuropsychiatric disorders in the elderly population. Alzheimer's disease is the leading cause of dementia in most countries, being responsible for more than half of all dementia cases. Late-onset depression is a frequent cause of cognitive decline in the elderly. Differentiating between cognitive impairment secondary to depression and incipient dementia poses a challenge in the clinical setting. Objective: To evaluate the performance of elderly depressed patients using the BBRC-Edu. Methods: We studied 25 patients with late onset depression (mean age: 73.6 y (6.6; schooling: 9.1 y (5.7 and 30 patients with mild AD (mean age 76.6 y (5.4; schooling: 7.5 y (7.1, who were compared to a control group of 30 healthy elderly (mean age 73.8 y (5.8; schooling: 9.1 y (5.4 using the CERAD and BBRC-Edu batteries. Results: For the CERAD battery, depressed patients performed better than AD patients on all tasks (p0.05, and performed poorer than controls on verbal fluency (animals and Word List Recall tasks (p0.05, and performed worse than controls on Learning (second presentation and verbal fluency (fruits tasks (p<0.0001. Conclusion: Overall performance on the BBRC-Edu allowed differentiation of controls and depressed patients from AD patients.

  3. Tallinna linna- ja gümnaasiumi trükikoda ehk 380 aastat trükikunsti Tallinnas / Aija Sakova-Merivee

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    Sakova-Merivee, Aija, 1980-

    2015-01-01

    Alanud aasta alguses esitlesid Tallinna Ülikooli Akadeemiline Raamatukogu ja Tallinna Linnaarhiiv ühist trükist „Tallinna linna- ja gümnaasiumi trükikoda (1634–1828). Näituse kataloog”. Autor annab ülevaate nii näitusest kui selle kataloogist

  4. The first toxicological study of the antiozonant and research tool ethylene diurea (EDU) using a Lemna minor L. bioassay: Hints to its mode of action

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    Agathokleous, Eugenios; Mouzaki-Paxinou, Akrivi-Chara; Saitanis, Costas J.; Paoletti, Elena; Manning, William J.

    2016-01-01

    The antiozonant and research tool ethylene diurea (EDU) is widely studied as a phytoprotectant against the widespread pollutant ground-surface ozone. Although it has been extensively used, its potential toxicity in the absence of ozone is unknown and its mode of action is unclear. The purpose of this research was to toxicologically assess EDU and to further investigate its mode of action using Lemna minor L. as a model organism. Application of EDU concentrations greater than 593 mg L −1 (practically 600 mg L −1 ) resulted in adverse inhibition of colony growth. As no-observed-toxic-effects concentration (NOEL) we recommend a concentration of 296 mg L −1 (practically 300 mg L −1 ). A hormetic response was detected, i.e. stimulatory effects of low EDU concentrations, which may indicate overcompensation in response to disruption in homeostasis. Growth inhibition and suppressed biomass were associated with impacted chlorophyll a fluorescence (Φ PSII , q P and ETR). Furthermore, EDU increased mesophyll thickness, as indicated by frond succulence index. Applications of concentrations ≥593 mg L −1 to uncontrolled environments should be avoided due to potential toxicity to sensitive organisms and the environment. - Highlights: • The EDU concentration of 300 mg L −1 should be considered as NOEL. • EDU concentrations ≥600 mg L −1 should not be applied to uncontrolled environments. • Hormetic responses indicate overcompensation in response to homeostasis disruption. - Ethylene diurea is not toxic to sensitive organisms when applied at low concentrations (practically < 600 mg L −1 ).

  5. Expansion of the HMX-1 Flight Envelope With the EDU-5/P Laser Eye Protection Spectacles

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    Penhallegon, William

    2004-01-01

    ...) takeoffs and landings. Flight testing determined that fit, internal and external lighting conditions, aircrew experience, and aircrafi type are important factors in determining the suitability of the EDU-iIP in HMX-I plafforms...

  6. Kronisk træthedssyndrom, en usynlig sygdom?

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    Jentoft Olsen, Rikke Katrine; Martlev, Lasse; Fernandez Guerra, Paula

    2018-01-01

    Seahorse XF-teknologi kan måle cellers evne til at producere energi under stress og afslører dysfunktionelle energisystemer i kronisk træthedssyndrom......Seahorse XF-teknologi kan måle cellers evne til at producere energi under stress og afslører dysfunktionelle energisystemer i kronisk træthedssyndrom...

  7. Synthesis and structural characterization of the Zintl phases Na{sub 3}Ca{sub 3}TrPn{sub 4}, Na{sub 3}Sr{sub 3}TrPn{sub 4}, and Na{sub 3}Eu{sub 3}TrPn{sub 4} (Tr=Al, Ga, In; Pn=P, As, Sb)

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    Wang, Yi [Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Delaware, 304A Drake Hall, Newark, DE 19716 (United States); Suen, Nian-Tzu [Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Delaware, 304A Drake Hall, Newark, DE 19716 (United States); College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002 (China); Kunene, Thabiso; Stoyko, Stanislav [Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Delaware, 304A Drake Hall, Newark, DE 19716 (United States); Bobev, Svilen, E-mail: bobev@udel.edu [Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Delaware, 304A Drake Hall, Newark, DE 19716 (United States)

    2017-05-15

    15 new quaternary Zintl phases have been synthesized by solid-state reactions from the respective elements, and their structures have been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Na{sub 3}E{sub 3}TrPn{sub 4} (E=Ca, Sr, Eu; Tr=Al, Ga, In; Pn=P, As, Sb) crystallize in the hexagonal crystal system with the non-centrosymmetric space group P6{sub 3}mc (No. 186). The structure represents a variant of the K{sub 6}HgS{sub 4} structure type (Pearson index hP22) and features [TrPn{sub 4}]{sup 9–} tetrahedral units, surrounded by Na{sup +} and Ca{sup 2+}, Sr{sup 2+}, Eu{sup 2+} cations. The nominal formula rationalization [Na{sup +}]{sub 3}[E{sup 2+}]{sub 3}[TrPn{sub 4}]{sup 9–} follows the octet rule, suggesting closed-shell configurations for all atoms and intrinsic semiconducting behavior. However, structure refinements for several members hint at disorder and mixing of cations that potentially counteract the optimal valence electron count. - Graphical abstract: The hexagonal, non-centrosymmetric structure of Na{sub 3}E{sub 3}TrPn{sub 4} (E=Ca, Sr, Eu; Tr=Al, Ga, In; Pn=P, As, Sb) features [TrPn{sub 4}]{sup 9–} tetrahedral units, surrounded by Na{sup +} and Ca{sup 2+}, Sr{sup 2+}, Eu{sup 2+} cations. - Highlights: • 15 quaternary phosphides, arsenides, and antimonides are synthesized and structurally characterized. • The structure is a variant of the hexagonal K{sub 6}HgS{sub 4}-type, with distinctive pattern for the cations. • Occupational and/or positional disorder of yet unknown origin exists for some members of the series.

  8. A ironia trágica de Machado de Assis

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    Patrick Pessoa

    2007-04-01

    Full Text Available O texto defende, a partir de uma análise das Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas, de Machado de Assis, que a ironia do autor deve ser lida como uma espécie de ironia trágica. A fundamentação dessa hipótese é realizada em três etapas: na primeira, apresenta-se o conceito de ironia trágica, como tematizado por Christoph Menke e Wayne Booth; na segunda, mostra-se como a noção de ironia trágica permite compreender a célebre definição de Lukács de que “a ironia é a objetividade do romance”; finalmente, o texto discute como o conceito de ironia trágica ao mesmo tempo esclarece e subverte as interpretações tradicionais da obra de Machado de Assis.

  9. Aasta trükise 2000 võitjad selgunud

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    2000-01-01

    Rahvusvaheline žürii valis välja 6 raamatut, reklaam- ja väiketrükist ning etiketiseeria. Parimad trükised, trükikojad, kujundajad. Publikuauhinna võitsid üliõpilased Terje Homutov, Monika Eensalu, Tim Kolk

  10. The first toxicological study of the antiozonant and research tool ethylene diurea (EDU) using a Lemna minor L. bioassay: Hints to its mode of action.

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    Agathokleous, Eugenios; Mouzaki-Paxinou, Akrivi-Chara; Saitanis, Costas J; Paoletti, Elena; Manning, William J

    2016-06-01

    The antiozonant and research tool ethylene diurea (EDU) is widely studied as a phytoprotectant against the widespread pollutant ground-surface ozone. Although it has been extensively used, its potential toxicity in the absence of ozone is unknown and its mode of action is unclear. The purpose of this research was to toxicologically assess EDU and to further investigate its mode of action using Lemna minor L. as a model organism. Application of EDU concentrations greater than 593 mg L(-1) (practically 600 mg L(-1)) resulted in adverse inhibition of colony growth. As no-observed-toxic-effects concentration (NOEL) we recommend a concentration of 296 mg L(-1) (practically 300 mg L(-1)). A hormetic response was detected, i.e. stimulatory effects of low EDU concentrations, which may indicate overcompensation in response to disruption in homeostasis. Growth inhibition and suppressed biomass were associated with impacted chlorophyll a fluorescence (ΦPSII, qP and ETR). Furthermore, EDU increased mesophyll thickness, as indicated by frond succulence index. Applications of concentrations ≥593 mg L(-1) to uncontrolled environments should be avoided due to potential toxicity to sensitive organisms and the environment. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

  11. TrED: the Trichophyton rubrum Expression Database

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    Liu Tao

    2007-07-01

    Full Text Available Abstract Background Trichophyton rubrum is the most common dermatophyte species and the most frequent cause of fungal skin infections in humans worldwide. It's a major concern because feet and nail infections caused by this organism is extremely difficult to cure. A large set of expression data including expressed sequence tags (ESTs and transcriptional profiles of this important fungal pathogen are now available. Careful analysis of these data can give valuable information about potential virulence factors, antigens and novel metabolic pathways. We intend to create an integrated database TrED to facilitate the study of dermatophytes, and enhance the development of effective diagnostic and treatment strategies. Description All publicly available ESTs and expression profiles of T. rubrum during conidial germination in time-course experiments and challenged with antifungal agents are deposited in the database. In addition, comparative genomics hybridization results of 22 dermatophytic fungi strains from three genera, Trichophyton, Microsporum and Epidermophyton, are also included. ESTs are clustered and assembled to elongate the sequence length and abate redundancy. TrED provides functional analysis based on GenBank, Pfam, and KOG databases, along with KEGG pathway and GO vocabulary. It is integrated with a suite of custom web-based tools that facilitate querying and retrieving various EST properties, visualization and comparison of transcriptional profiles, and sequence-similarity searching by BLAST. Conclusion TrED is built upon a relational database, with a web interface offering analytic functions, to provide integrated access to various expression data of T. rubrum and comparative results of dermatophytes. It is devoted to be a comprehensive resource and platform to assist functional genomic studies in dermatophytes. TrED is available from URL: http://www.mgc.ac.cn/TrED/.

  12. More on the TR-OSL signal from BeO ceramics

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    Bulur, Enver

    2014-01-01

    Time Resolved Optically Stimulated Luminescence (TR-OSL) from BeO ceramics was investigated using blue (445 nm) and near-IR light (852 nm) for stimulation. Stimulation spectrum of the TR-OSL signal – as measured in the interval 700 to 420 nm- was observed to increase monotonically with the decreasing stimulation wavelength. In addition to the “fast” and “slow” components observed with blue light stimulation, IR stimulated TR-OSL spectra of irradiated BeO ceramics were observed to have two components with average lifetimes around ∼2.5 μs and ∼17 μs. Emission spectra of the both IR stimulated TR-OSL components were observed to have a broad emission band peaking around 330 nm. Thermal stability of the IR stimulated TR-OSL signal was studied by making preheating experiments in the range from 100 °C to 190 °C. It was observed that the IR stimulated OSL signal is stable up to ∼150 °C and decay afterwards. Radiation dose response of the IR stimulated luminescence signal was obtained in the range from 5 to 500 Gy. Both blue and IR stimulated TR-OSL signals grew up to 100 Gy and exhibited saturation for higher doses. Additionally, measurement temperature dependence of the components was also investigated and for the ∼2 μs component thermal assistance with activation energy around 0.16 eV was observed. It seems that the fast component of the blue stimulated TR-OSL component can be correlated to the ∼2 μs IR stimulated TR-OSL component. - Highlights: • IR Stimulated Time-Resolved OSL from BeO was studied. • Two components with lifetimes ∼2 and ∼17us were observed. • IR stimulated TR-OSL signal is found to be stable up to 150 °C. • Thermal quenching energy of the 2us component was found as 0.16 eV

  13. Kompleksnost vzvodov strategije prodajnih poti v izvoznem trženju

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    Tominc, Polona; Jurše, Milan; Jager, Jerneja

    2015-01-01

    Distribucije v raziskavi ne obravnavamo zgolj kot ene od sestavin trženjskega spleta podjetja, temveč kot strateško razsežnost razvoja tržne pozicije na izbranih tujih trgih, katere cilj ni zagotoviti zgolj prodajo izdelkov podjetja, temveč ustvariti distribucijski sistem, ki bo podjetju zagotavljal rast prodaje in krepil konkurenčne prednosti na trgu. Na izbranem vzorcu slovenskih proizvodnih podjetij smo preverjali povezanost med izvozno tržno naravnanostjo podjetja, inovativnostjo, odnosi ...

  14. Magnetic fluctuations on TR{sub 3}Ba{sub 5}Cu{sub 8}O{sub δ} (TR=Ho, Y and Yb) superconducting system

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    Supelano, G.I., E-mail: ivan.supelano@uptc.edu.co [Grupo de Superficies Electroquímica y Corrosión, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (Colombia); Sarmiento Santos, A. [Grupo de Superficies Electroquímica y Corrosión, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (Colombia); Parra Vargas, C.A. [Grupo de Física de Materiales, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (Colombia)

    2014-12-15

    In this work, we report the production of TR{sub 3}Ba{sub 5}Cu{sub 8}O{sub δ} (TR=Ho, Y and Yb) superconducting system using a usual solid state reaction method. The irreversibility line and the analysis of magnetization fluctuations for TR{sub 3}Ba{sub 5}Cu{sub 8}O{sub δ} (TR=Ho, Y and Yb) system were investigated. The curves of magnetization ZFC–FC were measured in magnetic fields of the 100–4000 Oe to obtain the values for T{sup ⁎} and T{sub C} temperatures. The penetration depth and the coherence length parameters as a function of the applied magnetic field were obtained. The data of the magnetization excess ΔM(T, H) was analyzed from the curves of magnetization as a function of logarithm of applied field for different values of temperature in the corresponding range. The Bulavskii, Ledvij and Kogan theory was employed for this purpose which considers fluctuations effects in the free energy and into the equilibrium magnetization.

  15. Canal de Mensagens de Trânsito

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    2010-01-01

    Informe Setorial: O Canal de Mensagens de Trânsito (Traffic Message Channel - TMC) é uma padronização internacional para a distribuição de informações (conteúdo) sobre a situação do trânsito urbano local e inter-regional, em tempo real, de forma eletrônica e diretamente aos motoristas. Traz para os cidadãos, em mensagens eletrônicas simples e acessíveis, informações sobre congestionamentos, acidentes, obras na pista, problemas climáticos (alagamentos, asfalto escorregadio, nevoeiro...) e desv...

  16. Effects of long-term ambient ozone exposure on biomass and wood traits in poplar treated with ethylenediurea (EDU)

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    Carriero, G.; Emiliani, G.; Giovannelli, A.; Hoshika, Y.; Manning, W.J.; Traversi, M.L.; Paoletti, E.

    2015-01-01

    This is the longest continuous experiment where ethylenediurea (EDU) was used to protect plants from ozone (O 3 ). Effects of long-term ambient O 3 exposure (23 ppm h AOT40) on biomass of an O 3 sensitive poplar clone (Oxford) were examined after six years from in-ground planting. Trees were irrigated with either water or 450 ppm EDU. Above (−51%) and below-ground biomass (−47%) was reduced by O 3 although the effect was significant only for stem and coarse roots. Ambient O 3 decreased diameter of the lower stem, and increased moisture content along the stem of not-protected plants (+16%). No other change in the physical wood structure was observed. A comparison with a previous assessment in the same experiment suggested that O 3 effects on biomass partitioning to above-ground organs depend on the tree ontogenetic stage. The root/shoot ratios did not change, suggesting that previous short-term observations of reduced allocation to tree roots may be overestimated. - Highlights: • 6-y ambient O 3 exposure was investigated in a sensitive poplar clone. • EDU irrigation protected poplar against ambient O 3 exposure. • O 3 reduced biomass of roots and stem, but did not change biomass allocation. • O 3 decreased stem diameter only in the lower third of the stem. • O 3 increased moisture content of the wood along the stem. - Ozone exposure reduced lateral branching, leaves and roots in younger trees, and affected stem and roots in older trees, while shoot/root ratios did not change.

  17. Employing Microsoft Live@edu Cloud Platform to Assist in Teaching Chinese Reading for Junior High School Students

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    Shih, Ru-Chu; Cho, Chia-Liang; Tsai, Chih-Cheng; Lou, Shi-Jer

    2013-01-01

    This study aimed to investigate junior high school students' learning attitudes and learning effectiveness through administering Microsoft Live@edu to assist in teaching Chinese reading. Quasi-experimental approach was used and a total of 63 eighth grade students were divided into the experimental group (N = 32) and control group (N = 31).…

  18. The Orphan Nuclear Receptor TR4 Is a Vitamin A-activated Nuclear Receptor

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    Zhou, X. Edward; Suino-Powell, Kelly M.; Xu, Yong; Chan, Cee-Wah; Tanabe, Osamu; Kruse, Schoen W.; Reynolds, Ross; Engel, James Douglas; Xu, H. Eric (Michigan-Med); (Van Andel)

    2015-11-30

    Testicular receptors 2 and 4 (TR2/4) constitute a subgroup of orphan nuclear receptors that play important roles in spermatogenesis, lipid and lipoprotein regulation, and the development of the central nervous system. Currently, little is known about the structural features and the ligand regulation of these receptors. Here we report the crystal structure of the ligand-free TR4 ligand binding domain, which reveals an autorepressed conformation. The ligand binding pocket of TR4 is filled by the C-terminal half of helix 10, and the cofactor binding site is occupied by the AF-2 helix, thus preventing ligand-independent activation of the receptor. However, TR4 exhibits constitutive transcriptional activity on multiple promoters, which can be further potentiated by nuclear receptor coactivators. Mutations designed to disrupt cofactor binding, dimerization, or ligand binding substantially reduce the transcriptional activity of this receptor. Importantly, both retinol and retinoic acid are able to promote TR4 to recruit coactivators and to activate a TR4-regulated reporter. These findings demonstrate that TR4 is a ligand-regulated nuclear receptor and suggest that retinoids might have a much wider regulatory role via activation of orphan receptors such as TR4.

  19. The Test Reactor Embrittlement Data Base (TR-EDB)

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    Stallmann, F.W.; Kam, F.B.K.; Wang, J.A.

    1993-01-01

    The Test Reactor Embrittlement Data Base (TR-EDB) is part of an ongoing program to collect test data from materials irradiations to aid in the research and evaluation of embrittlement prediction models that are used to assure the safety of pressure vessels in power reactors. This program is being funded by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and has resulted in the publication of the Power Reactor Embrittlement Data Base (PR-EDB) whose second version is currently being released. The TR-EDB is a compatible collection of data from experiments in materials test reactors. These data contain information that is not obtainable from surveillance results, especially, about the effects of annealing after irradiation. Other information that is only available from test reactors is the influence of fluence rates and irradiation temperatures on radiation embrittlement. The first version of the TR-EDB will be released in fall of 1993 and contains published results from laboratories in many countries. Data collection will continue and further updates will be published

  20. The anti-inflammatory effect of TR6 on LPS-induced mastitis in mice.

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    Hu, Xiaoyu; Fu, Yunhe; Tian, Yuan; Zhang, Zecai; Zhang, Wenlong; Gao, Xuejiao; Lu, Xiaojie; Cao, Yongguo; Zhang, Naisheng

    2016-01-01

    [TRIAP]-derived decoy peptides have anti-inflammatory properties. In this study, we synthesized a TRIAP-derived decoy peptide (TR6) containing, the N-terminal portion of the third helical region of the [TIRAP] TIR domain (sequence "N"-RQIKIWFQNRRMKWK and -KPGFLRDPWCKYQML-"C"). We evaluated the effects of TR6 on lipopolysaccharide-induced mastitis in mice. In vivo, the mastitis model was induced by LPS administration for 24h, and TR6 treatment was initiated 1h before or after induction of LPS. In vitro, primary mouse mammary epithelial cells and neutrophils were used to investigate the effects of TR6 on LPS-induced inflammatory responses. The results showed that TR6 significantly inhibited mammary gland hisopathologic changes, MPO activity, and LPS-induced production of TNF-α, IL-1β and IL-6. In vitro, TR6 significantly inhibited LPS-induced TNF-α and IL-6 production and phosphorylation of NF-κB and MAPKs. In conclusion, this study demonstrated that the anti-inflammatory effect of TR6 against LPS-induced mastitis may be due to its ability to inhibit TLR4-mediated NF-κB and MAPK signaling pathways. TR6 may be a promising therapeutic reagent for mastitis treatment. Copyright © 2015. Published by Elsevier B.V.

  1. TR32DB - Management of Research Data in a Collaborative, Interdisciplinary Research Project

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    Curdt, Constanze; Hoffmeister, Dirk; Waldhoff, Guido; Lang, Ulrich; Bareth, Georg

    2015-04-01

    The management of research data in a well-structured and documented manner is essential in the context of collaborative, interdisciplinary research environments (e.g. across various institutions). Consequently, set-up and use of a research data management (RDM) system like a data repository or project database is necessary. These systems should accompany and support scientists during the entire research life cycle (e.g. data collection, documentation, storage, archiving, sharing, publishing) and operate cross-disciplinary in interdisciplinary research projects. Challenges and problems of RDM are well-know. Consequently, the set-up of a user-friendly, well-documented, sustainable RDM system is essential, as well as user support and further assistance. In the framework of the Transregio Collaborative Research Centre 32 'Patterns in Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Systems: Monitoring, Modelling, and Data Assimilation' (CRC/TR32), funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), a RDM system was self-designed and implemented. The CRC/TR32 project database (TR32DB, www.tr32db.de) is operating online since early 2008. The TR32DB handles all data, which are created by the involved project participants from several institutions (e.g. Universities of Cologne, Bonn, Aachen, and the Research Centre Jülich) and research fields (e.g. soil and plant sciences, hydrology, geography, geophysics, meteorology, remote sensing). Very heterogeneous research data are considered, which are resulting from field measurement campaigns, meteorological monitoring, remote sensing, laboratory studies and modelling approaches. Furthermore, outcomes like publications, conference contributions, PhD reports and corresponding images are regarded. The TR32DB project database is set-up in cooperation with the Regional Computing Centre of the University of Cologne (RRZK) and also located in this hardware environment. The TR32DB system architecture is composed of three main components: (i) a file-based data

  2. Reconstruction of Orion Engineering Development Unit (EDU) Parachute Inflation Loads

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    Ray, Eric S.

    2013-01-01

    The process of reconstructing inflation loads of Capsule Parachute Assembly System (CPAS) has been updated as the program transitioned to testing Engineering Development Unit (EDU) hardware. The equations used to reduce the test data have been re-derived based on the same physical assumptions made by simulations. Due to instrumentation challenges, individual parachute loads are determined from complementary accelerometer and load cell measurements. Cluster inflations are now simulated by modeling each parachute individually to better represent different inflation times and non-synchronous disreefing. The reconstruction procedure is tailored to either infinite mass or finite mass events based on measurable characteristics from the test data. Inflation parameters are determined from an automated optimization routine to reduce subjectivity. Infinite mass inflation parameters have been re-defined to avoid unrealistic interactions in Monte Carlo simulations. Sample cases demonstrate how best-fit inflation parameters are used to generate simulated drag areas and loads which favorably agree with test data.

  3. Edu Lobo e Carlos Lyra: O Nacional e o Popular na Canção de Protesto (Os Anos 60

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    Arnaldo Daraya Contier

    1998-01-01

    Full Text Available Trata-se de um estudo sobre as possíveis conexões entre a canção de protesto (Edu Lobo, Carlos Lyra e os discursos do CPC durante os anos 60. As criações artísticas são analisadas com vistas a captar os vínculos entre o nacional-popular na canção brasileira e o impressionismo (C. Debussy, o cool-jazz (Miles Davis, Rodgers and Hart, Heitor Villa-Lobos (modernismo, Waldemar Henrique.This is a study if the possible connections between the protest song (Edu Lobo, Carlos Lyra and the CPC discourses in the 1960s. The artistics creations are analysed with a view to pointing out the ties between the national-popular in Brazilian song and the impressionism (C. Debussy, the cool-jazz (Miles Davis, Rodgers and Hart, Heitor Villa-Lobos (modernism, Waldemar Henrique.

  4. Herpesvirus telomerase RNA (vTR with a mutated template sequence abrogates herpesvirus-induced lymphomagenesis.

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    Benedikt B Kaufer

    2011-10-01

    Full Text Available Telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT and telomerase RNA (TR represent the enzymatically active components of telomerase. In the complex, TR provides the template for the addition of telomeric repeats to telomeres, a protective structure at the end of linear chromosomes. Human TR with a mutation in the template region has been previously shown to inhibit proliferation of cancer cells in vitro. In this report, we examined the effects of a mutation in the template of a virus encoded TR (vTR on herpesvirus-induced tumorigenesis in vivo. For this purpose, we used the oncogenic avian herpesvirus Marek's disease virus (MDV as a natural virus-host model for lymphomagenesis. We generated recombinant MDV in which the vTR template sequence was mutated from AATCCCAATC to ATATATATAT (vAU5 by two-step Red-mediated mutagenesis. Recombinant viruses harboring the template mutation replicated with kinetics comparable to parental and revertant viruses in vitro. However, mutation of the vTR template sequence completely abrogated virus-induced tumor formation in vivo, although the virus was able to undergo low-level lytic replication. To confirm that the absence of tumors was dependent on the presence of mutant vTR in the telomerase complex, a second mutation was introduced in vAU5 that targeted the P6.1 stem loop, a conserved region essential for vTR-TERT interaction. Absence of vTR-AU5 from the telomerase complex restored virus-induced lymphoma formation. To test if the attenuated vAU5 could be used as an effective vaccine against MDV, we performed vaccination-challenge studies and determined that vaccination with vAU5 completely protected chickens from lethal challenge with highly virulent MDV. Taken together, our results demonstrate 1 that mutation of the vTR template sequence can completely abrogate virus-induced tumorigenesis, likely by the inhibition of cancer cell proliferation, and 2 that this strategy could be used to generate novel vaccine candidates

  5. Utjecaj liberalizacije na tržište stočarskih proizvoda

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    Ružica Lončarić

    2004-01-01

    Full Text Available Ulaskom u Svjetsku trgovinsku organizaciju Republika Hrvatska je dokazala spremnost za izazove liberalizacije i globalizacije svjetskoga tržišta. Ovom je koraku prethodilo i potpisivanju drugih značajnih dokumenata za uključenje u europski integracijski proces, kao što je Pakt o stabilizaciji u istočnoj Europi, Sporazum o stabilizaciji i Pridruživanju EU i RH, službeno priključenje CEFTA-i, te službena prijava za članstvo u EU, koji na provođenje određenih reformi i prilagodbu u političkome, gospodarskom i pravnom smislu. Kako se hrvatska poljoprivreda, pogotovo grana stočarstva, od osamostaljenja i prihvaćanja tržišnog sustava gospodarenja, nalazi u velikoj krizi, u radu se analizira položaj stočarstva s obzirom na uvjete proizvodnje i brojno stanje stoke, tržište stočarskih proizvoda uz pomoć dinamičke raščlambe sustava proizvodnje stočarskih proizvoda, te se daju prognoze na koji će se način odvijati adaptacija stočarstva u uvjetima EU s obzirom na konkurentnost naših stočarskih proizvoda u europskom okruženju tes obzirom na liberalizacijske obveze. Rezultati analizirani u radu pokazuju kako je hrvatska proizvodnja i tržište stočarskih proizvoda u dubokoj krizi, te da bi bilo potrebno poduzeti niz tržišno-cjenovnih mjera agrarne politike koje bi uredilo navedeno tržište s obzirom na obveze i pravila o liberalizaciji trgovine unutar europskog tržišta.

  6. Neuroscience education in addition to trigger point dry needling for the management of patients with mechanical chronic low back pain: A preliminary clinical trial.

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    Téllez-García, Mario; de-la-Llave-Rincón, Ana I; Salom-Moreno, Jaime; Palacios-Ceña, Maria; Ortega-Santiago, Ricardo; Fernández-de-Las-Peñas, César

    2015-07-01

    The objective of the current study was to determine the short-term effects of trigger point dry needling (TrP-DN) alone or combined with neuroscience education on pain, disability, kinesiophobia and widespread pressure sensitivity in patients with mechanical low back pain (LBP). Twelve patients with LBP were randomly assigned to receive either TrP-DN (TrP-DN) or TrP-DN plus neuroscience education (TrP-DN + EDU). Pain intensity (Numerical Pain Rating Scale, 0-10), disability (Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire-RMQ-, Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Index-ODI), kinesiophobia (Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia-TSK), and pressure pain thresholds (PPT) over the C5-C6 zygapophyseal joint, transverse process of L3 vertebra, second metacarpal, and tibialis anterior muscle were collected at baseline and 1-week after the intervention. Patients treated with TrP-DN + EDU experienced a significantly greater reduction of kinesiophobia (P = 0.008) and greater increases in PPT over the transverse process of L3 (P = 0.049) than those patients treated only with TrP-DN. Both groups experienced similar decreases in pain, ODI and RMQ, and similar increases in PPT over the C5/C6 joint, second metacarpal, and tibialis anterior after the intervention (all, P > 0.05). The results suggest that TrP-DN was effective for improving pain, disability, kinesiophobia and widespread pressure sensitivity in patients with mechanical LBP at short-term. The inclusion of a neuroscience educational program resulted in a greater improvement in kinesiophobia. Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

  7. Assessing the impact of ambient ozone on growth and yield of a rice (Oryza sativa L.) and a wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivar grown in the Yangtze Delta, China, using three rates of application of ethylenediurea (EDU)

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    Wang Xiaoke; Zheng Qiwei; Yao Fangfang; Chen Zhan; Feng Zhaozhong; Manning, W.J.

    2007-01-01

    Foliar applications of ethylenediurea (abbreviated as EDU) were made at 0, 150, 300 or 450 ppm to field-grown rice and wheat in the Yangtze Delta in China. Rice and wheat responded differently to ambient ozone and EDU applications. For wheat, some growth characteristics, such as yield, seed number per plant, seed set rate and harvest index, increased significantly at 300 ppm EDU treatment, while for rice no parameters measured were statistically different regarding EDU application. The reason may be that the wheat cultivar used may be more sensitive to ozone than the rice cultivar. EDU was effective in demonstrating ozone effects on the wheat cultivar, but not on the rice cultivar. Cultivar sensitivity might be an important consideration when assessing the effects of ambient ozone on plants. - Cultivar sensitivity should be considered when using protective chemical to assess the effects of ambient ozone on plants

  8. Naturlig ventilation og træk

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    Nielsen, Peter Vilhelm

    2002-01-01

    Nye ventilationsprincipper som naturlig ventilation er med til at sætte fokus på de strømningselementer, der skal anvendes til dimensionering af luftfordelingen i et rum. Artiklen anviser, hvordan træk fra vinduer og tagåbninger i rum med naturlig ventilation kan beregnes ved hjælp af...

  9. Forbruget af træer og buske i Danmark

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    Jensen, Jan Svejgaard; Laursen, Allan Bach; Kjær, Erik Dahl

    Træer og buske er vigtige elementer i byen og landskabet, og i Danmark bruges der mellem 60 og 80 millioner vedplanter hvert år. Forbruget har været konstant stigende og der er sket store forskydninger i forbrugsmønstret i retning af større fokus på mangfoldighed og autencitet. Undersøgelsen...... klarlægger forbrugsmønstret for træer og buske og undersøger, hvad brugerne lægger vægt på i deres valg af planter....

  10. Regulation of mitosis-meiosis transition by the ubiquitin ligase β-TrCP in male germ cells.

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    Nakagawa, Tadashi; Zhang, Teng; Kushi, Ryo; Nakano, Seiji; Endo, Takahiro; Nakagawa, Makiko; Yanagihara, Noriko; Zarkower, David; Nakayama, Keiko

    2017-11-15

    The mitosis-meiosis transition is essential for spermatogenesis. Specific and timely downregulation of the transcription factor DMRT1, and consequent induction of Stra8 expression, is required for this process in mammals, but the molecular mechanism has remained unclear. Here, we show that β-TrCP, the substrate recognition component of an E3 ubiquitin ligase complex, targets DMRT1 for degradation and thereby controls the mitosis-meiosis transition in mouse male germ cells. Conditional inactivation of β-TrCP2 in male germ cells of β-TrCP1 knockout mice resulted in sterility due to a lack of mature sperm. The β-TrCP-deficient male germ cells did not enter meiosis, but instead underwent apoptosis. The induction of Stra8 expression was also attenuated in association with the accumulation of DMRT1 at the Stra8 promoter in β-TrCP-deficient testes. DMRT1 contains a consensus β-TrCP degron sequence that was found to bind β-TrCP. Overexpression of β-TrCP induced the ubiquitylation and degradation of DMRT1. Heterozygous deletion of Dmrt1 in β-TrCP-deficient spermatogonia increased meiotic cells with a concomitant reduction of apoptosis. Collectively, our data indicate that β-TrCP regulates the transition from mitosis to meiosis in male germ cells by targeting DMRT1 for degradation. © 2017. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd.

  11. A short proof of a conjecture on the Tr-choice number of even cycles

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    Sitters, R. A.

    In this note we prove that the Tr-choice number of the cycle C2n is equal to the Tr-choice number of the path (tree) on 4n - 1 vertices, i.e. Tr-ch(C2n) = [((4n - 2)/(4n - 1))(2r + 2)] + 1. This solves a recent conjecture of Alon and Zaks.

  12. Gåsetrekket i Vesterålen og Nord-Trøndelag 2004

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    Tombre, I.; Madsen, J.; Bakken, J.

    for the goose species pink-footed goose Anser brachyrhynchus, barnacle goose Branta leucopsis and greylag goose Anser anser. The present report summarises goose registrations in some of the municipalities involved; Steinkjer and Inderøy in Nord-Trøndelag, Mid-Norway (pink-footed goose), and Sortland...... in Vesterålen, Northern Norway (pink-footed goose and barnacle goose). Registrations in the Nord-Trøndelag municipalities, Verdal and Levanger, are also included. Pink-footed and barnacle geese stage in Norway during spring on their way to their breeding grounds in Svalbard. In Trøndelag, the spring...... estimate of 43 000). This is probably an underestimate due to all hiding possibilities in the region, and it is assumed that at least 75 % of the Svalbard population of pink-footed goose stayed in Nord-Trøndelag in early May. Intensive scaring of geese registered at several locations in the county...

  13. Optimization and Verification of the TR-MAC Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks

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    Morshed, S.; Heijenk, Geert

    2015-01-01

    Energy-efficiency is an important requirement in the design of communication protocols for wireless sensor networks (WSN). TR-MAC is an energy-efficient medium access control (MAC) layer protocol for low power WSN that exploits transmitted-reference (TR) modulation in the physical layer. The

  14. In-site coatings to reduce H and Tr permeation

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    Stoever, D.; Buchkremer, H.P.; Hecker, R.; Jonas, H.; Schaefer, J.; Zink, U.; Forsyth, N.; Thiele, W.

    1982-01-01

    The main goal of this project is the development of protective coatings to reduce or prevent Tr and H permeation through the heat exchanger walls of HTR components. The tasks of the project are: Measurement of the permeation inhibition efficiency of oxidic coatings on the high-temperature- resistant heat exchanger walls; establishing the parameters influencing permeation by variation of the process gas and steam parameters, temperature and mechanical stress; characterisation of coatings and correlation of coating characteristics with permeation measurements; investigation of permeation and corrosion mechanisms; quantitative description of H and Tr permeation by means of mathematical/physical models. (orig./IHOE) [de

  15. Síndrome de Isaacs: relato de três casos

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    SCOLA ROSANA HERMÍNIA

    1999-01-01

    Full Text Available Relatamos três casos de síndrome de Isaacs, que apresentavam mioquímia clínica, cãibras, dificuldades para o relaxamento muscular, hipertrofia muscular e aumento da sudorese. A eletromiografia de agulha mostrou atividade muscular contínua involuntária, caracterizada como descargas mioquímicas. Os estudos da condução nervosa foram normais. Biópsia de músculo, realizado nos três casos, mostrou atrofia de fibras do tipo 2. Dois casos apresentaram melhora clínica com a utilização de carbamazepina e um com prednisona.

  16. Realization of an integrated VDF/TrFE copolymer-on-silicon pyroelectric sensor

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    Setiadi, D.; Setiadi, D.; Regtien, Paulus P.L.; Sarro, P.M.

    1995-01-01

    An integrated pyroelectric sensor based on a vinylidene fluoride trifluoroethylene (VDF/TrFE) copolymer is presented. A silicon substrate that contains FET readout electronics is coated with the VDF/TrFE copolymer film using a spin-coating technique. On-chip poling of the copolymer has been applied

  17. Maximum credible accident analysis for TR-2 reactor conceptual design

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    Manopulo, E.

    1981-01-01

    A new reactor, TR-2, of 5 MW, designed in cooperation with CEN/GRENOBLE is under construction in the open pool of TR-1 reactor of 1 MW set up by AMF atomics at the Cekmece Nuclear Research and Training Center. In this report the fission product inventory and doses released after the maximum credible accident have been studied. The diffusion of the gaseous fission products to the environment and the potential radiation risks to the population have been evaluated

  18. Effekter af træstøv; inflammation, gentoksicitet og cancer

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    Lange, Jette Bornholdt

    2008-01-01

    lokaliseret i næse og bihuler. Især erhvervsmæssig udsæt-telse for hårde træsorter som eg, birk, bøg eller teak er associeret med sinonasal cancer og luftvejssymptomer. Trods talrige epidemiologiske studier af træstøvs helbredseffekter er forståelsen af de bagvedliggende mekanismer meget begrænset. I år 2000...

  19. The design of an asynchronous Tiny RISC TM/TR4101 microprocessor core

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    Christensen, Kåre Tais; Jensen, P.; Korger, P.

    1998-01-01

    This paper presents the design of an asynchronous version of the TR4101 embedded microprocessor core developed by LSI Logic Inc. The asynchronous processor, called ARISC, was designed using the same CAD tools and the same standard cell library that was used to implement the TR4101. The paper repo...

  20. Short TR imaging with refocusing of the steady-state transverse magnetization

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    Zur, Y.; Stokar, S.; Bendel, P.

    1987-01-01

    Repetitive application of a sequence with repetition time (TR) shorter than T2 results in a steady state in which the transverse magnetization Mt reaches a nonzero value at the end of the sequence. This value depends on the TR and flip angle as well as on the frequency offset ν of each spin isochromat. The authors present a detailed analysis of the time domain and image domain signals for sequences with short TR that employ gradient reversal echoes. Because of the dependence of Mt on ν, two distinct echos appear in the time domain. With proper adjustment of the view gradients, each echo can be sampled separately. Image intensities derived for spins in a liquid (i.e., T1 -- T2) suggest enhanced signal intensity for the cerebrospinal fluid. This was confirmed experimentally

  1. Monitoração de tráfego par-a-par em tempo real

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    Tiago Alves Macambira

    2005-01-01

    O tráfego devido a aplicações P2P tem aumentado consideravelmente nos últimos anos e, apesar de ser hoje o responsável pela maior parte de todo o tráfego da Internet, não existem muitas ferramentas que auxiliem na monitoração e portanto no entendimento desse tráfego, tanto sob um ponto de vista acadêmico como sob um ponto de vista prático. Nesse trabalho abordamos as dificuldades em se construir umasolução que viabilize a análise e a caracterização de tráfego de aplicações em tempo real, tend...

  2. A case report and brief literature review of Klippel-Trénaunay syndrome

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    2012-05-01

    Full Text Available Madan Gopal Choudhary, Zia Ul Haq, Ram Narayan Sehra, Chandra Kumar ChaharDepartment of Paediatrics, Sardar Patel Medical College and P.B.M Hospital, Rajasthan, IndiaAbstract: Klippel-Trénaunay syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by the triad of vascular malformations, venous varicosities, and bone and soft-tissue hypertrophy. We present a case of Klippel-Trénaunay syndrome with limb hypertrophy, port-wine stains, angiokeratoma, and venous varicosities in the limbs.Keywords: Klippel-Trénaunay syndrome, sporadic, venous varicosities, port-wine stain, angiokeratoma

  3. Mito & música: o trágico no jovem Nietzsche

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    Lotério, Rafael Antônio dos Santos

    2011-01-01

    O objetivo desta dissertação é perseguir o conceito de trágico na filosofia do jovem Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche. Através do estudo das suas primeiras obras dedicadas à reflexão filosófica, percebemos que a ideia do “trágico” se afirma como ponto central e ganha destaque para as perspectivas de trabalho vindouro para o professor de filologia clássica que se tornaria um dos mais importantes nomes da filosofia contemporânea. Entretanto, mesmo resguardando o valor que as reflexões...

  4. Kirjastamine 21. sajandil - trüki oma raamat ise / Rivo Sarapik, Andres Kütt, Stanislav Sinyagin

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    Sarapik, Rivo, 1981-

    2008-01-01

    Väikesetiraa̓iliste trükiste kirjastamise etappidest ja soovitusi trükifirmade valikul internetis ning erinevate inimeste kogemusi fotoraamatu või fotoajakirja trükkimisel, kasutades Blurb.com või Lulu.com teenust. Kuni väljatrükini on teenus valdavalt tasuta

  5. La Universidad de Costa Rica en tránsito

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    Badilla Saxe, Eleonora

    2012-02-01

    Full Text Available Resumen. La Universidad de Costa Rica en Tránsito es un artículo que pretende dar cuenta del tránsito que ha iniciado la institución en su camino hacia la transdisciplinariedad. Se presenta, en primera instancia, un contexto histórico y referentes teóricos que apuntan a que la Universidad en el Siglo XXI debe iniciar un tránsito, por una parte, de regreso a reflejar el significado de su origen: UNIVERSUS-A-UM (“todo”, “entero”, “universal” superando fragmentaciones y departamentalizaciones y, por otro, hacia una visión transdisciplinar, un pensamiento complejo en sintonía con las realidades biológicas, sociales y culturales del mundo en el siglo XXI. Y, ya que la transdisciplinariedad no se puede llevar a cabo más que en la acción y en la interacción con otros, se reporta sobre una serie de estrategias interconectadas que se están promoviendo Universidad de Costa Rica para ayudar a la institución a iniciar ese tránsito.Abstract. University of Costa Rica in Transit is an article that reports on the journey the institution has started on its path towards transdisciplinarity. On one way, back to the origen: universus (all, whole, universal, overcoming fragmentation and departamentalization. On the other towards a transdisciplinary vision and complex thinking in accordance with the new biological, social and cultural realities of our world. Interactive and interrelated strategies that are currently beeing promoted to stimulate the institution towards transdisciplinarity are reported here. It is important to remember that transdisciplinarity can only be reflected in action, and in the interaction with others.

  6. Involvement of TR3/Nur77 translocation to the endoplasmic reticulum in ER stress-induced apoptosis

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    Liang Bin; Song Xuhong; Liu Gefei; Li Rui; Xie Jianping; Xiao Lifeng; Du Mudan; Zhang Qiaoxia; Xu Xiaoyuan; Gan Xueqiong; Huang Dongyang

    2007-01-01

    Nuclear orphan receptor TR3/Nur77/NGFI-B is a novel apoptotic effector protein that initiates apoptosis largely by translocating from the nucleus to the mitochondria, causing the release of cytochrome c. However, it is possible that TR3 translocates to other organelles. The present study was designed to determine the intracellular localization of TR3 following CD437-induced nucleocytoplasmic translocation and the mechanisms involved in TR3-induced apoptosis. In human neuroblastoma SK-N-SH cells and human esophageal squamous carcinoma EC109 and EC9706 cells, 5 μM CD437 induced translocation of TR3 to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). This distribution was confirmed by immunofluorescence analysis, subcellular fractionation analysis and coimmunoprecipitation analysis. The translocated TR3 interacted with ER-targeting Bcl-2; initiated an early release of Ca 2+ from ER; resulted in ER stress and induced apoptosis through ER-specific caspase-4 activation, together with induction of mitochondrial stress and subsequent activation of caspase-9. Our results identified a novel distribution of TR3 in the ER and defined two parallel mitochondrial- and ER-based pathways that ultimately result in apoptotic cell death

  7. Primerjalna analiza ključnih dejavnikov tržnega uspeha novih izdelkov v slovenskih predelovalnih panogah

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    Muster, Aleksandra

    2016-01-01

    Namen raziskave je bil na vzorcu podjetij slovenske predelovalne industrije ugotoviti, kako dejavniki kot so odzivna tržna naravnanost, organizacijsko učenje, proaktivna tržna naravnanost in inovativna organizacijska kultura vplivajo na tržni uspeh novih izdelkov ob pogojih uporabe sodobnih metod v okviru procesa razvoja novih izdelkov, tržnih in tehnoloških sprememb in uporabe zunanjih virov za inovacije v okviru procesa razvoja novih izdelkov. Večina ugotovitev iz empirične raziskave na ...

  8. Transactivation of the proximal promoter of human oxytocin gene by TR4 orphan receptor

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    Wang, C.-P.; Lee, Y.-F.; Chang, C.; Lee, H.-J.

    2006-01-01

    The human testicular receptor 4 (TR4) shares structural homology with members of the nuclear receptor superfamily. Some other members of this superfamily were able to regulate the transcriptional activity of the human oxytocin (OXT) promoter by binding to the first DR0 regulatory site. However, little investigation was conducted systematically in the study of the second dDR4 site of OXT proximal promoter, and the relationship between the first and the second sites of OXT promoter. Here, we demonstrated for the first time that TR4 could increase the proximal promoter activity of the human OXT gene via DR0, dDR4, and OXT (both DR0 and dDR4) elements, respectively. TR4 might induce OXT gene expression through the OXT element in a dose-dependent manner. However, there is no synergistic effect between DR0 and dDR4 elements during TR4 transactivation. Taken together, these results suggested that TR4 should be one of important regulators of OXT gene expression

  9. TR146 cells grown on filters as a model of human buccal epithelium

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    Mørck Nielsen, H; Rømer Rassing, M; Nielsen, Hanne Mørck

    2000-01-01

    cell culture model, and human and porcine buccal epithelium were compared. The esterase activity in the intact cell culture model and in the porcine buccal mucosa was compared. Further, the TR146 cell culture model was used to study the permeability rate and metabolism of leu-enkephalin. The activity...... of the three enzymes in the TR146 homogenate supernatants was in the same range as the activity in homogenate supernatants of human buccal epithelium. In the TR146 cell culture model, the activity of aminopeptidase (13.70+/-2.10 nmol/min per mg protein) was approx. four times the activity of carboxypeptidase...

  10. Marinization concept for the TRICEPT TR600 robot

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    Meyer, A.; Aust, E.; Niemann, H.R.; Santos, J.F. dos [GKSS-Forschungszentrum Geesthacht GmbH (Germany). Inst. fuer Materialforschung; Hammerin, R.; Neumann, K.E. [Neos Robotics AB, Taeby (Sweden); Gibson, D. [National Hyperbaric Centre, Aberdeen (United Kingdom)

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    The need for automated welding repair systems of marine structures, ship hulls and nuclear installations had lead to an increasing demand for subsea robots. Considering the application of friction welding to perform underwater repairs, a TRICEPT TR600 robot has been identified as the most suitable system to withstand the high reaction forces characteristic of this process. This study reviews initially the research and development work carried out at GKSS to modify and test a Siemens-MANUTEC robot. After a description of the TRICEPT TR600 robot a marinization concept is presented and discussed in detail. Problems of galvanic corrosion in seawater are addressed in a separate chapter. The deflection of the robot in subsea water currents is estimated with a worst-case calculation. (orig.) [Deutsch] Der Wunsch, Roboter auch unter Wasser einsetzen zu koennen, waechst mit steigendem Interesse nach automatisierten Schweissverfahren fuer Reparaturen an marinen Bauwerken, Schiffsruempfen und in Kernenergieanlagen. Fuer den Einsatz von Reibschweissverfahren fuer diese Reparaturen wurde der TRICEPT TR600-Roboter ausgewaehlt, da dieser auch den charakteristisch hohen Prozesskraeften widerstehen kann. Die notwendigen Modifikationen und Pruefungen werden beispielhaft anhand des bei der GKSS modifizierten Siemens-MANUTEC-Roboters vorgestellt. Nach einer Beschreibung des TRICEPT-Roboters werden die notwendigen Umbaumassnahmen detailliert dargestellt und diskutiert. Auf die Problematik der galvanischen Korrosion in Seewasser wird in einem gesonderten Kapitel naeher eingegangen. Zusaetzlich wird eine moegliche Ablenkung des Roboters durch Wasserstroemung ueberschlaegig berechnet. (orig.)

  11. Neuroblastomicose: registro de três casos

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    Ehrenfried O. Wittig

    1968-03-01

    Full Text Available São relatados três casos de neuroblastomicose de sintomatologia variada (urna forma tumoral cerebelar, urna forma abscedante troncular e cerebral e urna forma granulomatosa difusa. No caso da forma tumoral cerebelar havia associação com cisticercose cerebral. Alterações medulares não foram evidenciadas no único caso em que foi possível examinar êste setor do sistema nervoso central (caso 2.

  12. The Evolution of NR TrA (Nova TrA 2008) from 2008 through 2017

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    Walter, Frederick M.; Burwitz, Vadim; Kafka, Stella

    2018-06-01

    The classical nova NR TrA was discovered as an O-type optically-thick classical nova. There is no evidence that it formed dust. Within four years the envelope became sufficiently thin to reveal an eclipsing accretion disk-dominated system with orbitally-modulated permitted lines of C IV, N V, and O VI. XMM observations reveal a non-eclipsing soft X-ray source and a deeply-eclipsing UV continuum. We will present the first ten years of optical spectral evolution of this system accompanied by ten years of BVRIJHK photometry, with an eye to deciphering the current nature of the system.

  13. Counsellors Respond to the DSM-IV-TR

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    Strong, Tom; Gaete, Joaquin; Sametband, Ines N.; French, Jared; Eeson, Jen

    2012-01-01

    The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) is an administrative fact for many counsellors. This psychiatric approach to formulating client concerns runs counter to those used by counsellors of many approaches (e.g., systemic, feminist). Using an online survey of counsellors (N = 116), invited contributions to a website…

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    kku.edu.tr; hzyazar@hotmail.com. MS received 20 November 2004; revised 30 April ... connection with a microscopic structure of the nucleus. The microscopic theory strongly suggests that it is important to treat the neutron and proton degrees ...

  15. Comparisons of environmental effects and productivity by road ...

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    Aug 2, 2010 ... have been still commonly used in right-of-way, cut-and fill slope, and subgrade activities. Corresponding author. E-mail: tozturk@istanbul.edu.tr. Tel: 90 .... investigated. For each study area, the shapes of damages under.

  16. A 3x1 integrated pyroelectric sensor based on VDF/TrFE copolymer

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    Setiadi, D.; Setiadi, D.; Sarro, P.M.; Regtien, Paulus P.L.

    1996-01-01

    This paper presents an integrated pyroelectric sensor based on a vinylidene fluoride¿trifluoroethylene (VDF/TrFE) copolymer. A silicon substrate that contains field-effect transistor (FET) readout electronics is coated with the VDF/TrFE copolymer film using a spin-coating technique. On-chip poling

  17. TR146 cells grown on filters as a model of human buccal epithelium

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    Nielsen, H M; Rassing, M R; Nielsen, Hanne Mørck

    2000-01-01

    The objective of the present study was to evaluate the TR146 cell culture model as an in vitro model of human buccal epithelium. For this purpose, the permeability of water, mannitol and testosterone across the TR146 cell culture model was compared to the permeability across human, monkey...

  18. Métodos de regulación de tráfico para redes urbanas

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    Canca Ortiz, José David

    1996-01-01

    En esta tesis se analiza el problema de la regulación de señales semafóricas en redes urbanas y su integración en un sistema de control del tráfico. La clasificación más habitual de los sistemas de control de tráfico se basa en la posibilidad de respuesta de los mismos frente a los continuos cambios en la evolución del comportamiento d el tráfico. Desde este punto de vista se pueden distinguir sistemas a tiempo fijo, semidinámicos y dinámicos (de segunda y tercera generación). El objetivo de ...

  19. Xylan oligosaccharides and cellobiohydrolase I (TrCel7A interaction and effect on activity

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    Baumann Martin J

    2011-10-01

    Full Text Available Abstract Background The well-studied cellulase mixture secreted by Trichoderma reesei (anamorph to Hypocrea jecorina contains two cellobiohydolases (CBHs, cellobiohydrolase I (TrCel7A and cellobiohydrolase II (TrCeI6A, that are core enzymes for the solubilisation of cellulose. This has attracted significant research interest because of the role of the CBHs in the conversion of biomass to fermentable sugars. However, the CHBs are notoriously slow and susceptible to inhibition, which presents a challenge for the commercial utilisation of biomass. The xylans and xylan fragments that are also present in the biomass have been suggested repeatedly as one cause of the reduced activity of CHBs. Yet, the extent and mechanisms of this inhibition remain poorly elucidated. Therefore, we studied xylan oligosaccharides (XOSs of variable lengths with respect to their binding and inhibition of both TrCel7A and an enzyme variant without the cellulose-binding domain (CBM. Results We studied the binding of XOSs to TrCel7A by isothermal titration calorimetry. We found that XOSs bind to TrCel7A and that the affinity increases commensurate with XOS length. The CBM, on the other hand, did not affect the affinity significantly, which suggests that XOSs may bind to the active site. Activity assays of TrCel7A clearly demonstrated the negative effect of the presence of XOSs on the turnover number. Conclusions On the basis of these binding data and a comparison of XOS inhibition of the activity of the two enzyme variants towards, respectively, soluble and insoluble substrates, we propose a competitive mechanism for XOS inhibition of TrCel7A with phosphoric swollen cellulose as a substrate.

  20. EduGeoPark: international students exchanges for promoting Earth Science knowledge and Geoheritage awareness

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    Giardino, Marco; Magagna, Alessandra; Dellarole, Edoardo; Kiuttu, Mikko

    2015-04-01

    Geoparks are the ideal destination for international study tours based on the sustainable tourism concept, in which the travel is conceived as an opportunity for sharing both scientific knowledge and intangible and tangible culture. Equally, they are the appropriate places for testing and practicing innovative educational strategies, shareable in an international context. The innovative idea of EduGeoPark project is to involve students and teachers in research activities in Geoparks, including sampling and digital mapping: practical field and laboratory activities for stimulating the geological interpretation of an unknown territory. An approach devoted to improve teamwork and problem solving competences. By means of a partnerships between the Rokua (Finland) and the Sesia-Val Grande (Italy) Geoparks, an exchange program for Secondary School's students started during 2014 (Vaala High School; I.I.S. Luigi Cobianchi High School in Verbania). The study and the visit of both territories was an opportunity for students to observe some relevant geological elements and processes that do not exist in their own country. Moreover, the hosting in families allowed them to feel the culture of the area. Teachers and staff of the Geoparks led field trips to the main geological and cultural attractions of both areas. During the activities, students used mobile devices (smartphone and tablet) and GPS to track field trips, to catch and gather georeferenced data and pictures. They acted as researchers, by using both digital and traditional tools: they observed, asked questions, gathered data, and made hypothesis. By sharing ideas, together with the local guides, they reconstructed the cultural and geological history of the area. Students appreciated the experience: not only they had the opportunity of visiting a different country, but also of deepening the geological awareness on their own territory. EduGeoPark project is opening the participation to other Geoparks, in order to

  1. Mortalidad por accidentes de tránsito en Bayamo, Cuba 2011

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    Arlines Piña-Tornés

    Full Text Available Con el objetivo de describir la mortalidad por accidentes de tránsito en Bayamo, Cuba, en el año 2011 se realizó una revisión de los pacientes lesionados y fallecidos a causa de accidentes de tránsito, registrados en Hospital Carlos M. de Céspedes. Se atendieron en emergencias 1365 lesionados, predominando el grupo etario de 25 a 44 años con 372 pacientes (27,3%, y el sexo masculino con 1071 (78,5%. Fallecieron 46 personas, en su mayoría del mismo grupo de edad y de sexo masculino. Los traumatismos múltiples (52,6% y cráneofaciales (34,2% fueron las localizaciones predominantes. Se destacaron los atropellos por vehículo de motor con mortalidad del 26,3%. En conclusión, la mortalidad por accidentes de tránsito predomina en adultos jóvenes masculinos; cuyas consecuencias fatales son debido a traumatismos múltiples por atropellos.

  2. Organisation and standardisation of information in SWISS-PROT and TrEMBL

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    Michele Magrane

    2006-01-01

    Full Text Available SWISS-PROT is a curated, non-redundant protein sequence database which provides a high level of annotation and is integrated with a large number of other biological databases. It is supplemented by TrEMBL, a computer-annotated database which contains translations of all coding sequences in the EMBL Nucleotide Sequence Database which are not yet in SWISS-PROT. Each fully curated SWISS-PROT entry contains as much up-to-date information as possible from a variety of sources and the high quality of the annotation in SWISS-PROT provides the basis for the procedure which is used to automatically annotate the TrEMBL database. The large amounts of different data types found in both databases are stored in a highly structured and uniform manner and this structured organisation means that SWISS-PROT and TrEMBL together provide a comprehensive resource with data that are readily accessible for users and easily retrievable by computer programs.

  3. Was bedeutet Trägheit? Begriff und Wirkung der Trägheit im Rahmen des Wechselverhaltens von Konsumenten im Strommarkt

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    Henseler, Jörg

    2006-01-01

    In Wissenschaft und Praxis wird die Trägheit der Konsumenten als Ursache der geringen Wechselrate im deutschen Strommarkt für Haushaltskunden diskutiert. Der vorliegende Beitrag arbeitet heraus, dass es sich bei dieser Argumentation entweder um eine Tautologie oder ein Synomym für den Verbleib in

  4. Trükitud majad : korterelamu Pariisis / Triin Ojari

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    Ojari, Triin, 1974-

    1998-01-01

    Tänaste fassaadide keerukusest, paindlikkusest, vastuolulisusest. Trükitud klaasist fassaadi näiteks toodud elamu uue Pariisi Rahvusraamatukogu kõrval. Hoone pinna moodustavad suured värvitrükis klaaspaneelid, molle motiivid on laenatud renessanssmaalidelt. Katkematu lindina jooksevad ümber maja etteulatuvad metallrõdud.

  5. Tempo e Trânsito na Experiência Subjetiva de Motoristas

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    Ana Inez Oka Elvas de Lima; Sylvia Cavalcante

    2015-01-01

    Esta pesquisa investiga como são percebidos e vivenciados o tempo e a pressa no trânsito por motoristas de Fortaleza, identificando e analisando seus estados subjetivos e comportamentos associados a essa experiência. Para a coleta de dados, organizaram-se quatro grupos focais, a partir dos quais emergiram diversos elementos relacionados ao tempo e à pressa e à incidência de comportamentos inadequados no trânsito, segundo o sexo e a idade dos participantes. Para analisar os dados obtidos nas d...

  6. Mortes no trânsito do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

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    Klein Carlos Henrique

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    Full Text Available A evolução urbana do município do Rio de Janeiro durante o século XX, especialmente a partir da sua segunda metade, é fortemente marcada por crescentes privilégios concedidos ao crescimento da utilização dos meios de transporte de massa e, principalmente, individuais, feitos por veículos a motor de explosão. Uma das conseqüências desta política é a ascenção da mortalidade por acidentes de trânsito, verificada durante a década de 80, entre homens e mulheres de todas as idades. Neste trabalho demonstra-se também que, em 1990, apenas cerca de 1/3 das vítimas fatais nos acidentes de trânsito estavam "embarcadas" nos veículos. Portanto, a maioria dos óbitos por este tipo de acidente, cerca de 2/3, ocorreu por atropelamentos. Isto indica a necessidade de o poder público reverter a prioridade na prevenção das mortes por acidentes de trânsito em favor de medidas eficazes que protejam os pedestres.

  7. Mortes no trânsito do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

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    Carlos Henrique Klein

    Full Text Available A evolução urbana do município do Rio de Janeiro durante o século XX, especialmente a partir da sua segunda metade, é fortemente marcada por crescentes privilégios concedidos ao crescimento da utilização dos meios de transporte de massa e, principalmente, individuais, feitos por veículos a motor de explosão. Uma das conseqüências desta política é a ascenção da mortalidade por acidentes de trânsito, verificada durante a década de 80, entre homens e mulheres de todas as idades. Neste trabalho demonstra-se também que, em 1990, apenas cerca de 1/3 das vítimas fatais nos acidentes de trânsito estavam "embarcadas" nos veículos. Portanto, a maioria dos óbitos por este tipo de acidente, cerca de 2/3, ocorreu por atropelamentos. Isto indica a necessidade de o poder público reverter a prioridade na prevenção das mortes por acidentes de trânsito em favor de medidas eficazes que protejam os pedestres.

  8. Assessment of lnternational Space Station (ISS) Lithium-ion Battery Thermal Runaway (TR)

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    Graika, Jason

    2017-01-01

    This task was developed in the wake of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner lithium-ion battery TR incidents of January 2013 and January 2014. The Electrical Power Technical Discipline Team supported the Dreamliner investigations and has followed up by applying lessons learned to conduct an introspective evaluation of NASA's risk of similar incidents in its own lithium-ion battery deployments. This activity has demonstrated that historically NASA, like Boeing and others in the aerospace industry, has emphasized the prevention of TR in a single cell within the battery (e.g., cell screening) but has not considered TR severity-reducing measures in the event of a single-cell TR event. center dotIn the recent update of the battery safety standard (JSC 20793) to address this paradigm shift, the NASA community included requirements for assessing TR severity and identifying simple, low-cost severity reduction measures. This task will serve as a pathfinder for meeting those requirements and will specifically look at a number of different lithium-ion batteries currently in the design pipeline within the ISS Program batteries that, should they fail in a Dreamliner-like incident, could result in catastrophic consequences. This test is an abuse test to understand the heat transfer properties of the cell and ORU in thermal runaway, with radiant barriers in place in a flight like test in on orbit conditions. This includes studying the heat flow and distribution in the ORU. This data will be used to validate the thermal runaway analysis. This test does not cover the ambient pressure case. center dotThere is no pass/ fail criteria for this test.

  9. Modeller forudsiger klimarespons hos træer og buske

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    Meilby, Henrik

    2015-01-01

    Modeller baseret på målinger af træer og buskes årringe afslører, hvilke klimatiske faktorer der lokalt er afgørende for deres vækst. Det kan hjælpe os med at forstå nogle af de ændringer, der sker i vegetationen, for eksempel i Grønland og i alpine områder. Med udgangspunkt i klimafrem- skrivnin......Modeller baseret på målinger af træer og buskes årringe afslører, hvilke klimatiske faktorer der lokalt er afgørende for deres vækst. Det kan hjælpe os med at forstå nogle af de ændringer, der sker i vegetationen, for eksempel i Grønland og i alpine områder. Med udgangspunkt i klimafrem...

  10. Blimp-1-Dependent IL-10 Production by Tr1 Cells Regulates TNF-Mediated Tissue Pathology.

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    Marcela Montes de Oca

    2016-01-01

    Full Text Available Tumor necrosis factor (TNF is critical for controlling many intracellular infections, but can also contribute to inflammation. It can promote the destruction of important cell populations and trigger dramatic tissue remodeling following establishment of chronic disease. Therefore, a better understanding of TNF regulation is needed to allow pathogen control without causing or exacerbating disease. IL-10 is an important regulatory cytokine with broad activities, including the suppression of inflammation. IL-10 is produced by different immune cells; however, its regulation and function appears to be cell-specific and context-dependent. Recently, IL-10 produced by Th1 (Tr1 cells was shown to protect host tissues from inflammation induced following infection. Here, we identify a novel pathway of TNF regulation by IL-10 from Tr1 cells during parasitic infection. We report elevated Blimp-1 mRNA levels in CD4+ T cells from visceral leishmaniasis (VL patients, and demonstrate IL-12 was essential for Blimp-1 expression and Tr1 cell development in experimental VL. Critically, we show Blimp-1-dependent IL-10 production by Tr1 cells prevents tissue damage caused by IFNγ-dependent TNF production. Therefore, we identify Blimp-1-dependent IL-10 produced by Tr1 cells as a key regulator of TNF-mediated pathology and identify Tr1 cells as potential therapeutic tools to control inflammation.

  11. Probiotic Bifidobacterium breve induces IL-10-producing Tr1 cells in the colon.

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    Seong Gyu Jeon

    Full Text Available Specific intestinal microbiota has been shown to induce Foxp3(+ regulatory T cell development. However, it remains unclear how development of another regulatory T cell subset, Tr1 cells, is regulated in the intestine. Here, we analyzed the role of two probiotic strains of intestinal bacteria, Lactobacillus casei and Bifidobacterium breve in T cell development in the intestine. B. breve, but not L. casei, induced development of IL-10-producing Tr1 cells that express cMaf, IL-21, and Ahr in the large intestine. Intestinal CD103(+ dendritic cells (DCs mediated B. breve-induced development of IL-10-producing T cells. CD103(+ DCs from Il10(-/-, Tlr2(-/-, and Myd88(-/- mice showed defective B. breve-induced Tr1 cell development. B. breve-treated CD103(+ DCs failed to induce IL-10 production from co-cultured Il27ra(-/- T cells. B. breve treatment of Tlr2(-/- mice did not increase IL-10-producing T cells in the colonic lamina propria. Thus, B. breve activates intestinal CD103(+ DCs to produce IL-10 and IL-27 via the TLR2/MyD88 pathway thereby inducing IL-10-producing Tr1 cells in the large intestine. Oral B. breve administration ameliorated colitis in immunocompromised mice given naïve CD4(+ T cells from wild-type mice, but not Il10(-/- mice. These findings demonstrate that B. breve prevents intestinal inflammation through the induction of intestinal IL-10-producing Tr1 cells.

  12. Probiotic Bifidobacterium breve induces IL-10-producing Tr1 cells in the colon.

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    Jeon, Seong Gyu; Kayama, Hisako; Ueda, Yoshiyasu; Takahashi, Takuya; Asahara, Takashi; Tsuji, Hirokazu; Tsuji, Noriko M; Kiyono, Hiroshi; Ma, Ji Su; Kusu, Takashi; Okumura, Ryu; Hara, Hiromitsu; Yoshida, Hiroki; Yamamoto, Masahiro; Nomoto, Koji; Takeda, Kiyoshi

    2012-01-01

    Specific intestinal microbiota has been shown to induce Foxp3(+) regulatory T cell development. However, it remains unclear how development of another regulatory T cell subset, Tr1 cells, is regulated in the intestine. Here, we analyzed the role of two probiotic strains of intestinal bacteria, Lactobacillus casei and Bifidobacterium breve in T cell development in the intestine. B. breve, but not L. casei, induced development of IL-10-producing Tr1 cells that express cMaf, IL-21, and Ahr in the large intestine. Intestinal CD103(+) dendritic cells (DCs) mediated B. breve-induced development of IL-10-producing T cells. CD103(+) DCs from Il10(-/-), Tlr2(-/-), and Myd88(-/-) mice showed defective B. breve-induced Tr1 cell development. B. breve-treated CD103(+) DCs failed to induce IL-10 production from co-cultured Il27ra(-/-) T cells. B. breve treatment of Tlr2(-/-) mice did not increase IL-10-producing T cells in the colonic lamina propria. Thus, B. breve activates intestinal CD103(+) DCs to produce IL-10 and IL-27 via the TLR2/MyD88 pathway thereby inducing IL-10-producing Tr1 cells in the large intestine. Oral B. breve administration ameliorated colitis in immunocompromised mice given naïve CD4(+) T cells from wild-type mice, but not Il10(-/-) mice. These findings demonstrate that B. breve prevents intestinal inflammation through the induction of intestinal IL-10-producing Tr1 cells.

  13. Kliniske retningslinjer for træning af aerob kapacitet og muskelstyrke til patienter med reumatoid artrit

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    Larsen, Birgit Tine; Læssøe, Uffe; Kjær, Thomas

    forstærker denne risiko. Formål: Gennem effektiv og sikker træning at øge RA patienters aerob kapacitet og muskel styrke for dermed atlette patienternes daglige aktiviteter. Patienter: Voksne patienter (> 18 år) med diagnosen reumatoid artrit ifølge ARA eller ACR/EULAR kriterierne,funktionsklasserne I, II og...... III, i primær eller sekundær sektoren. Intervention/er: Kortvarig land- eller vandbaseret højintensitets træning af aerob kapacitet, kortvarig eller længerevarendeland-baseret høj-intensitets træning af aerob kapacitet i kombination med muskelstyrke træning oglængerevarende land-baseret høj......-intensitets styrke træning. Inkluderet studier: Èt systematisk review og to randomiseret klinisk kontrolleret studier (RCT). Outcomes: Aerob kapacitet, maksimal muskelstyrke, selv-rapporteret smerte, funktionsevne, sygdomsaktivitet,radiologisk ledskade og uønskede bivirkninger. Søgestrategi:Følgende databaser blev...

  14. Nano-structured variable capacitor based on P(VDF-TrFE) copolymer and carbon nanotubes

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    Lakbita, I.; El-Hami, K.

    2018-02-01

    A newly organic capacitor was conceived with a variable capacitance using the inverse piezoelectric effect. The device consists of two parallel plates of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), known for their large surface area, high sensitivity and high electric conductivity, separated by a thin film of a dielectric layer of Polyinylidene fluoride and trifluoroehtylene (P(VDF-TrFE)) promising material for piezoelectric and ferroelectric properties. The obtained architecture is the CNT/PVDF-TrFE/CNT capacitor device. In this study, an ultra-thin film of P(VDF-TrFE) (54/46) with thickness of 20 nm was elaborated on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) by spin-coating. The morphology of the ultra-thin film and the mechanical behavior of CNT/P(VDF-TrFE)/CNT system were studied using the atomic force microscopy (AFM) combined with a lock-in amplifier in contact mode. All changes in applied voltage induce a change in thin film thickness according to the inverse piezoelectric effect that affect, consequently the capacitance. The results showed that the ratio of capacitance change ΔC to initial capacitance C0 is ΔC/C0=5%. This value is sufficient to use P(VDF-TrFE) as variable organic capacitor.

  15. Nadležnost upravnih sudova u zaštiti tržišnog natjecanja

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    Lidija Rostaš-Beroš

    2014-01-01

    Full Text Available U radu se razmatra nadležnost upravnih sudova kroz do sada donesene zakone o zaštiti tržišnog natjecanja u Republici Hrvatskoj. Kako su se mijenjali propisi kojima je uređivana zaštita tržišnog natjecanja, hrvatsko pravo tržišnog natjecanja sve se više usklađivalo s europskim pravom, što je bila i namjera s obzirom na pripreme, a zatim i ulazak Republike Hrvatske u članstvo Europske unije. Međutim, iz istog razloga je provedena i reorganizacija upravnog sudovanja pa su se mijenjali i upravni sudovi nadležni za ocjenjivanje zakonitosti akata donesenih u postupcima kontrole poštovanja pravila o tržišnom natjecanju.

  16. Lessons learned from the birth and evolution of the EduFinland virtual community for educators

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    Kim Holmberg

    2012-03-01

    Full Text Available Educators around the world are experimenting with the possibilities virtual three dimensional worlds have for education and learning how to use these new environments efficiently. Virtual worlds have the potential to bring some new added value to education and educators can use them to create something that is not possible to do or show in traditional classrooms. Although a lot have been learned about virtual worlds and their potential, a lot more has to be learned before virtual worlds can become an integrated part of education on various levels. The article looks back at the birth and growth of the EduFinland community in the virtual world of Second Life and discusses lessons learned so far during the years of its existence.

  17. Kinematic MRI using short TR single shot fast spin echo (SSFSE) in evaluating swallowing

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    Isogai, Satoshi; Takehara, Yasuo; Isoda, Haruo; Kodaira, Nami; Masunaga, Hatsuko; Ozawa, Fukujirou; Kaneko, Masao [Hamamatsu Univ. School of Medicine, Shizuoka (Japan); Nozaki, Atsushi; Kabasawa, Hiroyuki

    1999-03-01

    The utility of short TR single shot fast spin echo (SSFSE) MR imaging for evaluating swallowing was determined. Five healthy volunteers underwent kinematic MR imaging of swallowing with a 1.5 T MR scanner using the short TR (300 ms) SSFSE sequence. Twenty phases of sagittal sections were acquired within 6 sec, where the temporal resolution was 300 ms. For oral contrast medium, we used prune yogurt juice with Fe added. The image contrast of short TR SSFSE was found to be somewhere like that of T1-weighted images. In all cases, both the buccal and pharyngeal stages of swallowing were successfully depicted. The Fe-added prune yogurt juice performed as a positive contrast medium and helped determine anatomical structures in the buccal stage. Short TR (300 ms) SSFSE was useful in evaluating swallowing. The combined use of Fe-added prune yogurt juice was helpful in enhancing the surface of the oropharynx. (author)

  18. Kinematic MRI using short TR single shot fast spin echo (SSFSE) in evaluating swallowing

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    Isogai, Satoshi; Takehara, Yasuo; Isoda, Haruo; Kodaira, Nami; Masunaga, Hatsuko; Ozawa, Fukujirou; Kaneko, Masao; Nozaki, Atsushi; Kabasawa, Hiroyuki

    1999-01-01

    The utility of short TR single shot fast spin echo (SSFSE) MR imaging for evaluating swallowing was determined. Five healthy volunteers underwent kinematic MR imaging of swallowing with a 1.5 T MR scanner using the short TR (300 ms) SSFSE sequence. Twenty phases of sagittal sections were acquired within 6 sec, where the temporal resolution was 300 ms. For oral contrast medium, we used prune yogurt juice with Fe added. The image contrast of short TR SSFSE was found to be somewhere like that of T1-weighted images. In all cases, both the buccal and pharyngeal stages of swallowing were successfully depicted. The Fe-added prune yogurt juice performed as a positive contrast medium and helped determine anatomical structures in the buccal stage. Short TR (300 ms) SSFSE was useful in evaluating swallowing. The combined use of Fe-added prune yogurt juice was helpful in enhancing the surface of the oropharynx. (author)

  19. ¿Puede la música expresar lo trágico?

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    Enrico Fubini

    2013-12-01

    Full Text Available [ES] Este trabajo parte de la pregunta sobre si el arte musical es capaz de expresar realmente el sentimiento trágico, e intenta clarificar la relación que existe (si existe entre el concepto de lo trágico y el lenguaje de la música. En concreto, se trata de reconstruir la historia de esta relación empezando por sus raíces, hundidas en la tragedia griega, para llegar a sus más cercanas expresiones en el siglo XX. Se pone el acento en el valor trágico del propio contenido musical, destacando con atención, en el caso del melodrama, la relación que surge entre una emoción expresada en palabras y aquella que nace de la música misma, así como la contradicción aparente entre la belleza de la armonía de la música polifónica con el sentimiento de lo verdaderamente trágico. ; [EN] This writing raises the question if the musical art is able to really express the feeling of the tragic, and tries to clarify the relation that exist (if it exists between the concept of the tragic and the language of music. In particular, it aims to reconstruct the history of this relation beginning by its roots, sunk in Greek tragedy, to arrive at its nearer expressions in the XX century. The accent is on the tragic value of the musical content itself, emphasizing in particular, in the case of the melodrama, the relation that arise between an emotion expressed in words and that that is born of music itself, as well as the apparent contradiction between the beauty of the harmony of polyphonic music and the feeling of the truly tragic.

  20. Trauma-Informed Guilt Reduction (TrIGR) Intervention

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    2017-10-01

    and maintenance of posttraumatic distress and a range of adverse outcomes, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and suicidality ...posttraumatic distress and a range of adverse outcomes, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and suicidality , and alcohol/substance use...PTSD symptoms, and depression with medium to large effect sizes. The overall objective of this study is to examine the efficacy of TrIGR in

  1. Rapid blockade of telomerase activity and tumor cell growth by the DPL lipofection of ribbon antisense to hTR.

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    Bajpai, Arun K; Park, Jeong-Hoh; Moon, Ik-Jae; Kang, Hyungu; Lee, Yun-Han; Doh, Kyung-Oh; Suh, Seong-Il; Chang, Byeong-Churl; Park, Jong-Gu

    2005-09-29

    Ribbon antisense (RiAS) to the hTR RNA, a component of the telomerase complex, was employed to inhibit telomerase activity and cancer cell growth. The antisense molecule, hTR-RiAS, combined with enhanced cellular uptake was shown to effectively inhibit telomerase activity and cause rapid cell death in various cancer cell lines. When cancer cells were treated with hTR-RiAS, the level of hTR RNA was reduced by more than 90% accompanied with reduction in telomerase activity. When checked for cancer cell viability, cancer cell lines treated with hTR-RiAS using DNA+Peptide+Lipid complex showed 70-80% growth inhibition in 3 days. The reduced cell viability was due to apoptosis as the percentage of cells exhibiting the sub-G0 arrest and DNA fragmentation increased after antisense treatment. Further, when subcutaneous tumors of a colon cancer cell line (SW480) were treated intratumorally with hTR-RiAS, tumor growth was markedly suppressed with almost total ablation of hTR RNA in the tumor tissue. Cells in the tumor tissue were also found to undergo apoptosis after hTR-RiAS treatment. These results suggest that hTR-RiAS is an effective anticancer reagent, with a potential for broad efficacy to diverse malignant tumors.

  2. Tempo e Trânsito na Experiência Subjetiva de Motoristas

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    Ana Inez Oka Elvas de Lima

    2015-03-01

    Full Text Available Esta pesquisa investiga como são percebidos e vivenciados o tempo e a pressa no trânsito por motoristas de Fortaleza, identificando e analisando seus estados subjetivos e comportamentos associados a essa experiência. Para a coleta de dados, organizaram-se quatro grupos focais, a partir dos quais emergiram diversos elementos relacionados ao tempo e à pressa e à incidência de comportamentos inadequados no trânsito, segundo o sexo e a idade dos participantes. Para analisar os dados obtidos nas discussões grupais utilizaram-se os critérios da Análise Clássica de Conteúdo. Os resultados levaram à conclusão de que a questão do tempo e da pressa constitui um potencial gerador de erros e violações na condução de veículos, pois exerce influência decisiva sobre os comportamentos dos motoristas e configura uma realidade importante para se compreender os fatores humanos envolvidos na dinâmica do trânsito e do ambiente urbano como um todo.

  3. Ajast ja arust trükikoda Kultuuritehases / Merit Kask

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    Kask, Merit

    2006-01-01

    Tallinna Kultuuritehase trükikojas toimunud kõrgtrükitehnikas käsilao õpikojast. Juhendaja inglise kunstnik Pete Nevin, osa võtsid Eesti Kunstiakadeemia tudengid (nimed), kelle tehtud tööd on samas näitusel

  4. Korroderede trådbindere i murværk

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    Hansen, Klavs Feilberg

    Denne SBi-anvisning omdhandler korroderede trådbindere i hule mure og skalmure, og den nedstyrtningsfare som korrosionen kan medføre. Anvisningen beskriver metoder til at undersøge og vurdere problemet, og hvordan man kan eftermontere nye bindere. Anvisningen er rettet mod rådgivende ingeniører....

  5. Test your memory-Turkish version (TYM-TR): reliability and validity study of a cognitive screening test.

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    Maviş, Ilknur; Özbabalik Adapinar, Belgin Demet; Yenilmez, Çinar; Aydin, Ayşe; Olgun, Engin; Bal, Cengiz

    2015-01-01

    The test your memory (TYM) is reported to be a sensitive cognitive function assessment scale for people with dementia. The aim of the present study was to investigate the reliability and validity of an adapted Turkish version of the TYM (TYM-TR) among Turkish dementia patients. The TYM-TR was given to 59 patients with dementia aged 60+ and 336 normal controls aged 23-75+. The diagnostic utility of the TYM-TR was compared with that of the mini-mental state examination (MMSE) to validate it. The internal consistency of the TYM-TR was a = 0.85. The test-retest reliability was 0.97 (P reliability and validity to distinguish dementia in the Turkish population.

  6. DW4TR: A Data Warehouse for Translational Research.

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    Hu, Hai; Correll, Mick; Kvecher, Leonid; Osmond, Michelle; Clark, Jim; Bekhash, Anthony; Schwab, Gwendolyn; Gao, De; Gao, Jun; Kubatin, Vladimir; Shriver, Craig D; Hooke, Jeffrey A; Maxwell, Larry G; Kovatich, Albert J; Sheldon, Jonathan G; Liebman, Michael N; Mural, Richard J

    2011-12-01

    The linkage between the clinical and laboratory research domains is a key issue in translational research. Integration of clinicopathologic data alone is a major task given the number of data elements involved. For a translational research environment, it is critical to make these data usable at the point-of-need. Individual systems have been developed to meet the needs of particular projects though the need for a generalizable system has been recognized. Increased use of Electronic Medical Record data in translational research will demand generalizing the system for integrating clinical data to support the study of a broad range of human diseases. To ultimately satisfy these needs, we have developed a system to support multiple translational research projects. This system, the Data Warehouse for Translational Research (DW4TR), is based on a light-weight, patient-centric modularly-structured clinical data model and a specimen-centric molecular data model. The temporal relationships of the data are also part of the model. The data are accessed through an interface composed of an Aggregated Biomedical-Information Browser (ABB) and an Individual Subject Information Viewer (ISIV) which target general users. The system was developed to support a breast cancer translational research program and has been extended to support a gynecological disease program. Further extensions of the DW4TR are underway. We believe that the DW4TR will play an important role in translational research across multiple disease types. Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

  7. Building on TR-24 success. Advanced Cyclotron Systems Inc. launches a new cyclotron model

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    Russell Watt; William Gyles; Alexander Zyuzin

    2015-01-01

    ACSI is designing a new 30 MeV cyclotron based on the TR-24. While minimizing changes from the proven TR-24, including maintaining the same outer dimensions, the energy of the cyclotron will be increased to 30 MeV, which will make it the most compact, non-superconducting, 30 MeV cyclotron design to date. Maximum beam current will match the TR-24 at 1 mA. With the size and footprint of a typical low energy PET cyclotron, this system will offer users a cost effective solution for a diversified facility capable of producing a wide spectrum of PET and SPECT radioisotopes for research and commercial distribution. (author)

  8. In-situ hybridization based quantification of hTR: a possible biomarker in malignant melanoma

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    Vagner, Josephine; Steiniche, Torben; Stougaard, Magnus

    2015-01-01

    thickness suggesting that hTR might be a valuable biomarker in MM. Furthermore, as ISH-based detection requires presence of both hTR and the reverse transcriptase (hTERT) it might be an indicator of active telomerase and thus have future relevance as a predictive biomarker for anti-telomerase treatment....

  9. Northrop Grumman TR202 LOX/LH2 Deep Throttling Engine Technology Project Status

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    Gromski, Jason; Majamaki, Annik; Chianese, Silvio; Weinstock, Vladimir; Kim, Tony S.

    2010-01-01

    NASA's Propulsion and Cryogenic Advanced Development (PCAD) project is currently developing enabling propulsion technologies in support of future lander missions. To meet lander requirements, several technical challenges need to be overcome, one of which is the ability for the descent engine(s) to operate over a deep throttle range with cryogenic propellants. To address this need, PCAD has enlisted Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems (NGAS) in a technology development effort associated with the TR202 engine. The TR202 is a LOX/LH2 expander cycle engine driven by independent turbopump assemblies and featuring a variable area pintle injector similar to the injector used on the TR200 Apollo Lunar Module Descent Engine (LMDE). Since the Apollo missions, NGAS has continued to mature deep throttling pintle injector technology. The TR202 program has completed two series of pintle injector testing. The first series of testing used ablative thrust chambers and demonstrated igniter operation as well as stable performance at discrete points throughout the designed 10:1 throttle range. The second series was conducted with calorimeter chambers and demonstrated injector performance at discrete points throughout the throttle range as well as chamber heat flow adequate to power an expander cycle design across the throttle range. This paper provides an overview of the TR202 program, describing the different phases and key milestones. It describes how test data was correlated to the engine conceptual design. The test data obtained has created a valuable database for deep throttling cryogenic pintle technology, a technology that is readily scalable in thrust level.

  10. Reconstruction of sound source signal by analytical passive TR in the environment with airflow

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    Wei, Long; Li, Min; Yang, Debin; Niu, Feng; Zeng, Wu

    2017-03-01

    In the acoustic design of air vehicles, the time-domain signals of noise sources on the surface of air vehicles can serve as data support to reveal the noise source generation mechanism, analyze acoustic fatigue, and take measures for noise insulation and reduction. To rapidly reconstruct the time-domain sound source signals in an environment with flow, a method combining the analytical passive time reversal mirror (AP-TR) with a shear flow correction is proposed. In this method, the negative influence of flow on sound wave propagation is suppressed by the shear flow correction, obtaining the corrected acoustic propagation time delay and path. Those corrected time delay and path together with the microphone array signals are then submitted to the AP-TR, reconstructing more accurate sound source signals in the environment with airflow. As an analytical method, AP-TR offers a supplementary way in 3D space to reconstruct the signal of sound source in the environment with airflow instead of the numerical TR. Experiments on the reconstruction of the sound source signals of a pair of loud speakers are conducted in an anechoic wind tunnel with subsonic airflow to validate the effectiveness and priorities of the proposed method. Moreover the comparison by theorem and experiment result between the AP-TR and the time-domain beamforming in reconstructing the sound source signal is also discussed.

  11. T1-weighted vs. short-TE-long-TR images. Usefulness for knee MR examinations of ligament and meniscal lesions

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    Endo, Hideho; Wada, Mitsuyoshi; Shiotani, Seiji; Niitsu, Mamoru; Itai, Yuji

    2000-01-01

    The purpose of this study was to compare short-TE-long-TR images with T1-weighed images in knee MR examinations. Sagittal MR images of the knee were obtained in 31 patients with knee pain. T1-weighted images were obtained by the spin-echo technique (TR/TE =350/15), and short-TE-long-TR images by fast spin-echo (TR/TE =1300/15) with an echo-train length of 5. Contrast-to-noise-ratios (CNRs) of the anterior cruciate ligament and synovial space, meniscus and articular cartilage, and meniscal lesion and normal meniscus were compared between short-TE-long-TR images and T1-weighted images. On each of the three examinations, short-TE-long-TR images provided significantly higher CNRs than T1-weighted images. It was concluded that short-TE-long-TR images can be a useful alternative to T1-weighted images in evaluating the anterior cruciate ligament and meniscal lesions. (author)

  12. T1-weighted vs. short-TE-long-TR images. Usefulness for knee MR examinations of ligament and meniscal lesions

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    Endo, Hideho; Wada, Mitsuyoshi; Shiotani, Seiji [Tsukuba Medical Center Hospital, Ibaraki (Japan); Niitsu, Mamoru; Itai, Yuji

    2000-11-01

    The purpose of this study was to compare short-TE-long-TR images with T1-weighed images in knee MR examinations. Sagittal MR images of the knee were obtained in 31 patients with knee pain. T1-weighted images were obtained by the spin-echo technique (TR/TE =350/15), and short-TE-long-TR images by fast spin-echo (TR/TE =1300/15) with an echo-train length of 5. Contrast-to-noise-ratios (CNRs) of the anterior cruciate ligament and synovial space, meniscus and articular cartilage, and meniscal lesion and normal meniscus were compared between short-TE-long-TR images and T1-weighted images. On each of the three examinations, short-TE-long-TR images provided significantly higher CNRs than T1-weighted images. It was concluded that short-TE-long-TR images can be a useful alternative to T1-weighted images in evaluating the anterior cruciate ligament and meniscal lesions. (author)

  13. Estudio sobre la distribución de tráfico autosimilar en redes Wi-Fi

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    Pérez, Santiago; Facchini, Higinio Alberto; Mercado, Gustavo; Taffernaberry, Juan Carlos; Bisaro, Luis

    2012-01-01

    Los modelos exactos del tráfico Ethernet y Wireless 802.11 son importantes para modelar las aplicaciones de capa superior y los buffers de memoria de switchs, APs y bridges. Los análisis de cola realizados suponiendo la naturaleza Poisson del tráfico de datos difieren significativamente del rendimiento observado en la realidad. Diversos estudios han demostrado que para algunos entornos el patrón de tráfico es autosimilar, en lugar de Poisson. Desde principios de los años 90 se comenzaron a pu...

  14. Luchas migrantes en contextos de tránsito migratorio, el caso del movimiento migrante centroamericano

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    Huerta, Amarela Varela

    2016-01-01

    Resumen Este texto aborda un ejemplo concreto de organización de migrantes, el Movimiento Migrante Mesoamericano, que trabaja por los derechos de los migrantes en tránsito por México, de forma coordinada con organizaciones y familiares de migrantes víctimas de desaparición en su tránsito hacia Estados Unidos. Este estudio de caso es un ejemplo de luchas migrantes en contextos de tránsito, tipo específico de movimiento social que ha sido poco abordado en la literatura que piensa la acción cole...

  15. Metaphors Developed by Secondary School Students towards "Earthquake" Concept

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    Kaya, Huseyin

    2010-01-01

    This research was conducted to reveal the metaphors of Secondary school students about "earthquake" concept. About 105 students in two schools in Karabuk city centre participated in the research within 2009-2010 academic year. The research Data were obtained by students' completing the statement "Earthquake is like...,…

  16. Karabük İlindeki Hava Kirliliğinin Doğal Gaz Kullanımı İle Değişimi / The Change of Air Pollution in Karabuk with the Usage of Natural Gas

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    Yusuf CAY

    2012-12-01

    Full Text Available Fosil kaynaklı yakıtların kullanımı, hava kirliliğine sebebiyet veren en önemli unsurlardan bir tanesidir. Bu yakıtların bilinçsizce kullanılması sonucunda çevre problemlerine özellikle de hava kirliliğine neden olmaktadır. Yapılan bu çalışmada, Karabük ilinin doğalgaz kullanmaya başlamadan önceki ve doğalgaza geçiş ile hava kirlilik parametreleri (SO2 ve PM10 incelenmiştir. Doğal gaz kullanımının hava kalitesine etkisi araştırılmıştır. İlde ısınma ihtiyacını karşılamak için kömür, fuel-oil ve mazot kullanılırken 2010 yılı itibariyle doğal gaza geçilmiştir. Doğal gazın kullanılmaya başlanmasıyla bu yakıtların kullanımı azalmıştır. Çalışmanın sonunda, Hava Kalitesi Değerlendirme ve Yönetimi Yönetmeliğinde (HKDYY belirtilen, SO2 için 250 μg/m3 değerinin doğal gaz kullanımına geçilmeden önce bazı aylarda üzerinde olduğu görülmüş ve doğal gaz kullanılmaya başlanmasından sonraki dönemlerde ise 250 μg/m3 değerinin aşılmadığı görülmüştür. PM10 için yönetmelikte belirtilen 200 μg/m3 değerinin kış sezonunda aşıldığı tespit edilmiştir. 2010 yılında Doğal gaz kullanımına geçiş ile birlikte bu değerde tekrar bir düşüş gözlenmiştir. Doğal gaz kullanım oranı artıkça havadaki SO2 ve PM10 değerlerinde ciddi düşüşler olduğu gözlenmiştir. The Change of Air Pollution in Karabuk with the Usage of Natural Gas The Usage of fossil origin fuels is one of the most important cause of air pollution. The usage of these fuels unconsciously causes environmental problems especially air pollution. In this study air pollution parameters (SO2 ve PM10 were analyzed before and after the usage of natural gas in Karabuk. The effect of usage natural gas on air quality is researched. In this city before 2010 coal, foul-oil and diesel were used to provide heat demanded then it is started using natural gas by 2010.With starting the usage of

  17. Taxa de mortalidade por acidentes de trâsito e frota de veículos

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    Samuel Kilsztajn

    2001-06-01

    Full Text Available OBJETIVO: A taxa de mortalidade específica por acidentes de trânsito de veículos a motor é usualmente utilizada para efeito das políticas de saúde pública. Para mensurar o grau de violência no trânsito, foi realizado estudo com o objetivo de analisar o número de óbitos por acidentes de trânsito por veículo a motor. MÉTODOS: Com base nos dados sobre frota de veículos, população e óbitos por acidente de trânsito, publicados no Statiscal Yearbook (1999, Demografic Yearbook (1997, Denatran (1999, Ministério da Saúde (2000 e Fundação IBGE (2000, foram estudados 61 países e 51 localidades brasileiras.A taxa de mortalidade específica foi decomposta em número de veículos por habitante e número de óbitos por veículo. Numa primeira aproximação, cada uma das amostras (internacional e brasileira foi subdividida em três grupos, de acordo com o número de veículos por habitante, para estudo da relação entre os três índices. Para testar a significância dessa relação, foi estimada uma função de regressão log-linear. RESULTADOS: Os resultados para as estimativas internacionais, assim como as do Brasil, demonstraram que, quanto maior o número de veículos por habitante, menor o número de óbitos por acidentes de trânsito por veículo, tendo-se elasticidade da ordem de -1,067, para as estimativas internacionais, e de -0,515, para as do Brasil. CONCLUSÕES: Para uma política de prevenção dos acidentes de trânsito, os resultados encontrados indicam a necessidade de estudar os fatores que possam explicar o maior número de óbitos por veículo nas regiões com menor número de veículos por habitante.

  18. Suitsetamisega võitlemisel ei aita inimeste kiusamine / Silver Meikar

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    2004-01-01

    Suitsetamise vastu võitlemisel ei tohiks kasutada rangelt seadusi vaid võimaldada soodsalt osta suitsetamisvastaseid vahendeid, leiab autor. Vt. ka: Silver Meikar: Olen valmis hoidma Eesti edu; Silver Meikar saatis lugejakirja Saksamaa päevalehtedele; Arvamusi Silver Meikarist; Silver Meikar loobus paberkandjale trükitud seaduseelnõudest

  19. Choline transport via choline transporter-like protein 1 in conditionally immortalized rat syncytiotrophoblast cell lines TR-TBT.

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    Lee, N-Y; Choi, H-M; Kang, Y-S

    2009-04-01

    Choline is an essential nutrient for phospholipids and acetylcholine biosynthesis in normal development of fetus. In the present study, we investigated the functional characteristics of choline transport system and inhibitory effect of cationic drugs on choline transport in rat conditionally immortalized syncytiotrophoblast cell line (TR-TBT). Choline transport was weakly Na(+) dependent and significantly influenced by extracellular pH and by membrane depolarization. The transport process of choline is saturable with Michaelis-Menten constants (K(m)) of 68microM and 130microM in TR-TBT 18d-1 and TR-TBT 18d-2 respectively. Choline uptake in the cells was inhibited by unlabeled choline and hemicholinium-3 as well as various organic cations including guanidine, amiloride and acetylcholine. However, the prototypical organic cation tetraethylammonium and cimetidine showed very little inhibitory effect of choline uptake in TR-TBT cells. RT-PCR revealed that choline transporter-like protein 1 (CTL1) and organic cation transporter 2 (OCT2) are expressed in TR-TBT cells. The transport properties of choline in TR-TBT cells were similar or identical to that of CTL1 but not OCT2. CTL1 was also detected in human placenta. In addition, several cationic drugs such as diphenhydramine and verapamil competitively inhibited choline uptake in TR-TBT 18d-1 with K(i) of 115microM and 55microM, respectively. Our results suggest that choline transport system, which has intermediate affinity and weakly Na(+) dependent, in TR-TBT seems to occur through a CTL1 and this system may have relevance with the uptake of pharmacologically important organic cation drugs.

  20. Novel treatment option for MUC16-positive malignancies with the targeted TRAIL-based fusion protein Meso-TR3

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    Garg, Gunjal; Spitzer, Dirk; Gibbs, Jesse; Belt, Brian; Powell, Matthew A; Mutch, David G; Goedegebuure, Peter; Collins, Lynne; Piwnica-Worms, David; Hawkins, William G

    2014-01-01

    The targeted delivery of cancer therapeutics represents an ongoing challenge in the field of drug development. TRAIL is a promising cancer drug but its activity profile could benefit from a cancer-selective delivery mechanism, which would reduce potential side effects and increase treatment efficiencies. We recently developed the novel TRAIL-based drug platform TR3, a genetically fused trimer with the capacity for further molecular modifications such as the addition of tumor-directed targeting moieties. MUC16 (CA125) is a well characterized biomarker in several human malignancies including ovarian, pancreatic and breast cancer. Mesothelin is known to interact with MUC16 with high affinity. In order to deliver TR3 selectively to MUC16-expressing cancers, we investigated the possibility of targeted TR3 delivery employing the high affinity mesothelin/MUC16 ligand/receptor interaction. Using genetic engineering, we designed the novel cancer drug Meso-TR3, a fusion protein between native mesothelin and TR3. The recombinant proteins were produced with mammalian HEK293T cells. Meso-TR3 was characterized for binding selectivity and killing efficacy against MUC16-positive cancer cells and controls that lack MUC16 expression. Drug efficacy experiments were performed in vitro and in vivo employing an intraperitoneal xenograft mouse model of ovarian cancer. Similar to soluble mesothelin itself, the strong MUC16 binding property was retained in the Meso-TR3 fusion protein. The high affinity ligand/receptor interaction was associated with a selective accumulation of the cancer drug on MUC16-expressing cancer targets and directly correlated with increased killing activity in vitro and in a xenograft mouse model of ovarian cancer. The relevance of the mesothelin/MUC16 interaction for attaching Meso-TR3 to the cancer cells was verified by competitive blocking experiments using soluble mesothelin. Mechanistic studies using soluble DR5-Fc and caspase blocking assays confirmed

  1. Posters y trípticos (Brochures) en LATEX con Beamer y Leaflet

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    Borbón, Alexánder

    2013-01-01

    Resumen. En este artículo se muestra la manera en que se puede realizar posters y trípticos (panfletos o brochures) con LATEX. Para realizar los posters se utiliza la clase beamer que usualmente se utiliza para hacer presentaciones, se utiliza el paquete beamerposter para poder utilizarla para posters. Los trípticos se realizan de dos formas, la primera utilizando la clase beamer con el paquete geometry y la segunda utilizando la clase leaflet que es una clase especializada para hacer este ti...

  2. Aplicaciones del modelo On/Off al tráfico agregado en las redes de comunicaciones

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    Parra León, Andrés; Piedrahita, Elkin M; Salcedo, Octavio

    2011-01-01

    Los modelos que permiten recrear trazas de tráfico generadas en una red de comunicaciones, pueden utilizarse en predicciones y estimaciones de tráfico a fin de optimizar el uso de los recursos de la red; uno de estos es el modelo On/Off, el cual permite describir el comportamiento del tráfico agregado por una o más fuentes de información. La importancia de este artículo se centra en la incidencia que dicho modelo ha tenido al aplicarse en diversas tecnologías de comunicaciones, para esto se e...

  3. Status and results from the TR30 cyclotron centre region model

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    Kleeven, W.; Lanz, P.; McDonald, M.; Milton, B.F.; Schmor, P.W.; Schneider, H.R.; Jayamanna, K.; Sura, J.; Uzat, W.; Gyles, W.

    1990-06-01

    A full scale model for the centre region of the compact 30 MeV, 350 μA H - cyclotron (TR30) has been constructed, to test the design of critical components and to study beam properties and space charge effects out to the 5. turn (1 MeV). The ion source and injection line system duplicates that used in the TR30. The centre region can be accessed with diagnostic probes at four different angles. The normalized circulating emittances as estimated from beam profile measurements are 1.7π mm-mrad (radially) and 1.8π mm-mrad (vertically). The radial centering error of the beam is less than 1.5 mm. After initial tests the maximum intensity achieved at the 5. turn is 650 μA. This corresponds with a transmission efficiency of 12.5% for a continuous (non-bunched) input beam. No significant space charge effects are observed up to 650 μA. For the TR30 bunching is not a must because of the high current available from the source. Nevertheless, it was considered useful to study beam bunching for the Centre Region Cyclotron (CRC). Some of these results are described. (Author) 11 refs., 6 figs

  4. Tráfico de drogas: uma opção entre escolhas escassas

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    Ana Amélia Cypreste Faria

    2011-12-01

    Full Text Available Este trabalho procura compreender os aspectos psicossociais que permeiam a adesão de pessoas ao tráfico de drogas em seu contexto histórico e econômico-social, por meio de pesquisa realizada no ambiente carcerário, onde foram recolhidas histórias de vida de pessoas envolvidas com o tráfico. Em um ambiente socioeconômico caracterizado pela precarização das relações de trabalho, pelo desemprego e pelo apelo consumista afinados com as premissas econômicas neoliberais tem-se uma situação de exclusão social e de cidadania. Assim, o tráfico se mostra como uma atividade econômica possibilitadora de inclusão, mesmo que marginal, na ordem capitalista. Uma opção a ser feita entre escolhas limitadas.

  5. Electrochemical performance in the hydrogen evolution reaction of Ni-TR (TR= La, Ce) materials synthesized using the solid state reaction method; Desempeno electroquimico en la reaccion de evolucion de hidrogeno de materiales de electrodo Ni-TR (TR = La, Ce) sintetizados por el metodo de reaccion de estado solido

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    Torres-Huerta, A. M.; Dominguez-Crespo, M. A.; Ramirez-Meneses, E.; Yanez-Zamora, C. [CICATA, IPN, Altamira, Tamaulipas (Mexico); Avila-Garcia, I. [IPN, ESIQIE, UPALM, Mexico, D.F. (Mexico)]. E-mail: mdominguezc@ipn.mx; adcrespo2000@yahoo.com.mx

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    At the industrial level, the use of fuel cell technology is still limited because of the high costs of its parts and costs related to its operations. Although the electrode material with greater electroactivity is Pt, because of its high cost, alternative electrocatalysts have been sought that balance cost and activity. One of the materials that have been most widely used is nickel, along with some of its alloys. This material has shown good performance using low overpotentials in traditional reactions such as hydrogen (HER) and oxygen (OER) evolution, as well as high resistance to corrosion and low costs. In particular, binary and ternary alloys have shown significant increases in HER activity when compared to materials in the pure or massive state. Therefore, in the search for new alternatives with acceptable efficiency and low-cost, this work obtained Ni-TR (TR = La, Ce) using solid-state reaction with metallic acetylacetonates and metallic powder. These materials were synthesized for 3 h at different temperatures (795 or 920, 1000 and 1200 degrees Celsius) in order to evaluate the effect on the electrochemical performance of the electrocatalysts. The structural and morphological characterization of materials was performed with XRD and SEM techniques, respectively. In addition, the electrochemical performance of electrode materials was evaluated with HER using cyclic voltametry (CV) and potentiodynamic curves. The results obtained show that a combination of oxides was obtained (NiO, CeO{sub 2} and LaNiO{sub 3}) at low temperatures; nonetheless, as the synthesis temperatures increase, NiO-CeO{sub 2} and NiO-LaNiO{sub 3} alloys are formed, respectively. A clear dependence was also observed between electrocatalytic activity and the source for obtaining these materials(Ni-TR). [Spanish] A nivel industrial, el uso de la tecnologia de celdas de combustible esta todavia limitada debido sobre todo a los altos costos de las partes que la constituyen y los costos

  6. User Satisfaction Assessment To Edu-Eco Tourism Services Of Cibodas Botanical Garden

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    Hidayat, I. W.; Winarni

    2017-10-01

    Cibodas Botanical Garden (CBG) is a government institution which has principal duties and functions as area of conservation ex situ of wet highland plants, research, education and tourism, it very closely related to aspect of the services to user. Good services will support the sustainability and existence of CBG as a world class edu-eco tourism destination. The purpose of this study was to measure the quality of services which delivered and improvement which necessary at the future. Assessments were made based on 14 criteria of services aspect for user which need research-education services and regular tourism services activities. The study was conducted by distributing questionnaires to users of these services. Questionnaires distribution was conducted in early August 2015 and August 2016, the respondents were 124 and 207. The results were showed the user satisfaction at good level, there were 77.685 in 2015 and 72.08 in 2016. Although still at a good level, there were a decline in satisfaction levels based on the value. In the future, the managerial needs to continuously to improve it, in order to get a good or very good valuation.

  7. Evolução dos acidentes de trânsito em um grande centro urbano, 1991-2000

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    Oliveira,Zenaide Calazans de; Mota,Eduardo Luiz Andrade; Costa,Maria da Conceição N.

    2008-01-01

    Este estudo descreve a evolução dos acidentes de trânsito em Salvador, Bahia, Brasil, entre 1991 e 2000, utilizando-se dados do Departamento Estadual de Trânsito do Estado da Bahia. Calculou-se taxas globais dos acidentes de trânsito, vítimas e taxas padronizadas de mortalidade por habitante e por veículos, e comparou-se médias destes indicadores para antes (1991 a 1994) e após (1995 a 2000) a adoção de medidas de intervenção como o uso do cinto de segurança e o Código Nacional de Trânsito. A...

  8. Characteristics of a pressure sensitive touch sensor using a piezoelectric PVDF-TrFE/MoS2 stack

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    Park, Woojin; Yang, Jin Ho; Kang, Chang Goo; Lee, Young Gon; Hwang, Hyeon Jun; Kang, Soo Cheol; Lee, Sang Kyung; Lee, Byoung Hun; Cho, Chunhum; Lim, Sung Kwan; Lee, Sangchul; Hong, Woong-Ki

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    A new touch sensor device has been demonstrated with molybdenum disulfide (MoS 2 ) field effect transistors stacked with a piezoelectric polymer, polyvinylidene fluoride–trifluoroethylene (PVDF–TrFE). The performance of two device stack structures, metal/PVDF–TrFE/MoS 2 (MPM) and metal/PVDF–TrFE/Al 2 O 3 /MoS 2 (MPAM), were compared as a function of the thickness of PVDF–TrFE and Al 2 O 3 . The sensitivity of the touch sensor has been improved by two orders of magnitude by reducing the charge scattering and enhancing the passivation effects using a thin Al 2 O 3 interfacial layer. Reliable switching behavior has been demonstrated up to 120 touch press cycles. (paper)

  9. Inre och yttre motivation till träning : en kvalitativ studie bland regebundet aktiva kvinnor

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    Jonsson, Johanna

    2015-01-01

    Bakgrund: Regelbunden träning är viktig för både fysiskt och psykisktvälbefinnande. För att bibehålla en regelbundenhet i träningen krävs det ettengagemang och en motivation. En person kan motiveras av både inre ochyttre faktorer beroende på personens intresse. Trots att människor tenderaratt vara mer stillasittande, tycks intresset för träning och hälsa öka. Inteminst syns detta på sociala medier, där bilder och inlägg medträningsbudskap förmedlas frekvent. Syfte: Studiens syfte är att under...

  10. Turkey's regulatory plans for high enriched to low enriched conversion of TR-2 reactor core

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    Guelol Oezdere, Oya

    2003-01-01

    Turkey is a developing country and has three nuclear facilities two of which are research reactors and one pilot fuel production plant. One of the two research reactors is TR-2 which is located in Cekmece site in Istanbul. TR-2 Reactor's core is composed of both high enriched and low enriched fuel and from high enriched to low enriched core conversion project will take place in year 2005. This paper presents the plans for drafting regulations on the safety analysis report updates for high enriched to low enriched core conversion of TR-2 reactor, the present regulatory structure of Turkey and licensing activities of nuclear facilities. (author)

  11. Photometric investigation of hot exoplanets: TrES-3b and Qatar-1b

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    Püsküllü, Ç.; Soydugan, F.; Erdem, A.; Budding, E.

    2017-08-01

    New photometric follow-up observations of transitting 'hot Jupiters' TrES-3b and Qatar-1b are presented. Weighted mean values of the solutions of light curves in R-filter for both planetary systems are reported and compared with the previous results. The transit light curves were analysed using the WINFITTER code. The physical properties of the planets were estimated. The planet radii are found to be Rp = 1.381 ± 0.033RJ for TrES-3b and Rp = 1.142 ± 0.025RJ for Qatar-1b. Transit times and their uncertainties were also determined and a new linear ephemeris was computed for both systems. Analysis of transit times showed that a significant signal could not be determined for TrES-3b, while weak evidence was found for Qatar-1b, which might be tested using more precise future transit times.

  12. Comparing personality disorder models: cross-method assessment of the FFM and DSM-IV-TR.

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    Samuel, Douglas B; Widiger, Thomas W

    2010-12-01

    The current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR; American Psychiatric Association, 2000) defines personality disorders as categorical entities that are distinct from each other and from normal personality traits. However, many scientists now believe that personality disorders are best conceptualized using a dimensional model of traits that span normal and abnormal personality, such as the Five-Factor Model (FFM). However, if the FFM or any dimensional model is to be considered as a credible alternative to the current model, it must first demonstrate an increment in the validity of the assessment offered within a clinical setting. Thus, the current study extended previous research by comparing the convergent and discriminant validity of the current DSM-IV-TR model to the FFM across four assessment methodologies. Eighty-eight individuals receiving ongoing psychotherapy were assessed for the FFM and the DSM-IV-TR personality disorders using self-report, informant report, structured interview, and therapist ratings. The results indicated that the FFM had an appreciable advantage over the DSM-IV-TR in terms of discriminant validity and, at the domain level, convergent validity. Implications of the findings and directions for future research are discussed.

  13. Hans Georg Trüper (1936–2016 and His Contributions to Halophile Research

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    Aharon Oren

    2016-05-01

    Full Text Available Prof. Hans Georg Trüper, one of the most important scientists in the field of halophile research, passed away on 9 March 2016 at the age of 79. I here present a brief obituary with special emphasis on Prof. Trüper’s contributions to our understanding of the halophilic prokaryotes and their adaptations to life in hypersaline environments. He has pioneered the study of the halophilic anoxygenic phototrophic sulfur bacteria of the Ectothiorhodospira—Halorhodospira group. Some of the species he and his group isolated from hypersaline and haloalkaline environments have become model organisms for the study of the mechanisms of haloadaptation: the functions of three major organic compounds – glycine betaine, ectoine, and trehalose – known to serve as “compatible solutes” in halophilic members of the Bacteria domain, were discovered during studies of these anoxygenic phototrophs. Prof. Trüper’s studies of hypersaline alkaline environments in Egypt also led to the isolation of the first known extremely halophilic archaeon (Natronomonas pharaonis. The guest editors dedicate this special volume of Life to the memory of Prof. Hans Georg Trüper.

  14. 3rd MeTrApp Conference

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    Lovasz, Erwin-Christian; Hüsing, Mathias

    2015-01-01

    This volume deals with topics such as mechanism and machine design, biomechanics and medical engineering, gears, mechanical transmissions, mechatronics, computational and experimental methods, dynamics of mechanisms and machines, micromechanisms and microactuators, and history of mechanisms and transmissions. Following MeTrApp 2011 and 2013, held under the auspices of the IFToMM, these proceedings of the 3rd Conference on Mechanisms, Transmissions and Applications offer a platform for original research presentations for researchers, scientists, industry experts and students in the fields of mechanisms and transmissions with special emphasis on industrial applications in order to stimulate the exchange of new and innovative ideas.

  15. Primary Tr1 cells from metastatic melanoma eliminate tumor-promoting macrophages through granzyme B- and perforin-dependent mechanisms.

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    Yan, Hongxia; Zhang, Ping; Kong, Xue; Hou, Xianglian; Zhao, Li; Li, Tianhang; Yuan, Xiaozhou; Fu, Hongjun

    2017-04-01

    In malignant melanoma, tumor-associated macrophages play multiple roles in promoting tumor growth, such as inducing the transformation of melanocytes under ultraviolet irradiation, increasing angiogenesis in melanomas, and suppressing antitumor immunity. Because granzyme B- and perforin-expressing Tr1 cells could specifically eliminate antigen-presenting cells of myeloid origin, we examined whether Tr1 cells in melanoma could eliminate tumor-promoting macrophages and how the interaction between Tr1 cells and macrophages could affect the growth of melanoma cells. Tr1 cells were characterized by high interleukin 10 secretion and low Foxp3 expression and were enriched in the CD4 + CD49b + LAG-3 + T-cell fraction. Macrophages derived from peripheral blood monocytes in the presence of modified melanoma-conditioned media demonstrated tumor-promoting capacity, exemplified by improving the proliferation of cocultured A375 malignant melanoma cells. But when primary Tr1 cells were present in the macrophage-A375 coculture, the growth of A375 cells was abrogated. The conventional CD25 + Treg cells, however, were unable to inhibit macrophage-mediated increase in tumor cell growth. Further analyses showed that Tr1 cells did not directly eliminate A375 cells, but mediated the killing of tumor-promoting macrophages through the secretion of granzyme B and perforin. The tumor-infiltrating interleukin 10 + Foxp3 - CD4 + T cells expressed very low levels of granzyme B and perforin, possibly suggested the downregulation of Tr1 cytotoxic capacity in melanoma tumors. Together, these data demonstrated an antitumor function of Tr1 cells through the elimination of tumor-promoting macrophages, which was not shared by conventional Tregs.

  16. Stem cell survival is severely compromised by the thymidineanalog EdU (5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine), an alternative to BrdU for proliferation assays and stem cell tracing

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    Andersen, Ditte C; Skovrind, Ida; Christensen, Marlene Louise

    2013-01-01

    Stem cell therapy has opened up the possibility of treating numerous degenerating diseases. However, we are still merely at the stage of identifying appropriate sources of stem cells and exploring their full differentiation potential. Thus, tracking the stem cells upon in vivo engraftment...... and during in vitro co-culture is very important and is an area of research embracing many pitfalls. 5-Ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine (EdU), a rather new thymidine analog incorporated into DNA, has recently been suggested to be a novel highly valid alternative to other dyes for labeling of stem cells and subsequent...... tracing of their proliferation and differentiation ability. However, our results herein do not at any stage support this recommendation, since EdU severely reduces the viability of stem cells. Accordingly, we found that transplanted EdU-labeled stem cells hardly survive upon in vivo transplantation...

  17. Fermentation of Foc TR4-infected bananas and Trichoderma spp.

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    Yang, J; Li, B; Liu, S W; Biswas, M K; Liu, S; Wei, Y R; Zuo, C W; Deng, G M; Kuang, R B; Hu, C H; Yi, G J; Li, C Y

    2016-10-17

    Fusarium wilt (also known as Panama disease) is one of the most destructive banana diseases, and greatly hampers the global production of bananas. Consequently, it has been very detrimental to the Chinese banana industry. An infected plant is one of the major causes of the spread of Fusarium wilt to nearby regions. It is essential to develop an efficient and environmentally sustainable disease control method to restrict the spread of Fusarium wilt. We isolated Trichoderma spp from the rhizosphere soil, roots, and pseudostems of banana plants that showed Fusarium wilt symptoms in the infected areas. Their cellulase activities were measured by endoglucanase activity, β-glucosidase activity, and filter paper activity assays. Safety analyses of the Trichoderma isolates were conducted by inoculating them into banana plantlets. The antagonistic effects of the Trichoderma spp on the Fusarium pathogen Foc tropical Race 4 (Foc TR4) were tested by the dual culture technique. Four isolates that had high cellulase activity, no observable pathogenicity to banana plants, and high antagonistic capability were identified. The isolates were used to biodegrade diseased banana plants infected with GFP-tagged Foc TR4, and the compost was tested for biological control of the infectious agent; the results showed that the fermentation suppressed the incidence of wilt and killed the pathogen. This study indicates that Trichoderma isolates have the potential to eliminate the transmission of Foc TR4, and may be developed into an environmentally sustainable treatment for controlling Fusarium wilt in banana plants.

  18. T-R CYCLE CHARACTERIZATION AND IMAGING: ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC METHODOLOGY FOR PETROLEUM RESERVOIR AND TRAP DETECTION AND DELINEATION

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    Ernest A. Mancini

    2004-09-24

    The principal research effort for Year 1 of the project has been T-R cycle characterization and modeling. The research focus for the first nine (9) months of Year 1 was on outcrop study, well log analysis, seismic interpretation and data integration and for the remainder of the year the emphasis has been on T-R cycle model development. Information regarding the characteristics of T-R cycles has been assembled from the study of outcrops, from well log analyses, and from seismic reflection interpretation. From these studies, stratal boundaries separating T-R cycles have been found to be useful for the recognition and delineation of these cycles. The key stratal surfaces include subaerial unconformities, shoreface ravinement surfaces, transgressive surfaces, surfaces of maximum regression, and surfaces of maximum transgression. These surfaces can be identified and mapped in surface exposures and can be recognized in well log signatures and seismic reflection profiles as discontinuities. The findings from the study of outcrop, well log, and seismic reflection data are being integrated into a database for use in constructing a model for T-R cycle development.

  19. El cuento en Colombia. Viento de trópico

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    Javier Arias Ramírez

    1961-01-01

    Full Text Available No sería "Viento de Trópico", sino Cuentos Intensos, el nombre del libro que acaba de publicar José Francisco Socarrás. Hay tal dramatismo y tal densidad psicológica, propios de quien ha vivido en continuo y fatigoso indagar de la conciencia.

  20. Overview of the Lambda-* Performance Reasoning Frameworks

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    2009-02-01

    portion of our Web site (http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/pubweb.html). i | CMU/SEI-2008-TR-020 Table of Contents Acknowledgments vii Abstract ix...Julio Luis; & Drake, Jose M. “Sim-MAST: Simulador de Sis- temas Distribuidos de Tiempo Real.” XII Jornadas de Concurrencia y Sistemas Distribuidos, 2004

  1. Xylan oligosaccharides and cellobiohydrolase I (TrCeI7A) interaction and effect on activity

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    Baumann, Martin Johannes; Borch, Kim; Westh, Peter

    2011-01-01

    and an enzyme variant without the cellulose-binding domain (CBM). Results We studied the binding of XOSs to TrCel7A by isothermal titration calorimetry. We found that XOSs bind to TrCel7A and that the affinity increases commensurate with XOS length. The CBM, on the other hand, did not affect the affinity...

  2. Space-charge-mediated anomalous ferroelectric switching in P(VDF-TrEE) polymer films

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    Hu, Weijin

    2014-11-12

    We report on the switching dynamics of P(VDF-TrEE) copolymer devices and the realization of additional substable ferroelectric states via modulation of the coupling between polarizations and space charges. The space-charge-limited current is revealed to be the dominant leakage mechanism in such organic ferroelectric devices, and electrostatic interactions due to space charges lead to the emergence of anomalous ferroelectric loops. The reliable control of ferroelectric switching in P(VDF-TrEE) copolymers opens doors toward engineering advanced organic memories with tailored switching characteristics.

  3. Examining Teachers' Motivation Level According to School Principals' Humor Styles

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    Recepoglu, Ergun; Kilinc, Ali Cagatay; Cepni, Osman

    2011-01-01

    The purpose of this research is to examine the motivation level of teachers according to school principals' humor styles. The humor styles survey and job motivation scale were used to gather data from 305 randomly selected teachers employed in primary schools in Karabuk. Results indicated that 141 of the teachers claimed school principal had…

  4. The Traffic Adaptive Data Dissemination (TrAD Protocol for both Urban and Highway Scenarios

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    Bin Tian

    2016-06-01

    Full Text Available The worldwide economic cost of road crashes and injuries is estimated to be US$518 billion per year and the annual congestion cost in France is estimated to be €5.9 billion. Vehicular Ad hoc Networks (VANETs are one solution to improve transport features such as traffic safety, traffic jam and infotainment on wheels, where a great number of event-driven messages need to be disseminated in a timely way in a region of interest. In comparison with traditional wireless networks, VANETs have to consider the highly dynamic network topology and lossy links due to node mobility. Inter-Vehicle Communication (IVC protocols are the keystone of VANETs. According to our survey, most of the proposed IVC protocols focus on either highway or urban scenarios, but not on both. Furthermore, too few protocols, considering both scenarios, can achieve high performance. In this paper, an infrastructure-less Traffic Adaptive data Dissemination (TrAD protocol which takes into account road traffic and network traffic status for both highway and urban scenarios will be presented. TrAD has double broadcast suppression techniques and is designed to adapt efficiently to the irregular road topology. The performance of the TrAD protocol was evaluated quantitatively by means of realistic simulations taking into account different real road maps, traffic routes and vehicular densities. The obtained simulation results show that TrAD is more efficient in terms of packet delivery ratio, number of transmissions and delay in comparison with the performance of three well-known reference protocols. Moreover, TrAD can also tolerate a reasonable degree of GPS drift and still achieve efficient data dissemination.

  5. The Traffic Adaptive Data Dissemination (TrAD) Protocol for both Urban and Highway Scenarios.

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    Tian, Bin; Hou, Kun Mean; Zhou, Haiying

    2016-06-21

    The worldwide economic cost of road crashes and injuries is estimated to be US$518 billion per year and the annual congestion cost in France is estimated to be €5.9 billion. Vehicular Ad hoc Networks (VANETs) are one solution to improve transport features such as traffic safety, traffic jam and infotainment on wheels, where a great number of event-driven messages need to be disseminated in a timely way in a region of interest. In comparison with traditional wireless networks, VANETs have to consider the highly dynamic network topology and lossy links due to node mobility. Inter-Vehicle Communication (IVC) protocols are the keystone of VANETs. According to our survey, most of the proposed IVC protocols focus on either highway or urban scenarios, but not on both. Furthermore, too few protocols, considering both scenarios, can achieve high performance. In this paper, an infrastructure-less Traffic Adaptive data Dissemination (TrAD) protocol which takes into account road traffic and network traffic status for both highway and urban scenarios will be presented. TrAD has double broadcast suppression techniques and is designed to adapt efficiently to the irregular road topology. The performance of the TrAD protocol was evaluated quantitatively by means of realistic simulations taking into account different real road maps, traffic routes and vehicular densities. The obtained simulation results show that TrAD is more efficient in terms of packet delivery ratio, number of transmissions and delay in comparison with the performance of three well-known reference protocols. Moreover, TrAD can also tolerate a reasonable degree of GPS drift and still achieve efficient data dissemination.

  6. Diagnostic Distribution of eating disorders: Comparison between DSMIV- TR and DSM-5.

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    Serrano-Troncoso, Eduardo; Cañas, Laura; Carbonell, Xavier; Carulla, Marta; Palma, Carolina; Matalí, Josep; Dolz, Montse

    2017-01-01

    The fifth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) includes a significant revision of Eating Disorders (ED). The objective of this study is to compare the distribution of diagnosis of ED in adolescents according to DSM-VI-TR and DSM-5 criteria. A second objective is to study the psychopathological differences between patients with ED (based on DSM-IV-TR) and those whose diagnosis changed by applying DSM-5 criteria. One hundred and one adolescents diagnosed with ED (mean: 14.68 years; SD: 1.46) were evaluated with clinical interviews and scales for eating psychopathology, perfectionism, anxiety, and depression. Applying the DSM-5 criteria led to a significant decrease in the diagnosed cases of Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS) (from 34.7% to 23.8%; p<0.001) and to a significant increase in those of anorexia nervosa (AN) (from 58.4% to 66.3%; p<0.001) and of bulimia nervosa (BN) (from 6.9% to 8.9%; p<0.001). No significant psychopathological differences were found between patients diagnosed with AN and BN based on DSM-IV-TR criteria and those newly diagnosed with AN and BN based on DSM-5 criteria. Using DSM-5 criteria for adolescents with ED leads to a significant decrease in the frequency of an EDNOS diagnosis. As similar psychopathological characteristics were observed between ED patients diagnosed based on DSM-IV-TR and those who were switched from EDNOS to AN or BN based on DSM-5, we conclude that the new criteria for ED in DSM-5 are valid for an adolescent population.

  7. Simultaneous spectral and photometric observations of the beat Cepheid U TrA

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    Niva, G.D.; Schmidt, E.G.

    1981-01-01

    It was suggested that U TrA was a Cepheid with a modulated light curve. Further photometric and radial-velocity observations have confirmed this behaviour. Unfortunately, the radial velocities are too few in number and too scattered to allow a detailed analysis. This paper presents further photometric and spectroscopic observations of U TrA. The original intent was to obtain enough simultaneous observations to perform a Wesselink analysis similar to the one made for another beat Cepheid, TU Cas. Unfortunately, this has not been possible. However, the data obtained are of high quality and are clearly useful in studies of the modal content and period stability of the star. (author)

  8. RNA-Seq-Based Transcript Structure Analysis with TrBorderExt.

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    Wang, Yejun; Sun, Ming-An; White, Aaron P

    2018-01-01

    RNA-Seq has become a routine strategy for genome-wide gene expression comparisons in bacteria. Despite lower resolution in transcript border parsing compared with dRNA-Seq, TSS-EMOTE, Cappable-seq, Term-seq, and others, directional RNA-Seq still illustrates its advantages: low cost, quantification and transcript border analysis with a medium resolution (±10-20 nt). To facilitate mining of directional RNA-Seq datasets especially with respect to transcript structure analysis, we developed a tool, TrBorderExt, which can parse transcript start sites and termination sites accurately in bacteria. A detailed protocol is described in this chapter for how to use the software package step by step to identify bacterial transcript borders from raw RNA-Seq data. The package was developed with Perl and R programming languages, and is accessible freely through the website: http://www.szu-bioinf.org/TrBorderExt .

  9. Compound

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    Selen Bilgea,*, Zeynel Kılıça, Zeliha Hayvalıa, Tuncer Hökelekb and Serap Safranb. aDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ankara University, Tandoğan, Ankara 06100, Turkey. bDepartment of Physics, Hacettepe University, Beytepe, Ankara 06800, Turkey. e-mail: sbilge@science.ankara.edu.tr. Contents: Tables.

  10. GPS data til undersøgelse af trængsel

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    Andersen, Ove; Krogh, Benjamin Bjerre; Torp, Kristian

    GPS data fra køretøjer er i en årrække blevet brugt som grundlag for beregning af køretider [1] [2] og estimering af trængsel [3] . Fælles for de tidligere tiltag er, at der typisk er anvendt både kommercielt software og et kommercielt digitalt kort. Sådanne kommercielle løsninger kræver, at brug......GPS data fra køretøjer er i en årrække blevet brugt som grundlag for beregning af køretider [1] [2] og estimering af trængsel [3] . Fælles for de tidligere tiltag er, at der typisk er anvendt både kommercielt software og et kommercielt digitalt kort. Sådanne kommercielle løsninger kræver....... Open-source og creative-commons licenserne gør, at information frit kan distribueres. Som et eksempel anvendes køretidskortet til at estimere køretider for flex-transport for store dele af Danmark. Artiklen er struktureret som følgende. Først præsenteres, hvorledes GPS data og OSM kortet er anvendt til...... at skabe et hastigheds- og trængselskort for hele Danmark. Herefter vises det, hvorledes GPS data inddelt i ture kan anvendes til at analysere kortere strækninger (nogle kilometer) f.eks. hvor der skal være grønne bølger. Slutteligt vises, hvordan GPS data kan anvendes til at nærstudere et enkelt kryds...

  11. A tríade “Verdadeiro-Bom-Belo”: O lugar da beleza na Idade Média

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    2008-06-01

    Full Text Available Neste artigo, Jan Aertsen discute a compreensão da tríade “Verdadeiro-Belo-Bom” como representante de um conjunto de questões clássicas em filosofia, a qual corresponderia, do ponto de vista moderno, à suposição de que o sujeito possui três modos distintos de se relacionar com o mundo: cognitivo, estético e prático. O autor sugere que a tríade foi formulada explicitamente pela primeira vez na Idade Média; neste período, entretanto, a beleza não era considerada um problema “estético”.

  12. Įvairių trąšų įtaka ekologiškai auginamiems žieminiams rugiams

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    Stelmokas, Svajūnas

    2009-01-01

    Lietuvos žemės ūkio universiteto Agroekologijos centro ekologinės gamybos ūkyje 2007-2008 m. atlikus fosforo ir kalio trąšų įtakos ekologiškai auginamiems žieminiams rugiams tyrimus nustatyta, kad didžiausias žieminių rugių derlingumas gautas tręšiant P60 fosforitmilčių norma. Didinant normą žieminių rugių derlingumas mažėjo. Lyginant fosforitmilčių normas tarpusavyje bei su netręštais žieminiais rugiais, esminių grūdų derlingumo skirtumų nenustatyta. Tręšimas fosforitmilčiais neturėjo esminė...

  13. Tidlig struktureret mobilisering og træning af kritisk syge patienter på et dansk intensivafsnit

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    Astrup Sørensen, Katrine; Hvid, Sidsel; Rolving, Nanna

    2015-01-01

    derimod anvendelig i forhold til at tilpasse niveauet for mobilisering og træning. Relevans for klinisk praksis: Tidlig mobilisering og træning er mulig at indføre med en simpel algoritme, dog med hensyntagen til individuelle screeningskriterier fra sted til sted, da disse åbenbart ikke er nemme...

  14. Træernes rolle i et landbrugslandskab i Senegal

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    Pedersen, Jens Christian

    2010-01-01

    Ved at gå ind i et eksisterende projektsamarbejde er det lykkedes Steen Christensen at gennemføre et vellykket feltarbejde i Senegal inden for et 6-måneders speciale. Resultaterne fra projektet vil kunne indgå som grundlag for en lokal forvaltning som tager sigte på at beskytte træerne som er en...

  15. Modelo ARIMA para pronosticar valores de tráfico en una red de datos Wi-Fi

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    Cesar Augusto Hernández Suarez

    2009-05-01

    Full Text Available El presente artículo de investigación científica y tecnológica tiene por objetivo demostrar que las series de tiempo son una exce- lente herramienta para el modelamiento de tráfico de datos en redes Wi-Fi. Para lograr este objetivo se utilizó la metodología de Box-Jenkins, la cual se describe. El modelamiento de tráfico Wi-Fi a través de modelos correlacionados como las series de tiem- po, permiten ajustar gran parte de la dinámica del comportamiento de los datos en una ecuación y con base en esto estimar va- lores futuros de tráfico. Lo anterior es una ventaja para la planeación de cobertura, reservación de recursos y la realización de un control más oportuno y eficiente en forma integrada a diferentes niveles de la jerarquía funcional de la red de datos Wi-Fi. Como resultado de la investigación se obtuvo un modelo de tráfico ARIMA de orden 6, el cual realizó pronósticos de tráfico con valores del error cuadrático medio relativamente pequeños, para un periodo de 18 días.

  16. Estimation of Theaflavins (TF) and Thearubigins (TR) Ratio in Black Tea Liquor Using Electronic Vision System

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    Akuli, Amitava; Pal, Abhra; Ghosh, Arunangshu; Bhattacharyya, Nabarun; Bandhopadhyya, Rajib; Tamuly, Pradip; Gogoi, Nagen

    2011-09-01

    Quality of black tea is generally assessed using organoleptic tests by professional tea tasters. They determine the quality of black tea based on its appearance (in dry condition and during liquor formation), aroma and taste. Variation in the above parameters is actually contributed by a number of chemical compounds like, Theaflavins (TF), Thearubigins (TR), Caffeine, Linalool, Geraniol etc. Among the above, TF and TR are the most important chemical compounds, which actually contribute to the formation of taste, colour and brightness in tea liquor. Estimation of TF and TR in black tea is generally done using a spectrophotometer instrument. But, the analysis technique undergoes a rigorous and time consuming effort for sample preparation; also the operation of costly spectrophotometer requires expert manpower. To overcome above problems an Electronic Vision System based on digital image processing technique has been developed. The system is faster, low cost, repeatable and can estimate the amount of TF and TR ratio for black tea liquor with accuracy. The data analysis is done using Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) and Multiple Discriminate Analysis (MDA). A correlation has been established between colour of tea liquor images and TF, TR ratio. This paper describes the newly developed E-Vision system, experimental methods, data analysis algorithms and finally, the performance of the E-Vision System as compared to the results of traditional spectrophotometer.

  17. The development of a XEOL and TR XEOL detection system for the I18 microfocus beamline Diamond light source

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    Taylor, R.P.; Finch, A.A.; Mosselmans, J.F.W.; Quinn, P.D.

    2013-01-01

    We describe the design and capabilities of a new Continuous Wave X-ray Excited Optical Luminescence (CW-XEOL) and Time Resolved X-ray Excited Optical Luminescence (TR-XEOL) facility on the I18 beamline at the DIAMOND light source, the UK national synchrotron facility. Experimental data from a suite of framework silicates are presented to illustrate the capabilities of the system. Experiments studied include simple (CW-XEOL) spectroscopy, (TR XEOL) lifetime experiments dose and dose rate dependence (CW-XEOL) experiments, spatial (TR XEOL) on heterogeneous sample, wavelength resolved (TR XEOL), Optically Derived X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy, (OD XAS). - Highlights: ► We describe the capabilities of a new CW-XEOL and TR-XEOL detection system for a hard X-ray beamline. ► We model TR XEOL with luminescence lifetimes from ∼25 ps to ∼400 ps from framework silicates. ► CW XEOL, 200–900 nm with a resolution of ∼0.9 nm is used to complete dose and dose rate experiments. ► Micro-beam high spatial resolution XEOL within X-ray excitation energies 2–20 keV.

  18. Nonlinear elastic wave spectroscopy in symbiosis with time reversal for localization of defects: TR-NEWS

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    Dos Santos, S.; Vejvodová, Šárka; Převorovský, Zdeněk

    2009-01-01

    Roč. 19, č. 2 (2009), s. 14-14 ISSN 1213-3825. [NDT in PROGRESS. 12.11.2009-14.11.2009, Praha] R&D Projects: GA ČR GA106/07/1393; GA MPO(CZ) FR-TI1/274 Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z20760514 Keywords : nonlinear elastic wave spectroscopy (NEWS) * ESAM * time reversal (TR) * TR-NEWS imaging * tomography * DORT Subject RIV: BI - Acoustics

  19. TrSDB: a proteome database of transcription factors

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    Hermoso, Antoni; Aguilar, Daniel; Aviles, Francesc X.; Querol, Enrique

    2004-01-01

    TrSDB—TranScout Database—(http://ibb.uab.es/trsdb) is a proteome database of eukaryotic transcription factors based upon predicted motifs by TranScout and data sources such as InterPro and Gene Ontology Annotation. Nine eukaryotic proteomes are included in the current version. Extensive and diverse information for each database entry, different analyses considering TranScout classification and similarity relationships are offered for research on transcription factors or gene expression. PMID:14681387

  20. Transport and Fatigue Properties of Ferroelectric Polymer P(VDF-TrFE) For Nonvolatile Memory Applications

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    Hanna, Amir

    2012-06-01

    Organic ferroelectrics polymers have recently received much interest for use in nonvolatile memory devices. The ferroelectric copolymer poly(vinylidene fluoride- trifluoroethylene) , P(VDF-TrFE), is a promising candidate due to its relatively high remnant polarization, low coercive field, fast switching times, easy processability, and low Curie transition. However, no detailed study of charge injection and current transport properties in P(VDF-TrFE) have been reported in the literature yet. Charge injection and transport are believed to affect various properties of ferroelectric films such as remnant polarization values and polarization fatigue behavior.. Thus, this thesis aims to study charge injection in P(VDF-TrFE) and its transport properties as a function of electrode material. Injection was studied for Al, Ag, Au and Pt electrodes. Higher work function metals such as Pt have shown less leakage current compared to lower work function metals such as Al for more than an order of magnitude. That implied n-type conduction behavior for P(VDF-TrFE), as well as electrons being the dominant injected carrier type. Charge transport was also studied as a function of temperature, and two major transport regimes were identified: 1) Thermionic emission over a Schottky barrier for low fields (E < 25 MV/m). 2) Space-Charge-Limited regime at higher fields (25 < E <120 MV/m). We have also studied the optical imprint phenomenon, the polarization fatigue resulting from a combination of broad band optical illumination and DC bias near the switching field. A setup was designed for the experiment, and validated by reproducing the reported effect in polycrystalline Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 , PZT, film. On the other hand, P(VDF-TrFE) film showed no polarization fatigue as a result of optical imprint test, which could be attributed to the large band gap of the material, and the low intensity of the UV portion of the arc lamp white light used for the experiment. Results suggest using high work

  1. Luchas migrantes en contextos de tránsito migratorio, el caso del movimiento migrante centroamericano

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    Amarela Varela Huerta

    Full Text Available Resumen Este texto aborda un ejemplo concreto de organización de migrantes, el Movimiento Migrante Mesoamericano, que trabaja por los derechos de los migrantes en tránsito por México, de forma coordinada con organizaciones y familiares de migrantes víctimas de desaparición en su tránsito hacia Estados Unidos. Este estudio de caso es un ejemplo de luchas migrantes en contextos de tránsito, tipo específico de movimiento social que ha sido poco abordado en la literatura que piensa la acción colectiva de los migrantes. En el trabajo se analizan los actores, las prácticas, las alianzas y el contexto al que se enfrentan los activistas del movimiento en cuestión.

  2. Comparing Diagnostic Outcomes of Autism Spectrum Disorder Using DSM-IV-TR and DSM-5 Criteria.

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    Harstad, Elizabeth B; Fogler, Jason; Sideridis, Georgios; Weas, Sarah; Mauras, Carrie; Barbaresi, William J

    2015-05-01

    Controversy exists regarding the DSM-5 criteria for ASD. This study tested the psychometric properties of the DSM-5 model and determined how well it performed across different gender, IQ, and DSM-IV-TR sub-type, using clinically collected data on 227 subjects (median age = 3.95 years, majority had IQ > 70). DSM-5 was psychometrically superior to the DSM-IV-TR model (Comparative Fit Index of 0.970 vs 0.879, respectively). Measurement invariance revealed good model fit across gender and IQ. Younger children tended to meet fewer diagnostic criteria. Those with autistic disorder were more likely to meet social communication and repetitive behaviors criteria (p < .001) than those with PDD-NOS. DSM-5 is a robust model but will identify a different, albeit overlapping population of individuals compared to DSM-IV-TR.

  3. Data model and relational database design for the New Jersey Water-Transfer Data System (NJWaTr)

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    Tessler, Steven

    2003-01-01

    The New Jersey Water-Transfer Data System (NJWaTr) is a database design for the storage and retrieval of water-use data. NJWaTr can manage data encompassing many facets of water use, including (1) the tracking of various types of water-use activities (withdrawals, returns, transfers, distributions, consumptive-use, wastewater collection, and treatment); (2) the storage of descriptions, classifications and locations of places and organizations involved in water-use activities; (3) the storage of details about measured or estimated volumes of water associated with water-use activities; and (4) the storage of information about data sources and water resources associated with water use. In NJWaTr, each water transfer occurs unidirectionally between two site objects, and the sites and conveyances form a water network. The core entities in the NJWaTr model are site, conveyance, transfer/volume, location, and owner. Other important entities include water resource (used for withdrawals and returns), data source, permit, and alias. Multiple water-exchange estimates based on different methods or data sources can be stored for individual transfers. Storage of user-defined details is accommodated for several of the main entities. Many tables contain classification terms to facilitate the detailed description of data items and can be used for routine or custom data summarization. NJWaTr accommodates single-user and aggregate-user water-use data, can be used for large or small water-network projects, and is available as a stand-alone Microsoft? Access database. Data stored in the NJWaTr structure can be retrieved in user-defined combinations to serve visualization and analytical applications. Users can customize and extend the database, link it to other databases, or implement the design in other relational database applications.

  4. TR{alpha}- and TSH-mRNA levels after temporal exposition with methimazole in zebrafish, Danio rerio

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    Schulz, A.E.I.; Stocker, A.; Hollosi, L.; Schramm, K.W. [Inst. of Ecological Chemistry, GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health (Germany)

    2004-09-15

    The group of dioxin and dioxin-like substances are highly persistent in the environment. There are evidences from present investigations that a variety of substances are capable of disrupting the endocrine system in the aquatic environment. These substances are called endocrine disruptors. Dioxin and related compounds can act as endocrine disruptors. Aquatic animals like amphibian and fish are especially affected of the impact of these compounds. Investigations concerned so far in particular the domain of reproduction biology and the thyroid axis especially. Recent investigations showed that the TR{alpha}-mRNA level change after a short temporal expression with T3, methimazole and amiodarone. The objective of the project is to identify effects of thyroid endocrine disruptors on the regulation of gene expression of the thyroid receptors TR{alpha}a, TR{beta} and thyroid stimulating hormone TSH and associated effects on other system. In preliminary studies the effects of the drug methimazole as model substance on gene expression of TR{alpha} and TSH were investigated. Methimazole is an inhibitor of the thyroid peroxidase so that the formation of thyroid hormones is disrupted.

  5. Bonding Strength of Universal Adhesives To Er,Cr:YSGG Laser ...

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    Feb 7, 2018 ... E-mail: kerimayar@biruni.edu.tr smear layer ... increased, owing to their greater aesthetic properties and the potential ... produced by the selective ablation of the intertubular dentin ... 2.780 nm, power of 1.5 W, frequency of 20 Hz, pulse duration ..... Lopes RM, Trevelin LT, da Cunha SRB, de Oliveira RF, de.

  6. Tráfico de drogas: uma opção entre escolhas escassas

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    Faria, Ana Amélia Cypreste; Barros, Vanessa de Andrade

    2011-01-01

    Este trabalho procura compreender os aspectos psicossociais que permeiam a adesão de pessoas ao tráfico de drogas em seu contexto histórico e econômico-social, por meio de pesquisa realizada no ambiente carcerário, onde foram recolhidas histórias de vida de pessoas envolvidas com o tráfico. Em um ambiente socioeconômico caracterizado pela precarização das relações de trabalho, pelo desemprego e pelo apelo consumista afinados com as premissas econômicas neoliberais tem-se uma situação de exclu...

  7. Orphan nuclear receptor TR3 acts in autophagic cell death via mitochondrial signaling pathway.

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    Wang, Wei-jia; Wang, Yuan; Chen, Hang-zi; Xing, Yong-zhen; Li, Feng-wei; Zhang, Qian; Zhou, Bo; Zhang, Hong-kui; Zhang, Jie; Bian, Xue-li; Li, Li; Liu, Yuan; Zhao, Bi-xing; Chen, Yan; Wu, Rong; Li, An-zhong; Yao, Lu-ming; Chen, Ping; Zhang, Yi; Tian, Xu-yang; Beermann, Friedrich; Wu, Mian; Han, Jiahuai; Huang, Pei-qiang; Lin, Tianwei; Wu, Qiao

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    Autophagy is linked to cell death, yet the associated mechanisms are largely undercharacterized. We discovered that melanoma, which is generally resistant to drug-induced apoptosis, can undergo autophagic cell death with the participation of orphan nuclear receptor TR3. A sequence of molecular events leading to cellular demise is launched by a specific chemical compound, 1-(3,4,5-trihydroxyphenyl)nonan-1-one, newly acquired from screening a library of TR3-targeting compounds. The autophagic cascade comprises TR3 translocation to mitochondria through interaction with the mitochondrial outer membrane protein Nix, crossing into the mitochondrial inner membrane through Tom40 and Tom70 channel proteins, dissipation of mitochondrial membrane potential by the permeability transition pore complex ANT1-VDAC1 and induction of autophagy. This process leads to excessive mitochondria clearance and irreversible cell death. It implicates a new approach to melanoma therapy through activation of a mitochondrial signaling pathway that integrates a nuclear receptor with autophagy for cell death.

  8. The Basics of the Methodological/mo dal professional improvements of the physical/ sports edu ca tors from the aspect of ther actual values of life and professio nal pedagogical activity

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    Grujo Bjeković

    2007-05-01

    Full Text Available Whi le sol ving in cre a sed le vel of pro fes si o nal pre pa ra tion of the physi cal edu cation te ac hers, in mo dern days in cre a sed at ten tion is gi ven to in tel lec tual, mo ral, cul tu ral an pro fes si o nal in cre a se of the cre a ti ve un de pen da bi lity of the fu tu re spe ci a lists with the aim to cre a te shift from pre sently do mi nant physi cal edu ca tion, which is pri ma rily orien ted to wards the de ve lop ment of the physi cal ca pa bi li ti es for ming the per fect mo ving abi li ti es and ha bits, to de ve lop ment of the who le hu man be ing The lead ro le of the se tasks be longs to the ac me o logy, a mul ti di sci pli nary sci en ce abo ut a hu man and so ci ety. In this pa per, a ba sic ca te go rial ap pa ra tus of ac me o logy has bean de fi ned, ac cording to the le vel of it’s mo dern de ve lop ment, co ve ring pro fes si o na lism and com pe tency. To re ach de fi ned goal the fol lo wing sci en ti fi c met hods ha ve been used: analysis of met hodo lo gi cal li te ra tu re, qu e sti on na i re and mo de ling. Twenty pro fes sors of the physi cal edu ca tion with up to 10 year s and mo re as well as 20 stu dents of the Physi cal edu ca tion fa culty from the third and forth year of study ha ve been qu e sti o ned.

  9. beta-TrCP inhibition reduces prostate cancer cell growth via upregulation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor.

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    Udi Gluschnaider

    2010-02-01

    Full Text Available Prostate cancer is a common and heterogeneous disease, where androgen receptor (AR signaling plays a pivotal role in development and progression. The initial treatment for advanced prostate cancer is suppression of androgen signaling. Later on, essentially all patients develop an androgen independent stage which does not respond to anti hormonal treatment. Thus, alternative strategies targeting novel molecular mechanisms are required. beta-TrCP is an E3 ligase that targets various substrates essential for many aspects of tumorigenesis.Here we show that beta-TrCP depletion suppresses prostate cancer and identify a relevant growth control mechanism. shRNA targeted against beta-TrCP reduced prostate cancer cell growth and cooperated with androgen ablation in vitro and in vivo. We found that beta-TrCP inhibition leads to upregulation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR mediating the therapeutic effect. This phenomenon could be ligand independent, as the AhR ligand 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin (TCDD did not alter prostate cancer cell growth. We detected high AhR expression and activation in basal cells and atrophic epithelial cells of human cancer bearing prostates. AhR expression and activation is also significantly higher in tumor cells compared to benign glandular epithelium.Together these observations suggest that AhR activation may be a cancer counteracting mechanism in the prostate. We maintain that combining beta-TrCP inhibition with androgen ablation could benefit advanced prostate cancer patients.

  10. A atualidade dos acidentes de trânsito na era da velocidade: uma visão geral

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    Marín Letícia

    2000-01-01

    Full Text Available Este artigo focaliza, numa perspectiva interdisciplinar, os estudos sobre acidentes de trânsito em escala nacional e internacional. Ele começa analisando o aumento da produção e consumo de veículos motorizados em todo o mundo e as transformações sociais que esse fato acarretou. Atenção especial é dada à degradação do meio ambiente urbano e ao enorme custo social representado pelos acidentes de trânsito. Em seguida, é apresentado um panorama epidemiológico sobre as vítimas do trânsito. A relação entre personalidade e acidente de trânsito mereceu atenção especial, principalmente no que se refere ao comportamento infrator e ao consumo de bebidas alcoólicas e de outras drogas. O artigo conclui enfatizando a necessidade de o Estado implementar políticas públicas específicas consistentes, a fim de se poder controlar o problema.

  11. La metafilosofía de Eugenio Trías

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    Jonatan Caro Rey

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    Full Text Available El artículo propone interpretar la metafilosofía de Eugenio Trías como un proyecto de liberación de la identidad (frente al subjetivismo paralelo a la liberación del discurso metafísico (frente a las actitudes antimetafísicas de la Teoría marxista —ortodoxa— de las ideologías y del positivismo lógico. En este intento mostraremos la íntima relación que con esta temática guardarían dos obras que no suelen asociarse al programa metafilosófico triasiano como son Filosofía y Carnaval (1970 (con su propuesta de la concepción de la identidad como profusión de máscaras y de la sociabilidad como Carnaval y La dispersión (1971 (desde su pensamiento fragmentario, aforístico. Ambas obras responderían a una misma estrategia caracterizada por el propio Trías de «mágica» y por nosotros (en un sentido que aclaramos al final del artículo de «cínica».

  12. Leser-Trélat sign presenting in a patient with ovarian cancer: a case report

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    Bölke Edwin

    2009-07-01

    Full Text Available Abstract Introduction Seborrheic keratoses are very common findings in elderly patients. However, a sudden onset and dramatic increase in the number and size of these benign lesions deserves special attention, since this may represent the Leser Trélat sign, a rare paraneoplastic cutaneous syndrome. Case presentation A 92-year-old female presented to our clinic with multiple eruptive seborrheic keratoses, which had dramatically increased in size and number over the past two years. A diagnostic work-up revealed an ovarian carcinoma. Hence, cutaneous findings in our patient were consistent with the diagnosis of the Leser-Trélat sign. Conclusion The Leser-Trélat sign may coincide with the diagnosis of occult cancer or follow or precede it by months or years. Practitioners should take cases of eruptive seborrheic keratoses seriously and perform thorough patient examinations.

  13. Orphan nuclear receptor TR3/Nur77 improves wound healing by upregulating the expression of integrin β4.

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    Niu, Gengming; Ye, Taiyang; Qin, Liuliang; Bourbon, Pierre M; Chang, Cheng; Zhao, Shengqiang; Li, Yan; Zhou, Lei; Cui, Pengfei; Rabinovitz, Issac; Mercurio, Arthur M; Zhao, Dezheng; Zeng, Huiyan

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    Tissue repair/wound healing, in which angiogenesis plays an important role, is a critical step in many diseases including chronic wound, myocardial infarction, stroke, cancer, and inflammation. Recently, we were the first to report that orphan nuclear receptor TR3/Nur77 is a critical mediator of angiogenesis and its associated microvessel permeability. Tumor growth and angiogenesis induced by VEGF-A, histamine, and serotonin are almost completely inhibited in Nur77 knockout mice. However, it is not known whether TR3/Nur77 plays any roles in wound healing. In these studies, skin wound-healing assay was performed in 3 types of genetically modified mice having various Nur77 activities. We found that ectopic induction of Nur77 in endothelial cells of mice is sufficient to improve skin wound healing. Although skin wound healing in Nur77 knockout mice is comparable to the wild-type control mice, the process is significantly delayed in the EC-Nur77-DN mice, in which a dominant negative Nur77 mutant is inducibly and specifically expressed in mouse endothelial cells. By a loss-of-function assay, we elucidate a novel feed-forward signaling pathway, integrin β4 → PI3K → Akt → FAK, by which TR3 mediates HUVEC migration. Furthermore, TR3/Nur77 regulates the expression of integrin β4 by targeting its promoter activity. In conclusion, expression of TR3/Nur77 improves wound healing by targeting integrin β4. TR3/Nur77 is a potential candidate for proangiogenic therapy. The results further suggest that TR3/Nur77 is required for pathologic angiogenesis but not for developmental/physiologic angiogenesis and that Nur77 and its family members play a redundant role in normal skin wound healing. © FASEB.

  14. sA Comparison of DSM-IV-TR and DSM-5 Diagnostic Classifications in the Clinical Diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorder

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    Yaylaci, Ferhat; Miral, Suha

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    Aim of this study was to compare children diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) according to DSM-IV-TR and DSM-5 diagnostic systems. One hundred fifty children aged between 3 and 15 years diagnosed with PDD by DSM-IV-TR were included. PDD symptoms were reviewed through psychiatric assessment based on DSM-IV-TR and DSM-5 criteria.…

  15. Gümnaasiumi trükkal ja keskvõimu korralduste publitseerimine 17. sajandi lõpu Tallinnas / Kaarel Vanamölder

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    2011-01-01

    Trükkal Christoph Brendekenist. Trükkali sissetulekutest ja töö est küsitavast tasust. Plakatite tiraažist. Kindralkuberneri kantselei publitseerimisrutiinist ning korralduste edastamise kiirusest

  16. Evolução dos acidentes de trânsito em um grande centro urbano, 1991-2000

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    Oliveira, Zenaide Calazans de; Mota, Eduardo Luiz Andrade; Costa, Maria da Conceição Nascimento

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    p. 364-372, fev, 2008 Este estudo descreve a evolução dos acidentes de trânsito Salvador, Bahia, Brasil, entre 1991 e 2000, utilizando- se dados do Departamento Estadual de Trânsito do Estado da Bahia. Calculou-se taxas globais dos acidentes de trânsito, vítimas e taxas padronizadas de mortalidade por habitante e por veículos, e comparou-se médias destes indicadores para antes (1991 a 1994) e após (1995 a 2000) a adoção de medidas de intervenção como o uso do cinto de segurança e o Código ...

  17. A violência no trânsito : um estudo de cado do PVT - Recife/PE 2000-2004

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    A violência no trânsito tem se constituído em uma séria problemática para todos, cuja solução deve ser tratada no âmbito das políticas públicas. Este Trabalho de Conclusão de Mestrado teve como objeto de análise a violência no trânsito na cidade do Recife, no período de 2000 a 2004. Definiu como objetivo analisar se o Projeto Vida no Trânsito contribuiu para reduzir os índices de acidentes, a multiinstitucionalidade e a ação educativa conscientizadora por meio dos arte-educadores. A metodolog...

  18. Porto de Trás: etnicidade, turismo e patrimonialização

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    Full Text Available The article describes the process by which cultural heritage of Porto de Trás, a neigborhood in Itacaré on the southern coast of Bahia, Brazil, has gained recognition. Porto de Trás is an ethnic community of African Brazilians with a tradition of artisanal fishing. Historically, its residents, organized in family groupings, have been segregated for their race and socioeconomic status.Even with the arrival of the tourist industry in the 1990s and concomitant urban developments, it maintained its traditional cultural practices, gaining recognition as an enclave of “authenticity” referred to local culture. Interactions between the different spheres of heritage operating in this space are discussed especially the construction of ethnicity by local residents.

  19. Porto\tde Trás: etnicidade, turismo e patrimonialização

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    Full Text Available The article describes the process by which cultural heritage of Porto de Trás, a neigborhood in Itacaré on the southern coast of Bahia, Brazil, has gained recognition. Porto de Trás is an ethnic community of African Brazilians with a tradition of artisanal fishing. Historically, its residents, organized in family groupings, have been segregated for their race and socioeconomic status. Even with the arrival of the tourist industry in the 1990s and concomitant urban developments, it maintained its traditional cultural practices, gaining recognition as an enclave of "authenticity" referred to local culture. Interactions between the different spheres of heritage operating in this space are discussed especially the construction of ethnicity by local residents

  20. Tráfego veicular e mortalidade por doenças do aparelho circulatório em homens adultos Tráfico vehicular y mortalidad por enfermedades del aparato circulatorio en hombres Motor vehicle traffic and cardiovascular mortality in male adults

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    Mateus Habermann; Nelson Gouveia

    2012-01-01

    OBJETIVO: Analisar a associação entre indicadores de exposição à poluição por tráfego veicular e mortalidade por doenças do aparelho circulatório em homens adultos. MÉTODOS: Foram analisadas informações sobre vias e volume de tráfego no ano de 2007 fornecidas pela companhia de engenharia de tráfego local. Mortalidade por doenças do aparelho circulatório no ano de 2005 entre homens > 40 anos foram obtidas do registro de mortalidade do Programa de Aprimoramento de Informações de Mortalidade do ...

  1. The School Anxiety Scale-Teacher Report (SAS-TR): translation and psychometric properties of the Iranian version.

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    Hajiamini, Zahra; Mohamadi, Ashraf; Ebadi, Abbas; Fathi- Ashtiani, Ali; Tavousi, Mahmoud; Montazeri, Ali

    2012-07-18

    The School Anxiety Scale-Teacher Report (SAS-TR) was designed to assess anxiety in children at school. The SAS-TR is a proxy rated measure and could assess social anxiety, generalized anxiety and also gives a total anxiety score. This study aimed to translate and validate the SAS-TR in Iran. The translation and cultural adaptation of the original questionnaire were carried out in accordance with the published guidelines. A sample of students participated in the study. Reliability was estimated using internal consistency and test-retest analysis. Validity was assessed using content validity. The factor structure of the questionnaire was extracted by performing both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. In all 200 elementary students aged 6 to 10 years were studied. Considering the recommended cut-off values, overall the prevalence of high anxiety condition in elementary students was found to be 21 %. Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the Iranian SAS-TR was 0.92 and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was found to be 0.81. The principal component analysis indicated a two-factor structure for the questionnaire (generalized and social anxiety) that jointly accounted for 55.3 % of variances observed. The confirmatory factory analysis also indicated a good fit to the data for the two-latent structure of the questionnaire. In general the findings suggest that the Iranian version of SAS-TR has satisfactory reliability, and validity for measuring anxiety in 6 to 10 years old children in Iran. It is simple and easy to use and now can be applied in future studies.

  2. Leser–Trélat syndrome in malignant mesothelioma and pulmonary adenocarcinoma

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    Jepsen, Rikke Karlin; Skov, Anne Guldhammer; Skov, Birgit Guldhammer

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    The syndrome of Leser–Trélat (LT) is characterized by the sudden appearance of multiple seborrhoeic keratoses (SKs) in association with internal occult malignancy. Usually, the syndrome has been associated with adenocarcinoma, most frequently of the gastrointestinal tract and breast. The pathogen...

  3. Elementos do trágico em Eça de Queirós: A tragédia da Rua das Flores e Os Maias

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    Esta tese analisa dois romances queirosianos vinculados ao gênero dramático, mais especificamente ao trágico. No primeiro momento, busca-se levar a efeito considerações teóricas acerca do trágico, caracterizando a sua especificidade, tanto na origem, quanto no seu desenvolvimento ulterior. Nesta busca da peculiaridade do sentido do trágico, a atenção volta-se para a evolução do gênero da Antigüidade ao Tempo Cristão, do trágico grego ao trágico moderno. Assim, elementos como Hybris, Antinomia...

  4. The truncated splice variant of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha, PPARα-tr, autonomously regulates proliferative and pro-inflammatory genes

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    Thomas, Maria; Bayha, Christine; Klein, Kathrin; Müller, Simon; Weiss, Thomas S.; Schwab, Matthias; Zanger, Ulrich M.

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    The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARα) controls lipid/energy homeostasis and inflammatory responses. The truncated splice variant PPARα-tr was suggested to exert a dominant negative function despite being unable to bind consensus PPARα DNA response elements. The distribution and variability factor of each PPARα variant were assessed in the well-characterized cohort of human liver samples (N = 150) on the mRNA and protein levels. Specific siRNA-mediated downregulation of each transcript as well as specific overexpression with subsequent qRT-PCR analysis of downstream genes was used for investigation of specific functional roles of PPARα-wt and PPARα-tr forms in primary human hepatocytes. Bioinformatic analyses of genome-wide liver expression profiling data suggested a possible role of PPARα-tr in downregulating proliferative and pro-inflammatory genes. Specific gene silencing of both forms in primary human hepatocytes showed that induction of metabolic PPARα-target genes by agonist WY14,643 was prevented by PPARα-wt knock-down but neither prevented nor augmented by PPARα-tr knock-down. WY14,643 treatment did not induce proliferative genes including MYC, CDK1, and PCNA, and knock-down of PPARα-wt had no effect, while PPARα-tr knock-down caused up to 3-fold induction of these genes. Similarly, induction of pro-inflammatory genes IL1B, PTGS2, and CCL2 by IL-6 was augmented by knock-down of PPARα-tr but not of PPARα-wt. In contrast to human proliferative genes, orthologous mouse genes were readily inducible by WY14,643 in PPARα-tr non-expressing AML12 mouse hepatocytes. Induction was augmented by overexpression of PPARα-wt and attenuated by overexpression of PPARα-tr. Pro-inflammatory genes including IL-1β, CCL2 and TNFα were induced by WY14,643 in mouse and human cells and both PPARα forms attenuated induction. As potential mechanism of PPARα-tr inhibitory action we suggest crosstalk with WNT/β-catenin pathway. Finally

  5. Estudo da atividade do látex do Croton urucurana Baill. sobre o trânsito gastrintestinal de camundongos

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    Full Text Available O presente trabalho tem como propósito avaliar uma possível atividade inibitória do látex do Croton urucurana Baill. sobre o trânsito gastrintestinal de camundongos, bem como tentar esclarecer os possíveis mecanismos de ação envolvidos em sua atividade. Foram utilizados os modelos de trânsito gastrintestinal normal e trânsito gastrintestinal estimulado por fisostigmina em camundongos. Os resultados obtidos mostram que o látex inibiu o trânsito gastrintestinal de camundongos, e, muito embora seu mecanismo de ação ainda não seja claro, seu efeito é independente da participação de mecanismo opióide, colinérgico, α2-adrenérgico ou nitriérgico.

  6. La tríada oscura de la personalidad: maquiavelismo, narcisismo y psicopatía. Una mirada evolutiva

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    Fernando Renee González Moraga

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    Full Text Available Se aborda la denominada Tríada Oscura de la Personalidad -Tríada- (maquiavelismo, narcisismo subclínico y psicopatía subclínica desde una mirada evolutiva. El objetivo de esta investigación es revisar la evidencia que han presentado los teóricos evolucionistas sobre la Tríada, desde un acercamiento a la mirada evolutiva. Para esto, se indaga en las principales características de cada uno de estos rasgos, los instrumentos que se han utilizado para evaluarlos y las principales áreas en donde se han estudiado. La mirada evolutiva plantea que los rasgos de la Tríada son dimensionales y varían de acuerdo con las diversas estrategias que utilizan los sujetos para adaptarse a las características socioambientales en las que se desarrollan. Estos rasgos se caracterizan por presentar violencia psicológica, inhibición moral, manipulación, baja amabilidad, insensibilidad, egoísmo y dificultad para mentalizar en contextos de interacción interpersonal y social.

  7. Tráfego veicular e mortalidade por doenças do aparelho circulatório em homens adultos

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    Habermann, Mateus; Gouveia, Nelson

    2011-01-01

    OBJETIVO: Analisar a associação entre indicadores de exposição à poluição por tráfego veicular e mortalidade por doenças do aparelho circulatório em homens adultos. MÉTODOS: Foram analisadas informações sobre vias e volume de tráfego no ano de 2007 fornecidas pela companhia de engenharia de tráfego local. Mortalidade por doenças do aparelho circulatório no ano de 2005 entre homens > 40 anos foram obtidas do registro de mortalidade do Programa de Aprimoramento de Informações de Mortalidade do ...

  8. Northrop Grumman TR202 LOX/LH2 Deep Throttling Engine Project Status

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    Gromski, J.; Majamaki, A. N.; Chianese, S. G.; Weinstock, V. D.; Kim, T.

    2010-01-01

    NASA's Propulsion and Cryogenic Advanced Development (PCAD) project is currently developing enabling propulsion technologies in support of the Exploration Initiative, with a particular focus on the needs of the Altair Project. To meet Altair requirements, several technical challenges need to be overcome, one of which is the ability for the lunar descent engine(s) to operate over a deep throttle range with cryogenic propellants. To address this need, PCAD has enlisted Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems (NGAS) in a technology development effort associated with the TR202, a LOX/LH2 expander cycle engine driven by independent turbopump assemblies and featuring a variable area pintle injector similar to the injector used on the TR200 Apollo Lunar Module Descent Engine (LMDE). Since the Apollo missions, NGAS has continued to mature deep throttling pintle injector technology. The TR202 program has completed two phases of pintle injector testing. The first phase of testing used ablative thrust chambers and demonstrated igniter operation as well as stable performance at several power levels across the designed 10:1 throttle range. The second phase of testing was performed on a calorimeter chamber and demonstrated injector performance at various power levels (75%, 50%, 25%, 10%, and 7.5%) across the throttle range as well as chamber heat flux to show that the engine can close an expander cycle design across the throttle range. This paper provides an overview of the TR202 program. It describes the different phases of the program with the key milestones of each phase. It then shows when those milestones were met. Next, it describes how the test data was used to update the conceptual design and how the test data has created a database for deep throttling cryogenic pintle technology that is readily scaleable and can be used to again update the design once the Altair program's requirements are firm. The final section of the paper describes the path forward, which includes

  9. This paper describes 14 Colombian web based “edu-communicational” projects. The aim is to analyze different types of platforms, different type of use and the elements that facilitate interaction with final users. The study sample is composed of three main

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    Tomás Durán Becerra

    2017-12-01

    Full Text Available This paper describes 14 Colombian web based “edu-communicational” projects. The aim is to analyze different types of platforms, different type of use and the elements that facilitate interaction with final users. The study sample is composed of three main categories of sites: formal education sites, informal education sites and other types of sites that contain some kind of educational content. The research establishes different variables aimed at discovering educommunicative tools. Both the theoretical framework and the conceptual approach to edu-communication, as well as the methodological proposal applied are retrieved from the works of De Oliveira (2009, Freire (2002, Barbas Coslado (2012, Pérez-Tornero (2004, Tejedor (2010, Said and Arcila (2011a and O’Reilly (2009, among others. In conclusion, the article shows similarities and differences among the platforms that shape the online edu-communicational landscape in Colombia.

  10. Factores tróficos en neuronas dopaminérgicas mesencefálicas

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    G. Pinzón

    1994-12-01

    Full Text Available Desde su descubrimiento, se ha postulado, y en algunos casos comprobado, que los factores tróficos juegan un papel importante en el desarrollo, mantenimiento y regeneración del sistema nervioso. El conocimiento y la manipulación de estas sustancias ha servido para: a formular nuevas teorías acerca de la etiología de varios desórdenes neurodebeneraivos y b desarrollar nuevas altemativas terapéuticas para estas entidades. En la presente revisión, resumimos los principales efectos de diferentes factores tróficos sobre las neuronas dopaminérgicas de la substantia nigra en desarrollo, cuya degeneración en el adulto ocasiona la mayoría de los síntomas observados en la enfermedad de Parkinson.

  11. Detection of Planetary Emission from the Exoplanet TrES-2 Using Spitzer/IRAC

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    Donovan, Francis T.; Charbonneau, David; Harrington, Joseph; Madhusudhan, N.; Seager, Sara; Deming, Drake; Knutson, Heather A.

    2010-01-01

    We present here the results of our observations of TrES-2 using the Infrared Array Camera on Spitzer. We monitored this transiting system during two secondary eclipses, when the planetary emission is blocked by the star. The resulting decrease in flux is 0.127% +/- 0.021%, 0.230% +/- 0.024%, 0.199% +/- 0.054%, and 0.359% +/- 0.060% at 3.6 microns, 4.5 microns, 5.8 microns, and 8.0 microns, respectively. We show that three of these flux contrasts are well fit by a blackbody spectrum with T(sub eff) = 1500 K, as well as by a more detailed model spectrum of a planetary atmosphere. The observed planet-to-star flux ratios in all four lRAC channels can be explained by models with and without a thermal inversion in the atmosphere of TrES-2, although with different atmospheric chemistry. Based on the assumption of thermochemical equilibrium, the chemical composition of the inversion model seems more plausible, making it a more favorable scenario. TrES-2 also falls in the category of highly irradiated planets which have been theoretically predicted to exhibit thermal inversions. However, more observations at infrared and visible wavelengths would be needed to confirm a thermal inversion in this system. Furthermore, we find that the times of the secondary eclipses are consistent with previously published times of transit and the expectation from a circular orbit. This implies that TrES-2 most likely has a circular orbit, and thus does not obtain additional thermal energy from tidal dissipation of a non-zero orbital eccentricity, a proposed explanation for the large radius of this planet. Key words: eclipses - infrared: stars - planetary systems - stars: individual (OSC 03549-02811) - techniques: photometric

  12. Optimization Of PVDF-TrFE Processing Conditions For The Fabrication Of Organic MEMS Resonators.

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    Ducrot, Pierre-Henri; Dufour, Isabelle; Ayela, Cédric

    2016-01-21

    This paper reports a systematic optimization of processing conditions of PVDF-TrFE piezoelectric thin films, used as integrated transducers in organic MEMS resonators. Indeed, despite data on electromechanical properties of PVDF found in the literature, optimized processing conditions that lead to these properties remain only partially described. In this work, a rigorous optimization of parameters enabling state-of-the-art piezoelectric properties of PVDF-TrFE thin films has been performed via the evaluation of the actuation performance of MEMS resonators. Conditions such as annealing duration, poling field and poling duration have been optimized and repeatability of the process has been demonstrated.

  13. An online database for informing ecological network models: http://kelpforest.ucsc.edu.

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    Beas-Luna, Rodrigo; Novak, Mark; Carr, Mark H; Tinker, Martin T; Black, August; Caselle, Jennifer E; Hoban, Michael; Malone, Dan; Iles, Alison

    2014-01-01

    Ecological network models and analyses are recognized as valuable tools for understanding the dynamics and resiliency of ecosystems, and for informing ecosystem-based approaches to management. However, few databases exist that can provide the life history, demographic and species interaction information necessary to parameterize ecological network models. Faced with the difficulty of synthesizing the information required to construct models for kelp forest ecosystems along the West Coast of North America, we developed an online database (http://kelpforest.ucsc.edu/) to facilitate the collation and dissemination of such information. Many of the database's attributes are novel yet the structure is applicable and adaptable to other ecosystem modeling efforts. Information for each taxonomic unit includes stage-specific life history, demography, and body-size allometries. Species interactions include trophic, competitive, facilitative, and parasitic forms. Each data entry is temporally and spatially explicit. The online data entry interface allows researchers anywhere to contribute and access information. Quality control is facilitated by attributing each entry to unique contributor identities and source citations. The database has proven useful as an archive of species and ecosystem-specific information in the development of several ecological network models, for informing management actions, and for education purposes (e.g., undergraduate and graduate training). To facilitate adaptation of the database by other researches for other ecosystems, the code and technical details on how to customize this database and apply it to other ecosystems are freely available and located at the following link (https://github.com/kelpforest-cameo/databaseui).

  14. Hvad er Erdogans næste træk i Syrien?

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    Engen, Torben Toftgaard

    2017-01-01

    Hvad end Tyrkiets næste træk vil blive, kan det betyde forøgede flygtningestrømme fra Syrien til Danmark, bringe den internationale alliance mod IS i krise, vanskeliggøre samarbejdet i Nato og forværre det tyrkisk-amerikanske forhold....

  15. Print Best jahib trükiteenuste turul liidrirolli / Toivo Tänavsuu

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    Tänavsuu, Toivo

    2004-01-01

    Konkursil Ettevõtluse auhind 2004 piirkonna edendaja nominentide hulka kuuluv Print Best on tõusnud viimase aastaga mahtudelt viie suurema poogentrükikoja hulka Eestis. Firma prioriteediks on Venemaa, mõeldud on müügiüksuse loomisele Moskvas. Lisa: Print Best Trükikoda

  16. The School Anxiety Scale-Teacher Report (SAS-TR: translation and psychometric properties of the Iranian version

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    Hajiamini Zahra

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    Full Text Available Abstract Background The School Anxiety Scale-Teacher Report (SAS-TR was designed to assess anxiety in children at school. The SAS-TR is a proxy rated measure and could assess social anxiety, generalized anxiety and also gives a total anxiety score. This study aimed to translate and validate the SAS-TR in Iran. Methods The translation and cultural adaptation of the original questionnaire were carried out in accordance with the published guidelines. A sample of students participated in the study. Reliability was estimated using internal consistency and test-retest analysis. Validity was assessed using content validity. The factor structure of the questionnaire was extracted by performing both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. Results In all 200 elementary students aged 6 to 10 years were studied. Considering the recommended cut-off values, overall the prevalence of high anxiety condition in elementary students was found to be 21 %. Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the Iranian SAS-TR was 0.92 and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC was found to be 0.81. The principal component analysis indicated a two-factor structure for the questionnaire (generalized and social anxiety that jointly accounted for 55.3 % of variances observed. The confirmatory factory analysis also indicated a good fit to the data for the two-latent structure of the questionnaire. Conclusion In general the findings suggest that the Iranian version of SAS-TR has satisfactory reliability, and validity for measuring anxiety in 6 to 10 years old children in Iran. It is simple and easy to use and now can be applied in future studies.

  17. A Comparison of DSM-IV-TR and DSM-5 Diagnostic Classifications in the Clinical Diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorder.

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    Yaylaci, Ferhat; Miral, Suha

    2017-01-01

    Aim of this study was to compare children diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) according to DSM-IV-TR and DSM-5 diagnostic systems. One hundred fifty children aged between 3 and 15 years diagnosed with PDD by DSM-IV-TR were included. PDD symptoms were reviewed through psychiatric assessment based on DSM-IV-TR and DSM-5 criteria. Clinical severity was determined using Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) and Autism Behavior Checklist (ABC). A statistically significant decrease (19.3 %) was detected in the diagnostic ratio with DSM-5. Age and symptom severity differed significantly between those who were and were not diagnosed with PDD using DSM-5. B4 criteria in DSM-5 was most common criterion. Results indicate that individuals diagnosed with PDD by DSM-IV-TR criteria may not be diagnosed using DSM-5 criteria.

  18. Autism Spectrum Disorders According to "DSM-IV-TR" and Comparison with "DSM-5" Draft Criteria: An Epidemiological Study

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    Mattila, Marja-Leena; Kielinen, Marko; Linna, Sirkka-Liisa; Jussila, Katja; Ebeling, Hanna; Bloigu, Risto; Joseph, Robert M.; Moilanen, Irma

    2011-01-01

    Objective: The latest definitions of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) were specified in "DSM-IV-TR" in 2000. "DSM-5" criteria are planned for 2013. Here, we estimated the prevalence of ASDs and autism according to "DSM-IV-TR," clarified confusion concerning diagnostic criteria, and evaluated "DSM-5" draft…

  19. Control de tráfico vehicular usando ANFIS Vehicular traffic control using ANFIS

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    Luis Fernando Pedraza

    2012-04-01

    Full Text Available Diferentes estrategias para el control del tráfico urbano se han presentado a lo largo del tiempo. Este artículo presenta el diseño de un modelo de tráfico vehicular, el cual examina el tráfico existente en una vía a través de una serie de semáforos. A partir de este modelo se sincronizan los tiempos de duración y de desfase de los semáforos, utilizando para ello el Sistema de Inferencia Difusa Basado en Redes Adaptativas (ANFIS. El modelo es simulado y los resultados se evalúan a nivel macroscópico con el modelo de tiempos fijos, que funciona actualmente en Bogotá-Colombia.Different strategies for urban traffic control have been presented over time. This paper presents the design of a vehicular traffic model, examining the existing traffic through a serie of traffic lights on a road. From this model the times of duration and phase of the traffic lights are synchronized, using the Adaptive Network Based Fuzzy Inference Systems (ANFIS. The model is simulated and the results are evaluated at macroscopic level with the fixed time model, currently operating in Bogota-Colombia.

  20. Piezoelectricity enhancement of P(VDF/TrFE) by X-ray irradiation

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    Pilet, N.; Khikhlovskyi, V.; van Breemen, A.J.J.M.; Michels, J.J.; Kemerink, M.; Gelinck, G.; Warnicke, P.; Bernard, L.

    2016-01-01

    Organic electronics is becoming more and more important because the low level of fabrication and deposition complexity even at large scale makes it a good candidate for future low cost technological product development. P(VDF-TrFE) is a co-polymer of special interest due its ferroelectric property

  1. Study on the curie transition of P(VDF-TrFE) copolymer

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    Eka Septiyani Arifin, Devi; Ruan, J. J.

    2018-01-01

    A systematic study was carried out to decipher the mechanism of Curie transition of piezoelectric crystals of poly(vinylidene fluoride trifluoroethylene) P(VDF-TrFE). The unique polarity of P(VDF-TrFE) crystalline phase below curie transition temperature is attributed to the lattice packing of all-trans molecular chains, which allocates all the substituted fluorine atoms on one side of molecular chains and hydrogen atoms on the other side. Therefore, a net dipole moment is created across the lateral packing of molecular chains. Nevertheless, due to the mutual repulsion among fluorene atoms, this all-trans conformation is not stable, and ready to change above Curie temperature, where thermal kinetic energy is sufficient to cause segmental rotation. As being illustrated by in-situ recorded X-ray diffraction and thermal analysis, the concerned curie transition is deciphered as a one-step process which is involved two process and this is different from conventional one-step solid-solid transitions. Accompanied with this one-step process during heating, the occurrence of lamellar bending is inferred for elucidating the decline of stacking regularity of crystalline lamellae, which reversibly recover during subsequent cooling. However, as the crystalline lamellae of P(VDF-TrFE) are confined in between the stacking of crystalline lamellae of PVDF, lamellar bending is restricted accordingly. As a result, a certain fraction of the piezoelectric crystalline lamellae was found to survive through the Curie transition. Thus, in addition to the suggestion of a one-step process as a new concept for understanding the Curie transition, the relationship between the lamellar stacking and transition of molecular packing is unveiled as well in this research.

  2. On an integral representation of the function Tr(exp(A-lambdaB))

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    Mehta, M L [CEA Centre d' Etudes Nucleaires de Saclay, 91 - Gif-sur-Yvette (France). Service de Physique Theorique; Kumar, K

    1976-02-01

    The conjecture that Tr(exp(A-lambdaB)) can be written as a Laplace transform with a positive measure is proved for a certain class of matrices A and B. A few remarks are made about the undecided cases.

  3. Fabrication of PVDF-TrFE based bilayered PbTiO3/PVDF-TrFE films capacitor

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    Nurbaya, Z.; Wahid, M. H.; Rozana, M. D.; Annuar, I.; Alrokayan, S. A. H.; Khan, H. A.; Rusop, M.

    2016-07-01

    Development of high performance capacitor is reaching towards new generation where the ferroelectric materials take places as the active dielectric layer. The motivation of this study is to produce high capacitance device with long life cycle. This was configured by preparing bilayered films where lead titanate as an active dielectric layer and stacked with the top dielectric layer, poly(vinyledenefluoride-trifluoroethylene). Both of them are being referred that have one in common which is ferroelectric behavior. Therefore the combination of ceramic and polymer ferroelectric material could perform optimum dielectric characteristic for capacitor applications. The fabrication was done by simple sol-gel spin coating method that being varied at spinning speed property for polymer layers, whereas maintaining the ceramic layer. The characterization of PVDF-TrFE/PbTiO3 was performed according to metal-insulator-metal stacked capacitor measurement which includes structural, dielectric, and ferroelectric measurement.

  4. Stratigraphie et structure de Trás-os-Montes oriental (Portugal)

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    Ribeiro, Antonio; Almeida Rebelo, Jose

    1967-01-01

    Rocks in the eastern part of the province of Trás-os-Montes, N. Portugal belong to five units: 1: a complex of pre-Ordovician schists and greywackes; 2: Ordovician and Silurian sediments; 3: a low-grade metamorphic scries of Silurian age; 4: two complexes of probably Precambrian, predominantly meso-

  5. Autism spectrum disorders according to DSM-IV-TR and comparison with DSM-5 draft criteria: an epidemiological study.

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    Mattila, Marja-Leena; Kielinen, Marko; Linna, Sirkka-Liisa; Jussila, Katja; Ebeling, Hanna; Bloigu, Risto; Joseph, Robert M; Moilanen, Irma

    2011-06-01

    The latest definitions of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) were specified in DSM-IV-TR in 2000. DSM-5 criteria are planned for 2013. Here, we estimated the prevalence of ASDs and autism according to DSM-IV-TR, clarified confusion concerning diagnostic criteria, and evaluated DSM-5 draft criteria for ASD posted by the American Psychiatry Association (APA) in February 2010. This was an epidemiological study of 5,484 eight-year-old children in Finland, 4,422 (81%) of them rated via the Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire by parents and/or teachers, and 110 examined by using a structured interview, semi-structured observation, IQ measurement, school-day observation, and patient records. Diagnoses were assigned according to DSM-IV-TR criteria and DSM-5 draft criteria in children with a full-scale IQ (FSIQ) ≥50. Patient records were evaluated in children with an FSIQ autism 4.1 in 1,000 according to DSM-IV-TR. Of the subjects with ASDs and autism, 65% and 61% were high-functioning (FSIQ ≥70), respectively. The prevalence of pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified was not estimated because of inconsistency in DSM-IV-TR criteria. DSM-5 draft criteria were shown to be less sensitive in regard to identification of subjects with ASDs, particularly those with Asperger's syndrome and some high-functioning subjects with autism. DSM-IV-TR helps with the definition of ASDs only up to a point. We suggest modifications to five details of DSM-5 draft criteria posted by the APA in February 2010. Completing revision of DSM criteria for ASDs is a challenging task. Copyright © 2011 American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

  6. Estudio del tráfico de las carreteras de la Diputació de Barcelona en la comarca del Garraf

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    Bengoetxea Artetxe, Andoni

    2017-01-01

    En este trabajo se seleccionarán varias carreteras ubicadas en la comarca del Garraf de titularidad de la Diputación de Barcelona y cuyo tráfico sea significativo. Se escogerán carreteras convencionales de dos carriles que carezcan de las características de trazado óptimas para la circulación. El objetivo de este trabajo es el de estudiar el tráfico actual y futuro en estas carreteras para saber si existen o existirán problemas de tráfico, así como proponer posibles medidas para solventar dic...

  7. T-R Cycle Characterization and Imaging: Advanced Diagnostic Methodology for Petroleum Reservoir and Trap Detection and Delineation

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    Ernest A. Mancini

    2006-08-30

    Characterization of stratigraphic sequences (T-R cycles or sequences) included outcrop studies, well log analysis and seismic reflection interpretation. These studies were performed by researchers at the University of Alabama, Wichita State University and McGill University. The outcrop, well log and seismic characterization studies were used to develop a depositional sequence model, a T-R cycle (sequence) model, and a sequence stratigraphy predictive model. The sequence stratigraphy predictive model developed in this study is based primarily on the modified T-R cycle (sequence) model. The T-R cycle (sequence) model using transgressive and regressive systems tracts and aggrading, backstepping, and infilling intervals or sections was found to be the most appropriate sequence stratigraphy model for the strata in the onshore interior salt basins of the Gulf of Mexico to improve petroleum stratigraphic trap and specific reservoir facies imaging, detection and delineation. The known petroleum reservoirs of the Mississippi Interior and North Louisiana Salt Basins were classified using T-R cycle (sequence) terminology. The transgressive backstepping reservoirs have been the most productive of oil, and the transgressive backstepping and regressive infilling reservoirs have been the most productive of gas. Exploration strategies were formulated using the sequence stratigraphy predictive model and the classification of the known petroleum reservoirs utilizing T-R cycle (sequence) terminology. The well log signatures and seismic reflector patterns were determined to be distinctive for the aggrading, backstepping and infilling sections of the T-R cycle (sequence) and as such, well log and seismic data are useful for recognizing and defining potential reservoir facies. The use of the sequence stratigraphy predictive model, in combination with the knowledge of how the distinctive characteristics of the T-R system tracts and their subdivisions are expressed in well log patterns

  8. Análisis funcional de la red trófica de Bahía Magdalena Baja California Sur, México

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    Cruz-Escalona,Víctor H; Morales-Zárate,María V; Navia,Andrés F; Rguez-Baron,Juan M; del Monte-Luna,Pablo

    2013-01-01

    El objetivo del presente estudio fue desarrollar un modelo trófico (ECOPATH con ECOSIM) para caracterizar la estructura y función de la trama alimentaria de Bahía Magdalena. El modelo consta de 24 grupos funcionales, siendo dominado por grupos de niveles tróficos secundarios y terciarios, que generan un tercio de los flujos de biomasa total. Los flujos totales del sistema y la eficiencia de transferencia promedio entre niveles tróficos, encajan bien en el rango reportado para otros ecosistema...

  9. eEduHeart I: A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Trial Investigating the Effectiveness of a Cardiac Web-Based eLearning Platform - Rationale and Study Design.

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    Frederix, Ines; Vandenberk, Thijs; Janssen, Leen; Geurden, Anne; Vandervoort, Pieter; Dendale, Paul

    Cardiac telerehabilitation includes, in its most comprehensive format, telemonitoring, telecoaching, social interaction, and eLearning. The specific role of eLearning, however, was seldom assessed. The aim of eEduHeart I is to investigate the medium-term effectiveness of the addition of a cardiac web-based eLearing platform to conventional cardiac care. In this prospective, multicenter randomized, controlled trial, 1,000 patients with coronary artery disease will be randomized 1:1 to an intervention group (receiving 1-month unrestricted access to the cardiac eLearning platform in addition to conventional cardiac care) or to conventional cardiac care alone. The primary endpoint is health-related quality of life, assessed by the HeartQoL questionnaire at the 1- and 3-month follow-ups. Secondary endpoints include pathology-specific knowledge and self-reported eLearning platform user experience. Data on the eLearning platform usage will be gathered through web logging during the study period. eEduHeart I will be one of the first studies to report on the added value of eLearning. If the intervention is proven effective, current cardiac telerehabilitation programs can be augmented by including eLearning, too. The platform can then be used as a model for other chronic diseases in which patient education plays a key role. © 2016 S. Karger AG, Basel.

  10. Træ og Stål i Havvand

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    Jensen, Jens Kristian Jehrbo

    Dette kompendium behandler træ- og stålkonstruktioners holdbarhed i marint miljø. Materialerne bliver udsat for kraftige påvirkninget· i form af bølgeslag, strø ninger, slid, nedbrydning og korrosion. Relevante mekanismer og beskyttelsessysleaer behandles . J~ftet tænkes anvendt ved undervisninge...... , spec ielt på anlægssektorens 6. semester, men andre interesserede er velkomne til at benytte det. Renskrivningen er foretaget af Tove Jensen, og Ingrid Christensen og Poul Skørbæk Sørensen har udført tegnearbejdet. Tak for veludført arbejde! Jens Kr . Jehcbo Jensen...

  11. One-pot facile synthesis of 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide derived Tröger's bases via a nucleophilic displacement approach.

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    Shanmugaraju, Sankarasekaran; McAdams, Deirdre; Pancotti, Francesca; Hawes, Chris S; Veale, Emma B; Kitchen, Jonathan A; Gunnlaugsson, Thorfinnur

    2017-09-13

    We report here a novel one-pot synthetic strategy for the synthesis of a family of N-alkyl-1,8-naphthalimide based Tröger's bases via a nucleophilic substitution reaction of a common 'precursor' (or a 'synthon') N-aryl-1,8-naphthalimide Tröger's base heated at 80 °C in neat aliphatic primary amine, in overall yield of 65-96%. This methodology provides an efficient and one-step facile route to design 1,8-naphthalimide derived Tröger's base structures in analytically pure form without the use of column chromatography purification, that can be used in medicinal chemistry and as supramolecular scaffolds. We also report the formation of the corresponding anhydride, and the crystallographic analysis of two of the resulting products, that of the N-phenyl-4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide and the anhydride derived Tröger's bases.

  12. Estructura trófica de los copépodos pelágicos en el Océano Pacifico Oriental Tropical

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    López Ibarra, Gladis Angélica

    2008-01-01

    Gran parte de la productividad secundaria marina es aportada por los copépodos, estos destacan dentro del zooplancton marino por su diversidad y abundancia, puede llegar a constituir un 80 % de la biomasa zooplanctonica. Probablemente el principal papel ecológico de esta comunidad es la transferencia de energía entre los niveles tróficos primarios y los sucesivos en las redes tróficas. En este estudio se analizó la estructura trófica de la comunidad de copépodos pelágicos en el Océano Pacifi...

  13. Recursos disponibles para la protección de mujeres migrantes en tránsito por Tamaulipas

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    Rocío CÁRDENAS-RODRÍGUEZ

    2014-01-01

    Full Text Available La labor del gobierno mexicano en materia de política migratoria es una estrategia para administrar el flujo de migrantes en tránsito rumbo a Estados Unidos, no para salvaguardar su integridad y derechos, menos aún está diseñada para proteger a las mujeres. En esa medida, el interés de este artículo es hacer evidentes los escasos recursos de protección disponibles para migrantes y la ausencia de perspectiva de género en los recursos de apoyo para mujeres en tránsito por México. A través de entrevistas a autoridades y organismos sociales en la frontera de Tamaulipas y con base en el enfoque del modelo ecológico, se evaluaron los recursos de la política pública mexicana como elementos amortiguadores para los migrantes, frente a riesgos y elementos de vulnerabilidad de la mujer en tránsito.

  14. Nicotine permeability across the buccal TR146 cell culture model and porcine buccal mucosa in vitro

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    Nielsen, Hanne Mørck; Rassing, Margrethe Rømer

    2002-01-01

    The present study was conducted to investigate and compare the effect of pH and drug concentration on nicotine permeability across the TR146 cell culture model and porcine buccal mucosa in vitro. As a further characterization of the TR146 cell culture model, it was explored whether the results were...... comparable for bi-directional and uni-directional transport in the presence of a transmembrane pH gradient. Nicotine concentrations between 10(-5) and 10(-2) M were applied to the apical side of the TR146 cell culture model or the mucosal side of porcine buccal mucosa. Buffers with pH values of 5.5, 7.......4 and 8.1 were used to obtain different fractions of non- and mono-ionized nicotine. The apparent permeability (P(app)) of nicotine across both models increased significantly with increasing pH, and the P(app) values obtained with the two models could be correlated in a linear manner. With increasing...

  15. β-TrCP1 Is a Vacillatory Regulator of Wnt Signaling.

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    Long, Marcus John; Lin, Hong-Yu; Parvez, Saba; Zhao, Yi; Poganik, Jesse Richard; Huang, Paul; Aye, Yimon

    2017-08-17

    Simultaneous hyperactivation of Wnt and antioxidant response (AR) are often observed during oncogenesis. However, it remains unclear how the β-catenin-driven Wnt and the Nrf2-driven AR mutually regulate each other. The situation is compounded because many players in these two pathways are redox sensors, rendering bolus redox signal-dosing methods uninformative. Herein we examine the ramifications of single-protein target-specific AR upregulation in various knockdown lines. Our data document that Nrf2/AR strongly inhibits β-catenin/Wnt. The magnitude and mechanism of this negative regulation are dependent on the direct interaction between β-catenin N terminus and β-TrCP1 (an antagonist of both Nrf2 and β-catenin), and independent of binding between Nrf2 and β-TrCP1. Intriguingly, β-catenin positively regulates AR. Because AR is a negative regulator of Wnt regardless of β-catenin N terminus, this switch of function is likely sufficient to establish a new Wnt/AR equilibrium during tumorigenesis. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

  16. ATMOSPHERE AND SPECTRAL MODELS OF THE KEPLER-FIELD PLANETS HAT-P-7b AND TrES-2

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    Spiegel, David S.; Burrows, Adam

    2010-01-01

    We develop atmosphere models of two of the three Kepler-field planets that were known prior to the start of the Kepler mission (HAT-P-7b and TrES-2). We find that published Kepler and Spitzer data for HAT-P-7b appear to require an extremely hot upper atmosphere on the dayside, with a strong thermal inversion and little day-night redistribution. The Spitzer data for TrES-2 suggest a mild thermal inversion with moderate day-night redistribution. We examine the effect of nonequilibrium chemistry on TrES-2 model atmospheres and find that methane levels must be adjusted by extreme amounts in order to cause even mild changes in atmospheric structure and emergent spectra. Our best-fit models to the Spitzer data for TrES-2 lead us to predict a low secondary eclipse planet-star flux ratio (∼ -5 ) in the Kepler bandpass, which is consistent with what very recent observations have found. Finally, we consider how the Kepler-band optical flux from a hot exoplanet depends on the strength of a possible extra optical absorber in the upper atmosphere. We find that the optical flux is not monotonic in optical opacity, and the non-monotonicity is greater for brighter, hotter stars.

  17. A review of the probabilistic safety assessment application to the TR-2 research reactor

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    Goektepe, G.; Adalioglu, U.; Anac, H.; Sevdik, B.; Menteseoglu, S.

    2001-01-01

    A review of the Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA) to the TR-2 Research Reactor is presented. The level 1 PSA application involved: selection of accident initiators, mitigating functions and system definitions, event tree constructions and quantification, fault tree constructions and quantification, human reliability, component failure data base development, dependent failure analysis. Each of the steps of the analysis given above is reviewed briefly with highlights from the selected results. PSA application is found to be a practical tool for research reactor safety due to intense involvement of human interactions in an experimental facility. Insights gained from the application of PSA methodology to the TR-2 research reactor led to a significant safety review of the system

  18. Assessment of documentation of DSM-IV-TR Criteria A for diagnosis of schizophrenia in psychiatric unit, tertiary hospital, Malaysia.

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    Maung, K; Ohnmar, H; Than, W; Ramli, M; Najwa Hanim, M R; Ali Sabri, R; Ahmad Zafri, A B

    The purposes of this study were to investigate the documentation of the DSM-IV-TR- Criteria A in diagnoses of schizophrenia and to identify the symptoms associated with over diagnosis of schizophrenia. This study involved a retrospective review and analysis of data from case notes. Data of 107 newly diagnosed patients with schizophrenia were keyed in and analyzed using SPSS v 19. The cases were then evaluated for the use of the DSM-IV-TR- Criteria A. Over diagnosis was noted in 37.39% of the patients. Disorganised behaviour (12.5%), affective flattening (12.5%), hallucination (16%) and non-bizarre delusion (18.3%) significantly contributed to the over-diagnosis of schizophrenia. Symptoms such as non-bizarre delusion and hallucination were the most commonly used in over-diagnosing schizophrenia and were statistically significant with p ≤0.05. There was a significant lack of DSM-IV-TR Criteria A among the data documented to diagnose schizophrenia and non-bizarre delusion and hallucination were the most commonly used in over-diagnosing schizophrenia. This key problem needs to be addressed. The reliability of a diagnosis is indispensable and achievable with the proper clinical application of DSM-IV-TR Criteria A. The DSM-IV-TR Criteria have been perceived to be useful and reliable and is most widely used throughout the world.

  19. X Congreso Panamericano de Ingeniería de Tránsito y Transporte

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    Luis Antonio Lindau; Orlando Strambi

    2010-01-01

    No texto o autor apresenta os temas que foram apresentados e discutidos no X PANAM, Congreso Panamericano de Ingeniería de Tránsito y Transporte, realizado em setembro de 1998 em Santander, na Espanha.

  20. Space-charge-mediated anomalous ferroelectric switching in P(VDF-TrEE) polymer films

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    Hu, Weijin; Wang, Zhihong; Du, Yuanmin; Zhang, Xixiang; Wu, Tao

    2014-01-01

    We report on the switching dynamics of P(VDF-TrEE) copolymer devices and the realization of additional substable ferroelectric states via modulation of the coupling between polarizations and space charges. The space-charge-limited current

  1. Análise dos acidentes de trânsito ocorridos em uma Capital do Nordeste Brasileiro, em 2006.

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    Francisco José de Paula Júnior

    2013-06-01

    Full Text Available Este trabalho teve como objetivo descrever os acidentes de trânsito ocorridos na cidade de Fortaleza, capital do Ceará, no ano de 2006. Foi realizado um estudo descritivo, transversal, a partir de dados do Sistema de Informação de Acidentes de Trânsito de Fortaleza, que agrega todas as informações pertinentes aos acidentes de trânsito ocorridos na capital cearense, além de informações do Sistema de Informações Hospitalares. Esses dados foram analisados utilizando o software EPI INFO®. Em 2006, foram registrados 23.443 acidentes de trânsito. Desses, houve uma proporção de 2:1, entre homens e mulheres e os óbitos ocorreram principalmente na faixa etária de 30 a 59 anos, liderados por pedestres 141 (41,34% e motociclistas com 76 (22,28%. Entre os tipos de acidentes 14.267 (60,85% registraram-se colisões, tendo o mês de dezembro e o intervalo de 18 às 20 horas apresentado o maior número de registros. Em relação aos ferimentos, os motociclistas foram os mais lesionados, atingindo 5.634 (40,57% pessoas. Parte significativa dos acidentes e óbitos envolveu adolescentes e adultos jovens, resultando em 341 (0,71% vitimas que evoluíram para óbito. É fundamental estimular políticas públicas para melhoria nas condições de trânsito e um maior investimento para os sistemas que coletam informações sobre os acidentes.

  2. O planejamento urbano e os acidentes de trânsito: um estudo sobre o Município de Toledo - PR

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    Ruschel, Andressa Carolina

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    O artigo propõe identificar como o planejamento urbano influencia nos acidentes de trânsito no Município de Toledo - PR no período de 2011 a 2015, dentro do Perímetro Urbano, partindo da problematização criada pelo alto índice de acidentes de trânsito no município. A metodologia utilizada foi através de aspectos conceituais da análise espacial e do planejamento urbano; coleta de dados primários nos Boletins de Ocorrência de Acidentes de Trânsito, em seguida tabelados e analisados conforme fun...

  3. Fabrication of PVDF-TrFE based bilayered PbTiO{sub 3}/PVDF-TrFE films capacitor

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    Nurbaya, Z., E-mail: nurbayazainal@gmail.com [NANO-ElecTronic Centre (NET), Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor (Malaysia); Razak School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 54100 Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia); Wahid, M. H.; Rozana, M. D. [Faculty of Applied Sciences, Department of Polymer, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor (Malaysia); Annuar, I. [UiTM Sarawak Kampus Kota Samarahan, Jalan Meranek, 94300 Sarawak (Malaysia); Alrokayan, S. A. H.; Khan, H. A. [Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, Bldg. 5, King Saud University (KSU) P.O: 2454 Riyadh 11451 (Saudi Arabia); Rusop, M., E-mail: nanouitm@gmail.com [NANO-ElecTronic Centre (NET), Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor (Malaysia); NANO-Sci Tech Centre (NST), Institute of Science, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor (Malaysia)

    2016-07-06

    Development of high performance capacitor is reaching towards new generation where the ferroelectric materials take places as the active dielectric layer. The motivation of this study is to produce high capacitance device with long life cycle. This was configured by preparing bilayered films where lead titanate as an active dielectric layer and stacked with the top dielectric layer, poly(vinyledenefluoride-trifluoroethylene). Both of them are being referred that have one in common which is ferroelectric behavior. Therefore the combination of ceramic and polymer ferroelectric material could perform optimum dielectric characteristic for capacitor applications. The fabrication was done by simple sol-gel spin coating method that being varied at spinning speed property for polymer layers, whereas maintaining the ceramic layer. The characterization of PVDF-TrFE/PbTiO3 was performed according to metal-insulator-metal stacked capacitor measurement which includes structural, dielectric, and ferroelectric measurement.

  4. Acidentes de trânsito: uma visão qualitativa no Município de Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil

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    Marcos S. Queiroz

    2002-10-01

    Full Text Available Este artigo focaliza, numa perspectiva interdisciplinar qualitativa, o problema de acidentes de trânsito no Município de Campinas. Ele começa analisando o processo de municipalização do transporte e trânsito no município, com base nas representações sociais de técnicos da Secretaria Municipal de Transporte. Alguns números são trazidos à tona para mostrar uma queda significativa de mortes no trânsito em Campinas nos últimos dez anos. Esses números demonstram que as políticas públicas implementadas nesse setor têm sido positivas em vários aspectos. Atenção especial é dada aos objetivos, estratégias e obstáculos encontrados pelo poder local no processo de municipalização do trânsito. O artigo conclui enfatizando que, além da municipalização, o Estado necessita implementar políticas públicas específicas consistentes, principalmente aquelas voltadas à revitalização do transporte coletivo e a programas de educação no trânsito, a fim de se poder avançar no controle do problema.

  5. Tráfego veicular e mortalidade por doenças do aparelho circulatório em homens adultos

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    Mateus Habermann

    2012-02-01

    Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Analisar a associação entre indicadores de exposição à poluição por tráfego veicular e mortalidade por doenças do aparelho circulatório em homens adultos. MÉTODOS: Foram analisadas informações sobre vias e volume de tráfego no ano de 2007 fornecidas pela companhia de engenharia de tráfego local. Mortalidade por doenças do aparelho circulatório no ano de 2005 entre homens > 40 anos foram obtidas do registro de mortalidade do Programa de Aprimoramento de Informações de Mortalidade do Município de São Paulo, SP. Dados socioeconômicos do Censo 2000 e informações sobre a localização dos serviços de saúde também foram coletados. A exposição foi avaliada pela densidade de vias e volume de tráfego para cada distrito administrativo. Foi calculada regressão (α = 5% entre esses indicadores de exposição e as taxas de mortalidade padronizadas, ajustando os modelos para variáveis socioeconômicas, número de serviços de saúde nos distritos e autocorrelação espacial. RESULTADOS: A correlação entre densidade de vias e volume de tráfego foi modesta (r² = 0,28. Os distritos do centro apresentaram os maiores valores de densidade de vias. O modelo de regressão espacial de densidade de vias indicou associação com mortalidade por doenças do aparelho circulatório (p = 0,017. Não se observou associação no modelo de volume de tráfego. Em ambos os modelos - vias e volume de tráfego (veículos leves/pesados - a variável socioeconômica foi estatisticamente significante. CONCLUSÕES: A associação entre mortalidade por doenças do aparelho circulatório e densidade de vias converge com a literatura e encoraja a realização de mais estudos epidemiológicos em nível individual e com métodos mais acurados de avaliação da exposição.

  6. [Forensic assessment of DSM-5 posttraumatic stress disorder: a commentary on the transition from DSM-IV-TR (I)].

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    Stevens, A; Fabra, M

    2013-12-01

    In May 2013 the American Psychiatric Association (APA) has released the latest and fifth edition of the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-5). Like its predecessor, the DSM-IV-TR, it will have considerable impact on the science of Psychiatry. The DSM-5 describes - actually available in English - the present medical knowledge about mental disorders. In the short run, German medical science and scientific medicolegal expertises will continue to rely on the German version of the DSM-IV-TR, however, they will be difficult to defend without bearing in mind the changes that DSM-5 brings about. This report discusses the transition from DSM-IV-TR to DSM-5 with regard to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and provides suggestions, how the criteria might be evaluated.

  7. Poblaciones-Mercancía: Tráfico y trata de mujeres en España

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    García Cuesta, Sara; López Sala, Ana María; Hernández Corrochano, Elena; Mena Martínez, Luis

    2011-01-01

    Se trata de la primera publicación que hace la Delegación del Gobierno para la Violencia de Género a fin de ahondar en el fenómeno de la Trata de Seres Humanos con fines de explotación sexual. El estudio refleja la situación en España de las mujeres que han sido víctimas del tráfico y de la trata de seres humanos con fines de explotación sexual, trazando de manera firme la diferencia entre tráfico de personas y trata de mujeres con fines de explotación sexual.

  8. Administrateur de la trésorerie (h/f) | CRDI - Centre de recherches ...

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    examen annuel des procédures de gestion de la trésorerie et des processus de paiement;; Procéder au dépôt électronique de tous les documents constitutifs conformément aux normes applicables;; Préparer une analyse comptable périodique et ...

  9. Trafficking in persons: a health concern? Tráfico de pessoas: uma preocupação da Saúde?

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    Cathy Zimmerman

    2009-08-01

    Full Text Available Human trafficking is a phenomenon that has now been documented in most regions in the world. Although trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation is the most commonly recognised form of trafficking, it is widely acknowledged that human trafficking also involves men, women and children who are trafficked for various forms of labour exploitation and into other abusive circumstances. Despite the violence and harm inherent in most trafficking situations, there remains extremely little evidence on the individual and public health implications of any form of human trafficking. The Brazilian government has recently launched a national plan to combat human trafficking. However, because the health risks associated with human trafficking have not been well-recognised or documented, there is extremely limited reliable data on the health needs of trafficked persons to inform policy and practices.. Brazilian policy-makers and service providers should be encouraged to learn about the likely range of health impacts of trafficking, and incorporate this into anti-trafficking protection and response strategies. As well as prevention activities, the government, international and local organisations should work together with the public health research community to study the health needs of trafficked persons and explore opportunities to provide safe and appropriate services to victims in need of care.O tráfico de pessoas é um fenômeno que foi registrado na maioria das regiões do mundo. Embora o tráfico de mulheres e meninas para exploração sexual seja a forma mais comumente reconhecida de tráfico, sabe-se que o comércio ilegal de pessoas envolve também homens, mulheres e crianças, em várias formas de exploração de trabalho e circunstâncias abusivas. Apesar da violência e danos inerentes à maioria das situações de tráfico, há ainda muito pouca evidência sobre as implicações do tráfico de pessoas para a saúde individual e p

  10. Caracterización y simulación del tráfico de redes LAN mediante el modelo MMPP

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    Jaime Alberto Moreno Mogollón

    2007-01-01

    Full Text Available En este artículo se presenta un método para caracterizar y simular el tráfico de acceso a Internet de cualquier red LAN con comportamiento autosimilar. Para ello se emplea el modelo de cola D-MMPP/D/1 para generar una traza discreta y analizar su comportamiento al pasar por la cola con diferentes capacidades de buffer. Este método ha sido probado por otros autores en condiciones controladas de laboratorio y solo para tráfico entrante. Nuestro estudio demuestra que esta metodología puede ser utilizada en redes LAN bajo condiciones reales y actuales tanto para tráfico autosimilar entrante como saliente. Para tal fin se utiliza el tráfico capturado en los enlaces de entrada/salida de Internet de la Red LAN de la Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, seccional Bucaramanga. Además, esta metodología soluciona el problema de modelar tráfico autosimilar ya que genera una traza simulada aproximada a la traza medida. La exactitud del modelo se ve reflejada en la gráfica de los quantiles (Q-Q plot entre la traza medida y la traza generada mediante D-MMPP. Para realizar nuestro estudio, el modelo y los algoritmos fueron validados inicialmente utilizando trazas obtenidas en los laboratorios Bellcore. Posteriormente, se realizaron algunos ajustes para tener una traza simulada en términos de bits por segundo y no en términos de paquetes por segundo como se hace en otros trabajos, con el fin de obtener una simulación de la capacidad del canal en bits por segundo.

  11. Expression and biological-clinical significance of hTR, hTERT and CKS2 in washing fluids of patients with bladder cancer

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    Talesa Vincenzo N

    2010-10-01

    Full Text Available Abstract Background at present, pathogenesis of bladder cancer (BC has not been fully elucidated. Aim of this study is to investigate the role of human telomerase RNA (hTR, human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT and CDC28 protein kinase regulatory subunit 2 (CKS2 in bladder carcinogenesis and their possible clinical significance; Methods the transcript levels of hTR, hTERT and CKS2 were quantified by Real time reverse transcriptase chain reaction in exfoliated cells from bladder washings of 36 patients with BC and 58 controls. The statistical significance of differences between BC bearing patients and control groups, in the general as well as in the stratified analysis (superficial or invasive BC, was assessed by Student's t test. Non parametric Receiver Operating Characteristics analysis (ROC was performed to ascertain the accuracy of study variables to discriminate between BC and controls. The clinical value of concomitant examination of hTR, hTERT and CKS2 was evaluated by logistic regression analysis; Results a significant decrease in hTR and a significant increase in hTERT or CKS2 gene expression were found between BC bearing patients and controls, as well as in the subgroups analysis. The area under the curve (AUC indicated an average discrimination power for the three genes, both in the general and subgroups analysis, when singularly considered. The ability to significantly discriminate between superficial and invasive BC was observed only for hTR transcript levels. A combined model including hTR and CKS2 was the best one in BC diagnosis; Conclusions our results, obtained from a sample set particularly rich of exfoliated cells, provide further molecular evidence on the involvement of hTR, hTERT and CKS2 gene expression in BC carcinogenesis. In particular, while hTERT and CKS2 gene expression seems to have a major involvement in the early stages of the disease, hTR gene expression, seems to be more involved in progression. In

  12. Verbo fálico: sobre o erotismo divino na canção Sobre todas as coisas de Chico Buarque e Edu Lobo

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    Este artigo pretende realizar uma leitura interpretativa da canção Sobre todas as coisas, composta por Chico Buarque e Edu Lobo, gravada originalmente no LP O grande circo místico (1983). A partir da ideia de canção como espaço que conjuga os textos verbal (a letra) e musical (melodia, harmonia e ritmo), vistos em relação de mútua correspondência, interessa-nos tentar perceber de que modo aspectos daqueles dois textos estão correspondidos e contribuem para a construção discursiva do sentiment...

  13. Reposição de nutrientes durante três cultivos de alface em hidroponia

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    Backes Fernanda Alice A.L.

    2003-01-01

    Full Text Available O experimento foi realizado em estufa plástica na UFSM, de agosto a novembro/99. Avaliou-se cinco formas de reposição de nutrientes na solução nutritiva com base na condutividade elétrica (CE, no sistema 'NFT' (Nutrient Film Technique e duas cultivares de alface: Regina e Deisy, cultivadas em bancadas de sustentação formadas por telhas de fibro-cimento revestidas com tinta betuminosa Neutrolâ. Foram dispostas 14 plantas por canal para cada repetição e uma cultivar em cada três canais, totalizando 84 plantas por bancada de produção. Comparou-se a eficiência de métodos de reposição de nutrientes na produção de alface, assim como a utilização da mesma solução, com reposição de nutrientes, durante três cultivos consecutivos. O delineamento experimental foi de blocos casualizados, com três repetições, em esquema fatorial 5x2. Os resultados demonstraram que o desempenho das cultivares avaliadas não foi influenciado pelos métodos de reposição de nutrientes. A ausência de reposição de nutrientes na solução nutritiva, durante um cultivo, permitiu maior produtividade da cultura, não se recomendando a reposição quando o objetivo for renovar a solução ao final do cultivo. As formas de reposição de nutrientes na solução nutritiva, durante o primeiro e segundo cultivos, não alteraram a produtividade da cultura em relação à renovação completa da solução nutritiva ao final do cultivo hidropônico. Para a reutilização de solução nutritiva, recomenda-se a reposição de nutrientes sempre que a CE diminuir 50% da inicial, possibilitando a produção por pelo menos três cultivos.

  14. Desempenho de vacas Charolês e Nelore desterneiradas aos três ou sete meses

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    Restle João

    2001-01-01

    Full Text Available Foi avaliado o desempenho de vacas Charolês (C e Nelore (N, agrupadas em três classes de idade, jovens (3 e 4 anos, adultas (5 a 7 anos e velhas (8 ou mais anos, desmamadas aos três (precoce ou sete meses no outono (tradicional. O peso no outono das vacas desterneiradas aos três meses (T3 foi 45 kg superior ao das vacas com remoção do bezerro aos sete meses (T7. O estado corporal aos sete meses também foi melhor nas vacas do T3 (3,3 contra 2,1 pontos. Vacas do T3 apresentaram maior ganho de peso do parto ao final do período reprodutivo e apresentaram maiores porcentagem de cio (81 contra 51% e prenhez (67,2 contra 37,3% e menor intervalo do parto ao primeiro cio pós-parto (102 contra 114 dias que vacas do T7. Vacas adultas apresentaram melhor estado corporal aos sete meses e tiveram melhor desempenho reprodutivo do que vacas velhas e jovens. A diferença na porcentagem de prenhez entre o T3 e T7 foi mais evidente nas vacas jovens (42,11 contra 12,5% e velhas (51,72 contra 35,71% que nas adultas (62,50 contra 53,33%. Vacas C foram mais pesadas que as N, ao parto, aos três e sete meses pós-parto e apresentaram melhor estado corporal aos sete meses. O efeito do desmame precoce no desempenho reprodutivo foi mais evidente nas vacas C. A porcentagem de fêmeas prenhes nas C foi de 80,60% para o T3 e 41,90% para o T7, já nas N as porcentagens foram de 45,50 e 30,00%, respectivamente, para o T3 e T7. Nas vacas C, a produção de leite e a amamentação apresentaram efeito inibidor, sobre a reprodução, mais marcante que nas vacas N.

  15. InGaP DHBT for High Efficiency L-band T/R Module, Phase I

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    National Aeronautics and Space Administration — A fully monolithically integrated L-band T/R module using InGaP/GaAs-based HBTs (heterojunction bipolar transistors) for both the transmit and receive functions is...

  16. A Spitzer five-band analysis of the Jupiter-sized planet TrES-1

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    Cubillos, Patricio; Harrington, Joseph; Foster, Andrew S. D.; Lust, Nate B.; Hardy, Ryan A.; Bowman, M. Oliver [Planetary Sciences Group, Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816-2385 (United States); Madhusudhan, Nikku, E-mail: pcubillos@fulbrightmail.org [Department of Physics and Department of Astronomy, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511 (United States)

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    With an equilibrium temperature of 1200 K, TrES-1 is one of the coolest hot Jupiters observed by Spitzer. It was also the first planet discovered by any transit survey and one of the first exoplanets from which thermal emission was directly observed. We analyzed all Spitzer eclipse and transit data for TrES-1 and obtained its eclipse depths and brightness temperatures in the 3.6 μm (0.083% ± 0.024%, 1270 ± 110 K), 4.5 μm (0.094% ± 0.024%, 1126 ± 90 K), 5.8 μm (0.162% ± 0.042%, 1205 ± 130 K), 8.0 μm (0.213% ± 0.042%, 1190 ± 130 K), and 16 μm (0.33% ± 0.12%, 1270 ± 310 K) bands. The eclipse depths can be explained, within 1σ errors, by a standard atmospheric model with solar abundance composition in chemical equilibrium, with or without a thermal inversion. The combined analysis of the transit, eclipse, and radial-velocity ephemerides gives an eccentricity of e=0.033{sub −0.031}{sup +0.015}, consistent with a circular orbit. Since TrES-1's eclipses have low signal-to-noise ratios, we implemented optimal photometry and differential-evolution Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithms in our Photometry for Orbits, Eclipses, and Transits pipeline. Benefits include higher photometric precision and ∼10 times faster MCMC convergence, with better exploration of the phase space and no manual parameter tuning.

  17. Wave Height and Water Level Variability on Lakes Michigan and St Clair

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    Observations: http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/sose/glwx_activity.html 4. NASA Atlas of Extratropical Storm Tracks: http://data.giss.nasa.gov/stormtracks...term meteorological, ice, wave, and water level measurements. 15. SUBJECT TERMS Base flood elevation Coastal flood Extratropical storms Great...Box 1027 Detroit, MI 48231-1027 ERDC/CHL TR-12-23 ii Abstract The Great Lakes are subject to coastal flooding as a result of severe storms

  18. SAG/ROC-SCFβ-TrCP E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Promotes Pro-Caspase-3 Degradation as a Mechanism of Apoptosis Protection

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    Mingjia Tan

    2006-12-01

    Full Text Available Skp1-cullin-F-box protein (SCF is a multicomponent E3 ubiquitin (Ub ligase that ubiquitinates a number of important biologic molecules such as p27, β-catenin, and lκB for proteasomal degradation, thus regulating cell proliferation and survival. One SCF component, SAG/ROC2/Rbx2/Hrt2, a RING finger protein, was first identified as a redox-inducible protein, which, when overexpressed, inhibited apoptosis both in vitro and in vivo. We report here that sensitive to apoptosis gene (SAG, as well as its family member ROC1/Rbxi, bound to the proinactive form of caspase-3 (pro-caspase-3. Binding was likely mediated through F-box protein, β-transducin repeat-containing protein (β-TrCP, which binds to the first 38 amino acids of pro-caspase-3. Importantly, β-TrCP1 expression significantly shortened the protein half-life of pro-caspase-3, whereas expression of a dominant-negative β-TrCP1 mutant with the F-box domain deleted extended it. An in vitro ubiquitination assay showed that SAG/ROC-SCF -Trcp promoted ubiquitination of pro-caspase-3. Furthermore, endogenous levels of pro-caspase-3 were decreased by overexpression of SAG/ROC-SCFβ-TrCP E3 Ub ligases, but increased on siRNA silencing of SAG, regulator of cullin-1 (ROC1, or β-TrCPs, leading to increased apoptosis by etoposide and TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand through increased activation of caspase-3. Thus, pro-caspase-3 appears to be a substrate of SAG/ROC-SCFβ-TrCP E3 Ub ligase, which protects cells from apoptosis through increased apoptosis threshold by reducing the basal level of pro-caspase-3.

  19. A VDF/TrFE copolymer on silicon pyroelectric sensor: design considerations and experiments

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    Setiadi, D.; Setiadi, D.; Regtien, Paulus P.L.

    1995-01-01

    For an optimal design of a VDF/TrFE (vinylidene fluoride trifluoroethylene) copolymer-on-silicon pyroelectric sensor, the one-dimensional diffusion equation is solved for the pyroelectric multilayer structure. Output current and voltage of the sensor are calculated. Improvement of the sensor can be

  20. Control y simulación de tráfico urbano en Colombia: Estado del arte

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    Daniel Robles

    2009-05-01

    Full Text Available Las condiciones actuales de la movilidad en Colombia generan interrogantes acerca de qué tan apropiadas son las estrategias de control de tráfico aplicadas en las redes urbanas del país. Con esto en mente, se plantea una revisión de las estrategias de control y plataformas de simulación de sistemas de tráfico más utilizadas en Colombia y en otras partes del mundo; con el propósito de caracterizar el nivel de desarrollo del país en el estudio e implementación de estrategias de control de tráfico urbano y, posteriormente, formular propuestas orientadas hacia la mejora de la movilidad urbana en el país./ The current mobility conditions in Colombia give place to questions about the suitability of the traffic control strategies applied on the Colombian urban networks. Therefore, a review of the control strategies and simulation platforms used in Colombia and around the world is shown. This is done to characterize the level of development of the country, in terms of research and implementation of such control strategies and, furthermore, to formulate proposals oriented towards the improvement of the Colombian urban mobility.

  1. TR-PIV Performance Test for a Flow Field Measurement in a Single Rod Test Section

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    Park, Ju Yong; Shin, Chang Hwan; Lee, Chi Young; Oh, Dong Seok; In, Wang Kee

    2011-01-01

    For large enhancement of performance of Pressurized Water Reactor(PWR), dual-cooled fuel is being developed in Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute(KAERI). This nuclear fuel is a ring shape fuel which is different from conventional cylindrical nuclear fuel and cooling water flows both inner and outer channel. For this fuel, it widens the surface area. But it is bigger outer diameter of fuel rods. So, interval between fuel rods narrows. This because of outer channel flow is unstable. So, measurement of turbulence flow and perturbation that influence in heat transfer elevation is important.. To understand heat transfer characteristics by turbulence, measurement of flow perturbation element is necessary. To measure these turbulence characteristics, hot wire anemometer is widely used. However, it has many disadvantages such as low durability of prove, and big probe size. For these reasons, TR-PIV(Time-Resolved Particle Image Velocimetry) system is employed for better flow measurement in our research institute. TR-PIV system is consisted of laser system and high-speed camera that have high frequency. So, was judged that can measurement complicated turbulence flow and perturbation. In this paper, introduce TR-PIV system, and with results acquiring in single rod flow through this system, and wish to introduce about after this practical use plan

  2. Changing Efficacy of Wet Cupping Therapy in Migraine with Lunar Phase: A Self-Controlled Interventional Study

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    Benli, Ali Ramazan; Sunay, Didem

    2017-01-01

    Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of blood-letting with wet cupping therapy (WCT) in migraine treatment and to determine whether there was any difference according to the phase of the moon when the treatment was applied. Material/Methods This self-controlled study was conducted in Karabuk between 2014 and 2016. Patients who were diagnosed with migraine were enrolled in the study. Migraine disability assessment questionnaire (MIDAS), demographic characteristics, migra...

  3. Efficient inverse position transformation for TR 4000S robot manipulator

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    Kesheng Wang

    1989-04-01

    Full Text Available An efficient method is developed for computing the inverse kinematic position solution with a closed form for the TR 4000S spray painting robot manipulator with five degrees of freedom and non-spherical wrist construction. The inverse kinematic problem is defined as the transformation from Cartesian space to the joint space. The solution is based on the geometrical separation of the arm and wrist of a robot manipulator and shows that it is very systematic, efficient and easily derived.

  4. Čezmejno sodelovanje na primeru občine Tržič = The crossborder cooperation: a case study of the Tržič municipality

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    Irena Mrak

    1998-01-01

    Full Text Available The Municipality of Tržič borders with the Republic of Austria at the main ridge of the Karavanke mountain. Cooperation with the neighbouring communities Borovlje/Ferlach and Sele/Zell Pfare started in the eighties and it has become more intense after the year 1991. The border that was once separating the inhabitants on both sides of the mountain ridge has become more opened after the slovenian independence but the border control is after Schengen agreement more severe. Remote mountain border areas where access used to be limited were suddenly recognised as a great touristic potential. In the recent years the Municipality of Tržič together with Austrian partners managed to form some joined agriculture and tourism development projects within the PHARE programme (CBC - Crossborder Cooperation and ECOS - Ouverture. The projects deal with the regrowing of buckwheat, preservation of a special sheep breed - jezersko solčavska sheep, activation of the natural monument Dovžan gorge which will be logistically connected to Tscheppa gorge on the austrian side. Within the ECOS Ouverture programme the project of Thematic trails around the Košuta mountain has been initiated in order to reactivate and connect hidden natural and cultural potentials into integrated touristic offer of this part of the Karavanke mountain.

  5. ReTrOS: a MATLAB toolbox for reconstructing transcriptional activity from gene and protein expression data.

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    Minas, Giorgos; Momiji, Hiroshi; Jenkins, Dafyd J; Costa, Maria J; Rand, David A; Finkenstädt, Bärbel

    2017-06-26

    Given the development of high-throughput experimental techniques, an increasing number of whole genome transcription profiling time series data sets, with good temporal resolution, are becoming available to researchers. The ReTrOS toolbox (Reconstructing Transcription Open Software) provides MATLAB-based implementations of two related methods, namely ReTrOS-Smooth and ReTrOS-Switch, for reconstructing the temporal transcriptional activity profile of a gene from given mRNA expression time series or protein reporter time series. The methods are based on fitting a differential equation model incorporating the processes of transcription, translation and degradation. The toolbox provides a framework for model fitting along with statistical analyses of the model with a graphical interface and model visualisation. We highlight several applications of the toolbox, including the reconstruction of the temporal cascade of transcriptional activity inferred from mRNA expression data and protein reporter data in the core circadian clock in Arabidopsis thaliana, and how such reconstructed transcription profiles can be used to study the effects of different cell lines and conditions. The ReTrOS toolbox allows users to analyse gene and/or protein expression time series where, with appropriate formulation of prior information about a minimum of kinetic parameters, in particular rates of degradation, users are able to infer timings of changes in transcriptional activity. Data from any organism and obtained from a range of technologies can be used as input due to the flexible and generic nature of the model and implementation. The output from this software provides a useful analysis of time series data and can be incorporated into further modelling approaches or in hypothesis generation.

  6. Amyloid formation and disaggregation of α-synuclein and its tandem repeat (α-TR)

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    Bae, Song Yi; Kim, Seulgi; Hwang, Heejin; Kim, Hyun-Kyung; Yoon, Hyun C.; Kim, Jae Ho; Lee, SangYoon; Kim, T. Doohun

    2010-01-01

    Research highlights: → Formation of the α-synuclein amyloid fibrils by [BIMbF 3 Im]. → Disaggregation of amyloid fibrils by epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) and baicalein. → Amyloid formation of α-synuclein tandem repeat (α-TR). -- Abstract: The aggregation of α-synuclein is clearly related to the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease. Therefore, detailed understanding of the mechanism of fibril formation is highly valuable for the development of clinical treatment and also of the diagnostic tools. Here, we have investigated the interaction of α-synuclein with ionic liquids by using several biochemical techniques including Thioflavin T assays and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Our data shows a rapid formation of α-synuclein amyloid fibrils was stimulated by 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide [BIMbF 3 Im], and these fibrils could be disaggregated by polyphenols such as epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) and baicalein. Furthermore, the effect of [BIMbF 3 Im] on the α-synuclein tandem repeat (α-TR) in the aggregation process was studied.

  7. Investigation of the ferroelectric switching behavior of P(VDF-TrFE)-PMMA blended films for synaptic device applications

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    Kim, E J; Kim, K A; Yoon, S M

    2016-01-01

    Synaptic plasticity can be mimicked by electronic synaptic devices. By using ferroelectric thin films as gate insulator for thin-film transistors (TFT), channel conductance can be defined as the synaptic plasticity, and gradually modulated by the variations in amounts of aligned ferroelectric dipoles. Poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) [P(VDF-TrFE)]-poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) blended films are chosen and their switching kinetics are investigated by using the Kolmogorov-Avrami-Ishibashi model. The switching time for ferroelectric polarization is sensitively influenced by the amplitude of applied electric field and volumetric ratio of ferroelectric beta-phases in the P(VDF-TrFE)-PMMA films. The switching time of the P(VDF-TrFE) increases with decreasing the pulse amplitude and/or the ratio of ferroelectric beta-phases by incorporation of PMMA. The activation electric field is also found to increase as the increase in blended amount of PMMA. Synapse TFTs are fabricated using the P(VDF-TrFE)-PMMA as gate insulator and In-Ga-Zn-O active channels. The drain currents of the synapse TFTs gradually increased when the voltage pulse signals with given duration are repeatedly applied. This suggests that the synaptic weights can be modulated by the number of external pulse signals, and that the proposed synapse TFT can be applied for mimicking the operations of bio-synapses. (paper)

  8. Adquisición de variables de tráfico vehicular usando visión por computador

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    Germán Enrique Urrego; Francisco Carlos Calderón; Alejandro Forero; Julián Armando Quiroga

    2009-01-01

    El conteo de vehículos es una tarea fundamental en los aforos de tráfico, tanto para el diseño de nuevas vías como para el control y la optimización del tráfico urbano. En ciudades como Bogotá, este conteo actualmente se realiza en forma manual, pero puede hacerse automáticamente empleando técnicas de visión por computador. El presente artículo muestra el desarrollo de un algoritmo de detección y seguimiento de vehículos en tiempo real a partir de video, el cual permite el conteo de vehículos...

  9. Neurocriptococose na infância: relato de três casos na primeira década de vida

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    Maria Helena Fontana

    1987-12-01

    Full Text Available Os autores relatam três casos de neurocriptococose em crianças na primeira década de vida, no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. O diagnóstico foi estabelecido pelo encontro do fungo Cryptococcus neoformans no líquido céfalo-raquidlano por exame direto com tinta da China e cultura em meio de Sabouraud. As formas de instalação da síndrome neurológica foram aguda, subaguda e crônica. Síndrome de hipertensão intracraniana e hidrocefalia foram complicações observadas durante a evolução da doença, sendo necessária a instalação de derivação ventrículo-peritonial em um caso. Desnutrição foi o processo mórbido associado nos três casos e infecção pelo bacilo da tuberculose em um caso. Terapia específica foi administrada aos três pacientes. Um paciente evoluiu para cura e dois evoluíram para óbito.

  10. Calibration And Performance Verification Of LSC Packard 1900TR AFTER REPAIRING

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    Satrio; Evarista-Ristin; Syafalni; Alip

    2003-01-01

    Calibration process and repeated verification of LSC Packard 1900TR at Hydrology Section-P3TlR has been done. In the period of middle 1997 to July 2000, the counting system of the instrument has damaged and repaired for several times. After repairing, the system was recalibrated and then verified. The calibration and verification were conducted by using standard 3 H, 14 C and background unquenched. The result of calibration shows that background count rates of 3 H and 14 C is 12.3 ± 0.79 cpm and 18.24 ± 0.69 cpm respectively; FOM 3 H and 14 C is 285.03 ± 15.95 and 641.06 ± 16.45 respectively; 3 H and 14 C efficiency is 59.13 ± 0.28 % and 95.09 ± 0.31 %. respectively. From the verification data's, the parameter of SIS and tSIE for 14 C is to be in range of limit. And then 3 H and 14 C efficiency is still above minimum limit. Whereas, the background fluctuation still show normal condition. It could be concluded that until now the performance of LSC Packard 1900TR is well condition and could be used for counting. (author)

  11. Impaired degradation of inhibitory subunit of NF-κB (IκB) and β-catenin as a result of targeted disruption of the β-TrCP1 gene

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    Nakayama, Keiko; Hatakeyama, Shigetsugu; Maruyama, Shun-ichiro; Kikuchi, Akira; Onoé, Kazunori; Good, Robert A.; Nakayama, Keiichi I.

    2003-01-01

    β-TrCP1 (also known as Fbw1a or FWD1) is the F-box protein component of an Skp1/Cul1/F-box (SCF)-type ubiquitin ligase complex. Although biochemical studies have suggested that β-TrCP1 targets inhibitory subunit of NF-κB(IκB) proteins and β-catenin for ubiquitylation, the physiological role of β-TrCP1 in mammals has remained unclear. We have now generated mice deficient in β-TrCP1 and shown that the degradation of IκBα and IκBβ is reproducibly, but not completely, impaired in the cells of these animals. The nuclear translocation and DNA-binding activity of NF-κB as well as the ability of this transcription factor to activate a luciferase reporter gene were also inhibited in β-TrCP1–/– cells compared with those apparent in wild-type cells. The subcellular localization of β-catenin was altered markedly in β-TrCP1–/– cells. Furthermore, the rate of proliferation was reduced and both cell size and the percentage of polyploid cells were increased in embryonic fibroblasts derived from β-TrCP1–/– mice pared with the corresponding wild-type cells. These results suggest that β-TrCP1 contributes to, but is not absolutely required for, the degradation of IκB and β-catenin and the consequent regulation of the NF-κB and Wnt signaling pathways, respectively. In addition, they implicate β-TrCP1 in the maintenance of ploidy during cell-cycle progression. PMID:12843402

  12. Trânsito religioso e reinvenções femininas do sagrado na modernidade

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    Sandra Duarte de Souza

    2009-05-01

    Full Text Available O trânsito religioso é indicador de que os “modelos oficiais e religião” têm sido substituídos, ou coexistem com  oferenciais religiosos cambiantes, respondendo à demanda dos sujeitos de fé. Os anseios de significação imediata dos sujeitos de fé encontram na “vagabundagem religiosa” sua atitude mais coerente. A vagabundagem semântica dos crentes infiéis é o elemento dinamizador do campo religioso moderno. No presente texto nos propomos a discutir o trânsito religioso de mulheres, suas motivações e as implicações dessa “andança religiosa” para a concepção que estas têm a respeito do sagrado. Para tanto nos utilizamos e dados de nossa pesquisa de campo realizada para a Universidade Católica de Goiás no ano 2000 em Alto Paraíso – GO, bem como de dados obtidos em pesquisa que realizamos para a Universidade Metodista de São Paulo na cidade de São Bernardo do Campo – SP em 2003, como parte do projeto intitulado: “Religiosidade caleidoscópica – nomadismo espiritual: implicações de gênero”. Os resultados da pesquisa indicaram um trânsito maior das mulheres por força das representações de gênero.Palavras-chave: Trânsito religioso; Secularização; Gênero.ABSTRACTReligious transit indicates that ‘official models of religion’ have been replaced, or coexist with mutable religious references, answering the believers’ demand. Their desire for immediate signification finds their most coherent attitude in ‘religious nomadism’. Unfaithful believers’ semantic nomadism is the dynamic element of modern religion. This text discusses women’s religious transit, their motivations and the implications of that ‘religious walk’ to their conception of the sacred. The date used are from a field research for the Universidade Católica de Goiás, developed in Alto Paraíso - State of Goiás, in 2000, and from a research for the Universidade Metodista de São Paulo, carried out in São Bernardo do

  13. Logística Reversa: Uma Análise Comparativa entre Três Processos Reversos de Resíduos Vítreos

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    Joaquim Carlos Lourenço

    2012-12-01

    Full Text Available O presente estudo tem por objetivo fazer uma análise comparativa entre três processos de logística reversa de resíduos vítreos. Para tanto, foi adotado como método, a pesquisa descritiva, e para coleta de dados a pesquisa bibliográfica. Na análise comparativa dos processos foram utilizados destaques que identificam os itens: Convergência entre os três processos; Divergência entre os três processos; e convergência parcial entre os processos. Assim, para cada item em análise, foi aplicado uma dessas três dimensões para comparar o processo reverso descrito nos estudos. O modelo de análise foi adaptado de Miranda et al. (2003. Os resultados encontrados apontam que os processos logísticos reversos descritos proporcionam vantagens econômicas e ambientais para as empresas. Por outro lado, a implantação dos processos reversos demanda investimentos altos, bem como o mapeamento e padronização dos processos de produção, aspectos estes que supostamente poderão contribuir a continuidade do empreendimento quando adotar esse tipo de prática empresarial.

  14. Variations iconographiques : Constantin le Grand dans les peintures des églises de Pătrăuţi et d’Arbore / Iconographic Variations: Constantine the Great in the Paintings of the Churches of Pătrăuţi and Arbore

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    Tereza Sinigalia

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    Iconographic Variations: Constantine the Great in the Paintings of the Churches of Pătrăuţi and Arbore. The article, written in 2013, the Constantinian Year, takes back and develops some ideas which can be found in my previous articles concerning the murals in both of churches in discussion. „The Exaltation of the Holy Cross” of the former nun’s monastery Pătrăuţi and the church dedicated to „The Beheading of St John the Baptist” in the village Arbore. The first is the foundation of the Molda...

  15. TR146 cells grown on filters as a model of human buccal epithelium

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    Nielsen, Hanne Mørck; Rassing, M R

    1999-01-01

    The aim of the present study was to evaluate the TR146 cell culture model as an in vitro model of human buccal epithelium with respect to the permeability enhancement by different pH values, different osmolality values or bile salts. For this purpose, the increase in the apparent permeability (P...

  16. Características psicométricas e dados normativos do Teste das Três Palavras e Três Figuras (3P3F no Brasil

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    Moura, Samara Melo

    2008-01-01

    Full Text Available O Teste das Três Palavras e Três Figuras (3P3F é um instrumento de avaliação rápida e multidimensional da memória episódica, desenvolvido para idosos. Ele ocuparia posição intermediária entre o item de memória do Mini Exame do Estado Mental (MEEM e tarefas mais complexas de listas de figuras e palavras. As características psicométricas de uma adaptação brasileira do 3P3F para amostras de 33 portadores de doença de Alzheimer (DA e 99 idosos cognitivamente normais demograficamente pareados foram investigadas. Adicionalmente, normas de desempenho foram desenvolvidas em um grupo de 350 idosos saudáveis. Os resultados revelam alta confiabilidade (a = 0,89 e poder descriminativo para a identificação das desordens cognitivas associadas à DA (ASC = 0,98; sensibilidade/especificidade = 94,9/92,3%. Observou-se a correlação do 3P3f com o MEEM e a Bateria de Avaliação Frontal (r = 0,65 e r = 0,46; p <0,05. Um modelo de regressão logística sugere a influência da idade e da escolaridade sobre os escores dos testes (B = 0,06 e B = 0,13; P <0,05. Os resultados sugerem adequação psicométrica do instrumento

  17. Planetary Science Research Discoveries (PSRD) www.psrd.hawaii.edu

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    Martel, L.; Taylor, J.

    2010-12-01

    NASA's Year of the Solar System is celebrating not only Solar System mission milestones but also the collective data reduction and analysis that happens here on Earth. The Cosmochemistry Program of NASA's Science Mission Directorate takes a direct approach to enhance student learning and engage the public in the latest research on meteorites, asteroids, planets, moons, and other materials in our Solar System with the website known as PSRD. The Planetary Science Research Discoveries (PSRD) website at www.psrd.hawaii.edu explores the science questions that researchers are actively pursuing about our Solar System and explains how the answers are discovered and what they mean. The site helps to convey the scientific basis for sample study to the broader scientific community and the excitement of new results in cosmochemistry to the general public. We share with our broad audience the fascinating discoveries made by cosmochemists, increasing public awareness of the value of sample-focused research in particular and of fundamental scientific research and space exploration in general. The scope of the website covers the full range of cosmochemical research and highlights the investigations of extraterrestrial materials that are used to better understand the origin of the Solar System and the processes by which planets, moons, and small bodies evolve. We relate the research to broader planetary science themes and mission results. Articles are categorized into: asteroids, comets, Earth, instruments of cosmochemistry, Jupiter system, Mars, Mars life issues, Mercury, meteorites, Moon, origins, and space weathering. PSRD articles are based on peer-reviewed, journal publications. Some PSRD articles are based on more than one published paper in order to present multiple views and outcomes of research on a topic of interest. To date, 150 PSRD articles have been based on 184 journal articles (and counting) written by some of the most active cosmochemists and planetary scientists

  18. Perfil epidemiológico de la discapacidad por accidentes de tránsito en el Perú, 2012

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    Full Text Available Objetivos. Describir el perfil epidemiológico de las personas discapacitadas por accidentes de tránsito (AT en Perú. Materiales y métodos. Análisis secundario de la Encuesta Nacional Especializada Sobre Discapacidad (ENEDIS del año 2012. Además, se realizó un análisis ecológico con los registros de AT del Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones. Resultados. 49 036 personas reportaron algún tipo de discapacidad por accidentes de tránsito (DAT; 81,3% de los discapacitados reside en zonas urbanas. La discapacidad reportada más frecuente fue limitación en la locomoción y destreza (77,4%, seguida de la discapacidad visual (22,9%. Se reporta dependencia en 44,7% de las personas con discapacidad. Las regiones con mayor prevalencia de AT presentan mayor prevalencia de discapacidad por accidente de tránsito (Coeficiente de Spearman: 0,426, p=0,034. Conclusiones. La mayor parte de los discapacitados por AT proceden de la zona urbana, son varones y se encuentran en la edad económicamente productiva. La forma más común de limitación es la de locomoción. Gran parte de los afectados no reciben ningún tipo de rehabilitación, lo que acentúa la inequidad en salud relacionada a los accidentes de tránsito

  19. TrMADS3, a new MADS-box gene, from a perennial species Taihangia rupestris (Rosaceae) is upregulated by cold and experiences seasonal fluctuation in expression level.

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    Du, Xiaoqiu; Xiao, Qiying; Zhao, Ran; Wu, Feng; Xu, Qijiang; Chong, Kang; Meng, Zheng

    2008-06-01

    In many temperate perennial plants, floral transition is initiated in the first growth season but the development of flower is arrested during the winter to ensure production of mature flowers in the next spring. The molecular mechanisms of the process remain poorly understood with few well-characterized regulatory genes. Here, a MADS-box gene, named as TrMADS3, was isolated from the overwintering inflorescences of Taihangia rupestris, a temperate perennial in the rose family. Phylogenetic analysis reveals that TrMADS3 is more closely related to the homologs of the FLOWERING LOCUS C lineage than to any of the other MIKC-type MADS-box lineages known from Arabidopsis. The TrMADS3 transcripts are extensively distributed in inflorescences, roots, and leaves during the winter. In controlled conditions, the TrMADS3 expression level is upregulated by a chilling exposure for 1 to 2 weeks and remains high for a longer period of time in warm conditions after cold treatment. In situ hybridization reveals that TrMADS3 is predominantly expressed in the vegetative and reproductive meristems. Ectopic expression of TrMADS3 in Arabidopsis promotes seed germination on the media containing relatively high NaCl or mannitol concentrations. These data indicate that TrMADS3 in a perennial species might have its role in both vegetative and reproductive meristems in response to cold.

  20. SU-E-T-310: Dosimetric Comparison of Tandem and Ovoid (TO) Vs. Tandem and Ring (TR) Applicators in High-Dose Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy (BT) for the Treatment of Locally-Advanced Cervical-Cancer

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    Kuo, L; Viswanathan, A; Damato, A [Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA (United States)

    2015-06-15

    Purpose: To investigate the dosimetric differences associated with the use of TO or TR applicators for cervical-cancer HDR BT. Methods: The records of all cervical-cancer patients treated with image-guided HDR BT in 2013 were reviewed. Image-based planning based on isodose line and DVH metrics inspections was performed following the GEC-ESTRO recommendations. CTV volume, CTV D90, and rectum, bladder and sigmoid D2cc were collected as % of the prescription dose (80Gy EQD2). Patients receiving both TO and TR were identified and plans were compared (paired analysis). A Student T-test was used to evaluate statistical significance (p ≤ 0.05). Results: Twenty-eight patients were identified (20 TR only, 4 TO only, 4 TO and TR), associated with 116 plans (109 TR, 7 TO). Overall metrics: CTV volume, 26.5±10.4 cm3 (TR) and 39.1±14.0 cm3 (TO, p < 0.01); CTV D90, 126±28% (TR) and 110±15% (TO, p = 0.15); rectum D2cc, 56±11% (TR) and 58±19% (TO, p = 0.91); bladder D2cc, 74±20% (TR) and 88±19% (TO, p = 0.09); sigmoid D2cc, 52±17% (TR) and 49±20% (TO, p = 0.63). The paired analysis results were: CTV volume, 37.3±11.9 cm3 (TR) and 51.0±23.1 cm3 (TO, p = 0.23); CTV D90, 111±12% (TR) and 101±17% (TO, p = 0.50); rectum D2cc, 56±12% (TR) and 53±16% (TO, p = 0.71); bladder D2cc, 73±14% (TR) and 90±20% (TO, p = 0.22); sigmoid D2cc, 59±10% (TR) and 59±22% (TO, p = 0.98). Conclusion: TR and TO were both used with good dosimetric results. TO were used for patients with larger CTV volumes than TR, although paired analysis suggest that tissue distortion and contouring bias may partially explain this Result. CTV D90 on average > 80 Gy EQD2 were achieved in both groups despite the different CTV volume. Higher bladder D2cc for TO than TR was observed.

  1. DETERMINING THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ON GLOBAL WARMING

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    AYDIN, Fatih

    2018-01-01

    The purpose of this study was to determine the levelof knowledge of undergraduate students on the formation, causes and results ofglobal warming and steps to be taken. Furthermore, this study investigated thelevel of knowledge of university students in terms of their genre anddepartment in which they study. This study was designed under survey model. Atotal of 472 final year undergraduate students studying in Karabuk UniversityFaculty of Letters in 2016-2017 education year participated in thi...

  2. Adquisición de variables de tráfico vehicular usando visión por computador

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    Germán Enrique Urrego

    2009-11-01

    Full Text Available El conteo de vehículos es una tarea fundamental en los aforos de tráfico, tanto para el diseño de nuevas vías como para el control y la optimización del tráfico urbano. En ciudades como Bogotá, este conteo actualmente se realiza en forma manual, pero puede hacerse automáticamente empleando técnicas de visión por computador. El presente artículo muestra el desarrollo de un algoritmo de detección y seguimiento de vehículos en tiempo real a partir de video, el cual permite el conteo de vehículos en la vía y la estimación del volumen de tráfico o velocidad promedio./The count of vehicles is a key task in traffic gauging, as it provides information for designing new roads, and for the control and optimization of urban traffic. Nowadays in cities like Bogota, vehicle counting is done manually, but it can also be done automatically using computer vision techniques. This article presents the development of an algorithm for detecting and tracking vehicles in real time from video. The algorithm allows to count vehicles on the road and to estimate traffic volume or average speed.

  3. Soporte de QoS con 802.11e para tráfico heterogéneo en ambientes MANET

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    Murazzo, María Antonia; Rodríguez, Nelson R.; Guevara, Miguel José; Scheffer, María

    2014-01-01

    Hoy en día existe una gran necesidad de mejorar la calidad de servicio (QoS) ofrecida en redes móviles Ad Hoc (Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks -MANET-) que actualmente sólo ofrecen servicio best effort. Esto posee gran impacto en las aplicaciones que se corren, las cuales generan tráficos con diferentes requerimientos de recursos de la red. El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo fundamental analizar el comportamiento de la implementación de QoS en la sub capa MAC mediante 802.11e en ambientes con trá...

  4. Augalų, auginamų žaliajai trąšai, agrobiologinis įvertinimas ir įtaka svogūnų derliui

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    Starkutė, Roma; Duchovskienė, Laisvūnė; Zalatorius, Zytautas

    2006-01-01

    2003–2005 m. Lietuvos sodininkystės daržininkystės institute ekologiškai daržovėms auginti skirtame bandymų lauke tirti ir įvertinti žaliajai trąšai tinkamiausi augalai ir nustatyta jų įtaka ekologiškai auginamų svogūnų derliui. Tirti augalai žaliajai trąšai: miežiai, miežiai su dobilų įsėliu, vasariniai kviečiai, žirnių ir avižų mišinys, aliejiniai ridikai. Kontrolinis variantas – juodasis pūdymas. Nustatyta, kad žaliajai trąšai auginamų augalų biomasė armenyje paliko nevienodą organinės med...

  5. 3D Geo-Structures Visualization Education Project (3dgeostructuresvis.ucdavis.edu)

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    Billen, M. I.

    2014-12-01

    experience in regions without good geologic outcrops, or for students with disabilities that prevent them from going into the field. These exercises and modules are available from 3dgeostructuresvis.ucdavis.edu. We plan to add several new structures to the site each year. This project was funded by a National Science Foundation CAREER grant to Billen.

  6. Uma Abordagem de Monitoração de Tráfego de Rede utilizando Lógica Difusa

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    Silveira, Enio Rovere; Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina; Dantas, M. A.R.; Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

    2005-01-01

    Neste artigo, apresentamos um trabalho de pesquisa de monitoração de tráfego de rede utilizando uma abordagem de lógica difusa. Nossa contribuição está focada na criação de um protótipo que pudesse ser avaliado em uma configuração real de produção de uma grande organização, utilizando-se de hardware e software existentes na empresa. Resultados experimentais obtidos através de estudos de casos reais no ambiente, indicam o sucesso da abordagem na melhoria da monitoração de tráfego da rede....

  7. Consumo abusivo de álcool e envolvimento em acidentes de trânsito na população brasileira, 2013

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    Giseli Nogueira Damacena

    Full Text Available Resumo O objetivo deste artigo é analisar o consumo abusivo e frequente de álcool segundo características sociodemográficas e investigar o risco de maior envolvimento em acidentes de trânsito, utilizando dados da Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde, 2013, Brasil. Eventos investigados: consumo abusivo e frequente de álcool (ingestão semanal igual ou superior de 8 doses para mulheres e 15 para homens por semana e envolvimento em acidente de trânsito com lesões corporais nos últimos 12 meses. Os dois eventos foram investigados segundo características sociodemográficas e a associação entre eles verificada por meio de regressão logística multivariada. A prevalência do consumo abusivo e frequente de álcool foi 6,1% para a população de 18 anos ou mais, sendo 8,9% entre os homens e 3,6% entre as mulheres. A prevalência de envolvimento em acidente de trânsito foi 3,1% na população geral e 6,1% entre os que referiram consumo abusivo e frequente de álcool. Após o controle por fatores sociodemográficos o consumo abusivo e frequente de álcool manteve associação estatisticamente significativa com o acidente de trânsito. Com o maior risco de envolvimento em acidentes de trânsito dentre os indivíduos que referiram consumo abusivo e frequente de álcool, monitorar a alcoolemia dos motoristas passa a ser uma possibilidade estratégica de intervenção.

  8. Hvordan påvirker brugen af trådløse telefoner kommunikationen og relationen mellem patient og sygeplejerske?

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    Paasch, Bettina Sletten

    Trådløse telefoner anvendes i vid udstrækning i sygehusvæsnet, og mange sygeplejersker bærer i dag en personlig arbejdstelefon. Teknologi er ikke et neutralt redskab, der kan indføres uden at skabe forandring, men bibringer nye måder at kommunikere på, nye typer af relationer, nye muligheder og...... nærværende i sin kontakt med patienten vil det formentlig have betydning for relationen og kommunikationen med patienten. Formålet med nærværende projekt er derfor at undersøge, hvilke forandringer implementeringen af trådløse telefoner hos sygeplejersker har afstedkommet. Formålet søges belyst gennem...... værdifuldt. Viden om hvilke forandringer trådløse telefoner afstedkommer i forhold til kommunikation og relationer, vil gøre det muligt at forholde sig kritisk til sygehusets diskurs, og medvirke til refleksion over hvorvidt dets virkelighed konstitueres i overensstemmelse med dets værdier....

  9. Le semis très précoce : une stratégie agronomique pour améliorer les performances du soja en France ?

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    Maury Pierre

    2015-09-01

    Full Text Available Le semis très précoce du soja a été étudié dans l’objectif d’améliorer le potentiel de rendement et/ou de réduire les besoins en eau. Trois variétés, appartenant à différents groupes de maturité, ont été retenues afin d’identifier les traits variétaux d’intérêt pour le semis très précoce. Un ensemble d’essais multilocaux, comportant deux modalités de semis avec irrigation, a été réalisé au cours de 5 années culturales (2010−2014. Le rendement et les besoins en eau ont été déterminés; un suivi dynamique du développement et de la croissance a été réalisé pour la variété Santana. Les effets combinés des basses températures et de la photopériode en réponse au semis précoce se traduisent par une production de biomasse aérienne réduite en phase végétative et une augmentation de la durée de remplissage des graines. Les valeurs maximales de rendement sont observées pour le semis très précoce, mais en moyenne le rendement est sensiblement plus faible en semis très précoce (3,7 t/ha vs. 3,9 t/ha. L’irrigation pour conduire les cultures dans des conditions proches de l’ETM a été sensiblement plus faible en semis très précoce (170 mm vs. 182 mm. Une variété tardive (groupe de maturité II apparaît mieux adaptée au semis très précoce qu’une variété de groupe de maturité I. Cette étude constitue une première référence agronomique d’évaluation du semis très précoce du soja et suggère que des types variétaux très tardifs pourraient améliorer le potentiel de rendement du soja en semis très précoce pour des conduites irriguées dans le Sud-Ouest de la France.

  10. Investigation of a solar heating system for space heating and domestic hot water supply for Sol&Træ A.m.b.a

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    Vejen, Niels Kristian

    1999-01-01

    A solar heating system for space heating and domestic hot water supply from "Sol&Træ A.m.b.a." was tested in a laboratory test facility.......A solar heating system for space heating and domestic hot water supply from "Sol&Træ A.m.b.a." was tested in a laboratory test facility....

  11. O papel dos Pontos de Troca de Tráfego em políticas e regulação da banda larga

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    Daniel Brandão Cavalcanti

    2011-05-01

    Full Text Available Novos investimentos em infraestrutura de redes de transporte (backbones para a internet e a necessidade de trocar tráfego com backbones existentes, tanto na modalidade de trânsito como na de peering, indicam a crescente relevância de um elemento-chave nessa arquitetura – o Ponto de Troca de Tráfego (PTT. Há muito poucos PTT disponíveis hoje em dia, principalmente se considerado o vertiginoso crescimento no número de sistemas autônomos anunciados. Os PTT implantados por redes de pesquisa demonstram que um acréscimo expressivo no número desses pontos teria o efeito de melhorar a topologia da internet, aumentar a conectividade, reduzir a latência e o custo de troca de tráfego. Adicionalmente, os PTT podem ser o local mais eficiente para a oferta de determinados serviços. Este trabalho aborda as possibilidades de ação regulatória para estimular a implementação dos PTT e para assegurar que seus benefícios sejam amplamente compartilhados.

  12. Disección y Análisis de Tráfico de la Arquitectura SNA sobre Redes IP

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    Cornet Recchimuzzi, Juan Manuel

    2016-01-01

    Hoy en día todos nuestros dispositivos son capaces de conectarse a una red a través de la cual se comunican con otros terminales. Día a día, a través de las redes, se mueve una cantidad de información enorme, la cual conocemos como tráfico de una red. Para ser capaces de estudiar una red, diagnosticar problemas, prevenir ataques, corregir fallos, etc. es necesario poder investigar el tráfico que se mueve por dicha red. Sin embargo, como decíamos antes, el volumen de datos es inmenso, y rea...

  13. Modelo de Detección de Datos Atípicos de Tráfico. Autopista C-58, Barcelona

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    Ahumada Valenzuela, Pamela

    2011-01-01

    Desde al año 2009, en la autopista C-31 y C32, pertenecientes a los accesos sur de la ciudad de Barcelona, comienzan a operar con una nueva modalidad en la gestión de tráfico, con “Velocidad Variable”. Dicho límite de velocidad se establece por medio de un algoritmo, el que es alimentado por diferentes variables, entre ellas, la información aportada los medios electrónicos instalados en dichas autopistas, los detectores. A partir de esta incorporación en la gestión de tráfico de carreteras...

  14. Transport and Fatigue Properties of Ferroelectric Polymer P(VDF-TrFE) For Nonvolatile Memory Applications

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    Hanna, Amir

    2012-01-01

    injection and transport are believed to affect various properties of ferroelectric films such as remnant polarization values and polarization fatigue behavior.. Thus, this thesis aims to study charge injection in P(VDF-TrFE) and its transport properties as a

  15. Motif signatures of transcribed enhancers

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    Kleftogiannis, Dimitrios

    2017-09-14

    In mammalian cells, transcribed enhancers (TrEn) play important roles in the initiation of gene expression and maintenance of gene expression levels in spatiotemporal manner. One of the most challenging questions in biology today is how the genomic characteristics of enhancers relate to enhancer activities. This is particularly critical, as several recent studies have linked enhancer sequence motifs to specific functional roles. To date, only a limited number of enhancer sequence characteristics have been investigated, leaving space for exploring the enhancers genomic code in a more systematic way. To address this problem, we developed a novel computational method, TELS, aimed at identifying predictive cell type/tissue specific motif signatures. We used TELS to compile a comprehensive catalog of motif signatures for all known TrEn identified by the FANTOM5 consortium across 112 human primary cells and tissues. Our results confirm that distinct cell type/tissue specific motif signatures characterize TrEn. These signatures allow discriminating successfully a) TrEn from random controls, proxy of non-enhancer activity, and b) cell type/tissue specific TrEn from enhancers expressed and transcribed in different cell types/tissues. TELS codes and datasets are publicly available at http://www.cbrc.kaust.edu.sa/TELS.

  16. An institutional repository initiative and issues concerning metadata

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    BAYRAM, Özlem; ATILGAN, Doğan; ARSLANTEKİN, Sacit

    2006-01-01

    Ankara University has become one of the fist open access initiatives in Turkey. Ankara University Open Access Program (AUO) was formed as part of the Open Access project (http://acikarsiv.ankara.edu.tr ) and supported by the University with an example of an open access institutional repository. As for the further step, the system will require the metadata tools to enable international recognization. According to Budapest Open Access Initiative, as suggested two strategies for open access t...

  17. La conducta social en el tráfico: Práctica y valoración de la población española.

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    Alonso Plá, Francisco Manuel; Sanmartín, Jaime; Esteban Martínez, Cristina; Calatayud Miñana, Constanza; Alamar Rocatí, Beatriz; López-de-Cózar, Elena; Pastor Soriano, Juan Carlos

    2007-01-01

    Si partimos de que el comportamiento de una persona se compone por el conjunto de sus conductas ¿Cómo podemos calificar a una persona como buena o como mala? Si nos centráramos en el ámbito del tráfico nos sentiríamos seguros al afirmar que existen “malas” conductas en el tráfico. Así podemos definir como conductas “malas” en el tráfico todas las conductas que ponen en peligro a algún otro usuario de la vía o a uno mismo. Con la misma rotundidad podemos afirmar que existen personas que ...

  18. Sensitivity of diamond-capped impedance transducer to Tröger’s base derivatives

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    Stehlík, Štěpán; Ižák, Tibor; Kromka, Alexander; Dolenský, B.; Havlík, M.; Rezek, Bohuslav

    2012-01-01

    Roč. 4, č. 8 (2012), s. 3860-3865 ISSN 1944-8244 R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GBP108/12/G108 Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z10100521 Keywords : Tröger’s base derivative * nanocrystalline diamond * chemical sensor * impedance spectroscopy * surface conductivity Subject RIV: BM - Solid Matter Physics ; Magnetism Impact factor: 5.008, year: 2012

  19. Bureaucracy and Teachers' Sense of Power

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    YuÌ cel, Cemil

    1999-01-01

    The purpose of this study was to explore the utility of Hall's (1961) conceptualization of Max Weber's (1946) theory of bureaucracy as an analytical tool in Turkey. The population was 1946 teachers in 91 public schools that employ five or more teachers. The instruments were distributed to 725 teachers in 68 schools in Karabuk province. Useable returns were 486. A pilot sample (one third of the useable returns) was generated to test the instruments by utilizing a series of item analyses. Remai...

  20. AN EFFICIENT DATA MINING METHOD TO FIND FREQUENT ITEM SETS IN LARGE DATABASE USING TR- FCTM

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    Saravanan Suba

    2016-01-01

    Full Text Available Mining association rules in large database is one of most popular data mining techniques for business decision makers. Discovering frequent item set is the core process in association rule mining. Numerous algorithms are available in the literature to find frequent patterns. Apriori and FP-tree are the most common methods for finding frequent items. Apriori finds significant frequent items using candidate generation with more number of data base scans. FP-tree uses two database scans to find significant frequent items without using candidate generation. This proposed TR-FCTM (Transaction Reduction- Frequency Count Table Method discovers significant frequent items by generating full candidates once to form frequency count table with one database scan. Experimental results of TR-FCTM shows that this algorithm outperforms than Apriori and FP-tree.

  1. Liquid-phase tuning of porous PVDF-TrFE film on flexible substrate for energy harvesting

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    Chen, Dajing; Chen, Kaina; Brown, Kristopher; Hang, Annie; Zhang, John X. J.

    2017-04-01

    Emerging wearable and implantable biomedical energy harvesting devices demand efficient power conversion, flexible structures, and lightweight construction. This paper presents Polyvinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene (PVDF-TrFE) micro-porous structures, which can be tuned to specific mechanical flexibilities and optimized for piezoelectric power conversion. Specifically, the water vapor phase separation method was developed to control microstructure formation, pore diameter, porosity, and mechanical flexibility. Furthermore, we investigated the effects of the piezoelectric layer to supporting layer Young's modulus ratio, through using both analytical calculation and experimentation. Both structure flexibility and stress-induced voltage were considered in the analyses. Specification of electromechanical coupling efficiency, made possible by carefully designed three-dimensional porous structures, was shown to increase the power output by five-fold relative to uncoupled structures. Therefore, flexible PVDF-TrFE films with tunable microstructures, paired with substrates of different rigidities, provide highly efficient designs of compact piezoelectric energy generating devices.

  2. Análisis trófico de tres especies de Marilia (Tri-choptera: Odontoceridae del neotrópico

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    María Celina Reynaga

    2014-08-01

    Full Text Available La ecología trófica de insectos acuáticos ha sido desarrollada en zonas templadas. Sin embargo, la asignación de un taxón a un grupo trófico no representa necesariamente el mismo en otras regiones. En la Región Neotropical, el conocimiento sobre la ecología trófica de larvas de tricópteros es incompleta y la literatura sobre este tema rara vez se ocupa del análisis de los hábitos alimentarios de larvas con datos cuantitativos a nivel de especie. Este trabajo aporta al conocimiento de las características tróficas de la trichopterofauna del Neotrópico. Se describen los hábitos alimentarios de tres especies de Trichoptera registrados en arroyos de Yungas de Argentina y Bolivia: Marilia cinerea, M. elongata y M. flexuosa. Se seleccionaron 15 larvas de cada especie en 13 arroyos de Yungas surandinas para analizar las piezas bucales y el contenido estomacal. El solapamiento de nicho trófico se estimó mediante el índice de Schoener. El análisis de la dieta reveló que las especies difieren en la preferencia de los ítems registrados, hábitat y forma de sus mandíbulas. Las larvas de M. cinerea habitan en superficies de rocas emergentes. Poseen mandíbulas fuertes con grandes zonas molares y consumen principalmente invertebrados. Esta evidencia permite asignarle el grupo funcional depredador. M. elongata consume material fino, sus mandíbulas tienen forma de cuchara y su ubicación en zonas de bajo flujo permite asignarle una estrategia colectora-recolectora. Las larvas de M. flexuosa habitan en fondos arenosos de arroyos de montaña, tienen fuertes piezas bucales en forma de cuchara y una dieta dominada por hojarasca y material fino. Pertenecen al grupo funcional triturador, secundariamente colector-recolector. Sugerimos que la asignación de grupo funcional a nivel de género no es recomendable para Marilia. Se recomiendan mayores estudios a nivel de especie.

  3. Cross checking of the new capabilities of the fuel cycle scenario code TR-EVOL - 5229

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    Merino-Rodriguez, I.; Garcia-Martinez, M.; Alvarez-Velarde, F.

    2015-01-01

    This work is intended to cross check the new capabilities of the fuel cycle scenario code TR-EVOL by means of comparing its results with those published in bibliography. This process has been divided in two stages as follows. The first stage is dedicated to check the improvements in the material management part of the fuel cycle code (the nuclear fuel mass balance estimation). The Spanish nuclear fuel cycle has been chosen as the model for the mass balance comparison given that the fuel mass per reactor is available in bibliography. The second stage has been focused in verifying the validity of the TR-EVOL economic module. The economic model verification has been carried out by making use of the ARCAS EU project and its economic assessments for advanced reactors and scenarios involving fast reactors and ADS. As conclusions, the main finding from the first stage includes that TR-EVOL provides a prediction of mass values quite accurate after the improvements and when using the proper parameters as input for the code. For the second stage, results were highly satisfactory since a difference smaller than 3% can be found regarding results published by the ARCAS project (NRG estimations). Furthermore, concerning the Decommissioning, Dismantling and Disposal cost, results are highly acceptable (7% difference in the comparison with the final disposal in a once-through scenario and around 11% in a final disposal with a reprocessing strategy) given the difficulties to find in bibliography detailed information about the costs of the final disposals and the significant uncertainties involved in design concepts and related unit costs

  4. Mudando o debate sobre o tráfico de mulheres Shifting the debate on the traffic of women

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    Kamala Kempadoo

    2005-12-01

    Full Text Available Neste texto apresento perspectivas e abordagens importantes no debate internacional sobre o tráfico de pessoas, e sublinho alguns dos principais pontos de crítica sobre o referencial contemporâneo hegemônico, pontos esses articulados através de projetos de pesquisa-ação e de intervenções contra o tráfico nas bases da sociedade. Argumento que, a despeito de mudanças substanciais no entendimento global sobre o tráfico, fortemente influenciadas por dois discursos feministas claramente diferentes (feminismo radical e feminismo transnacional, muito do que se busca hoje em nome de uma guerra ao tráfico tem conseqüências problemáticas para comunidades pobres ao redor do mundo, e tem implicações em termos de raça e gênero. As políticas norte-americanas são aqui trazidas ao debate para ilustrar algumas dessas tendências.In this text I present central perspectives and approaches in the international debate about the trafficking of persons, and highlight some of the main points of critique about the contemporary hegemonic framework that are articulated through action-research projects and grassroots anti-trafficking interventions. I argue that despite substantial shifts in global understandings about trafficking, which are heavily influenced by two distinctly different feminist discourses (radical feminism and transnational feminism, today much of what is pursued in the name of a war on trafficking has troubling consequences for poor communities around the world, and has gendered and racialized implications. US anti-trafficking policies are drawn upon here to illustrate some of these tendencies.

  5. A photometric analysis of the neglected EW-type binary V336 TrA

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    Kriwattanawong, W.; Sarotsakulchai, T.; Maungkorn, S.; Reichart, D. E.; Haislip, J. B.; Kouprianov, V. V.; LaCluyze, A. P.; Moore, J. P.

    2018-05-01

    This study presents an analysis of photometric light curves and absolute parameters for the EW-type binary V336 TrA. VRI imaging observations were taken in 2013 by using the robotic telescopes PROMPT 4 and PROMPT 5 at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), Chile. The observed light curves were fitted by using the Wilson-Devinney method. The results showed that V336 TrA is a W-type contact binary with a mass ratio of q = 1.396. The binary is a weak contact system with a fill-out factor of f = 15.69%. The system contains components with masses of 0.653 M⊙ and 0.912 M⊙ for the hotter and the cooler, respectively. The location of the secondary (less massive) component on the log M - log L diagram was found to be near the TAMS. The component has evolved to be oversize and overluminous. The orbital angular momentum of the binary was found to be log Jo = 51.61 cgs, less than all detached systems for same mass. The system has undergone angular momentum and/or mass loss, during the binary evolution from the detached to contact system.

  6. "Arrancale los dientes al trópico": ambiente,enfermedad y el programa sanitario de Estados Unidos en Panamá, 1904-1914

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    Paul Sutter

    2000-01-01

    Full Text Available Apoyado en fuentes escritas durante y después de la construcción del Canal de Panamá (1904- 1914, este artículo examina la forma en que los estadunidenses conceptualizaron los trópicos de Panamá y el modo en que dicha conceptualización orientó su política, en especial la sanitaria, durante el periodo de construcción del canal. Debido a que las enfermedades tropicales, en especial la malaria y la fiebre amarilla, ocupaban un lugar central en el modo de concebir los trópicos por parte de los estadunidenses, el objetivo de este trabajo es mostrar que los problemas de enfermedades en Panamá eran el resultado de complejas interacciones ambientales y sociales, y no una mera característica natural de los trópicos.

  7. Nietzsche e a jubilosa experiência trágica dos gregos

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    Renato Nunes Bittencourt

    2010-10-01

    Full Text Available Neste texto analisamos a interpretação de Nietzsche sobre o sentido existencial da experiência trágica realizada pelos antigos gregos na celebração estética e religiosa da Tragédia Ática, e de que modo tal experiência favorece a compreensão imanente e amoral da vida, suprimindo-se ainda qualquer tipo de depreciação moralista em relação ao real.

  8. Complicações das operações de reconstrução do trânsito intestinal

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    Silvana Marques e Silva

    2006-03-01

    Full Text Available INTRODUÇÃO: A reconstrução do trânsito intestinal acarreta elevados índices de morbimortalidade, dependente do procedimento realizado na operação inicial, da técnica operatória necessária na reconstituição do trânsito intestinal e dos fatores de risco inerentes ao paciente. OBJETIVOS: Determinar as características demográficas dos pacientes submetidos à reconstrução de trânsito intestinal, analisar as operações realizadas e as complicações delas decorrentes. MÉTODOS: Análise retrospectiva dos prontuários dos pacientes submetidos à reconstrução de trânsito intestinal no Hospital Regional da Asa Norte em um período de 4 anos (2001-2004. RESULTADOS: Foram incluídos 70 pacientes, sendo 34% mulheres e 66% homens, com idade média de 42,5 anos. A cirurgia tipo Hartmann foi o motivo para a reconstrução do trânsito intestinal em 45,7% dos pacientes. A anastomose término-terminal foi realizada em 70% dos casos. Intercorrências clínicas ocorreram em 54% dos pacientes e incluíram íleo paralítico (11,4%, vômitos (21,4%, diarréia (7,1% e febre (7,1%. Dentre as intercorrências cirúrgicas podemos citar a infecção (11,4% e a deiscência de ferida operatória (5,7%, evisceração (2,8%, formação de fístula (2,8% e o abscesso intra-cavitário (1,4%. Não houve óbitos. CONCLUSÃO: A operação para reconstrução do trânsito intestinal não é desprovida de complicações. Desta forma, é necessário uma indicação precisa para a realização da colostomia.Colostomy closure is associated with a high morbidity and mortality rates. The risk factors are: the technical conditions at the first procedure, the utilized technique to close the colostomy and the patient status. Our goal is to retrospectively analyze the demographics of the patients who underwent colostomy closure at our institution in a four year period, (2001-2004. Seventy patients were included (66% males, 34% females, with a median age of 42,5 years

  9. La socialisation sexospécifique des très jeunes adolescents à l ...

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    Les adolescents de l'Afrique subsaharienne, en particulier ceux issus de zones urbaines à faible revenu, sont très vulnérables en ce qui concerne la santé sexuelle et reproductive. La plupart des interventions visant à améliorer la santé sexuelle et reproductive des adolescents sont axées sur les adolescents plus âgés et ...

  10. Avaliação do número de células caliciformes nas criptas da mucosa colônica com e sem trânsito intestinal

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    Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Medir a espessura das criptas e quantificar o número de células caliciformes comparando a mucosa cólica com e sem trânsito intestinal, relacionando-as ao tempo de exclusão. MÉTODOS: Sessenta ratos Wistar, foram distribuídos em três grupos com 20 animais segundo a operação final para a retirada dos cólons, realizadas em seis, 12 ou 18 semanas. Em cada grupo, 15 animais foram submetidos à derivação do trânsito por colostomia proximal no cólon esquerdo e fístula mucosa distal e cinco apenas à laparotomia (controle. Os cólons com e sem trânsito fecal foram removidos, processados, submetidos a cortes histológicos corados pela hematoxilina-eosina. A altura das criptas colônicas e o número de células caliciformes foram mensurados por morfometria computadorizada. Foram utilizados os testes t de Student e Kruskal-Wallis para comparação e análise de variância, estabelecendo-se nível de significância de 5% (p<0,05. RESULTADOS: A altura das criptas diminui nos segmentos sem trânsito fecal (p=0,0001, reduzindo entre seis e 12 semanas de exclusão (p=0,0003, estabilizando-se após este período. O número de células caliciformes nas criptas é menor nos segmentos sem trânsito após 12 e 18 semanas (p=0,0001, porém aumenta com o decorrer do tempo de exclusão (p=0,04 CONCLUSÃO: A exclusão do trânsito intestinal diminui a espessura das criptas colônicas e o número de células caliciformes nos segmentos sem trânsito. Existe aumento do número de células caliciformes com o decorrer do tempo de exclusão.

  11. Tržna analiza in razvoj aluminijastih ohišij LED svetil

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    Gorišek, Krešimir

    2014-01-01

    V magistrskem delu je predstavljena tržna analiza oziroma natančneje analiza zunanjega okolja organizacije. Privlačnost panoge smo ocenjevali s Porterjevim modelom konkurence v panogi in ugotovitve predstavili. Analizo širšega zunanjega okolja oziroma analizo političnih, ekonomskih, socialnih, tehnoloških, okoljskih in pravnih elementov smo izvedli s PESTEL analizo in ugotovitve predstavili. Magistrsko delo obsega tudi razvoj aluminijastih ohišij LED (Light Emitting Diode) svetil. Podrobneje ...

  12. Prevalência de acidentes de trânsito auto-referidos em Rio Branco, Acre Prevalencia de accidentes de tránsito auto-referidos en Rio Branco, Norte de Brasil Prevalence of self-reported traffic accidents in Rio Branco, Northern Brazil

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    Andréa Fernandes Magalhães

    2011-08-01

    Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Estimar a prevalência de acidentes de trânsito auto-referidos e identificar fatores associados. MÉTODOS: Estudo transversal de base populacional realizado de setembro de 2007 a agosto de 2008, nas zonas urbana e rural de Rio Branco, AC. Foram analisados dados referentes aos adultos (18 a 96 anos, n = 1.516 do inquérito Saúde e Nutrição de Adultos e Crianças de Rio Branco, obtidos em entrevistas domiciliares. As relações entre acidente de trânsito auto-referido e variáveis socioeconômicas e comportamentais foram analisadas por meio de razões de prevalência e intervalos de 95% de confiança; foi efetuada análise de regressão múltipla de Poisson. RESULTADOS: A prevalência de acidente de trânsito auto-referido foi de 36%. Na análise de Poisson, os indivíduos do sexo masculino (RP=1,45 e IC95%: 1,12;1,87, que relatavam consumo de bebida alcoólica (RP=1,25 e IC95%: 0,97;1,62, com renda acima de cinco salários mínimos (RP=1,88 e IC95%: 1,25;2,83, idade entre 18 e 25 anos (RP=1,45 e IC95%: 1,02;2,05 apresentaram maior probabilidade de referir envolvimento em acidente de trânsito. As variáveis idade e escolaridade mostraram associação inversa com o desfecho, enquanto renda apresentou associação positiva, todas elas com tendência significativa. CONCLUSÕES: A prevalência dos acidentes de trânsito auto-referidos aponta risco mais elevado para homens, com renda mais elevada, menor escolaridade e que ingerem bebida alcoólica, os quais devem ser alvo das campanhas preventivas.OBJETIVO: Estimar la prevalencia de accidentes de tránsito auto-referidos e identificar factores asociados. MÉTODOS: Estudio transversal de base poblacional realizado de septiembre de 2007 a agosto de 2008, en las zonas urbana y rural de Rio Branco, Norte de Brasil. Se analizaron datos referentes a los adultos (18 a 96 años, n=1.516 de la Pesquisa Salud y Nutrición de Adultos y Niños de Rio Branco, obtenidos en entrevistas domiciliares

  13. Identificação do lactato mínimo de corredores adolescentes em teste de pista de três estágios incrementais

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    Rafael da Costa Sotero

    2011-04-01

    Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Analisar a possibilidade de se determinar a velocidade de lactato mínimo (LM em corredores adolescentes utilizando-se apenas três estágios incrementais. MÉTODOS: Onze indivíduos (13,7 ± 1,0 anos; 47,3 ± 12,1kg; 160,0 ± 1,0cm; 18,3 ± 1,8kg/m² realizaram três testes de corrida em pista de atletismo em dias distintos: 1 desempenho de 3.000m (Vm3.000; 2 teste de LM que consistiu de um sprint de 500m para indução a hiperlactatemia, seguido de 10min de recuperação e seis séries de 800m em intensidades de 83, 86, 89, 92, 95 e 98% da Vm3.000; 3 teste de LM com três estágios (LMp3 semelhante ao protocolo anterior, porém, com três séries de 800m em intensidades de 83, 89 e 98% da Vm3.000. Durante o primeiro minuto de recuperação entre os estágios dos testes dois e três foram coletadas amostras de sangue para dosagem de lactato sanguíneo. Para determinação do LM foram empregadas: a inspeção visual (LM e b função polinomial de segunda ordem para identificar o LM em seis estágios (LMp e três estágios (LMp3. RESULTADOS: ANOVA demonstrou não haver diferenças entre as velocidades de lactato mínimo (m.min-1 identificadas pelos diferentes métodos (LM = 221,7 ± 15,4 vs. LMp = 227,1 ± 10,8 vs. LMp3 = 224,1 ± 11,2;. Altas correlações foram observadas entre os protocolos estudados e destes com a Vm3.000 (p < 0,01. CONCLUSÃO: Foi possível identificar a velocidade de corrida correspondente ao LM em adolescentes mesmo utilizando-se de apenas três estágios incrementais (LMp3.

  14. Estado trófico de arroyos de la cuenca de Paso Severino mediante la utilización del índice biótico TSI-BI

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    Juan Pablo Pacheco

    2013-01-01

    Full Text Available Los macroinvertebrados acuáticos responden a las características de su ambiente reflejando las alteraciones en el mismo. Por ello, son frecuentemente utilizados como indicadores biológicos en estudios de calidad de agua y monitoreo ambiental. El índice de estado trófico TSI-BI creado para la cuenca del río Santa Lucía, que incluye la cuenca de estudio, permite conocer el estado trófico de los arroyos mediante su composición de macroinvertebrados acuáticos. El objetivo de este trabajo es evaluar el estado trófico de los arroyos de la cuenca del embalse Paso Severino a través de la comunidad de macroinvertebrados mediante el índice TSI-BI. El embalse es utilizado como fuente de agua potable para la zona sur densamente poblada del país. La zona ha tenido un importante desarrollo de la actividad lechera en las últimas décadas. Se seleccionaron 10 subcuencas pertenecientes a arroyos de órdenes 2-4 tomándose muestras estacionales (2009-2010 de macroinvertebrados con red de mano de 500 µm. Se analizaron la abundancia relativa y composición de los macroinvertebrados, estimándose el estado trófico de los arroyos mediante el índice TSI-BI. Todos los arroyos estudiados presentaron niveles altos a muy altos de contaminación orgánica situándose en los rangos eutrófico-hipereutrófico. Los arroyos de mayor estado trófico (hipereutróficos presentaron una comunidad dominada por Hirudinea y Crustacea, mientras que en los de menor nivel trófico se observó una mayor abundancia de Ephemeroptera y presencia de Trichoptera. Los altos niveles tróficos de los arroyos indicarían la existencia de impacto por nutrientes, que llevó a cambios en la comunidad de macroinvertebrados hacia el dominio de organismos tolerantes a la contaminación. Dado los altos niveles tróficos de estos arroyos, y considerando que son afluentes del embalse de Paso Severino, el índice empleado y los resultados obtenidos constituyen una importante herramienta de

  15. Cambios en la ecología trófica de los depredadores apicales del Mar Argentino durante el Holoceno

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    Saporiti, Fabiana

    2014-01-01

    [spa] El Mar Argentino ha sufrido un impacto humano creciente desde el Holoceno medio hasta hoy en día, fruto del cual se han producido importantes cambios en los niveles más altos de la red trófica. Las actividades extractivas (caza y pesca), tanto la aborigen como la actual, tienen la tendencia a explotar las especies de mayor tamaño, produciendo el efecto conocido en gestión de pesquerías como “fishing down the food web”. En otras palabras el impacto humano llevaría a cadenas tróficas más ...

  16. Uso de redes neuronales artificiales para mejorar el tránsito en las vías

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    Edwin Mejía

    2016-11-01

    Full Text Available Este artículo pretende dar una idea de cómo las Redes Neuronales Artificiales (ANNs, una técnica de la Inteligencia Artificial (IA, se puede acoplar a resolver el problema del tráfico en las vías de la ciudad de Riobamba, provincia de Chimborazo, país Ecuador, usando cuatro semáforos estándar, a través de un ejemplo se indica el uso de componentes electrónicos como FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate array y los sensores en este campo, a través de detectar y contar autos puede dar mayor fluidez al tráfico. La vía que mayor cantidad de autos tenga se dará mayor prioridad para la luz verde. Usando el algoritmo de aprendizaje de un Perceptrón Simple.

  17. Comparison of DSM-IV-TR and DSM-5 Criteria in Diagnosing Autism Spectrum Disorders in Singapore.

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    Sung, Min; Goh, Tze Jui; Tan, Bei Lin Joelene; Chan, Jialei Stephanie; Liew, Hwee Sen Alvin

    2018-04-28

    Our study examines the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-Fifth Edition (DSM-5) and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) when applied concurrently against the best estimate clinical diagnoses for 110 children (5.1-19.6 years old) referred for diagnostic assessments of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in a Singaporean outpatient speciality clinic. DSM-IV-TR performed slightly better, yielding sensitivity of 0.946 and specificity of 0.889, compared to DSM-5 (sensitivity = 0.837; specificity = 0.833). When considering the ASD sub-categories, sensitivity ranged from 0.667 to 0.933, and specificity ranged from 0.900 to 0.975. More participants with a PDD-NOS best estimate clinical diagnosis (40%) were misclassified on DSM-5. Merits and weaknesses to both classification systems, and implications for access to services and policy changes are discussed.

  18. Chimeric bispecific OC/TR monoclonal antibody mediates lysis of tumor cells expressing the folate-binding protein (MOv18) and displays decreased immunogenicity in patients

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    Luiten, R. M.; Warnaar, S. O.; Sanborn, D.; Lamers, C. H.; Bolhuis, R. L.; Litvinov, S. V.; Zurawski, V. R.; Coney, L. R.

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    The bispecific OC/TR monoclonal antibody (mAb) cross-links the CD3 molecule on T cells with the human folate-binding protein (FBP), which is highly expressed on nonmucinous ovarian carcinomas. Clinical trials of patients with ovarian carcinoma with the OC/TR mAb have shown some complete and partial

  19. Uso de álcool em vítimas de acidentes de trânsito: estudo do nível de alcoolemia Uso de alcohol en accidentes de tránsito: estudio del nivel de alcoholemia Alcohol use and traffic accidents: a study of alcohol levels

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    Ângela Maria Mendes Abreu

    2010-06-01

    Full Text Available Trata-se de estudo exploratório descritivo. O objetivo foi correlacionar os níveis de alcoolemia, detectados nas vítimas fatais por acidentes de trânsito, na cidade do Rio de Janeiro, a partir dos registros do Instituto Medico Legal -IML, com o perfil da vítima e as características dos acidentes. Os dados foram levantados no arquivo do IML, por meio dos prontuários de vítimas fatais por acidentes de trânsito, compilados e tabulados Poe meio do programa estatístico SPSS, no período compreendido entre janeiro e maio de 2005. Avaliaram-se 348 prontuários de vítimas fatais por acidentes de trânsito. Desses, apenas 94 realizaram o exame de alcoolemia, sendo que 83 apresentaram alcoolemia positiva e 60,2% níveis acima de 0,6g/l. Evidenciou-se o envolvimento do álcool com vítimas fatais nos acidentes de trânsito em níveis acima e abaixo de 0,6g/l de álcool por litro de sangue.Se trata de estudio epidemiológico exploratorio y descriptivo. El objetivo fue correlacionar los niveles de alcoholemia detectados en las víctimas fatales por accidentes de tránsito, en la ciudad de Río de Janeiro (datos de los registros del Instituto Médico Legal/IML con el perfil de la víctima y las características de los accidentes. Los datos fueron recolectados del archivo del IML, a través de los registros que constaban en las fichas de víctimas fatales por accidentes de tránsito; fueron compilados y se elaboraron tablas con el Programa estadístico SPSS, en el período comprendido entre enero y mayo de 2005. Fueron levantados datos sobre 348 víctimas fatales por accidentes de tránsito, de estos, apenas 94 realizaron el examen de alcoholemia, siendo que en 83 fueron detectados niveles de alcoholemia; el 60,2% presentó niveles por encima de 0,6g de alcohol por litro de sangre. Se mostró evidente el envolvimiento del alcohol en accidentes de tránsito con víctimas fatales, en niveles por encima y por debajo de 0,6g de alcohol por litro de

  20. Três comédias de Shakespeare pela ótica do Stablex

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    Marly Gondim Cavalcanti Souza

    2012-09-01

    Full Text Available http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2176-8552.2011nesp1p119 Pretende-se, neste estudo, proceder a análise de três comédias de William Shakespeare, pela ótica do método de análise lexical, textual e discursiva, aplicando, especificamente, a ferramenta matemático-estatístico-computacional, denominada Stablex, de autoria de André Camlong e Thierry Beltran (2004.Toma-se como viés de análise o aspecto musical presente no texto das três peças teatrais. Metodologicamente, trilhou-se o caminho do estudo comparativo entre as obras shakespearianas, tendo como horizonte a colaboração da música na expressão verbal dos textos teatrais do autor inglês, com o intuito de localizar os vocabulários preferenciais e o peso dos itens lexicais relacionados à música, na obra do talvez mais famoso escritor de língua inglesa. O fundamento para as evidências musicais repousa sobre a teoria e a história da música, bem como nos seus elementos básicos. As teorias tomadas como alicerce deste estudo são as de: Jean-Louis Cupers (1988, Arroyas (2001, Solange Oliveira (2002, André Camlong (1996 e Steven Paul Scher (apud OLIVEIRA, 2002.

  1. Immortalization of chicken preadipocytes by retroviral transduction of chicken TERT and TR.

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    Wei Wang

    Full Text Available The chicken is an important agricultural animal and model for developmental biology, immunology and virology. Excess fat accumulation continues to be a serious problem for the chicken industry. However, chicken adipogenesis and obesity have not been well investigated, because no chicken preadipocyte cell lines have been generated thus far. Here, we successfully generated two immortalized chicken preadipocyte cell lines through transduction of either chicken telomerase reverse transcriptase (chTERT alone or in combination with chicken telomerase RNA (chTR. Both of these cell lines have survived >100 population doublings in vitro, display high telomerase activity and have no sign of replicative senescence. Similar to primary chicken preadipocytes, these two cell lines display a fibroblast-like morphology, retain the capacity to differentiate into adipocytes, and do not display any signs of malignant transformation. Isoenzyme analysis and PCR-based analysis confirmed that these two cell lines are of chicken origin and are free from inter-species contamination. To our knowledge, this is the first report demonstrating the generation of immortal chicken cells by introduction of chTERT and chTR. Our established chicken preadipocyte cell lines show great promise as an in vitro model for the investigation of chicken adipogenesis, lipid metabolism, and obesity and its related diseases, and our results also provide clues for immortalizing other avian cell types.

  2. Immortalization of chicken preadipocytes by retroviral transduction of chicken TERT and TR

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    Wang, Wei; Zhang, Tianmu; Wu, Chunyan; Wang, Shanshan; Wang, Yuxiang; Wang, Ning

    2017-01-01

    The chicken is an important agricultural animal and model for developmental biology, immunology and virology. Excess fat accumulation continues to be a serious problem for the chicken industry. However, chicken adipogenesis and obesity have not been well investigated, because no chicken preadipocyte cell lines have been generated thus far. Here, we successfully generated two immortalized chicken preadipocyte cell lines through transduction of either chicken telomerase reverse transcriptase (chTERT) alone or in combination with chicken telomerase RNA (chTR). Both of these cell lines have survived >100 population doublings in vitro, display high telomerase activity and have no sign of replicative senescence. Similar to primary chicken preadipocytes, these two cell lines display a fibroblast-like morphology, retain the capacity to differentiate into adipocytes, and do not display any signs of malignant transformation. Isoenzyme analysis and PCR-based analysis confirmed that these two cell lines are of chicken origin and are free from inter-species contamination. To our knowledge, this is the first report demonstrating the generation of immortal chicken cells by introduction of chTERT and chTR. Our established chicken preadipocyte cell lines show great promise as an in vitro model for the investigation of chicken adipogenesis, lipid metabolism, and obesity and its related diseases, and our results also provide clues for immortalizing other avian cell types. PMID:28486516

  3. Draft Genome Sequence of Clostridium mangenotii TR, Isolated from the Fecal Material of a Timber Rattlesnake

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    Cochran, Philip A.; Dowd, Scot E.; Andersen, Kylie; Anderson, Nichole; Brennan, Rachel; Brook, Nicole; Callaway, Tracie; Diamante, Kimberly; Duberstine, Annie; Fitch, Karla; Freiheit, Heidi; Godlewski, Chantel; Gorman, Kelly; Haubrich, Mark; Hernandez, Mercedes; Hirtreiter, Amber; Ivanoski, Beth; Jaminet, Xochitl; Kirkpatrick, Travis; Kratowicz, Jennifer; Latus, Casey; Leable, Tiegen; Lingafelt, Nicole; Lowe, DeAnna; Lowrance, Holly; Malsack, Latiffa; Mazurkiewicz, Julie; Merlos, Persida; Messley, Jamie; Montemurro, Dawn; Nakitare, Samora; Nelson, Christine; Nye, Amber; Pazera, Valerie; Pierangeli, Gina; Rellora, Ashley; Reyes, Angelica; Roberts, Jennifer; Robins, Shadara; Robinson, Jeshannah; Schultz, Alissa; Seifert, Sara; Sigler, Elona; Spangler, Julie; Swift, Ebony; TenCate, Rebecca; Thurber, Jessica; Vallee, Kristin; Wamboldt, Jennifer; Whitten, Shannon; Woods, De’andrea; Wright, Amanda; Yankunas, Darin

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    Here, we report the draft genome sequence of Clostridium mangenotii strain TR, which was isolated from the fecal material of a timber rattlesnake. This bacterium is nonpathogenic but contains 68 genes involved in virulence, disease, and defense. PMID:24407632

  4. AlGaN/GaN Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor High-Electron-Mobility Transistor with Polarized P(VDF-TrFE) Ferroelectric Polymer Gating

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    Liu, Xinke; Lu, Youming; Yu, Wenjie; Wu, Jing; He, Jiazhu; Tang, Dan; Liu, Zhihong; Somasuntharam, Pannirselvam; Zhu, Deliang; Liu, Wenjun; Cao, Peijiang; Han, Sun; Chen, Shaojun; Seow Tan, Leng

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    Effect of a polarized P(VDF-TrFE) ferroelectric polymer gating on AlGaN/GaN metal-oxide-semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistors (MOS-HEMTs) was investigated. The P(VDF-TrFE) gating in the source/drain access regions of AlGaN/GaN MOS-HEMTs was positively polarized (i.e., partially positively charged hydrogen were aligned to the AlGaN surface) by an applied electric field, resulting in a shift-down of the conduction band at the AlGaN/GaN interface. This increases the 2-dimensional electron gas (2-DEG) density in the source/drain access region of the AlGaN/GaN heterostructure, and thereby reduces the source/drain series resistance. Detailed material characterization of the P(VDF-TrFE) ferroelectric film was also carried out using the atomic force microscopy (AFM), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), and ferroelectric hysteresis loop measurement. PMID:26364872

  5. Analýza tréninku snowboardcrossové reprezentace České republiky

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    Řehák, Tomáš

    2012-01-01

    Title: Analysis of training program in the Czech snowboardcross representation Objectives: The main objective of this thesis is to describe an annual training cycle of the Czech snowboardcross representation. Sub-objective is to analyze the individual periods of characteristic sport's preparation. Methods: In our work we used the method of involved observation, analysis, survey, interview with the instructions and informal interview. During the observation of competitor's behavior in their tr...

  6. TrOn: an anatomical ontology for the beetle Tribolium castaneum.

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    Jürgen Dönitz

    Full Text Available In a morphological ontology the expert's knowledge is represented in terms, which describe morphological structures and how these structures relate to each other. With the assistance of ontologies this expert knowledge is made processable by machines, through a formal and standardized representation of terms and their relations to each other. The red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum, a representative of the most species rich animal taxon on earth (the Coleoptera, is an emerging model organism for development, evolution, physiology, and pest control. In order to foster Tribolium research, we have initiated the Tribolium Ontology (TrOn, which describes the morphology of the red flour beetle. The content of this ontology comprises so far most external morphological structures as well as some internal ones. All modeled structures are consistently annotated for the developmental stages larva, pupa and adult. In TrOn all terms are grouped into three categories: Generic terms represent morphological structures, which are independent of a developmental stage. In contrast, downstream of such terms are concrete terms which stand for a dissectible structure of a beetle at a specific life stage. Finally, there are mixed terms describing structures that are only found at one developmental stage. These terms combine the characteristics of generic and concrete terms with features of both. These annotation principles take into account the changing morphology of the beetle during development and provide generic terms to be used in applications or for cross linking with other ontologies and data resources. We use the ontology for implementing an intuitive search function at the electronic iBeetle-Base, which stores morphological defects found in a genome wide RNA interference (RNAi screen. The ontology is available for download at http://ibeetle-base.uni-goettingen.de.

  7. TrOn: an anatomical ontology for the beetle Tribolium castaneum.

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    Dönitz, Jürgen; Grossmann, Daniela; Schild, Inga; Schmitt-Engel, Christian; Bradler, Sven; Prpic, Nikola-Michael; Bucher, Gregor

    2013-01-01

    In a morphological ontology the expert's knowledge is represented in terms, which describe morphological structures and how these structures relate to each other. With the assistance of ontologies this expert knowledge is made processable by machines, through a formal and standardized representation of terms and their relations to each other. The red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum, a representative of the most species rich animal taxon on earth (the Coleoptera), is an emerging model organism for development, evolution, physiology, and pest control. In order to foster Tribolium research, we have initiated the Tribolium Ontology (TrOn), which describes the morphology of the red flour beetle. The content of this ontology comprises so far most external morphological structures as well as some internal ones. All modeled structures are consistently annotated for the developmental stages larva, pupa and adult. In TrOn all terms are grouped into three categories: Generic terms represent morphological structures, which are independent of a developmental stage. In contrast, downstream of such terms are concrete terms which stand for a dissectible structure of a beetle at a specific life stage. Finally, there are mixed terms describing structures that are only found at one developmental stage. These terms combine the characteristics of generic and concrete terms with features of both. These annotation principles take into account the changing morphology of the beetle during development and provide generic terms to be used in applications or for cross linking with other ontologies and data resources. We use the ontology for implementing an intuitive search function at the electronic iBeetle-Base, which stores morphological defects found in a genome wide RNA interference (RNAi) screen. The ontology is available for download at http://ibeetle-base.uni-goettingen.de.

  8. Comportamento produtivo da videira, cultivar Juliana, sobre três porta-enxertos em diferentes épocas de poda

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    Mara Fernandes Moura

    2011-10-01

    Full Text Available Este trabalho objetivou verificar a influência de três porta-enxertos no comportamento da cultivar Juliana em relação à fenologia, em três épocas de poda e em relação aos caracteres físicos de cachos, de bagas e de engaços, em duas épocas de poda. Os ensaios foram avaliados em Jundiaí-SP, e as podas foram realizadas em 15-08-2007, 22-01-2008 e 16-09-2008. O delineamento experimental foi o em blocos inteiramente casualizados, com parcelas subdivididas, com três repetições, sendo as parcelas representadas pela combinação da cultivar Juliana enxertada sobre os porta-enxertos 'Ripária do Traviú', 'IAC 572' e 'IAC766', e as subparcelas, pelas épocas de poda, que corresponderam a três para os estádios fenológicos e a duas para os caracteres físicos de cachos, bagas e engaço. Não houve diferença entre os porta-enxertos para os estádios fenológicos e para os caracteres físicos de cachos e de bagas, com exceção para massa da matéria fresca de baga e massa fresca de engaço. Maior massa da matéria fresca de engaço foi obtida pela combinação da cultivar Juliana e o porta-enxerto 'IAC 572'. Para as diferentes épocas de poda, foram detectadas diferenças para todos os estádios fenológicos, havendo interação entre porta-enxerto e época de poda para os estádios E1 - período da poda ao início da brotação; E2 - período da poda ao início do florescimento, e E5 - período da poda ao início da colheita.

  9. SU-F-I-58: Image Quality Comparisons of Different Motion Magnitudes and TR Values in MR-PET

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    Patrick, J; Thompson, R; Tavallaei, M; Drangova, M; Stodilka, R; Gaede, S

    2016-01-01

    Purpose: The aim of this work is to evaluate the accuracy and sensitivity of a respiratory-triggered MR-PET protocol in detecting four different sized lesions at two different magnitudes of motion, with two different TR values, using a novel PET-MR-CT compatible respiratory motion phantom. Methods: The eight-compartment torso phantom was setup adjacent to the motion stage, which moved four spherical compartments (28, 22, 17, 10 mm diameter) in two separate (1 and 2 cm) linear motion profiles, simulating a 3.5 second respiratory cycle. Scans were acquired on a 3T MR-PET system (Biograph mMR; Siemens Medical Solutions, Germany). MR measurements were taken with: 1) Respiratory-triggered T2-weighted turbo spin echo (BLADE) sequence in coronal orientation, and 2) Real-time balanced steady-state gradient echo sequence (TrueFISP) in coronal and sagittal planes. PET was acquired simultaneously with MR. Sphere geometries and motion profiles were measured and compared with ground truths for T2 BLADE-TSE acquisitions and real time TrueFISP images. PET quantification and geometry measurements were taken using standardized uptake values, voxel intensity plots and were compared with known values, and examined alongside MR-based attenuation maps. Contrast and signal-to-noise ratios were also compared for each of the acquisitions as functions of motion range and TR. Results: Comparison of lesion diameters indicate the respiratory triggered T2 BLADE-TSE was able to maintain geometry within −2 mm for 1 cm motion for both TR values, and within −3.1 mm for TR = 2000 ms at 2 cm motion. Sphere measurements in respiratory triggered PET images were accurate within +/− 5 mm for both ranges of motion for 28, 22, and 17 mm diameter spheres. Conclusion: Hybrid MR-PET systems show promise in imaging lung cancer in non-compliant patients, with their ability to acquire both modalities simultaneously. However, MR-based attenuation maps are still susceptible to motion derived artifacts and

  10. SU-F-I-58: Image Quality Comparisons of Different Motion Magnitudes and TR Values in MR-PET

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    Patrick, J; Thompson, R [Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario (Canada); Tavallaei, M; Drangova, M [Robarts Research Institute, London, Canada, London, Ontario (Canada); Stodilka, R [Western University, Canada, London, Ontario (Canada); Gaede, S [London Regional Cancer Program, London, Ontario (Canada)

    2016-06-15

    Purpose: The aim of this work is to evaluate the accuracy and sensitivity of a respiratory-triggered MR-PET protocol in detecting four different sized lesions at two different magnitudes of motion, with two different TR values, using a novel PET-MR-CT compatible respiratory motion phantom. Methods: The eight-compartment torso phantom was setup adjacent to the motion stage, which moved four spherical compartments (28, 22, 17, 10 mm diameter) in two separate (1 and 2 cm) linear motion profiles, simulating a 3.5 second respiratory cycle. Scans were acquired on a 3T MR-PET system (Biograph mMR; Siemens Medical Solutions, Germany). MR measurements were taken with: 1) Respiratory-triggered T2-weighted turbo spin echo (BLADE) sequence in coronal orientation, and 2) Real-time balanced steady-state gradient echo sequence (TrueFISP) in coronal and sagittal planes. PET was acquired simultaneously with MR. Sphere geometries and motion profiles were measured and compared with ground truths for T2 BLADE-TSE acquisitions and real time TrueFISP images. PET quantification and geometry measurements were taken using standardized uptake values, voxel intensity plots and were compared with known values, and examined alongside MR-based attenuation maps. Contrast and signal-to-noise ratios were also compared for each of the acquisitions as functions of motion range and TR. Results: Comparison of lesion diameters indicate the respiratory triggered T2 BLADE-TSE was able to maintain geometry within −2 mm for 1 cm motion for both TR values, and within −3.1 mm for TR = 2000 ms at 2 cm motion. Sphere measurements in respiratory triggered PET images were accurate within +/− 5 mm for both ranges of motion for 28, 22, and 17 mm diameter spheres. Conclusion: Hybrid MR-PET systems show promise in imaging lung cancer in non-compliant patients, with their ability to acquire both modalities simultaneously. However, MR-based attenuation maps are still susceptible to motion derived artifacts and

  11. Delincuencia organizada ambiental en México, una nueva manifestación criminal del trá co de especies

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    Israel Alvarado Martínez

    2012-06-01

    Full Text Available El estudio arroja la presencia de grupos delictivos organizados en el territorio mexicano, que trafican con especies de fauna protegidas, valiéndose de las mismas rutas que utiliza el narcotráfico y, en muchas ocasiones, mediante la diversificación de actividades criminales, por lo que lo mismo trafican con personas, armas y drogas que con ejemplares de vida silvestre, y obtienen ganancias calculadas solo por debajo del tráfico ilícito de drogas. No obstante estas características, en la legislación mexicana no existe la regulación del tráfico de especies como una figura cometida por la delincuencia organizada, razón por la cual toda la gama de instrumentos excepcionales de investigación creados para investigar, perseguir y sancionar al crimen organizado no pueden emplearse para esta manifestación criminal del tráfico de ejemplares de vida silvestre. Se ha utilizado el método de análisis de contenidos referido a libros, revistas especializadas, notas periodísticas y documentos de Naciones Unidas, poniendo énfasis en los datos que arroja la comisión de delitos ambientales, mediante grupos delictivos organizados.

  12. Process Optimization of P(VDF-TrFE)-BaTiO3 Nanocomposites for Storage Capacitor Applications

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    Almadhoun, Mahmoud N.

    2011-07-11

    Increasing demands for efficient energy storage in microelectronics has pushed the scientific community towards finding suitable materials that can effectively deliver high pulse power in miniaturized systems. Polymer-ceramic composites are considered to be one possible solution towards the fabrication of high energy density capacitors, whether as embedded capacitors or gate insulators in organic field effect transistors (OFETs). Selecting high permittivity ceramics mixed with polymers with high breakdown field strengths would be the wisest approach towards enhancing energy storage. As such, novel ferroelectric polymers such as P(VDF-TrFE-CTFE) are being developed and researched, all displaying record dielectric values (K > 50) as promising candidates for high energy density composite capacitors (> 25 J/cm3). However, much work is still needed to understand the interaction mechanisms between the phases. We aim to seek an understanding of the processing challenges, especially in terms of fabricating thin film ferroelectric polymers and their application in nanocomposite capacitors while effectively maintaining optimized performance when embedded in flexible electronics. A process for synthesizing high performance P(VDF-TrFE) thin films is developed realizing the importance of controlling several process parameters to achieve high quality devices. Electrical and physicochemical characterization demonstrate how the performance of the polymer films improves with prolonged annealing periods by allowing sufficient time for solvent evaporation, crystallization and preferential-orientation of the crystallites. The polymer P(VDF-TrFE) is then used as a host material with barium titanate (BTO) nanoparticles below 100 nm (K = 150) as a ceramic filler in nanocomposite films. Facile surface modification by hydroxylation proved to be essential in the performance of the devices in terms of leakage current. A decrease of approximately 2 orders of magnitude in current leakage is

  13. Características entonacionais do Espanhol na Tríplice Fronteira

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    Figueiredo, Natalia dos Santos; Gil Mondavi, Alejandro Said; Guerra, Paula Marianela

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    XVII CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL ASOCIACIÓN DE LINGÜÍSTICA Y FILOLOGÍA DE AMÉRICA LATINA (ALFAL 2014) João Pessoa - Paraíba, Brasil O objetivo desse trabalho é realizar uma análise fonética e fonológica de variedades entonacionais do espanhol encontradas na Tríplice Fronteira, especificamente nas cidades de Puerto Iguazú e Ciudad del Este, que fazem fronteira com a cidade de Foz do Iguaçu. Para esse fim, foram gravadas diversas situações de pedidos de ação em contextos de comércio e...

  14. Insular artefacts from Viking-Age burials from mid-Norway. A review of contact between Trøndelag and Britain and Ireland

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    Aina Margrethe Heen-Pettersen

    2014-12-01

    Full Text Available This article presents a detailed overview of the Insular artefacts found in Viking-Age burials from the Trøndelag region of mid-Norway, most of which have not previously been published in English. The archaeological evidence indicates that contact between Trøndelag and the British Isles was well established at an early stage of the Viking Age. The main evidence for contact comes from the 9th century, when a number of significant patterns can be discerned. Some local concentrations of Insular goods show the continuing importance of some pre-Viking centres, while other areas suggest co-operation between several neighbouring families in order to equip and provision overseas expeditions. Later, the datable Insular artefacts indicate significant changes in the nature of contact. North Sea trading towards the end of the Viking Age appears to be affected by increasing centralisation of power in Trøndelag during the 10th century.

  15. The Music and the Limits of the World. A Study on Eugenio Trías and Augustine of Hippo

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    Diego I. Rosales Meana

    2013-07-01

    Full Text Available This work focuses on the role that music has in the constitution of the World as a philosophical category. I explore the work of Eugenio Trías and Augustine of Hippo, and the way both philosophers have conceptualized music in relation to the constitution of the time of the World. For Trías music is not about the World but about its limits and, in that way, gives it a form. For Augustine music relates man to universe’s ordo, liberating him from mundane distentio animi and helping him to give sense to a World that gives itself as finite.

  16. Fas-associated factor 1 is a scaffold protein that promotes β-transducin repeat-containing protein (β-TrCP)-mediated β-catenin ubiquitination and degradation.

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    Zhang, Long; Zhou, Fangfang; Li, Yihao; Drabsch, Yvette; Zhang, Juan; van Dam, Hans; ten Dijke, Peter

    2012-08-31

    FAS-associated factor 1 (FAF1) antagonizes Wnt signaling by stimulating β-catenin degradation. However, the molecular mechanism underlying this effect is unknown. Here, we demonstrate that the E3 ubiquitin ligase β-transducin repeat-containing protein (β-TrCP) is required for FAF1 to suppress Wnt signaling and that FAF1 specifically associates with the SCF (Skp1-Cul1-F-box protein)-β-TrCP complex. Depletion of β-TrCP reduced FAF1-mediated β-catenin polyubiquitination and impaired FAF1 in antagonizing Wnt/β-catenin signaling. FAF1 was shown to act as a scaffold for β-catenin and β-TrCP and thereby to potentiate β-TrCP-mediated β-catenin ubiquitination and degradation. Data mining revealed that FAF1 expression is statistically down-regulated in human breast carcinoma compared with normal breast tissue. Consistent with this, FAF1 expression is higher in epithelial-like MCF7 than mesenchymal-like MDA-MB-231 human breast cancer cells. Depletion of FAF1 in MCF7 cells resulted in increased β-catenin accumulation and signaling. Importantly, FAF1 knockdown promoted a decrease in epithelial E-cadherin and an increase in mesenchymal vimentin expression, indicative for an epithelial to mesenchymal transition. Moreover, ectopic FAF1 expression reduces breast cancer cell migration in vitro and invasion/metastasis in vivo. Thus, our studies strengthen a tumor-suppressive function for FAF1.

  17. Reconstrução de ruptura crônica do tríceps distal sob a configuração de dupla fileira: nota técnica

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    Alexandre Firmino Paniago

    2015-10-01

    Full Text Available resumo Rupturas do tríceps distal são incomuns e podem ser de difícil diagnóstico, especialmente as parciais. Métodos de imagem, como USG e RNM, devem ser usados para a confirmação diagnóstica e para definição da extensão da lesão. O tratamento de escolha para as rupturas completas do tríceps é o cirúrgico, diferentemente das parciais, que dependem de fatores como dor, déficit funcional e expectativas do paciente. Descrevemos o caso de um paciente com ruptura parcial do tríceps distal após queda ao solo. Não foi diagnosticado no momento do primeiro atendimento e evoluiu com dor e grande perda funcional. O procedimento cirúr gico foi feito após nove meses do trauma, com a reconstrução do tríceps por meio de reforço com o tendão do semitendíneo ipsilateral e fixação no olécrano sob a configuração de dupla fileira. O paciente permaneceu imobilizado com tipoia por uma semana e iniciou-se, a partir daí, o ganho de amplitude de movimento (ADM passiva. Após três semanas foi liberado para o ganho de ADM ativa. O fortalecimento muscular iniciou-se após 12 semanas. Após seis meses do procedimento cirúrgico o paciente apresenta-se sem dor, ADM completa, força de extensão do cotovelo grau V e hipertrofia do tríceps. A técnica descrita se mostrou útil para o tratamento de rupturas do tendão do tríceps distal.

  18. Avaliação das propriedades mecânicas de atadura gessada de três diferentes fabricantes, utilizada para confecção de órteses

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    Vieira,Gustavo Cardoso; Fonseca,Marisa de Cássia Registro; Shimano,Antônio Carlos; Mazzer,Nilton; Barbieri,Cláudio Henrique; Elui,Valéria Carril Meirelles

    2006-01-01

    Foram realizados testes mecânicos com atadura gessada de três diferentes fabricantes, utilizada para confecção de órteses. Para isso, foram confeccionados corpos de provas (CDPs) na forma de placas e de cilindros. Os CDPs foram submetidos a dois tipos de ensaios mecânicos: para o grupo das placas foi realizado ensaio de flexão em três pontos e para o grupo dos cilindros, ensaio de compressão. Os ensaios mecânicos foram realizados na Máquina Universal de Ensaios EMIC®. Três propriedades mecâni...

  19. Tráfico de seres humanos: perceções sociais, percursos de vitimização e de sobrevivência

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    Couto, Dulce Liliana Martins

    2013-01-01

    Tese de doutoramento em Psicologia da Justiça À semelhança do que tem sucedido com outros fenómenos criminais, o tráfico de pessoas tem vindo a ser, sobretudo desde meados dos anos 90, alvo de um reconhecimento público crescente em Portugal, quer por parte do poder político, quer pelo sistema de justiça e da sociedade em geral. Justificada pela relativa novidade do debate sociopolítico no país e pela sua natureza oculta, a incipiência da investigação empírica sobre o tráfico de...

  20. O pluralismo da tese dos três mundos de Popper e a crí­tica de Habermas

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    João Batista C. Sieczkowski

    2010-09-01

    Full Text Available Este estudo abordará a tese dos três mundos, TTM, de Karl Popper. A TTM como pluralista e interacionista opõe-se ao monismo e a algumas concepções dualistas. Em uma segunda parte, pretendemos enfocar a crítica de Jürgen Habermas quando tenta aplicar a TTM e o M3 (mundo três na obtençáo de uma justificaçáo da teoria da açáo para a sociologia. Nesta crítica Habermas acaba negligenciando muitos objetivos claros da TTM e do M3 descritos por Popper, principalmente quando náo considera a TTM como uma tese metafísica e como resposta ao problema corpo-mente.

  1. Anette Poder: "Historiebevidsthed og kronologi. Om den røde tråd i historie", 2016

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    Grevy, Carlo

    2017-01-01

    Folkeskolelærer Anette Poder fortæller i dette artikeluddrag om folkeskolens undervisning i historiekanonen (2006) på baggrund af sine observationer i folkeskoler i 2013. På de observerede skoler blev der undervist efter princippet den røde tråd, hvor forskellige historiekanonpunkter blev...

  2. La representación de la violencia en los tráileres de las películas de Walt Disney Pictures

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    Garrido Lora, Manuel

    2010-01-01

    Esta investigación analiza la representación de la violencia en los tráileres de 23 películas de animación producidas por Walt Disney Pictures. Mediante la metodología del análisis de contenido y las utilidades propias de la morfología y analítica narrativas, el investigador, con la experiencia previa del análisis de la violencia en los spots publicitarios, expone en este trabajo las cualidades de las acciones violentas presentes en dichos tráileres, y concluye que, atendiendo a investigacion...

  3. Involucramiento del Padre en la Crianza: Una Mirada Tríadica de las Relaciones Familiares Tempranas

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    Francisca Pérez Cortés

    2014-11-01

    Full Text Available Considerando los beneficios de una paternidad activa en el desarrollo de niños y niñas, así como en las dinámicas familiares en general, los profesionales del área de la salud deben ser agentes activos en la promoción de la participación de madres y padres en la crianza. El siguiente artículo busca introducir en el contexto nacional una herramienta que amplía la mirada del desarrollo infantil y las relaciones al interior de la familia, desde la díada a la tríada. El Lausanne Trilogue Play (LTP es una herramienta observacional, desarrollada por Fivaz-Depeursinge, Frascarolo y Corboz-Warnery (1996 que permite la evaluación estandarizada de la “alianza familiar”, corroborando la importancia de incorporar al padre en los estudios de procesos e interacciones familiares, así como la existencia de un efecto familiar tríadico desde etapas tempranas.

  4. ETR fuel element shipping container addendum to PR-T-79-011 (TR-466). Internal technical report

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    Smith, M.C.

    1979-01-01

    In July, 1979, EG and G Idaho, Inc. was requested to evaluate the ETR Fuel Element Shipping Container for compliance with existing transport regulations, in order to ship GETR fuel elements from Vallecitos, California to the INEL. Technical report PR-T-79-011 (TR-466), ATR Fuel Element Shipping Container Safety Analysis, was used as a basis for this evaluation. The safety analysis contained in technical report PR-T-79-011 (TR-466) was performed utilizing the ATR, ETR, MTR, and SPERT shipping containers. The report determined the ETR Fuel Element Shipping Container does comply with the existing transport regulations for a Type A quantity, Fissile Class I shipping container. The ETR and GETR fuel elements are essentially identical in physical size, construction, and fissile material content, the analysis documented in this report has determined the shipment of GETR fuel elements in the ETR shipping container to be safe and pose no threat to the public health and safety

  5. BEAMS: backbone extraction and merge strategy for the global many-to-many alignment of multiple PPI networks

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    Alkan, Ferhat; Erten, Cesim

    2014-01-01

    MOTIVATION: Global many-to-many alignment of biological networks has been a central problem in comparative biological network studies. Given a set of biological interaction networks, the informal goal is to group together related nodes. For the case of protein-protein interaction networks...... of execution speed and memory requirements is more reasonable than the competing algorithms. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION: Supplementary material including code implementations in LEDA C++, experimental data and the results are available at http://webprs.khas.edu.tr/~cesim/BEAMS.tar.gz....

  6. Prevalence and associated factors of DSM-V insomnia in Norway: the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT 3).

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    Uhlig, Benjamin Langsæter; Sand, Trond; Odegård, Siv Steinsmo; Hagen, Knut

    2014-06-01

    Many studies have assessed the prevalence of insomnia, but the influence of non-participants has largely been ignored. The objective of the present study was to estimate the prevalence and associated factors of insomnia in a large adult population using DSM-V (diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 5th ed.) criteria, also taking non-participants into account. This cross-sectional study used data from a questionnaire in The Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT 3) performed in 2006-2008, and a subsequent non-participant study. The total adult population (n=93,860 aged > or =20 years) of Nord-Trøndelag County, Norway, was invited. Of these, 40,535 responded to the insomnia questionnaire. Among 42,024 eligible non-participants, 6918 (17%) responded to two insomnia questions. Insomnia was diagnosed by applying modified DSM-V criteria. The age-adjusted insomnia prevalence was estimated using the age distribution of all adult inhabitants of Nord-Trøndelag. Supplementary prevalence data were estimated by extrapolating data from the non-participant study. Additionally, the association between insomnia and self-reported health was estimated, adjusting for known confounders. The total age-adjusted prevalence of insomnia was 7.1% (95% confidence interval [CI], 6.9-7.4) (8.6% for women, 5.5% for men). Adjusting for non-participants, the prevalence estimate changed to 7.9% (95% CI, 7.3-8.6) (9.4% for women, 6.4% for men). Insomnia was more than eight times more likely (OR, 8.3; 95% CI, 6.2-11.1) among individuals with very poor versus very good self-reported health, adjusting for age, gender, employment status, chronic musculoskeletal complaints, anxiety and depression. The adjusted insomnia prevalence estimate in Nord-Trøndelag was 7.9%. Insomnia was strongly associated with poor self-reported health. Copyright © 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

  7. EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF SOLAR POND PERFORMANCE IN KARABUK ENVIRONMENT

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    Mehmet ÖZKAYMAK

    2004-01-01

    Full Text Available The solar energy, one of the alternative energy sources, can be economically and cheaply and efficiently collected with solar ponds. In this study, varying concentrations of sodium carbonate dilution in the solar pond in terms of heat storage performance has been examined. Experiment apparatus has been located Zonguldak Karaelmas University Karabük Technical Education Faculty. Five experiments with different density levels have been done and the changes in the temperature and density have been presented graphically within the solar pond. The experiments show that the temperature difference between the bottom and top level of solar pond is max. 21 °C and the highest temperature in lower convective zone (LCZ has been measured as 49 °C.

  8. Comparing Diagnostic Outcomes of Autism Spectrum Disorder Using "DSM-IV-TR" and "DSM-5" Criteria

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    Harstad, Elizabeth B.; Fogler, Jason; Sideridis, Georgios; Weas, Sarah; Mauras, Carrie; Barbaresi, William J.

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    Controversy exists regarding the "DSM-5" criteria for ASD. This study tested the psychometric properties of the "DSM-5" model and determined how well it performed across different gender, IQ, and "DSM-IV-TR" sub-type, using clinically collected data on 227 subjects (median age = 3.95 years, majority had IQ > 70).…

  9. Analysis of the Metabolic and Structural Brain Changes in Patients With Torture-Related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (TR-PTSD) Using 18F-FDG PET and MRI

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    Zandieh, Shahin; Bernt, Reinhard; Knoll, Peter; Wenzel, Thomas; Hittmair, Karl; Haller, Joerg; Hergan, Klaus; Mirzaei, Siroos

    2016-01-01

    Abstract Many people exposed to torture later suffer from torture-related post-traumatic stress disorder (TR-PTSD). The aim of this study was to analyze the morphologic and functional brain changes in patients with TR-PTSD using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET). This study evaluated 19 subjects. Thirteen subcortical brain structures were evaluated using FSL software. On the T1-weighted images, normalized brain volumes were measured using SIENAX software. The study compared the volume of the brain and 13 subcortical structures in 9 patients suffering from TR-PTSD after torture and 10 healthy volunteers (HV). Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) was performed in the transverse plane. In addition, the 18F-FDG PET data were evaluated to identify the activity of the elected regions. The mean left hippocampal volume for the TR-PTSD group was significantly lower than in the HV group (post hoc test (Bonferroni) P PTSD and the HV group (post hoc test (Bonferroni) P PTSD group showed low significant expansion of the ventricles in contrast to the HV group (post hoc test (Bonferroni) P PTSD and HV group (post hoc test (Bonferroni) P PTSD, in the temporal lobe in 1 of the 9 patients, and in the caudate nucleus in 5 of the 9 patients. In 2 cases, additional hypometabolism was observed in the posterior cingulate cortex and in the parietal and frontal lobes. The findings from this study show that TR-PTSD might have a deleterious influence on a set of specific brain structures. This study also demonstrated that PET combined with MRI is sensitive in detecting possible metabolic and structural brain changes in TR-PTSD. PMID:27082610

  10. The potential of chitosan in enhancing peptide and protein absorption across the TR146 cell culture model-an in vitro model of the buccal epithelium

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    Portero, Ana; Remuñán-López, Carmen; Nielsen, Hanne Mørck

    2002-01-01

    To investigate the potential of chitosan (CS) to enhance buccal peptide and protein absorption, the TR146 cell culture model, a model of the buccal epithelium, was used.......To investigate the potential of chitosan (CS) to enhance buccal peptide and protein absorption, the TR146 cell culture model, a model of the buccal epithelium, was used....

  11. TrES-5: A MASSIVE JUPITER-SIZED PLANET TRANSITING A COOL G DWARF

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    Mandushev, Georgi; Dunham, Edward W.; Quinn, Samuel N.; Latham, David W.; Charbonneau, David; Buchhave, Lars A.; Rabus, Markus; Oetiker, Brian; Brown, Timothy M.; Belmonte, Juan A.; O'Donovan, Francis T.

    2011-01-01

    We report the discovery of TrES-5, a massive hot Jupiter that transits the star GSC 03949-00967 every 1.48 days. From spectroscopy of the star we estimate a stellar effective temperature of T eff = 5171 ± 36 K, and from high-precision B, R, and I photometry of the transit we constrain the ratio of the semimajor axis a and the stellar radius R * to be a/R * = 6.07 ± 0.14. We compare these values to model stellar isochrones to obtain a stellar mass of M * = 0.893 ± 0.024 M ☉ . Based on this estimate and the photometric time series, we constrain the stellar radius to be R * = 0.866 ± 0.013 R ☉ and the planet radius to be R p = 1.209 ± 0.021 R J . We model our radial-velocity data assuming a circular orbit and find a planetary mass of 1.778 ± 0.063 M J . Our radial-velocity observations rule out line-bisector variations that would indicate a specious detection resulting from a blend of an eclipsing binary system. TrES-5 orbits one of the faintest stars with transiting planets found to date from the ground and demonstrates that precise photometry and followup spectroscopy are possible, albeit challenging, even for such faint stars.

  12. Algunas consideraciones teóricas acerca del tráfico de mujeres en el contexto de la globalización

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    Arun Kumar Acharya

    2008-01-01

    Full Text Available El objetivo del artículo es presentar algunas consideraciones teóricas relacionadas con los conceptos de migración, tráfico y contrabando de personas, particularmente de las mujeres. Se pretenden explicar las conexiones y desconexiones entre estos fenómenos sociales. Tanto el tráfico como el contrabando forman parte de los procesos de migración, los cuales pueden ocurrir con o sin el consentimiento de las personas. Cuando ocurren sin la anuencia de la persona o mediante medios coercitivos, puede hablarse de tráfico de migrantes; en contraste, cuando el traslado ocurre con el total consentimiento de un individuo para ingresar ilegalmente a un país, se habla de contrabando de personas. Así pues, el propósito principal que se encuentra detrás de ambas actividades es el mismo: el comercio de trabajadoras sexuales, la explotación de personas que son sometidas a realizar labores en condiciones de esclavitud, entre otras actividades, situación que hasta cierto punto es igual para el caso del fenómeno de la migración cuando ocurre con o sin el consentimiento de las personas.

  13. Investigation of P(VDF-TrFE)/ZrO{sub 2}-MMA polymer composites applied to radiation shielding

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    Fontainha, C.C.P. [Depto. de Engenharia Nuclear - UFMG, Av. Antonio Carlos 6627, 31270-970 Belo Horizonte, MG (Brazil); Baptista Neto, A.T.; Santos, A.P.; Faria, L.O. [Centro de Desenvolvimento da Tecnologia Nuclear, Av. Antonio Carlos 6627, C.P. 941, 30270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG (Brazil)

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    Exposure to high radiation dose in medical diagnostic imaging procedures can lead patients to suffer tissue damaging. However, there are several studies that identify significant dose reduction with the use of radiation protective attenuators, minimizing the delivered dose in the region that covers the main beam, while preserving the diagnostic quality of the generated image. Most radiation attenuator materials are produced from shielding metal containing composites, whose efficiency is the goal of investigations around the world. In this context, polymeric materials were chosen for this investigation in order to provide light-weighted and flexible protective composites, a must in personal protective shielding. Therefore, this work is concerned to the investigation of poly(vinylidene fluoride - try-fluor-ethylene) [P(VDF-TrFE)] copolymers mixed with zirconia nanoparticles. The resulting polymer composites, prepared with 1, 2, 3, 5 and 10 at.% of ZrO{sub 2} nanoparticles, were investigated for application as protective shielding in some interventional radiology procedures. Two variety of composites were produced, one using pure ZrO{sub 2} nanoparticles and the other using sol-gel route with zirconium butoxide as the precursor for zirconium oxide nano-clusters. The P(VDFTrFE)/ ZrO2-MMA polymer composites produced by sol-gel route have provided a much better dispersion of the pure ZrO{sub 2} material into the P(VDF-TrFE) host matrix. UV-Vis and FTIR spectrometry and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) were used to characterize the composite samples. FTIR data reveal a possible link between the MMA monomers with the P(VDF-TrFE) chain through shared C=O bonds. The radiation shielding characterization was conducted by using a 70 kV x-rays beam which is applicable, for instances, in catheter angiography. The results demonstrate that composites with 10% of ZrO{sub 2}, and only 1.0 mm thick, can attenuate 60% of the x-rays beam. The composite density was evaluated to be

  14. Tríplice fronteira Brasil, Peru e Colômbia e as implicações com o narcotráfico

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    Dias Balieiro, Luiz Felipe de Vasconcelos; Nascimento, Izaura Rodrigues

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    Na região do Alto Solimões, extremo oeste do Amazonas, localiza-se a chamada Tríplice Fronteira Amazônica, formada pelas cidades de Tabatinga/Brasil, Santa Rosa/Peru e Letícia/Colômbia. Esta zona fronteiriça é identificada como uma das portas de entrada dos entorpecentes oriundos das zonas produtoras do Peru e Colômbia no território brasileiro. Este artigo objetiva promover a análise das características do narcotráfico na tríplice fronteira amazônica, com uma breve exposição do seu processo d...

  15. Measuring heat transfer through TR-0 reactor fuel element

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    Nemec, V.; Turzik, Z.; Vitek, M.

    1977-05-01

    The time course of temperatures of the peripheral and the central fuel pins of the TR-O reactor was studied during moderator temperature changes using a model. The formula T=Tsub(e)+(Tsub(o)-Tsub(e)).exp(-t/tsub(e)) applies, where T is the pin temperature, Tsub(o) the initial pin temperature, Tsub(e) is the steady-state bath temperature, tsub(e) the time constant of temperature equilibration and t the time required for a temperature change from value Tsub(o) to T. For the bath level height H=1 m the tsub(e) value for the central pin was determined to be 1.05 hours, for the peripheral pin 0.96 hour; for level height H=2 m the values were 2.1 and 2.12 hours, respectively. The dependence found will allow correcting the experimental results in measurements with heated moderator for fuel temperature changes. (Ha)

  16. Três biografias quinhentistas da Rainha Santa Isabel

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    Full Text Available Dando continuidade aos esforços de canonização de D. Isabel de Aragão, D. João III obteve do Papa, em 1556, a autorização para alargar o culto da já beata D. Isabel a todo o reino. Solicitou, então, aos responsáveis dos mosteiros portugueses, nomeadamente à abadessa do mosteiro de Santa Clara, a composição de uma biografia da rainha, a partir de documentos existentes nesse mosteiro. Surgiram, então, três biografias, todas inspiradas nos referidos documentos: De Vita et Moribus Beatae Elisabethae Lusitaniae Reginae do padre jesuíta Pedro João Perpinhão; Vida e milagres da gloriosa Raynha sancta Ysabel, molher do catholico Rey dom Dinis sexto de Portugal, editada pelos mordomos da Confraria da Rainha Santa Isabel, e “ Vida da Bemaventurada sancta Isabel Raynha de Portugal”, de Frei Marcos de Lisboa, inclusa na Segunda Parte das suas Chronicas da Ordemdos Frades Menores.

  17. Validation and Test-Retest Reliability of New Thermographic Technique Called Thermovision Technique of Dry Needling for Gluteus Minimus Trigger Points in Sciatica Subjects and TrPs-Negative Healthy Volunteers

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    Rychlik, Michał; Samborski, Włodzimierz

    2015-01-01

    The aim of this study was to assess the validity and test-retest reliability of Thermovision Technique of Dry Needling (TTDN) for the gluteus minimus muscle. TTDN is a new thermography approach used to support trigger points (TrPs) diagnostic criteria by presence of short-term vasomotor reactions occurring in the area where TrPs refer pain. Method. Thirty chronic sciatica patients (n=15 TrP-positive and n=15 TrPs-negative) and 15 healthy volunteers were evaluated by TTDN three times during two consecutive days based on TrPs of the gluteus minimus muscle confirmed additionally by referred pain presence. TTDN employs average temperature (T avr), maximum temperature (T max), low/high isothermal-area, and autonomic referred pain phenomenon (AURP) that reflects vasodilatation/vasoconstriction. Validity and test-retest reliability were assessed concurrently. Results. Two components of TTDN validity and reliability, T avr and AURP, had almost perfect agreement according to κ (e.g., thigh: 0.880 and 0.938; calf: 0.902 and 0.956, resp.). The sensitivity for T avr, T max, AURP, and high isothermal-area was 100% for everyone, but specificity of 100% was for T avr and AURP only. Conclusion. TTDN is a valid and reliable method for T avr and AURP measurement to support TrPs diagnostic criteria for the gluteus minimus muscle when digitally evoked referred pain pattern is present. PMID:26137486

  18. Morphdynamics of Beaches in the Tróia-Sines Littoral Ribbon (SW Portugal)

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    Gama, Cristina; Andrade, César; Taborda, Rui; Freitas, Conceição

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    In the Tróia-Sines littoral ribbon five beaches were monitored in order to evaluate morphological and textural changes. The textural analysis reveals a southward coarsening trend that reflects an increase in the wave energy. The morphodynamic data indicate that the modal stages are intermediate to reflective, and that the available beach volume increases southwards. During storm periods the volumetric changes reach 15% to 82% of the beach envelope corresponding to magnitudes of 6x10 3 to 2x10...

  19. Papel ecológico en la cadena trófica de los peces que pasan el invierno en ecosistema de la laguna Culbin Sands, NE Escocia: Identificación de las principales interacciones tróficas y comprovación de los efectos del pez Pomatoschistus microps (Pall

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    Mariyam Mendonça, Vanda; Raffaelli, David; Boyle, Peter; Emes, Chas

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    Se estudió el ecosistema de la laguna Culbin Sands, NE Escocia, durante un periodo de tres años (1994-1996) con objeto de identificar los principales acoplamientos tróficos desde invertebrados bentónicos a depredadores epibentónicos, y para evaluar el impacto de los peces que pasan el invierno sobre las comunidades de sus presas. Cada 2-4 semanas, la fauna móvil se muestreó para estudiar su dieta. Las principales interacciones tróficas identificadas, entre invertebrados bentóncos y depredador...

  20. A Utility Maximizing and Privacy Preserving Approach for Protecting Kinship in Genomic Databases.

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    Kale, Gulce; Ayday, Erman; Tastan, Oznur

    2017-09-12

    Rapid and low cost sequencing of genomes enabled widespread use of genomic data in research studies and personalized customer applications, where genomic data is shared in public databases. Although the identities of the participants are anonymized in these databases, sensitive information about individuals can still be inferred. One such information is kinship. We define two routes kinship privacy can leak and propose a technique to protect kinship privacy against these risks while maximizing the utility of shared data. The method involves systematic identification of minimal portions of genomic data to mask as new participants are added to the database. Choosing the proper positions to hide is cast as an optimization problem in which the number of positions to mask is minimized subject to privacy constraints that ensure the familial relationships are not revealed.We evaluate the proposed technique on real genomic data. Results indicate that concurrent sharing of data pertaining to a parent and an offspring results in high risks of kinship privacy, whereas the sharing data from further relatives together is often safer. We also show arrival order of family members have a high impact on the level of privacy risks and on the utility of sharing data. Available at: https://github.com/tastanlab/Kinship-Privacy. erman@cs.bilkent.edu.tr or oznur.tastan@cs.bilkent.edu.tr. Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online. © The Author (2017). Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com

  1. Dieta, selectividad y solapamiento trófico entre las tallas del pez blanco Menidia humboldtiana (Atheriniformes: Atherinopsidae en el embalse Tiacaque, México

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    Regina Sánchez

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    Full Text Available Menidia humboldtiana es una especie nativa muy apreciada por su delicado sabor. Se determinó el espectro trófico, selectividad y solapamiento trófico de ésta, durante 1995 (épocas del año, se obtuvieron muestras de zooplancton e identificaron a nivel genérico. Los peces capturados se agruparon en intervalos de longitud estándar para cada época. Se analizaron los contenidos estomacales (método volumétrico, Laevastu, selectividad (Chesson y solapamiento trófico (Morisita. Se registraron 14 géneros de zooplancton; Bosmina el más abundante (29 625ind/10L seguido por Cyclops (9 496ind/10L ambos en primavera. Los peces pequeños (1-4.9cm consumen a Cyclops en altos porcentajes en primavera e invierno, 61.24-69.82% respectivamente. Ceriodaphnia es consumida por peces de 3-10.9cm y de 13-14.9cm con 72.41-95.5% en verano; en otoño las tallas pequeñas ingieren a Mastigodiaptomus y Ceriodaphnia; Daphnia y Bosmina por peces de 5-8.9cm y los más grandes (9-14.9cm a Ceriodaphnia. M. humboldtiana realiza una depredación selectiva por Ceriodaphnia, Daphnia, Mastigodiaptomus, Bosmina y Cyclops. El solapamiento trófico fue muy marcado entre todas las tallas en primavera, otoño e invierno, a diferencia en verano los peces de 1-2.9 y 11-12.9cm no registraron un solapamiento con otros intervalos de longitud. M. humboldtiana es una especie zooplanctófaga, que realiza una depredación selectiva y un marcado solapamiento trófico entre los intervalos de longitud.

  2. Potencial discriminatório de três testadores em "topcrosses" de milho

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    Duarte Iran de Azevedo

    2003-01-01

    Full Text Available O objetivo deste trabalho foi determinar o potencial de três testadores endogâmicos elites a fim de avaliar e classificar 15 materiais genéticos para a síntese de híbridos. Quarenta e cinco híbridos mais quatro testemunhas foram avaliados em cinco ambientes, no ano agrícola 2000/2001, utilizando delineamento em blocos ao acaso, com três repetições. Foram avaliados os caracteres peso de grãos corrigido, altura de planta e altura de espiga. As estimativas de capacidade geral e específica de combinação foram obtidas pelo modelo de Griffing, adaptado por Vencovsky e Barriga, para análise em delineamento genético fatorial. O rendimento médio obtido entre os cinco ambientes variou de 8,97 t ha-1 a 12,21 t ha-1. Vinte e sete tratamentos superaram a média geral absoluta da melhor testemunha. A análise de variância conjunta revelou efeitos significativos de ambientes, capacidade geral de combinação dos parentais e testadores, capacidade específica de combinação e das interações ambiente x capacidade geral de combinação dos parentais e testadores. Os testadores promoveram uma classificação diferenciada para a base genética avaliada, com destaque para os cruzamentos entre parentais HS1, HS2, HS5 e HT4 com o testador LF e parentais L10 e HS5 com o testador L05.

  3. Os efeitos da utilização de mensagens persuasivas na forma de condução no trânsito

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    Rocha, Janine Cardoso

    2015-01-01

    A utilização de apelos ao medo em mensagens persuasivas tem sido explorada, e se mostrado eficaz, nas questões que envolvem o tabagismo. No entanto, não se evidenciam muitos estudos relacionando mensagens persuasivas com apelo ao medo e sua influência na intenção de condução no trânsito, principalmente no Brasil. Considerando-se que acidentes de trânsito se apresentam como a décima causa de mortes no mundo e a primeira quando se avaliam pessoas com idade entre 15 e 39 anos, evidencia-se a imp...

  4. Detection of fast oscillating magnetic fields using dynamic multiple TR imaging and Fourier analysis.

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    Ki Hwan Kim

    Full Text Available Neuronal oscillations produce oscillating magnetic fields. There have been trials to detect neuronal oscillations using MRI, but the detectability in in vivo is still in debate. Major obstacles to detecting neuronal oscillations are (i weak amplitudes, (ii fast oscillations, which are faster than MRI temporal resolution, and (iii random frequencies and on/off intervals. In this study, we proposed a new approach for direct detection of weak and fast oscillating magnetic fields. The approach consists of (i dynamic acquisitions using multiple times to repeats (TRs and (ii an expanded frequency spectral analysis. Gradient echo echo-planar imaging was used to test the feasibility of the proposed approach with a phantom generating oscillating magnetic fields with various frequencies and amplitudes and random on/off intervals. The results showed that the proposed approach could precisely detect the weak and fast oscillating magnetic fields with random frequencies and on/off intervals. Complex and phase spectra showed reliable signals, while no meaningful signals were observed in magnitude spectra. A two-TR approach provided an absolute frequency spectrum above Nyquist sampling frequency pixel by pixel with no a priori target frequency information. The proposed dynamic multiple-TR imaging and Fourier analysis are promising for direct detection of neuronal oscillations and potentially applicable to any pulse sequences.

  5. Lesões no trânsito e uso de equipamento de proteção na população brasileira, segundo estudo de base populacional

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    Deborah Carvalho Malta

    2016-02-01

    Full Text Available Resumo O artigo tem por objetivo descrever as lesões no trânsito segundo características demográficas, utilização de equipamentos de proteção, uso de serviços de saúde, limitação de atividades e incapacidades. Estimou-se o percentual de envolvimento em acidentes de trânsito com lesões, o de uso de equipamentos de proteção, o uso de serviços saúde, limitação de atividades habituais, incapacidades e sequelas, segundo escolaridade, raça-cor, sexo, idade e região de residência. O uso de cinto de segurança na população adulta foi de 79,4% e 50,2%, nos bancos da frente e de trás, respectivamente; o de uso do capacete entre os condutores e passageiros de motocicleta foi respectivamente de 83,4 e 80,1. Equipamentos de segurança são menos usados nas regiões Norte e Nordeste e na zona rural. Relataram acidente de trânsito no último mês 3,1%, sendo maior no sexo masculino 4,5%, nas pessoas de escolaridade de nível fundamental completo e médio completo, adulto jovem e de raça-cor parda. Entre os acidentados receberam algum tipo de assistência de saúde devido a este acidente 52,4% foram internados, 7,7% relataram ter tido limitação de atividades habituais, incapacidades e sequelas decorrente de acidente de trânsito 14,1%. Os acidentes de trânsito são elevados no país.

  6. SCFβ-TrCP ubiquitin ligase-mediated processing of NF-κB p105 requires phosphorylation of its C-terminus by IκB kinase

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    Orian, Amir; Gonen, Hedva; Bercovich, Beatrice; Fajerman, Ifat; Eytan, Esther; Israël, Alain; Mercurio, Frank; Iwai, Kazuhiro; Schwartz, Alan L.; Ciechanover, Aaron

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    Processing of the p105 precursor to form the active subunit p50 of the NF-κB transcription factor is a unique case in which the ubiquitin system is involved in limited processing rather than in complete destruction of the target substrate. A glycine-rich region along with a downstream acidic domain have been demonstrated to be essential for processing. Here we demonstrate that following IκB kinase (IκK)-mediated phosphorylation, the C-terminal domain of p105 (residues 918–934) serves as a recognition motif for the SCFβ-TrCP ubiquitin ligase. Expression of IκKβ dramatically increases processing of wild-type p105, but not of p105-Δ918–934. Dominant-negative β-TrCP inhibits IκK-dependent processing. Furthermore, the ligase and wild-type p105 but not p105-Δ918–934 associate physically following phosphorylation. In vitro, SCFβ-TrCP specifically conjugates and promotes processing of phosphorylated p105. Importantly, the TrCP recognition motif in p105 is different from that described for IκBs, β-catenin and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Vpu. Since p105-Δ918–934 is also conjugated and processed, it appears that p105 can be recognized under different physiological conditions by two different ligases, targeting two distinct recognition motifs. PMID:10835356

  7. Acidentes de trânsito no Brasil de 1998 a 2010: muitas mudanças e poucos resultados Accidentes de tránsito en Brasil de 1998 a 2010: muchos cambios y pocos resultados Traffic accidents in Brazil from 1998 to 2010: many changes and few effects

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    Giancarlo Bacchieri

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    Full Text Available O artigo descreve a situação dos acidentes de trânsito no Brasil, desde a implementação do Código de Trânsito Brasileiro de 1998 até o ano de 2010. Foi realizada análise dos principais trabalhos científicos e publicações não acadêmicas nacionais. A revisão de literatura incluiu periódicos indexados, não indexados, relatórios técnicos, busca específica por autores, referências bibliográficas de artigos e contato com pesquisadores. Os principais problemas do trânsito brasileiro identificados foram aumento do número absoluto de mortos e das taxas de mortalidade, ampliação da frota de motocicletas e o uso de álcool. Foram identificados autores influentes e ilhas de produção de conhecimento nas áreas pesquisadas. Os autores apresentam algumas possíveis soluções e sugerem que o poder público não tem assumido a responsabilidade que lhe cabe no controle e redução dos acidentes de trânsito.El articulo describe la situación de los accidentes de tránsito en Brasil, desde la implementación del Código de Transito Brasileño de 1998 hasta el año de 2010. Se realizó análisis de los principales trabajos científicos y publicaciones no académicas nacionales. La revisión de literatura incluyó periódicos indexados, no indexados, informes técnicos, búsqueda especifica por autores, referencias bibliográficas de artículos y contacto con investigadores. Los principales problemas de tránsito brasileño identificados fueron aumento del número absoluto de muertos y de las tasas de mortalidad, ampliación de la flota de motocicletas y el uso de alcohol. Se identificaron autores influyentes e islas de producción de conocimiento en las áreas investigadas. Los autores presentaban algunas posibles soluciones y sugieren que el poder público no ha asumido la responsabilidad que le cabe en el control y reducción de los accidentes de tránsito.The paper describes the situation of road traffic accidents in Brazil since

  8. Vandenilio kuro elementų tyrimas srovės trūkio metodu

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    Tamošaitis, Kęstutis

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    Bakalauro baigiamąjį darbą „ Vandenilio kuro elementų tyrimas srovės trūkio metodu“ sudaro 5 skyriai: įvadas, teorinė dalis, tyrimų dalis, išvados, literatūra ir priedai. Darbo apimtį sudaro 73 puslapiai, 69 paveikslėliai, 3 lentelės ir 4 priedai. Darbe aprašomos įvairių tipų kuro elementai, jų veikimas. Nagrinėjama PEM kuro elemento veikimo principai. Pateikti PEM kuro elemento savybių eksperimentinio tyrimo rezultatai. The final work for bachelors degree „Investigation of Fuel Cells by C...

  9. Analysis of the Metabolic and Structural Brain Changes in Patients With Torture-Related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (TR-PTSD) Using ¹⁸F-FDG PET and MRI.

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    Zandieh, Shahin; Bernt, Reinhard; Knoll, Peter; Wenzel, Thomas; Hittmair, Karl; Haller, Joerg; Hergan, Klaus; Mirzaei, Siroos

    2016-04-01

    Many people exposed to torture later suffer from torture-related post-traumatic stress disorder (TR-PTSD). The aim of this study was to analyze the morphologic and functional brain changes in patients with TR-PTSD using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET). This study evaluated 19 subjects. Thirteen subcortical brain structures were evaluated using FSL software. On the T1-weighted images, normalized brain volumes were measured using SIENAX software. The study compared the volume of the brain and 13 subcortical structures in 9 patients suffering from TR-PTSD after torture and 10 healthy volunteers (HV). Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) was performed in the transverse plane. In addition, the 18F-FDG PET data were evaluated to identify the activity of the elected regions. The mean left hippocampal volume for the TR-PTSD group was significantly lower than in the HV group (post hoc test (Bonferroni) P PTSD and the HV group (post hoc test (Bonferroni) P PTSD group showed low significant expansion of the ventricles in contrast to the HV group (post hoc test (Bonferroni) P PTSD and HV group (post hoc test (Bonferroni) P PTSD, in the temporal lobe in 1 of the 9 patients, and in the caudate nucleus in 5 of the 9 patients. In 2 cases, additional hypometabolism was observed in the posterior cingulate cortex and in the parietal and frontal lobes. The findings from this study show that TR-PTSD might have a deleterious influence on a set of specific brain structures. This study also demonstrated that PET combined with MRI is sensitive in detecting possible metabolic and structural brain changes in TR-PTSD.

  10. Riesgo suicida según la tríada cognitiva negativa, ideación, desesperanza y depresión

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    Ronald Alberto Toro-Tobar

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    Full Text Available Objetivo: establecer la relación entre ideación suicida, desesperanza, tríada cognitiva negativa y depresión, como evidencia del mo- delo cognitivo del riesgo suicida. Método: estudio empírico-analítico con diseño descriptivo, correlacional y comparativo. Las variables fueron medidas con los inventarios BDI-II, PANSI e ITC y la escala BHS. La muestra final estuvo constituida por 90 personas de ambos sexos, con una media de edad de 24,2 años (DT = 8,65 años pertenecientes a diversos niveles socioeconómicos, con estudios universi- tarios, principalmente. Resultados: se encontraron correlaciones estadísticamente significativas entre ideación suicida, desesperanza, depresión y la tríada cognitiva negativa. Las diferencias fueron significativas entre los grupos depresivos y no depresivos, con grandes efectos para las tres variables cognitivas. Interpretación y conclusiones: estos resultados constituyen nueva evidencia del modelo cognitivo planteado acerca de la relación entre las variables depresión, tríada cognitiva negativa, ideación suicida y desesperanza, tal como se ha propuesto en distintas revisiones sobre cognición negativa y suicidio. Se analizaron las limitaciones del estudio en cuanto el reducido tamaño muestral y las diferencias entre sexos para depresión ante estresores específicos, y las variaciones por grupos de edades en el riesgo suicida de los jóvenes.

  11. Longshore sediment transport in the Tróia-Sines Littoral Ribbon (SW Portugal).

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    Gama, Cristina; Taborda, Rui; Andrade, César

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    Longshore sediment transport in the Tróia-Sines litoral ribbon was evaluated by map comparison and applying energy flux method using numerical models. Results yielded a longshore transport residual rate in the order of 10 5 m3y-1 towards north. The comparison of the results with the ones obtained thought the analysis of the secular coastline evolution show that the empirical coefficient between the energy flux and the longshore drift is equal to 0.28 and is apparently independent with grain ...

  12. Modelo para la expansión de la capacidad de tráfico

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    Aldás Sánchez, Milton Rodrigo

    2015-01-01

    Tesis Doctoral leída en la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid en 2015. Directores de la Tesis: David Ríos Insúa y Marco Javier Flores Calero En esta tesis se estudian los problemas del flujo de tráfico y la congestión vehicular, más concretamente en el casco urbano de la ciudad de Ambato. Estos problemas se han agudizado en los últimos tiempos debido al crecimiento poblacional, el aumento de entidades educativas, bancarias y comerciales y, especialmente, el incremento excesi...

  13. Radar Spectrum Engineering and Management (Ingenierie et gestion du spectre radar)

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    of Kansas seguin@ku.edu Electrical Engr. & Comp. Sci. Dept. 1520 W. 15th Street Lawrence, KS 66045 UNITED STATES Nicolas SENTENAC...e t s t s t s tt w jt ψ= + = 1 2 2 1 ( ( ) ( ) tan ) w t t tw ψ − − = IMPROVED TRANSMITTER SPECTRAL PURITY STO-TR-SET-182 2 - 17 Figure 2-15...Washington, DC, USA, 11-15 May 2015. 42) P.S. Tan , J. Jakabosky, J.M. Stiles and S.D. Blunt, “On Higher-Order Representations of Polyphase- Coded FM Radar

  14. Macrophage-mediated gliadin degradation and concomitant IL-27 production drive IL-10- and IFN-γ-secreting Tr1-like-cell differentiation in a murine model for gluten tolerance.

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    van Leeuwen, M A; Costes, L M M; van Berkel, L A; Simons-Oosterhuis, Y; du Pré, M F; Kozijn, A E; Raatgeep, H C; Lindenbergh-Kortleve, D J; van Rooijen, N; Koning, F; Samsom, J N

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    Celiac disease is caused by inflammatory T-cell responses against the insoluble dietary protein gliadin. We have shown that, in humanized mice, oral tolerance to deamidated chymotrypsin-digested gliadin (CT-TG2-gliadin) is driven by tolerogenic interferon (IFN)-γ- and interleukin (IL)-10-secreting type 1 regulatory T-like cells (Tr1-like cells) generated in the spleen but not in the mesenteric lymph nodes. We aimed to uncover the mechanisms underlying gliadin-specific Tr1-like-cell differentiation and hypothesized that proteolytic gliadin degradation by splenic macrophages is a decisive step in this process. In vivo depletion of macrophages caused reduced differentiation of splenic IFN-γ- and IL-10-producing Tr1-like cells after CT-TG2-gliadin but not gliadin peptide feed. Splenic macrophages, rather than dendritic cells, constitutively expressed increased mRNA levels of the endopeptidase Cathepsin D; macrophage depletion significantly reduced splenic Cathepsin D expression in vivo and Cathepsin D efficiently degraded recombinant γ-gliadin in vitro. In response to CT-TG2-gliadin uptake, macrophages enhanced the expression of Il27p28, a cytokine that favored differentiation of gliadin-specific Tr1-like cells in vitro, and was previously reported to increase Cathepsin D activity. Conversely, IL-27 neutralization in vivo inhibited splenic IFN-γ- and IL-10-secreting Tr1-like-cell differentiation after CT-TG2-gliadin feed. Our data infer that endopeptidase mediated gliadin degradation by macrophages and concomitant IL-27 production drive differentiation of splenic gliadin-specific Tr1-like cells.

  15. Síndrome de Klippel-Trenaunay-Parkes-Weber com angiomatose medular Klippel-Trénaunay-Parkes-Weber syndrome with spinal cord angioma: a case report

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    James Pitagoras de Mattos

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    Full Text Available É relatado um caso de síndrome de Klippel-Trénaunay-Parkes-Weber associada a angiomatose medular. O autor salienta ter encontrado na literatura somente uma referência com tal associação.A case of Klippel-Trénaunay-Parkes-Weber syndrome associated with spinal cord angioma is reported. The author points out that it was found only one reference in literature with such association.

  16. Impaired renal secretion of substrates for the multidrug resistance protein 2 in mutant transport-deficient (TR-) rats.

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    Masereeuw, R.; Notenboom, S.; Smeets, P.H.E.; Wouterse, A.C.; Russel, F.G.M.

    2003-01-01

    Previous studies with mutant transport-deficient rats (TR(-)), in which the multidrug resistance protein 2 (Mrp2) is lacking, have emphasized the importance of this transport protein in the biliary excretion of a wide variety of glutathione conjugates, glucuronides, and other organic anions. Mrp2 is

  17. Management of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp cubense (Foc-TR4) from banana by anaerobic soil disinfestation (ASD)

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    Runia, W.T.

    2014-01-01

    Applied Plant Research in Lelystad has, commissioned by Gert Kema, Plant Research International (PRI) and leader of the Panama Project, performed a trial to measure the efficacy of anaerobic soil disinfestation (ASD) with a ‘Herbie” product against Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense (Foc; TR 4),

  18. Los hombres y los accidentes de tránsito: un vistazo al riesgo, conducta de riesgo, notificación de accidentes, educación y formación profesional

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    Cintia Rodrigues

    2017-05-01

    Full Text Available Abstract Los accidentes de tránsito son un grave y complejo problema de salud pública. La literatura señala que los accidentes de tránsito están asociados confactores de comportamiento, seguridad de los vehículos y la precariedad del espacio urbano.Reducir el número de accidentes de tránsito es un reto para los gestores deárea. La educación en el tránsito debe considerar la vigilancia como una estrategia eficaz para cambiar el comportamiento del conductor,principalmente en relación con el exceso de velocidad y el consumo de alcohol asociado con la conducción.La ingeniería tiene un papel importante para promover un entorno seguro,en el que la convivencia de peatones, ciclistas y conductores sea posible. El escenario en que se configura los accidentes de tránsito muestra la necesidad de los profesionales de la salud reconsiderar sus prácticas con el fin de replantear la imagen de la víctima de accidentes, las formas de trabajo de prevención de accidentes, la educación en el tránsito de peatones y conductores, con el fin de promover la salud y la cultura de paz. Existe la necesidad de políticas de salud públicay estrategias que hacen posible acceso a las acciones tanto en el campo preventivo como en el campo de la rehabilitación.

  19. Perspectivas de género en las condenas por tráfico de drogas

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    Luz M. Puente Aba

    2012-12-01

    Full Text Available This article pretends to examine sentences for drug trafficking from a gender perspective. An in-depth analysis of sentences and prison statistics from this point of view reveals that women are most affected by this repressive policy. The most remarkable fact is that while the number of convicted women in general is low, a large percentage of female offenders’ sentences are related to drug offences, thus representing a higher percentage in this group than in the male group. Yet if we analyze the prison population from a gender perspective, the results are even more striking: whereas women make up an insignificant percentage of the total, they nonetheless represent a large part of the total number of sentences for drug trafficking. Furthermore, a study of the characteristics of women sentenced for these crimes allows us to trace a specific profile for this group, which in turn provides an insight into why women are the main victims of the repressive drug policy, and the consequences they face. It will be analyzed whether penal treatment contributes to an excessive representation of the feminine gender in prisons; which gender sectors are particularly affected; and how we could find the causes and consequences of this situation. To conclude, new ways to solve this problem are suggested: reconsidering criminal policy on drugs, or strengthening alternatives to prison and different measures to support people serving sentences in prison. Este trabajo pretende analizar las condenas por tráfico de drogas desde una perspectiva de género. Partiendo de las estadísticas relativas al número y tipología de condenas por delitos, y asimismo de las estadísticas relativas a la población de los centros penitenciarios, se puede extraer que las mujeres son las más afectadas por la política penal en materia de tráfico de drogas, de carácter marcadamente represivo, puesto que suponen un porcentaje ínfimo de la población penitenciaria, y en cambio

  20. Comparative analysis of LytS/LytTR-type histidine kinase/response regulator systems in γ-proteobacteria.

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    Stefan Behr

    Full Text Available Bacterial histidine kinase/response regulator systems operate at the interface between environmental cues and physiological states. Escherichia coli contains two LytS/LytTR-type histidine kinase/response regulator systems, BtsS/BtsR (formerly YehU/YehT and YpdA/YpdB, which have been identified as pyruvate-responsive two-component systems. Since they exhibit remarkable similarity, we analyzed their phylogenetic distribution within the γ-proteobacteria, and experimentally characterized them in a set of representative species. We found that BtsS/BtsR is the predominant LytS/LytTR-type two-component system among γ-proteobacteria, whereas YpdA/YpdB primarily appears in a supplementary role. Based on our observations in E. coli, we used the highly conserved DNA-binding motifs to test the in vivo functionality of both systems in various genera, including Salmonella, Enterobacter, Citrobacter, Xenorhabdus, Yersinia, Aeromonas and Vibrio. The results suggest that, in all cases tested, BtsS/BtsR and YpdA/YpdB respond to different levels of pyruvate in the environment.

  1. TR-EDB: Test Reactor Embrittlement Data Base, Version 1

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    Stallmann, F.W.; Wang, J.A.; Kam, F.B.K. [Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)

    1994-01-01

    The Test Reactor Embrittlement Data Base (TR-EDB) is a collection of results from irradiation in materials test reactors. It complements the Power Reactor Embrittlement Data Base (PR-EDB), whose data are restricted to the results from the analysis of surveillance capsules in commercial power reactors. The rationale behind their restriction was the assumption that the results of test reactor experiments may not be applicable to power reactors and could, therefore, be challenged if such data were included. For this very reason the embrittlement predictions in the Reg. Guide 1.99, Rev. 2, were based exclusively on power reactor data. However, test reactor experiments are able to cover a much wider range of materials and irradiation conditions that are needed to explore more fully a variety of models for the prediction of irradiation embrittlement. These data are also needed for the study of effects of annealing for life extension of reactor pressure vessels that are difficult to obtain from surveillance capsule results.

  2. TR-EDB: Test Reactor Embrittlement Data Base, Version 1

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    Stallmann, F.W.; Wang, J.A.; Kam, F.B.K.

    1994-01-01

    The Test Reactor Embrittlement Data Base (TR-EDB) is a collection of results from irradiation in materials test reactors. It complements the Power Reactor Embrittlement Data Base (PR-EDB), whose data are restricted to the results from the analysis of surveillance capsules in commercial power reactors. The rationale behind their restriction was the assumption that the results of test reactor experiments may not be applicable to power reactors and could, therefore, be challenged if such data were included. For this very reason the embrittlement predictions in the Reg. Guide 1.99, Rev. 2, were based exclusively on power reactor data. However, test reactor experiments are able to cover a much wider range of materials and irradiation conditions that are needed to explore more fully a variety of models for the prediction of irradiation embrittlement. These data are also needed for the study of effects of annealing for life extension of reactor pressure vessels that are difficult to obtain from surveillance capsule results

  3. Entre a Identidade e a Máscara: um Estudo de “Três Máscaras” de José Régio

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    "Três Máscaras” é uma peça de teatro da autoria de José Régio. Nesta, conforme o próprio título o sugere, sobressaem três personagens que sustentam disfarces num baile de máscaras. Na verdade, estas estão mascaradas das emblemáticas personagens Columbina, Pierrot e Mefistófeles que  à semelhança do que sucedia nas encenações da Commedia dell’arte em que se visava uma criação coletiva sujeita à inspiração do momento  fantasiam um diálogo e uma ação norteados pelo simbolismo do respetivo disf...

  4. [Clinical usefulness of IDEA and CARS: concordance with DSM-IV-TR in children and adolescents with suspicion of PDD].

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    García-López, C; Narbona, J

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    Observational scales are useful to estimate the severity of symptoms in PDD as well as to monitor their evolution. a) To analyze the concordance between diagnoses based on the Autism Spectrum Inventory (Inventario del Espectro Autista, IDEA)) and the Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS), compared to DSM-IV-TR criteria, in subjects with a suspicion of pervasive developmental disorders (PDD), and b) to study the discrimination power of both scales to differentiate between a clinical diagnosis situated in the autism spectrum. Fifty-six children and adolescents, between 2 and 20 years-old, who attended our Neuropediatric Unit due to suspicion of PDD. Independently, two clinicians evaluated the presence of PDD symptoms; one of them according to DSM-IV-TR criteria and the other one based on the application of IDEA and CARS. The concordance of IDEA and CARS when compared to DSM-IV-TR classification was 73 and 82%, respectively, with a sensitivity of 1 and 0,83 and a specificity of 0,61 and 0,82, respectively. Both scales correctly discriminated between autistic disorder and other clinical diagnoses. Both IDEA and CARS are useful instruments to detect and monitor autism symptoms in the context of routine clinical practice. Copyright © 2012 Asociación Española de Pediatría. Published by Elsevier Espana. All rights reserved.

  5. Costo económico de la discapacidad causada por lesiones de tránsito en México durante 2012

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    2015-04-01

    Full Text Available Para estimar el costo económico de la discapacidad permanente causada por lesiones de tránsito en México durante 2012, desde las perspectivas del Sistema de Salud y de la Sociedad, se realizó un estudio de costos que utiliza metodología bottom-up, considerando costos directos médicos (hospitalización, consultas ambulatorias y de rehabilitación y prótesis, y costos indirectos (pérdida de productividad del lesionado y cuidador con una aproximación de capital humano. La discapacidad causada por lesiones de tránsito tiene un alto costo para el sistema de salud y la sociedad mexicana. Desde la perspectiva del sistema de salud, el costo en pesos mexicanos de la discapacidad permanente fue de US$269.529.480,72, equivalente a US$1.496,33 por persona. Desde la perspectiva de la sociedad, se estimaron US$3.445,45 durante el primer año. En promedio, se estimó un costo total de US$4.941,77 por persona, resultando en un total de US$1.119.761.632,53 en 2012. Los resultados de este estudio evidencian la necesidad de diseñar e implementar políticas más enérgicas y eficientes para el control de las lesiones de tránsito en México

  6. Sistema para sincronização e gerenciamento de fluxo de tráfego aéreo multi-agentes

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    Marcos Vinícius Pinheiro Dib

    2009-10-01

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    Nesta pesquisa propõe-se um sistema para sincronização e gerenciamento de fluxo de tráfego aéreo que combina tecnologias de Inteligência Artificial – coordenação de Multi-Agentes, e computação distribuída sobre a Internet – Grid Computacional – cuja finalidade é otimizar o fluxo de tráfego aéreo, prevendo congestionamentos e racionalizando a utilização dos recursos dos aeroportos, sem contudo, ferir os princípios de segurança estabelecidos para a área de transportes aéreos. Para demonstrar o sistema desenvolvido, são descritos sua arquitetura, seus componentes e os relacionamentos entre eles, bem como os mecanismos de negociação necessários às tomadas de decisão. A título ilustrativo, é relatado um estudo de caso de planejamento tático, simulado a partir de informações do Aeroporto Internacional de São Paulo. A combinação das duas tecnologias, coordenação de Multi-Agentes e Grid Computacional, aplicada ao problema de gerenciamento do fluxo de tráfego aéreo apresenta perspectivas de tornar-se um tópico promissor para pesquisas futuras.

  7. O enfrentamento ao tráfico de pessoas no âmbito do Mercosul

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    Mário Lúcio Quintão Soares

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    Full Text Available Human trafficking is a serious problemthat, in its various forms – sexual exploitation,forced labor and removal of organs – isin the form of transnational organized crime,affecting every country in the world. Apparently,the increasing political integration, economicand social activity is one way to attempt to minimizethe human trafficking. In the case of theSouthern Cone Common Market – Mercosur,efforts have been made to both by its States Parties(Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay,as they ratified the Palermo Protocol. Within thisframework, this study aimed to examine the measuresadopted within Mercosur in a way to protectand promote the rights of trafficked persons.To accomplish this work, the emphasis has beendescriptive and analytical study, by means of literatureand documents. Note that only Brazil andArgentina have adopted specific policies on traffickingin persons. Given this, it was found thatthe States Parties of Mercosur develop actions toprotect and promote human rights of traffickedpersons, not counting even some specific publicpolicy.O tráfico de pessoas é um problema graveque, nas suas diversas modalidades – exploraçãosexual, trabalhos forçados e remoção de órgãos –constitui-se em forma de crime organizado transnacional,atingindo todos os países do mundo. Ao queparece, a crescente integração política, econômica esocial constitui caminho para uma tentativa de minimizaçãodo tráfico de pessoas. Em se tratando deMercado Comum do Cone Sul – Mercosul, esforçostêm sido envidados para tanto por parte dos seus EstadosPartes (Argentina, Brasil, Paraguai e Uruguai,pois esses países ratificaram o Protocolo de Palermo.Nesse marco, esta pesquisa teve por objetivo analisaras medidas adotadas no âmbito do Mercosul para aproteção e promoção dos direitos das pessoas traficadas.Para a concretização deste trabalho, privilegiou-se o estudo descritivo e analítico, por meio depesquisa bibliográfica e

  8. Propriedades físicas do solo e crescimento de raízes de milho em um argissolo vermelho sob tráfego controlado de máquinas

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    Michael Mazurana

    2013-10-01

    Full Text Available O desempenho das funções do solo pode ser influenciado pela compactação imposta pelo manejo inadequado. Algumas propriedades físicas do solo são tomados como indicadores da presença de camadas compactadas, as quais podem interferir no desenvolvimento radicular de culturas. Práticas agrícolas, como o uso de plantas de cobertura, que melhoram as propriedades do solo, podem mitigar problemas relacionados à compactação. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar propriedades físicas de solo e de plantas, estas cultivadas em condições controladas. Em um Argissolo Vermelho sob sistema plantio direto consolidado com dois manejos de cobertura de inverno (pousio e aveia + ervilhaca e tráfego controlado de máquinas [sem tráfego (ST, antes do tráfego (AT e depois do tráfego (DT], avaliaram-se a pressão de pré-consolidação, a resistência do solo à penetração, a densidade do solo, a porosidade e o diâmetro médio ponderado de agregados. Amostras indeformadas de solo das condições antes e depois do tráfego foram coletadas em vasos de PVC e acondicionadas em casa de vegetação, nos quais foram semeadas três sementes de milho, e cultivadas durante 25 dias sob diferentes condições de disponibilidade hídrica. Após esse período, determinaram-se a área foliar, massa verde e seca da parte aérea e massa úmida e seca das raízes de plantas de milho. A densidade do solo independentemente da camada avaliada não foi influenciada pela condição de cobertura do solo, mas sim pela condição de tráfego. Já a macroporosidade foi influenciada pelo tráfego no sistema pousio até 0,10 m, indicando ter esse sistema menor capacidade de suportar perturbações, comprovado pelos menores valores de pressão de pré-consolidação. A resistência do solo à penetração aumentou em profundidade, estando relacionada à maior densidade, menor macroporosidade e maior pressão de pré-consolidação. Sem restrição hídrica, o crescimento

  9. Žieminių kviečių grūdų užterštumo mikromicetais ir mikotoksinais priklausomumas nuo tręšimo lygio

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    Mankevičienė, Audronė; Dabkevičius, Zenonas; Mačkinaitė, Rimutė; Cesevičienė, Jurgita

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    Žieminių kviečių (Triticum aestivum L.) grūdų užsiteršimo mikroskopiniais grybais ir mikotoksinais tyrimai atlikti 2002-2004 m. Lietuvos žemdirbystės institute. Žieminiai kviečiai 'Ada' ir 'Zentos' tyrimų laikotarpiu buvo tręšiami 3 lygiais: netręšta (N0P0K0), vidutinis tręšimo lygis (N90P80K120S6), didžiausias tręšimo lygis (N180P80K140S13). Grūdų mikrobiologinės ir užterštumo mikotoksinais deoksinivalenoliu (DON), zearalenonu (ZEN) ir T-2 toksinu analizės atliktos tuoj po derliaus nuėmimo. ...

  10. Gestión ambiental de tránsito: cómo la ingeniería de transporte puede contribuir a la mejoría del ambiente urbano

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    Rodrigo Fernández

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    Full Text Available Este artículo presenta la noción de gestión ambiental de tránsito. Su importancia radica en que esta noción es poco conocida en el medio chileno y latinoamericano, pero posee el potencial de mejorar el ambiente urbano. Primero, se precisan los conceptos de sistema de transporte, tráfico, gestión de tránsito, congestión y grado de saturación. Luego, se demuestra cómo impactos urbano-ambientales derivados del tráfico pueden ser cuantificados y predichos en función del grado de saturación. Tomando como ejemplo la ciudad de Santiago de Chile, se ilustran alternativas para reducir el grado de saturación. Se concluye que, de aplicarse ciertas medidas, los impactos derivados del tráfico podrían disminuir, sin necesidad de aumentar la capacidad vial. Es necesario, no obstante, cambiar la visión de los problemas de tráfico: desde reducir la congestión a incrementar la calidad urbanaThis paper introduces the concept of Environmental Traffic Management. The relevance of this paper lies in the fact that this concept is almost unknown in Latin America. However, the Environmental Traffic Management has the potential of improving urban environment. Firstly, the concepts of transport system, traffic, traffic management, congestion and degree of saturation are introduced. Then, the way in which the urban as well as environmental impacts can be predicted by means of the degree of saturation is shown. Considering Santiago de Chile as case study, alternative schemes for reducing the degree of saturation are explored. Finally, the main conclusion is stated: it is not necessary to expand road capacity for reducing traffic impacts. It is necessary, however, to change the scope of traffic problems: from reducing road congestion to increase urban quality

  11. IMGT/GeneInfo: T cell receptor gamma TRG and delta TRD genes in database give access to all TR potential V(D)J recombinations

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    Baum, Thierry-Pascal; Hierle, Vivien; Pasqual, Nicolas; Bellahcene, Fatena; Chaume, Denys; Lefranc, Marie-Paule; Jouvin-Marche, Evelyne; Marche, Patrice Noël; Demongeot, Jacques

    2006-01-01

    Background Adaptative immune repertoire diversity in vertebrate species is generated by recombination of variable (V), diversity (D) and joining (J) genes in the immunoglobulin (IG) loci of B lymphocytes and in the T cell receptor (TR) loci of T lymphocytes. These V-J and V-D-J gene rearrangements at the DNA level involve recombination signal sequences (RSS). Whereas many data exist, they are scattered in non specialized resources with different nomenclatures (eg. flat files) and are difficult to extract. Description IMGT/GeneInfo is an online information system that provides, through a user-friendly interface, exhaustive information resulting from the complex mechanisms of T cell receptor V-J and V-D-J recombinations. T cells comprise two populations which express the αβ and γδ TR, respectively. The first version of the system dealt with the Homo sapiens and Mus musculus TRA and TRB loci whose gene rearrangements allow the synthesis of the αβ TR chains. In this paper, we present the second version of IMGT/GeneInfo where we complete the database for the Homo sapiens and Mus musculus TRG and TRD loci along with the introduction of a quality control procedure for existing and new data. We also include new functionalities to the four loci analysis, giving, to date, a very informative tool which allows to work on V(D)J genes of all TR loci in both human and mouse species. IMGT/GeneInfo provides more than 59,000 rearrangement combinations with a full gene description which is freely available at . Conclusion IMGT/GeneInfo allows all TR information sequences to be in the same spot, and are now available within two computer-mouse clicks. This is useful for biologists and bioinformaticians for the study of T lymphocyte V(D)J gene rearrangements and their applications in immune response analysis. PMID:16640788

  12. El tráfico de órganos en Brasil: Civilconstitucional enderece contra la Mercantilización persona

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    Mara Conceição Vieira de Oliveira

    2016-06-01

    Full Text Available Pese haya regulación en el sistema jurídico brasileño, el Tráfico de órganos es problema serio, y medidas de prevención son poco discutidas y/o presentadas. La atrocidad del cri- men se vuelve poco creíble ante la sociedad, en la cual muchos entienden el tráfico de ór- ganos sólo como más una leyenda urbana. Este estudio cuestiona: ¿Cuál la efectividad de la regulación de la dignidad de la persona humana, cuando el cuerpo asume valor de “cosa”?, es decir, ¿Cuánto cuesta una persona o parte suya cuando transformada en producto en una sociedad de mercado? ¿Cuáles los límites jurídicos y morales son violados cuando un órgano está puesto a la venta? De esta manera, se objetiva, aquí, describir el principio de la dignidad de la persona humana y su efectividad en relación a este crimen, señalando el incumplimiento del Código Civil Brasileiro. Para eso, el procedimiento metodológico ele- gido se orientará por la investigación teórico bibliográfica, al realizar lecturas legislativas y doctrinarias; lectura crítica filosófica con Michael Sandel sobre la moralidad del mercado; y recopilación de datos sobre la base de la CPI del Tráfico de órganos – “CPIORGAO”. Los resultados obtenidos, hasta el momento actual, presentan recopilación teórico bibliográfi- ca; aún no se realizó análisis aplicada a los casos específicos citados por la comisión, a pesar de que puedan venir a ser estudiados en otras etapas del desarrollo de la investigación. La temática de este artículo, al relacionar la problemática del tráfico de órganos, la dignidad de la persona humana y la mercantilización del cuerpo, contribuye para el tema del evento: - Participación, Democracia y Ciudadanía en la perspectiva del Derecho Iberoameri- cano -, una vez que nuestro grupo de investigación también entiende la cuestión en este escenario de creciente y complejo proceso de globalización.

  13. Comparison of Hemostasis Times With a Kaolin-Based Hemostatic Pad (QuikClot Radial) vs Mechanical Compression (TR Band) Following Transradial Access: A Pilot Prospective Study.

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    Roberts, Jonathan S; Niu, Jianli; Pastor-Cervantes, Juan A

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    Hemostasis following transradial access (TRA) is usually achieved by mechanical compression. We investigated use of the QuikClot Radial hemostasis pad (Z-Medica) compared with the TR Band (Terumo Medical) to shorten hemostasis after TRA. Thirty patients undergoing TRA coronary angiography and/or percutaneous coronary intervention were randomized into three cohorts post TRA: 10 patients received mechanical compression with the TR Band, 10 patients received 30 min of compression with the QuikClot Radial pad, and 10 patients received 60 min of compression with the QuikClot Radial pad. Times to hemostasis and access-site complications were recorded. Radial artery patency was evaluated 1 hour after hemostasis by the reverse Barbeau's test. There were no differences in patient characteristics, mean dose of heparin (7117 ± 1054 IU), or mean activated clotting time value (210 ± 50 sec) at the end of procedure among the three groups. Successful hemostasis was achieved in 100% of patients with both the 30-min and 60-min compression groups using the QuikClot pad. Hemostasis failure occurred in 50% of patients when the TR Band was initially weaned at the protocol-driven time (40 min after sheath removal). Mean compression time for hemostasis with the TR Band was 149.4 min compared with 30.7 min and 60.9 min for the 30-min and 60-min QuikClot groups, respectively. No radial artery occlusion occurred in any subject at the end of the study. Use of the QuikClot Radial pad following TRA in this pilot trial significantly shortened hemostasis times when compared with the TR Band, with no increased complications noted.

  14. Reliability and validity of the DSM-IV-TR and proposed DSM-5 criteria for pedophilia: Implications for the ICD-11 and the next DSM.

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    Seto, Michael C; Fedoroff, J Paul; Bradford, John M; Knack, Natasha; Rodrigues, Nicole C; Curry, Susan; Booth, Brad; Gray, Jonathan; Cameron, Colin; Bourget, Dominique; Messina, Sarina; James, Elizabeth; Watson, Diane; Gulati, Sanjiv; Balmaceda, Rufino; Ahmed, Adekunle G

    We tested the inter-rater reliability and criterion-related validity of the DSM-IV-TR pedophilia diagnosis and proposed DSM-5 pedohebephilia diagnosis in a sample of 79 men who had committed child pornography offenses, contact sexual offenses against children, or who were referred because of concerns about whether they had a sexual interest in children. Participants were evaluated by two independent psychiatrists with an interview and questionnaire regarding demographic characteristics, sexual history, and self-reported sexual interests; they also completed phallometric and visual reaction time testing. Kappa was .59 for ever meeting DSM-IV-TR criteria for pedophilia and .52 for ever meeting the proposed DSM-5 criteria for pedohebephilia. Ever meeting DSM-IV-TR diagnosis was significantly related to self-reported index of sexual interest in children (highest AUC=.81, 95% CI=.70-.91, pDSM-5 "diagnosis" was similarly related to self-report (AUC=.84, 95% CI=.74-.94, pDSM-5 criteria, we believe these results suggest the revision of DSM-5 and development of ICD-11 could benefit from drawing on the current DSM-5 criteria, which are essentially the same as DSM-IV-TR except for a distinction between having a paraphilia (the interest) and a paraphilic disorder (the paraphilia plus clinically significant distress or impairment). Copyright © 2016. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

  15. Identificação dos fatores relevantes na decisão da alocação dos recursos econômicos visando um trânsito seguro

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    Érico Veras Marques

    2010-12-01

    Full Text Available A municipalização do trânsito no Brasil, a partir do final da década de 1990, transformou o município em um importante agente social no cenário contemporâneo da educação no trânsito. A expansão das receitas dos órgãos executivos de trânsito coloca em pauta novos desafios de atuação do município, exigindo maior profissionalismo na aplicação dos recursos arrecadados, num contexto social que espera que os municípios produzam e transpareçam resultados efetivos de suas ações. Diante desta realidade, a possibilidade de se identificarem os fatores capazes de traduzir a complexa problemática de aplicação dos recursos arrecadados dos órgãos executivos de trânsito não é uma tarefa simples. A maioria das iniciativas para isso acaba falhando, principalmente pela multiplicidade de aspectos a serem considerados na abordagem do problema. Muitas vezes são omitidos ou desprezados os aspectos que deveriam ser contemplados, resultando em simplificações que acabam por produzir estruturas de avaliação incapazes de representar a realidade do processo. O presente estudo propõe-se a identificar os fatores relevantes na tomada de decisão para aplicação dos recursos arrecadados com multas de trânsito, a partir das visões dos diversos especialistas de trânsito e dos gestores de órgãos executivos de trânsito das capitais brasileiras. A identificação desses fatores foi possível a partir da utilização da Técnica Delphi, a qual foi realizada através de sete rodadas de entrevistas com 12 especialistas e aplicação de um questionário junto aos gestores de 10 das maiores capitais do pais. O produto final da pesquisa foi a construção da estrutura hierárquica desses fatores e suas respectivas dimensões.

  16. P(VDF-TrFE)/ZrO{sub 2} polymer-composites for X-ray shielding

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    Fontainha, Crissia Carem Paiva [Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG (Brazil). Dept. de Engenharia Nuclear; Baptista Neto, Annibal Theotonio; Santos, Adelina Pinheiro; Faria, Luiz Oliveira de, E-mail: farialo@cdtn.br [Centro de Desenvolvimento da Tecnologia Nuclear (CDTN/CNEN-MG), Belo Horizonte, MG (Brazil)

    2016-03-15

    Poly(vinylidene fluoride - tryfluorethylene) [P(VDF-TrFE)] copolymers were mixed with zirconia nanoparticles. The investigation was conducted with the intention to produce nanocompounds with potential to be used as protective patient shielding in radiological procedures. Polymer based nanocomposites with 1, 2, 3, 5 and 10 wt% of ZrO{sub 2} nanoparticles were prepared using sol-gel route with zirconium butoxide as the precursor for zirconium oxide nanoclusters. UV-Vis and FTIR spectrometry and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) were used to characterize the composite samples. We observed a more homogeneous distribution of ZrO{sub 2} nanoparticles encapsulated by methyl methacrylate (MMA) into the polymeric matrix, when compared to composites made without the use of surface modifiers from methacrylate group. Apparently, this property is related to the absence of the strong MMA absorption band at 1745 cm{sup -1}, attributed to C=O bond, in the P(VDF-TrFE)/ZrO{sub 2} -MMA nanocomposites. The radiation damage due to high dose exposure was performed for gamma doses ranging from 100 kGy to 1,000 kGy. The radiation shielding characterization conducted using x-rays with effective energy of 40 keV has demonstrated that composites with 10% of ZrO{sub 2}, and only 1.0 mm thick, can attenuate 60% of the x-rays beam. (author)

  17. Incapacidade por traumatismo raquimedular secundário a acidentes de trânsito Incapacidad por lesiones de la médula espinal debido a accidentes de tráfico Disability by spinal cord injuries due to traffic accidents

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    Jon Mark Praga Xavier De Brito

    2011-01-01

    Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Analisar as vítimas de acidentes de trânsito que apresentam incapacidade decorrente de lesão medular. MÉTODOS: Foram avaliados os prontuários de 719 vítimas de acidentes de trânsito que solicitaram benefício devido as lesões decorrentes e selecionadas as que sofreram traumatismo raquimedular. As variáveis idade, sexo, tipo de acidente, lesões decorrentes, e grau de incapacidade de acordo com a Classificação Internacional de Funcionalidade, Incapacidade e Saúde foram então analisadas. RESULTADOS: Dos 32 casos de incapacidade total (4,5%, 11 pacientes eram portadores de traumatismo raquimedular (34,37% (RR=13,245, IC 95% de 0,267 a 0,966. Incapacidade funcional foi obervada em 360 pacientes (50,1%, e destes sete possuiam TRM (1,9% (RR=0,508; IC 95% de 0,267 a 0,966. Houve incapacidade leve em 327 pacientes (45,48%, sendo que seis destas vítimas sofreram TRM (1,83% (RR=0,398, IC 95% de 0,211 a 0,765. Os automóveis foram responsáveis por 70,83% das lesões medulares, a motocicleta 20,83 e o atropelamento 12,5%. CONCLUSÕES: O TRM incapacita mais adultos jovens do sexo masculino, constituindo a segunda maior causa de incapacidade total entre os sobreviventes de acidentes de trânsito e ocupando um segundo plano em relação a incapacidade funcional. A incidência de sequela por TRM foi de 0,38%, a maioria em ocupantes de automóveis (70,83%.OBJETIVO: Analizar las víctimas de accidentes de tráfico que sufrieron discapacidad debida a un traumatismo raquimedular. MÉTODOS: Se evaluaron los registros de 719 víctimas de accidentes de tráfico que se reclamó el beneficio derivados de los daños corporales debido a accidentes de tráfico, y seleccionadas las víctimas que sufrieron lesiones de la médula espinal. Las variables edad, sexo, tipo de accidente, lesión resultante, y el grado de discapacidad de acuerdo a la Clasificación Internacional del Funcionamiento, Discapacidad y Salud fueron entonces analizadas. RESULTADOS

  18. Cross check of the new economic and mass balance feature of the fuel cycle scenario code TR-EVOL

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    Merino-Rodriguez, I.; Garcia-Martinez, M.; Alvarez-Velarde, F.; Lopez, D.

    2016-01-01

    Versatile computational tools with up to date capabilities are needed to assess current nuclear fuel cycles or the transition from the current status of the fuel cycle to the more advanced and sustainable ones. The TR-EVOL module, that is devoted to fuel cycle mass balance, simulates diverse nuclear power plants (PWR, SFR, ADS, etc.), having possibly different types of fuels (UO_2, MOX, etc.), and the associated fuel cycle facilities (enrichment, fuel fabrication, processing, interim storage, waste storage, geological disposal). This work is intended to cross check the new capabilities of the fuel cycle scenario code TR-EVOL.This process has been divided in 2 stages. The first stage is dedicated to check the improvements in the nuclear fuel mass balance estimation using the available data for the Spanish nuclear fuel cycle. The second stage has been focused in verifying the validity of the TR-EVOL economic module, comparing results to data published by the ARCAS EU project. A specific analysis was required to evaluate the back-end cost. Data published by the waste management responsible institutions was used for the validation of the methodology. Results were highly satisfactory for both stages. In particular, the economic assessment provides a difference smaller than 3% regarding results published by the ARCAS project (NRG estimations). Furthermore, concerning the back-end cost, results are highly acceptable (7% difference for a final disposal in a once-through scenario and around 11% for a final disposal in a reprocessing strategy) given the significant uncertainties involved in design concepts and related unit costs. (authors)

  19. La normativa peruana en materia de tráfico de migrantes a la luz del Derecho Internacional: ¿Hacia una protección de los derechos de las personas migrantes?

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    Cécile Blouin

    2018-03-01

    Full Text Available El presente artículo propone analizar la normativa peruana en materia de tráfico de migrantes desde una perspectiva de derechos humanos. Debido a las múltiples aristas del tema y las obligaciones del Derecho Internacional, el Estado ha adoptado de manera progresiva un conjunto de normas para atender dicha problemática. Este marco normativo enfrenta una serie de retos, en primer lugar, responde a una realidad poco conocida, debido a la falta de datos confiables sobre el tráfico; en segundo lugar, se superpone en cada momento con la trata de personas lo que resulta en una invisibilización del tráfico; y en tercer lugar, no llega a entender el tráfico como una problemática de derechos humanos para las personas migrantes.

  20. IMGT/GeneInfo: T cell receptor gamma TRG and delta TRD genes in database give access to all TR potential V(DJ recombinations

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    Jouvin-Marche Evelyne

    2006-04-01

    Full Text Available Abstract Background Adaptative immune repertoire diversity in vertebrate species is generated by recombination of variable (V, diversity (D and joining (J genes in the immunoglobulin (IG loci of B lymphocytes and in the T cell receptor (TR loci of T lymphocytes. These V-J and V-D-J gene rearrangements at the DNA level involve recombination signal sequences (RSS. Whereas many data exist, they are scattered in non specialized resources with different nomenclatures (eg. flat files and are difficult to extract. Description IMGT/GeneInfo is an online information system that provides, through a user-friendly interface, exhaustive information resulting from the complex mechanisms of T cell receptor V-J and V-D-J recombinations. T cells comprise two populations which express the αβ and γδ TR, respectively. The first version of the system dealt with the Homo sapiens and Mus musculus TRA and TRB loci whose gene rearrangements allow the synthesis of the αβ TR chains. In this paper, we present the second version of IMGT/GeneInfo where we complete the database for the Homo sapiens and Mus musculus TRG and TRD loci along with the introduction of a quality control procedure for existing and new data. We also include new functionalities to the four loci analysis, giving, to date, a very informative tool which allows to work on V(DJ genes of all TR loci in both human and mouse species. IMGT/GeneInfo provides more than 59,000 rearrangement combinations with a full gene description which is freely available at http://imgt.cines.fr/GeneInfo. Conclusion IMGT/GeneInfo allows all TR information sequences to be in the same spot, and are now available within two computer-mouse clicks. This is useful for biologists and bioinformaticians for the study of T lymphocyte V(DJ gene rearrangements and their applications in immune response analysis.

  1. Investigation of aeroacoustics and flow dynamics of a NACA 0015 airfoil with a Gurney flap using TR-PIV

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    Shah, J.; Sciacchitano, A.; Pröbsting, S.

    The present study employs simultaneous planar TR-PIV and microphone measurements to obtain the flow dynamics and aeroacoustic causality correlation associated with a Gurney flap of various sizes in case of low Mach and high Reynolds number flows. The objectives are to investigate the secondary

  2. Trama trófica de una comunidad de peces en una pradera marina en el Caribe Venezolano

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    Adriana López-Ordaz

    2009-12-01

    Full Text Available Las praderas marinas son consideradas sitios importantes de alimentación para una variedad de especies de peces, por lo que en estos sistemas son frecuentes las interacciones tróficas complejas. En el presente trabajo se describió la trama trófica de la ictiofauna en una pradera marina ubicada en el Caribe Venezolano. Adicionalmente, se propuso una medida de la intensidad de consumo de cada presa (IC, considerando dos variables: la abundancia y la frecuencia de uso. Se realizaron ocho muestreos (en 4 horarios: 6:00, 12:00, 18:00 y 24:00 horas en agosto 2005 y enero 2006. Se capturaron 51 especies pertenecientes a 29 familias siendo Haemulidae la más abundante y se identificaron 28 items alimenticios dentro de los cuales, Crustácea fue el más importante como recurso alimenticio. La importancia de los gremios tróficos considerando la abundancia y la riqueza taxonómica de especies fue: bentófago>herbívoro>piscívoro. Las características de la trama trófica fueron las siguientes: 1 una mayor proporción de cadenas cortas (dos eslabones, 2 un elevado número de especies intermedias. 3 un elevado consumo de bentos, 4 unas bajas intensidades de consumo y 5 un reducido número de especies involucradas en el mayor número de uniones tróficas estimadas. Se obtuvieron diferencias temporales (horarias y mensuales en el número de especies (totales, intermedias y topes, de uniones totales, en la conectividad y en la longitud máxima de cadena. No se observó una variación temporal en la conectancia y sus valores resultaron parecidos a los reportados para otros ambientes marinos con distinta riqueza de especies. Por el contrario, los valores de conectividad resultaron menores a los obtenidos en ambientes con menor riqueza de especies. Como en otros reportes, los parámetros tróficos estimados fueron poco sensibles a los cambios intracomunitarios. IC resultó bajo, a excepción de lo obtenido para los copépodos harpacticoides y las larvas de

  3. Diferentes como só nós. O associativismo GLBT português em três andamentos

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    António Fernando Cascais

    2012-10-01

    Full Text Available O presente texto toma como eixo de análise o modo como a diferença específica da formação social portuguesa determina e se exprime na sociogénese do associativismo GLBT nas três últimas décadas. É possível traçar uma periodização dele em três estádios, à qual deve atribuir‑se sobretudo um valor heurístico: o primeiro de 1974 até 1991, que pode dividir‑se em duas fases, uma anterior e outra posterior ao surgimento da epidemia de Sida no nosso país; o segundo, entre 1990-1991 e 1995-1997; e o terceiro, de 1997 até ao presente. A produção de conhecimento sobre o associativismo GLBT tem ainda de se articular com duas outras pesquisas: sobre os seus detractores e inimigos, antigos e neófitos, e sobre a comunidade que o associativismo representa ou de que emerge, com uma história, uma identidade e uma cultura que explicam as razões da adesão ou da resistência a ele.

  4. Advanced Packaging Materials and Techniques for High Power TR Module: Standard Flight vs. Advanced Packaging

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    Hoffman, James Patrick; Del Castillo, Linda; Miller, Jennifer; Jenabi, Masud; Hunter, Donald; Birur, Gajanana

    2011-01-01

    The higher output power densities required of modern radar architectures, such as the proposed DESDynI [Deformation, Ecosystem Structure, and Dynamics of Ice] SAR [Synthetic Aperture Radar] Instrument (or DSI) require increasingly dense high power electronics. To enable these higher power densities, while maintaining or even improving hardware reliability, requires advances in integrating advanced thermal packaging technologies into radar transmit/receive (TR) modules. New materials and techniques have been studied and compared to standard technologies.

  5. The vascular permeabilizing factors histamine and serotonin induce angiogenesis through TR3/Nur77 and subsequently truncate it through thrombospondin-1

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    Qin, Liuliang; Zhao, Dezheng; Xu, Jianfeng; Ren, Xianghui; Terwilliger, Ernest F.; Parangi, Sareh; Lawler, Jack; Dvorak, Harold F.

    2013-01-01

    Angiogenesis plays an important role in cancer and in many other human diseases. Vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A), the best known angiogenic factor, was originally discovered as a potent vascular permeability factor (VPF), suggesting that other vascular permeabilizing agents, such as histamine and serotonin, might also have angiogenic activity. We recently demonstrated that, like VEGF-A, histamine and serotonin up-regulate the orphan nuclear receptor and transcription factor TR3 (mouse homolog Nur77) and that TR3/Nur77 is essential for their vascular permeabilizing activities. We now report that histamine and serotonin are also angiogenic factors that, at low micromolar concentrations, induce endothelial cell proliferation, migration and tube formation in vitro, and angiogenesis in vivo. All of these responses are mediated through specific histamine and serotonin receptors, are independent of VEGF-A, and are directly dependent on TR3/Nur77. Initially, the angiogenic response closely resembled that induced by VEGF-A, with generation of “mother” vessels. However, after ∼10 days, mother vessels began to regress as histamine and serotonin, unlike VEGF-A, up-regulated the potent angiogenesis inhibitor thrombospondin-1, thereby triggering a negative feedback loop. Thus, histamine and serotonin induce an angiogenic response that fits the time scale of acute inflammation. PMID:23315169

  6. O problema da oralidade em Três Traduções de Of Mice and Men, de John Steinbeck

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    Johnwill Costa Faria

    2012-07-01

    Full Text Available http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2175-7968.2012v1n29p53   No traduzir, uma grande questão envolve a diversidade linguística, quando um escritor resolve dar uma voz mais popular aos personagens de um romance literário, na forma de um dialeto sem prestígio, estigmatizado. Um desses escritores, John Steinbeck, em Of mice and men, apresenta seus personagens com um falar bem típico, que foge ao inglês padrão. Assim, este artigo discute problemas de traduzir a oralidade presente nesse romance, pelo exemplo de três traduções em português, em três épocas distintas: Érico Veríssimo (1940, Myriam Campello (1991 e Ana Ban (2005. Deste modo, observa-se como e por que esses tradutores propõem soluções diferentes para a linguagem dos diálogos.

  7. Flow field characteristics of impinging sweeping jets: TR-PIV measurement

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    Wen, Xin; Peng, Di; Liu, Yingzheng; Tang, Hui

    2017-11-01

    Influence of Reynolds number of sweeping jets on its impinging flow fields was extensively investigated in a water tank. Toward this end, a fluidic oscillator was specially designed to produce spatially sweeping jets which imping on a flat plate. Six Reynolds numbers were tested by controlling the supply flow rate of the fluidic oscillator. Impinging flow fields were captured by time-resolved Particle Image Velocimetry (TR-PIV) measurement. Reference signals were extracted from the flow fields for phase reconstruction. The oscillating flow fields with super-harmonic frequency at different regions were discussed in term of the phase-averaged velocity, vorticity and turbulent velocity. Dynamic mode decomposition (DMD) was used to capture the most-energetic flow patterns with distinct frequencies. By projecting the phase-averaged flow fields onto a reduced basis of DMD modes, the phase correlation between the distinct flow patterns were analyzed under different Reynolds numbers.

  8. Educação em saúde no trânsito para adolescentes estudantes do ensino médio Educación en salud del tránsito para jóvenes estudiantes de la enseñanza media Health education activity about traffic for high school students

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    Rafael Tavares Jomar

    2011-03-01

    Full Text Available Este é um relato de experiência de acadêmicos de enfermagem em uma atividade de Educação em Saúde no Trânsito que objetivou sensibilizar adolescentes estudantes de ensino médio quanto à relação perigosa do consumo de bebidas alcoólicas e os acidentes de trânsito. Aproximadamente 150 estudantes de 14 a 19 anos participaram da atividade, que foi composta por exibição de vídeo, palestra, discussão e distribuição de material educativo. Com esta experiência, os acadêmicos de enfermagem puderam vivenciar um trabalho de Extensão Universitária com enfoque na prevenção de agravos na comunidade e concluíram que o profissional enfermeiro pode desempenhar um papel importante na prevenção dos acidentes de trânsito envolvendo uso de álcool; entretanto, este tema precisa ser mais trabalhado durante sua formação.Esta es una experiencia de estudiantes de enfermería en una actividad de Educación en Salud del Tránsito, para sensibilizar jóvenes estudiantes de la enseñanza media sobre la peligrosa relación de consumo de alcohol y accidentes de tránsito. Aproximadamente 150 estudiantes de 14-19 años participaron en la actividad que fue compuesta de exhibición de vídeo, conferencia, debate, y distribución de material educativo. Con esta experiencia, los estudiantes de enfermería pudieron experimentar una actividad de Extensión de la Universidad, centrándose en la prevención de enfermedades en la comunidad. La conclusión fue que el profesional de enfermería puede desempeñar un papel importante en la prevención de los accidentes de tránsito relacionados con el uso de alcohol; sin embargo, esta cuestión debe ser trabajada más durante su formación.This is a nursing students' experience in a health education activity about traffic aimed to sensitize young high school students about the dangerous relationship between alcohol consumption and traffic accidents. Approximately 150 students between 14´s and 19

  9. Caracterização trófica da ictiofauna de três lagoas da planície aluvial do alto rio Paraná, Brasil Trophic characterization of ichthyofauna from three lagoons of the Upper Paraná river floodplain, Brazil

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    Luiz Carlos Gomes

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    Full Text Available Com o objetivo de avaliar a composição da ictiocenose de lagoas da planície aluvial do alto rio Paraná em relação às categorias tróficas, foram realizadas coletas nas lagoas Figueira, Genipapo e Pousada, em março/1999. Após as capturas e obtenção dos dados biométricos, os peixes foram eviscerados e os estômagos fixados em formol 4%. Os conteúdos estomacais foram analisados pelos métodos de freqüência de ocorrência e volumétrico combinados no Índice Alimentar (IAi. Foram amostradas 40 espécies, as quais foram agrupadas em 10 categorias tróficas, ou seja, detritívora, iliófaga, zooplanctófaga, algívora, carcinófaga, piscívora, insetívora, bentófaga, herbívora e onívora. Para a lagoa Pousada, foram importantes, em número, as categorias zooplanctófagas (48,31%, na lagoa Genipapo foram os iliófagos (74,96%, enquanto que para a lagoa Figueira algívoros sobressaíram, com 75,58% da captura, s. Em relação à biomassa, observou-se que detritívoros foram dominantes na lagoa Pousada (45,7% e lagoa Figueira (27,7%, enquanto que na lagoa Genipapo predominaram os iliófagos (90,0%. Registrou-se alta disponibilidade de camarões nas três lagoas, embora estes tenham sobressaído apenas na dieta dos peixes da lagoa Figueira (20,7%. Embora a maior distância entre as três lagoas seja inferior a 1km, elas são submetidas a diferentes níveis de influência do rio Paraná, e apresentam fisiografias distintas e composições ictiofaunísticas diversas. Além disso, várias espécies icticas apresentam dietas distintas conforme a lagoa considerada, revelando papeis distintos na cadeia trófica desses ambientesIchthyofauna from three lagoons of the upper Paraná River floodplain was evaluated according to trophic categories. Samples were obtained in the Figueira, Genipapo, and Pousada lagoons in March 1999. Stomach contents were analyzed according to methods of occurrence and volumetric frequency, combined in an alimentary

  10. Dl-3-n-Butylphthalide Inhibits NLRP3 Inflammasome and Mitigates Alzheimer's-Like Pathology via Nrf2-TXNIP-TrX Axis.

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    Wang, Chun-Yan; Xu, Ye; Wang, Xu; Guo, Chuang; Wang, Tao; Wang, Zhan-You

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    Oxidative stress and neuroinflammation play important roles in the pathology of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Thioredoxin-interacting protein (TXNIP), an endogenous inhibitor of antioxidant thioredoxin, is suspected to be an important modulator of oxidative stress and inflammation. However, the underlying mechanism involved in the abnormal homeostasis of TXNIP-thioredoxin (TrX) in AD pathogenesis remains unclear. Using the Swedish mutant form of APP (APPswe)/PSEN1dE9 transgenic mouse (APP/PS1) and human-derived neuronal cells as model systems, we disclosed the impairment of the nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2)-TXNIP-TrX signaling in Alzheimer's-like pathology. We observed that the immune staining of TXNIP was increased in postmortem AD brain. The chronic accumulation of inflammatory mediator in neuronal cells facilitates interactions of TXNIP-nucleotide binding oligomerization domain-like receptor family, pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) and NLRP3-ASC, which increases β-amyloid (Aβ) secretion. The antioxidant Dl-3-n-butylphthalide (Dl-NBP) is commonly used for cerebral ischemia treatment. In our study, we elucidated for new mechanisms by which Dl-NBP enhanced TrX activity, suppressed TXNIP, and ameliorated neuronal apoptosis in the APP/PS1 mouse brains. In human glioblastoma A172 cells and neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells, we delineated the Dl-NBP-mediated signaling pathways by which Dl-NBP-dependent upregulation of Nrf2 mediated the reciprocal regulation of reducing proinflammatory cytokine and inhibiting Aβ production in the glial and neuronal cells overexpressing APPswe. Our data provide a novel insight into the molecular mechanism that impairments of Nrf2-TXNIP-TrX system may be involved in the imbalance of cellular redox homeostasis and inflammatory damage in the AD brain. Dl-NBP treatment could suppress TXNIP-NLRP3 interaction and inhibit NLRP3 inflammasome activation via upregulating Nrf2. These findings may provide an instrumental therapeutic

  11. Un análisis de los modelos y métodos de optimización del tráfico urbano

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    Allende Alonso, Sira

    2009-01-01

    Full Text Available RESUMEN El problema del tráfico es un tema importante para la mayor parte de las ciudades industrializadas del mundo. No es solamente una cuestión social y económica sino también un factor muy importante de comodidad para una ciudad. En este artículo hacemos un análisis de los diferentes modelos y métodos de optimización del tráfico urbano. Hemos organizado los trabajos en tres clases: sistemas avanzados de información al viajero, sistemas avanzados de gestión del tráfico y sistemas avanzados de optimización del tráfico. Finalmente nos centramos en la optimización de los ciclos de los semáforos. Este es un problema NP-duro que no parece que tenga una solución determinística conocida en el momento actual. Proponemos un método híbrido de solución consistente en una heurística (recocido simulado para fijar los valores del vector longitud de fase, más un algoritmo eficiente para resolver un problema de complementariedad lineal.ABSTRACT The traffic problem is a major issue for the most of the industrialized cities in the world. It is not just a social and economical matter but also a very important comfort factor for a city. In this paper we make an analysis of the different models and methods for optimization of the urban traffic. We have categorized works in three classes: Advanced traveller information systems, advanced traffic management systems and advanced traffic optimization systems. Finally, we concentrated in traffic lights cycles optimization. This is an NP-hard problem, which seems not to have a known deterministic solution at the present time. We propose a hybrid method of solution. This method will consist of a heuristic (simulated annealing to fix the values of the phase length vector, plus an efficient algorithm to solve a linear complementarity problem.

  12. Implementação de modelo para balanceamento de fluxos aplicado ao gerenciamento de tráfego aéreo

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    Bueno Borges de Souza

    2009-10-01

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    Este trabalho descreve um sistema de auxílio à decisão com metodologias de Teoria dos Grafos e Inteligência Artificial para dar suporte ao Gerenciamento de Fluxo de Tráfego Aéreo Brasileiro. Trata-se de um modelo de gerenciamento de fluxo baseado em grafos com adaptações heurísticas para a regulação dinâmica do fluxo. O modelo fundamenta a arquitetura do Módulo de Balanceamento de Fluxo (MBF integrante do Sistema Distribuído de Apoio a Decisão aplicado ao Gerenciamento Tático do Fluxo de Tráfego(SISCONFLUX, em desenvolvimento, e tem o objetivo de melhorar o gerenciamento do espaço aéreo nacional. O MBF foi proposto para dar suporte ao sistema em operação no Primeiro Centro Integrado de Defesa Aérea e Controle de Tráfego Aéreo (CINDACTA I, fornecendo informações adicionais para o processo aplicado pelos controladores a fim de amenizar a carga de trabalho e melhorar os resultados de suas ações. Usando técnicas de maximização de fluxo adaptados da Teoria dos Grafos, o MBF foi desenvolvido como um modelo de análise que determina o tempo de separação entre decolagens a partir das terminais integrantes da Região de Informação de Vôo de Brasília (FIR-BS e distribui a folga do fluxo ao longo do espaço aéreo controlado, objetivando prevenir ou reduzir o congestionamento nos diversos setores da FIR-BS. O MBF dá suporte à regulação do fluxo de tráfego auxiliando os controladores e as outras unidades dentro do SISCONFLUX.

  13. TR146 cells grown on filters as a model of human buccal epithelium

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    Nielsen, Hanne Mørck; Verhoef, J C; Ponec, M

    1999-01-01

    The aim of the present study was to characterize the TR146 cell culture model as an in vitro model of human buccal epithelium with respect to the permeability of test substances with different molecular weights (M(w)). For this purpose, the apparent permeability (P(app)) values for mannitol...... and for fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-labelled dextrans (FD) with various M(w) (4000-40000) were compared to the P(app) values obtained using porcine buccal mucosa as an in vitro model of the human buccal epithelium. The effect of 10 mM sodium glycocholate (GC) on the P(app) values was examined. To identify...

  14. Três fórmulas para compreender "O suicídio" de Durkheim

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    Teixeira, Ricardo Rodrigues

    2002-01-01

    Trata-se de um ensaio de interpretação da sociologia durkheimiana, a partir de uma breve contextualização de seu pensamento no quadro de uma certa visão da modernidade e de uma particular leitura de sua obra "O Suicídio". Dividido em três partes, o texto procura explorar alguns sentidos desta Sociologia, ao mesmo tempo que expõe uma de suas possíveis aporias. This is an essay interpreting the sociology of Durkheim, based on a brief contextualization of his thoughts within the scope of a gi...

  15. Robust, Rework-able Thermal Electronic Packaging: Applications in High Power TR Modules for Space

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    Hoffman, James Patrick; Del Castillo, Linda; Hunter, Don; Miller, Jennifer

    2012-01-01

    The higher output power densities required of modern radar architectures, such as the proposed DESDynI [Deformation, Ecosystem Structure, and Dynamics of Ice] SAR [Synthetic Aperture Radar] Instrument (or DSI) require increasingly dense high power electronics. To enable these higher power densities, while maintaining or even improving hardware reliability, requires improvements in integrating advanced thermal packaging technologies into radar transmit/receive (TR) modules. New materials and techniques have been studied and are now being implemented side-by-side with more standard technology typically used in flight hardware.

  16. Notas feministas sobre o marco jurídico da migração e do tráfico de mulheres na Europa e Espanha

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    Claudia Mayorga

    2012-07-01

    Full Text Available http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/1807-1384.2012v9n1p278   Neste trabalho, buscamos compreender aspectos do marco jurídico da migração, tráfico de mulheres e prostituição na Europa de forma geral e na Espanha de forma específica a partir de uma análise das principais regulamentações vigentes entre 2005/2007 nesses contextos. Para isso, buscamos conhecer como a legislação e a tendência ao fechamento de fronteiras oferecem brechas que levam a situações de exploração e vulnerabilização para mulheres migrantes que estão na Espanha exercendo a prostituição. Foram analisados os seguintes documentos: Protocolo para prevenir, reprimir e sancionar o tráfico de pessoas, especialmente mulheres e crianças, do ano 2000, que complementa a Convenção das Nações Unidas contra a delinqüência organizada internacional; Protocolo contra o tráfico ilícito de migrantes por terra, mar e ar, que complementa a Convenção das Nações Unidas contra a delinqüência organizada internacional e a Lei de Migração espanhola de 1985. A política sobre o tráfico de mulheres e as posições mais conservadoras sobre a migração na União Européia tem tido conseqüências específicas para as mulheres. Os tratados e leis enfatizam, sobremaneira, as medidas de controle de fronteiras e repressão aos Possíveis delitos cometidos. Tal perspectiva deixa em segundo plano os direitos dos/as migrantes e das pessoas vitimas do tráfico (é importante ressaltar que os textos dos tratados e leis dão margem para que se identifique tráfico de mulheres com migração para a prostituição. Com relação à prostituição, o direito espanhol não penaliza, mas também não regulamenta, o exercício da prostituição; deixa tal atividade em uma situação de completa alegalidade, o que acaba por incrementar a vulnerabilização das prostitutas frente abusos e explorações de todos os tipos.

  17. Flexible piezoelectric nanogenerators based on PVDF-TrFE nanofibers

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    Serairi, Linda; Gu, Long; Qin, Yong; Lu, Yingxian; Basset, Philippe; Leprince-Wang, Yamin

    2018-01-01

    In this paper, electrospun piezoelectric PVDF-TrFE nanofibers were used for the fabrication of two types of flexible nanogenerator (NG) devices based on the direct piezoelectric effect, allowing the conversion of mechanical energy into electrical energy. The first one is composed of quite well aligned thin film nanofibers of about 35 μm and the second one is composed of random nanofibers of about 50 μm. The influence of the applied stress and strain rate on the output for both types of NG was studied. It is shown that the pulse peaks generated by NG increase with the applied mechanical strain frequency, the generated output is also proportional to the applied stress amplitude. The first NG loaded in bending mode can generate a maximum voltage of 270 mV. By connecting two devices in series/parallel, the voltage/current value could be multiplied by two. The second NG which was biased in compression mode using a shaker controlled by a force sensor, can generate a potential of about 7 V under 3.6 N applied force.

  18. Nouveautés sur le rétrécissement valvulaire aortique

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    Pibarot, Philippe; Dumesnil, Jean G.; Mathieu, Patrick

    2007-01-01

    En Occident, le rétrécissement aortique (RA) est la maladie cardiovasculaire la plus fréquente après la maladie coronarienne et l’hypertension artérielle. La cause la plus fréquente de cette pathologie est le RA dégénératif dont le vieillissement a longtemps été considéré comme la cause inéluctable. Des données récentes suggèrent cependant que le RA serait une maladie active présentant de nombreuses similitudes avec l’athérosclérose et, de ce fait, susceptible d’être traitée grâce à des chang...

  19. Enginyeria de tràfic en xarxes de transport òptiques per a entorns d'àrea metropolitana (RPR) i de gran abast (ASON)

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    Spadaro, Salvatore

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    La arquitectura de las redes de transporte actuales está basada en la tecnología de transporte SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy). Las redes SDH se han diseñado y están optimizadas básicamente para el transporte del tráfico de voz. Actualmente, se está experimentando un crecimiento exponencial del volumen de tráfico de datos. Este crecimiento se debe a que el protocolo IP se está consolidando como capa de integración para servicios múltiples, algunos de ellos con requerimientos de Calidad de...

  20. Variación del nivel de carboxihemoglobina en corredores aficionados en ambientes con tránsito de vehículos motorizados en el distrito de San Isidro.

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    Rafael Andrés Ponce Terashima

    2005-10-01

    Full Text Available Objetivos: a Determinar el grado de contaminación por monóxido de carbono en corredores aficionados de áreas urbanas y su variación al correr en horarios de alto y bajo tránsito vehicular, b Definir periodos del día en los que se puede realizar ejercicio en áreas con tránsito vehicular. Materiales y Métodos: Once corredores aficionados de 23 a 41 años de edad no fumadores, sin historia de cardiopatía ni enfermedades respiratorias; corrieron alrededor del Club "El Golf" en el distrito de San Isidro. Se determinó la concentración sanguínea de carboxihemoglobina de cada corredor antes y después de correr durante 45 minutos en horarios de alto y bajo tránsito vehicular. Simultáneamente se midió la concentración de monóxido de carbono en el aire mediante un analizador portátil en el recorrido. Resultados: En el horario de alto tránsito vehicular se encontró una variación de Carboxihemoglobina estadísticamente significativa (de 0,44% a 0,54%, p=0,039. En el horario de bajo tránsito vehicular no se encontró variación de Carboxihemoglobina estadísticamente significativa (de 0,45% a 0,43%, p=0,722. Al comparar la variación de Carboxihemoglobina de ambos horarios, la diferencia no fue estadísticamente significativa (p=0,219. La medición de monóxido de carbono en el aire no mostró concentraciones constantes. Conclusiones: Este estudio demuestra un aumento en los niveles de Carboxihemoglobina durante el horario de alto tránsito vehicular, sin embargo los valores de Carboxihemoglobina permanecieron dentro de valores normales. En esta zona urbana se puede realizar ejercicio físico al aire libre en cualquiera de los dos horarios, sin riesgo de contaminación por monóxido de carbono. (Rev Med Hered 2005;16:266-272.

  1. CLM4-BeTR, a generic biogeochemical transport and reaction module for CLM4: model development, evaluation, and application

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    J. Y. Tang

    2013-01-01

    Full Text Available To improve regional and global biogeochemistry modeling and climate predictability, we have developed a generic reactive transport module for the land model CLM4 (called CLM4-BeTR (Biogeochemical Transport and Reactions. CLM4-BeTR represents the transport, interactions, and biotic and abiotic transformations of an arbitrary number of tracers (aka chemical species in an arbitrary number of phases (e.g., dissolved, gaseous, sorbed, aggregate. An operator splitting approach was employed and consistent boundary conditions were derived for each modeled sub-process. Aqueous tracer fluxes, associated with hydrological processes such as surface run-on and run-off, belowground drainage, and ice to liquid conversion were also computed consistently with the bulk water fluxes calculated by the soil physics module in CLM4. The transport code was evaluated and found in good agreement with several analytical test cases using a time step of 30 min. The model was then applied at the Harvard Forest site with a representation of depth-dependent belowground biogeochemistry. The results indicated that, at this site, (1 CLM4-BeTR was able to simulate soil–surface CO2 effluxes and soil CO2 profiles accurately; (2 the transient surface CO2 effluxes calculated based on the tracer transport mechanism were in general not equal to the belowground CO2 production rates with the magnitude of the difference being a function of averaging timescale and site conditions: differences were large (−20 ~ 20% on hourly, smaller (−5 ~ 5% at daily timescales, and persisted to the monthly timescales with a smaller magnitude (<4%; (3 losses of CO2 through processes other than surface gas efflux were less than 1% of the overall soil respiration; and (4 the contributions of root respiration and heterotrophic respiration have distinct temporal signals in surface CO2 effluxes and soil CO2 concentrations. The

  2. How to stir a revolution as a reluctant rebel: Rudolf Trümpy in the Alps

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    Şengör, A. M. Celâl; Bernoulli, Daniel

    2011-07-01

    Rudolf Trümpy (1921-2009) was one of the great Alpine geologists of the twentieth century and an influential figure in the international geological community. He played a dominant role in the change of opinion concerning the Alpine evolution by showing that normal faulting dominated the early development of the Alpine realm from the Triassic to the early Cretaceous. This provided a convenient model for later plate-tectonic interpretations of collisional mountain belts. His further recognition of strike-slip faulting during all stages of the Alpine evolution presaged the realisation that the Alps were not built by a simple open-and-shut mechanism. Trümpy was educated during an intellectual lull, a time when simplistic models of the earth behaviour inherited from the middle of the nineteenth century became prevalent under the influence of a close-minded, positivist approach to geological problems. This period, which we term the Dark Intermezzo, lasted from about 1925 to 1965. The grand syntheses of Suess and Argand which preceded this period were viewed from this narrow angle and consequently misunderstood. It was thought that earth history was punctuated by global orogenic events of short duration taking place within and among continents and oceans whose relative positions had remained fixed since the origin of the planet. These views, summarised under the term `fixism', were developed when the ocean floors were almost totally unknown. When data began coming in from the post World War II oceanographic surveys, the world geological community was slow to receive and digest them. Trümpy followed these developments closely, realising that his work was important in placing the geology of the mountain belts within the emerging, new theoretical framework. He adopted the position of a critic and emphasised where detailed knowledge of the Alps, unquestionably the best known mountain belt in the world, supported and where it contradicted the new ideas. His voice was

  3. The low-mass stellar population in the young cluster Tr 37. Disk evolution, accretion, and environment

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    Sicilia-Aguilar, Aurora; Kim, Jinyoung Serena; Sobolev, Andrej; Getman, Konstantin; Henning, Thomas; Fang, Min

    2013-11-01

    Aims: We present a study of accretion and protoplanetary disks around M-type stars in the 4 Myr-old cluster Tr 37. With a well-studied solar-type population, Tr 37 is a benchmark for disk evolution. Methods: We used low-resolution spectroscopy to identify and classify 141 members (78 new ones) and 64 probable members, mostly M-type stars. Hα emission provides information about accretion. Optical, 2MASS, Spitzer, and WISE data are used to trace the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) and search for disks. We construct radiative transfer models to explore the structures of full-disks, pre-transition, transition, and dust-depleted disks. Results: Including the new members and the known solar-type stars, we confirm that a substantial fraction (~2/5) of disks show signs of evolution, either as radial dust evolution (transition/pre-transition disks) or as a more global evolution (with low small-dust masses, dust settling, and weak/absent accretion signatures). Accretion is strongly dependent on the SED type. About half of the transition objects are consistent with no accretion, and dust-depleted disks have weak (or undetectable) accretion signatures, especially among M-type stars. Conclusions: The analysis of accretion and disk structure suggests a parallel evolution of dust and gas. We find several distinct classes of evolved disks, based on SED type and accretion status, pointing to different disk dispersal mechanisms and probably different evolutionary paths. Dust depletion and opening of inner holes appear to be independent processes: most transition disks are not dust-depleted, and most dust-depleted disks do not require inner holes. The differences in disk structure between M-type and solar-type stars in Tr 37 (4 Myr old) are not as remarkable as in the young, sparse, Coronet cluster (1-2 Myr old), suggesting that other factors, like the environment/interactions in each cluster, are likely to play an important role in the disk evolution and dispersal. Finally, we

  4. Sequential least-square reconstruction of instantaneous pressure field around a body from TR-PIV

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    Jeon, Young Jin; Gomit, G.; Earl, T.; Chatellier, L.; David, L.

    2018-02-01

    A procedure is introduced to obtain an instantaneous pressure field around a wing from time-resolved particle image velocimetry (TR-PIV) and particle image accelerometry (PIA). The instantaneous fields of velocity and material acceleration are provided by the recently introduced multi-frame PIV method, fluid trajectory evaluation based on ensemble-averaged cross-correlation (FTEE). The integration domain is divided into several subdomains in accordance with the local reliability. The near-edge and near-body regions are determined based on the recorded image of the wing. The instantaneous wake region is assigned by a combination of a self-defined criterion and binary morphological processes. The pressure is reconstructed from a minimization process of the difference between measured and reconstructed pressure gradients in a least-square sense. This is solved sequentially according to a decreasing order of reliability of each subdomain to prevent a propagation of error from the less reliable near-body region to the free-stream. The present procedure is numerically assessed by synthetically generated 2D particle images based on a numerical simulation. Volumetric pressure fields are then evaluated from tomographic TR-PIV of a flow around a 30-degree-inclined NACA0015 airfoil. A possibility of using a different scheme to evaluate material acceleration for a specific subdomain is presented. Moreover, this 3D application allows the investigation of the effect of the third component of the pressure gradient by which the wake region seems to be affected.

  5. Influencia del tráfico en la acumulación de metales pesados sobre vías urbanas: Torrelavega (España-Soacha (Colombia

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    Carlos Alfonso Zafra Mejía

    2013-01-01

    Full Text Available Asociado al suelo de áreas con una alta densidad de tráfico se han detectado elevadas concentraciones de metales. Los usuarios de las vías y aquéllos que viven en ambientes cercanos están potencialmente expuestos. Este artículo presenta un estudio del comportamiento de la concentración de metales pesados asociados con el sedimento acumulado sobre superficies viales (Torrelavega-España y Soacha-Colombia. Se distinguieron dos tipos de muestras: la aspirada directamente y la recolectada tras un barrido. Se determinó su distribución granulométrica (63-2800 μm y la concentración de metales (Pb, Zn, Cu, Cr, Cd y Ba asociada con cada fracción de tamaño por medio de espectrometría de absorción atómica de llama y de plasma inductivamente acoplado con espectrometría de masas. Los resultados mostraron que el sedimento con un mayor tiempo de residencia sobre la superficie estuvo más expuesto a la trituración generada por el tráfico (i.e., granulometría más fina; de esta manera, probablemente tendió a presentar una mayor susceptibilidad a la suspensión por el viento y la turbulencia del tráfico. En este sentido, la fracción de tamaño inferior a 63 μm presentó las mayores concentraciones. A mayor tiempo de residencia del sedimento sobre la superficie, mayores concentraciones metálicas asociadas. Las zonas con una mayor densidad de tráfico tienden a presentar las mayores concentraciones. Además, las calzadas con un mayor uso como línea de aparcamiento tienden a presentar mayores concentraciones, a pesar de registrar una menor densidad de tráfico. En las ciudades de investigación, el Pb supera los límites establecidos por la legislación utilizada como de referencia.

  6. Transmission spectroscopy of the hot Jupiter TrES-3 b: Disproof of an overly large Rayleigh-like feature

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    Mackebrandt, F.; Mallonn, M.; Ohlert, J. M.; Granzer, T.; Lalitha, S.; García Muñoz, A.; Gibson, N. P.; Lee, J. W.; Sozzetti, A.; Turner, J. D.; Vaňko, M.; Strassmeier, K. G.

    2017-12-01

    Context. Transit events of extrasolar planets offer the opportunity to study the composition of their atmospheres. Previous work on transmission spectroscopy of the close-in gas giant (TrES)-3 b revealed an increase in absorption towards blue wavelengths of very large amplitude in terms of atmospheric pressure scale heights, too large to be explained by Rayleigh-scattering in the planetary atmosphere. Aims: We present a follow-up study of the optical transmission spectrum of the hot Jupiter TrES-3 b to investigate the strong increase in opacity towards short wavelengths found by a previous study. Furthermore, we aim to estimate the effect of stellar spots on the transmission spectrum. Methods: This work uses previously published long slit spectroscopy transit data of the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) and published broad band observations as well as new observations in different bands from the near-UV to the near-IR, for a homogeneous transit light curve analysis. Additionally, a long-term photometric monitoring of the TrES-3 host star was performed. Results: Our newly analysed GTC spectroscopic transit observations show a slope of much lower amplitude than previous studies. We conclude from our results the previously reported increasing signal towards short wavelengths is not intrinsic to the TrES-3 system. Furthermore, the broad band spectrum favours a flat spectrum. Long-term photometric monitoring rules out a significant modification of the transmission spectrum by unocculted star spots. Based on (1) data obtained with the STELLA robotic telescopes in Tenerife, an AIP facility jointly operated by AIP and IAC, (2) observations collected at the German-Spanish Astronomical Center, Calar Alto, jointly operated by the Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie Heidelberg and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (CSIC) and (3) observations made with the Italian Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG) operated on the island of La Palma by the Fundación Galileo Galilei of

  7. Georges et les trésors du cosmos

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    Hawking, Lucy; Parsons, Gary

    2011-01-01

    Les voisins excentriques de Georges, Annie et Eric, ont déménagé en Floride à l'agence Spatiale Globale. Là-bas, Eric s'occupe de son nouveau robot, Homer, qui doit détécter les signes de vie sur Mars. Mais bientôt, Georges reçoit un e-mail : Annie lui demande de la rejoindre au plus vite pour une " mission cosmique " secrète. La jeune fille est persuadée qu'il se passe de drôles de choses sur Mars, car Homer vient de recevoir un message extraterrestre ! Georges et Anne (avec l'aide d'Emmett, un petit garçon bizarre) décident de réparer Cosmos, leur super-ordinateur, et d'aller voir par eux-mêmes... Emmaillotés dans des combinaisons spéciales, ils se lancent alors dans une fabuleuse chasse aux trésors sur Mars, sur les lunes de Saturne, puis sur Titan, avant de se perdre en orbite autour d'Alpha Centauri B... Mais avant de pouvoir élucider le mystère du message extraterrestre, Georges et Annie devront se livrer à une bataille spatiale acharnée qui mettra leur vie en danger, ainsi que ce...

  8. The Transit Light Curve Project. VIII. Six Occultations of the Exoplanet TrES-3

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    Winn, Joshua N.; Holman, Matthew J.; Shporer, Avi; Fernandez, Jose; Mazeh, Tsevi; Latham, David W.; Charbonneau, David; Everett, Mark E.

    2008-01-01

    We present photometry of the exoplanet host star TrES-3 spanning six occultations (secondary eclipses) of its giant planet. No flux decrements were detected, leading to 99%-confidence upper limits on the planet-to-star flux ratio of 0.00024, 0.0005, and 0.00086 in the i, z, and R bands respectively. The corresponding upper limits on the planet's geometric albedo are 0.30, 0.62, and 1.07. The upper limit in the i band rules out the presence of highly reflective clouds, and is only a factor of ...

  9. Fracaso en el control del número de víctimas por accidentes de tráfico en españa: ¿La repuesta correcta a la pregunta equivocada?

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    Regidor Enrique

    2002-01-01

    Full Text Available En España se han puesto en marcha diferentes medidas de intervención con el objeto de modificar la práctica de los conductores de vehículos de motor, sin embargo no se ha observado una tendencia descendente ni en la tasa de accidentes de tráfico ni en el número de víctimas relacionadas con los mismos. Este articulo se plantea el interrogante de si las medidas tomadas para reducir el número de víctimas por accidente de tráfico se han dirigido realmente hacia las causas responsables de esa tendencia. Utilizando diversas fuentes de datos se observa que en España al comienzo de los años noventa se produjo una importante reducción de la tasa de accidentes de tráfico y sus consecuencias, pero en la segunda mitad de la misma década el incremento en la tasa de lesiones por accidentes de tráfico fue similar al producido en los años ochenta. Igualmente se observa que desde 1980 el consumo per capita de alcohol ha mostrado una tendencia descendente y que el número de lesiones por accidente de tráfico durante los últimos vente años ha estado fuertemente asociado al ciclo económico. Se concluye señalando que las medidas para el control de este problema en España se han centrado principalmente en la modificación de la conducta que incrementa el riesgo y severidad de las lesiones por accidente de tráfico, pero se han ignorado los determinantes macroeconómicos que explican la tendencia de la frecuencia de este problema de salud.

  10. HPV.edu study protocol: a cluster randomised controlled evaluation of education, decisional support and logistical strategies in school-based human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination of adolescents.

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    Skinner, S Rachel; Davies, Cristyn; Cooper, Spring; Stoney, Tanya; Marshall, Helen; Jones, Jane; Collins, Joanne; Hutton, Heidi; Parrella, Adriana; Zimet, Gregory; Regan, David G; Whyte, Patti; Brotherton, Julia M L; Richmond, Peter; McCaffrey, Kirsten; Garland, Suzanne M; Leask, Julie; Kang, Melissa; Braunack-Mayer, Annette; Kaldor, John; McGeechan, Kevin

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    The National Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination Program in Australia commenced in 2007 for females and in 2013 for males, using the quadrivalent HPV vaccine (HPV 6,11,16,18). Thus far, we have demonstrated very substantial reductions in genital warts and in the prevalence of HPV among young Australian women, providing early evidence for the success of this public health initiative. Australia has a long history of school-based vaccination programs for adolescents, with comparatively high coverage. However, it is not clear what factors promote success in a school vaccination program. The HPV.edu study aims to examine: 1) student knowledge about HPV vaccination; 2) psycho-social outcomes and 3) vaccination uptake. HPV.edu is a cluster randomised trial of a complex intervention in schools aiming to recruit 40 schools with year-8 enrolments above 100 students (approximately 4400 students). The schools will be stratified by Government, Catholic, and Independent sectors and geographical location, with up to 20 schools recruited in each of two states, Western Australia (WA) and South Australia (SA), and randomly allocated to intervention or control (usual practice). Intervention schools will receive the complex intervention which includes an adolescent intervention (education and distraction); a decisional support tool for parents and adolescents and logistical strategies (consent form returns strategies, in-school mop-up vaccination and vaccination-day guidelines). Careful process evaluation including an embedded qualitative evaluation will be undertaken to explore in depth possible mechanisms for any observed effect of the intervention on primary and secondary outcomes. This study is the first to evaluate the relative effectiveness of various strategies to promote best practice in school-based vaccination against HPV. The study aims to improve vaccination-related psychosocial outcomes, including adolescent knowledge and attitudes, decision-making involvement, self

  11. Influência de três modos de fotopolimerização sobre a microdureza de três resinas compostas

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    Andréa Cristina Schneider

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    Full Text Available Resumo A adequada fotopolimerização das resinas compostas é fundamental para obtenção de uma boa dureza capaz de resistir aos esforços mastigatórios. Assim, o objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a influência das técnicas de fotopolimerização - Convencional (CONV, Soft-start (SS e Pulso atrasado (PA na microdureza Knoop de três resinas compostas. Para a confecção dos corpos-de-prova foram utilizadas as resinas compostas Filtek Z350 (3M ESPE, Empress Direct (IvoclarVivadent e P90 (3M ESPE. Foram obtidos nove grupos experimentais em função da técnica de polimerização e resina composta. Vinte e quatro horas após a fotopolimerização foi realizado o teste de microdureza Knoop nas superfícies de base e topo de cada corpo-de-prova. Assim, os valores obtidos foram submetidos ao teste de Kruskall Wallis, seguido do teste de Dunn, p < 0,05. A eficácia da polimerização na superfície de topo das resinas compostas testadas não foi afetada pelos diferentes modos de polimerização. A resina composta Empress Direct apresentou os mais baixos valores de dureza para todos os modos de polimerização quando comparada às demais resinas compostas avaliadas.

  12. A biossegurança e segurança do paciente na visão de acadêmicos de enfermagem La bioseguridad y seguridad del paciente bajo la visión de académicos de enfermería Nursing students' point of view on biosecurity and patient safety

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    Telma Elisa Cararro; Francine Lima Gelbcke; Luciara Fabiane Sebold; Silvana Silveira Kempfer; Maria Christina Zapelini; Roberta Waterkemper

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    Este estudo objetiva identificar o conhecimento dos acadêmicos de enfermagem frente à temática de segurança do paciente e as relações deste com o ensino da biossegurança. Estudo qualitativo, exploratório, realizado na Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, com 17 acadêmicos da terceira fase do Curso de Graduação em Enfermagem. Três categorias emergiram após leitura exaustiva das respostas: o cuidado de si e o cuidado do outro; biossegurança e o cuidado com o meio ambiente; biossegurança: edu...

  13. Local mechanical and electromechanical properties of the P(VDF-TrFE)-graphene oxide thin films

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    Silibin, M. V.; Bystrov, V. S.; Karpinsky, D. V.; Nasani, N.; Goncalves, G.; Gavrilin, I. M.; Solnyshkin, A. V.; Marques, P. A. A. P.; Singh, Budhendra; Bdikin, I. K.

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    Recently, many organic materials, including carbon materials such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene (single-walled carbon sheet structure) were studied in order to improve their mechanical and electrical properties. In particular, copolymers of poly (vinylidene fluoride) and poly trifluoroethylene [P(VDF-TrFE)] are promising materials, which can be used as probes, sensors, actuators, etc. Composite thin film of the copolymer P(VDF-TrFE) with graphene oxide (GO) were prepared by spin coating. The obtained films were investigated using piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM). The switching behavior, piezoelectric response, dielectric permittivity and mechanical properties of the films were found to depend on the presence of GO. For understanding the mechanism of piezoresponse evolution of the composite we used models of PVDF chain, its behavior in electrical field and computed the data for piezoelectric coefficients using HyperChem software. The summarized models of graphene oxide based on graphene layer from 96 carbon atoms C: with oxygen and OH groups and with COOH groups arranged by hydrogen were used for PVDF/Graphene oxide complex: 1) with H-side (hydrogen atom) connected from PVDF to graphene oxide, 2) with F-side (fluorine atom) connected from PVDF graphene oxide and 3) Graphene Oxide/PVDF with both sides (sandwich type). Experimental results qualitatively correlate with those obtained in the calculations.

  14. Análise das ocorrências das lesões no trânsito e fatores relacionados segundo resultados da Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios (PNAD) Brasil, 2008

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    Malta,Deborah Carvalho; Mascarenhas,Márcio Dênis Medeiros; Bernal,Regina Tomie Ivata; Silva,Marta Maria Alves da; Pereira,Cimar Azeredo; Minayo,Maria Cecília de Souza; Morais Neto,Otaliba Libânio de

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    O objetivo foi descrever as estimativas de ocorrência de lesões decorrentes do trânsito e os fatores relacionados à população brasileira a partir dos dados obtidos na Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios (PNAD). Trata-se de amostra probabilística em três estágios: municípios, setores censitários e domicílios. Foram entrevistadas 391.868 pessoas. As variáveis acidente de trânsito (AT) e uso de cinto de segurança foram descritas segundo dados sociodemográficos e de região de residência. ...

  15. Growing skull hemangioma: first and unique description in a patient with Klippel-Trénaunay-Weber syndrome.

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    van der Loo, Lars E; Beckervordersandforth, Jan; Colon, Albert J; Schijns, Olaf E M G

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    We present the first and unique case of a rapid-growing skull hemangioma in a patient with Klippel-Trénaunay-Weber syndrome. This case report provides evidence that not all rapid-growing, osteolytic skull lesions need to have a malignant character but certainly need a histopathological verification. This material offers insight into the list of rare pathological diagnoses in an infrequent syndrome.

  16. Actividad asistencial de las unidades de soporte vital avanzado a accidentes de tráfico en Asturias en el año 2010

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    Villar Fernández, Lara

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    Se realizó un estudio observacional retrospectivo de los accidentes de tráfico y atropellos asistidos por las USVA del 1 de enero al 31 de diciembre del 2010, utilizando el ASTER y complementando con una revisión de las historias clínicas en papel. Se analizaron 596 accidentes de tráfico, de los 1821 registrados por la DGT en el año 2010 en Asturias, en los que se asistieron a 782 pacientes, con una edad media de 39,4 años (∂ = 19,8) el 62,5% fueron hombres y 37,4% mujeres. Hubo 26 fallecidos...

  17. Edema agudo hemorrágico da infância: relato de três casos Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy: report of three cases

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    Paulo Sergio Emerich; Patricia Almeida Prebianchi; Luciene Lage da Motta; Elton Almeida Lucas; Leonardo Mello Ferreira

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    O Edema Agudo Hemorrágico da Infância é uma vasculite leucocitoclástica pouco frequente, que ocorre, quase exclusivamente, em crianças entre 4 meses e 2 anos de idade. Caracteriza-se, clinicamente, pela tríade febre, lesões purpúricas na face, pavilhões auriculares e extremidades e edema. Embora os achados cutâneos sejam dramáticos e de surgimento rápido, o prognóstico é favorável, com resolução espontânea dentro de 1 a 3 semanas. Descrevem-se três casos cujos achados clínicos e histopatológi...

  18. Copepod parasites of Curimatella lepidura (Characiformes, Curimatidae from the Três Marias Reservoir, Brazil Copépodes parasitos de Curimatella lepidura (Characiformes, Curimatidae do reservatório de Três Marias, Brasil

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    M.C. Albuquerque

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    Full Text Available Copépodes ergasilídeos coletados nas brânquias de Curimatella lepidura do reservatório de Três Marias, alto rio São Francisco, Minas Gerais, Brasil e identificados como Miracetyma etimaruya e Ergasilus sp., constituem o primeiro registro de parasitos nesse peixe forrageiro e endêmico. A ocorrência foi independente do sexo e do tamanho dos peixes. A distribuição geográfica conhecida das espécies de Miracetyma Malta, 1993, restrita à bacia do rio Amazonas, é ampliada neste estudo para a bacia do rio São Francisco.

  19. Resistência específica do solo de um pomar frutícola relacionada ao manejo entrelinhas e intensidade de tráfego Resistência específica do solo de um pomar frutícola relacionada ao manejo entrelinhas e intensidade de tráfego Orchard soil reology related to cover crop management and traffic intensities

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    Laura Draghi

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    Full Text Available O tráfego necessário à exploração de pomar frutícola tem características que se denominam "tráfego controlado", já que se realiza sempre sobre os mesmos caminhos do espaço entrelinhas. No alto Valle do Rio Negro, Argentina, a essa situação deve ser agregado, como fator de predisposição das sobrecompactações, o fato de que ocorre com freqüência um excesso de irrigação, que obriga ao tráfego sobre um solo úmido e, portanto, com baixa capacidade de suporte e alta predisposição à compactação. O presente trabalho teve o objetivo de estabelecer a possibilidade de sustentabilidade do sistema produtivo, que se conseguiria com a redução do tráfego resultante das mudanças das aplicações fitossanitárias de calendário fixo, pelas propostas no Projeto Frutícola Integrado (PFI do INTA (Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuária. Em um pomar de macieiras, foi simulado, sobre duas condições de solo, com e sem cobertura vegetal, o tráfego correspondente ao somatório de um ano para cada sistema. Para os tratamentos de tráfego, foi utilizado um conjunto trator-pulverizador padrão. O parâmetro que se vinculou à compactação, foi a resistência à penetração. O estado do solo anteriormente à aplicação do tráfego foi tomado como testemunha. A medição de sobrecompactações sobre o solo nu testemunha foi mais freqüente que sobre o coberto por vegetação. Depois dos tratamentos, a reologia dos solos foi diferente. Concluiu-se que as diminuições do tráfego, como as que foram propostas no PFI, são de significativa importância na busca da sustentabilidade do sistema produtivo.Orchard production traffic demands have characteristics that is called controlled traffic. Tractors and its machines, always use the same tracks in each of their passage. Not only this negative condition, but the fact that the irrigation used is usually excessive, it leads to a highly potential condition to enhance over-compaction in

  20. Incluídos pela escola pública: trajetória social de egressos trânsfugas do Colégio Estadual Dias Velho (segunda metade da década de 1960

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    Juliana Maués Silva Clarino

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    Full Text Available Este trabalho tem por objetivo analisar a trajetória social de três egressos trânsfugas do curso clássico do Colégio Estadual Dias Velho – estabelecimento de ensino secundário de caráter público, gratuito e coeducativo –, destacando os fatores sociais que concorreram para o êxito nas suas carreiras profissionais. Os trajetos sociais desses ex-alunos de escola pública são construídos a partir de conceitos cunhados por Pierre Bourdieu, tais como os conceitos de habitus, capital cultural, capital social e trânsfuga, procurando relacionar a origem social, o percurso escolar e a carreira profissional. O corpus documental do presente trabalho é formado por dados colhidos a partir de aplicação de um questionário e, especialmente, por meio de uma entrevista semiestruturada realizada com os três egressos em análise.

  1. Variability among Research Diagnostic Interview Instruments in the Application of "DSM-IV-TR" Criteria for Pediatric Bipolar Disorder

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    Galanter, Cathryn A.; Hundt, Stephanie R.; Goyal, Parag; Le, Jenna; Fisher, Prudence W.

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    Objective: The "DSM-IV-TR "criteria for a manic episode and bipolar disorder (BD) were developed for adults but are used for children. The manner in which clinicians and researchers interpret these criteria may have contributed to the increase in BD diagnoses given to youth. Research interviews are designed to improve diagnostic reliability and…

  2. Mortalidade por acidentes de trânsito e homicídios em Curitiba, Paraná, 1996-2011

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    Full Text Available Resumo OBJETIVO: descrever a tendência da mortalidade por homicídios e acidentes de trânsito de residentes em Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil, no período 1996-2011. MÉTODOS: estudo ecológico de séries temporais com dados do Sistema de Informações sobre Mortalidade; a análise de tendência foi realizada por modelos de regressão polinomial, segundo sexo. RESULTADOS: o coeficiente de mortalidade por acidentes de trânsito no sexo masculino declinou de 61,7 em 1996 para 28,4 em 2011 (-46%, e no feminino, de 16,5 para 7,3 óbitos por 100 mil habitantes (-44,2%; o coeficiente de mortalidade por homicídios entre os homens elevou-se de 32,5 para 69,3 (+113,2% e, entre as mulheres, de 4,4 para 5,3 óbitos por 100 mil habitantes (+20,4%. CONCLUSÃO: a mortalidade por homicídios aumentou; estratégias de prevenção das violências devem ser direcionadas às especificidades das causas externas e à maior exposição dos homens a esses agravos.

  3. Rasterelektronenmikroskopische und immunhistochemische Untersuchungen am Eileiter vom Schwein während Zyklus und Trächtigkeit

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    Mayer, Judith

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    In der vorliegenden Arbeit wurden zum einen mit Hilfe des Rasterelektronenmikroskops die morphologischen Veränderungen des Eileiterepithels und zum anderen die Expression hypophysärer wachstums- und proliferationsfördernder Hormone und ihrer Rezeptoren immunhistochemisch und mit der Reverse Transkriptase (RT)-PCR sowohl im Verlauf des Zyklus als auch der Trächtigkeit analysiert. Hierfür wurden, von 24 Schweinen der Deutschen Landrasse, die drei Abschnitte des Eileiters (Infundibulum, Ampulle,...

  4. O mapa íntimo: três telas de Frida Kahlo Frida Kahlo's intimate map

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    Fabiano Seixas Fernandes

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    Full Text Available O artigo apresenta análises de três telas da pintora mexicana Frida Kahlo - Las dos Fridas, Autorretrato en la frontera entre México y Estados Unidos e Lo que el agua me dio - e está dividido em três partes, cada qual tratando de uma tela em particular, para, no momento seguinte, ligar seu estudo ao das demais. Norteia a leitura das primeiras a discussão da relação nacional/estrangeiro no trabalho de Kahlo; a análise da terceira mostra a superação da dicotomia através do conceito de mapa íntimo, no qual entra em cena uma tênue e instável territorialização da memória através da representação pictórica.This article analyses three works by Mexican painter Frida Kahlo: Las dos Fridas (The Two Fridas, Autorretrato en la frontera entre México y Estados Unidos (Self-Portrait on the Borderline between Mexico and the United States, and Lo que el agua me dio (What the Water Gave Me. Each work is first analyzed separately and then connected with the others. The analysis of the first two is guided by the national/foreign dichotomy present in Kahlo; the analysis of the third shows the overcoming of the dichotomy through the concept of intimate map - in which a feeble and ever-changing territorialization of memory via plastic expression comes to show.

  5. Reconstrução de trânsito intestinal após confecção de colostomia à Hartmann

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    Rodrigo Gomes da Silva

    Full Text Available OBJETIVO: O objetivo desse estudo foi avaliar as taxas de morbidade e de mortalidade da tentativa de reversão do procedimento de Hartmann. MÉTODOS: Foram estudados retrospectivamente 29 pacientes submetidos à operação para reconstrução do trânsito intestinal após procedimento de Hartmann no Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais no período de janeiro de 1998 a dezembro de 2006. Foram avaliados dados pré-operatório, intra-operatórios e pós-operatórios. RESULTADOS: A média de idade dos pacientes submetidos à operação para reconstrução de trânsito intestinal após realização de colostomia a Hartmann foi de 52,6 anos, sendo 16 pacientes do sexo masculino (55,2%. O tempo médio da permanência da colostomia foi de 17,6 meses (variando de 1 a 84 meses. O tempo operatório médio foi de 300 minutos (variando de 180 a 720 minutos. O sucesso na reconstrução do trânsito intestinal foi alcançado em 27 pacientes (93%. Dois pacientes apresentaram fístula anastomótica (7% e seis tiveram infecção de parede (22%. Ocorreu um óbito (3,4% em paciente com fístula anastomótica e sepse abdominal. Dentre os fatores relacionados ao insucesso na reconstrução da colostomia a Hartmann observou-se associação estatisticamente significativa com a tentativa prévia de reconstrução (p = 0,007, a utilização prévia de quimioterapia (p = 0,037 e o longo tempo de permanência da colostomia (p = 0,025 CONCLUSÃO: O intervalo entre a confecção e a tentativa de reversão não deve ser muito longo e os pacientes devem ser alertados que, numa pequena porcentagem dos casos, a reconstrução do trânsito intestinal pode ser impossível devido às condições locais do reto excluído.

  6. Influência antrópica em três ecótonos floresta/campo da Floresta Atlântica do Sudeste do Brasil: análise de micropartículas carbonizadas em solos superficiais

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    De Oliveira, Paulo Eduardo; Passacantili, Maria da Glória Silva Bispo

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    Através da quantificação de micropartículas carbonizadas em solos superficiais, determinou-se a intensidade de incêndios recentes em três áreas da Floresta Atlântica com mosaico floresta/campo: duas na Serra do Mar, São Paulo e uma na Reserva Natural Vale do Rio Doce, Linhares, Espírito Santo. As micropartículas foram quantificadas em três classes de tamanho: 51 µm. Os dados mostram que as três áreas estiveram recentemente sujeitas a incêndios. Os campos da Reserva ...

  7. Evaluación del método químico-enzimático de descelularización para la obtención de matrices extracelulares de tráquea en el modelo porcino

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    Morales Valencia, Mariana; Patiño Vargas, María Isabel; Correa Londoño, Luis Alfonso; Restrepo Múnera, Luz Marina

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    Introducción: diferentes enfermedades afectan la tráquea y deterioran la calidad de vida. La ingeniería tisular es una alternativa terapéutica para los pacientes con esas enfermedades: matrices de tráquea descelularizadas y sembradas con células del receptor no generan respuesta inmune y pueden prevenir incluso el rechazo de zootrasplantes. Objetivo: evaluar un método de descelularización para obtener matrices extracelulares de tráquea en el modelo porcino. Materiales y métodos: a partir de 5...

  8. The Relationship Between the Childhood Autism Rating Scale: Second Edition and Clinical Diagnosis Utilizing the DSM-IV-TR and the DSM-5.

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    Dawkins, Tamara; Meyer, Allison T; Van Bourgondien, Mary E

    2016-10-01

    The Childhood Autism Rating Scale, Second Edition (CARS2; 2010) includes two rating scales; the CARS2-Standard Version (CARS2-ST) and the newly developed CARS2-High Functioning Version (CARS2-HF). To assess the diagnostic agreement between the CARS2 and DSM-IV-TR versus DSM-5 criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), clinicians at community based centers of the University of North Carolina TEACCH Autism Program rated participants seen for a diagnostic evaluation on symptoms of autism using both the DSM-IV-TR and DSM-5 criteria and either the CARS2-HF or the CARS2-ST. Findings suggest that overall, the diagnostic agreement of the CARS2 remains high across DSM-IV and DSM-5 criteria for autism.

  9. Mortes no trânsito do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Traffic deaths in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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    Carlos Henrique Klein

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    Full Text Available A evolução urbana do município do Rio de Janeiro durante o século XX, especialmente a partir da sua segunda metade, é fortemente marcada por crescentes privilégios concedidos ao crescimento da utilização dos meios de transporte de massa e, principalmente, individuais, feitos por veículos a motor de explosão. Uma das conseqüências desta política é a ascenção da mortalidade por acidentes de trânsito, verificada durante a década de 80, entre homens e mulheres de todas as idades. Neste trabalho demonstra-se também que, em 1990, apenas cerca de 1/3 das vítimas fatais nos acidentes de trânsito estavam "embarcadas" nos veículos. Portanto, a maioria dos óbitos por este tipo de acidente, cerca de 2/3, ocorreu por atropelamentos. Isto indica a necessidade de o poder público reverter a prioridade na prevenção das mortes por acidentes de trânsito em favor de medidas eficazes que protejam os pedestres.The evolution of the city of Rio de Janeiro during the 20th century, particularly since 1950, has been strongly characterized by increasing concession of privileges for the use of motor vehicles for both mass (and especially individual transportation. One of the main consequences of this policy was a rising mortality rate due to traffic accidents during the 1980s, among men and women of all ages. This paper demonstrates that in 1990 only about one-third of the fatal victims of traffic accidents were inside the vehicles involved. In Rio de Janeiro, the majority of deaths from this kind of accident (approximately two-thirds were pedestrians. Thus, policies aimed at reducing traffic-related mortality should give priority to the protection of pedestrians rather than drivers.

  10. A feasibility study concerning the conversion of the TR-2 reactor from using highly enriched uranium to light enriched uranium

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    Aldemir, T.; Turgut, H.M.; Bretscher, M.M.; Snelgrove, L.J.

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    A study has been made of the feasibility of converting the 5-MW TR-2 reactor at CNAEM to use fuel with uranium enrichment of 3 O 8 -Al fuel meat with a uranium density in the range 2.3 to 3.0 g/cm 3 in the fuel meat with meat thickness varying between 0.9 and 1.00 mm, the number of plates in the LEU element being reduced from 23 in the HEU element to 19 to 20 to maintain adequate cooling. Fuels within this density range are expected to be commercially available within the next two years. From the results of the study it appears to be feasible to safely operate the TR-2 reactor using LEU fuel without increased fuel cycle costs or decreased performance using U 2 O 8 fuels with densities in the 2.3 to 3.0 gU/cm 3 range. (author)

  11. Aspectos metodologicos de la medición en el sitio de ocurrencia de lesiones por accidentes de tráfico

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    Híjar-Medina Martha C.

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    Full Text Available Os acidentes de trânsito de veículos a motor representam problema de saúde pública, em nível mundial. No México, a pesquisa, nesse campo, é limitada e a metodologia para seu estudo é pouco desenvolvida. Na literatura científica internacional são escassos os artigos que discutem os aspectos metodológicos de pesquisa nesse campo. Assim, realizou-se estudo com o objetivo de apresentar alguns aspectos metodológicos úteis para os interessados em pesquisar lesões por acidentes de trânsito. Foram discutidos aspectos sobre como medir, no local de ocorrência, as variáveis básicas para o estudo dessas lesões, tais como: se o motorista sofreu ou não lesões, uso de cinto de segurança, velocidade e consumo de álcool.

  12. Pseudosubstrate regulation of the SCF(beta-TrCP) ubiquitin ligase by hnRNP-U

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    Davis, Matti; Hatzubai, Ada; Andersen, Jens S

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    in the nucleus. Here we report the isolation of the major E3RS-associated protein, hnRNP-U, an abundant nuclear phosphoprotein. This protein occupies E3RS in a specific and stoichiometric manner, stabilizes the E3 component, and is likely responsible for its nuclear localization. hnRNP-U binding was abolished....... Consequently, hnRNP-U engages a highly neddylated active SCF(beta-TrCP), which dissociates in the presence of a high-affinity substrate, resulting in ubiquitination of the latter. Our study points to a novel regulatory mechanism, which secures the localization, stability, substrate binding threshold...

  13. La conducta social en el tráfico: Fundamentos para la intervención.

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    Alonso Plá, Francisco Manuel; Esteban Martínez, Cristina; Calatayud Miñana, Constanza; Pastor Soriano, Juan Carlos; Alamar Rocatí, Beatriz; Medina Sarmiento, José Eugenio

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    En este libro nos hemos orientado hacia el estudio de lo “prosocial” frente a lo “antisocial”. Es decir hacia aquellas conductas que favorecen la ayuda entre las personas frente a aquellas que no son de ayuda, que llegan a atentar contra las mismas y por ende contra la sociedad en general. un ámbito de especial interés para nosotros será el del tráfico y la seguridad vial. La prosocialidad esté basada en una decisión interior que requiere, sin lugar a dudas, de un control personal dirigido...

  14. En Tránsito: Desplazamientos Nimios en el Cine Latinoamericano (2000-2010 On the Way: Trivial Travelling in Latin American Cinema (2000-2010

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    Luis Valenzuela Prado

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    Full Text Available Este artículo busca poner en escena y analizar ciertos tránsitos, heterogéneos en su consumación, en el cine latinoamericano (2000-2010. Indaga, a partir de algunas reflexiones de Marc Augé, Isaac Joseph y Michel de Certau, las posibilidades de tránsito, como la idea del "andar que enuncia", propuesta por De Certau. Además, analiza los desplazamientos nimios de sujetos omitidos por discursos macropolíticos o cuyo andar pasa desapercibido en el espacio y paisaje donde se desenvuelven. La construcción de este tránsito sienta sus bases sobre claves como la pobreza, el subdesarrollo, la inmigración, la muerte, el viaje.This article intends to enfatize and analize movements that are different in their consumation in Latin American cinema. The paper studies, through the reflexions of Marc Augé, Isaac Joseph and Michel de Certau, the posibilities of movement as the "enunciating travel" that De Certau proposes. Besides, analizes the trivial travelling of subjects that are omitted by the macropolitical discourses, and whose passing goes out of notice in their spaces and places. The construction of this movement is based in certain keys, such as poverty, underdevelopment, immigration, death and travel.

  15. Mobilidade urbana, acessibilidade e segurança no trânsito para população idosa em Montes Claros – MG

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    Jorge Barbosa Barreto

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    Full Text Available A mobilidade, a acessibilidade e a segurança no trânsito são elementos necessários para a circulação de pessoas, principalmente da população idosa, no espaço urbano. O objetivo deste artigo é discutir as políticas públicas de mobilidade, de acessibilidade e de segurança no trânsito para circulação da população idosa no município de Montes claros. O trabalho foi elaborado com base em pesquisa bibliográfica, na coleta e na análise de dados secundários. Foi realizado também um trabalho de campo em Montes Claros. Ao longo do texto, discutiu-se as políticas públicas de mobilidade e de acessibilidade urbana, focando na segurança do trânsito para os deslocamentos de idosos na cidade de Montes Claros. Conclui-se que no espaço urbano, da cidade em estudo, existem as deficiências na mobilidade e na acessibilidade, comprometendo a segurança dos idosos. A superação desses obstáculos depende da adoção de medidas concretas, elaboradas pelo poder público e pela sociedade, para garantir a segurança e a sustentabilidade na mobilidade e na acessibilidade urbana.

  16. Klippel–Trénaunay Syndrome – A Very Rare and Interesting Syndrome

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    Deepak Sharma

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    Full Text Available Klippel–Trénaunay syndrome (KTS or KT is an infrequently seen dermatological syndrome, which is often viewed as a triad of vascular malformation (capillary malformations or port-wine brands, venous varicosity, and soft tissue and/or bony hypertrophy. We report a case of a 12-year-old male who presented to us with the symptoms of varicose plaques over both lower limbs and was diagnosed as a case of KTS. Management is normally conservative and includes stockings for compression of the branches to reduce edema because of chronic venous insufficiency; modern devices that cause on and off pneumatic compression; and rarely, surgical correction of varicose veins with lifelong follow-up. The orthopedic abnormalities are treated with epiphysiodesis in order to prevent (stop overgrowing of limb and correction of bone deformity.

  17. The role of subsite +2 of the Trichoderma reesei beta-mannanase TrMan5A in hydrolysis and transglycosylation

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    Rosengren, Anna; Hägglund, Per; Anderson, Lars Steen

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    The N-terminal catalytic module of beta-mannanase TrMan5A from the filamentous fungus Trichoderma reesei is classified into family 5 of glycoside hydrolases. It is further classified in clan A with a (beta/alpha)(8) barrel configuration and has two catalytic glutamates (E169 and E276). It has at ...

  18. Esclerose lateral amiotrófica variante distal dos membros inferiores apresentação de três casos

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    Godoy, J. M.; Skacel, M.; Balassiano, S. L.; Neves, J. R. M.; Goffredo Filho, G. S.; Castro, R. B. de; Nicaretta, D. H.; Souza, R. G. S.; Mendes, M. H. F.

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    Os autores apresentam três casos de pacientes com esclerose lateral amiotrófica, variante de Patrikios, chamando a atenção para a importância do diagnóstico diferencial desta com as neuropatias periféricas. The, authors describe the neurological findings in ALS, Patrikios form, of three patients, calling attention for the differential diagnosis with peripheral neuropathies.

  19. Influência antrópica em três ecótonos floresta/campo da Floresta Atlântica do Sudeste do Brasil: análise de micropartículas carbonizadas em solos superficiais

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    De Oliveira,Paulo Eduardo; Passacantili,Maria da Glória Silva Bispo

    2010-01-01

    Através da quantificação de micropartículas carbonizadas em solos superficiais, determinou-se a intensidade de incêndios recentes em três áreas da Floresta Atlântica com mosaico floresta/campo: duas na Serra do Mar, São Paulo e uma na Reserva Natural Vale do Rio Doce, Linhares, Espírito Santo. As micropartículas foram quantificadas em três classes de tamanho: < 25 µm, de 26 a 5 0µm e > 51 µm. Os dados mostram que as três áreas estiveram recentemente sujeitas a incêndios. Os campos da Reser...

  20. Transformative piezoelectric enhancement of P(VDF-TrFE) synergistically driven by nanoscale dimensional reduction and thermal treatment.

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    Ico, G; Myung, A; Kim, B S; Myung, N V; Nam, J

    2018-02-08

    Despite the significant potential of organic piezoelectric materials in the electro-mechanical or mechano-electrical applications that require light and flexible material properties, the intrinsically low piezoelectric performance as compared to traditional inorganic materials has limited their full utilization. In this study, we demonstrate that dimensional reduction of poly(vinylidene fluoride trifluoroethylene) (P(VDF-TrFE)) at the nanoscale by electrospinning, combined with an appropriate thermal treatment, induces a transformative enhancement in piezoelectric performance. Specifically, the piezoelectric coefficient (d 33 ) reached up to -108 pm V -1 , approaching that of inorganic counterparts. Electrospun mats composed of thermo-treated 30 nm nanofibers with a thickness of 15 μm produced a consistent peak-to-peak voltage of 38.5 V and a power output of 74.1 μW at a strain of 0.26% while sustaining energy production over 10k repeated actuations. The exceptional piezoelectric performance was realized by the enhancement of piezoelectric dipole alignment and the materialization of flexoelectricity, both from the synergistic effects of dimensional reduction and thermal treatment. Our findings suggest that dimensionally controlled and thermally treated electrospun P(VDF-TrFE) nanofibers provide an opportunity to exploit their flexibility and durability for mechanically challenging applications while matching the piezoelectric performance of brittle, inorganic piezoelectric materials.

  1. Salud mental de migrantes centroamericanos indocumentados en tránsito por la frontera sur de México

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    César Infante-Xibille

    2015-05-01

    Full Text Available Objetivo. Conocer las necesidades percibidas de salud mental de migrantes centroamericanos indocumentados en tránsito por la ciudad de Tapachula, Chiapas. Material  y métodos. Estudio cualitativo realizado en Casa de Migrantes de Tapachula, Chiapas. Se realizaron 20 entrevistas semiestructuradas a diez mujeres y diez hombres migrantes. Se exploró el estado de salud mental y las expectativas de atención. Se retomaron nociones teórico-metodológicas de la fenomenología sociológica. Resultados. Los migrantes presentaban signos y síntomas de daños en su salud mental relacionados con experiencias vividas en el lugar de origen y en el tránsito por México. La percepción sobre su salud mental es influida por el modelo biomédico hegemónico. Las expectativas de servicios se relacionaron con la satisfacción de necesidades básicas. Conclusiones. Es necesario fortalecer la respuesta del sistema de atención en salud mental a partir de estrategias de cooperación y emprender acciones que promuevan la superación de una construcción biomédica de salud mental que estigmatiza, medicaliza, segrega y dificulta el acceso a servicios.

  2. Comportamento de adesão da madeira de um híbrido clonal de Eucalyptus urophylla × Eucalyptus grandis proveniente de três condições de manejo

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    Octávio Barbosa Plaster

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    Full Text Available http://dx.doi.org/10.5902/198050985739O presente trabalho objetivou avaliar a capacidade de adesão da madeira serrada de eucalipto proveniente de três sistemas de manejo, empregando-se os adesivos: resorcina formaldeído, e dois adesivos em emulsão aquosa à base de poliacetato de vinila. Os sistemas de manejo foram caracterizados por três estratos, sendo o estrato um (E1 caracterizado por madeira proveniente de talhadia e idade de 70 meses; o estrato dois (E2 caracterizado por madeira de reforma e idade de 166 meses e o estrato três (E3 caracterizado também por reforma aos 70 meses de idade. A madeira foi originada de uma mistura aleatória das duas primeiras toras serradas, de três metros cada, a partir da base, que compuseram três tratamentos, relativos aos adesivos utilizados. Foi avaliada a resistência ao cisalhamento por compressão paralela e o percentual de falha na madeira na linha de cola. Com base nos resultados obtidos pode-se afirmar que a adesão apresentou desempenho satisfatório em todas as resinas utilizadas, sendo que os valores médios da resistência ao cisalhamento da linha de cola mostraram-se equivalentes à resistência ao cisalhamento da madeira sólida apenas para as amostras aderidas com o adesivo Wonderbond, proporcionando também maiores valores para falha na madeira (97,64%. A maior densidade presente na madeira do segundo estrato (E2 influenciou apenas na colagem com a resina resorcina formaldeído. Para o acetato de polivinila (Cascorez 2590, os valores do cisalhamento diminuíram na terceira condição de manejo (E3.

  3. Effects of simvastatin on CAT-1-mediated arginine transport and NO level under high glucose conditions in conditionally immortalized rat inner blood-retinal barrier cell lines (TR-iBRB).

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    Tun, Temdara; Kang, Young-Sook

    2017-05-01

    Hyperglycemia causes the breakdown of the blood-retinal barrier by impairing endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) function. Statins have many pleiotropic effects such as improving endothelial barrier permeability and increasing eNOS mRNA stability. The objective of this study was to determine effect of simvastatin on l-arginine transport and NO production under high-glucose conditions in conditionally immortalized rat retinal capillary endothelial cell line (TR-iBRB). Changes in l-arginine transport uptake and, expression levels of cationic amino acid transporter 1 (CAT-1) and eNOS mRNA were investigated after pre-treatment with simvastatin and NOS inhibitors (l-NMMA and l-NAME) under high-glucose conditions using TR-iBRB, an in vitro model of iBRB. The NO level released from TR-iBRB cells was examined using Griess reagents. Under high glucose conditions, [ 3 H]l-arginine uptake was decreased in TR-iBRB cells. Simvastatin pretreatment elevated [ 3 H]l-arginine uptake, the expression levels of CAT-1 and eNOS mRNA, and NO production under high-glucose conditions. Moreover, the co-treatment with simvastatin and NOS inhibitors reduced [ 3 H]l-arginine uptake compared to pretreatment with simvastatin alone. Our results suggest that, in the presence of high-glucose levels, increased l-arginine uptake due to simvastatin treatment was associated with increased CAT-1 and eNOS mRNA levels, leading to higher NO production in TR-iBRB cells. Thus, simvastatin might be a good modulator for diabetic retinopathy therapy by increasing of the l-arginine uptake and improving endothelial function in retinal capillary endothelial cells. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

  4. Causes and consequences of the sinkhole at El Trébol of Quito, Ecuador - implications for economic damage and risk assessment

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    Toulkeridis, Theofilos; Rodríguez, Fabián; Arias Jiménez, Nelson; Simón Baile, Débora; Salazar Martínez, Rodolfo; Addison, Aaron; Carreón Freyre, Dora; Mato, Fernando; Díaz Perez, Carmen

    2016-09-01

    The so-called El Trébol is a critical road interchange in Quito connecting the north and south regions of the city. In addition, it connects Quito with the highly populated Los Chillos Valley, one of the most traveled zones in the Ecuadorian capital. El Trébol was constructed in the late 1960s in order to resolve the traffic jams of the capital city and for that purpose the Machángara River was rerouted through an underground concrete box tunnel. In March 2008, the tunnel contained a high amount of discarded furniture that had been impacting the top portion of the tunnel, compromising the structural integrity. On 31 March 2008 after a heavy rainfall a sinkhole of great proportions formed in the Trébol traffic hub. In the first few minutes, the sinkhole reached an initial diameter of 30 m. The collapse continued to grow in the following days until the final dimensions of 120 m in diameter and some 40 m of depth, revealing the Machángara River at the base of the sinkhole.A state of emergency was declared. The cause of the sinkhole was a result of the lack of monitoring of the older subterranean infrastructure where trash had accumulated and damaged the concrete tunnel that channelized the Machángara River until it was worn away for a length of some 20 m, leaving behind the sinkhole and the fear of recurrence in populated areas.With the intent to understand the causes and consequences of this sinkhole event, rainfall data are shown together with hydrogeological characteristics and a view back to the recent history of sinkhole lineation or arrangement of the city of Quito. The economic impact is also emphasized, where the direct costs of the damage and the reconstruction are presented and compared to indirect costs associated with this socio-natural disaster. These analyses suggest that the costs of indirect financial damage, like time loss or delay, and subsequent higher expenses for different types of vehicles, are equivalent to many times the costs of the

  5. Repartición del recurso trófico entre Mullus barbatus y M. surmuletus en el Mar Catalán (Mediterráneo Noroccidental

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    Full Text Available Se examinó la composición trófica de Mullus barbatus y M. surmuletus con el fin de evaluar la repartición del recurso entre estas dos especies simpátricas. Para cada especie, los peces se agruparon en intervalos de clase de 1 cm (longitud total = LT. Se realizó el análisis de agrupamiento utilizando el índice de similitud de Bray-Curtis y el método de agrupación de UPGMA. Previamente, para cada intervalo de clase se estandarizó y transformó a doble raíz cuadrada la abundancia de las presas. Con base en la similitud trófica, se definieron seis nuevos grupos: (I adultos mayores de M. surmuletus (21–31 cm LT, (II organismos recién asentados de ambas especies (6–8 cm LT, (III adultos mayores de M. barbatus (19–21 cm LT, (IV adultos de M. barbatus (12–18 cm LT, (V juveniles de ambas especies y (VI adultos de M. surmuletus (12–20, 22 cm LT. El análisis de similitud (ANOSIM muestra que existen diferencias significativas entre la composición trófica de los grupos sucesivos (P ≤ 0.05. Si bien estas especies simpátricas consumen una amplia gama de presas en común, la proporción relativa de sus componentes muestra diferencias claras entre especies e incluso dentro de cada especie a lo largo de su desarrollo; estas diferencias se tornan más evidentes en los organismos mayores. Los resultados del presente trabajo resaltan la importancia de la repartición trófica como un mecanismo que facilita la coexistencia intra e inter específica de estas dos especies simpátricas.

  6. A new mosaic integrative and conjugative element from Streptococcus agalactiae carrying resistance genes for chloramphenicol (catQ) and macrolides [mef(I) and erm(TR)].

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    Morici, Eleonora; Simoni, Serena; Brenciani, Andrea; Giovanetti, Eleonora; Varaldo, Pietro E; Mingoia, Marina

    2017-01-01

    To investigate the genetic basis of catQ-mediated chloramphenicol resistance in Streptococcus agalactiae. Two clinical strains of catQ-positive chloramphenicol-resistant S. agalactiae (Sag236 and Sag403) were recently isolated, typed (MLST, PFGE pulsotypes, capsular types) and their antibiotic resistances investigated by phenotypic and genotypic approaches. Several molecular methods (PCR mapping, restriction assays, Southern blotting, sequencing and sequence analysis, conjugal transfer assays) were used to determine the genetic context of catQ and characterize a genetic element detected in the isolates. Sag236 and Sag403 shared the same ST (ST19), but exhibited a different capsular type (III and V, respectively) and pulsotype. Both harboured the macrolide resistance genes mef(I) and erm(TR) and the tetracycline resistance gene tet(M). Accordingly, they were resistant to chloramphenicol, erythromycin and tetracycline. catQ and mef(I) were associated in an IQ module that was indistinguishable in Sag236 and Sag403. In mating assays, chloramphenicol and erythromycin resistance proved transferable, at low frequency, only from Sag236. Transconjugants carried not only catQ and mef(I), but also erm(TR), suggesting a linkage of the three resistance genes in a mobile element, which, though seemingly non-mobile, was also detected in Sag403. The new element (designated ICESag236, ∼110 kb) results from recombination of two integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs) originally described in different streptococcal species: S. agalactiae ICESagTR7, carrying erm(TR); and Streptococcus pneumoniae ICESpn529IQ, carrying the prototype IQ module. These findings strengthen the notion that widespread streptococcal ICEs may form mosaics that enhance their diversity and spread, broaden their host range and carry new cargo genes. © The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. All rights reserved. For Permissions

  7. Modelo de previsión del tráfico en Santander: Año 2020

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    Campollo Canduela, Alfonso

    2015-01-01

    El presente trabajo consiste en un análisis de la previsión de la demanda de tráfico en transporte privado de viajeros en la ciudad de Santander (Cantabria, España) para el año 2020, entre las 8 y las 9 de la mañana de un día laborable, a partir de los datos procedentes de una encuesta domiciliaria, realizada por el Grupo de Investigación de Sistemas de Transporte (GIST) de la Universidad de Cantabria para un estudio previo, y el modelo de ordenación que el Plan General de Ordenación Urbana v...

  8. Envolvimento paterno aos três meses de vida do bebê

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    Cesar Augusto Piccinini

    Full Text Available O presente estudo investigou o envolvimento paterno aos três meses de vida do bebê. Foram entrevistados 38 pais primíparos, com idades entre 20 e 40 anos. Realizou-se uma análise de conteúdo baseada nas dimensões do conceito de envolvimento paterno: interação, acessibilidade e responsabilidade. Os pais revelaram envolverem-se nas atividades de cuidado, embora nem sempre de maneira rotineira. Também relataram preocupações e envolvimento nas decisões relativas aos cuidados, educação e saúde do bebê. Contudo, consideravam que sua participação estava aquém da ideal em função das restrições impostas pelo trabalho. Os resultados apontam para um aumento no envolvimento paterno nos primeiros meses do bebê e para a necessidade de apoio aos pais neste momento de transição familiar.

  9. Dose assessment around TR-2 reactor due to maximum credible accident

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    Turgut, M. H.; Adalioglu, U.; Aytekin, A.

    2001-01-01

    The revision of safety analysis report of TR-2 research reactor had been initiated in 1995. The whole accident analysis and accepted scenario for maximum credible accident has been revised according to the new safety concepts and the impact to be given to the environment due to this scenario has been assessed. This paper comprises all results of these calculations. The accepted maximum credible accident scenario is the partial blockage of the whole reactor core which resulted in the release of 25% of the core inventory. The DOSER code which uses very conservative modelling of atmospheric distributions were modified for the assessment calculations. Pasquill conditions based on the local weather observations, topography, and building affects were considered. The thyroid and whole body doses for 16 sectors and up to 10 km of distance around CNAEM were obtained. Release models were puff and a prolonged one of two hours of duration. Release fractions for the active isotopes were chosen from literature which were realistic

  10. FIVE NEW TRANSIT EPOCHS OF THE EXOPLANET OGLE-TR-111b

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    Hoyer, S.; Rojo, P.; Lopez-Morales, M.; DIaz, R. F.; Chambers, J.; Minniti, D.

    2011-01-01

    We report five new transit epochs of the extrasolar planet OGLE-TR-111b, observed in the v-HIGH and Bessell I bands with the FORS1 and FORS2 at the ESO Very Large Telescope between 2008 April and May. The new transits have been combined with all previously published transit data for this planet to provide a new transit timing variations (TTVs) analysis of its orbit. We find no TTVs with amplitudes larger than 1.5 minutes over a four-year observation time baseline, in agreement with the recent result by Adams et al. Dynamical simulations fully exclude the presence of additional planets in the system with masses greater than 1.3, 0.4, and 0.5 M + at the 3:2, 1:2, and 2:1 resonances, respectively. We also place an upper limit of about 30 M + on the mass of potential second planets in the region between the 3:2 and 1:2 mean-motion resonances.

  11. A TR-UWB Downconversion Autocorrelation Receiver for Wireless Body Area Network

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    Islam SMRiazul

    2009-01-01

    Full Text Available Low power UWB receiver architecture is proposed for a Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN. This receiving technology is a synergy of existing downconversion-based narrowband rejection mechanism in RF front end and signal processing in frequency domain. Frequency components of converted and filtered UWB pulses are separated into real and imaginary parts, independently correlated and effectively combined to achieve an improved output Signal to noise ratio (SNR. An extensive mathematical analysis has been performed to formulate the close-form expressions for SNRs in order to compare system performances toward favorable BER under BPSK modulation scheme. Analysis shows that optimal rotation of coordination plays an important role for the enhancement of receiving SNR which is further confirmed by computer simulation. A wide range of link level simulation (LLS urges that the proposed system is more power efficient in higher-order modulation (HOM schemes. Transmitted Reference (TR scheme has been considered as the basis for wideband communication.

  12. Is the Eating Disorder Questionnaire-Online (EDQ-O) a valid diagnostic instrument for the DSM-IV-TR classification of eating disorders?

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    ter Huurne, Elke D.; de Haan, Hein A.; ten Napel-Schutz, Marieke C.; Postel, Marloes Gerda; Menting, Juliane; van der Palen, Jacobus Adrianus Maria; Vroling, Maartje S.; de Jong, Cor A.J.

    2015-01-01

    Background The Eating Disorder Questionnaire-Online (EDQ-O) is an online self-report questionnaire, which was developed specifically to provide a DSM-IV-TR classification of anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), binge-eating disorder (BED), and eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS),

  13. Is the Eating Disorder Questionnaire-Online (EDQ-O) a valid diagnostic instrument for the DSM-IV-TR classification of eating disorders?

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    Huurne, E.D. ter; Haan, H.A. de; Napel-Schutz, M.C. ten; Postel, M.G.; Menting, J.; Palen, J.A.M. van der; Vroling, M.S.; Jong, C.A.J. de

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    Background: The Eating Disorder Questionnaire-Online (EDQ-O) is an online self-report questionnaire, which was developed specifically to provide a DSM-IV-TR classification of anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), binge-eating disorder (BED), and eating disorder not otherwise specified

  14. Um mundo metafísico nos trópicos

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    Else Ribeiro Pires Vieira

    2008-04-01

    Full Text Available A fonte torna-se a estrela inatingível e pura que, sem se deixar contaminar, contamina, brilha para os artistas dos países da América Latina... ilumina os movimentos das mãos, mas ao mesmo tempo torna os artistas súditos do seu magnetismo superior.. Silviano Santiago, Uma literatura nos trópicos Afastando-me do discurso crítico em torno das influências e do caráter tributário a ele inerente, sobre o qual nos adverte Santiago já em ensaio de 1971,1 afastando-me, igualmente, de Polarizações hierarquizadas como fonte/alvo, situando-me na fronteira fluida do transformar de escritas/reescritas e nela privilegiando áreas de permeabilidade entre os discursos e o seu jogo relacional, ofereço, neste texto, reflexões em torno da poesia metafísica inglesa traduzida entre 1978 e 1991 na sua interseção com outras produções textuais brasileiras no período de início da abertura política, gestação e nascimento da Nova República2 . Traduzir a Inglaterra, ler o Brasil. O que se traduz? Quem se traduz? Por que se traduz? Como se traduz?

  15. Diagnostic Classification of Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents: How Does DSM-IV-TR Compare to Empirically-Derived Categories?

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    Eddy, Kamryn T.; Le Grange, Daniel; Crosby, Ross D.; Hoste, Renee Rienecke; Doyle, Angela Celio; Smyth, Angela; Herzog, David B.

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    Objective: The purpose of this study was to empirically derive eating disorder phenotypes in a clinical sample of children and adolescents using latent profile analysis (LPA), and to compare these latent profile (LP) groups to the DSM-IV-TR eating disorder categories. Method: Eating disorder symptom data collected from 401 youth (aged 7 through 19…

  16. Metodologia de análise espacial para identificação de locais críticos considerando a severidade dos acidentes de trânsito

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    Marcelo Pereira Queiroz

    2009-12-01

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    Este artigo descreve e aplica uma metodologia de análise espacial para identificação dos locais críticos de acidentes de trânsito com base no índice de severidade do acidente, permitindo ao analista selecionar a forma mais adequada para tratamento de cada local crítico na malha viária de uma cidade. Como principal ferramenta de análise, utiliza-se a rotina de agrupamento espacial do vizinho mais próximo a qual possibilita identificar e representar os locais críticos (interseções, trechos, corredores e áreas de ocorrência de eventos espaciais em um mapa digital por intermédio do conceito de elipse de desvio padrão. Acredita-se que este trabalho apresenta uma significativa contribuição para a elaboração de novas metodologias de estudos de acidentes de trânsito que incorporem outras variáveis relacionadas aos acidentes, como volume de tráfego, e também outros eventos de caráter espacial que contribuem para a ocorrência deste grave fenômeno urbano.

  17. CaCO3-N İlişkieri 3.Nötr Toprakta

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    Aydeniz, A.; BROHİ, A.R.

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    Nötral toprakta azot-kireç ilişkilerini açıklayabilmek için kireç içermeyen, nötr hafif alkali,bazaltlık kökenli Siverek toprağı alınarak bu¬na 9 düzeyde (% 0-0.5-1-1.5-2-3-4-5-10) kireç ve8 düzeyde (0-1-5-20-50 100-200-50 ppm) azot katmak suretiyle hazırlanan topraklarda; büyütme odasında, mini - biyolojik yöntemle domates yetiştirmek ve 65 gün son¬ra- hasat etmek suretiyle yapman araştırma sonuçları şu şekilde özetle¬nebilir 1. Asit toprakta, kireç katılmayan (CaC03 0> örneklerden orta...

  18. Core-free rolled actuators for Braille displays using P(VDF-TrFE-CFE)

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    Levard, Thomas; Diglio, Paul J.; Lu, Sheng-Guo; Rahn, Christopher D.; Zhang, Q. M.

    2012-01-01

    Refreshable Braille displays require many small diameter actuators to move the pins. The electrostrictive P(VDF-TrFE-CFE) terpolymer can provide the high strain and actuation force under modest electric fields that are required for this application. In this paper, we develop core-free tubular actuators and integrate them into a 3 × 2 Braille cell. The terpolymer films are solution cast, stretched to 6 μm thick, electroded, laminated into a bilayer, rolled into a 2 mm diameter tube, bonded, and provided with top and bottom contacts. Experimental testing of 17 actuators demonstrates significant strains (up to 4%) and blocking forces (1 N) at moderate electric fields (100 MV m-1). A novel Braille cell is designed and fabricated using six of these actuators.

  19. Inventarios viales y categorización de la red vial en estudios de Ingeniería de Tránsito y Transporte

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    Full Text Available Se presentan las principales consideraciones y los aspectos técnicos fundamentales de la elaboración de Inventarios Viales y la Categorización de la Red Vial, aplicadas a la realización de estudios de ingeniería de tránsito y transporte. Se exponen los aspectos generales relacionados con la elaboración de los inventarios de infraestructura vial, de señalización y dispositivos de control, de estacionamientos, de paraderos y de rutas de transporte público colectivo urbano de pasajeros, como una herramienta práctica para complementar los procedimientos de campo y optimizar los procesos y análisis de resultados orientados a identificar, caracterizar y cuantificar las variables relacionadas con el desarrollo del fenómeno del tránsito y la actividad del transporte.

  20. The Tri-Agency Climate Education (TrACE) Catalog: Promoting collaboration, effective practice, and a robust portfolio by sharing educational resources developed across NASA, NOAA & NSF climate education initiatives

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    McDougall, C.; Martin, A.; Givens, S. M.; Yue, S.; Wilson, C. E.; Karsten, J. L.

    2012-12-01

    The Tri-Agency Climate Education (TrACE) Catalog is an online, interactive, searchable and browsable web product driven by a database backend. TrACE was developed for and by the community of educators, scientists, and Federal agency representatives involved in a tri-agency collaboration for climate education. NASA, NOAA, and NSF are working together to strategically coordinate and support a portfolio of projects focused on climate literacy and education in formal and informal learning environments. The activities of the tri-agency collaboration, including annual meetings for principal investigators and the ongoing development of a nascent common evaluation framework, have created a strong national network for effectively engaging diverse audiences with the principles of climate literacy (see Eos Vol. 92, No. 24, 14 June 2011). TrACE is a tool for the climate education community that promotes the goals of the tri-agency collaboration to leverage existing resources, minimize duplicate efforts, and facilitate communication among this emergent community of scientists and educators. TrACE was born as "The Matrix," a product of the 2011 Second Annual NASA, NOAA and NSF Climate Change Education Principal Investigators Meeting (see McDougall, Wilson, Martin & Knippenberg, 2011, Abstract ED21B-0583 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA.) Meeting attendees were asked to populate a pen-and-paper matrix with all of the activities or deliverables they had created or anticipated creating as part of their NOAA/NASA/NSF-funded project. During the 2012 Third Annual Tri-Agency PI Meeting, projects were given the opportunity to add and update their products and deliverables. In the intervening year, the dataset comprising the Matrix was converted to a MySQL database, with a standardized taxonomy and minimum criteria for inclusion, and further developed into the interactive TrACE Catalog. In the fall of 2012, the TrACE Catalog web product will be made publicly