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  1. Ilves : mida põrgut teeb Venemaa G8-s?

    Index Scriptorium Estoniae

    2007-01-01

    President Toomas Hendrik Ilves viibis Prahas 4. ja 5. juunil 2007 toimunud konverentsil "Demokraatia ja julgeolek", kus ta seadis kahtluse alla selle, kas Euroopat rakettidega ähvardava Venemaa koht on ikka G8-s ja Euroopa Nõukogus. Ilmunud ka: Eesti Elu 8. juuni 2007, lk. 1,4, pealk.: Mida teeb Venemaa G8-s?, ingl. k. lk. 9, pealk.: Ilves: what is Russia doing in the G8? Vabariigi President töövisiidil Prahasse 4.-6.06.2007

  2. Piitsa ja prääniku Venemaa-poliitika / Jeroen Bult

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    Bult, Jeroen

    2006-01-01

    Samal ajal kui USA on Venemaa suhtes võtmas kriitilisemat seisukohta, mida näitas ka USA asepresidendi Dick Cheney kõne mai alguses Musta mere ja Balti riikide konverentsil, välistavad Saksamaa majandushuvid ja tasakaalukas välispoliitika igasuguse toetuse USA karmistuvale hoiakule Venemaa suhtes. Lisa: Etteheited

  3. Vastastikune sõltuvus : Euroopa Venemaa energialõa otsas / Fiona Hill ; tõlk. Marek Laane

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    Hill, Fiona

    2006-01-01

    Euroopa ja Venemaa energiakaubanduses valitsevast sõltuvusest. Riikide individuaalne haavatavus, Venemaa suhtlemine Euroopa ja teiste üleilmsete turgudega käib vaid nafta ja gaasi abil, mida võib nõrkuseks lugeda, Venemaa gaasimured. Euroopa strateegia peab püüdlema nafta- ja gaasiimpordi jätkuva geograafilise mitmekesistamise poole, et vähendada sõltuvust Venemaast ja Lähis-Idast. Diagrammid

  4. PyMidas: Interface from Python to Midas

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    Maisala, Sami; Oittinen, Tero

    2014-01-01

    PyMidas is an interface between Python and MIDAS, the major ESO legacy general purpose data processing system. PyMidas allows a user to exploit both the rich legacy of MIDAS software and the power of Python scripting in a unified interactive environment. PyMidas also allows the usage of other Python-based astronomical analysis systems such as PyRAF.

  5. Rahvaloendused ja rahvuspoliitika : Venemaa soomeugrilased 2002. aastal / Indrek Jääts

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    Jääts, Indrek, 1971-

    2006-01-01

    Nõukogude ja Venemaa rahvuspoliitikast ning rahvaloendustest. Tabelid: Venemaa soome-ugri rahvaste arvukus 1989-2002; Venemaa soome-ugri rahvad oma autonoomsetes piirkondades 1989-2002; Linnarahvastiku osakaal (%) Venemaa soome-ugri rahvastel 1959-2002; Venemaa soome-ugri rahvaste emakeelsus (%) 1959-2002; Kõrghariduse levik (%) Venemaa soome-ugri rahvaste seas 2002. a.

  6. Euroopa ja Venemaa suhted / Fraser Cameron

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    Cameron, Fraser

    2008-01-01

    Väide, et planeeritav gaasitoru rajamine Läänemerre viib Venemaa suurenenud militaartegevuseni sealses piirkonnas, ei ole õige ja on murettekitav, et turvalisuspoliitika lipu all võimendatakse Euroopa Liidu ja Venemaa vahelisi pingeid, kirjutab Euroopa Liidu Vene keskuse juhataja

  7. Venemaa pikendab ise oma teed WTOsse

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    2008-01-01

    Pärast USA kriitikat seoses Gruusia sõjaga otsustas Venemaa katkestada koostöö 19 USA kanaliha importiva firmaga ning kaitsta oma turgu Ukraina kaupade eest. Kaubanduspiirangud USA ja Ukraina suunal lükkavad Venemaa WTOsse astumise määramata tulevikku

  8. Peaks Venemaa tükeldama / Rein Taagepera

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    Taagepera, Rein, 1933-

    2001-01-01

    Ettekanne "Should Russia Break Up" Ameerika Politoloogia Ühingu aastakoosolekul Washingtonis 3.septembril 2000.a. Venemaa majanduslik ja poliitiline olukord seoses kolme revolutsiooni toimumisega: demokratiseerimine, turumajanduse sissetoomine ning dekoloniseerimine. Venemaa territoriaalse arengu võimalused

  9. Venemaa meenutas 1998. aasta majanduskrahhi / Deniss Rutsheikov

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    Rutsheikov, Deniss

    2003-01-01

    Venemaa majanduskrahhist 1998. aastal. Venemaa presidendi majandusnõuniku Andrei Illarionovi sõnul ei ole praegu rubla devalveerimise ohtu, kuid küsitlusfirma ROMIR Monitoring uuringu kohaselt arvab 78% venemaalastest, et majanduskriisi kordumine on võimalik

  10. Liigne optimism Venemaa suhtes on põhjendamatu / Tõnis Oja

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    Oja, Tõnis, 1957-

    2008-01-01

    Paljud analüütikud ja investorid näevad Vene börsil häid hindu ja teenimisvõimalusi, kuid pikas perspektiivis on liigne optimism Venemaa aktsiaturgude suhtes põhjendamatu. Diagrammid: Venemaa börsiindeks RTS; Hansa Venemaa aktsiafond kaotanud viiendiku investoritest

  11. Venemaa õllekeiser Christian Ramm-Schmidt / Markku Saksa

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    Saksa, Markku

    2004-01-01

    Rahvusvahelise õlletootmisettevõtte Baltic Beverages Holding (BBH) tegevusest Baltikumis, Venemaal, Ukrainas ja Kasahstanis. Venemaa tütarettevõtte juht Christian Ramm-Schmidt kirjeldab Venemaa eraettevõtluse arengut, ärikeskkonda ja -kultuuri ning ettevõtete juhtimise põhimõtteid

  12. Järjest rohkem venelasi saab aru, et neid on petetud / Ivan Tšumakov ; intervjueerinud Taavi Minnik

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    Tšumakov, Ivan

    2016-01-01

    Intervjuu Venemaa ökonomisti ja poliitikaanalüütiku Ivan Tšumakoviga Venemaa majanduslikest perspektiividest ja sellest, mida võimude poliitika on Venemaa tavakodanikele viimastel aastatel kaasa toonud

  13. Bõvshii prezident Gruzii Eduard Shevardnadze : "V Gruzii oppozitsija slabaja." / Eduard Shevardnadze

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    Shevardnadze, Eduard

    2006-01-01

    Gruusia endine president vastab küsimustele, mida ta võiks nimetada oma peamiseks veaks pika poliitilise elu jooksul, mida peaks tegema Gruusia, et saada Abhaasia ja Lõuna-Osseetia tagasi rahulikul teel, millised on Gruusia ja Venemaa halbade suhete põhjused, kas Gruusia peaks minema Venemaa või lääne suunas

  14. Venemaa - lähedane ja kauge / David Vseviov

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    Vseviov, David, 1949-

    2007-01-01

    Rmt.: Sergejev, Vladimir ; Vseviov, David. Venemaa - lähedane ja kauge : aegade algusest kuni Vassili III-ni. Tallinn : Valgus, 2002 ; Sergejev, Vladimir ; Vseviov, David. Venemaa - lähedane ja kauge : vürstiriigist tsaaririigiks. Ivan IV. Tallinn : Valgus, 2007.

  15. WTO uks läks Venemaa ees lukku

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    2008-01-01

    Pärast Gruusia konflikti USA kaubandusministri Carlos Gutierreze Venemaa WTO-sse astumise vastast avaldust ütles Venemaa lahti mitmest WTO-ga sõlmitud lepingust ning on juba varemgi loobunud läbirääkimiste käigus järeleandmiste tegemisest

  16. Euroopa Liidus firmasid kahmav Gazprom teisi Venemaa turule ei lase / Krister Paris

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    Paris, Krister, 1977-

    2006-01-01

    EL tahab, et Venemaa ratifitseeriks energiaharta, mis võimaldaks Euroopa kompaniidel hakata ise Venemaa gaasi eksportima, Venemaa aga välismaist konkurentsi ei soovi. Samas on Gazprom huvitatud Suurbritannia suurima gaasivarustaja Centrica ostust ning tahab sisenenda ise gaasi tootva Hollandi turule. Lisa: Venemaa teine energiahoob: riiklik Rosneft. Vt. samas: Gaasitoodangu kasvatamine pole veel Gazpromi huvides

  17. Venemaa välispoliitika hakkab Euroopal kopsu üle maksa ajama

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    2007-01-01

    Briti ajalehe The Daily Telegraph teatel ähvardas EL blokeerida Venemaa liikmelisuse globaalsetes vabakaubanduslepingutes, kui president Vladimir Putin ei luba leevendada aina süvenevat kriisi Venemaa ja oma naaberriikide vahel

  18. Heatujuline Venemaa ajab end tippvormi / Vjatsheslav Nikonov ; interv. Jaanus Piirsalu

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    Nikonov, Vjatsheslav

    2007-01-01

    Vene poliitikafondi president, Vjatsheslav Molotovi lapselaps vastab küsimustele, kas Venemaal on tõelist opositsiooni, kui palju muudavad tulevased duuma- ja presidendivalimised poliitilist tasakaalu, kuhu areneb Venemaa 2012. a. lõpuks, milliseks ta hindab opositsioonilise Teise Venemaa võimalusi. Lisad: Molotovi lapselaps õigustab MRP-d; Tsitaadid raamatust "Poliitika kood"

  19. Venemaa pani vastu seina / Charles Ryan

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    Ryan, Charles

    2008-01-01

    Venemaa majandus aeglustub, finantskriis ja nafta hinna kukkumine õõnestas nii välis- kui ka kohalike investorite usaldust, ka peaminister Vladimir Putini olukord on palju ebakindlam kui pealtnäha paistab

  20. Gazprom koondab Venemaa naftafirmasid / Urmas Tooming

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    Tooming, Urmas

    2005-01-01

    Venemaa riiklik gaasikontsern Gazprom ostab 13,1 miljardi dollari eest 72,7 protsenti naftakontserni Sibneft aktsiatest, mis kuuluvad miljardär Roman Abramovitshile ja tema partneritele. Tehingu mõjust Eestile. Lisa: Gazprom ja Sibneft

  1. Kaose juhtimine: kuidas Venemaa juhib oma poliitilist sõda Euroopas / Mark Galeotti

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    Galeotti, Mark

    2017-01-01

    Venemaa mõjutustegevuse vahenditest Euroopas. Need on riigiti ja piirkonniti erinevad ning sõltuvad peamiselt sellest, kui tugevad on riikide institutsioonid ja kui vastuvõtlikud on nad Venemaa mõjutustele

  2. MiDAS

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    McIlroy, Simon Jon; Saunders, Aaron Marc; Albertsen, Mads

    2015-01-01

    The Microbial Database for Activated Sludge (MiDAS) field guide is a freely available online resource linking the identity of abundant and process critical microorganisms in activated sludge wastewater treatment systems to available data related to their functional importance. Phenotypic properties...... of some of these genera are described, but most are known only from sequence data. The MiDAS taxonomy is a manual curation of the SILVA taxonomy that proposes a name for all genus-level taxa observed to be abundant by large-scale 16 S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing of full-scale activated sludge...... communities. The taxonomy can be used to classify unknown sequences, and the online MiDAS field guide links the identity to the available information about their morphology, diversity, physiology and distribution. The use of a common taxonomy across the field will provide a solid foundation for the study...

  3. Abhaasia muutub Venemaa Taiwaniks - kõik peale iseseisvuse / Jaanus Piirsalu

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    Piirsalu, Jaanus, 1973-

    2008-01-01

    Viisteist aastat tagasi sõjaga Gruusiast eraldunud Abhaasiast on saanud majanduslikult Venemaa osa, kogu eluks vajalik kaup tuleb Venemaalt, riigis kehtib Vene rubla ning 80% elanikest on Venemaa kodanikud. Vt samas: Kaupo Känd: vaja on usaldust; Püstol või kinzhall peab alati käepärast olema; kommenteerib ajakirjanik Fjodor Lukjanov. Gruusia Abhaasiat tagasi ei saa

  4. Kuidas toetate sel õppeaastal oma valla koolilapsi? / Külle Viks, Helen Metsma, Aivar Surva...[jt.

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    2009-01-01

    Küsimusele vastavad: Türi vallavalitsuse haridusspetsialist Külle Viks, Sõmerpalu valla lastekaitse ja sotsiaaltoetuste spetsialist Helen Metsma, Mäetaguse vallavanem Aivar Surva, Rapla abivallavanem Imbi Kalberg, Kärdla linna haridusnõunik Juta Alev, Albu vallavalitsuse sotsiaalnõunik Claire Miljukova, Võru linnavalitsuse haridusspetsialist Kristi Aavakivi

  5. Venemaa ettevõtetest 15 protsenti huvitub Eestist

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    2008-01-01

    KPMG Internationali tellitud uuring näitab, et viie aasta pärast tehakse kõige rohkem välisinvesteeringuid Hiinasse. Eestisse investeerimisest huvituvad aga ennekõike Venemaa ja Hispaania ettevõtted

  6. Venemaa süüdistab Soomet venelaste ahistamises / Tommi Nieminen

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    Nieminen, Tommi

    2008-01-01

    ÜRO-s Soome inimõigusraporti ettekande järel tõstatas Venemaa küsimuse saamide ja venelaste olukorra ning lastele ja naistele suunatud perevägivalla kohta Soomes. Autori sõnul on inimõigused ja demokraatia Venemaa jaoks uus relv poliitilises vastulöögis Lääne-Euroopale ja USA-le. Soome välisministeeriumi kantsleri Teija Tiilikaineni, välispoliitika instituudi spetsialisti Hiski Haukkala, parlamendiliikme Heidi Hautala seisukohti

  7. Rogozin võib saada Moskva esindajaks NATO juures / Ravil Khair Al-Din

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    Al-Din, Ravil Khair

    2007-01-01

    Vene riigiduuma liige Dmitri Rogozini võib saada Venemaa NATO-esindajaks. Vt. samas: Mihkelson: kaks kärbest ühe hoobiga. Riigikogu EL-i asjade komisjoni esimees Marko Mihkelson nimetab kaks eesmärki, mida võib teenida Dmitri Rogozini võimalik nimetamine Venemaa NATO-esindajaks

  8. MIDAS [Master Information and Data Acquisition System

    International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

    Ball, D.L.

    1986-01-01

    The Master Information and Data Acquisition System (MIDAS) is a computerized work control system that provides 24-hour, real-time access to plant equipment information and work package status. It is used in the 400 Area of the Department of Energy (DOE) Hanford Site in Richland, Washington. MIDAS was originally created to aid in the release and control of work at the Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF), which is operated by the Westinghouse Hanford Company for the DOE. After MIDAS performed that function at FFTF successfully for over two years, its role was expanded to provide similar functions for other facilities supporting the LMR mission. Through its ability to provide online, accurate information on plant components, safety criteria, and work package status, MIDAS reinforces Operations functions and the control and authorization of maintenance activities in the FFTF plant and in other related facilities. Thus, MIDAS enhances the operational safety, as well as the planning and scheduling process for these facilities. MIDAS consists of three parts: The Plant Tracking System (PTS), the Work Control Log (WCL), and the MIDAS Component Indices

  9. Cointegrating MiDaS Regressions and a MiDaS Test

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    J. Isaac Miller

    2011-01-01

    This paper introduces cointegrating mixed data sampling (CoMiDaS) regressions, generalizing nonlinear MiDaS regressions in the extant literature. Under a linear mixed-frequency data-generating process, MiDaS regressions provide a parsimoniously parameterized nonlinear alternative when the linear forecasting model is over-parameterized and may be infeasible. In spite of potential correlation of the error term both serially and with the regressors, I find that nonlinear least squares consistent...

  10. Kas Venemaa ülemrabil on õigus?

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    2004-01-01

    Ilmunud ka: Severnoje Poberezhje, 20. juuli 2004, lk. 2. Venemaa ülemrabi Berl Lazar pöördus Euroopa Komisjoni presidendi Romano Prodi poole üleskutsega anda hinnang Eesti võimude tegevusele, mis rabi meelest soosib kohalikke natse. Küsimusele vastab Ida-Viru juudi kogukonna juht Aleksandr Dusman

  11. Venemaa ahvatleb ja hirmutab juustutootjaid / Katre Pilvinski

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    Pilvinski, Katre

    2008-01-01

    Estoveri tütarettevõte Põltsamaa Meierei Juustutööstus saatis Venemaale esimese koorma juustu suurjaemüügiketile Lenta. Teised juustutootjad on Venemaa-ekspordi kasvatamisel poliitiliste riskide tõttu ettevaatlikud. Vt. samas: Eksporditoetus kadus aasta tagasi

  12. Venemaa toetab küberterrorismi / Silver Meikar

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    Meikar, Silver, 1978-

    2007-01-01

    Eesti-vastastest küberrünnetest. Riigikogu liige on seisukohal, et Venemaa on hea riik küberterroristide värbamiseks, väljaõppeks ja rünnakute korraldamiseks - keegi nende tegevust ei takista, kedagi ei karistata

  13. Venemaa ei kavatse Abhaasia iseseisvust tunnustada / Gwynne Dyer ; tõlk. Indrek Veiserik

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    Dyer, Gwynne

    2008-01-01

    Autori sõnul on Moskvat sügavalt häirinud viis, kuidas NATO ja EL tükeldavad Serbiat ilma ÜRO loata. Kui Venemaa tunnustaks ühel päeval Abhaasia iseseisvust, eirates Gruusia ja ÜRO Julgeolekunõukogu heakskiitu, tähendaks see, et Venemaa on lõplikult kaotanud usu rahvusvahelisse õigusesse

  14. [High and low use of insurance benefits. A comparison of 2 Norwegian municipalities--Båtsfjord in Finnmark and Vik in Sogn and Fjordane].

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    Grünfeld, B; Noreik, K

    1991-04-10

    Health insurance benefits and social welfare support has been investigated in two municipalities in Norway, Båtsfjord in the northernmost part of the country and Vik, in the county of Sogn and Fjordane in the western region. Båtsfjord is mainly a fishing community and 30% of the inhabitants aged 16-66 were receiving health insurance benefits, as compared to 8% in Vik, where the main sources of income are agriculture, industry and tourism. More than half of the insurance benefits contributions were permanent pensions. In addition 12% of the population in Båtsfjord and 1% in Vik received social welfare benefits. Most of the recipients of these benefits were younger than 35 years. The authors discuss the main reasons for these differences in public economic support among residents of the two municipalities. Factors such as level of education, conditions on the labour market and attitudes among the population and health personnel concerning public economic assistance through the health insurance system seem to be conducive to the steadily higher consumption of public welfare benefits.

  15. Kas Kiiev alistubki Gazpromile? / Heiki Suurkask

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    Suurkask, Heiki, 1972-

    2010-01-01

    Hiljuti pikendas Ukraina Vene mereväebaasi viibimist Sevastopolis, eile arutas Venemaa president Dmitri Medvedev Ukraina maagaasigigandi Naftogaz liitmist Gazpromiga. Venemaa pakub investeeringuid Ukraina majandusse, kuid samas on esitanud nimekirja Ukraina territooriumil asuvatest ehitistest ja objektidest, mida peab endale kuuluvaks. Ekspeaminister Julia Tõmošenko hinnangul lammutab Ukraina valitsus Ukraina riiki

  16. The MIDAS Touch: Mixed Data Sampling Regression Models

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    Ghysels, Eric; Santa-Clara, Pedro; Valkanov, Rossen

    2004-01-01

    We introduce Mixed Data Sampling (henceforth MIDAS) regression models. The regressions involve time series data sampled at different frequencies. Technically speaking MIDAS models specify conditional expectations as a distributed lag of regressors recorded at some higher sampling frequencies. We examine the asymptotic properties of MIDAS regression estimation and compare it with traditional distributed lag models. MIDAS regressions have wide applicability in macroeconomics and �nance.

  17. Rahumeelse läbisõidu õigus Venemaa Föderatsiooni Soome lahe vetest / Alexander Lott

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    Lott, Alexander, 1987-

    2017-01-01

    Venemaa Föderatsiooni õigusraamistikust ja praktikast välisriikide laevade rahumeelse läbisõidu õiguse kohta oma Soome lahe territoriaalmeres ja olukorrast, et Venemaa ei tunnusta rahumeelse läbisõidu õigust selles merealas

  18. Suppurative peritonitis by Klebsiella pneumoniae in captive gold-handed tamarin (Saguinus midas midas).

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    Guerra, Maria F L; Teixeira, Rodrigo H F; Ribeiro, Vanessa L; Cunha, Marcos P V; Oliveira, Maria G X; Davies, Yamê M; Silva, Ketrin C; Silva, Ana P S; Lincopan, Nilton; Moreno, Andrea M; Knöbl, Terezinha

    2016-02-01

    This report describes an outbreak of suppurative peritonitis caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae in an adult female of captive golden-handed tamarin (Saguinus midas midas). Two virulent and multidrug-resistant strains were isolated and classified through MLST as ST60 and ST1263. The microbiological diagnosis works as a support tool for preventive measures. © 2015 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

  19. Molecular Isotopic Distribution Analysis (MIDAs) with adjustable mass accuracy.

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    Alves, Gelio; Ogurtsov, Aleksey Y; Yu, Yi-Kuo

    2014-01-01

    In this paper, we present Molecular Isotopic Distribution Analysis (MIDAs), a new software tool designed to compute molecular isotopic distributions with adjustable accuracies. MIDAs offers two algorithms, one polynomial-based and one Fourier-transform-based, both of which compute molecular isotopic distributions accurately and efficiently. The polynomial-based algorithm contains few novel aspects, whereas the Fourier-transform-based algorithm consists mainly of improvements to other existing Fourier-transform-based algorithms. We have benchmarked the performance of the two algorithms implemented in MIDAs with that of eight software packages (BRAIN, Emass, Mercury, Mercury5, NeutronCluster, Qmass, JFC, IC) using a consensus set of benchmark molecules. Under the proposed evaluation criteria, MIDAs's algorithms, JFC, and Emass compute with comparable accuracy the coarse-grained (low-resolution) isotopic distributions and are more accurate than the other software packages. For fine-grained isotopic distributions, we compared IC, MIDAs's polynomial algorithm, and MIDAs's Fourier transform algorithm. Among the three, IC and MIDAs's polynomial algorithm compute isotopic distributions that better resemble their corresponding exact fine-grained (high-resolution) isotopic distributions. MIDAs can be accessed freely through a user-friendly web-interface at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/CBBresearch/Yu/midas/index.html.

  20. The MIDAS Instrument Design and Characterization

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    Honniball, C. I.; Wright, R.; Lucey, P. G.

    2016-10-01

    The Miniaturized Infrared detector of Atmospheric Species (MIDAS) utilizes an uncooled microbolometer coupled with a Sagnac interferometer. MIDAS will be used to detect and quantify atmospheric constituents for a variety of science applications.

  1. Venemaa kukkus korruptsioonitabelis 17 koha võrra kehvemaks / Tiit Reinart

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    Reinart, Tiit, 1964-

    2007-01-01

    Rahvusvahelise korruptsioonivastase organisatsiooni Transparency International (TI) uuringu kohaselt on Venemaa 2007. aasta korruptsiooni tajumise indeksi tabelis 143. kohal. Tabel: Korruptsiooniindeksi tabel

  2. Modeling human reliability analysis using MIDAS

    International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

    Boring, R. L.

    2006-01-01

    This paper documents current efforts to infuse human reliability analysis (HRA) into human performance simulation. The Idaho National Laboratory is teamed with NASA Ames Research Center to bridge the SPAR-H HRA method with NASA's Man-machine Integration Design and Analysis System (MIDAS) for use in simulating and modeling the human contribution to risk in nuclear power plant control room operations. It is anticipated that the union of MIDAS and SPAR-H will pave the path for cost-effective, timely, and valid simulated control room operators for studying current and next generation control room configurations. This paper highlights considerations for creating the dynamic HRA framework necessary for simulation, including event dependency and granularity. This paper also highlights how the SPAR-H performance shaping factors can be modeled in MIDAS across static, dynamic, and initiator conditions common to control room scenarios. This paper concludes with a discussion of the relationship of the workload factors currently in MIDAS and the performance shaping factors in SPAR-H. (authors)

  3. Venemaa kasutas partiis Balti riikide vastu jälle ajalugu / Rasmus Kagge

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    Kagge, Rasmus, 1977-

    2006-01-01

    Venemaa "uuest" ajalookäsitlusest Balti riikide okupeerimise kohta raamatus "Baltikum ja geopoliitika", kus Venemaa välisluureteenistus SRV tutvustas meediale värskelt salastatuse alt pääsenud dokumente, mis justkui tõestavad, et USA ja Suurbritannia pidasid Nõukogude vägede sisseviimist Balti riikidesse siiski hädavajalikuks vastuseismisel Natsi-Saksamaa agressioonile. Isamaa ja Res Publica Liidu liikmete Mart Laari ja Marko Mihkelsoni hinnangud. Vt. samas: Paet: Eesti ei kavatse liitlastelt aru pärida

  4. A New Python Library for Spectroscopic Analysis with MIDAS Style

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    Song, Y.; Luo, A.; Zhao, Y.

    2013-10-01

    The ESO MIDAS is a system for astronomers to analyze data which many astronomers are using. Python is a high level script language and there are many applications for astronomical data process. We are releasing a new Python library which realizes some MIDAS commands in Python. People can use it to write a MIDAS style Python code. We call it PydasLib. It is a Python library based on ESO MIDAS functions, which is easily used by astronomers who are familiar with the usage of MIDAS.

  5. MODELING HUMAN RELIABILITY ANALYSIS USING MIDAS

    Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

    Ronald L. Boring; Donald D. Dudenhoeffer; Bruce P. Hallbert; Brian F. Gore

    2006-05-01

    This paper summarizes an emerging collaboration between Idaho National Laboratory and NASA Ames Research Center regarding the utilization of high-fidelity MIDAS simulations for modeling control room crew performance at nuclear power plants. The key envisioned uses for MIDAS-based control room simulations are: (i) the estimation of human error with novel control room equipment and configurations, (ii) the investigative determination of risk significance in recreating past event scenarios involving control room operating crews, and (iii) the certification of novel staffing levels in control rooms. It is proposed that MIDAS serves as a key component for the effective modeling of risk in next generation control rooms.

  6. MIDAS/PK code development using point kinetics model

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    Song, Y. M.; Park, S. H.

    1999-01-01

    In this study, a MIDAS/PK code has been developed for analyzing the ATWS (Anticipated Transients Without Scram) which can be one of severe accident initiating events. The MIDAS is an integrated computer code based on the MELCOR code to develop a severe accident risk reduction strategy by Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute. In the mean time, the Chexal-Layman correlation in the current MELCOR, which was developed under a BWR condition, is appeared to be inappropriate for a PWR. So as to provide ATWS analysis capability to the MIDAS code, a point kinetics module, PKINETIC, has first been developed as a stand-alone code whose reference model was selected from the current accident analysis codes. In the next step, the MIDAS/PK code has been developed via coupling PKINETIC with the MIDAS code by inter-connecting several thermal hydraulic parameters between the two codes. Since the major concern in the ATWS analysis is the primary peak pressure during the early few minutes into the accident, the peak pressure from the PKINETIC module and the MIDAS/PK are compared with the RETRAN calculations showing a good agreement between them. The MIDAS/PK code is considered to be valuable for analyzing the plant response during ATWS deterministically, especially for the early domestic Westinghouse plants which rely on the operator procedure instead of an AMSAC (ATWS Mitigating System Actuation Circuitry) against ATWS. This capability of ATWS analysis is also important from the view point of accident management and mitigation

  7. MIDAS: a database-searching algorithm for metabolite identification in metabolomics.

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    Wang, Yingfeng; Kora, Guruprasad; Bowen, Benjamin P; Pan, Chongle

    2014-10-07

    A database searching approach can be used for metabolite identification in metabolomics by matching measured tandem mass spectra (MS/MS) against the predicted fragments of metabolites in a database. Here, we present the open-source MIDAS algorithm (Metabolite Identification via Database Searching). To evaluate a metabolite-spectrum match (MSM), MIDAS first enumerates possible fragments from a metabolite by systematic bond dissociation, then calculates the plausibility of the fragments based on their fragmentation pathways, and finally scores the MSM to assess how well the experimental MS/MS spectrum from collision-induced dissociation (CID) is explained by the metabolite's predicted CID MS/MS spectrum. MIDAS was designed to search high-resolution tandem mass spectra acquired on time-of-flight or Orbitrap mass spectrometer against a metabolite database in an automated and high-throughput manner. The accuracy of metabolite identification by MIDAS was benchmarked using four sets of standard tandem mass spectra from MassBank. On average, for 77% of original spectra and 84% of composite spectra, MIDAS correctly ranked the true compounds as the first MSMs out of all MetaCyc metabolites as decoys. MIDAS correctly identified 46% more original spectra and 59% more composite spectra at the first MSMs than an existing database-searching algorithm, MetFrag. MIDAS was showcased by searching a published real-world measurement of a metabolome from Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 against the MetaCyc metabolite database. MIDAS identified many metabolites missed in the previous study. MIDAS identifications should be considered only as candidate metabolites, which need to be confirmed using standard compounds. To facilitate manual validation, MIDAS provides annotated spectra for MSMs and labels observed mass spectral peaks with predicted fragments. The database searching and manual validation can be performed online at http://midas.omicsbio.org.

  8. MIDAS questionnaire modification for a new MIDAS junior questionnaire: a clinical experience at the Neurological Institute "C. Besta".

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    Grazzi, L

    2004-10-01

    During the last decade researchers have begun to employ standardised methodologies to investigate the global impact of primary headaches. Disease-specific instruments have been developed to measure headache-related disability. The MIDAS questionnaire, which is the most extensively studied of these instruments, was designed to assess the overall impact of headaches over the 3 months before compilation. The MIDAS questionnaire is an optimal tool to assess headache-related disability in adults in relation to patients' daily activities. Primary headaches are a recurrent problem for children and adolescents. Forty percent of children have experienced headaches by the age of 7 years increasing to 75% by the age of 15. In a recent report we determined the suitability of the MIDAS questionnaire in its original form for assessing disability in children and adolescents suffering from different kinds of headache. This was the first step of a line of research aimed to develop a new MIDAS questionnaire adapted for young patients. In this second study the aims were: (1) to produce a new version of the MIDAS questionnaire specific for young patients suffering from different forms of headache; (2) to assess the reliability of this new instrument; (3) to assess its sensitivity to treatment intervention.

  9. Eesti keelenõuded kohati Venemaa omadest leebemad / Jaanus Piirsalu ; kommenteerinud Mart Rannut, Mart Nutt, Valeria Jakobson

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    Piirsalu, Jaanus, 1973-

    2011-01-01

    Eesti välisministeerium tüdines Moskva pidevast kriitikast keelepoliitika karmuse kohta ning lasi teha Eesti ja Venemaa keelenõuete võrdleva analüüsi, mille tulemuste järgi on Venemaa nõuded kohati isegi karmimad

  10. Venemaa tulevik ja lääs / Joschka Fischer

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    Fischer, Joschka, 1948-

    2007-01-01

    Ilmunud ka: Postimees : na russkom jazõke 4. sept. lk. 9. Venemaa keskvõimu tugevdamisest, välispoliitika ohtlikust pöördumisest impeeriaalse võimu taastamise suunas, mis viib lääneriikide tähtsamate huvide kitsenemiseni

  11. Kelle üle naeris Ter-Oganjan = Над кем смеялся Тер-Оганян / David Riff

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    Riff, David

    2011-01-01

    Avdei Ter-Oganjani tööde seeriast "Radikaalne abstraktsionism", mida Venemaa kultuuriministeerium keeldus taieste riigivastase sisu tõttu saatmast näitusele "Kontrapunkt, kaasaegne Vene kunst" Louvre'is

  12. Venemaa saatis kaks kaugpommitajat Venezuelasse, NATO lennukid sabas / Kaivo Kopli

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    Kopli, Kaivo

    2008-01-01

    Kaks Venemaa pommilennukit lendasid Venezuelasse, novembris läheb Venezuelasse õppustele Vene sõjalaevade eskaader. Vaatlejate hinnangul on tegemist demonstratiivse vastusega USA sõjalaevade saabumisele Mustale merele. Lisa: Ristleja Peeter Suur

  13. Midas heeft gelijk.

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    dr. Lars B. Borghouts

    2006-01-01

    Het boek "Lichamelijke Oefening" van Midas Dekkers heeft heel wat stof doen opwaaien de afgelopen maanden. Dit artikel is een uitgebreide analyse van het boek, en of de ophef die het heeft veroorzaakt terecht is.

  14. Venemaa otsib lahendust konfliktile Tšetšeeniaga / Marek Laane

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    Laane, Marek, 1969-

    1998-01-01

    Tšetšeenia presidendi A. Mashadovi ja Venemaa peaministri S. Kirijenko kohtumisest 1. aug., kus S. Kirijenko lubas Tšetšeenial aidata taastada naftatööstust ning taotleda piirkonnale erimajandustsooni staatust

  15. Sasha, ja gorda, tshto ja tvoi utshitel! / Boris Tuch

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    Tuch, Boris, 1946-

    2001-01-01

    18. mail toimub Vene Draamateatris rahvusvahelist stepipäeva tähistav kontsert. Korraldajaks on Duff-tap studio, mida juhendab Aleksandr Ivashkevitsh. Kontserdil osalevad Barbara Duffy (USA) ja Vladimir Kirsanov (Venemaa)

  16. MWIR hyperspectral imaging with the MIDAS instrument

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    Honniball, Casey I.; Wright, Rob; Lucey, Paul G.

    2017-02-01

    Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) in the Mid-Wave InfraRed (MWIR, 3-5 microns) can provide information on a variety of science applications from determining the chemical composition of lava lakes on Jupiter's moon Io, to investigating the amount of carbon liberated into the Earth's atmosphere during a wildfire. The limited signal available in the MWIR presents technical challenges to achieving high signal-to-noise ratios, and therefore it is typically necessary to cryogenically cool MWIR instruments. With recent improvements in microbolometer technology and emerging interferometric techniques, we have shown that uncooled microbolometers coupled with a Sagnac interferometer can achieve high signal-to-noise ratios for long-wave infrared HSI. To explore if this technique can be applied to the MWIR, this project, with funding from NASA, has built the Miniaturized Infrared Detector of Atmospheric Species (MIDAS). Standard characterization tests are used to compare MIDAS against a cryogenically cooled photon detector to evaluate the MIDAS instruments' ability to quantify gas concentrations. Atmospheric radiative transfer codes are in development to explore the limitations of MIDAS and identify the range of science objectives that MIDAS will most likely excel at. We will simulate science applications with gas cells filled with varying gas concentrations and varying source temperatures to verify our results from lab characterization and our atmospheric modeling code.

  17. Aids ähvardab Venemaa, Hiina ja India tulevikku / Neeme Raud

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    Raud, Neeme, 1969-

    2002-01-01

    Ameerika analüütik Nicholas Eberstadt prognoosib, et Hiina, India ja Venemaa võivad järgmise veerandsaja jooksul seista silmitsi suurema arvu HIV-i nakatanute ja aidsi surnutega kui kogu maailm seni tervikuna

  18. Poola ja Venemaa leppimine elavdab Narva seatransiiti / Tanel Mazur

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    Mazur, Tanel, 1971-

    2008-01-01

    Elussigade vedu Narva kaudu Venemaale võib tänu Poola ja Venemaa vahel saavutatud kokkuleppele suureneda. Maksu- ja tolliameti Narva büroo juhi Jevgeni Budalovi väitel moodustavad elussead marginaalselt väikese osa Narvas piiri ületava kauba väärtusest

  19. The Steady State Calculation for SMART with MIDAS/SMR

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    Park, Jong Hwa; Kim, Dong Ha; Chung, Young Jong; Park, Sun Hee; Cho, Seong Won

    2010-01-01

    KAERI is developing a new concept of reactor that all the main components such as the steam generator, the coolant pumps and the pressurizer are located inside the reactor vessel. Before the severe accident sequences are estimated, it is prerequisite that MIDAS code predicts the steady state conditions properly. But MIDAS code does not include the heat transfer model for the helical tube. Therefore, the heat transfer models for the helical tube from TASS/SMR-S were implemented into MIDAS code. To estimate the validity of the implemented heat transfer correlations for the helical tube and the input data, the steady state was recalculated with MIDAS/SMR based on design level 2 and compared with the design values

  20. Titles of Midas

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    G. L. Huxley

    2001-09-01

    Full Text Available The Phrygian inscription on the tomb at Yazılıkaya (8th century gives Midas the titles wanax and lawagtas, paralled in Mycenaean, and there were strong connections between his dynasty and Greek Aeolis.

  1. MIDAS

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    Sjo, T.; Andersson, E.B.; Kornfeldt, H.

    1988-01-01

    The increasing importance of advanced and reliable in-service inspection of major reactor components has led to the development of a new tool for underwater inspections - MIDAS. This is a remotely operated vehicle carrying a TV camera and an eddy current probe, thus giving the inspector the freedom to easily maneuver into selected inspection areas. The combination of visual inspection with the possibility of EC evaluation of indications gives a high degree of confidence in the overall inspection results

  2. Development of GUI systems for the MIDAS code

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    Kim, K.R.; Park, S.H.; Kim, D.H.

    2004-01-01

    MIDAS is being developed at KAERI based on MELCOR as an integrated severe accident analysis code with existing model modification and new model addition. MIDAS was restructured to avoid the pointer based variable referencing style of MELCOR, and enhanced the memory effectiveness using the dynamic allocation method of Fortran 90. This paper describes recent activities of developing the GUI environments for MIDAS code at KAERI. Up to now, we have developed the four PC-based subsystems, which are IEDIT, IPLOT, SATS and HyperKAMG. IEDIT is an input management system that can read MELCOR input files and display its information in the Window panels. Users can modify each item in the panel and the input file will be modified according to that changes. IPLOT is a simple plotting system that can draw MIDAS plot variables trend graphs. SATS is developed as a severe accident training simulator that can display nuclear plant behavior graphically. Moreover SATS provides several controllable pumps and valves which appeared in the severe accidence. Together with SATS and the online severe accident guidance HyperKAMG, combined properly, severe accident mitigation scenarios could be presented graphically and dramatically without any change of MELCOR inputs. GUI development as a part of a severe accident management program package, MIDAS. (author)

  3. MIDAS - ESO's new image processing system

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    Banse, K.; Crane, P.; Grosbol, P.; Middleburg, F.; Ounnas, C.; Ponz, D.; Waldthausen, H.

    1983-03-01

    The Munich Image Data Analysis System (MIDAS) is an image processing system whose heart is a pair of VAX 11/780 computers linked together via DECnet. One of these computers, VAX-A, is equipped with 3.5 Mbytes of memory, 1.2 Gbytes of disk storage, and two tape drives with 800/1600 bpi density. The other computer, VAX-B, has 4.0 Mbytes of memory, 688 Mbytes of disk storage, and one tape drive with 1600/6250 bpi density. MIDAS is a command-driven system geared toward the interactive user. The type and number of parameters in a command depends on the unique parameter invoked. MIDAS is a highly modular system that provides building blocks for the undertaking of more sophisticated applications. Presently, 175 commands are available. These include the modification of the color-lookup table interactively, to enhance various image features, and the interactive extraction of subimages.

  4. Microwave detection of air showers with MIDAS

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    Facal San Luis, P.; Alekotte, I.; Alvarez, J.; Berlin, A.; Bertou, X.; Bogdan, M.; Bohacova, M.; Bonifazi, C.; Carvalho, W.R.; Mello Neto, J.R.T. de; Genat, J.F.; Mills, E.; Monasor, M.; Privitera, P.; Reyes, I.C.; Rouille d’Orfeuil, B.

    2012-01-01

    MIDAS (MIcrowave Detector of Air Showers) is a prototype of a microwave telescope to detect extensive air showers: it images a 20 ° ×10 ° region of the sky with a 4.5 m parabolic reflector and 53 feeds in the focal plane. It has been commissioned in March 2010 and is currently taking data. We present the design, performance and first results of MIDAS.

  5. Kohtumine, mida Kreml igatseb / Heiki Suurkask

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    Suurkask, Heiki, 1972-

    2009-01-01

    Eelseisvast USA presidendi Barack Obama ja Venemaa presidendi Dmitri Medvedevi kohtumisest Londonis G20 tippkohtumise eel, kus tõenäoliselt arutatakse võimalusi kahe suurriigi omavaheliste suhete parandamiseks ning majanduskriisi ületamiseks

  6. Reliability and validity of migraine disability assessment questionnaire-Thai version (Thai-MIDAS).

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    Seethong, Piman; Nimmannit, Akarin; Chaisewikul, Rungsan; Prayoonwiwat, Naraporn; Chotinaiwattarakul, Wattanachai

    2013-02-01

    To assess the validity and test-retest reliability of a Thai translation of the Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS) Questionnaire in Thai patients with migraine. Migraineurs from the Headache Clinic in Siriraj Hospital were recruited and asked to complete a 13-weeks diary and answered the Thai-MIDAS at once. Some participants were asked to provide the 2nd Thai-MIDAS in the next 2 weeks for test-retest reliability. Ninety-three patients had completed the 13-weeks diaries. Age range was 18-58 years with mean 37.69 +/- 9.60 years. All 5 items and the total score of Thai-MIDAS were moderately correlated with data from 13-weeks diary (Spearman's correlation coefficient = 0.32-0.62). The test-retest reliability of the total score of Thai-MIDAS in 30 patients demonstrated a highly reliable degree of intraclass correlation (ICC = 0.76, 95% CI 0.49-0.88). The present study reveals that the Thai-MIDAS has satisfactory validity and reliability in comparison with the original English MIDAS version.

  7. Microwave detection of air showers with MIDAS

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    Facal San Luis, P., E-mail: facal@kicp.uchicago.edu [University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institue and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637 (United States); Alekotte, I. [Centro Atomico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), 8400 San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro (Argentina); Alvarez, J. [Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Departamento de Fisica de Particulas, Campus Sur, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela (Spain); Berlin, A. [University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institue and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637 (United States); Bertou, X. [Centro Atomico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), 8400 San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro (Argentina); Bogdan, M.; Bohacova, M. [University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institue and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637 (United States); Bonifazi, C. [Univ. Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Instituto de Fisica, Cidade Universitaria, Caixa Postal 68528, 21945-970 Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil); Carvalho, W.R. [Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Departamento de Fisica de Particulas, Campus Sur, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela (Spain); Mello Neto, J.R.T. de [Univ. Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Instituto de Fisica, Cidade Universitaria, Caixa Postal 68528, 21945-970 Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil); Genat, J.F.; Mills, E.; Monasor, M.; Privitera, P.; Reyes, I.C.; Rouille d& #x27; Orfeuil, B. [University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institue and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637 (United States); and others

    2012-01-11

    MIDAS (MIcrowave Detector of Air Showers) is a prototype of a microwave telescope to detect extensive air showers: it images a 20{sup Degree-Sign } Multiplication-Sign 10{sup Degree-Sign} region of the sky with a 4.5 m parabolic reflector and 53 feeds in the focal plane. It has been commissioned in March 2010 and is currently taking data. We present the design, performance and first results of MIDAS.

  8. Development of MIDAS/SMR Input Deck for SMART

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    Cho, S. W.; Oh, H. K.; Lee, J. M.; Lee, J. H.; Yoo, K. J.; Kwun, S. K.; Hur, H.

    2010-01-01

    The objective of this study is to develop MIDAS/SMR code basic input deck for the severe accidents by simulating the steady state for the SMART plant. SMART plant is an integrated reactor developed by KAERI. For the assessment of reactor safety and severe accident management strategy, it is necessary to simulate severe accidents using the MIDAS/SMR code which is being developed by KAERI. The input deck of the MIDAS/SMR code for the SMART plant is prepared to simulate severe accident sequences for the users who are not familiar with the code. A steady state is obtained and the results are compared with design values. The input deck will be improved through the simulation of the DBAs and severe accidents. The base input deck of the MIDAS/SMR code can be used to simulate severe accident scenarios after improvement. Source terms and hydrogen generation can be analyzed through the simulation of the severe accident. The information gained from analyses of severe accidents is expected to be helpful to develop the severe accident management strategy

  9. MIDAS Website. Revised

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    Goodman, Allen; Shively, R. Joy (Technical Monitor)

    1997-01-01

    MIDAS, Man-machine Integration Design and Analysis System, is a unique combination of software tools aimed at reducing design cycle time, supporting quantitative predictions of human-system effectiveness and improving the design of crew stations and their associated operating procedures. This project is supported jointly by the US Army and NASA.

  10. Prazdniki i budni "Tjomnõhh notshei" / Eteri Kekelidze

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    Kekelidze, Eteri, 1944-

    2006-01-01

    10. Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival avatakse esilinastusega : James Tusty ja Maureen Castle Tusty dokumentaalfilm Eestist "Laulev revolutsioon" ("Singing Revolution"). Lühiülevaade festivali filmiprogrammidest, üritustest ja Venemaa filmidest, mida festivalil näha saab

  11. HIT-6 and MIDAS as measures of headache disability in a headache referral population.

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    Sauro, Khara M; Rose, Marianne S; Becker, Werner J; Christie, Suzanne N; Giammarco, Rose; Mackie, Gordon F; Eloff, Arnoldas G; Gawel, Marek J

    2010-03-01

    The objective of this study was to compare the headache impact test (HIT-6) and the migraine disability assessment scale (MIDAS) as clinical measures of headache-related disability. The degree of headache-related disability is an important factor in treatment planning. Many quality of life and headache disability measures exist but it is unclear which of the available disability measures is the most helpful in planning and measuring headache management. We compared HIT-6 and MIDAS scores from 798 patients from the Canadian Headache Outpatient Registry and Database (CHORD). Correlation and regression analyses were used to examine the relationships between the HIT-6 and MIDAS total scores, headache frequency and intensity, and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) scores. A positive correlation was found between HIT-6 and MIDAS scores (r = 0.52). The BDI-II scores correlated equally with the HIT-6 and the MIDAS (r = 0.42). There was a non-monotonic relationship between headache frequency and the MIDAS, and a non-linear monotonic relationship between headache frequency and the HIT-6 (r = 0.24). The correlation was higher between the intensity and the HIT-6 scores (r = 0.46), than MIDAS (r = 0.26) scores. Seventy-nine percent of patients fell into the most severe HIT-6 disability category, compared with the 57% of patients that fell into the most severe MIDAS disability category. Significantly more patients were placed in a more severe category with the HIT-6 than with the MIDAS (McNemar chi-square = 191 on 6 d.f., P MIDAS appear to measure headache-related disability in a similar fashion. However, some important differences may exist. Headache intensity appears to influence HIT-6 score more than the MIDAS, whereas the MIDAS was influenced more by headache frequency. Using the HIT-6 and MIDAS together may give a more accurate assessment of a patient's headache-related disability.

  12. Üks küsimus : kuidas peaksime reageerima sellistesse teadetesse / Urmas Reinsalu , Urmas Paet

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    Reinsalu, Urmas, 1975-

    2014-01-01

    USA eksvälisminister Hillary Clinton ütles, et Venemaa presidendil Vladimir Putinil on ettekääne Balti riikidesse tungimiseks."Põhjendust, mida Putin Krimmis kasutab - et need on etnilised venelased ja venekeelsed, et nad on alati olnud Venemaa osa - võib laiendada mitte üksnes Ukraina teistele osadele, vaid ka Eesti, Leedu, Läti ja Transnistria osadele," ütles Clinton. Küsimusele "Kuidas peaksime reageerima sellistesse teadetesse?" vastavad kaitseminister Urmas Reinsalu ja välisminister Urmas Paet

  13. MIDAS documentation

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    Seeman, S.E.

    1981-09-01

    MIDAS, the Master Information and Data Acquisition System, is a computerized system being implemented on FFTF to control the work released to the plant. The purpose of this system is to demonstrate the safety enhancement provided for LMFBRs when the operator has instant recall to the status of all work released to the plant, the interrelationships between functional equipment groups in the plant, and the relationships of equipment to safety functions

  14. Briti poliitik : Venemaa käitumine muudab murelikuks / Raimo Poom

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    Poom, Raimo

    2007-01-01

    IRL-i suurkogul esinenud Briti alamkoja liikme Graham Brady sõnul teadvustab Briti avalik arvamus üha enam Venemaa käitumisest põhjustatud muresid. Ta peab väga ebatõenäoliseks, et Saksamaal õnnestuks meelitada britte oma eesistumise lõpuks alla kirjutama Euroopa põhiseaduslepingule

  15. Põgenemine vabaduse eest ehk Mida venelased mõtlevad ja tahavad / Richard Pipes

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    Pipes, Richard

    2004-01-01

    Põhjustest, miks praeguse Venemaa valitsuse demokraatia- ja vabadusevastane tegevus leiab rahva toetust. President Vladimir Putini populaarsus põhineb sellel, et ta on taasloonud Venemaa traditsioonilise valitsusmudeli: autokraatliku riigi, kus kodanikud on vabastatud vastutusest poliitika eest ning kujuteldavaid välisvaenlasi kasutatakse kunstliku ühistunde loomiseks. Arvamusküsitluste tulemustest

  16. Mokken scaling of the Myocardial Infarction Dimensional Assessment Scale (MIDAS).

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    Thompson, David R; Watson, Roger

    2011-02-01

    The purpose of this study was to examine the hierarchical and cumulative nature of the 35 items of the Myocardial Infarction Dimensional Assessment Scale (MIDAS), a disease-specific health-related quality of life measure. Data from 668 participants who completed the MIDAS were analysed using the Mokken Scaling Procedure, which is a computer program that searches polychotomous data for hierarchical and cumulative scales on the basis of a range of diagnostic criteria. Fourteen MIDAS items were retained in a Mokken scale and these items included physical activity, insecurity, emotional reaction and dependency items but excluded items related to diet, medication or side-effects. Item difficulty, in item response theory terms, ran from physical activity items (low difficulty) to insecurity, suggesting that the most severe quality of life effect of myocardial infarction is loneliness and isolation. Items from the MIDAS form a strong and reliable Mokken scale, which provides new insight into the relationship between items in the MIDAS and the measurement of quality of life after myocardial infarction. © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

  17. Eestlased rahastavad Venemaa arvutimänguäri / Toivo Tänavsuu

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    Tänavsuu, Toivo

    2008-01-01

    Allan Martinsonile ja Joakim Heleniusele kuuluv riskikapitalifond MartinsonTrigon investeeris koos partneritega Venemaa suurimasse arvutimängude tootja- ja levifirmasse Novõi Disk 200 miljonit krooni, Skype'i endine juhtinsener Toivo Annus paigutas kaks miljonit dollarit Singapuri tarkvarafirmasse Garena

  18. Maa, mis on ja mida ei ole / Õnne Kepp

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    Kepp, Õnne

    2006-01-01

    Gustav Suitsu 1913. aastal ilmunud luulekogust "Tuulemaa". Tuulemaa kujundit kasutatakse Eestimaa sünonüümina, ühtaegu nii reaalse maana kui ka irreaalse paigana, mida ei eksisteeri, mida pole olemas

  19. Venemaa väravasse Peterburis kerkib kaitsepühaku hiigelkuju / Kaivo Kopli

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    Kopli, Kaivo

    2009-01-01

    Peterburi linnaehitusnõukogus heaks kiidetud arhitektuurilis-skulptuurilisest kompositsioonist "Sankt-Peterburgi merevärav", mis kujutab endast Kroonlinna juurde merre rajatavat Venemaa kaitsepühaku apostel Andrease kuju. Skulptor Albert Tšarkin

  20. Responsiveness of migraine-ACT and MIDAS questionnaires for assessing migraine therapy.

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    García, María Luisa; Baos, Vicente; Láinez, Miguel; Pascual, Julio; López-Gil, Arturo

    2008-10-01

    Migraine is frequently undertreated. The 4-item Migraine Assessment of Current Therapy (Migraine-ACT) questionnaire is a simple and reliable tool to identify patients requiring a change in current acute migraine treatment. To investigate the responsiveness of the Migraine-ACT tool, and compare it with that of the Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS) questionnaire, for patients with migraine at 1100 primary care sites in Spain. Patients eligible for this open-label, 2-visit prospective study reported migraine for >1 year and >or=1 migraine attack per month and were new to the clinic or on follow-up care for MIDAS questionnaires were administered, and patient satisfaction with treatment was recorded, at baseline and at 3 months. A total of 3272 patients, 78% female, were enrolled, and 2877 (88%) returned for the 3-month visit. Investigators changed baseline migraine treatment for 72% of returning patients; 85% and 80% of these patients had improved Migraine-ACT and MIDAS scores at 3 months, respectively. Patients who reported being completely or very satisfied with migraine treatment numbered 492 (15%) at baseline and 1406 (49%) at 3 months. Migraine-ACT and MIDAS score agreement for improvement at 3 months was poor (kappa = 0.339). Both the mean MIDAS score and the distribution of Migraine-ACT scores improved over the course of 3 months; however, Migraine-ACT scores were significantly (P MIDAS scores. The area under the curve in the receiver-operating characteristic analysis was significantly (P MIDAS (0.70) questionnaire. These results suggest that the Migraine-ACT questionnaire can be used more reliably than the MIDAS questionnaire for detecting improvements in treatment of new and follow-up patients with migraine.

  1. A MARS and MIDAS Linked Accident Simulation for Large LOCA in APR1400

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    Choi, Young; Kim, K. R.; Kim, D. H.; Chung, B. D.

    2006-01-01

    A linked calculation utilizing the design-basis code MARS and the severe accident code MIDAS has been accomplished for a station blackout simulation in APR1400. The MARS code was developed by using the RELAP3/MOD3 and COBRA-TF codes, while the MIDAS code is currently under a development process using the MELCOR code. The objectives of this paper are to explain how to identify the MAR-MIDAS linked calculation outlines and the technical problems, including the MARS data transfer method, the MIDAS input generation works and so on. For the performance verification of the MARS-MIDAS linked calculation, the MARS, MIDAS and their linkage system are run independently for the same initiating event, so that their data can be compared with each other after the selection of proper variables

  2. Euroopa Liit valmistab ette uutmoodi Venemaa-poliitikat / Ahto Lobjakas

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    Lobjakas, Ahto, 1970-

    2006-01-01

    EL-i järgmine eesistujariik Saksamaa pakub täielikku paradigma muutust EL-i ja Venemaa suhetes, autori sõnul asenduks senine rõhk "ühistel väärtustel" huvide kaine kalkulatsiooniga. Autor esitab oma seisukoha, kuidas peaks toimima Eesti: probleemid Venemaaga on vaja viia miinimumini ning EL-is tuleb toetada ühiseid valikuid vetoõiguse ja erahuvide vastu

  3. Venemaa saatis välja reportaazhi teinud Läti ajakirjanikud / Kaivo Kopli

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    Kopli, Kaivo

    2005-01-01

    Pihkva oblastis pidasid miilitsad kinni Läti televisiooni ajakirjanikud, kes olid kogumas materjali Abrene piirkonnas - alal, mis Läti põhiseaduse järgi kuulub Lätile, kuid on praegu Venemaa koosseisus

  4. A preliminary psychometric evaluation of Music in Dementia Assessment Scales (MiDAS).

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    McDermott, Orii; Orgeta, Vasiliki; Ridder, Hanne Mette; Orrell, Martin

    2014-06-01

    Music in Dementia Assessment Scales (MiDAS), an observational outcome measure for music therapy with people with moderate to severe dementia, was developed from qualitative data of focus groups and interviews. Expert and peer consultations were conducted at each stage of the scale development to maximize its content validity. This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of MiDAS. Care home residents with dementia attended weekly group music therapy for up to ten sessions. Music therapists and care home staff were requested to complete weekly MiDAS ratings. The Quality of Life Scale (QoL-AD) was completed at three time-points. A total of 629 (staff = 306, therapist = 323) MiDAS forms were completed. The statistical analysis revealed that MiDAS has high therapist inter-rater reliability, low staff inter-rater reliability, adequate staff test-retest reliability, adequate concurrent validity, and good construct validity. High factor loadings between the five MiDAS Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) items, levels of Interest, Response, Initiation, Involvement, and Enjoyment, were found. This study indicates that MiDAS has good psychometric properties despite the small sample size. Future research with a larger sample size could provide a more in-depth psychometric evaluation, including further exploration of the underlying factors. MiDAS provides a measure of engagement with musical experience and offers insight into who is likely to benefit on other outcomes such as quality of life or reduction in psychiatric symptoms.

  5. Reliability and Validity of the Greek Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS) Questionnaire.

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    Oikonomidi, Theodora; Vikelis, Michail; Artemiadis, Artemios; Chrousos, George P; Darviri, Christina

    2018-03-01

    The Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS) Questionnaire is a reliable and valid instrument for migraine-related disability. Such a tool is needed to quantify migraine-related disability in the Greek population. This validation study aims to assess the test-retest reliability, internal consistency, item discriminant and convergent validity of the Greek translation of the MIDAS. Adults diagnosed with migraine completed the MIDAS Questionnaire on two occasions 3 weeks apart to assess reliability, and completed the RAND-36 to assess validity. Participants (n = 152) had a median MIDAS score of 24 and mostly severe disability (58% were grade IV). The test-retest reliability analysis (N = 59) revealed excellent reliability for the total score. Internal consistency was α = 0.71 for initial and α = 0.82 for retest completion. For item discriminant validity, the correlations between each question and the total score were significant, with high correlations for questions 2-5 (range 0.67 ≤ r ≤ 0.79; p MIDAS score tended to have better wellbeing. Psychometric properties are comparable with those of other published validation studies of the MIDAS and the original. Findings on question 1 show that missing work/school days may be closely related with increased affect issues. The Greek version of the MIDAS Questionnaire has good reliability and validity. This study allowed for cross-cultural comparability of research findings.

  6. Aluminum (III) and gallium (III) complexes with methyliminodiacetic acid: Crystal structures of Cat[M(Mida)2] (Cat+=Na, K, NH4; M3+=Al, Ga) and Me4N[Ga(Mida)2]·H2O

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    Ilyukhin, A.B.; Petrosyants, S.P.; Milovanov, S.V.; Malyarik, M.A.

    1997-01-01

    The bis chelate complexes Cat[M(Mida) 2 ] and Me 4 N[Ga(Mida) 2 ]·H 2 O are synthesized from aqueous solutions M(NO 3 ) 3 -2H 2 Mida-CatOH (M 3+ =Al, Ga; Cat + =Na, K, NH 4 ) and Ga(OH) 3 -2H 2 Mida-Me 4 NOH. The crystal structures of the isostructural compounds Cat[M(Mida) 2 ] (Cat=Na, M=Al; Cat=K, M=Al; Cat=Na, M=Ga) and Me 4 N[Ga(Mida) 2 ]·H 2 O are determined by X-ray structure analysis. According to the X-ray powder diffraction analysis, all the six compounds Cat[M(Mida) 2 ] (Cat=Na, K, NH 4 ; M=Al, Ga) are isostructural. The octahedral anion in Cat[M(Mida) 2 ] and Me 4 N[Ga(Mida) 2 ]·H 2 O exhibits a trans(N)- fac configuration

  7. Võidurelvastumise tagasitulek : USA kiiluvees Venemaa ja Hiina / Heiki Suurkask

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    Suurkask, Heiki, 1972-

    2007-01-01

    USA eelarvekavas on ette nähtud kaitsekulutuste jätkuv suurenemine, suureneda võib ka relvajõudude isikkoosseis. Relvajõududele kulub USA-s ligi 4% SKT-st. Globaalselt liidetuna tõusid kõikide riikide kulutused relvajõududele 1990. aasta tasemele. Hiina ja Venemaa kaitsekulutustest. Lisad: Aasia riigid kasvatavad sõjalisi kulutusi; 25 riigil pole oma sõjaväge. Graafik: USA sõjalised kulutused

  8. Rootsi kindral hõivaks sõja korral Eesti saared / Jukka Rislakki

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    Rislakki, Jukka

    2011-01-01

    Rootsi sõjateaduste akadeemia väljaandes "Till bröders hjälp. Med sikte på en svensk solidarisk strategi" arutlevad eksperdid, mida Rootsi ja Soome võiksid teha ja peaksid tegema, kui Venemaa ründab Balti riike

  9. Venemaa ja Prantsusmaa loovad liitu gaasi ja laevadega kaubeldes / Kaivo Kopli

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    Kopli, Kaivo

    2010-01-01

    Venemaa presidendi Dmitri Medvedevi visiidist Prantsusmaale. Prantsusmaa peab läbirääkimisi nelja dessantlaeva Mistral müügiks Venemaale, Prantsuse energiafirma GDF Suez saab osaluse Nord Streamis ja Prantsusmaa ostab 2015. a. alates Venemaalt täiendavalt 1,5 mld kuupmeetrit gaasi

  10. Eesti ja Venemaa kaubavahetusest = Estonian-Russian trade relations / Allan Aron

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    Aron, Allan

    2007-01-01

    Eesti ja Venemaa kaubavahetusest pärast taasiseseisvumist ja enne liitumist Euroopa Liiduga, liitumise mõju kaubavahetusele Venemaaga, peamised kaubaartiklid ekspordis ja impordis, arengusuunad 2007. aastal. Kuigi majanduslikult on Venemaaga kauplemine perspektiivikas ja kasulik mõlemale osapoolele, mängivad kahe riigi kaubavahetuses sageli olulist rolli poliitilised ning muud majandusvälised tegurid. Diagrammid

  11. Detection and localisation of the abalone probiotic Vibrio midae SY9 and its extracellular protease, VmproA, within the digestive tract of the South African abalone, Haliotis midae.

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    Robert J Huddy

    Full Text Available Probiotics have been widely reported to increase the growth rate of commercially important fish and shellfish by enhancing the digestion of ingested feed through the production of extracellular enzymes such as proteases and alginases. In order to investigate this further, the objective of this study was to localise the bacterial probiont Vibrio midae SY9 and one of the extracellular proteases it produces in the digestive tract of the South African abalone Haliotis midae. This was accomplished by inserting a promotorless gfp gene into the chromosome of the bacterium which was incorporated in an artificial, fishmeal-based abalone feed. In situ histological comparison of abalone fed either a basal diet or the basal diet supplemented with V. midae SY9::Tn10.52 using a cocktail of DNA probes to the gfp gene localised the probiont to the crop/stomach and intestinal regions of the H. midae digestive tract. Generally, the ingested probiotic bacterium occurred in association with feed and particulate matter within the crop/stomach and intestinal regions, as well as adhered to the wall of the crop/stomach. Histological immunohistochemical examination using polyclonal anti-VmproA antibodies localised an extracellular protease produced by V. midae SY9 to the H. midae crop/stomach and intestine where it appeared to be associated with feed and/or other particulate matter in the abalone gut. Thus the data suggests that V. midae SY9 colonises and/or adheres to the mucous lining of the abalone gut. Furthermore, the close association observed between the bacterium, its extracellular protease and ingested feed particles supports the theory that V. midae SY9 elevates in situ digestive enzyme levels and thus enhances feed digestion in farmed abalone.

  12. Detection and localisation of the abalone probiotic Vibrio midae SY9 and its extracellular protease, VmproA, within the digestive tract of the South African abalone, Haliotis midae.

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    Huddy, Robert J; Coyne, Vernon E

    2014-01-01

    Probiotics have been widely reported to increase the growth rate of commercially important fish and shellfish by enhancing the digestion of ingested feed through the production of extracellular enzymes such as proteases and alginases. In order to investigate this further, the objective of this study was to localise the bacterial probiont Vibrio midae SY9 and one of the extracellular proteases it produces in the digestive tract of the South African abalone Haliotis midae. This was accomplished by inserting a promotorless gfp gene into the chromosome of the bacterium which was incorporated in an artificial, fishmeal-based abalone feed. In situ histological comparison of abalone fed either a basal diet or the basal diet supplemented with V. midae SY9::Tn10.52 using a cocktail of DNA probes to the gfp gene localised the probiont to the crop/stomach and intestinal regions of the H. midae digestive tract. Generally, the ingested probiotic bacterium occurred in association with feed and particulate matter within the crop/stomach and intestinal regions, as well as adhered to the wall of the crop/stomach. Histological immunohistochemical examination using polyclonal anti-VmproA antibodies localised an extracellular protease produced by V. midae SY9 to the H. midae crop/stomach and intestine where it appeared to be associated with feed and/or other particulate matter in the abalone gut. Thus the data suggests that V. midae SY9 colonises and/or adheres to the mucous lining of the abalone gut. Furthermore, the close association observed between the bacterium, its extracellular protease and ingested feed particles supports the theory that V. midae SY9 elevates in situ digestive enzyme levels and thus enhances feed digestion in farmed abalone.

  13. ENPA valis uueks esimeheks de Puigi / Andres Herkel

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    Herkel, Andres, 1962-

    2008-01-01

    Ilmunud ka: Hiiu Leht 22. jaan., lk. 2. Meie Maa 24. jaan. lk. 2. Euroopa Nõukogu parlamentaarne assamblee valis oma uueks presidendiks Hispaania sotsialisti Lluis Maria de Puigi. Briti konservatiivide ja Ühtse Venemaa koostööst, mida juhib Mihhail Margelov

  14. Ionospheric tomography over South Africa: Comparison of MIDAS and ionosondes measurements

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    Giday, Nigussie M.; Katamzi, Zama T.; McKinnell, Lee-Anne

    2016-01-01

    This paper aims to show the results of an ionospheric tomography algorithm called Multi-Instrument Data Analysis System (MIDAS) over the South African region. Recorded data from a network of 49-53 Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers over the South African region was used as input for the inversion. The inversion was made for April, July, October and December representing the four distinct seasons (Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer respectively) of the year 2012. MIDAS reconstructions were validated by comparing maximum electron density of the F2 layer (NmF2) and peak height (hmF2) values predicted by MIDAS to those derived from three South African ionosonde measurements. The diurnal and seasonal trends of the MIDAS NmF2 values were in good agreement with the respective NmF2 values derived from the ionosondes. In addition, good agreement was found between the two measurements with minimum and maximum coefficients of determination (r2) between 0.84 and 0.96 in all the stations and validation days. The seasonal trend of the NmF2 values over the South Africa region has been reproduced using this inversion which was in good agreement with the ionosonde measurements. Moreover, a comparison of the International Reference Ionosphere (IRI-2012) model NmF2 values with the respective ionosonde derived NmF2 values showed to have higher deviation than a similar comparison between the MIDAS reconstruction and the ionosonde measurements. However, the monthly averaged hmF2 values derived from IRI 2012 model showed better agreement than the respective MIDAS reconstructed hmF2 values compared with the ionosonde derived hmF2 values.The performance of the MIDAS reconstruction was observed to deteriorate with increased geomagnetic conditions. MIDAS reconstructed electron density were slightly elevated during three storm periods studied (24 April, 15 July and 8 October) which was in good agreement with the ionosonde measurements.

  15. USA ja Venemaa ristasid piike OSCE tuleviku pärast / Ahto Lobjakas

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    Lobjakas, Ahto, 1970-

    2006-01-01

    OSCE välisministrite kohtumiselt ei jõutud organisatsiooni tulevikus kokkuleppele. Kui USA nõuab, et OSCE-d tuleb tugevdada demokraatia edendajana ning valimiste aususe tagaja ja inimõiguste kaitsjana, siis Venemaa näeb sellises suunas liigset sekkumist liikmesriikide siseasjadesse

  16. Venemaa tahab režiimi vahetust Gruusias / Richard C. Holbrooke, Ronald D. Asmus

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    Holbrooke, Richard, 1941-2010

    2008-01-01

    Ilmunud ka: Den za Dnjom 15. aug. lk. 17. Venemaa eesmärk sõjas Gruusiaga on Gruusia režiimivahetus ning president Mikheil Saakashvili asendamine Kremli mõjudele avatuma presidendiga, leiavad autorid

  17. Assessing the ecosystem effects of the abalone Haliotis midae from ...

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    Assessing the ecosystem effects of the abalone Haliotis midae from its diet and foraging ... midae is commercially exploited and seriously threatened by overfishing. ... of the ecosystem because of associated changes in community structure. ... of this previously abundant herbivore on the south-west coast of South Africa, we ...

  18. MiDAS

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    McIlroy, Simon Jon; Kirkegaard, Rasmus Hansen; McIlroy, Bianca

    A deep understanding of the microbial communities and dynamics in wastewater treatment systems is a powerful tool for process optimization and design (Rittmann et al., 2006). With the advent of amplicon sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene, the diversity within the microbial communities can now...... web platform about the microbes in activated sludge and their associated ADs. The MiDAS taxonomy proposes putative names for each genus-level-taxon that can be used as a common vocabulary for all researchers in the field....

  19. MIDAS: an effective tool for work management

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    Ball, D.L.; Billings, M.P.; McCargar, S.B.; Talbot, M.D.; Topping, C.F.

    1985-01-01

    The computerized Master Information Data Acquisition System (MIDAS) is used to control work at facilities that support the Liquid Metal Reactor (LMR) program on the Hanford Site at Richland, Washington. Functions of this software system are to: track authorized maintenance activities, enhance operational safety, track schedule, manpower, and material constraints during work preparation, provide a management tool for quality measurement techniques, and provide an overall repository for technical and safety-related information on components at the Hanford Site 400 Area facilities. This paper describes MIDAS and how it is used as a work management tool. 1 fig

  20. Venemaa keelab osa kaupade sisseveo TIR-märkmiku katte all / Lauri Lusti

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    Lusti, Lauri

    1997-01-01

    1998. aastast rakendab Venemaa olulisi piiranguid seoses TIR-süsteemi kasutamisega kauba sisseveol. Lisatud Vene Föderatsiooni Riikliku Tollikomitee käskkiri 22. augustist 1997 nr. 513 "TIR-karneti kasutamine mõne kategooria kaupade veoks"

  1. Reekviem unistusele : Venemaa-Gruusia sõja mõningatest julgeolekupoliitilistest mõjudest Eestile / Rein Tammsaar

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    Tammsaar, Rein

    2008-01-01

    Rahvusvahelisest ja rahvuslikust julgeolekust vastavalt Barri Buzani teooriale. Vajadusest tugevdada Eesti riiklikku julgeolekupoliitikat, suurendades ühiskondlikku sidusust erinevate kultuuride ning rahvuste vahel. Venemaa-Gruusia sõjast kui kaudsest õppetunnist Eestile

  2. Apres nous, le déluge / Toomas Hendrik Ilves

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    Ilves, Toomas Hendrik, 1953-

    2005-01-01

    Autor mõtiskleb Euroopa Parlamendi liikmena selle üle, mida Euroopa viimase kuu sündmused tähendavad ja endaga kaasa toovad. Põhiseadusliku leppe läbikukkumine, vanade liikmesriikide suhtumine uutesse, Venemaa mõju väikestele Ida-Euroopa riikidele, soovitused Eestile edasiseks käitumiseks

  3. Venemaa teod lõid NATOs haruldase üksmeele / Evelyn Kaldoja

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    Kaldoja, Evelyn, 1980-

    2008-01-01

    Ilmunud ka: Postimees : na russkom jazõke 21. aug. 2008, lk. 6. Prantsusmaa välisministri Bernard Kouchneri pressikonverentsist ja NATO välisministrite otsustest Venemaaga suhtlemise osas seoses Venemaa-Gruusia sõjalise konfliktiga. USA välisministri Condoleezza Riceþi, NATO peasekretäri Jaap de Hoop Schefferi ja Eesti välisministri Urmas Paeti seisukohti. Vt. samas: Uusliikmed ootavad NATO-lt kaitseplaane; Gruusiat kurvastab OSCE vaatlejate arv

  4. [The psychometric properties of the Turkish version of Myocardial Infarction Dimensional Assessment Scale (MIDAS)].

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    Yılmaz, Emel; Eser, Erhan; Şekuri, Cevad; Kültürsay, Hakan

    2011-08-01

    The purpose of this study was to describe the psychometric properties of the Myocardial Infarction Dimensional Assessment Scale (MIDAS). This is a methodological cultural adaptation study. The MIDAS consists of 35-items covering seven domains: physical activity, insecurity, emotional reaction, dependency, diet, concerns over medication, and side effects which are rated on a five-point Likert scale from 1: never to 5:always. The highest score of MIDAS is 100.Quality of life (QOL) decreases as the score of scale increases. Overall 185 myocardial infarction (MI) patients were enrolled in this study. Cronbach alpha was used for the reliability analysis. The criterion validity, structural validity, and sensitivity analysis approach was used for validity analysis. New York Heart Association (NYHA) and the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Functional Classifications (CCSFC) for testing the criterion validity; SF-36 for construct validity testing of the Turkish version of the MIDAS were used. The range of Cronbach alpha values is 0.79-0.90 for seven domains of the scale. No problematic items were observed for the entire scale. Medication related domains of the MIDAS showed considerable floor effects (35.7%-22.7%). Confirmatory Factor analysis indicators [Comparative Fit Index (CFI) =0.95 and Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA) =0.075] supported the construct validity of MIDAS. Convergent validity of the MIDAS was confirmed with correlation of SF-36 scale where appropriate. Criterion validity results was also satisfactory by comparing different stages of the NYHA and the CCSFC (pMIDAS is a reliable and valid instrument.

  5. Venemaa Födratsiooni riigikaitseseaduse muudatuste õiguspärasus rahvusvahelise õiguse kontekstis : [bakalaureusetöö] / Ranno Pajuri ; Tartu Ülikool, õigusteaduskond ; juhendaja: René Värk

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    Pajuri, Ranno

    2010-01-01

    Venemaa riigikaitseseaduse muudatuste põhjustest, kontekstist, eesmärkidest ja sisust. Kodanike kaitseks relvastatud jõu kasutamise instituudist rahvusvahelises õiguses. Kollektiivse enesekaitse instituudist Venemaa riigikaitseseaduses ja rahvusvahelises õiguses

  6. The MIDAS telescope for microwave detection of ultra-high energy cosmic rays

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    Alvarez-Muñiz, J. [Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Departamento de Física de Partículas, Campus Sur, Universidad, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela (Spain); Amaral Soares, E. [Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Física, Cidade Universitaria, Caixa Postal 68528, 21945-970 Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil); Berlin, A.; Bogdan, M. [University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, 5640 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago, IL 60637 (United States); Boháčová, M. [University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, 5640 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago, IL 60637 (United States); Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Na Slovance 2, CZ-182 21 Praha 8 (Czech Republic); Bonifazi, C. [Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Física, Cidade Universitaria, Caixa Postal 68528, 21945-970 Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil); Carvalho, W.R. [Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Departamento de Física de Partículas, Campus Sur, Universidad, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela (Spain); Mello Neto, J.R.T. de [Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Física, Cidade Universitaria, Caixa Postal 68528, 21945-970 Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil); Facal San Luis, P., E-mail: facal@kicp.uchicago.edu [University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, 5640 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago, IL 60637 (United States); Genat, J.F.; Hollon, N.; Mills, E.; Monasor, M.; Privitera, P. [University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, 5640 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago, IL 60637 (United States); and others

    2013-08-11

    We present the design, implementation and data taking performance of the MIcrowave Detection of Air Showers (MIDAS) experiment, a large field of view imaging telescope designed to detect microwave radiation from extensive air showers induced by ultra-high energy cosmic rays. This novel technique may bring a tenfold increase in detector duty cycle when compared to the standard fluorescence technique based on detection of ultraviolet photons. The MIDAS telescope consists of a 4.5 m diameter dish with a 53-pixel receiver camera, instrumented with feed horns operating in the commercial extended C-Band (3.4–4.2 GHz). A self-trigger capability is implemented in the digital electronics. The main objectives of this first prototype of the MIDAS telescope – to validate the telescope design, and to demonstrate a large detector duty cycle – were successfully accomplished in a dedicated data taking run at the University of Chicago campus prior to installation at the Pierre Auger Observatory. -- Highlights: • The MIDAS objective is to detect ultra high energy cosmic rays using microwaves. • GHz radiation could provide a powerful alternative to current detection methods. • The MIDAS prototype explores the potential of the microwave technique.

  7. The MIDAS telescope for microwave detection of ultra-high energy cosmic rays

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    Alvarez-Muñiz, J.; Amaral Soares, E.; Berlin, A.; Bogdan, M.; Boháčová, M.; Bonifazi, C.; Carvalho, W.R.; Mello Neto, J.R.T. de; Facal San Luis, P.; Genat, J.F.; Hollon, N.; Mills, E.; Monasor, M.; Privitera, P.

    2013-01-01

    We present the design, implementation and data taking performance of the MIcrowave Detection of Air Showers (MIDAS) experiment, a large field of view imaging telescope designed to detect microwave radiation from extensive air showers induced by ultra-high energy cosmic rays. This novel technique may bring a tenfold increase in detector duty cycle when compared to the standard fluorescence technique based on detection of ultraviolet photons. The MIDAS telescope consists of a 4.5 m diameter dish with a 53-pixel receiver camera, instrumented with feed horns operating in the commercial extended C-Band (3.4–4.2 GHz). A self-trigger capability is implemented in the digital electronics. The main objectives of this first prototype of the MIDAS telescope – to validate the telescope design, and to demonstrate a large detector duty cycle – were successfully accomplished in a dedicated data taking run at the University of Chicago campus prior to installation at the Pierre Auger Observatory. -- Highlights: • The MIDAS objective is to detect ultra high energy cosmic rays using microwaves. • GHz radiation could provide a powerful alternative to current detection methods. • The MIDAS prototype explores the potential of the microwave technique

  8. MIDAS Has the Golden Touch!

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    Yamashita, Irene

    1995-01-01

    Several CD-ROM products are being developed in Hawaii as part of MIDAS (Multimedia Industry for the Development of Academic Software), which helps promote technology in the classroom. The article examines how technology provides opportunities for students to develop higher thinking and problem-solving skills. (SM)

  9. Venemaa imperialistlik identiteet ja Lääne võimalused / Marko Mihkelson

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    Mihkelson, Marko, 1969-

    2005-01-01

    USA välispoliitika üks suurimaid mõjutajaid George Kennan sõnastas 1947. aastal uue Vene-poliitika põhimõtted. Lääneriikide ohjelduspoliitika NSV Liidu lagundajana, Moskva välispoliitika, demokraatlike väärtuste kadumine ning valitsev inimvihkajalik ideoloogia, Venemaa imperiaalne identiteet. Vt samas: Katkendeid George Kennani artiklist "The sources of Soviet Conduct", tõlk. Kadri Liik

  10. Mida vaadata pimedatel öödel? / Kristiina Davidjants

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    Davidjants, Kristiina, 1974-

    2006-01-01

    Lühitutvustused-arvustused 10. Pimedate Ööde Filmifestivali filmidest - "Eravaldus" (rež. Loachim Lafosse ; Belgia - Prantsusmaa), "Mängides ohvrit" (rež. Kirill Serebrennikov ; Venemaa), "Knud Rasmusseni päevikud" (rež. Zacharias Kunuk, Norman Cohn ; Kanada - Taani)

  11. MIDAS: A Modular DNA Assembly System for Synthetic Biology.

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    van Dolleweerd, Craig J; Kessans, Sarah A; Van de Bittner, Kyle C; Bustamante, Leyla Y; Bundela, Rudranuj; Scott, Barry; Nicholson, Matthew J; Parker, Emily J

    2018-04-20

    A modular and hierarchical DNA assembly platform for synthetic biology based on Golden Gate (Type IIS restriction enzyme) cloning is described. This enabling technology, termed MIDAS (for Modular Idempotent DNA Assembly System), can be used to precisely assemble multiple DNA fragments in a single reaction using a standardized assembly design. It can be used to build genes from libraries of sequence-verified, reusable parts and to assemble multiple genes in a single vector, with full user control over gene order and orientation, as well as control of the direction of growth (polarity) of the multigene assembly, a feature that allows genes to be nested between other genes or genetic elements. We describe the detailed design and use of MIDAS, exemplified by the reconstruction, in the filamentous fungus Penicillium paxilli, of the metabolic pathway for production of paspaline and paxilline, key intermediates in the biosynthesis of a range of indole diterpenes-a class of secondary metabolites produced by several species of filamentous fungi. MIDAS was used to efficiently assemble a 25.2 kb plasmid from 21 different modules (seven genes, each composed of three basic parts). By using a parts library-based system for construction of complex assemblies, and a unique set of vectors, MIDAS can provide a flexible route to assembling tailored combinations of genes and other genetic elements, thereby supporting synthetic biology applications in a wide range of expression hosts.

  12. MIDAS: Regionally linear multivariate discriminative statistical mapping.

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    Varol, Erdem; Sotiras, Aristeidis; Davatzikos, Christos

    2018-07-01

    Statistical parametric maps formed via voxel-wise mass-univariate tests, such as the general linear model, are commonly used to test hypotheses about regionally specific effects in neuroimaging cross-sectional studies where each subject is represented by a single image. Despite being informative, these techniques remain limited as they ignore multivariate relationships in the data. Most importantly, the commonly employed local Gaussian smoothing, which is important for accounting for registration errors and making the data follow Gaussian distributions, is usually chosen in an ad hoc fashion. Thus, it is often suboptimal for the task of detecting group differences and correlations with non-imaging variables. Information mapping techniques, such as searchlight, which use pattern classifiers to exploit multivariate information and obtain more powerful statistical maps, have become increasingly popular in recent years. However, existing methods may lead to important interpretation errors in practice (i.e., misidentifying a cluster as informative, or failing to detect truly informative voxels), while often being computationally expensive. To address these issues, we introduce a novel efficient multivariate statistical framework for cross-sectional studies, termed MIDAS, seeking highly sensitive and specific voxel-wise brain maps, while leveraging the power of regional discriminant analysis. In MIDAS, locally linear discriminative learning is applied to estimate the pattern that best discriminates between two groups, or predicts a variable of interest. This pattern is equivalent to local filtering by an optimal kernel whose coefficients are the weights of the linear discriminant. By composing information from all neighborhoods that contain a given voxel, MIDAS produces a statistic that collectively reflects the contribution of the voxel to the regional classifiers as well as the discriminative power of the classifiers. Critically, MIDAS efficiently assesses the

  13. Venemaa propagandistid on hakanud populaarseid Läti veebilehti üles ostma / Raimo Poom

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    Poom, Raimo

    2016-01-01

    Venemaa propagandarünnakutest Läti veebilehtede vastu, mille eesmärk on õõnestada Läti ühiskonda. Vene ajaleht Rossiiskije Vesti avaldas hübriidsõja raames provokatiivse artikli Läti kaitseväe juhatajast Raimonds Graubest, kes olevat 1991. aastal osa võtnud kuriteost

  14. Beyond topography - enhanced imaging of cometary dust with the MIDAS AFM

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    Bentley, M. S.; Torkar, K.; Jeszenszky, H.; Romstedt, J.

    2013-09-01

    The MIDAS atomic force microscope (AFM) onboard the Rosetta spacecraft is primarily designed to return the 3D shape and structure of cometary dust particles collected at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko [1]. Commercial AFMs have, however, been further developed to measure many other sample properties. The possibilities to make such measurements with MIDAS are explored here.

  15. MIDAS and HIT-6 French translation: reliability and correlation between tests.

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    Magnoux, E; Freeman, M A; Zlotnik, G

    2008-01-01

    The aim was to evaluate the test-retest reliability of the French translation of the Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS) and Headache Impact Test (HIT)-6 questionnaires as applied to episodic and chronic headaches and to assess the correlation between these two questionnaires. The MIDAS and HIT-6 questionnaires, which assess the degree of migraine-related functional disability, are widely used in headache treatment clinics. The French translation has not been checked for test-retest reliability. MIDAS involves recall, over the previous 3 months, of the number of days with functional disability with regard to work and to home and social life. HIT-6 involves a more subjective and general assessment of headache-related disability over the previous 4 weeks. We expect that there may be greater impact recall bias for chronic headaches than for episodic headaches and considered it important to be able to determine if the reliability of these questionnaires is equally good for these two patient populations. Given that both questionnaires have the same objective, that of assessing headache impact, it was thought useful to determine if their results might show a correlation and if they could thus be used interchangeably. The study was approved by an external ethics committee. The subjects were patients who regularly visit the Clinique de la Migraine de Montréal, which specializes in the treatment of headaches. The MIDAS and HIT-6 questionnaires were completed by the patients during their regular visit. Twelve days later, the same questionnaires were mailed with a prepaid return envelope. Sixty-five patients were required in both the episodic and chronic headache groups, assuming an 80% questionnaire return rate. One hundred and eighty-five patients were enrolled, and 143 completed the study, 75 with episodic headaches and 68 with chronic headaches. The questionnaire return rate was 78.9%. On average, questionnaires were completed a second time 21 days after the first

  16. MIDAS robust trend estimator for accurate GPS station velocities without step detection

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    Blewitt, Geoffrey; Kreemer, Corné; Hammond, William C.; Gazeaux, Julien

    2016-03-01

    Automatic estimation of velocities from GPS coordinate time series is becoming required to cope with the exponentially increasing flood of available data, but problems detectable to the human eye are often overlooked. This motivates us to find an automatic and accurate estimator of trend that is resistant to common problems such as step discontinuities, outliers, seasonality, skewness, and heteroscedasticity. Developed here, Median Interannual Difference Adjusted for Skewness (MIDAS) is a variant of the Theil-Sen median trend estimator, for which the ordinary version is the median of slopes vij = (xj-xi)/(tj-ti) computed between all data pairs i > j. For normally distributed data, Theil-Sen and least squares trend estimates are statistically identical, but unlike least squares, Theil-Sen is resistant to undetected data problems. To mitigate both seasonality and step discontinuities, MIDAS selects data pairs separated by 1 year. This condition is relaxed for time series with gaps so that all data are used. Slopes from data pairs spanning a step function produce one-sided outliers that can bias the median. To reduce bias, MIDAS removes outliers and recomputes the median. MIDAS also computes a robust and realistic estimate of trend uncertainty. Statistical tests using GPS data in the rigid North American plate interior show ±0.23 mm/yr root-mean-square (RMS) accuracy in horizontal velocity. In blind tests using synthetic data, MIDAS velocities have an RMS accuracy of ±0.33 mm/yr horizontal, ±1.1 mm/yr up, with a 5th percentile range smaller than all 20 automatic estimators tested. Considering its general nature, MIDAS has the potential for broader application in the geosciences.

  17. Yet another look at MIDAS regression

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    Ph.H.B.F. Franses (Philip Hans)

    2016-01-01

    textabstractA MIDAS regression involves a dependent variable observed at a low frequency and independent variables observed at a higher frequency. This paper relates a true high frequency data generating process, where also the dependent variable is observed (hypothetically) at the high frequency,

  18. Gazprom - lõks Venemaale endale / Kaarel Tarand

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    Tarand, Kaarel, 1966-

    2006-01-01

    Hans Rebase Euroopa Instituudi korraldatud konverentsil tõdeti muu hulgas, et mida ulatuslikumalt Venemaa ainult ühele kaardile - maagaasile - mängib, seda hukatuslikum see talle on. Julgustades ja finantseerides laenudega Gazpromi arendamist, ehitatakse Venemaast multifunktsionaalset riiki, mille kogu elu sõltub ühe tööstuse tegevusest, ütleb autor

  19. Gurtshenko spojot pro pjat minut 50 let spustja / Olga Saburova

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    Saburova, Olga

    2006-01-01

    Režissöör Eldar Rjazanov teeb oma vene kultusfilmi "Karnevaliöö" uut, 50 aastat hilisemasse aega, s.o. tänapäeva, toodud varianti "Karnevaliöö 2 ". Seda näidatakse Venemaa Esimesel Kanalil uusaastakavas. Lähemalt sellest, keda ja mida selles filmis näeb-kuuleb

  20. Development of the GUI environments of MIDAS code for convenient input and output processing

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    Kim, K. L.; Kim, D. H.

    2003-01-01

    MIDAS is being developed at KAERI as an integrated Severe Accident Analysis Code with easy model modification and addition by restructuring the data transfer scheme. In this paper, the input file management system, IEDIT and graphic simulation system, SATS, are presented as MIDAS input and output GUI systems. These two systems would form the basis of the MIDAS GUI system for input and output processing, and they are expected to be useful tools for severe accidents analysis and simulation

  1. Eesti ja Venemaa uue külma sõja õhutamise avangardis / Herbert Vainu

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    Vainu, Herbert, 1929-2011

    2008-01-01

    Eesti ja Venemaa juhtide mängimine rahvustundel tõstab rahvusvahelist pinget, mis võib viia külma sõja taastekkimisele. Autor kritiseerib muuhulgas president Toomas Hendrik Ilvese poliitilist tegevust ja esinemist Hantõ-Manskiiskis toimunud soome-ugri maailmakongressil. Vabariigi President töövisiidil Venemaal 27.-30.06.2008

  2. Content Validity and Reliability of Multiple Intelligences Developmental Assessment Scales (MIDAS Translated into Persian

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    Mahnaz Saeidi

    2012-11-01

    Full Text Available This study aimed to translate MIDAS questionnaire from English into Persian and determine its content validity and reliability. MIDAS was translated and validated on a sample (N = 110 of Iranian adult population. The participants were both male and female with the age range of 17-57. They were at different educational levels and from different ethnic groups in Iran. A translating team, consisting of five members, bilingual in English and Persian and familiar with multiple intelligences (MI theory and practice, were involved in translating and determining content validity, which included the processes of forward translation, back-translation, review, final proof-reading, and testing. The statistical analyses of inter-scale correlation were performed using the Cronbach's alpha coefficient. In an intra-class correlation, the Cronbach's alpha was high for all of the questions. Translation and content validity of MIDAS questionnaire was completed by a proper process leading to high reliability and validity. The results suggest that Persian MIDAS (P-MIDAS could serve as a valid and reliable instrument for measuring Iranian adults MIs.

  3. Applications of MIDAS regression in analysing trends in water quality

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    Penev, Spiridon; Leonte, Daniela; Lazarov, Zdravetz; Mann, Rob A.

    2014-04-01

    We discuss novel statistical methods in analysing trends in water quality. Such analysis uses complex data sets of different classes of variables, including water quality, hydrological and meteorological. We analyse the effect of rainfall and flow on trends in water quality utilising a flexible model called Mixed Data Sampling (MIDAS). This model arises because of the mixed frequency in the data collection. Typically, water quality variables are sampled fortnightly, whereas the rain data is sampled daily. The advantage of using MIDAS regression is in the flexible and parsimonious modelling of the influence of the rain and flow on trends in water quality variables. We discuss the model and its implementation on a data set from the Shoalhaven Supply System and Catchments in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Information criteria indicate that MIDAS modelling improves upon simplistic approaches that do not utilise the mixed data sampling nature of the data.

  4. Translation, cross-cultural adaptation and reliability of the German version of the migraine disability assessment (MIDAS) questionnaire.

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    Benz, Thomas; Lehmann, Susanne; Gantenbein, Andreas R; Sandor, Peter S; Stewart, Walter F; Elfering, Achim; Aeschlimann, André G; Angst, Felix

    2018-03-09

    The Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS) is a brief questionnaire and measures headache-related disability. This study aimed to translate and cross-culturally adapt the original English version of the MIDAS to German and to test its reliability. The standardized translation process followed international guidelines. The pre-final version was tested for clarity and comprehensibility by 34 headache sufferers. Test-retest reliability of the final version was quantified by 36 headache patients completing the MIDAS twice with an interval of 48 h. Reliability was determined by intraclass correlation coefficients and internal consistency by Cronbach's α. All steps of the translation process were followed, documented and approved by the developer of the MIDAS. The expert committee discussed in detail the complex phrasing of the questions that refer to one to another, especially exclusion of headache-days from one item to the next. The German version contains more active verb sentences and prefers the perfect to the imperfect tense. The MIDAS scales intraclass correlation coefficients ranged from 0.884 to 0.994 and was 0.991 (95% CI: 0.982-0.995) for the MIDAS total score. Cronbach's α for the MIDAS as a whole was 0.69 at test and 0.67 at retest. The translation process was challenged by the comprehensibility of the questionnaire. The German version of the MIDAS is a highly reliable instrument for assessing headache related disability with moderate internal consistency. Provided validity testing of the German MIDAS is successful, it can be recommended for use in clinical practice as well as in research.

  5. MIDA - Optimizing control room performance through multi-modal design

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    Ronan, A. M.

    2006-01-01

    Multi-modal interfaces can support the integration of humans with information processing systems and computational devices to maximize the unique qualities that comprise a complex system. In a dynamic environment, such as a nuclear power plant control room, multi-modal interfaces, if designed correctly, can provide complementary interaction between the human operator and the system which can improve overall performance while reducing human error. Developing such interfaces can be difficult for a designer without explicit knowledge of Human Factors Engineering principles. The Multi-modal Interface Design Advisor (MIDA) was developed as a support tool for system designers and developers. It provides design recommendations based upon a combination of Human Factors principles, a knowledge base of historical research, and current interface technologies. MIDA's primary objective is to optimize available multi-modal technologies within a human computer interface in order to balance operator workload with efficient operator performance. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate MIDA and illustrate its value as a design evaluation tool within the nuclear power industry. (authors)

  6. A revision of the Anthaxia (Anthaxia) midas Kiesenwetter, 1857 species-group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Anthaxiini).

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    Baiocchi, Daniele; Magnani, Gianluca

    2018-01-10

    The Anthaxia (Anthaxia) midas Kiesenwetter, 1857 species-group is defined and revised. A new species from Turkey, A. (A.) cebecii sp. nov., is described and compared to its most similar species. A. midas oberthuri Schaefer, 1938 is elevated to the rank of species, and a lectotype is designated. A. (A.) spathuligera Obenberger, 1924 and A. (A.) midas muelleri Obenberger, 1925 are reconfirmed synonyms of A. midas Kiesenwetter, 1857.All species of the new species-group are illustrated, including the hitherto unknown male of A. (A.) patsyae Baiocchi, 2008, all type specimens and original data labels. In addition to diagnostic characters, informations on the distribution, biology and taxonomic position of each species are also presented, together with a short definition of the new species-group, and a key to its species.

  7. Dansk oversættelse af MiDAS, et redskab til assessment af musikterapi for personer med demens

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    Ridder, Hanne Mette Ochsner; Lykkegaard, Chris; McDermott, Orii

    2018-01-01

    DAS explored which procedures is used for outcome measure translation and cultural adaptation, and based on this recommended a ten-step procedure. We applied this procedure in order to translate MiDAS and hereby develop the Danish MiDAS-DK. The Danish MiDAS version has been tested by more than 20 professionals......) musikterapeuten umiddelbart efter sessionen for at vurdere forandringer i selve sessionen. Der har været stor interesse for at anvende MiDAS i flere Europæiske lande, herunder Danmark. Derfor undersøgte udviklerne af MiDAS hvilke procedurer der anvendes til oversættelse og kulturel tilpasning af...... assessmentredskaber, og anbefalede på den baggrund en ti-trins procedure. Vi anvendte denne procedure til oversættelsen af MiDAS og således udviklingen af den danske MiDAS-DK. Den danske version af MiDAS er afprøvet af mere end 20 fagpersoner på baggrund af 296 udfyldte MiDAS-skemaer. Målet med artiklen er...

  8. 2017 - pallimäng üle meie pea / Ilmar Raag

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    Raag, Ilmar, 1968-

    2017-01-01

    Ilmar Raag analüüsib kolme väljamõeldud stsenaariumi varal, kuidas kulgeb sel aastal lääne ja Venemaa vastasseis ning mida võivad erinevad arenguvariandid tähendada Eestile. NATO-sisesest sõjalisest koostööst ja Eestisse ning teistesse Balti riikidesse saadetud NATO väeüksustest

  9. Operating system considerations in the multiprocessor MIDAS environment

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    Weaver, D.; Maples, C.; Meng, J.; Rathbun, W.

    1983-01-01

    The operating system for MIDAS provides interfaces for custom hardware, debugging facilities, and run time support. The MIDAS architecture uses various specialized hardware devices for controlling the multiple processors and to achieve high I/O throughput. The operating system interfaces with the custom hardware for diagnostics, problem setup, and loading the processors with user code. After the code is loaded, a debugging facility may be used to examine or modify the program in any of the processors, or all the processors simultaneously. During execution of the code, the operating system monitors the processors for exceptional conditions, detects hardware failures, and gathers statistics on performance. This performance information includes histograms depicting instruction execution frequency and analysis of data flow

  10. Venemaa asus piirama koostööd NATO poole püüdleva Ukrainaga / Krister Paris

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    Paris, Krister, 1977-

    2008-01-01

    Ukraina palus NATO-l kaaluda alliansi tippkohtumisel Ukrainale liikmesuse tegevusplaani (MAP) andmist, Venemaa reageeris sellele Ukrainaga 1997. aastal sõlmitud lepingu katkestamisega. Ukrainas on NATO-ga liitumise vastu üle poole elanikkonnast

  11. Sensitivity analysis of MIDAS tests using SPACE code. Effect of nodalization

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    Eom, Shin; Oh, Seung-Jong; Diab, Aya

    2018-01-01

    The nodalization sensitivity analysis for the ECCS (Emergency Core Cooling System) bypass phe�nomena was performed using the SPACE (Safety and Performance Analysis CodE) thermal hydraulic analysis computer code. The results of MIDAS (Multi-�dimensional Investigation in Downcomer Annulus Simulation) test were used. The MIDAS test was conducted by the KAERI (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) for the performance evaluation of the ECC (Emergency Core Cooling) bypass phenomenon in the DVI (Direct Vessel Injection) system. The main aim of this study is to examine the sensitivity of the SPACE code results to the number of thermal hydraulic channels used to model the annulus region in the MIDAS experiment. The numerical model involves three nodalization cases (4, 6, and 12 channels) and the result show that the effect of nodalization on the bypass fraction for the high steam flow rate MIDAS tests is minimal. For computational efficiency, a 4 channel representation is recommended for the SPACE code nodalization. For the low steam flow rate tests, the SPACE code over-�predicts the bypass fraction irrespective of the nodalization finesse. The over-�prediction at low steam flow may be attributed to the difficulty to accurately represent the flow regime in the vicinity of the broken cold leg.

  12. MiDAS: the field guide to the microbes of activated sludge.

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    McIlroy, Simon Jon; Saunders, Aaron Marc; Albertsen, Mads; Nierychlo, Marta; McIlroy, Bianca; Hansen, Aviaja Anna; Karst, Søren Michael; Nielsen, Jeppe Lund; Nielsen, Per Halkjær

    2015-01-01

    The Microbial Database for Activated Sludge (MiDAS) field guide is a freely available online resource linking the identity of abundant and process critical microorganisms in activated sludge wastewater treatment systems to available data related to their functional importance. Phenotypic properties of some of these genera are described, but most are known only from sequence data. The MiDAS taxonomy is a manual curation of the SILVA taxonomy that proposes a name for all genus-level taxa observed to be abundant by large-scale 16 S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing of full-scale activated sludge communities. The taxonomy can be used to classify unknown sequences, and the online MiDAS field guide links the identity to the available information about their morphology, diversity, physiology and distribution. The use of a common taxonomy across the field will provide a solid foundation for the study of microbial ecology of the activated sludge process and related treatment processes. The online MiDAS field guide is a collaborative workspace intended to facilitate a better understanding of the ecology of activated sludge and related treatment processes--knowledge that will be an invaluable resource for the optimal design and operation of these systems. © The Author(s) 2015. Published by Oxford University Press.

  13. Sensitivity analysis of MIDAS tests using SPACE code. Effect of nodalization

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    Eom, Shin; Oh, Seung-Jong; Diab, Aya [KEPCO International Nuclear Graduate School (KINGS), Ulsan (Korea, Republic of). Dept. of NPP Engineering

    2018-02-15

    The nodalization sensitivity analysis for the ECCS (Emergency Core Cooling System) bypass phe�nomena was performed using the SPACE (Safety and Performance Analysis CodE) thermal hydraulic analysis computer code. The results of MIDAS (Multi-�dimensional Investigation in Downcomer Annulus Simulation) test were used. The MIDAS test was conducted by the KAERI (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) for the performance evaluation of the ECC (Emergency Core Cooling) bypass phenomenon in the DVI (Direct Vessel Injection) system. The main aim of this study is to examine the sensitivity of the SPACE code results to the number of thermal hydraulic channels used to model the annulus region in the MIDAS experiment. The numerical model involves three nodalization cases (4, 6, and 12 channels) and the result show that the effect of nodalization on the bypass fraction for the high steam flow rate MIDAS tests is minimal. For computational efficiency, a 4 channel representation is recommended for the SPACE code nodalization. For the low steam flow rate tests, the SPACE code over-�predicts the bypass fraction irrespective of the nodalization finesse. The over-�prediction at low steam flow may be attributed to the difficulty to accurately represent the flow regime in the vicinity of the broken cold leg.

  14. Distinct roles of beta1 metal ion-dependent adhesion site (MIDAS), adjacent to MIDAS (ADMIDAS), and ligand-associated metal-binding site (LIMBS) cation-binding sites in ligand recognition by integrin alpha2beta1.

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    Valdramidou, Dimitra; Humphries, Martin J; Mould, A Paul

    2008-11-21

    Integrin-ligand interactions are regulated in a complex manner by divalent cations, and previous studies have identified ligand-competent, stimulatory, and inhibitory cation-binding sites. In collagen-binding integrins, such as alpha2beta1, ligand recognition takes place exclusively at the alpha subunit I domain. However, activation of the alphaI domain depends on its interaction with a structurally similar domain in the beta subunit known as the I-like or betaI domain. The top face of the betaI domain contains three cation-binding sites: the metal-ion dependent adhesion site (MIDAS), the ADMIDAS (adjacent to MIDAS), and LIMBS (ligand-associated metal-binding site). The role of these sites in controlling ligand binding to the alphaI domain has yet to be elucidated. Mutation of the MIDAS or LIMBS completely blocked collagen binding to alpha2beta1; in contrast mutation of the ADMIDAS reduced ligand recognition but this effect could be overcome by the activating monoclonal antibody TS2/16. Hence, the MIDAS and LIMBS appear to be essential for the interaction between alphaI and betaI, whereas occupancy of the ADMIDAS has an allosteric effect on the conformation of betaI. An activating mutation in the alpha2 I domain partially restored ligand binding to the MIDAS and LIMBS mutants. Analysis of the effects of Ca(2+), Mg(2+), and Mn(2+) on ligand binding to these mutants showed that the MIDAS is a ligand-competent site through which Mn(2+) stimulates ligand binding, whereas the LIMBS is a stimulatory Ca(2+)-binding site, occupancy of which increases the affinity of Mg(2+) for the MIDAS.

  15. MIDAS (Migraine Disability Assessment: a valuable tool for work-site identification of migraine in workers in Brazil

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    Yara Dadalti Fragoso

    Full Text Available CONTEXT: MIDAS was developed as a fast and efficient method for identification of migraine in need of medical evaluation and treatment. It was necessary to translate MIDAS, originally written in English, so as to apply it in Brazil and make it usable by individuals from a variety of social-economic-cultural backgrounds. OBJECTIVE: To translate and to apply MIDAS in Brazil. SETTING: Assessment of a sample of workers regularly employed by an oil refinery. SETTING: Refinaria Presidente Bernardes, Cubatão, São Paulo, Brazil. PARTICIPANTS: 404 workers of the company who correctly answered a questionnaire for the identification and evaluation of headache. When the individual considered it to be pertinent to his own needs, there was the option to answer MIDAS as well. METHODS: MIDAS, originally written in English, was translated into Brazilian Portuguese by a neurologist and by a translator specializing in medical texts. The final version of the translation was obtained when, for ten patients to whom it was applied, the text seemed clear and the results were consistent over three sessions. MAIN MEASUREMENTS: Prevalence and types of primary headaches, evaluation of MIDAS as a tool for identification of more severe cases. RESULTS: From the total of 419 questionnaires given to the employees, 404 were returned correctly completed. From these, 160 persons were identified as presenting headaches, 44 of whom considered it worthwhile answering MIDAS. Nine of these individuals who answered MIDAS were identified as severe cases of migraine due to disability caused by the condition. An interview on a later date confirmed these results. Three were cases of chronic daily headache (transformed migraine and six were cases of migraine. CONCLUSIONS: MIDAS translated to Brazilian Portuguese was a useful tool for identifying severe cases of migraine and of transformed migraine in a working environment. The workers did not consider MIDAS to be difficult to answer. Their

  16. Eesti ja Venemaa vaheline riigipiir : tekkimine, muutumine, taastamine / Mart Nutt

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    Nutt, Mart, 1962-

    2010-01-01

    Piiriküsimuse taustast. Eesti riigipiiri küsimus tõstatus 1918. aastal 24. veebruari manifestiga, mis sisaldas ka loetelu Eesti maakondadest. Piir jäi täpselt kindlaks määramata kuni Vabadussõja lõpuni. Riigipiir demarkeeriti aastail 1920-1923. Eesti-Vene piir muudeti 1944. aastal Eesti teistkordse okupeerimise järel ühepoolselt Vene NFSV kasuks. Piiriküsimuse tõstatumisest seoses Eesti taasiseseisvumisega. Eesti ja Venemaa seisukohtadest riigipiiri küsimuses. Piiriküsimuste käsitlemisest. Piiriküsimusest Eesti liitumisel Euroopa Liidu ja NATO-ga

  17. 23. IX avasid Eesti Rahvusraamatukogu haldusdirektor Mati Kibin ja näituste osakonna juhataja Kersti Tiik...

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    Venemaa Riiklikus Raamatukogus Moskvas rändnäitus ""Kalevipoeg", üks ennemuistne eesti jutt", mis keskendub "Kalevipoja" eri väljaannete illustratsioonidele (autorid Kristjan Raud, Paul Luhtein, Alo Hoidre, Ott Kangilaski, Richard Sagrits, Eerik Haamer, Evald Okas) ja tõlgetele ning mida täiendab valik Günther Reindorffi illustratsioone F. R. Kreutzwaldi "Eesti rahva ennemuistsetele juttudele" jm.

  18. Transcriptomics of morphological color change in polychromatic Midas cichlids.

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    Henning, Frederico; Jones, Julia C; Franchini, Paolo; Meyer, Axel

    2013-03-13

    Animal pigmentation has received much attention in evolutionary biology research due to its strong implications for adaptation and speciation. However, apart from a few cases the genetic changes associated with these evolutionary processes remain largely unknown. The Midas cichlid fish from Central America are an ideal model system for investigating pigmentation traits that may also play a role in speciation. Most Midas cichlids maintain their melanophores and exhibit a grayish (normal) color pattern throughout their lives. A minority of individuals, however, undergo color change and exhibit a distinctive gold or even white coloration in adulthood. The ontogenetic color change in the Midas cichlids may also shed light on the molecular mechanisms underlying pigmentation disorders in humans. Here we use next-generation sequencing (Illumina) RNAseq analyses to compare skin transcriptome-wide expression levels in three distinct stages of color transformation in Midas cichlids. cDNA libraries of scale tissue, for six biological replicates of each group, were generated and sequenced using Illumina technology. Using a combination of three differential expression (DE) analyses we identified 46 candidate genes that showed DE between the color morphs. We find evidence for two key DE patterns: a) genes involved in melanosomal pathways are up-regulated in normally pigmented fish; and b) immediate early and inflammatory response genes were up-regulated in transitional fish, a response that parallels some human skin disorders such as melanoma formation and psoriasis. One of the DE genes segregates with the gold phenotype in a genetic cross and might be associated with incipient speciation in this highly "species-rich" lineage of cichlids. Using transcriptomic analyses we successfully identified key expression differences between different color morphs of Midas cichlid fish. These differentially expressed genes have important implications for our understanding of the molecular

  19. Mida ootab lapsevanem? / Raivo Juurak

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    Juurak, Raivo, 1949-

    2009-01-01

    Eesti koostöö kogu programmijuht Mati Salundi ja Tallinna Ülikooli sotsiaaltöö instituudi dotsent Anne Tiko viisid möödunud kevadel läbi uuringu, kus selgitasid, mida ootavad 1. klassi astuvate laste vanemad lasteaialt, koolilt, õpetajalt, kohalikult omavalitsuselt. Uuringu tulemusi kommenteerisid vestlusringis Mati Salundi, Lastevanemate Liidu koolitusjuht Kristiine Vahtramäe ja uuringu retsensent, Tallinna Ülikooli kasvatusteaduse instituudi professor Marika Veisson

  20. How MIDAS improved our understanding of micrometre-sized cometary dust

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    Mannel, T.; Bentley, M. S.; Boakes, P.; Jeszenszky, H.; Levasseur-Regourd, A. C.; Schmied, R.; Torkar, K.

    2017-09-01

    The MIDAS atomic force microscope on the Rosetta orbiter was an instrument developed to investigate, for the first time, the morphology of nearly unaltered cometary dust. It acquired the 3D topography of about 1 - 50 µm sized dust particles with resolutions down to a few nanometres. These images showed the agglomerate character of the dust and confirmed that the smallest subunit sizes were less than 100 nm. MIDAS acquired the first direct proof of a fractal dust particle, opening a new approach to investigate the history of our early Solar System and of comets.

  1. Cometary dust at the nanometre scale - the MIDAS view after perihelion

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    Bentley, M. S.; Torkar, K.; Jeszenszky, H.; Romstedt, J.; Schmied, R.; Mannel, T.

    2015-10-01

    The MIDAS instrument on-board the Rosetta orbiter [1] is a unique combination of a dust collection and handling system and a high resolution Atomic Force Microscope (AFM). By building three-dimensional images of the dust particle topography with nano- to micrometre resolution, MIDAS addresses a range of fundamental questions in Solar System and cometary sciences. The greatest number of particles is expected to be collected around perihelion and the initial results of imaging these will be presented.

  2. Microbleed detection using automated segmentation (MIDAS): a new method applicable to standard clinical MR images.

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    Seghier, Mohamed L; Kolanko, Magdalena A; Leff, Alexander P; Jäger, Hans R; Gregoire, Simone M; Werring, David J

    2011-03-23

    Cerebral microbleeds, visible on gradient-recalled echo (GRE) T2* MRI, have generated increasing interest as an imaging marker of small vessel diseases, with relevance for intracerebral bleeding risk or brain dysfunction. Manual rating methods have limited reliability and are time-consuming. We developed a new method for microbleed detection using automated segmentation (MIDAS) and compared it with a validated visual rating system. In thirty consecutive stroke service patients, standard GRE T2* images were acquired and manually rated for microbleeds by a trained observer. After spatially normalizing each patient's GRE T2* images into a standard stereotaxic space, the automated microbleed detection algorithm (MIDAS) identified cerebral microbleeds by explicitly incorporating an "extra" tissue class for abnormal voxels within a unified segmentation-normalization model. The agreement between manual and automated methods was assessed using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and Kappa statistic. We found that MIDAS had generally moderate to good agreement with the manual reference method for the presence of lobar microbleeds (Kappa = 0.43, improved to 0.65 after manual exclusion of obvious artefacts). Agreement for the number of microbleeds was very good for lobar regions: (ICC = 0.71, improved to ICC = 0.87). MIDAS successfully detected all patients with multiple (≥2) lobar microbleeds. MIDAS can identify microbleeds on standard MR datasets, and with an additional rapid editing step shows good agreement with a validated visual rating system. MIDAS may be useful in screening for multiple lobar microbleeds.

  3. MiDAS Field Guide – a Comprehensive Online Source of Information About the Microbes of Activated Sludge

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    Nierychlo, Marta; McIlroy, Simon Jon; Saunders, Aaron Marc

    this information in MiDAS field guide (www.midasfieldguide.org). MiDAS taxonomy gives a solid foundation for the study of microbial ecology of the wastewater treatment processes. The online MiDAS field guide links the identity of genera that are important for the wastewater treatment process to details about...... guide to the microbes of activated sludge by comparing microbial community composition in 32 WWTPs located worldwide. This will facilitate a better understanding of the ecology of the ecosystem of activated sludge. Reference: McIlroy et al. MiDAS: the field guide to the microbes of activated sludge...... on a survey of 25 full-scale Danish wastewater treatment plants over 6 years and using MiDAS taxonomy, we have collected more than 150 key organisms in activated sludge wastewater treatment systems, linked their identity with available information on their function and distribution and included...

  4. The Virtual Midas Touch: Helping Behavior After a Mediated Social Touch.

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    Haans, A; Usselsteijn, W A

    2009-01-01

    A brief touch on the upper arm increases people's altruistic behavior and willingness to comply with a request. In this paper, we investigate whether this Midas touch phenomenon would also occur under mediated conditions (i.e., touching via an arm strap equipped with electromechanical actuators). Helping behavior was more frequently endorsed in the touch, compared to the no-touch condition, but this difference was not found to be statistically significant. However, a meta-analytical comparison with published research demonstrated that the strength of the virtual Midas touch is of the same magnitude as that of the Midas touch in unmediated situations. The present experiment, thus, provides empirical evidence that touch-like qualities can be attributed to electromechanical stimulation. This is important for the field of mediated social touch of which the design rationale is based on the assumption that mediated touch by means of tactile feedback technologies is processed in ways similar to real physical contact.

  5. Rapid and Parallel Adaptive Evolution of the Visual System of Neotropical Midas Cichlid Fishes.

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    Torres-Dowdall, Julián; Pierotti, Michele E R; Härer, Andreas; Karagic, Nidal; Woltering, Joost M; Henning, Frederico; Elmer, Kathryn R; Meyer, Axel

    2017-10-01

    Midas cichlid fish are a Central American species flock containing 13 described species that has been dated to only a few thousand years old, a historical timescale infrequently associated with speciation. Their radiation involved the colonization of several clear water crater lakes from two turbid great lakes. Therefore, Midas cichlids have been subjected to widely varying photic conditions during their radiation. Being a primary signal relay for information from the environment to the organism, the visual system is under continuing selective pressure and a prime organ system for accumulating adaptive changes during speciation, particularly in the case of dramatic shifts in photic conditions. Here, we characterize the full visual system of Midas cichlids at organismal and genetic levels, to determine what types of adaptive changes evolved within the short time span of their radiation. We show that Midas cichlids have a diverse visual system with unexpectedly high intra- and interspecific variation in color vision sensitivity and lens transmittance. Midas cichlid populations in the clear crater lakes have convergently evolved visual sensitivities shifted toward shorter wavelengths compared with the ancestral populations from the turbid great lakes. This divergence in sensitivity is driven by changes in chromophore usage, differential opsin expression, opsin coexpression, and to a lesser degree by opsin coding sequence variation. The visual system of Midas cichlids has the evolutionary capacity to rapidly integrate multiple adaptations to changing light environments. Our data may indicate that, in early stages of divergence, changes in opsin regulation could precede changes in opsin coding sequence evolution. © The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.

  6. Simulation of the VISTA SG heat transfer experiment using MIDAS/SMR

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    Park, Jong Hwa; Kim, Dong Ha; Chung, Young Jong; Park, Sun Hee; Cho, Seong Won

    2011-01-01

    As the SMART plant was designed with the helical type tubes in the steam generators, the heat transfer model in that geometry has been implemented in the TASS/SMR-S code and used for the safety analysis. The same correlation was implemented in the MIDAS/SMR, which is being used for the severe accident analyses, to model heat transfer at the steam generators. In this study, the VISTA SG experiment with the helical steam generator tube was simulated with MIDAS/SMR to compare the heat transfer rates through the helical tube

  7. Dansk oversættelse af MiDAS, et redskab til assessment af musikterapi for personer med demens

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    Ridder, Hanne Mette Ochsner; Lykkegaard, Chris; McDermott, Orii

    2018-01-01

    Music in Dementia Assessment Scales, MiDAS, er udviklet til at vurdere ændringer i trivsel hos borgere med demens som har deltaget i musikterapi. Målingen udføres af 1) personale før og efter musikterapien for at vurdere om der er en indflydelse i hverdagssituationer efterfølgende, eller af 2......) musikterapeuten umiddelbart efter sessionen for at vurdere forandringer i selve sessionen. Der har været stor interesse for at anvende MiDAS i flere Europæiske lande, herunder Danmark. Derfor undersøgte udviklerne af MiDAS hvilke procedurer der anvendes til oversættelse og kulturel tilpasning af...... assessmentredskaber, og anbefalede på den baggrund en ti-trins procedure. Vi anvendte denne procedure til oversættelsen af MiDAS og således udviklingen af den danske MiDAS-DK. Den danske version af MiDAS er afprøvet af mere end 20 fagpersoner på baggrund af 296 udfyldte MiDAS-skemaer. Målet med artiklen er...

  8. Mida tegi Moskva linnavalitsuse lennuk Tallinnas? / Lauri Birkan

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    Birkan, Lauri

    2009-01-01

    9. oktoobril 2009 maandus Tallinna lennuväljale lennuk registriga VQ-BBS, küljel kiri Airline of the Moscow Government. Vastust küsimusele, mida tegi Moskva linnavalitsuse lennuk Tallinnas, ei saanud autor ei Tallinna lennujaamast, linnavalitsusest ega ka välisministeeriumist

  9. The MIDAS telescope for microwave detection of ultra-high energy cosmic rays

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    Alvarez-Muñiz, J.; Amaral Soares, E.; Berlin, A.; Bogdan, M.; Boháčová, M.; Bonifazi, C.; Carvalho, W. R.; de Mello Neto, J. R. T.; Facal San Luis, P.; Genat, J. F.; Hollon, N.; Mills, E.; Monasor, M.; Privitera, P.; Ramos de Castro, A.; Reyes, L. C.; Richardson, M.; Rouille d'Orfeuil, B.; Santos, E. M.; Wayne, S.; Williams, C.; Zas, E.; Zhou, J.

    2013-08-01

    We present the design, implementation and data taking performance of the MIcrowave Detection of Air Showers (MIDAS) experiment, a large field of view imaging telescope designed to detect microwave radiation from extensive air showers induced by ultra-high energy cosmic rays. This novel technique may bring a tenfold increase in detector duty cycle when compared to the standard fluorescence technique based on detection of ultraviolet photons. The MIDAS telescope consists of a 4.5 m diameter dish with a 53-pixel receiver camera, instrumented with feed horns operating in the commercial extended C-Band (3.4-4.2 GHz). A self-trigger capability is implemented in the digital electronics. The main objectives of this first prototype of the MIDAS telescope - to validate the telescope design, and to demonstrate a large detector duty cycle - were successfully accomplished in a dedicated data taking run at the University of Chicago campus prior to installation at the Pierre Auger Observatory.

  10. Microwave detection of air showers with MIDAS

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    Facal San Luis, P.; Alekotte, I.; Alvarez, J.; Berlin, A.; Bertou, X.; Bogdan, M.; Boháčová, Martina; Bonifazi, C.; Carvalho, W.R.; de Mello Neto, J.R.T.; Genat, J.F.; Mills, E.; Monasor, M.; Privitera, P.; Reyes, I.C.; d´Orfeuil, B.R.; Santos, E.M.; Wayne, S.; Williams, C.; Zas, E.

    2012-01-01

    Roč. 662, Sup. 1 (2012), "S118"-"S123" ISSN 0168-9002 R&D Projects: GA MŠk(CZ) LA08016 Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z10100502 Keywords : MIDAS (Microwave Detector of Air Showers) * extensive air showers Subject RIV: BF - Elementary Particles and High Energy Physics Impact factor: 1.142, year: 2012

  11. Kaks Jeanne d'Arci ja Nosferatu / Sirje Normet

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    Normet, Sirje

    2006-01-01

    IX Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival. Lähemalt kontsert-filmiseansist Tallinnas, kus Theodor Dreyeri tummfilmi "Jeanne d'Arci kannatused" (Prantsusmaa 1928) saatis prantsuse muusik Hector Zazou; Dzhanik Faizijevi mängufilmist "Türgi gambiit" (Venemaa 2005); Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau õudusfilmist "Nosferatu - õuduste sümfoonia" (Saksamaa 1922), mida näidati 1. dets. Viru Keskuses ja mille taustaks mängis ansambel Kriminaalne Elevant

  12. A Multi-Cultural Comparison of the Factor Structure of the MIDAS for Adults/College Students.

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    Jones, James A.

    The Multiple Intelligences Developmental Assessment Scales (MIDAS) instrument was developed to measure eight constructs of intelligence. The 119-item MIDAS provides scores for 26 subscales in addition to the 8 major scales. Using the 26 subscales, a factor structure was developed on half of a U.S. sample of college students (n=834), while the…

  13. MIDAS: Mining differentially activated subpaths of KEGG pathways from multi-class RNA-seq data.

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    Lee, Sangseon; Park, Youngjune; Kim, Sun

    2017-07-15

    Pathway based analysis of high throughput transcriptome data is a widely used approach to investigate biological mechanisms. Since a pathway consists of multiple functions, the recent approach is to determine condition specific sub-pathways or subpaths. However, there are several challenges. First, few existing methods utilize explicit gene expression information from RNA-seq. More importantly, subpath activity is usually an average of statistical scores, e.g., correlations, of edges in a candidate subpath, which fails to reflect gene expression quantity information. In addition, none of existing methods can handle multiple phenotypes. To address these technical problems, we designed and implemented an algorithm, MIDAS, that determines condition specific subpaths, each of which has different activities across multiple phenotypes. MIDAS utilizes gene expression quantity information fully and the network centrality information to determine condition specific subpaths. To test performance of our tool, we used TCGA breast cancer RNA-seq gene expression profiles with five molecular subtypes. 36 differentially activate subpaths were determined. The utility of our method, MIDAS, was demonstrated in four ways. All 36 subpaths are well supported by the literature information. Subsequently, we showed that these subpaths had a good discriminant power for five cancer subtype classification and also had a prognostic power in terms of survival analysis. Finally, in a performance comparison of MIDAS to a recent subpath prediction method, PATHOME, our method identified more subpaths and much more genes that are well supported by the literature information. http://biohealth.snu.ac.kr/software/MIDAS/. Copyright © 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

  14. MIDAS: a practical Bayesian design for platform trials with molecularly targeted agents.

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    Yuan, Ying; Guo, Beibei; Munsell, Mark; Lu, Karen; Jazaeri, Amir

    2016-09-30

    Recent success of immunotherapy and other targeted therapies in cancer treatment has led to an unprecedented surge in the number of novel therapeutic agents that need to be evaluated in clinical trials. Traditional phase II clinical trial designs were developed for evaluating one candidate treatment at a time and thus not efficient for this task. We propose a Bayesian phase II platform design, the multi-candidate iterative design with adaptive selection (MIDAS), which allows investigators to continuously screen a large number of candidate agents in an efficient and seamless fashion. MIDAS consists of one control arm, which contains a standard therapy as the control, and several experimental arms, which contain the experimental agents. Patients are adaptively randomized to the control and experimental agents based on their estimated efficacy. During the trial, we adaptively drop inefficacious or overly toxic agents and 'graduate' the promising agents from the trial to the next stage of development. Whenever an experimental agent graduates or is dropped, the corresponding arm opens immediately for testing the next available new agent. Simulation studies show that MIDAS substantially outperforms the conventional approach. The proposed design yields a significantly higher probability for identifying the promising agents and dropping the futile agents. In addition, MIDAS requires only one master protocol, which streamlines trial conduct and substantially decreases the overhead burden. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

  15. Adaptive phenotypic plasticity in the Midas cichlid fish pharyngeal jaw and its relevance in adaptive radiation

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    2011-04-01

    Full Text Available Abstract Background Phenotypic evolution and its role in the diversification of organisms is a central topic in evolutionary biology. A neglected factor during the modern evolutionary synthesis, adaptive phenotypic plasticity, more recently attracted the attention of many evolutionary biologists and is now recognized as an important ingredient in both population persistence and diversification. The traits and directions in which an ancestral source population displays phenotypic plasticity might partly determine the trajectories in morphospace, which are accessible for an adaptive radiation, starting from the colonization of a novel environment. In the case of repeated colonizations of similar environments from the same source population this "flexible stem" hypothesis predicts similar phenotypes to arise in repeated subsequent radiations. The Midas Cichlid (Amphilophus spp. in Nicaragua has radiated in parallel in several crater-lakes seeded by populations originating from the Nicaraguan Great Lakes. Here, we tested phenotypic plasticity in the pharyngeal jaw of Midas Cichlids. The pharyngeal jaw apparatus of cichlids, a second set of jaws functionally decoupled from the oral ones, is known to mediate ecological specialization and often differs strongly between sister-species. Results We performed a common garden experiment raising three groups of Midas cichlids on food differing in hardness and calcium content. Analyzing the lower pharyngeal jaw-bones we find significant differences between diet groups qualitatively resembling the differences found between specialized species. Observed differences in pharyngeal jaw expression between groups were attributable to the diet's mechanical resistance, whereas surplus calcium in the diet was not found to be of importance. Conclusions The pharyngeal jaw apparatus of Midas Cichlids can be expressed plastically if stimulated mechanically during feeding. Since this trait is commonly differentiated - among

  16. Adaptive phenotypic plasticity in the Midas cichlid fish pharyngeal jaw and its relevance in adaptive radiation.

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    Muschick, Moritz; Barluenga, Marta; Salzburger, Walter; Meyer, Axel

    2011-04-30

    Phenotypic evolution and its role in the diversification of organisms is a central topic in evolutionary biology. A neglected factor during the modern evolutionary synthesis, adaptive phenotypic plasticity, more recently attracted the attention of many evolutionary biologists and is now recognized as an important ingredient in both population persistence and diversification. The traits and directions in which an ancestral source population displays phenotypic plasticity might partly determine the trajectories in morphospace, which are accessible for an adaptive radiation, starting from the colonization of a novel environment. In the case of repeated colonizations of similar environments from the same source population this "flexible stem" hypothesis predicts similar phenotypes to arise in repeated subsequent radiations. The Midas Cichlid (Amphilophus spp.) in Nicaragua has radiated in parallel in several crater-lakes seeded by populations originating from the Nicaraguan Great Lakes. Here, we tested phenotypic plasticity in the pharyngeal jaw of Midas Cichlids. The pharyngeal jaw apparatus of cichlids, a second set of jaws functionally decoupled from the oral ones, is known to mediate ecological specialization and often differs strongly between sister-species. We performed a common garden experiment raising three groups of Midas cichlids on food differing in hardness and calcium content. Analyzing the lower pharyngeal jaw-bones we find significant differences between diet groups qualitatively resembling the differences found between specialized species. Observed differences in pharyngeal jaw expression between groups were attributable to the diet's mechanical resistance, whereas surplus calcium in the diet was not found to be of importance. The pharyngeal jaw apparatus of Midas Cichlids can be expressed plastically if stimulated mechanically during feeding. Since this trait is commonly differentiated--among other traits--between Midas Cichlid species, its plasticity

  17. A preliminary psychometric evaluation of Music in Dementia Assessment Scales (MiDAS)

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    McDermott, Orii; Orgeta, Vasiliki; Ridder, Hanne Mette Ochsner

    2014-01-01

    despite the small sample size. Future research with a larger sample size could provide a more in-depth psychometric evaluation, including further exploration of the underlying factors. MiDAS provides a measure of engagement with musical experience and offers insight into who is likely to benefit on other......Background: Music in Dementia Assessment Scales (MiDAS), an observational outcome measure for music therapy with people with moderate to severe dementia, was developed from qualitative data of focus groups and interviews. Expert and peer consultations were conducted at each stage of the scale...

  18. Importance of the macroeconomic variables for variance prediction: A GARCH-MIDAS approach

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    Asgharian, Hossein; Hou, Ai Jun; Javed, Farrukh

    2013-01-01

    This paper aims to examine the role of macroeconomic variables in forecasting the return volatility of the US stock market. We apply the GARCH-MIDAS (Mixed Data Sampling) model to examine whether information contained in macroeconomic variables can help to predict short-term and long-term compone......This paper aims to examine the role of macroeconomic variables in forecasting the return volatility of the US stock market. We apply the GARCH-MIDAS (Mixed Data Sampling) model to examine whether information contained in macroeconomic variables can help to predict short-term and long...

  19. MIDAS, prototype Multivariate Interactive Digital Analysis System, phase 1. Volume 3: Wiring diagrams

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    Kriegler, F. J.; Christenson, D.; Gordon, M.; Kistler, R.; Lampert, S.; Marshall, R.; Mclaughlin, R.

    1974-01-01

    The Midas System is a third-generation, fast, multispectral recognition system able to keep pace with the large quantity and high rates of data acquisition from present and projected sensors. A principal objective of the MIDAS Program is to provide a system well interfaced with the human operator and thus to obtain large overall reductions in turn-around time and significant gains in throughput. The hardware and software generated in Phase I of the overall program are described. The system contains a mini-computer to control the various high-speed processing elements in the data path and a classifier which implements an all-digital prototype multivariate-Gaussian maximum likelihood decision algorithm operating at 2 x 100,000 pixels/sec. Sufficient hardware was developed to perform signature extraction from computer-compatible tapes, compute classifier coefficients, control the classifier operation, and diagnose operation. The MIDAS construction and wiring diagrams are given.

  20. MIDAS, prototype Multivariate Interactive Digital Analysis System, Phase 1. Volume 2: Diagnostic system

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    Kriegler, F. J.; Christenson, D.; Gordon, M.; Kistler, R.; Lampert, S.; Marshall, R.; Mclaughlin, R.

    1974-01-01

    The MIDAS System is a third-generation, fast, multispectral recognition system able to keep pace with the large quantity and high rates of data acquisition from present and projected sensors. A principal objective of the MIDAS Program is to provide a system well interfaced with the human operator and thus to obtain large overall reductions in turn-around time and significant gains in throughout. The hardware and software generated in Phase I of the over-all program are described. The system contains a mini-computer to control the various high-speed processing elements in the data path and a classifier which implements an all-digital prototype multivariate-Gaussian maximum likelihood decision algorithm operating 2 x 105 pixels/sec. Sufficient hardware was developed to perform signature extraction from computer-compatible tapes, compute classifier coefficients, control the classifier operation, and diagnose operation. Diagnostic programs used to test MIDAS' operations are presented.

  1. Edward Lucas: ajaloorindel ei ole Venemaa võitmas / Edward Lucas ; interv. Vahur Koorits

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    Lucas, Edward

    2008-01-01

    Ilmunud ka: Postimees : na russkom jazõke 29. apr. lk. 2-3. Ajakirja Economist ajakirjanik vastab küsimustele, mis puudutavad Eesti valitsuse ja peaminister Andrus Ansipi käitumist pronksiööde ajal, välisministeeriumi tööd, Eesti poliitilist kapitali ja välispoliitikat, lääneriikide suhtumist ajaloosündmustesse ja Venemaa ajaloonägemust. Vt. samas: Erinevad arvamused; Anna Levandi. Pronkssõduri teisaldamise viis jättis suhu paha maigu

  2. Effects of midas® on nematodes in commercial floriculture production in Florida.

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    Kokalis-Burelle, Nancy; Rosskopf, Erin N; Albano, Joseph P; Holzinger, John

    2010-03-01

    Cut flower producers currently have limited options for nematode control. Four field trials were conducted in 2006 and 2007 to evaluate Midas® (iodomethane:chloropicrin 50:50) for control of root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne arenaria) on Celosia argentea var. cristata in a commercial floriculture production field in southeastern Florida. Midas (224 kg/ha) was compared to methyl bromide:chloropicrin (98:2, 224 kg/ha), and an untreated control. Treatments were evaluated for effects on Meloidogyne arenaria J2 and free-living nematodes in soil through each season, and roots at the end of each season. Plant growth and root disease were also assessed. Population levels of nematodes isolated from soil were highly variable in all trials early in the season, and generally rebounded by harvest, sometimes to higher levels in fumigant treatments than in the untreated control. Although population levels of nematodes in soil were not significantly reduced during the growing season, nematodes in roots and galling at the end of the season were consistently reduced with both methyl bromide and Midas compared to the untreated control. Symptoms of phytotoxicity were observed in Midas treatments during the first year and were attributed to Fe toxicity. Fertilization was adjusted during the second year to investigate potential fumigant/fertilizer interactions. Interactions occurred at the end of the fourth trial between methyl bromide and fertilizers with respect to root-knot nematode J2 isolated from roots and galling. Fewer J2 were isolated from roots treated with a higher level of Fe (3.05%) in the form of Fe sucrate, and galling was reduced in methyl bromide treated plots treated with this fertilizer compared to Fe EDTA. Reduced galling was also seen with Midas in Fe sucrate fertilized plots compared to Fe EDTA. This research demonstrates the difficulty of reducing high root-knot nematode population levels in soil in subtropical conditions in production fields that have been

  3. Mida õpetab Georgia sõda / Martin Helme

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    Helme, Martin, 1976-

    2008-01-01

    Ilmunud ka: Pärnu Postimees 16. aug. lk. 19. Autori hinnangul tuleks Gruusia konfliktist tehtavatest järeldustest tingituna tugevdada olulisel määral Eesti kaitseväge ja relvastust, Venemaa ründe all olles aga loobuda Lääne nõudest vaherahu nimel tagasi tõmbuda. Samuti tuleks arvestada ka asjaoluga, et kohalik venekeelne kogukond on riigile sisepoliitiliselt suureks ohuks. Autori sõnul on ka Eesti esindatus välismissioonidel ressursside raiskamine ning oma vägede koju toomine tugevdaks riigi kaitsevõimet

  4. Ground truth of (sub-)micrometre cometary dust - Results of MIDAS onboard Rosetta

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    Mannel, Thurid; Bentley, Mark; Schmied, Roland; Torkar, Klaus; Jeszenszky, Harald; Romsted, Jens; Levasseur-Regourd, A.; Weber, Iris; Jessberger, Elmar K.; Ehrenfreund, Pascale; Köberl, Christian; Havnes, Ove

    2016-10-01

    The investigation of comet 67P by Rosetta has allowed the comprehensive characterisation of pristine cometary dust particles ejected from the nucleus. Flying alongside the comet at distances as small as a few kilometres, and with a relative velocity of only centimetres per second, the Rosetta payload sampled almost unaltered dust. A key instrument to study this dust was MIDAS (the Micro-Imaging Dust Analysis System), a dedicated atomic force microscope that scanned the surfaces of hundreds of (sub-)micrometre sized particles in 3D with resolutions down to nanometres. This offers the unique opportunity to explore the morphology of smallest cometary dust and expand our current knowledge about cometary material.Here we give an overview of dust collected and analysed by MIDAS and highlight its most important features. These include the ubiquitous agglomerate nature of the dust, which is found at all size scales from the largest (>10 µm) through to the smallest (MIDAS resemble primitive interplanetary dust which is a strong argument for a common cometary origin.

  5. The structure of cometary dust - first results from the MIDAS Atomic Force Microscope onboard Rosetta

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    Bentley, M. S.; Torkar, K.; Romstedt, J.

    2014-12-01

    A decade after launch the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft has finally arrived at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Unlike previous cometary missions, Rosetta is not a flyby, limited to taking a snapshot of the comet at a single heliocentric distance. Instead, Rosetta intercepted the comet prior to the onset of major activity and will chart its evolution during its perihelion passage and beyond. Such a unique mission requires a unique payload; as well as the more typical remote sensing instruments, Rosetta also carries sensors to sample in situ the gas and dust environment. One of these instruments is MIDAS, an atomic force microscope designed to collect dust and image it in three dimensions with nanometre resolution. Equipped with an array of sharp tips, four of which are magnetised to allow magnetic force microscopy, MIDAS exposes targets to the incident flux after which they are moved to the microscope for analysis. As well as extending coverage of the dust size distribution down to the finest particles, MIDAS has the unique capability to determine the shape of pristine particles - to determine, for example, if they are compact or fluffy, and to look for features which may be diagnostic of their formation environment or evolution. The magnetic mode lets MIDAS probe samples for magnetic material and to map its location if present. Having been operating almost continuously after hibernation imaging empty targets before exposure, the first exposures were performed when Rosetta entered 30 km bound orbits. The first MIDAS images and analyses of collected dust grains are presented here.

  6. Venemaa ja Georgia sõda : suurvõimu lõks / Ivan Krastev ; tõlk. Triinu Pakk

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    Krastev, Ivan

    2008-01-01

    Autor kirjutab, et Venemaa-Gruusia konflikti puhul on tegemist 19. sajandi sõjaga 21. sajandi Euroopas, millele on iseloomulik võimukonfrontatsioon ilma laiema ideoloogilise polarisatsioonita. Konflikt näitas kolmekordset nurjumist: Gruusia presidendil Mihheil Saakashvilil ei õnnestunud taastada riigi territoriaalset terviklikkust, USA administratsioon näitas oma võimetust strateegilise liitlase abistamisel ning vaatamata sõjalisele edule, ei õnnestunud Venemaal mõjutada Euroopa poliitikat

  7. Venemaa ei tahtnud G8-le läinud Eesti ajakirjanikke üle piiri lasta / Krister Paris

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    2006-01-01

    Vene piirivalve hoidis Ivangorodis mitu tundi kinni G-8 tippkohtumisele akrediteeringu saanud kolme Eesti ajakirjanikku. Vt. samas: Venemaa WTO-sse veel ei saa, trump on tuumaenergial; Tanel Mazur. Globaliseerumisvastased saadeti pärast vangistust tagasi Eestisse. Lisad: Meelt jõuti avaldada vaid kaks minutit; Lukashenko vastased kiirelt türmi

  8. MIDAS: Software for the detection and analysis of lunar impact flashes

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    Madiedo, José M.; Ortiz, José L.; Morales, Nicolás; Cabrera-Caño, Jesús

    2015-06-01

    Since 2009 we are running a project to identify flashes produced by the impact of meteoroids on the surface of the Moon. For this purpose we are employing small telescopes and high-sensitivity CCD video cameras. To automatically identify these events a software package called MIDAS was developed and tested. This package can also perform the photometric analysis of these flashes and estimate the value of the luminous efficiency. Besides, we have implemented in MIDAS a new method to establish which is the likely source of the meteoroids (known meteoroid stream or sporadic background). The main features of this computer program are analyzed here, and some examples of lunar impact events are presented.

  9. Simulation of the condensation experiment for the SG primary of SMART with MIDAS/SMR

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    Park, Jong Hwa; Kim, Dong Ha; Chung, Young Jong; Park, Sun Hee [Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon (Korea, Republic of); Cho, Seong Won [Korea Radiation Technology Institute Co., Daejeon (Korea, Republic of)

    2012-05-15

    SMART is new concept of reactor that all the main components such as the steam generator, the coolant pumps and the pressurizer are located inside the reactor vessel. MIDAS/SMR V1.0.3 code has been used for estimating the severe accident from SMART. SMART has the SG tube with helical shape that is different from that of PWR. MIDAS code has the condensation model for the both sides of surfaces from the various kinds of geometry. But it does not have the condensation model for the helical type of tube. In this study, the condensation experiment for the outer surface of the SG tube in SMART that was performed by Po-Hang university was simulated with MIDAS/SMR under the assumption of straight pipe. The simulation results showed well predictions of the amount of heat removal from the SG tube primary side and thermal hydraulic parameters

  10. Simulation of the condensation experiment for the SG primary of SMART with MIDAS/SMR

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    Park, Jong Hwa; Kim, Dong Ha; Chung, Young Jong; Park, Sun Hee; Cho, Seong Won

    2012-01-01

    SMART is new concept of reactor that all the main components such as the steam generator, the coolant pumps and the pressurizer are located inside the reactor vessel. MIDAS/SMR V1.0.3 code has been used for estimating the severe accident from SMART. SMART has the SG tube with helical shape that is different from that of PWR. MIDAS code has the condensation model for the both sides of surfaces from the various kinds of geometry. But it does not have the condensation model for the helical type of tube. In this study, the condensation experiment for the outer surface of the SG tube in SMART that was performed by Po-Hang university was simulated with MIDAS/SMR under the assumption of straight pipe. The simulation results showed well predictions of the amount of heat removal from the SG tube primary side and thermal hydraulic parameters

  11. Preliminary Study on the Development of MIDAS/GCR to Simulate the Plate-out Phenomena from a HTGR

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    Park, Jong-Hwa; Kim, Dong-Ha; Lee, Won-Jae

    2006-01-01

    In HTGR, the dominant removal mechanism of the condensable fission product gas is a 'plate-out' on various kinds of surfaces over the primary coolant loop. The plate-outs are complex phenomena that are dependent on the mass transfer rate from the coolant to the fixed surface, the adsorption and desorption of the gas fission product, the material of the surfaces, the operation temperature, the fission product species, etc. In a normal operation, the important information on a plate-out is the amount and the distribution and the type of isotope. This information is applied to construct a safety engineering system, to calculate the necessary shielding and to estimate the impact on the environment. The status of a model development and available data are performed extensively but the data still has a large uncertainty. The objective of this study is to compare the condensation model of a gas fission product in the MIDAS for a PWR with the PADLOC model for a HTGR developed by GA and to perform a feasibility calculation on OGL-1 with MIDAS. The results of the model review on MIDAS and PADLOC, the feasibility calculation results on OGL-1 with MIDAS and the phenomena to be implemented into MIDAS to simulate the plate-out phenomena from HTGR are identified and listed

  12. [Mida väärtustada ja arendada koolis...] / Maria Tiro

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    Tiro, Maria

    2009-01-01

    Mida väärtustada ja arendada koolis ajal, mil Eesti paljudes paikades õpilaste arv väheneb ning inimesed koonduvad linnade ümbrusesse? Rae valla näite põhjal Jüri Gümnaasiumi direktor Maria Tiro

  13. Scientific applications and numerical algorithms on the midas multiprocessor system

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    Logan, D.; Maples, C.

    1986-01-01

    The MIDAS multiprocessor system is a multi-level, hierarchial structure designed at the Advanced Computer Architecture Laboratory of the University of California's Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. A two-stage, 11-processor system has been operational for over a year and is currently undergoing expansion. It has been employed to investigate the performance of different methods of decomposing various problems and algorithms into a multiprocessor environment. The results of such tests on a variety of applications such as scientific data analysis, Monte Carlo calculations, and image processing, are discussed. Often such decompositions involve investigating the parallel structure of fundamental algorithms. Several basic algorithms dealing with random number generation, matrix diagonalization, fast Fourier transforms, and finite element methods in solving partial differential equations are also discussed. The performance and projected extensibilities of these decompositions on the MIDAS system are reported

  14. Superconductivity in Spain. Midas program

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    Yndurain, F.

    1996-01-01

    The different activities in the field of applied superconductivity carried out in Spain under the auspices of the MIDAS program are reported. Applications using both low- and high-temperature superconductors are considered. In the low temperature superconductors case, the design and construction of a 1 mega joule SMES (Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage) unit, as well as the fabrication of voltage and resistance standards, are reviewed. Developments involving the design and fabrication of an inductive current fault limited and mono- and multi-filamentary wires and tapes using high-temperature superconductors are discussed. Finally, the prospects for the application of superconductivity technology to electric power systems for the electric utilities is considered. (author)

  15. Compass cues used by a nocturnal bull ant, Myrmecia midas.

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    Freas, Cody A; Narendra, Ajay; Cheng, Ken

    2017-05-01

    Ants use both terrestrial landmarks and celestial cues to navigate to and from their nest location. These cues persist even as light levels drop during the twilight/night. Here, we determined the compass cues used by a nocturnal bull ant, Myrmecia midas , in which the majority of individuals begin foraging during the evening twilight period. Myrmecia midas foragers with vectors of ≤5   m when displaced to unfamiliar locations did not follow the home vector, but instead showed random heading directions. Foragers with larger home vectors (≥10   m) oriented towards the fictive nest, indicating a possible increase in cue strength with vector length. When the ants were displaced locally to create a conflict between the home direction indicated by the path integrator and terrestrial landmarks, foragers oriented using landmark information exclusively and ignored any accumulated home vector regardless of vector length. When the visual landmarks at the local displacement site were blocked, foragers were unable to orient to the nest direction and their heading directions were randomly distributed. Myrmecia midas ants typically nest at the base of the tree and some individuals forage on the same tree. Foragers collected on the nest tree during evening twilight were unable to orient towards the nest after small lateral displacements away from the nest. This suggests the possibility of high tree fidelity and an inability to extrapolate landmark compass cues from information collected on the tree and at the nest site to close displacement sites. © 2017. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd.

  16. Default probabilities, CDS premiums and downgrades : A probit-MIDAS analysis

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    Freitag, L.

    2014-01-01

    This paper examines the relationship between sovereign credit default swaps (CDS) and sovereign rating changes of European countries. To this aim, a new estimator is introduced which merges mixed data sampling (MIDAS) with probit regression. Simulations show that the estimator has good properties in

  17. DISTINCT ROLES OF β1 MIDAS, ADMIDAS AND LIMBS CATION-BINDING SITES IN LIGAND RECOGNITION BY INTEGRIN α2β1*

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    Valdramidou, Dimitra; Humphries, Martin J.; Mould, A. Paul

    2012-01-01

    Integrin-ligand interactions are regulated in a complex manner by divalent cations, and previous studies have identified ligand-competent, stimulatory, and inhibitory cation-binding sites. In collagen-binding integrins, such as α2β1, ligand recognition takes place exclusively at the α subunit I domain. However, activation of the αI domain depends on its interaction with a structurally similar domain in the β subunit known as the I-like or βI domain. The top face of the βI domain contains three cation-binding sites: the metal-ion dependent adhesion site (MIDAS), the ADMIDAS (adjacent to MIDAS) and LIMBS (ligand-associated metal binding site). The role of these sites in controlling ligand binding to the αI domain has yet to be elucidated. Mutation of the MIDAS or LIMBS completely blocked collagen binding to α2β1; in contrast mutation of the ADMIDAS reduced ligand recognition but this effect could be overcome by the activating mAb TS2/16. Hence, the MIDAS and LIMBS appear to be essential for the interaction between αI and βI whereas occupancy of the ADMIDAS has an allosteric effect on the conformation of βI. An activating mutation in the α2 I domain partially restored ligand binding to the MIDAS and LIMBS mutants. Analysis of the effects of Ca2+, Mg2+ and Mn2+ on ligand binding to these mutants showed that the MIDAS is a ligand-competent site through which Mn2+ stimulates ligand binding, whereas the LIMBS is a stimulatory Ca2+-binding site, occupancy of which increases the affinity of Mg2+ for the MIDAS. PMID:18820259

  18. Lääne ideaalid Venemaa tõlgenduses : ettevõtjate tootmine siirdeajal / Oksana Shmuljar Green ; tõlk. Kaarel Tarand

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    Shmuljar Green, Oksana

    2008-01-01

    Venemaal tekkinud uuest majandusühiskonnast, mis ei ole enam allutatud Nõukogude riigile nagu enne 1985. aastat, kuid mis pole ka enamikes lääneriikides tuntud kapitalistlik ühiskond. Lääne tegevuse kolmest mõõtmest Venemaa ümberkujundamisel: siirde diskursus, lääne investeeringud ja eraettevõtluse käivitamine

  19. The Scope Calculation for the Distribution of the Plate-out in the 'OGL-1' experiment using MIDAS and Its model review

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    Park, Jong-Hwa; Kim, Dong-Ha; Lee, Won-Jae

    2007-01-01

    The scope calculation on the plate-out in the HTGR related OGL-1 experiment using the MIDAS code was performed in the frame of the preliminary study to develop the MIDAS/GCR for simulating the plate-out, dust and tritium in a HTGR. From this scope calculation, the user specified type of the fission product vapor species in the circuit and the distribution of the circuit surface temperature were identified as the important factors that can have a strong effect on the distribution of fission product plate out over the HTGR loop. Also the analytical solution for calculating the plate-out by considering a radioactive decay was derived for MIDAS. These identified factors and the new analytical solution will be taken into account in developing the MIDAS/GCR

  20. Reconstruction of extensive air showers using the MIDAS molecular Bremsstrahlung detector

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    Castro, Andre Ramos de; Bonifazi, Carla; Santos, Edivaldo Moura; Soares, Elvis do Amaral; Mello Neto, Joao Ramos Torres de; Almeida, Rogerio Menezes de

    2011-01-01

    Full text: The weakly ionized plasma created in the atmosphere after the passage of an Extensive Air Shower (EAS) gives rise to the emission of continuous radiation known as Molecular Bremsstrahlung Radiation (MBR) as free electrons scatter off neutral nitrogen (and less frequently oxygen) molecules. The isotropic and unpolarized nature of MBR rises the possibility of an EAS detection similar to that using fluorescence telescopes to capture the ultraviolet light emitted by the ionized nitrogen molecules. The MBR emission, however, falls into the centimeter wavelength range, requiring the use of radio/microwave antennas instead of optical telescopes. In order to test the feasibility of the technique, the MIDAS (Microwave Detection of Air Showers) Collaboration has built a prototype detector where a parabolical reflector illuminates a multi-pixel camera of commercial TV satellite C-band (3.4-4.2 GHz) feeds. This work addresses the geometrical reconstruction of EAS induced by Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR) using the MIDAS detector. The reconstruction chain is similar to that currently applied to the Auger Fluorescence detector events. We have simulated the shower MBR emission assuming two different scenarios: coherent and incoherent emission, i.e., radiation intensity scaling quadratically and linearly with the energy of the primary particle. The MIDAS prototype detector's response is then simulated. Finally, given the simulated events in real data format, we reconstruct the shower's arrival direction, including direction uncertainties and estimate the expected rate of observed events. (author)

  1. MIDAS: Lessons learned from the first spaceborne atomic force microscope

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    Bentley, Mark Stephen; Arends, Herman; Butler, Bart; Gavira, Jose; Jeszenszky, Harald; Mannel, Thurid; Romstedt, Jens; Schmied, Roland; Torkar, Klaus

    2016-08-01

    The Micro-Imaging Dust Analysis System (MIDAS) atomic force microscope (AFM) onboard the Rosetta orbiter was the first such instrument launched into space in 2004. Designed only a few years after the technique was invented, MIDAS is currently orbiting comet 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko and producing the highest resolution 3D images of cometary dust ever made in situ. After more than a year of continuous operation much experience has been gained with this novel instrument. Coupled with operations of the Flight Spare and advances in terrestrial AFM a set of "lessons learned" has been produced, cumulating in recommendations for future spaceborne atomic force microscopes. The majority of the design could be reused as-is, or with incremental upgrades to include more modern components (e.g. the processor). Key additional recommendations are to incorporate an optical microscope to aid the search for particles and image registration, to include a variety of cantilevers (with different spring constants) and a variety of tip geometries.

  2. Ronald D. Asmus, "Väike sõda, mis raputas maailma. Gruusia, Venemaa ja lääne tulevik"

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    2010-01-01

    Raamatu autor näitab veenvalt, et sõjategevuseni jõuti "tänu" pikale Venemaa-poolsele eskaleerimise protsessile. Verevalamise vältimine oleks võimalik olnud juhul, kui lääneriigid, kaasa arvatud USA, oleks konflikti vahendamisel aegsasti sisse võtnud selge, jõulise ja Läänes deklareeritud väärtuspoliitilise positsiooni

  3. Comparison of validity and reliability of the Migraine disability assessment (MIDAS) versus headache impact test (HIT) in an Iranian population.

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    Ghorbani, Abbas; Chitsaz, Ahmad

    2011-01-01

    Migraine is one of the most common headaches that affect 11% or more adult population. Recently, researchers have designed two questionnaires, namely Headache Impact Test (HIT) and Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS), with the aim of improving migraine care. These two tests provide a standard measurement about migraine's effects on people's life style that divide patients into 4 groups (grades) based on headaches intensity. The aim of this study was to compare the validity and reliability of these two tests. This study was designed as a multicenter, descriptive study to compare validity and reliability of Persian version of MIDAS and HIT questionnaires in 240 males and females with a migraine diagnosis according to criteria for headache and facial pain of the International Headache Society (IHS). The patients were enrolled in the study from 3 neurology clinics in Isfahan, Iran, between July 2004 and January 2005 and were evaluated at baseline (visit 1) and 4 weeks later (visit 2). According to our study, there was a high correlation between two tests (r = 0.94). This decreased their MIDAS grade in comparison to their grade HIT questionnaire. These findings demonstrated that Persian version of HIT have the same validity and reliability as MIDAS. Replying to HIT questionnaire was easier than MIDAS for Iranian patients. Physicians can reliably use the Persian translation of both MIDAS and HIT questionnaires to define the severity of illness and its treatment strategy as a self-administered report by migraine patients. However, we recommend HIT for its simplicity in headache clinics.

  4. Man-Machine Integrated Design and Analysis System (MIDAS): Functional Overview

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    Corker, Kevin; Neukom, Christian

    1998-01-01

    Included in the series of screen print-outs illustrates the structure and function of the Man-Machine Integrated Design and Analysis System (MIDAS). Views into the use of the system and editors are featured. The use-case in this set of graphs includes the development of a simulation scenario.

  5. Transcriptome characterization of the South African abalone Haliotis midae using sequencing-by-synthesis

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    Roodt-Wilding Rouvay

    2011-03-01

    Full Text Available Abstract Background Worldwide, the genus Haliotis is represented by 56 extant species and several of these are commercially cultured. Among the six abalone species found in South Africa, Haliotis midae is the only aquacultured species. Despite its economic importance, genomic sequence resources for H. midae, and for abalone in general, are still scarce. Next generation sequencing technologies provide a fast and efficient tool to generate large sequence collections that can be used to characterize the transcriptome and identify expressed genes associated with economically important traits like growth and disease resistance. Results More than 25 million short reads generated by the Illumina Genome Analyzer were de novo assembled in 22,761 contigs with an average size of 260 bp. With a stringent E-value threshold of 10-10, 3,841 contigs (16.8% had a BLAST homologous match against the Genbank non-redundant (NR protein database. Most of these sequences were annotated using the gene ontology (GO and eukaryotic orthologous groups of proteins (KOG databases and assigned to various functional categories. According to annotation results, many gene families involved in immune response were identified. Thousands of simple sequence repeats (SSR and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP were detected. Setting stringent parameters to ensure a high probability of amplification, 420 primer pairs in 181 contigs containing SSR loci were designed. Conclusion This data represents the most comprehensive genomic resource for the South African abalone H. midae to date. The amount of assembled sequences demonstrated the utility of the Illumina sequencing technology in the transcriptome characterization of a non-model species. It allowed the development of several markers and the identification of promising candidate genes for future studies on population and functional genomics in H. midae and in other abalone species.

  6. The European Southern Observatory-MIDAS table file system

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    Peron, M.; Grosbol, P.

    1992-01-01

    The new and substantially upgraded version of the Table File System in MIDAS is presented as a scientific database system. MIDAS applications for performing database operations on tables are discussed, for instance, the exchange of the data to and from the TFS, the selection of objects, the uncertainty joins across tables, and the graphical representation of data. This upgraded version of the TFS is a full implementation of the binary table extension of the FITS format; in addition, it also supports arrays of strings. Different storage strategies for optimal access of very large data sets are implemented and are addressed in detail. As a simple relational database, the TFS may be used for the management of personal data files. This opens the way to intelligent pipeline processing of large amounts of data. One of the key features of the Table File System is to provide also an extensive set of tools for the analysis of the final results of a reduction process. Column operations using standard and special mathematical functions as well as statistical distributions can be carried out; commands for linear regression and model fitting using nonlinear least square methods and user-defined functions are available. Finally, statistical tests of hypothesis and multivariate methods can also operate on tables.

  7. Microwave detection of air showers with the MIDAS experiment

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    Privitera, Paolo; Alekotte, I.; Alvarez-Muniz, J.; Berlin, A.; Bertou, X.; Bogdan, M.; Bohacova, M.; Bonifazi, C.; Carvalho, W.R.; Mello Neto, J.R.T. de; Facal San Luis, P.; Genat, J.F.; Hollon, N.; Mills, E.; Monasor, M.; Reyes, L.C.; Rouille d'Orfeuil, B.; Santos, E.M.; Wayne, S.; Williams, C.

    2011-01-01

    Microwave emission from Extensive Air Showers could provide a novel technique for ultra-high energy cosmic rays detection over large area and with 100% duty cycle. We describe the design, performance and first results of the MIDAS (MIcrowave Detection of Air Showers) detector, a 4.5 m parabolic dish with 53 feeds in its focal plane, currently installed at the University of Chicago.

  8. Mida vähem, seda parem / Kaia Lehari

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    Lehari, Kaia, 1944-

    1998-01-01

    Funktsionalismist, teisenemistest aastail 1920-1960. Esindajaid : W. Gropius, L. Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier. Modernismist. Konstruktivismist (arhitektid vennad Vesninid, disainerid A. Rodtshenko, E. Lissitsky, V. Tatlin) ja ratsionaalse esteetika suunast (arhitektid N. A. Ladovski, K. Melnikov) Venemaal. Koolidest Bauhaus Saksamaal ja Vhutemas-Vhutein Venemaal. Bauhausi stiilist, mida pärast II Maailmasõda internatsionaalseks stiiliks nimetama hakati. Funktsionalismi näiteid Eestist: O. Siinmaa, E. Habermanni, H. Johansoni tööd

  9. The virtual midas touch : helping behavior after a mediated social touch

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    Haans, A.; IJsselsteijn, W.A.

    2009-01-01

    A brief touch on the upper arm increases people's altruistic behavior and willingness to comply with a request. In this paper, we investigate whether this Midas touch phenomenon would also occur under mediated conditions (i.e., touching via an arm strap equipped with electromechanical actuators).

  10. A sensitive mass spectrometric method for hypothesis-driven detection of peptide post-translational modifications: multiple reaction monitoring-initiated detection and sequencing (MIDAS).

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    Unwin, Richard D; Griffiths, John R; Whetton, Anthony D

    2009-01-01

    The application of a targeted mass spectrometric workflow to the sensitive identification of post-translational modifications is described. This protocol employs multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) to search for all putative peptides specifically modified in a target protein. Positive MRMs trigger an MS/MS experiment to confirm the nature and site of the modification. This approach, termed MIDAS (MRM-initiated detection and sequencing), is more sensitive than approaches using neutral loss scanning or precursor ion scanning methodologies, due to a more efficient use of duty cycle along with a decreased background signal associated with MRM. We describe the use of MIDAS for the identification of phosphorylation, with a typical experiment taking just a couple of hours from obtaining a peptide sample. With minor modifications, the MIDAS method can be applied to other protein modifications or unmodified peptides can be used as a MIDAS target.

  11. Shaping the manufacturing industry performance: MIDAS approach

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    Turhan, Ibrahim M.; Sensoy, Ahmet; Hacihasanoglu, Erk

    2015-01-01

    We aim to find out whether the exchange rate (against US dollar) or the interest rate (in local currency) is a better variable in predicting the capacity utilization rate of manufacturing industry (CUR) of Turkey after the 2008 global financial crisis. In that manner, we implement dynamic mixed data sampling (MIDAS) regression model to forecast monthly changes in CUR by using daily changes in the exchange rate and the interest rate separately. The results show that exchange rate has a better forecast performance suggesting that it is a stronger determinant in shaping the manufacturing industry

  12. Mida tegi peaminister Ansip 20 aastat tagasi? / Tarmo Vahter

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    Vahter, Tarmo, 1970-

    2007-01-01

    Endine Tartu KEK-i juhataja Jaak Kalm ja Tartu linna täitevkomitee aseesimees Robert Närska 1988. a. 2. veebruari meeleavaldusest ja selle laialiajamisest Tartus. Andrus Ansipi väidetavast kommentaarist meeleavalduse laialiajamisel. Peaminister Andrus Ansipi vastuseid küsimustele, miks EKP Tartu rajoonikomitee ei valinud teda 1988. a. rajoonikomitee II sekretäriks; kus ta viibis 2. veebruaril 1988. Lisa: Mida näitavad dokumendid

  13. The virtual Midas touch : helping behavior after a mediated social touch

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    Haans, A.; IJsselsteijn, W.A.; Graus, M.P.; Salminen, J.A.

    2008-01-01

    A brief touch on the upper arm increases people's altruistic behavior and willingness to comply to a request. In this paper, we investigate whether this Midas Touch effect would also occur under mediated conditions (i.e., a text messaging system and an arm strap equipped with vibrotactile

  14. Not a simple case - A first comprehensive phylogenetic hypothesis for the Midas cichlid complex in Nicaragua (Teleostei: Cichlidae: Amphilophus).

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    Geiger, Matthias F; McCrary, Jeffrey K; Schliewen, Ulrich K

    2010-09-01

    Nicaraguan Midas cichlids from crater lakes have recently attracted attention as potential model systems for speciation research, but no attempt has been made to comprehensively reconstruct phylogenetic relationships of this highly diverse and recently evolved species complex. We present a first AFLP (2793 loci) and mtDNA based phylogenetic hypothesis including all described and several undescribed species from six crater lakes (Apoyeque, Apoyo, Asososca Leon, Masaya, Tiscapa and Xiloá), the two great Lakes Managua and Nicaragua and the San Juan River. Our analyses demonstrate that the relationships between the Midas cichlid members are complex, and that phylogenetic information from different markers and methods do not always yield congruent results. Nevertheless, monophyly support for crater lake assemblages from Lakes Apoyeque, Apoyo, A. Leon is high as compared to those from L. Xiloá indicating occurrence of sympatric speciation. Further, we demonstrate that a 'three species' concept for the Midas cichlid complex is inapplicable and consequently that an individualized and voucher based approach in speciation research of the Midas cichlid complex is necessary at least as long as there is no comprehensive revision of the species complex available. Copyright 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

  15. Cometary dust at the smallest scale - latest results of the MIDAS Atomic Force Microscope onboard Rosetta

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    Bentley, Mark; Torkar, Klaus; Jeszenszky, Harald; Romstedt, Jens; Schmied, Roland; Mannel, Thurid

    2015-04-01

    The MIDAS instrument onboard the Rosetta orbit is a unique combination of a dust collection and handling system and a high resolution Atomic Force Microscope (AFM). By building three-dimensional images of the dust particle topography, MIDAS addresses a range of fundamental questions in Solar System and cometary science. The first few months of dust collection and scanning revealed a deficit of smaller (micron and below) particles but eventually several 10 µm-class grains were discovered. In fact these were unexpectedly large and close to the limit of what is observable with MIDAS. As a result the sharp tip used by the AFM struck the particles from the side, causing particle breakage and distortion. Analyses so far suggest that the collected particles are fluffy aggregates of smaller sub-units, although determination of the size of these sub-units and high resolution re-imaging remains to be done. The latest findings will be presented here, including a description of the particles collected and the implications of these observations for cometary science and the Rosetta mission at comet 67P.

  16. Re-Design and Beat Testing of the Man-Machine Integration Design and Analysis System: MIDAS

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    Shively, R. Jay; Rutkowski, Michael (Technical Monitor)

    1999-01-01

    The Man-machine Design and Analysis System (MIDAS) is a human factors design and analysis system that combines human cognitive models with 3D CAD models and rapid prototyping and simulation techniques. MIDAS allows designers to ask 'what if' types of questions early in concept exploration and development prior to actual hardware development. The system outputs predictions of operator workload, situational awareness and system performance as well as graphical visualization of the cockpit designs interacting with models of the human in a mission scenario. Recently, MIDAS was re-designed to enhance functionality and usability. The goals driving the redesign include more efficient processing, GUI interface, advances in the memory structures, implementation of external vision models and audition. These changes were detailed in an earlier paper. Two Beta test sites with diverse applications have been chosen. One Beta test site is investigating the development of a new airframe and its interaction with the air traffic management system. The second Beta test effort will investigate 3D auditory cueing in conjunction with traditional visual cueing strategies including panel-mounted and heads-up displays. The progress and lessons learned on each of these projects will be discussed.

  17. MIDAS, prototype Multivariate Interactive Digital Analysis System, phase 1. Volume 1: System description

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    Kriegler, F. J.

    1974-01-01

    The MIDAS System is described as a third-generation fast multispectral recognition system able to keep pace with the large quantity and high rates of data acquisition from present and projected sensors. A principal objective of the MIDAS program is to provide a system well interfaced with the human operator and thus to obtain large overall reductions in turnaround time and significant gains in throughput. The hardware and software are described. The system contains a mini-computer to control the various high-speed processing elements in the data path, and a classifier which implements an all-digital prototype multivariate-Gaussian maximum likelihood decision algorithm operating at 200,000 pixels/sec. Sufficient hardware was developed to perform signature extraction from computer-compatible tapes, compute classifier coefficients, control the classifier operation, and diagnose operation.

  18. Jansen-MIDAS: A multi-level photomicrograph segmentation software based on isotropic undecimated wavelets.

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    de Siqueira, Alexandre Fioravante; Cabrera, Flávio Camargo; Nakasuga, Wagner Massayuki; Pagamisse, Aylton; Job, Aldo Eloizo

    2018-01-01

    Image segmentation, the process of separating the elements within a picture, is frequently used for obtaining information from photomicrographs. Segmentation methods should be used with reservations, since incorrect results can mislead when interpreting regions of interest (ROI). This decreases the success rate of extra procedures. Multi-Level Starlet Segmentation (MLSS) and Multi-Level Starlet Optimal Segmentation (MLSOS) were developed to be an alternative for general segmentation tools. These methods gave rise to Jansen-MIDAS, an open-source software. A scientist can use it to obtain several segmentations of hers/his photomicrographs. It is a reliable alternative to process different types of photomicrographs: previous versions of Jansen-MIDAS were used to segment ROI in photomicrographs of two different materials, with an accuracy superior to 89%. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

  19. An Integration of the Restructured Melcor for the Midas Computer Code

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    Sunhee Park; Dong Ha Kim; Ko-Ryu Kim; Song-Won Cho

    2006-01-01

    The developmental need for a localized severe accident analysis code is on the rise. KAERI is developing a severe accident code called MIDAS, which is based on MELCOR. In order to develop the localized code (MIDAS) which simulates a severe accident in a nuclear power plant, the existing data structure is reconstructed for all the packages in MELCOR, which uses pointer variables for data transfer between the packages. During this process, new features in FORTRAN90 such as a dynamic allocation are used for an improved data saving and transferring method. Hence the readability, maintainability and portability of the MIDAS code have been enhanced. After the package-wise restructuring, the newly converted packages are integrated together. Depending on the data usage in the package, two types of packages can be defined: some use their own data within the package (let's call them independent packages) and the others share their data with other packages (dependent packages). For the independent packages, the integration process is simple to link the already converted packages together. That is, the package-wise structuring does not require further conversion of variables for the integration process. For the dependent packages, extra conversion is necessary to link them together. As the package-wise restructuring converts only the corresponding package's variables, other variables defined from other packages are not touched and remain as it is. These variables are to be converted into the new types of variables simultaneously as well as the main variables in the corresponding package. Then these dependent packages are ready for integration. In order to check whether the integration process is working well, the results from the integrated version are verified against the package-wise restructured results. Steady state runs and station blackout sequences are tested and the major variables are found to be the same each other. In order to verify the results, the integrated

  20. Balti ratsanikud. I-VII / Raigo Kollom

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    Tsaari Venemaa ratsutamishariduse keskusteks olnud hobusekasvandustes ja ratsaväekoolides kõrgetel kohtadel olnud baltisakslastest. Peterburi Nikolai Ratsaväekoolist ja selle kodukorrast, koolijuhtidest ning nimekatest kasvandikest. Ratsa-kaardiväe polgu juhid 1781-191, Kavalergardide polgu juhid 1833-1912. Georg Meyendorff'i elust ning sõprusest skulptor Peter Clodt von Jürgensburgiga, kellelt ta tellis 1862. aastal Kumna mõisa maadele, Keila pastoraadi lähedale, püstitatud Martin Lutheri kuju, mida ei lubatud püstitada Toompeale, siis veel ehitamata Nevski katedraali kohale

  1. MIDAS - an atomic force microscope for in-situ imaging of cometary dust particles

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    Fehringer, H.M.; Ruedenauer, F.G.; Steiger, W.

    1997-02-01

    Comets are interesting bodies, since they are considered to consist of matter remaining in essentially unchanged chemistry from the presolar nebula. Investigation of cometary matter therefore permits to draw conclusion s with respect to the composition of presolar matter. The atomic force microscope MIDAS will be the first instrument to analyze, within ESA's ROSETTA-mission priestine cometary matter in the form of dust particles emitted by comet WIRTANEN during its perihelion in 2013. Within this project, a dust model has been developed, permitting estimation of dust collection times required for statistically significant imaging of cometary particles. The dynamics of dust collection has been developed and experimental dust collection surfaces have been produced making use of modem nanostructuring techniques. Mechanical properties of 3-dimensional piezo-control elements, which are an essential part of the MIDAS microscope, have been determined. (author)

  2. A virtual Midas touch? : touch, compliance, and confederate bias in mediated communication

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    Haans, A.; Bruijn, de R.; IJsselsteijn, W.A.

    2014-01-01

    A brief touch to the shoulder or upper arm increases people’s helping behavior and willingness to comply with requests. In this manuscript, we investigate whether this well-known Midas touch effect is also operative in mediated interactions where the touch act is replaced by electromechanical

  3. Computerized back postural assessment in physiotherapy practice: Intra-rater and inter-rater reliability of the MIDAS system.

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    McAlpine, R T; Bettany-Saltikov, J A; Warren, J G

    2009-01-01

    Assessment of spinal posture during physiotherapy practice is routine, yet few objective measures exist to this end. The Middlesbrough Integrated Digital Assessment System (MIDAS) is a low cost portable system able to record 3D information on posture. The purpose of this study was to assess both the intra-rater and inter-rater reliability of the MIDAS system. Twenty-five healthy subjects were recruited. A repeated measures design was used to record fifteen pre-palpated landmarks on the back of each subject. To limit the sources of variability, the principal researcher palpated the landmarks for each subject. Each of three raters took two measurements on each subject in a standardized upright posture. X (medio-lateral), Y (antero-posterior) and Z (height) landmark positions were recorded via a computer interface. Both intra-rater agreement (mean ICCs - rater 1 r=0.970, rater 2 r=0.965 and rater 3 r=0.965, pMIDAS demonstrated both high inter-rater and intra-rater reliability and provides an objective method for the assessment of posture in physiotherapy practice.

  4. A restructuring of COR package for MIDAS computer code

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    Park, S.H.; Kim, K.R.; Kim, D.H.

    2004-01-01

    The COR package, which calculates the thermal response of the core and the lower plenum internal structures and models the relocation of the core and lower plenum structural materials, has been restructured for the MIDAS computer code. MIDAS is being developed as an integrated severe accident analysis code with a user-friendly graphical user interface and a modernized data structure. To do this, the data transferring methods of the current MELCOR code are modified and adopted into the COR package. The data structure of the current MELCOR code using FORTRAN77 has a difficulty in grasping the meaning of the variables as well as a waste of memory. New features of FORTRAN90 make it possible to allocate the storage dynamically and to use the user-defined data type, which leads to an efficient memory treatment and an easy understanding of the code. Restructuring of the COR package addressed in this paper includes a module development, subroutine modification. The verification has been done by comparing the results of the modified code with those of the existing code. As the trends are similar to each other, it implies that the same approach could be extended to the entire code package. It is expected that the code restructuring will accelerated the code's domestication thanks to a direct understanding of each variable and an easy implementation of the modified or newly developed models. (author)

  5. Anterior segment developmental anomalies in a 33-week-old fetus with MIDAS syndrome.

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    Herwig, Martina C; Loeffler, Karin U; Gembruch, Ulrich; Kuchelmeister, Klaus; Müller, Annette M

    2014-01-01

    We report anterior segment abnormalities in both eyes of a 33-week-old fetus endorsing the diagnosis of MIDAS (microphthalmia, dermal aplasia, and sclerocornea) syndrome. After abortion, the fetus was examined by a standard pediatric autopsy that included macroscopic and microscopic examination of both eyes. Postmortem findings included craniofacial stigmata (such as hypertelorism, a flat nose and low-set ears) and an agenesis of the corpus callosum. Array comparative genomic hybridization revealed a deletion of the short arm of the X chromosome (region Xp22.2 to p22.32). Ophthalmopathologic examination of the eyes revealed microphthalmia with anterior segment developmental anomalies, in particular sclerocornea and Peters' anomaly, respectively. General pathology findings plus the ocular findings allowed the diagnosis of MIDAS syndrome. A discussion of differential diagnoses is provided. This case report indicates that ophthalmopathologic investigation of fetal eyes can be of great value for the further classification of syndromes.

  6. Rapid adaptation to a novel light environment: The importance of ontogeny and phenotypic plasticity in shaping the visual system of Nicaraguan Midas cichlid fish (Amphilophus citrinellus spp.).

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    Härer, Andreas; Torres-Dowdall, Julián; Meyer, Axel

    2017-10-01

    Colonization of novel habitats is typically challenging to organisms. In the initial stage after colonization, approximation to fitness optima in the new environment can occur by selection acting on standing genetic variation, modification of developmental patterns or phenotypic plasticity. Midas cichlids have recently colonized crater Lake Apoyo from great Lake Nicaragua. The photic environment of crater Lake Apoyo is shifted towards shorter wavelengths compared to great Lake Nicaragua and Midas cichlids from both lakes differ in visual sensitivity. We investigated the contribution of ontogeny and phenotypic plasticity in shaping the visual system of Midas cichlids after colonizing this novel photic environment. To this end, we measured cone opsin expression both during development and after experimental exposure to different light treatments. Midas cichlids from both lakes undergo ontogenetic changes in cone opsin expression, but visual sensitivity is consistently shifted towards shorter wavelengths in crater lake fish, which leads to a paedomorphic retention of their visual phenotype. This shift might be mediated by lower levels of thyroid hormone in crater lake Midas cichlids (measured indirectly as dio2 and dio3 gene expression). Exposing fish to different light treatments revealed that cone opsin expression is phenotypically plastic in both species during early development, with short and long wavelength light slowing or accelerating ontogenetic changes, respectively. Notably, this plastic response was maintained into adulthood only in the derived crater lake Midas cichlids. We conclude that the rapid evolution of Midas cichlids' visual system after colonizing crater Lake Apoyo was mediated by a shift in visual sensitivity during ontogeny and was further aided by phenotypic plasticity during development. © 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

  7. Tol2 transposon-mediated transgenesis in the Midas cichlid (Amphilophus citrinellus) - towards understanding gene function and regulatory evolution in an ecological model system for rapid phenotypic diversification.

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    Kratochwil, Claudius F; Sefton, Maggie M; Liang, Yipeng; Meyer, Axel

    2017-11-23

    The Midas cichlid species complex (Amphilophus spp.) is widely known among evolutionary biologists as a model system for sympatric speciation and adaptive phenotypic divergence within extremely short periods of time (a few hundred generations). The repeated parallel evolution of adaptive phenotypes in this radiation, combined with their near genetic identity, makes them an excellent model for studying phenotypic diversification. While many ecological and evolutionary studies have been performed on Midas cichlids, the molecular basis of specific phenotypes, particularly adaptations, and their underlying coding and cis-regulatory changes have not yet been studied thoroughly. For the first time in any New World cichlid, we use Tol2 transposon-mediated transgenesis in the Midas cichlid (Amphilophus citrinellus). By adapting existing microinjection protocols, we established an effective protocol for transgenesis in Midas cichlids. Embryos were injected with a Tol2 plasmid construct that drives enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) expression under the control of the ubiquitin promoter. The transgene was successfully integrated into the germline, driving strong ubiquitous expression of eGFP in the first transgenic Midas cichlid line. Additionally, we show transient expression of two further transgenic constructs, ubiquitin::tdTomato and mitfa::eGFP. Transgenesis in Midas cichlids will facilitate further investigation of the genetic basis of species-specific traits, many of which are adaptations. Transgenesis is a versatile tool not only for studying regulatory elements such as promoters and enhancers, but also for testing gene function through overexpression of allelic gene variants. As such, it is an important first step in establishing the Midas cichlid as a powerful model for studying adaptive coding and non-coding changes in an ecological and evolutionary context.

  8. Are sympatrically speciating Midas cichlid fish special? Patterns of morphological and genetic variation in the closely related species Archocentrus centrarchus.

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    Fruciano, Carmelo; Franchini, Paolo; Raffini, Francesca; Fan, Shaohua; Meyer, Axel

    2016-06-01

    Established empirical cases of sympatric speciation are scarce, although there is an increasing consensus that sympatric speciation might be more common than previously thought. Midas cichlid fish are one of the few substantiated cases of sympatric speciation, and they formed repeated radiations in crater lakes. In contrast, in the same environment, such radiation patterns have not been observed in other species of cichlids and other families of fish. We analyze morphological and genetic variation in a cichlid species (Archocentrus centrarchus) that co-inhabits several crater lakes with the Midas species complex. In particular, we analyze variation in body and pharyngeal jaw shape (two ecologically important traits in sympatrically divergent Midas cichlids) and relate that to genetic variation in mitochondrial control region and microsatellites. Using these four datasets, we analyze variation between and within two Nicaraguan lakes: a crater lake where multiple Midas cichlids have been described and a lake where the source population lives. We do not observe any within-lake clustering consistent across morphological traits and genetic markers, suggesting the absence of sympatric divergence in A. centrarchus. Genetic differentiation between lakes was low and morphological divergence absent. Such morphological similarity between lakes is found not only in average morphology, but also when analyzing covariation between traits and degree of morphospace occupation. A combined analysis of the mitochondrial control region in A. centrarchus and Midas cichlids suggests that a difference between lineages in the timing of crater lake colonization cannot be invoked as an explanation for the difference in their levels of diversification. In light of our results, A. centrarchus represents the ideal candidate to study the genomic differences between these two lineages that might explain why some lineages are more likely to speciate and diverge in sympatry than others.

  9. Operation and maintenance manual for data acquisition system of MIDAS

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    Lee, D. Y.; Park, W. M.; Kim, J. T.; Euh, D. J.

    2001-09-01

    This report describes an operation and maintenance manual of the data acquisition system and the data processing system for the DVI performance evaluation facility, MIDAS. The data acquisition system is implemented with VXI based system of Kinetic Systems TM , and the data processing PC. This report presents the configuration method and operation procedure for the operator. The modification procedure and method for functional extension and performance modification are also included for the future demand

  10. Application of the MIDAS approach for analysis of lysine acetylation sites.

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    Evans, Caroline A; Griffiths, John R; Unwin, Richard D; Whetton, Anthony D; Corfe, Bernard M

    2013-01-01

    Multiple Reaction Monitoring Initiated Detection and Sequencing (MIDAS™) is a mass spectrometry-based technique for the detection and characterization of specific post-translational modifications (Unwin et al. 4:1134-1144, 2005), for example acetylated lysine residues (Griffiths et al. 18:1423-1428, 2007). The MIDAS™ technique has application for discovery and analysis of acetylation sites. It is a hypothesis-driven approach that requires a priori knowledge of the primary sequence of the target protein and a proteolytic digest of this protein. MIDAS essentially performs a targeted search for the presence of modified, for example acetylated, peptides. The detection is based on the combination of the predicted molecular weight (measured as mass-charge ratio) of the acetylated proteolytic peptide and a diagnostic fragment (product ion of m/z 126.1), which is generated by specific fragmentation of acetylated peptides during collision induced dissociation performed in tandem mass spectrometry (MS) analysis. Sequence information is subsequently obtained which enables acetylation site assignment. The technique of MIDAS was later trademarked by ABSciex for targeted protein analysis where an MRM scan is combined with full MS/MS product ion scan to enable sequence confirmation.

  11. Topografia do cone medular do sauim (Saguinus midas Topography of the medullary cone in sauim (Saguinus midas

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    2013-06-01

    Full Text Available Primata endêmico do Brasil, especificamente da floresta Amazônica, o Sauim alimentam-se de pequenos vertebrados, invertebrados, exudatos, flores, néctar, folhas e fungos, cuja morfologia é pouco conhecida. Assim, objetivou-se estabelecer parâmetros morfométricos e topográficos do cone medular dessa espécie, que sirvam de base para a prática das anestesias epidurais. Para tanto, foram avaliados quatro exemplares, provenientes da Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA. O Saguinus midas apresentou sete vértebras lombares e três vértebras sacrais. Após a dissecação do cone medular, registrou-se os aspectos anatômicos de interesse, enfatizando seu início (base e seu término (ápice, que, após mensuração, revelou base em nível de L4 e ápice em S2, com comprimento médio de 5,38cm, o que leva a sugerir a região lombosacral como sendo a mais adequada para o desenvolvimento da prática de anestesias epidurais.Primate endemic to Brazil, specifically in the Amazon rainforest, the Sauim feed on small vertebrates, invertebrates, exudates, flowers, nectar, leaves and fungi whose morphology is poorly known. Thus, the objective was to establish morphometric parameters and topographical conus of this species, as a basis for the practice of epidural anesthesia. For this purpose, four samples were evaluated, from the Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA. The Saguinus midas had seven lumbar vertebrae and three sacral vertebrae. After dissection of the conus, we recorded the anatomy of interest, emphasizing its beginning (base and its end (apex, revealed that after measuring the level of base peak in L4 and S2, with an average length of 5.38cm, which leads us to suggest the lumbosacral region as the most suitable for the development of the practice of epidural anesthesia.

  12. MIDAS phase II. A program for the modal analysis of structures

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    Durrans, R.F.

    1980-10-01

    The application of Modal Analysis to the experimental characterisation of structures is described. A program MIDAS (Modal Identification for the Dynamic Analysis of Structures) has been developed at B.N.L. to perform this function and this report presents a full description of its use. The structures within the coolant circuits of nuclear reactors must be designed to withstand large flow and acoustic forces. (U.K.)

  13. A restructuring of CF package for MIDAS computer code

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    Park, S. H.; Kim, K. R.; Kim, D. H.; Cho, S. W.

    2004-01-01

    CF package, which evaluates user-specified 'control functions' and applies them to define or control various aspects of computation, has been restructured for the MIDAS computer code. MIDAS is being developed as an integrated severe accident analysis code with a user-friendly graphical user interface and modernized data structure. To do this, data transferring methods of current MELCOR code are modified and adopted into the CF package. The data structure of the current MELCOR code using FORTRAN77 causes a difficult grasping of meaning of the variables as well as waste of memory, difficulty is more over because its data is location information of other package's data due to characteristics of CF package. New features of FORTRAN90 make it possible to allocate the storage dynamically and to use the user-defined data type, which lead to an efficient memory treatment and an easy understanding of the code. Restructuring of the CF package addressed in this paper includes module development, subroutine modification, and treats MELGEN, which generates data file, as well as MELCOR, which is processing a calculation. The verification has been done by comparing the results of the modified code with those from the existing code. As the trends are similar to each other, it hints that the same approach could be extended to the entire code package. It is expected that code restructuring will accelerate the code domestication thanks to direct understanding of each variable and easy implementation of modified or newly developed models

  14. Accuracy Potential and Applications of MIDAS Aerial Oblique Camera System

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    Madani, M.

    2012-07-01

    Airborne oblique cameras such as Fairchild T-3A were initially used for military reconnaissance in 30s. A modern professional digital oblique camera such as MIDAS (Multi-camera Integrated Digital Acquisition System) is used to generate lifelike three dimensional to the users for visualizations, GIS applications, architectural modeling, city modeling, games, simulators, etc. Oblique imagery provide the best vantage for accessing and reviewing changes to the local government tax base, property valuation assessment, buying & selling of residential/commercial for better decisions in a more timely manner. Oblique imagery is also used for infrastructure monitoring making sure safe operations of transportation, utilities, and facilities. Sanborn Mapping Company acquired one MIDAS from TrackAir in 2011. This system consists of four tilted (45 degrees) cameras and one vertical camera connected to a dedicated data acquisition computer system. The 5 digital cameras are based on the Canon EOS 1DS Mark3 with Zeiss lenses. The CCD size is 5,616 by 3,744 (21 MPixels) with the pixel size of 6.4 microns. Multiple flights using different camera configurations (nadir/oblique (28 mm/50 mm) and (50 mm/50 mm)) were flown over downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado. Boresight fights for 28 mm nadir camera were flown at 600 m and 1,200 m and for 50 mm nadir camera at 750 m and 1500 m. Cameras were calibrated by using a 3D cage and multiple convergent images utilizing Australis model. In this paper, the MIDAS system is described, a number of real data sets collected during the aforementioned flights are presented together with their associated flight configurations, data processing workflow, system calibration and quality control workflows are highlighted and the achievable accuracy is presented in some detail. This study revealed that the expected accuracy of about 1 to 1.5 GSD (Ground Sample Distance) for planimetry and about 2 to 2.5 GSD for vertical can be achieved. Remaining systematic

  15. ACCURACY POTENTIAL AND APPLICATIONS OF MIDAS AERIAL OBLIQUE CAMERA SYSTEM

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    Full Text Available Airborne oblique cameras such as Fairchild T-3A were initially used for military reconnaissance in 30s. A modern professional digital oblique camera such as MIDAS (Multi-camera Integrated Digital Acquisition System is used to generate lifelike three dimensional to the users for visualizations, GIS applications, architectural modeling, city modeling, games, simulators, etc. Oblique imagery provide the best vantage for accessing and reviewing changes to the local government tax base, property valuation assessment, buying & selling of residential/commercial for better decisions in a more timely manner. Oblique imagery is also used for infrastructure monitoring making sure safe operations of transportation, utilities, and facilities. Sanborn Mapping Company acquired one MIDAS from TrackAir in 2011. This system consists of four tilted (45 degrees cameras and one vertical camera connected to a dedicated data acquisition computer system. The 5 digital cameras are based on the Canon EOS 1DS Mark3 with Zeiss lenses. The CCD size is 5,616 by 3,744 (21 MPixels with the pixel size of 6.4 microns. Multiple flights using different camera configurations (nadir/oblique (28 mm/50 mm and (50 mm/50 mm were flown over downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado. Boresight fights for 28 mm nadir camera were flown at 600 m and 1,200 m and for 50 mm nadir camera at 750 m and 1500 m. Cameras were calibrated by using a 3D cage and multiple convergent images utilizing Australis model. In this paper, the MIDAS system is described, a number of real data sets collected during the aforementioned flights are presented together with their associated flight configurations, data processing workflow, system calibration and quality control workflows are highlighted and the achievable accuracy is presented in some detail. This study revealed that the expected accuracy of about 1 to 1.5 GSD (Ground Sample Distance for planimetry and about 2 to 2.5 GSD for vertical can be achieved. Remaining

  16. The nature of (sub-)micrometre cometary dust particles detected with MIDAS

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    Mannel, T.; Bentley, M. S.; Torkar, K.; Jeszenszky, H.; Romstedt, J.; Schmied, R.

    2015-10-01

    The MIDAS Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) onboard Rosetta collects dust particles and produces three-dimensional images with nano- to micrometre resolution. To date, several tens of particles have been detected, allowing determination of their properties at the smallest scale. The key features will be presented, including the particle size, their fragile character, and their morphology. These findings will be compared with the results of other Rosetta dust experiments.

  17. A restructuring of RN1 package for MIDAS computer code

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    Park, S. H.; Kim, D. H.; Kim, K. R.

    2003-01-01

    RN1 package, which is one of two fission product-related packages in MELCOR, has been restructured for the MIDAS computer code. MIDAS is being developed as an integrated severe accident analysis code with a user-friendly graphical user interface and modernized data structure. To do this, data transferring methods of current MELCOR code are modified and adopted into the RN1 package. The data structure of the current MELCOR code using FORTRAN77 causes a difficult grasping of meaning of the variables as well as waste of memory. New features of FORTRAN90 make it possible to allocate the storage dynamically and to use the user-defined data type, which lead to an efficient memory treatment and an easy understanding of the code. Restructuring of the RN1 package addressed in this paper includes module development, subroutine modification, and treats MELGEN, which generates data file, as well as MELCOR, which is processing a calculation. The verification has been done by comparing the results of the modified code with those from the existing code. As the trends are similar to each other, it hints that the same approach could be extended to the entire code package. It is expected that code restructuring will accelerate the code domestication thanks to direct understanding of each variable and easy implementation of modified or newly developed models

  18. A restructuring of RN2 package for MIDAS computer code

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    Park, S. H.; Kim, D. H.

    2003-01-01

    RN2 package, which is one of two fission product-related package in MELCOR, has been restructured for the MIDAS computer code. MIDAS is being developed as an integrated severe accident analysis code with a user-friendly graphical user interface and data structure. To do this, data transferring methods of current MELCOR code are modified and adopted into the RN2 package. The data structure of the current MELCOR code using FORTRAN77 causes a difficult grasping of meaning of the variables as well as waste of memory. New features of FORTRAN90 make it possible to allocate the storage dynamically and to use the user-defined data type, which lead to an efficient memory treatment and an easy understanding of the code. Restructuring of the RN2 package addressed in this paper includes module development, subroutine modification, and treats MELGEN, which generates data file, as well as MELCOR, which is processing a calculation. The validation has been done by comparing the results of the modified code with those from the existing code. As the trends are the similar to each other, it hints that the same approach could be extended to the entire code package. It is expected that code restructuring will accelerate the code domestication thanks to direct understanding of each variable and easy implementation of modified or newly developed models

  19. MiDAS Field Guide – a Comprehensive Online Source of Information About the Microbes of Activated Sludge

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    Nierychlo, Marta; McIlroy, Simon Jon; Saunders, Aaron Marc

    activated sludge wastewater treatment systems, linking their identity with available information on their function and distribution. The guide includes the approx. 100 abundant genera that are present in most treatment plants (based on a survey of 25 full-scale Danish wastewater treatment plants...... are provided. The MiDAS Field Guide is a continuously developing resource where all working in the field are invited to contribute....... that would be otherwise excluded from analyses. The MiDAS database importantly provides a common taxonomy for the field that gives a solid foundation for the study of microbial ecology of the activated sludge process and related wastewater treatment processes, such as biofilms and granular sludge. Each genus...

  20. MiDas: automatic extraction of a common domain of discourse in sleep medicine for multi-center data integration.

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    Sahoo, Satya S; Ogbuji, Chimezie; Luo, Lingyun; Dong, Xiao; Cui, Licong; Redline, Susan S; Zhang, Guo-Qiang

    2011-01-01

    Clinical studies often use data dictionaries with controlled sets of terms to facilitate data collection, limited interoperability and sharing at a local site. Multi-center retrospective clinical studies require that these data dictionaries, originating from individual participating centers, be harmonized in preparation for the integration of the corresponding clinical research data. Domain ontologies are often used to facilitate multi-center data integration by modeling terms from data dictionaries in a logic-based language, but interoperability among domain ontologies (using automated techniques) is an unresolved issue. Although many upper-level reference ontologies have been proposed to address this challenge, our experience in integrating multi-center sleep medicine data highlights the need for an upper level ontology that models a common set of terms at multiple-levels of abstraction, which is not covered by the existing upper-level ontologies. We introduce a methodology underpinned by a Minimal Domain of Discourse (MiDas) algorithm to automatically extract a minimal common domain of discourse (upper-domain ontology) from an existing domain ontology. Using the Multi-Modality, Multi-Resource Environment for Physiological and Clinical Research (Physio-MIMI) multi-center project in sleep medicine as a use case, we demonstrate the use of MiDas in extracting a minimal domain of discourse for sleep medicine, from Physio-MIMI's Sleep Domain Ontology (SDO). We then extend the resulting domain of discourse with terms from the data dictionary of the Sleep Heart and Health Study (SHHS) to validate MiDas. To illustrate the wider applicability of MiDas, we automatically extract the respective domains of discourse from 6 sample domain ontologies from the National Center for Biomedical Ontologies (NCBO) and the OBO Foundry.

  1. UPTF test 21D counterpart test in the MIDAS test facility

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    Yoon, B. C.; Ah, D. J.; Joo, I. C.; Kwon, T. S.; Park, W. M.; Song, C. H.

    2002-01-01

    This paper describes the experimental results of UPTF Test 21D counterpart tests in the downcomer during the late reflood phase of LBLOCA. The experiments have been performed in the MIDAS test facility using superheated steam and water. The test condition was determined,based on the test results of UPTF Test 21D, by applying the 'modified linear scaling method of 1/4.077 length scale. The tests of ECC direct bypass and void height are performed separately to estimate each phenomena quantitatively. The tests were carried out by varying the injection steam flow rate of intact cold legs widely to investigate the effect of steam flow rate on the direct bypass fraction and void height. In the tests, separate effect tests have been performed in cases of DVI-1,DVI- 2 and DVI-1 and 2 injections to see the direct bypass fraction according to the DVI nozzle combination. From the tests, we found that the fraction of direct ECC bypass and the void height observed in the MIDAS test facility reasonably well agree with those of UPTF test 21- D. It confirms that the applied 'modified linear scaling law' reproduces major thermal hydraulics phenomena in the downcomer during the LBLOCA reflood phase

  2. Molecular Ionization-Desorption Analysis Source (MIDAS) for Mass Spectrometry: Thin-Layer Chromatography

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    Winter, Gregory T.; Wilhide, Joshua A.; LaCourse, William R.

    2016-02-01

    Molecular ionization-desorption analysis source (MIDAS), which is a desorption atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (DAPCI) type source, for mass spectrometry has been developed as a multi-functional platform for the direct sampling of surfaces. In this article, its utility for the analysis of thin-layer chromatography (TLC) plates is highlighted. Amino acids, which are difficult to visualize without staining reagents or charring, were detected and identified directly from a TLC plate. To demonstrate the full potential of MIDAS, all active ingredients from an analgesic tablet, separated on a TLC plate, were successfully detected using both positive and negative ion modes. The identity of each of the compounds was confirmed from their mass spectra and compared against standards. Post separation, the chemical signal (blue permanent marker) as reference marks placed at the origin and solvent front were used to calculate retention factor (Rf) values from the resulting ion chromatogram. The quantitative capabilities of the device were exhibited by scanning caffeine spots on a TLC plate of increasing sample amount. A linear curve based on peak are, R2 = 0.994, was generated for seven spots ranging from 50 to 1000 ng of caffeine per spot.

  3. MIDAS: Automated Approach to Design Microwave Integrated Inductors and Transformers on Silicon

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    L. Aluigi

    2013-09-01

    Full Text Available The design of modern radiofrequency integrated circuits on silicon operating at microwave and millimeter-waves requires the integration of several spiral inductors and transformers that are not commonly available in the process design-kits of the technologies. In this work we present an auxiliary CAD tool for Microwave Inductor (and transformer Design Automation on Silicon (MIDAS that exploits commercial simulators and allows the implementation of an automatic design flow, including three-dimensional layout editing and electromagnetic simulations. In detail, MIDAS allows the designer to derive a preliminary sizing of the inductor (transformer on the bases of the design entries (specifications. It draws the inductor (transformer layers for the specific process design kit, including vias and underpasses, with or without patterned ground shield, and launches the electromagnetic simulations, achieving effective design automation with respect to the traditional design flow for RFICs. With the present software suite the complete design time is reduced significantly (typically 1 hour on a PC based on Intel® Pentium® Dual 1.80GHz CPU with 2-GB RAM. Afterwards both the device equivalent circuit and the layout are ready to be imported in the Cadence environment.

  4. A Review of 20 Years of Research on Overdiagnosis and Underdiagnosis in the Rhode Island Methods to Improve Diagnostic Assessment and Services (MIDAS) Project.

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    Zimmerman, Mark

    2016-02-01

    The Rhode Island Methods to Improve Diagnostic Assessment and Services (MIDAS) project represents an integration of research methodology into a community-based outpatient practice affiliated with an academic medical centre. The MIDAS project is the largest clinical epidemiological study using semi-structured interviews to assess a wide range of psychiatric disorders in a general clinical outpatient practice. In an early report from the MIDAS project, we found that across diagnostic categories clinicians using unstandardized, unstructured clinical interviews underrecognized diagnostic comorbidity, compared with the results of semi-structured interviews. Moreover, we found that the patients often wanted treatment for symptoms of disorders that were diagnosed as comorbid, rather than principal, conditions. This highlighted the importance, from the patient's perspective, of conducting thorough diagnostic interviews to diagnose disorders that are not related to the patient's chief complaint because patients often desire treatment for these additional diagnoses. While several of the initial papers from the MIDAS project identified problems with the detection of comorbid disorders in clinical practice, regarding the diagnosis of bipolar disorder we observed the emergence of an opposite phenomenon-clinician overdiagnosis. The results from the MIDAS project, along with other studies of diagnosis in routine clinical practice, have brought to the forefront the problem with diagnosis in routine clinical practice. An important question is what do these findings suggest about the community standard of care in making psychiatric diagnoses, and whether and how the standard of care should be changed? The implications are discussed. © The Author(s) 2016.

  5. The development of Music in Dementia Assessment Scales (MiDAS).

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    McDermott, Orii; Orrell, Martin; Ridder, Hanne Mette

    2015-07-03

    There is a need to develop an outcome measure specific to music therapy in dementia that reflects a holistic picture of the therapy process and outcome. This study aimed to develop a clinically relevant and scientifically robust music therapy outcome measure incorporating the values and views of people with dementia. Focus groups and interviews were conducted to obtain qualitative data on what music meant to people with dementia and the observed effects of music. Expert and peer consultations were conducted at each stage of the measure development to maximise its content validity. The new measure was field-tested by clinicians in a care home. Feedback from the clinicians and music therapy experts were incorporated during the review and refinement process of the measure. A review of the existing literature, the experiential results and the consensus process enabled the development of the new outcome measure "Music in Dementia Assessment Scales (MiDAS)". Analysis of the qualitative data identified five key areas of the impact of music on people with dementia and they were transformed as the five Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) items: levels of Interest, Response, Initiation, Involvement and Enjoyment. MiDAS comprises the five VAS items and a supplementary checklist of notable positive and negative reactions from the individual. This study demonstrates that it is possible to design and develop an easy to apply and rigorous quantitative outcome measure which has a high level of clinical relevance for people with dementia, care home staff and music therapists.

  6. [Cross-cultural adaptation of the Myocardial Infarction Dimensional Assessment Scale (MIDAS) to the Brazilian Portuguese language].

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    Fiorin, Bruno Henrique; Oliveira, Elizabete Regina Araújo de; Moreira, Rita Simone Lopes; Luna Filho, Bráulio

    2018-03-01

    From the evaluation of the factors that affect quality of life (QOL) it is possible to plan interventions that lead to the improved well-being of patients. The scope of this study was to conduct the cross-cultural adaptation of the Myocardial Infarction Dimensional Assessment Scale (MIDAS) questionnaire to the Portuguese language, seeking the necessary semantic, idiomatic, conceptual and cultural equivalence. The theoretical framework of Guillemin, Bombardier and Beaton was used, fulfilling the following steps: translation, back translation, evaluation of the authors, peer review and pre-testing. After all the tests, the semantic, idiomatic, conceptual and cultural equivalence was achieved. The scale proved to be easy to use and was clinically important. MIDAS was validated in terms of its semantic, idiomatic, conceptual and cultural equivalences. Subsequently, the measurement equivalence will be evaluated to verify the psychometric properties.

  7. Stable coordination of the inhibitory Ca2+ ion at MIDAS in integrin CD11b/CD18 by an antibody-derived ligand aspartate: Implications for integrin regulation and structure-based drug design

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    Mahalingam, Bhuvaneshwari; Ajroud, Kaouther; Alonso, Jose Luis; Anand, Saurabh; Adair, Brian; Horenstein, Alberto L; Malavasi, Fabio; Xiong, Jian-Ping; Arnaout, M. Amin

    2011-01-01

    A central feature of integrin interaction with physiologic ligands is the monodentate binding of a ligand carboxylate to a Mg2+ ion hexacoordinated at the metal-ion-dependent-adhesion site (MIDAS) in the integrin A-domain. This interaction stabilizes the A-domain in the high-affinity state, which is distinguished from the default low-affinity state by tertiary changes in the domain that culminate in cell adhesion. Small molecule ligand-mimetic integrin antagonists act as partial agonists, eliciting similar activating conformational changes in the A-domain, which has contributed to paradoxical adhesion and increased patient mortality in large clinical trials. As with other ligand-mimetic integrin antagonists, the function-blocking monoclonal antibody (mAb) 107 binds MIDAS of integrin CD11b/CD18 A-domain (CD11bA), but in contrast, it favors the inhibitory Ca2+ ion over Mg2+ at MIDAS. We determined the crystal structures of the Fab fragment of mAb 107 complexed to the low- and high-affinity states of CD11bA. Favored binding of Ca2+ at MIDAS is caused by the unusual symmetric bidentate ligation of a Fab-derived ligand Asp to a heptacoordinated MIDAS Ca2+. Binding of Fab 107 to CD11bA did not trigger the activating tertiary changes in the domain or in the full-length integrin. These data show that denticity of the ligand Asp/Glu can modify divalent cation selectivity at MIDAS and hence integrin function. Stabilizing the Ca2+ ion at MIDAS by bidentate ligation to a ligand Asp/Glu may provide one approach for designing pure integrin antagonists. PMID:22095715

  8. Phylogeography, colonization and population history of the Midas cichlid species complex (Amphilophus spp. in the Nicaraguan crater lakes

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    Meyer Axel

    2010-10-01

    Full Text Available Abstract Background Elucidation of the mechanisms driving speciation requires detailed knowledge about the phylogenetic relationships and phylogeography of the incipient species within their entire ranges as well as their colonization history. The Midas cichlid species complex Amphilophus spp. has been proven to be a powerful model system for the study of ecological specialization, sexual selection and the mechanisms of sympatric speciation. Here we present a comprehensive and integrative phylogeographic analysis of the complete Midas Cichlid species complex in Nicaragua (> 2000 individuals covering the entire distributional range, using two types of molecular markers (the mitochondrial DNA control region and 15 microsatellites. We investigated the majority of known lake populations of this species complex and reconstructed their colonization history in order to distinguish between alternative speciation scenarios. Results We found that the large lakes contain older and more diverse Midas Cichlid populations, while all crater lakes hold younger and genetically less variable species assemblages. The large lakes appear to have repeatedly acted as source populations for all crater lakes, and our data indicate that faunal exchange among crater lakes is extremely unlikely. Despite their very recent (often only a few thousand years old and common origin from the two large Nicaraguan lakes, all crater lake Midas Cichlid radiations underwent independent, but parallel, evolution, and comprise distinct genetic units. Indeed several of these crater lakes contain multiple genetically distinct incipient species that most likely arose through sympatric speciation. Several crater lake radiations can be traced back to a single ancestral line, but some appear to have more than one founding lineage. The timing of the colonization(s of each crater lake differs, although most of them occurred more (probably much more recently than 20,000 years ago. Conclusion The

  9. Phylogeography, colonization and population history of the Midas cichlid species complex (Amphilophus spp.) in the Nicaraguan crater lakes.

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    Barluenga, Marta; Meyer, Axel

    2010-10-26

    Elucidation of the mechanisms driving speciation requires detailed knowledge about the phylogenetic relationships and phylogeography of the incipient species within their entire ranges as well as their colonization history. The Midas cichlid species complex Amphilophus spp. has been proven to be a powerful model system for the study of ecological specialization, sexual selection and the mechanisms of sympatric speciation. Here we present a comprehensive and integrative phylogeographic analysis of the complete Midas Cichlid species complex in Nicaragua (> 2000 individuals) covering the entire distributional range, using two types of molecular markers (the mitochondrial DNA control region and 15 microsatellites). We investigated the majority of known lake populations of this species complex and reconstructed their colonization history in order to distinguish between alternative speciation scenarios. We found that the large lakes contain older and more diverse Midas Cichlid populations, while all crater lakes hold younger and genetically less variable species assemblages. The large lakes appear to have repeatedly acted as source populations for all crater lakes, and our data indicate that faunal exchange among crater lakes is extremely unlikely. Despite their very recent (often only a few thousand years old) and common origin from the two large Nicaraguan lakes, all crater lake Midas Cichlid radiations underwent independent, but parallel, evolution, and comprise distinct genetic units. Indeed several of these crater lakes contain multiple genetically distinct incipient species that most likely arose through sympatric speciation. Several crater lake radiations can be traced back to a single ancestral line, but some appear to have more than one founding lineage. The timing of the colonization(s) of each crater lake differs, although most of them occurred more (probably much more) recently than 20,000 years ago. The genetic differentiation of the crater lake populations

  10. Snap clutch, a moded approach to solving the Midas touch problem.

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    Istance, Howell; Bates, R.; Hyrskykari, A.; Vickers, Stephen

    2008-01-01

    This paper proposes a simple approach to an old problem, that of the 'Midas Touch'. This uses modes to enable different types of mouse behavior to be emulated with gaze and by using gestures to switch between these modes. A light weight gesture is also used to switch gaze control off when it is not needed, thereby removing a major cause of the problem. The ideas have been trialed in Second Life, which is characterized by a feature-rich of set of interaction techniques and a 3D graphical world...

  11. Embryonic and larval development in the Midas cichlid fish species flock (Amphilophus spp.): a new evo-devo model for the investigation of adaptive novelties and species differences.

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    Kratochwil, Claudius F; Sefton, Maggie M; Meyer, Axel

    2015-02-26

    Central American crater lake cichlid fish of the Midas species complex (Amphilophus spp.) are a model system for sympatric speciation and fast ecological diversification and specialization. Midas cichlids have been intensively analyzed from an ecological and morphological perspective. Genomic resources such as transcriptomic and genomic data sets, and a high-quality draft genome are available now. Many ecologically relevant species-specific traits and differences such as pigmentation and cranial morphology arise during development. Detailed descriptions of the early development of the Midas cichlid in particular, will help to investigate the ontogeny of species differences and adaptations. We describe the embryonic and larval development of the crater lake cichlid, Amphilophus xiloaensis, until seven days after fertilization. Similar to previous studies on teleost development, we describe six periods of embryogenesis - the zygote, cleavage, blastula, gastrula, segmentation, and post-hatching period. Furthermore, we define homologous stages to well-described teleost models such as medaka and zebrafish, as well as other cichlid species such as the Nile tilapia and the South American cichlid Cichlasoma dimerus. Key morphological differences between the embryos of Midas cichlids and other teleosts are highlighted and discussed, including the presence of adhesive glands and different early chromatophore patterns, as well as variation in developmental timing. The developmental staging of the Midas cichlid will aid researchers in the comparative investigation of teleost ontogenies. It will facilitate comparative developmental biological studies of Neotropical and African cichlid fish in particular. In the past, the species flocks of the African Great Lakes have received the most attention from researchers, but some lineages of the 300-400 species of Central American lakes are fascinating model systems for adaptive radiation and rapid phenotypic evolution. The availability

  12. A Restructuring of the CAV and FDI Package for the MIDAS Computer Code

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    Park, S. H.; Kim, D. H.; Cho, S. W.

    2006-01-01

    As one of the processes for a localized severe accident analysis code, KAERI is developing a severe accident code MIDAS. The MIDAS code is being developed based on MELCOR. The existing data saving method of MELCOR uses pointer variables for a fix-sized storage management, and it deteriorates the readability, maintainability and portability of the code. As a most important process for a localized severe accident analysis code, it is needed convenient method for data handling. So, it has been used the new features in FORTRAN90 such as a dynamic allocation for the restructuring. The restructuring of the data saving and transferring method of the existing code makes it easy to understand the code. Before an entire restructuring of the code, a restructuring template for a simple package was developed and tested. The target for the restructuring in this paper was the CAV and FDI packages. The CAV(cavity) package is responsible for modeling the attack on the basement concrete by hot core materials. The FDI(Fuel Dispersal Interactions) package is responsible for modeling both low and high pressure molten fuel ejection from the RPV into the reactor cavity, control volumes and surfaces. The verification was done through comparing the results before and after the restructuring

  13. Differential chromosomal organization between Saguinus midas and Saguinus bicolor with accumulation of differences the repetitive sequence DNA.

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    Serfaty, Dayane Martins Barbosa; Carvalho, Natália Dayane Moura; Gross, Maria Claudia; Gordo, Marcelo; Schneider, Carlos Henrique

    2017-10-01

    Saguinus is the largest and most complex genus of the subfamily Callitrichinae, with 23 species distributed from the south of Central America to the north of South America with Saguinus midas having the largest geographical distribution while Saguinus bicolor has a very restricted one, affected by the population expansion in the state of Amazonas. Considering the phylogenetic proximity of the two species along with evidence on the existence of hybrids between them, as well as cytogenetic studies on Saguinus describing a conserved karyotypic macrostructure, we carried out a physical mapping of DNA repeated sequences in the mitotic chromosome of both species, since these sequences are less susceptible to evolutionary pressure and possibly perform an important function in speciation. Both species presented 2n = 46 chromosomes; in S. midas, chromosome Y is the smallest. Multiple ribosomal sites occur in both species, but chromosome pairs three and four may be regarded as markers that differ the species when subjected to G banding and distribution of retroelement LINE 1, suggesting that it may be cytogenetic marker in which it can contribute to identification of first generation hybrids in contact zone. Saguinus bicolor also presented differences in the LINE 1 distribution pattern for sexual chromosome X in individuals from different urban fragments, probably due to geographical isolation. In this context, cytogenetic analyses reveal a differential genomic organization pattern between species S. midas and S. bicolor, in addition to indicating that individuals from different urban fragments have been accumulating differences because of the isolation between them.

  14. Construction simulation analysis of 120m continuous rigid frame bridge based on Midas Civil

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    Shi, Jing-xian; Ran, Zhi-hong

    2018-03-01

    In this paper, a three-dimensional finite element model of a continuous rigid frame bridge with a main span of 120m is established by the simulation and analysis of Midas Civil software. The deflection and stress of the main beam in each construction stage of continuous beam bridge are simulated and analyzed, which provides a reliable technical guarantee for the safe construction of the bridge.

  15. The role of rare morph advantage and conspicuousness in the stable gold-dark colour polymorphism of a crater lake Midas cichlid fish.

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    Torres-Dowdall, Julián; Golcher-Benavides, Jimena; Machado-Schiaffino, Gonzalo; Meyer, Axel

    2017-09-01

    Genetically based stable colour polymorphisms provide a unique opportunity to study the evolutionary processes that preserve genetic variability in the wild. Different mechanisms are proposed to promote the stability of polymorphisms, but only few empirical examples have been documented, resulting in an incomplete understanding of these mechanisms. A remarkable genetically determined stable colour polymorphism is found in the Nicaraguan Midas cichlid species complex (Amphilophus cf. citrinellus). All Midas cichlids start their life with a dark-grey coloration (dark morph), but individuals carrying the dominant "gold" allele (c. 10%) lose their melanophores later in life, revealing the underlying orange coloration (gold morph). How this polymorphism is maintained remains unclear. Two main hypotheses have been proposed, both suggesting differential predation upon colour morphs as the proximate mechanism. One predicts that the conspicuous gold morph is more likely to be preyed upon, but this disadvantage is balanced by their competitive dominance over the dark morph. The second hypothesis suggests a rare morph advantage where the rarer gold morph experiences less predation. Empirical evidence for either of these mechanisms is still circumstantial and inconclusive. We conducted two field experiments in a Nicaraguan crater lake using wax models simulating both morphs to determine predation pressure upon Midas cichlid colour morphs. First, we tested the interaction of coloration and depth on attack rate. Second, we tested the interaction of fish size and coloration. We contrasted the pattern of attacks from these experiments to the predicted predation patterns from the hypotheses proposed to explain the colour polymorphism's stability. Large models imitating colour morphs were attacked at similar rates irrespectively of their position in the water column. Yet, attacks upon small models resembling juveniles were directed mainly towards dark models. This resulted in a

  16. Utilizing a multiprocessor architecture - The performance of MIDAS

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    Maples, C.; Logan, D.; Meng, J.; Rathbun, W.; Weaver, D.

    1983-01-01

    The MIDAS architecture organizes multiple CPUs into clusters called distributed subsystems. Each subsystem consists of an array of processors controlled by a supervisory CPU. The multiprocessor array is composed of commercial CPUs (with floating point hardware) and specialized processing elements. Interprocessor communication within the array may occur either through switched memory modules or common shared memory. The architecture permits multiple processors to be focused on single problems. A distributed subsystem has been constructed and tested. It currently consists of a supervisor CPU; 16 blocks of independently switchable memory; 9 general purpose, VAX-class CPUs; and 2 specialized pipelined processors to handle I/O. Results on a variety of problems indicate that the subsystem performs 8 to 15 times faster than a standard computer with an identical CPU. The difference in performance represents the effect of differing CPU and I/O requirements

  17. Ostu-müügi lepingust Venemaa uues tsiviilkoodeksis ja Läti tsiviilseadustikus : (võrdlevalt Eesti võlaõigusseaduse eelnõuga) : [bakalaureusetöö] / Carry Plaks ; Tartu Ülikool, õigusteaduskond ; juhendaja: Irene Kull

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    Plaks, Carry, 1977-

    1999-01-01

    Venemaa tsiviilkoodeks, ostu-müügi leping seal, nende eriliigid, jaemüük, müügilepingu regulatsioon Läti tsiviilõiguses, eriliigid, erinevused Eesti, Läti ja Vene müügilepingute regulatsioonis

  18. A restructuring of the CF/EDF packages for the MIDAS computer code

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    Park, S.H.; Kim, K.R.; Kim, D.H.

    2004-01-01

    The CF and EDF packages, which allow the user to define the functions of variables in a database and the usage of an external data file, have been restructured for the MIDAS computer code. MIDAS is being developed as an integrated severe accident analysis code with a user-friendly graphical user interface and a modernized data structure. To restructure the code, the data transferring methods of the current MELCOR code are modified and then partially adopted into the CF/EDF packages. The data structure of the current MELCOR code using FORTRAN77 has a difficulty in grasping the meaning of the variables as pointers are used to define their addresses. New features of FORTRAN90 make it possible to allocate the storage dynamically and to use the user-defined data type without pointers leading to an efficient memory treatment and an easy understanding of the code. Restructuring of the CF/EDF packages addressed in this paper includes a module development and subroutine modification. The verification has been done by comparing the results of the modified code with those of the existing code and the trends are almost the same to each other. Therefore the similar approach could be extended to the entire code package for code restructuring. It is expected that the code restructuring will accelerate the code's domestication thanks to a direct understanding of each variable and an easy implementation of the modified or newly developed models. (author)

  19. The MIDAS touch for Accurately Predicting the Stress-Strain Behavior of Tantalum

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    Jorgensen, S. [Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

    2016-03-02

    Testing the behavior of metals in extreme environments is not always feasible, so material scientists use models to try and predict the behavior. To achieve accurate results it is necessary to use the appropriate model and material-specific parameters. This research evaluated the performance of six material models available in the MIDAS database [1] to determine at which temperatures and strain-rates they perform best, and to determine to which experimental data their parameters were optimized. Additionally, parameters were optimized for the Johnson-Cook model using experimental data from Lassila et al [2].

  20. Measuring surface salinity in the N. Atlantic subtropical gyre. The SPURS-MIDAS cruise, spring 2013

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    Font, Jordi; Ward, Brian; Emelianov, Mikhail; Morisset, Simon; Salvador, Joaquin; Busecke, Julius

    2014-05-01

    SPURS-MIDAS (March-April 2013) on board the Spanish R/V Sarmiento de Gamboa was a contribution to SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper ocean Regional Study) focused on the processes responsible for the formation and maintenance of the salinity maximum associated to the North Atlantic subtropical gyre. Scientists from Spain, Ireland, France and US sampled the mesoscale and submesoscale structures in the surface layer (fixed points and towed undulating CTD, underway near surface TSG) and deployed operational and experimental drifters and vertical profilers, plus additional ocean and atmospheric data collection. Validation of salinity maps obtained from the SMOS satellite was one of the objectives of the cruise. The cruise included a joint workplan and coordinated sampling with the US R/V Endeavor, with contribution from SPURS teams on land in real time data and analysis exchange. We present here an overview of the different kinds of measurements made during the cruise, as well as a first comparison between SMOS-derived sea surface salinity products and salinity maps obtained from near-surface sampling in the SPURS-MIDAS area and from surface drifters released during the cruise.

  1. Structure-guided design of a high-affinity platelet integrin αIIbβ3 receptor antagonist that disrupts Mg²⁺ binding to the MIDAS.

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    Zhu, Jieqing; Choi, Won-Seok; McCoy, Joshua G; Negri, Ana; Zhu, Jianghai; Naini, Sarasija; Li, Jihong; Shen, Min; Huang, Wenwei; Bougie, Daniel; Rasmussen, Mark; Aster, Richard; Thomas, Craig J; Filizola, Marta; Springer, Timothy A; Coller, Barry S

    2012-03-14

    An integrin found on platelets, α(IIb)β(3) mediates platelet aggregation, and α(IIb)β(3) antagonists are effective antithrombotic agents in the clinic. Ligands bind to integrins in part by coordinating a magnesium ion (Mg(2+)) located in the β subunit metal ion-dependent adhesion site (MIDAS). Drugs patterned on the integrin ligand sequence Arg-Gly-Asp have a basic moiety that binds the α(IIb) subunit and a carboxyl group that coordinates the MIDAS Mg(2+) in the β(3) subunits. They induce conformational changes in the β(3) subunit that may have negative consequences such as exposing previously hidden epitopes and inducing the active conformation of the receptor. We recently reported an inhibitor of α(IIb)β(3) (RUC-1) that binds exclusively to the α(IIb) subunit; here, we report the structure-based design and synthesis of RUC-2, a RUC-1 derivative with a ~100-fold higher affinity. RUC-2 does not induce major conformational changes in β(3) as judged by monoclonal antibody binding, light scattering, gel chromatography, electron microscopy, and a receptor priming assay. X-ray crystallography of the RUC-2-α(IIb)β(3) headpiece complex in 1 mM calcium ion (Ca(2+))/5 mM Mg(2+) at 2.6 Å revealed that RUC-2 binds to α(IIb) the way RUC-1 does, but in addition, it binds to the β(3) MIDAS residue glutamic acid 220, thus displacing Mg(2+) from the MIDAS. When the Mg(2+) concentration was increased to 20 mM, however, Mg(2+) was identified in the MIDAS and RUC-2 was absent. RUC-2's ability to inhibit ligand binding and platelet aggregation was diminished by increasing the Mg(2+) concentration. Thus, RUC-2 inhibits ligand binding by a mechanism different from that of all other α(IIb)β(3) antagonists and may offer advantages as a therapeutic agent.

  2. Imaging of irradiated liver with Tc-99m-sulfur colloid and Tc-99m-IDA

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    Gelfand, M.J.; Saha, S.; Aron, B.S.

    1981-01-01

    In three cases, irradiated regions of liver failed to concentrate Tc-99m-sulfur colloid. In two of these three, imaging with Tc-99m-acetanilide iminodiacetic acid (IDA) agents within five days showed near normal hepatic uptake of this hepatobiliary imaging agent. The hepatic parenchymal cells may be imaged with Tc-99m-IDA in some irradiated regions of liver, despite loss of reticuloendothelial cell function

  3. MIDAS. An algorithm for the extraction of modal information from experimentally determined transfer functions

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    Durrans, R.F.

    1978-12-01

    In order to design reactor structures to withstand the large flow and acoustic forces present it is necessary to know something of their dynamic properties. In many cases these properties cannot be predicted theoretically and it is necessary to determine them experimentally. The algorithm MIDAS (Modal Identification for the Dynamic Analysis of Structures) which has been developed at B.N.L. for extracting these structural properties from experimental data is described. (author)

  4. A restructuring proposal for MIDAS

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    Park, S. H.; Song, Y. M.; Kim, D. H.

    2000-01-01

    In order to develop a template for the MIDAS computer code, current data saving and transferring methods used in MELCOR are addressed first, and then a restructured module for the SPR package has been developed to be applied to MELCOR. The current MELCOR code ensures a fixed-size storage for four different data types, and manages the input-dependent data size by storing the data on the stacked packages. It uses pointer to identify the variables between the packages. This technique causes a difficult grasping of the meaning of the variables as well as waste of memory. New features of FORTRAN90, however, make it possible to allocate the storage dynamically and to use the user-defined data type, which lead to a restructured module development for the SPR package. An efficient memory treatment and an easy understanding of the code are the benefit from this developed module. The validation of the template has been done by comparing the results of the modified code with those from the existing code, and it is confirmed that the results are the same. The template for the SPR package hints the extension of the template to the entire code. It is expected that the template will accelerate the code domestication thanks to direct understanding of each variable and easy implementation of modified or newly developed models

  5. QuBiLS-MIDAS: a parallel free-software for molecular descriptors computation based on multilinear algebraic maps.

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    García-Jacas, César R; Marrero-Ponce, Yovani; Acevedo-Martínez, Liesner; Barigye, Stephen J; Valdés-Martiní, José R; Contreras-Torres, Ernesto

    2014-07-05

    The present report introduces the QuBiLS-MIDAS software belonging to the ToMoCoMD-CARDD suite for the calculation of three-dimensional molecular descriptors (MDs) based on the two-linear (bilinear), three-linear, and four-linear (multilinear or N-linear) algebraic forms. Thus, it is unique software that computes these tensor-based indices. These descriptors, establish relations for two, three, and four atoms by using several (dis-)similarity metrics or multimetrics, matrix transformations, cutoffs, local calculations and aggregation operators. The theoretical background of these N-linear indices is also presented. The QuBiLS-MIDAS software was developed in the Java programming language and employs the Chemical Development Kit library for the manipulation of the chemical structures and the calculation of the atomic properties. This software is composed by a desktop user-friendly interface and an Abstract Programming Interface library. The former was created to simplify the configuration of the different options of the MDs, whereas the library was designed to allow its easy integration to other software for chemoinformatics applications. This program provides functionalities for data cleaning tasks and for batch processing of the molecular indices. In addition, it offers parallel calculation of the MDs through the use of all available processors in current computers. The studies of complexity of the main algorithms demonstrate that these were efficiently implemented with respect to their trivial implementation. Lastly, the performance tests reveal that this software has a suitable behavior when the amount of processors is increased. Therefore, the QuBiLS-MIDAS software constitutes a useful application for the computation of the molecular indices based on N-linear algebraic maps and it can be used freely to perform chemoinformatics studies. Copyright © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

  6. Performance of MIDAS Over East African Longitude Sector: Case Study During 4-14 March 2012 Quiet to Disturbed Geomagnetic Conditions

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    Giday, Nigussie M.; Katamzi-Joseph, Zama T.

    2018-02-01

    This study investigates the performance of a tomographic algorithm, Multi-Instrument and Data Analysis System (MIDAS), during an extended period of 4-14 March 2012, containing moderate and strong geomagnetic storms conditions, over an understudied and data scarce Eastern African longitude sector. Nonetheless, a relatively better distribution of Global Navigation Satellite Systems stations exists along a narrow longitude sector between 30°E and 44°E and latitude range of 30°S and 36°N that spans the equatorial, middle-, and low-latitude ionosphere. Then results are compared with independent global models such as International Reference Ionosphere 2012 (IRI-2012) and global ionosphere map (GIM). MIDAS performance was better than that of the IRI-2012 and GIM models in terms of capturing the diurnal trends as well as the short temporal total electron content (TEC) structures, with least root-mean-square errors (RMSEs). Overall, MIDAS results showed better agreement with the observation vertical TEC (VTEC) with computed maximum correlation coefficient (r) of 0.99 and minimum root-mean-square error (RMSE) of 2.91 TEC unit (1 TECU = 1,016 el m-2 over all the test stations and the validation days. Conversely, for the IRI-2012 and GIM TEC estimates, the corresponding maximum computed r values were 0.93 and 0.99, respectively, while the minimum RMSEs were 13.03 TECU and 6.52 TECU, respectively, for all the test stations and the validation days.

  7. The cross-tissue metabolic response of abalone (Haliotis midae) to functional hypoxia.

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    Venter, Leonie; Loots, Du Toit; Mienie, Lodewyk J; Jansen van Rensburg, Peet J; Mason, Shayne; Vosloo, Andre; Lindeque, Jeremie Z

    2018-03-23

    Functional hypoxia is a stress condition caused by the abalone itself as a result of increased muscle activity, which generally necessitates the employment of anaerobic metabolism if the activity is sustained for prolonged periods. With that being said, abalone are highly reliant on anaerobic metabolism to provide partial compensation for energy production during oxygen-deprived episodes. However, current knowledge on the holistic metabolic response for energy metabolism during functional hypoxia, and the contribution of different metabolic pathways and various abalone tissues towards the overall accumulation of anaerobic end-products in abalone are scarce. Metabolomics analysis of adductor muscle, foot muscle, left gill, right gill, haemolymph and epipodial tissue samples indicated that South African abalone ( Haliotis midae) subjected to functional hypoxia utilises predominantly anaerobic metabolism, and depends on all of the main metabolite classes (proteins, carbohydrates and lipids) for energy supply. Functional hypoxia caused increased levels of anaerobic end-products: lactate, alanopine, tauropine, succinate and alanine. Also, elevation in arginine levels was detected, confirming that abalone use phosphoarginine to generate energy during functional hypoxia. Different tissues showed varied metabolic responses to hypoxia, with functional hypoxia showing excessive changes in the adductor muscle and gills. From this metabolomics investigation, it becomes evident that abalone are metabolically able to produce sufficient amounts of energy when functional hypoxia is experienced. Also, tissue interplay enables the adjustment of H. midae energy requirements as their metabolism shifts from aerobic to anaerobic respiration during functional hypoxia.This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper. © 2018. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd.

  8. The cross-tissue metabolic response of abalone (Haliotis midae to functional hypoxia

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    Leonie Venter

    2018-03-01

    Full Text Available Functional hypoxia is a stress condition caused by the abalone itself as a result of increased muscle activity, which generally necessitates the employment of anaerobic metabolism if the activity is sustained for prolonged periods. With that being said, abalone are highly reliant on anaerobic metabolism to provide partial compensation for energy production during oxygen-deprived episodes. However, current knowledge on the holistic metabolic response for energy metabolism during functional hypoxia, and the contribution of different metabolic pathways and various abalone tissues towards the overall accumulation of anaerobic end-products in abalone are scarce. Metabolomics analysis of adductor muscle, foot muscle, left gill, right gill, haemolymph and epipodial tissue samples indicated that South African abalone (Haliotis midae subjected to functional hypoxia utilises predominantly anaerobic metabolism, and depends on all of the main metabolite classes (proteins, carbohydrates and lipids for energy supply. Functional hypoxia caused increased levels of anaerobic end-products: lactate, alanopine, tauropine, succinate and alanine. Also, elevation in arginine levels was detected, confirming that abalone use phosphoarginine to generate energy during functional hypoxia. Different tissues showed varied metabolic responses to hypoxia, with functional hypoxia showing excessive changes in the adductor muscle and gills. From this metabolomics investigation, it becomes evident that abalone are metabolically able to produce sufficient amounts of energy when functional hypoxia is experienced. Also, tissue interplay enables the adjustment of H. midae energy requirements as their metabolism shifts from aerobic to anaerobic respiration during functional hypoxia. This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper.

  9. A restructuring of the MELCOR fission product packages for the MIDAS computer code

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    Park, S.H.; Kim, K.R.; Kim, D.H.

    2004-01-01

    The RN1/RN2 packages, which are the fission product-related packages in MELCOR, have been restructured for the MIDAS computer code. MIDAS is being developed as an integrated severe accident analysis code with a user-friendly graphical user interface and a modernized data structure. To do this, the data transferring methods of the current MELCOR code are modified and adopted into the RN1/RN2 package. The data structure of the current MELCOR code using FORTRAN77 has a difficulty in grasping the meaning of the variables as well as waste of memory. New features of FORTRAN90 make it possible to allocate the storage dynamically and to user-defined data type, which leads to an efficient memory treatment and an easy understanding of the code. Restructuring of the RN1/RN2 package addressed in this paper includes a module development, subroutine modification, and the treatment of MELGEN, which generates the data file, as well as MELCOR, which is processing the calculation. The verification has been done by comparing the results of the modified code with those of the existing code. As the trends are similar to each other, it implies that the same approach could be extended to the entire code package. It is expected that the code restructuring will accelerate the code domestication thanks to a direct understanding of each variable and an easy implementation of the modified or newly developed models. (author)

  10. Post-test analysis for the MIDAS DVI tests using MARS

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    Bae, K. H.; Lee, Y. J.; Kwon, T. S.; Lee, W. J.; Kim, H. C.

    2002-01-01

    Various DVI tests have been performed at MIDAS test facility which is a scaled facility of APR1400 applying a modified linear scale ratio. The evaluation results for the various void height tests and direct bypass tests using a multi-dimensional best-estimate analysis code MARS, show that; (a) MARS code has an advanced modeling capability of well predicting major multi-dimensional thermal-hydraulic phenomena occurring in the downcomer, (b) MARS code under-predicts the steam condensation rates, which in turn causes to over-predict the ECC bypass rates. However, the trend of decrease in steam condensation rate and increase in ECC bypass rate in accordance with the increase in steam flow rate, and the calculation results of the ECC bypass rates under the EM analysis conditions generally agree with the test data

  11. Experimental observation of a multi-dimensional mixing behavior of steam-water flow in the MIDAS test facility

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    Kweon, T. S.; Yun, B. J.; Ah, D. J.; Ju, I. C.; Song, C. H.; Park, J. K.

    2001-01-01

    Multi-dimensional thermal-hydraulic hehavior, such as ECC (Emergency Core Cooling) bypass, ECC penetration, steam-water condensation and accumulated water level, in an annular downcomer of a PWR (Pressurized Water Reactor) reactor vessel with a DVI(Direct Vessel Injection) injection mode is presented based on the experimental observations in the MIDAS (Multi-dimensional Investigation in Downcomer Annulus Simulation) steam-water facility. From the steady-state tests to similate a late reflood phase of LBLOCA (Large Break Loss-of-Coolant Accidents), major thermal-hydraulic phenomena in the downcomer are quantified under a wide range of test conditions. Especially, isothermal lines show well multi-dimensional phenomena of phase interaction between steam and water in the annulus downcomer. Overall test results show that multi-dimensional thermal-hydraulic behaviors occur in the downcomer annulus region as expected. The MIDAS test facility is a steam-water separate effect test facility, which is 1/4.93 linearly scaled-down of a 1400 MWe PWR type of nuclear reactor, with focusing on understanding multi-dimensional thermal-hydraulic phenomena in annulus downcomer with various types of safety injection location during refill or reflood phase of a LBLOCA in PWR

  12. A Turkish version of myocardial infarction dimensional assessment scale (TR-MIDAS): reliability-validity assesment.

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    Uysal, Hilal; Ozcan, Şeyda

    2011-06-01

    Many new measuring devices have been developed so that broader psychometric measurements in the coronary artery disease, disease-specific health status measurements, and identification of the broader quality of life can be performed in the recent years. The study was intended to determine whether, and to what extent, MIDAS is a valid and reliable measurement to the patients suffering from myocardial infarction for the first time in Turkey. The research was conducted with the patients hospitalized and treated with myocardial infarction in the cardiology departments of 2 hospitals in Istanbul, Turkey, between 2007 and 2008. Psychometric evaluations of TR-MIDAS were used for validity studies; language validity, content validity, construct validity were examined. For reliability studies; the tool's internal consistency reliability, Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient, and test-retest reliability were completed. The instrument's content validity index was determined to be "0.95". Principal component analysis revealed six factors with an eigenvalue >1.5. Cronbach's alpha was found to be 0.89 for total scale which was an acceptable value. The total's test-retest reliability was 0.51 (p<0.01). Data obtained at the end of the study supports that Turkish Myocardial Infarction Dimensional Assessment Scale is a valid and reliable instrument as a disease-specific scale to assess the patients' quality of life suffering from myocardial infarction in Turkey. Copyright © 2010 European Society of Cardiology. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

  13. Acculturation of Iranians in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands A Test of the Multidimensional Individual Difference Acculturation (MIDA) Model

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    Safdar, S.; Struthers, W.; Van Oudenhoven, J.P.

    The present study tested the generalizability of a multidimensional individual difference acculturation (MIDA) model in three cultural contexts. The model includes three predictor variables (Psychosocial Resources, Connectedness, and Hassles), predicting three outcome adaptation variables (In-Group

  14. Ma tean, mida sa näitad end olevat teinud läinud suvel / Laura Kuusk

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    Kuusk, Laura, 1982-

    2006-01-01

    Kuraator Marco Laimre juhendamisel valminud Eesti Kunstiakadeemia III kursuse fotograafiaüliõpilaste suvepraktika tööde näitus "Ma tean, mida sa tegid läinud suvel / I know what you did last summer" Eesti Kunstiakadeemia galeriis kuni 3. X. Helina Kõrmi, Dmitri Gerassimovi, Kristjan-Jaak Tammiksaare, Anne-Mai Pällo, Tuuli Antsovi, Terje Ugandi, Ivar Veermäe, Riika Tauriaineni, Kätly Kaibaldi, Raul Viitungi ja Andrus Kaursoni töödest

  15. Testing the carotenoid trade-off hypothesis in the polychromatic Midas cichlid, Amphilophus citrinellus.

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    Lin, Susan M; Nieves-Puigdoller, Katherine; Brown, Alexandria C; McGraw, Kevin J; Clotfelter, Ethan D

    2010-01-01

    Many animals use carotenoid pigments derived from their diet for coloration and immunity. The carotenoid trade-off hypothesis predicts that, under conditions of carotenoid scarcity, individuals may be forced to allocate limited carotenoids to either coloration or immunity. In polychromatic species, the pattern of allocation may differ among individuals. We tested the carotenoid trade-off hypothesis in the Midas cichlid, Amphilophus citrinellus, a species with two ontogenetic color morphs, barred and gold, the latter of which is the result of carotenoid expression. We performed a diet-supplementation experiment in which cichlids of both color morphs were assigned to one of two diet treatments that differed only in carotenoid content (beta-carotene, lutein, and zeaxanthin). We measured integument color using spectrometry, quantified carotenoid concentrations in tissue and plasma, and assessed innate immunity using lysozyme activity and alternative complement pathway assays. In both color morphs, dietary carotenoid supplementation elevated plasma carotenoid circulation but failed to affect skin coloration. Consistent with observable differences in integument coloration, we found that gold fish sequestered more carotenoids in skin tissue than barred fish, but barred fish had higher concentrations of carotenoids in plasma than gold fish. Neither measure of innate immunity differed between gold and barred fish, or as a function of dietary carotenoid supplementation. Lysozyme activity, but not complement activity, was strongly affected by body condition. Our data show that a diet low in carotenoids is sufficient to maintain both coloration and innate immunity in Midas cichlids. Our data also suggest that the developmental transition from the barred to gold morph is not accompanied by a decrease in innate immunity in this species.

  16. Gonad development in Midas cichlids and the evolution of sex change in fishes.

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    Oldfield, Ronald G

    2011-01-01

    Some fishes mature and function as one sex and later transform to the other sex in response to social interactions. Previous evidence suggested that a change in developmental timing may be involved in the evolution of adult sex change in fishes. The most recent support for this idea came from reports that sex in the Midas cichlid, Amphilophus citrinellus, was determined by social conditions experienced at the juvenile stage. Differentiation as a male was reported to be dependent on large body size relative to group-mates, and thought to be mediated through aggressive interactions. Here I demonstrate that socially controlled sex determination does not occur as was originally reported. Previously, I found that sex was not associated with body size in juveniles either in nature or in captivity. Similarly, I found no association between aggressive behavior and sex in juveniles. I later demonstrated that socially controlled sex determination does not typically occur in the Midas cichlid and closely related species and supported an alternative mechanism to explain large body size in adult males. Finally, in the current study I analyze gonad histology of fish from the same population used by the original authors and lay to rest the idea of socially controlled sex determination in this species. Recent observations of socially controlled sex determination in juveniles of species that typically change sex at the adult stage are examples of phenotypic plasticity, not genetic variation. Therefore, juvenile socially controlled sex determination does not support a theory that a change in developmental timing is involved in the evolution of adult sex change in fishes. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

  17. A midas plugin to enable construction of reproducible web-based image processing pipelines.

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    Grauer, Michael; Reynolds, Patrick; Hoogstoel, Marion; Budin, Francois; Styner, Martin A; Oguz, Ipek

    2013-01-01

    Image processing is an important quantitative technique for neuroscience researchers, but difficult for those who lack experience in the field. In this paper we present a web-based platform that allows an expert to create a brain image processing pipeline, enabling execution of that pipeline even by those biomedical researchers with limited image processing knowledge. These tools are implemented as a plugin for Midas, an open-source toolkit for creating web based scientific data storage and processing platforms. Using this plugin, an image processing expert can construct a pipeline, create a web-based User Interface, manage jobs, and visualize intermediate results. Pipelines are executed on a grid computing platform using BatchMake and HTCondor. This represents a new capability for biomedical researchers and offers an innovative platform for scientific collaboration. Current tools work well, but can be inaccessible for those lacking image processing expertise. Using this plugin, researchers in collaboration with image processing experts can create workflows with reasonable default settings and streamlined user interfaces, and data can be processed easily from a lab environment without the need for a powerful desktop computer. This platform allows simplified troubleshooting, centralized maintenance, and easy data sharing with collaborators. These capabilities enable reproducible science by sharing datasets and processing pipelines between collaborators. In this paper, we present a description of this innovative Midas plugin, along with results obtained from building and executing several ITK based image processing workflows for diffusion weighted MRI (DW MRI) of rodent brain images, as well as recommendations for building automated image processing pipelines. Although the particular image processing pipelines developed were focused on rodent brain MRI, the presented plugin can be used to support any executable or script-based pipeline.

  18. A Midas Plugin to Enable Construction of Reproducible Web-based Image Processing Pipelines

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    Michael eGrauer

    2013-12-01

    Full Text Available Image processing is an important quantitative technique for neuroscience researchers, but difficult for those who lack experience in the field. In this paper we present a web-based platform that allows an expert to create a brain image processing pipeline, enabling execution of that pipeline even by those biomedical researchers with limited image processing knowledge. These tools are implemented as a plugin for Midas, an open-source toolkit for creating web based scientific data storage and processing platforms. Using this plugin, an image processing expert can construct a pipeline, create a web-based UI, manage jobs, and visualize intermediate results. Pipelines are executed on a grid computing platform using BatchMake and HTCondor. This represents a new capability for biomedical researchers and offers an innovative platform for scientific collaboration. Current tools work well, but can be inaccessible for those lacking image processing expertise. Using this plugin, researchers in collaboration with image processing experts can create workflows with reasonable default settings and streamlined user interfaces, and data can be processed easily from a lab environment without the need for a powerful desktop computer. This platform allows simplified troubleshooting, centralized maintenance, and easy data sharing with collaborators. These capabilities enable reproducible science by sharing datasets and processing pipelines between collaborators. In this paper, we present a description of this innovative Midas plugin, along with results obtained from building and executing several ITK based image processing workflows for diffusion weighted MRI (DW MRI of rodent brain images, as well as recommendations for building automated image processing pipelines. Although the particular image processing pipelines developed were focused on rodent brain MRI, the presented plugin can be used to support any executable or script-based pipeline.

  19. Identification of Checkpoint Genes Involved in the kar3 Cell Cycle Arrest

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    Shanks, Robert

    2001-01-01

    ...) including Cik1p and Vik1p. We have explored the roles of these KAPs in mejosis. Cik1p is essential for meiosis, while Vik1p has a very minor role. These data are consistent with Cik1p and Kar3p acting together to perform the essential role of Kar3p in meiosis. We have also localized Kar3p, Cik1p,and Vik1p during meiosis.

  20. Identification and characterization of miRNAs transcriptome in the South African abalone, Haliotis midae.

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    Picone, Barbara; Rhode, Clint; Roodt-Wilding, Rouvay

    2017-02-01

    Aquatic animal diseases are one of the most important limitations to the growth of aquaculture. miRNAs represent an important class of small ncRNAs able to modulate host immune and stress responses. In Mollusca, a large phylum of invertebrates, miRNAs have been identified in several species. The current preliminary study identified known miRNAs from the South African abalone, Haliotis midae. The economic and ecological importance of abalone makes this species a suitable model for studying and understanding stress response in marine gastropods. Furthermore, the identification of miRNA, represents an alternative and powerful tool to combat infectious disease. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

  1. The collection and analysis of transient test data using the mobile instrumentation data acquisition system (MIDAS)

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    Uncapher, W.L.; Arviso, M.

    1995-01-01

    Packages designed to transport radioactive materials are required to survive exposure to environments defined in Code of Federal Regulations. Cask designers can investigate package designs through structural and thermal testing of full-scale packages, components, or representative models. The acquisition of reliable response data from instrumentation measurement devices is an essential part of this testing activity. Sandia National Laboratories, under the sponsorship of the US Department of Energy (DOE), has developed the Mobile Instrumentation Data Acquisition System (MIDAS) dedicated to the collection and processing of structural and thermal data from regulatory tests

  2. A Restructuring of the HS Package for the MIDAS Computer Code

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    Park, S. H.; Kim, K. R.; Kim, D. H.; Cho, S. W.

    2005-01-01

    As one of the processes for a localized severe accident analysis code, KAERI is developing a severe accident code MIDAS, based on MELCOR. The existing data saving method uses pointer variables for a fix-sized storage management, and it deteriorates the readability, maintainability and portability of the code. But new features in FORTRAN90 such as a dynamic allocation have been used for the restructuring. The restructuring of the data saving and transferring method of the existing code makes it easy to understand the code. Before an entire restructuring of the code, a restructuring template for a simple package was developed and tested. The target for the restructuring was the HS package which is responsible for calculation the heat conduction within an intact, solid structure and energy transfer across its boundary surfaces into control volumes. The verification was done through comparing the results before and after the restructuring

  3. A restructuring of the FL package for the MIDAS computer code

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    Park, S. H.; Kim, K. R.; Kim, D. H.; Cho, S. W.

    2005-01-01

    The developmental need for a localized severe accident analysis code is on the rise, and KAERI is developing a severe accident code MIDAS, based on MELCOR. The existing data saving method uses pointer variables for a fix-sized storage management, and it deteriorates the readability, maintainability and portability of the code. But new features in FORTRAN90 such as a dynamic allocation have been used for the restructuring. The restructuring of the data saving and transferring method of the existing code makes it easy to understand the code. Before an entire restructuring of the code, a restructuring template for a simple package was developed and tested. The target for the restructuring was the FL package which is responsible for modeling the thermal-hydraulic behavior of a liquid water, water vapor, and gases in MELCOR with the CVH package. The verification was done through comparing the results before and after the restructuring

  4. Long- and Short-Term Cryptocurrency Volatility Components: A GARCH-MIDAS Analysis

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    Christian Conrad

    2018-05-01

    Full Text Available We use the GARCH-MIDAS model to extract the long- and short-term volatility components of cryptocurrencies. As potential drivers of Bitcoin volatility, we consider measures of volatility and risk in the US stock market as well as a measure of global economic activity. We find that S&P 500 realized volatility has a negative and highly significant effect on long-term Bitcoin volatility. The finding is atypical for volatility co-movements across financial markets. Moreover, we find that the S&P 500 volatility risk premium has a significantly positive effect on long-term Bitcoin volatility. Finally, we find a strong positive association between the Baltic dry index and long-term Bitcoin volatility. This result shows that Bitcoin volatility is closely linked to global economic activity. Overall, our findings can be used to construct improved forecasts of long-term Bitcoin volatility.

  5. Development and performance evaluation of 32-channel gamma densitometer for the measurement of flow pattern and void fraction in the downcomer of MIDAS test facility

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    Chu, In Cheol; Kim, Y. K.; Yun, B. J.; Kwon, T. S.; Euh, D. J.; Song, C.

    2002-03-01

    APR 1400, which adopts DVI type of ECCS, is expected to show its unique thermal hydraulic phenomena. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate whether existing safety analysis code can correctly predict the thermal hydraulic phenomena. Among the several phenomena, void fraction and flow pattern govern the other major phenomena. Therefore, the main objective of the present study is to develop the 32-channel gamma densitometer which can measure the void fraction and flow pattern in the downcomer at various locations. The 32-channel gamma densitometer for MIDAS test apparatus has been developed. Throughout the performance evaluation test, the integrity of the 32 channel gamma densitometer has been validated. The measurement error of water film thickness is expected to be less than ±0.5mm. Also, it can correctly predict the flow patterns and the transition location of flow pattern in the downcomer of MIDAS test apparatus

  6. A restructuring of TF package for MIDAS computer code

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    Park, S. H.; Song, Y. M.; Kim, D. H.

    2002-01-01

    TF package which defines some interpolation and extrapolation condition through user defined table has been restructured in MIDAS computer code. To do this, data transferring methods of current MELCOR code are modified and adopted into TF package. The data structure of the current MELCOR code using FORTRAN77 causes a difficult grasping of the meaning of the variables as well as waste of memory. New features of FORTRAN90 make it possible to allocate the storage dynamically and to use the user-defined data type, which lead to an efficient memory treatment and an easy understanding of the code. Restructuring of TF package addressed in this paper does module development and subroutine modification, and treats MELGEN which is making restart file as well as MELCOR which is processing calculation. The validation has been done by comparing the results of the modified code with those from the existing code, and it is confirmed that the results are the same. It hints that the similar approach could be extended to the entire code package. It is expected that code restructuring will accelerate the code domestication thanks to direct understanding of each variable and easy implementation of modified or newly developed models

  7. Man-Machine Integration Design and Analysis System (MIDAS) v5: Augmentations, Motivations, and Directions for Aeronautics Applications

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    Gore, Brian F.

    2011-01-01

    As automation and advanced technologies are introduced into transport systems ranging from the Next Generation Air Transportation System termed NextGen, to the advanced surface transportation systems as exemplified by the Intelligent Transportations Systems, to future systems designed for space exploration, there is an increased need to validly predict how the future systems will be vulnerable to error given the demands imposed by the assistive technologies. One formalized approach to study the impact of assistive technologies on the human operator in a safe and non-obtrusive manner is through the use of human performance models (HPMs). HPMs play an integral role when complex human-system designs are proposed, developed, and tested. One HPM tool termed the Man-machine Integration Design and Analysis System (MIDAS) is a NASA Ames Research Center HPM software tool that has been applied to predict human-system performance in various domains since 1986. MIDAS is a dynamic, integrated HPM and simulation environment that facilitates the design, visualization, and computational evaluation of complex man-machine system concepts in simulated operational environments. The paper will discuss a range of aviation specific applications including an approach used to model human error for NASA s Aviation Safety Program, and what-if analyses to evaluate flight deck technologies for NextGen operations. This chapter will culminate by raising two challenges for the field of predictive HPMs for complex human-system designs that evaluate assistive technologies: that of (1) model transparency and (2) model validation.

  8. Aggression and welfare in a common aquarium fish, the Midas cichlid.

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    Oldfield, Ronald G

    2011-01-01

    Many species of fishes are aggressive when placed in small aquaria. Aggression can negatively affect the welfare of those individuals toward whom it is directed. Animals may behave aggressively in order to defend resources such as food, shelter, mates, and offspring. The decision to defend depends on the distribution of resources and on ecological factors such as number of competitors, amount of available space, and amount of habitat complexity. This study tested the effects of these factors on aggression in a common aquarium fish, the Midas cichlid (Amphilophus citrinellus). The study found that time spent behaving aggressively was not associated with small-scale differences in group size or available space. Aggression was significantly lower in a large aquarium with a complex habitat. Aquaria of sizes typically used in the companion animal (pet) hobby did not provide optimal welfare for cichlids housed with aggressive conspecifics. The public should be aware that this and similar species require larger aquaria with complex habitat, which elicit more natural behavior.

  9. Genetic, comparative genomic, and expression analyses of the Mc1r locus in the polychromatic Midas cichlid fish (Teleostei, Cichlidae Amphilophus sp.) species group.

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    Henning, Frederico; Renz, Adina Josepha; Fukamachi, Shoji; Meyer, Axel

    2010-05-01

    Natural populations of the Midas cichlid species in several different crater lakes in Nicaragua exhibit a conspicuous color polymorphism. Most individuals are dark and the remaining have a gold coloration. The color morphs mate assortatively and sympatric population differentiation has been shown based on neutral molecular data. We investigated the color polymorphism using segregation analysis and a candidate gene approach. The segregation patterns observed in a mapping cross between a gold and a dark individual were consistent with a single dominant gene as a cause of the gold phenotype. This suggests that a simple genetic architecture underlies some of the speciation events in the Midas cichlids. We compared the expression levels of several candidate color genes Mc1r, Ednrb1, Slc45a2, and Tfap1a between the color morphs. Mc1r was found to be up regulated in the gold morph. Given its widespread association in color evolution and role on melanin synthesis, the Mc1r locus was further investigated using sequences derived from a genomic library. Comparative analysis revealed conserved synteny in relation to the majority of teleosts and highlighted several previously unidentified conserved non-coding elements (CNEs) in the upstream and downstream regions in the vicinity of Mc1r. The identification of the CNEs regions allowed the comparison of sequences from gold and dark specimens of natural populations. No polymorphisms were found between in the population sample and Mc1r showed no linkage to the gold phenotype in the mapping cross, demonstrating that it is not causally related to the color polymorphism in the Midas cichlid.

  10. The Effect of External Vessel Cooling for a 2 inch LOCA Severe Accident Scenario at SMART with MIDAS/SMR

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    Park, Jong Hwa; Kim, Dong Ha; Chung, Young Jong; Park, Sun Hee; Cho, Seong Won

    2010-01-01

    KAERI is developing a new concept of reactor that all the main components such as the steam generator, the coolant pumps and the pressurizer are located inside the reactor vessel. This feature may prevent the large size of LOCA. However it is necessary to estimate the hypothetical severe accidents progression for improving the degree of safety and identifying the unknown weakness of the system against an accident. To simulate a hypothetical severe accident for the SMART, we adopt the MIDAS/SMR code which was developed by KAERI

  11. The MIDAS experiment: A prototype for the microwave emission of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays

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    Monasor, M.; Alekotte, I.; Alvarez-Muniz, J.; Berlin, A.; Bertou, X.; Bodgan, M.; Bohacova, M.; Bonifazi, C.; Carvalho, W.; Mello Neto, J.R.T. de; Genat, J.F.; Facal San Luis, P.; Mills, E.; Rouille d'Orfeuil, B.; Wayne, S.; Reyes, L.C.; Santos, E.M.; Privitera, P.; Williams, C.; Zas, E.

    2011-01-01

    Recent measurements suggest that extensive air showers initiated by ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECR) emit signals in the microwave band of the electromagnetic spectrum caused by the collisions of the free-electrons with the atmospheric neutral molecules in the plasma produced by the passage of the shower. Such emission is isotropic and could allow the detection of air showers with 100% duty cycle and a calorimetric-like energy measurement, a significant improvement over current detection techniques. We have built MIDAS (MIcrowave Detection of Air Showers), a prototype of microwave detector, which consists of a 4.5 m diameter antenna with a cluster of 53 feed-horns in the 4 GHz range. The details of the prototype and first results will be presented.

  12. MIDAS-FAST: Design and Validation of a Model-Based Tool to Predict Operator Performance with Robotic Arm Automation

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    Sebok, Angelia (Principal Investigator); Wickens, Christopher; Gacy, Marc; Brehon, Mark; Scott-Nash, Shelly; Sarter, Nadine; Li, Huiyang; Gore, Brian; Hooey, Becky

    2017-01-01

    The Coalition for Aerospace and Science (CAS) is hosting an exhibition on Capitol Hill on June 14, 2017, to highlight the contributions of CAS members to NASAs portfolio of activities. This exhibition represents an opportunity for an HFES members ground breaking work to be displayed and to build on support within Congress for NASAs human research program including in those areas that are of specific interest to the HFE community. The intent of this poster presentation is to demonstrate the positive outcome that comes from funding HFE related research on a project like the one exemplified by MIDAS-FAST.

  13. Polarized light use in the nocturnal bull ant, Myrmecia midas.

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    Freas, Cody A; Narendra, Ajay; Lemesle, Corentin; Cheng, Ken

    2017-08-01

    Solitary foraging ants have a navigational toolkit, which includes the use of both terrestrial and celestial visual cues, allowing individuals to successfully pilot between food sources and their nest. One such celestial cue is the polarization pattern in the overhead sky. Here, we explore the use of polarized light during outbound and inbound journeys and with different home vectors in the nocturnal bull ant, Myrmecia midas . We tested foragers on both portions of the foraging trip by rotating the overhead polarization pattern by ±45°. Both outbound and inbound foragers responded to the polarized light change, but the extent to which they responded to the rotation varied. Outbound ants, both close to and further from the nest, compensated for the change in the overhead e-vector by about half of the manipulation, suggesting that outbound ants choose a compromise heading between the celestial and terrestrial compass cues. However, ants returning home compensated for the change in the e-vector by about half of the manipulation when the remaining home vector was short (1-2 m) and by more than half of the manipulation when the remaining vector was long (more than 4 m). We report these findings and discuss why weighting on polarization cues change in different contexts.

  14. Can a Point-of-Care Troponin I Assay be as Good as a Central Laboratory Assay? A MIDAS Investigation.

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    Peacock, W Frank; Diercks, Deborah; Birkhahn, Robert; Singer, Adam J; Hollander, Judd E; Nowak, Richard; Safdar, Basmah; Miller, Chadwick D; Peberdy, Mary; Counselman, Francis; Chandra, Abhinav; Kosowsky, Joshua; Neuenschwander, James; Schrock, Jon; Lee-Lewandrowski, Elizabeth; Arnold, William; Nagurney, John

    2016-09-01

    We aimed to compare the diagnostic accuracy of the Alere Triage Cardio3 Tropinin I (TnI) assay (Alere, Inc., USA) and the PathFast cTnI-II (Mitsubishi Chemical Medience Corporation, Japan) against the central laboratory assay Singulex Erenna TnI assay (Singulex, USA). Using the Markers in the Diagnosis of Acute Coronary Syndromes (MIDAS) study population, we evaluated the ability of three different assays to identify patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The MIDAS dataset, described elsewhere, is a prospective multicenter dataset of emergency department (ED) patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and a planned objective myocardial perfusion evaluation. Myocardial infarction (MI) was diagnosed by central adjudication. The C-statistic with 95% confidence intervals (CI) for diagnosing MI by using a common population (n=241) was 0.95 (0.91-0.99), 0.95 (0.91-0.99), and 0.93 (0.89-0.97) for the Triage, Singulex, and PathFast assays, respectively. Of samples with detectable troponin, the absolute values had high Pearson (R(P)) and Spearman (R(S)) correlations and were R(P)=0.94 and R(S)=0.94 for Triage vs Singulex, R(P)=0.93 and R(S)=0.85 for Triage vs PathFast, and R(P)=0.89 and R(S)=0.73 for PathFast vs Singulex. In a single comparative population of ED patients with suspected ACS, the Triage Cardio3 TnI, PathFast, and Singulex TnI assays provided similar diagnostic performance for MI.

  15. Drivers and environmental responses to the changing annual snow cycle of northern Alaska

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    Cox, Christopher J.; Stone, Robert S.; Douglas, David C.; Stanitski, Diane; Divoky, George J.; Dutton, Geoff S.; Sweeney, Colm; George, J. Craig; Longenecker, David U.

    2017-01-01

    On the North Slope of Alaska, earlier spring snowmelt and later onset of autumn snow accumulation are tied to atmospheric dynamics and sea ice conditions, and result in environmental responses.Linkages between atmospheric, ecological and biogeochemical variables in the changing Arctic are analyzed using long-term measurements near Utqiaġvik (formerly Barrow), Alaska. Two key variables are the date when snow disappears in spring, as determined primarily by atmospheric dynamics, precipitation, air temperature, winter snow accumulation and cloud cover, as well as the date of onset of snowpack in autumn that is additionally influenced by ocean temperature and sea ice extent. In 2015 and 2016 the snow melted early at Utqiaġvik due mainly to anomalous warmth during May of both years attributed to atmospheric circulation patterns, with 2016 having the record earliest snowmelt. These years are discussed in the context of a 115-year snowmelt record at Utqiaġvik with a trend toward earlier melting since the mid- 1970s (-2.86 days/decade, 1975-2016). At nearby Cooper Island, where a colony of seabirds, Black Guillemots, have been monitored since 1975, timing of egg laying is correlated with Utqiaġvik snowmelt with 2015 and 2016 being the earliest years in the 42-year record. Ice-out at a nearby freshwater lagoon is also correlated with Utqiaġvik snowmelt. The date when snow begins to accumulate in autumn at Utqiaġvik shows a trend towards later dates (+4.6 days/decade, 1975-2016), with 2016 the latest on record. The relationships between the lengthening snow-free season and regional phenology, soil temperatures, fluxes of gases from the tundra, and to regional sea ice conditions are discussed. Better understanding of these interactions is needed to predict the annual snow cycles in the region at seasonal to decadal scales, and to anticipate coupled environmental responses.

  16. The scanning mechanism for ROSETTA/MIDAS: from an engineering model to the flight model

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    Le Letty, R.; Barillot, F.; Lhermet, N.; Claeyssen, F.; Yorck, M.; Gavira Izquierdo, J.; Arends, H.

    2001-09-01

    The MIDAS (Micro Imaging Dust Analysis System) instrument jointly developed by IWF Graz (AT) and the Solar Space Division of ESA/ESTEC (NL) will flow on ROSETTA and will analyse the dust of the 46P/Wirtanen comet using an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM). A piezoelectric XYZ stage, used to scan the sample in 3 axis, is part of the instrument and has been fully designed and qualified under the ESA/ESTEC contract no13090/98/NL/MV. Two qualification models (EQM/QM) and two flight models (FM/FSM) have been integrated and fully tested within 18 months. The basic principle of the stage has been described in a previous paper. The XY stage includes a latch mechanism based on two Shape Memory actuators. This paper focuses on the lessons learned during the qualification campaign, especially on the testing activities and on the latch mechanism. The XYZ stage has followed a full qualification campaign including Thermal Vacuum cycles, Random Vibrations tests and lifetime tests. The latch mechanism has been designed and tested with the following features: easiness of locking and refurbishment operations, compatibility with the parallel two degrees of freedom mechanism, low shock device. It has been tested more than 20 times, including 4 tests in the worst case conditions (eg the most demanding power case at -20°C) and 2 times after a vibration test. The results and the parameters influencing the reproducibility are discussed. The functional performances have been assessed using a dedicated test bench. Comments are made on the measurements techniques used to get results independent from the drift effect displayed by the piezo components. The calibration work (static and gain of the position sensors) have played an important role during the testing activities. Several parameters (temperature, piezo drift effect and external forces acting on the stage and coming from the coarse approach mechanism) affects the static position. Because of the limited stroke range of reading of the

  17. A Validated Set of MIDAS V5 Task Network Model Scenarios to Evaluate Nextgen Closely Spaced Parallel Operations Concepts

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    Gore, Brian Francis; Hooey, Becky Lee; Haan, Nancy; Socash, Connie; Mahlstedt, Eric; Foyle, David C.

    2013-01-01

    The Closely Spaced Parallel Operations (CSPO) scenario is a complex, human performance model scenario that tested alternate operator roles and responsibilities to a series of off-nominal operations on approach and landing (see Gore, Hooey, Mahlstedt, Foyle, 2013). The model links together the procedures, equipment, crewstation, and external environment to produce predictions of operator performance in response to Next Generation system designs, like those expected in the National Airspaces NextGen concepts. The task analysis that is contained in the present report comes from the task analysis window in the MIDAS software. These tasks link definitions and states for equipment components, environmental features as well as operational contexts. The current task analysis culminated in 3300 tasks that included over 1000 Subject Matter Expert (SME)-vetted, re-usable procedural sets for three critical phases of flight; the Descent, Approach, and Land procedural sets (see Gore et al., 2011 for a description of the development of the tasks included in the model; Gore, Hooey, Mahlstedt, Foyle, 2013 for a description of the model, and its results; Hooey, Gore, Mahlstedt, Foyle, 2013 for a description of the guidelines that were generated from the models results; Gore, Hooey, Foyle, 2012 for a description of the models implementation and its settings). The rollout, after landing checks, taxi to gate and arrive at gate illustrated in Figure 1 were not used in the approach and divert scenarios exercised. The other networks in Figure 1 set up appropriate context settings for the flight deck.The current report presents the models task decomposition from the tophighest level and decomposes it to finer-grained levels. The first task that is completed by the model is to set all of the initial settings for the scenario runs included in the model (network 75 in Figure 1). This initialization process also resets the CAD graphic files contained with MIDAS, as well as the embedded

  18. Departure into the 21st century

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    Wolf, R.

    1998-01-01

    At its 51st annual meeting, the Association of Industrial Power Companies (VIK) commented upon the items relating to energy and to the environment contained in the coalition agreement of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Alliance 90/The Greens, expressing the point of view of industry and trade. In the opinion of the VIK the plans to opt out of nuclear power have not been fully thought out as far as repercussions on the labor market and on energy policy are concerned. Nuclear power must not be given up at the expense of industry engaged in international competition and the jobs provided by industry. Opting out of nuclear power quickly and without indemnification is unacceptable. The VIK regards the labor market effects of any measure planned as the yardstick to be applied to the coalition agreement. Any decision about energy policy must be seen in connection with the deregulation of the electricity and gas markets. The VIK also holds a critical view of the coalition's intention to amend the Power Economy Act adopted only recently. (orig.) [de

  19. Branching of the PIF3 regulatory network in Arabidopsis: roles of PIF3-regulated MIDAs in seedling development in the dark and in response to light.

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    Sentandreu, Maria; Leivar, Pablo; Martín, Guiomar; Monte, Elena

    2012-04-01

    Plants need to accurately adjust their development after germination in the underground darkness to ensure survival of the seedling, both in the dark and in the light upon reaching the soil surface. Recent studies have established that the photoreceptors phytochromes and the bHLH phytochrome interacting factors PIFs regulate seedling development to adjust it to the prevailing light environment during post-germinative growth. However, complete understanding of the downstream regulatory network implementing these developmental responses is still lacking. In a recent work, published in The Plant Cell, we report a subset of PIF3-regulated genes in dark-grown seedlings that we have named MIDAs (MISREGULATED IN DARK). Analysis of their functional relevance using mutants showed that four of them present phenotypic alterations in the dark, and that each affected a particular facet of seedling development, suggesting organ-specific branching in the signal that PIF3 relays downstream. Furthermore, our results also showed an altered response to light in seedlings with an impaired PIF3/MIDA regulatory network, indicating that these factors might also be essential to initiate and optimize the developmental adjustment of the seedling to the light environment.

  20. Evaluation of the Structure Stability of a Plate Girder Bridge Using MIDAS Structure Analysis

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    Kim, Eui Soo; Kim, Jong Hyuk [National Forensic Service, Wonju (Korea, Republic of)

    2014-04-15

    Recently, as a means of resolving the issue of legal liability in the event of an accident or a disaster, a wide variety of simulation techniques, such as structural and structure-fluid interaction analysis, have been used in the field of forensic engineering. The plate girder bridge discussed in this paper was being constructed between a pier and an abutment to expand an existing bridge, but an accident whereby the bridge overturned occurred at the end of the concrete laying process for a protective wall. This accident was caused by additional loads not being considered at the time of the design as well as the actual construction being different from the design. The additional loads ultimately generated a negative support force. In this study, we determined the cause of the accident by comparing the structural stability of the original design with that of the additional, non-conforming construction using MIDAS structural analysis.

  1. Hot money and China's stock market volatility: Further evidence using the GARCH-MIDAS model

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    Wei, Yu; Yu, Qianwen; Liu, Jing; Cao, Yang

    2018-02-01

    This paper investigates the influence of hot money on the return and volatility of the Chinese stock market using a nonlinear Granger causality test and a new GARCH-class model based on mixed data sampling regression (GARCH-MIDAS). The empirical results suggest that no linear or nonlinear causality exists between the growth rate of hot money and the Chinese stock market return, implying that the Chinese stock market is not driven by hot money and vice versa. However, hot money has a significant positive impact on the long-term volatility of the Chinese stock market. Furthermore, the dependence between the long-term volatility caused by hot money and the total volatility of the Chinese stock market is time-variant, indicating that huge volatilities in the stock market are not always triggered by international speculation capital flow and that Chinese authorities should further focus on more systemic reforms in the trading rules and on effectively regulating the stock market.

  2. The meaning of the virtual Midas touch: an ERP study in economic decision making.

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    Spapé, Michiel M; Hoggan, Eve E; Jacucci, Giulio; Ravaja, Niklas

    2015-03-01

    The Midas touch refers to the altruistic effects of a brief touch. Though these effects have often been replicated, they remain poorly understood. We investigate the psychophysiology of the effect using remotely transmitted, precisely timed, tactile messages in an economic decision-making game called Ultimatum. Participants were more likely to accept offers after receiving a remotely transmitted touch. Furthermore, we found distinct effects of touch on event-related potentials evoked by (a) feedback regarding accepted and rejected offers, (b) decision cues related to proposals, and (c) the haptic and auditory cues themselves. In each case, a late positive effect of touch was observed and related to the P3. Given the role of the P3 in memory-related functions, the results indicate an indirect relationship between touch and generosity that relies on memory. This hypothesis was further tested and confirmed in the positive effects of touch on later proposals. © 2014 Society for Psychophysiological Research.

  3. Evaluation of the Structure Stability of a Plate Girder Bridge Using MIDAS Structure Analysis

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    Kim, Eui Soo; Kim, Jong Hyuk

    2014-01-01

    Recently, as a means of resolving the issue of legal liability in the event of an accident or a disaster, a wide variety of simulation techniques, such as structural and structure-fluid interaction analysis, have been used in the field of forensic engineering. The plate girder bridge discussed in this paper was being constructed between a pier and an abutment to expand an existing bridge, but an accident whereby the bridge overturned occurred at the end of the concrete laying process for a protective wall. This accident was caused by additional loads not being considered at the time of the design as well as the actual construction being different from the design. The additional loads ultimately generated a negative support force. In this study, we determined the cause of the accident by comparing the structural stability of the original design with that of the additional, non-conforming construction using MIDAS structural analysis

  4. MiDAS 2.0: an ecosystem-specific taxonomy and online database for the organisms of wastewater treatment systems expanded for anaerobic digester groups.

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    McIlroy, Simon Jon; Kirkegaard, Rasmus Hansen; McIlroy, Bianca; Nierychlo, Marta; Kristensen, Jannie Munk; Karst, Søren Michael; Albertsen, Mads; Nielsen, Per Halkjær

    2017-01-01

    Wastewater is increasingly viewed as a resource, with anaerobic digester technology being routinely implemented for biogas production. Characterising the microbial communities involved in wastewater treatment facilities and their anaerobic digesters is considered key to their optimal design and operation. Amplicon sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene allows high-throughput monitoring of these systems. The MiDAS field guide is a public resource providing amplicon sequencing protocols and an ecosystem-specific taxonomic database optimized for use with wastewater treatment facility samples. The curated taxonomy endeavours to provide a genus-level-classification for abundant phylotypes and the online field guide links this identity to published information regarding their ecology, function and distribution. This article describes the expansion of the database resources to cover the organisms of the anaerobic digester systems fed primary sludge and surplus activated sludge. The updated database includes descriptions of the abundant genus-level-taxa in influent wastewater, activated sludge and anaerobic digesters. Abundance information is also included to allow assessment of the role of emigration in the ecology of each phylotype. MiDAS is intended as a collaborative resource for the progression of research into the ecology of wastewater treatment, by providing a public repository for knowledge that is accessible to all interested in these biotechnologically important systems. http://www.midasfieldguide.org. © The Author(s) 2017. Published by Oxford University Press.

  5. A multimodal interface to resolve the Midas-Touch problem in gaze controlled wheelchair.

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    Meena, Yogesh Kumar; Cecotti, Hubert; Wong-Lin, KongFatt; Prasad, Girijesh

    2017-07-01

    Human-computer interaction (HCI) research has been playing an essential role in the field of rehabilitation. The usability of the gaze controlled powered wheelchair is limited due to Midas-Touch problem. In this work, we propose a multimodal graphical user interface (GUI) to control a powered wheelchair that aims to help upper-limb mobility impaired people in daily living activities. The GUI was designed to include a portable and low-cost eye-tracker and a soft-switch wherein the wheelchair can be controlled in three different ways: 1) with a touchpad 2) with an eye-tracker only, and 3) eye-tracker with soft-switch. The interface includes nine different commands (eight directions and stop) and integrated within a powered wheelchair system. We evaluated the performance of the multimodal interface in terms of lap-completion time, the number of commands, and the information transfer rate (ITR) with eight healthy participants. The analysis of the results showed that the eye-tracker with soft-switch provides superior performance with an ITR of 37.77 bits/min among the three different conditions (pusers.

  6. HiG størst på CERN

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    Pettersen, Tor Erik

    2008-01-01

    No other Norwegian university colleagues has as many students at CERN as Gjøvik University College. This given, there are still more students from Gjøvik who wants to spend a year at CERN contributing to solve the technical and scientific challenges the organization is facing with the startup of the LHC. Rector Jørn Wroldsen, who has worked at CERN himself, is proud to have students at the laboratory.

  7. Fully automated rodent brain MR image processing pipeline on a Midas server: from acquired images to region-based statistics.

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    Budin, Francois; Hoogstoel, Marion; Reynolds, Patrick; Grauer, Michael; O'Leary-Moore, Shonagh K; Oguz, Ipek

    2013-01-01

    Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of rodent brains enables study of the development and the integrity of the brain under certain conditions (alcohol, drugs etc.). However, these images are difficult to analyze for biomedical researchers with limited image processing experience. In this paper we present an image processing pipeline running on a Midas server, a web-based data storage system. It is composed of the following steps: rigid registration, skull-stripping, average computation, average parcellation, parcellation propagation to individual subjects, and computation of region-based statistics on each image. The pipeline is easy to configure and requires very little image processing knowledge. We present results obtained by processing a data set using this pipeline and demonstrate how this pipeline can be used to find differences between populations.

  8. The development of Music in Dementia Assessment Scales (MiDAS)

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    McDermott, Orii; Orrell, Martin; Ridder, Hanne Mette

    2015-01-01

    There is a need to develop an outcome measure specific to music therapy in dementia that reflects a holistic picture of the therapy process and outcome. This study aimed to develop a clinically relevant and scientifically robust music therapy outcome measure incorporating the values and views of people with dementia. Focus groups and interviews were conducted to obtain qualitative data on what music meant to people with dementia and the observed effects of music. Expert and peer consultations were conducted at each stage of the measure development to maximise its content validity. The new measure was field-tested by clinicians in a care home. Feedback from the clinicians and music therapy experts were incorporated during the review and refinement process of the measure. A review of the existing literature, the experiential results and the consensus process enabled the development of the new outcome measure “Music in Dementia Assessment Scales (MiDAS)”. Analysis of the qualitative data identified five key areas of the impact of music on people with dementia and they were transformed as the five Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) items: levels of Interest, Response, Initiation, Involvement and Enjoyment. MiDAS comprises the five VAS items and a supplementary checklist of notable positive and negative reactions from the individual. This study demonstrates that it is possible to design and develop an easy to apply and rigorous quantitative outcome measure which has a high level of clinical relevance for people with dementia, care home staff and music therapists. PMID:26246670

  9. Iodine bonding stabilizes iodomethane in MIDAS pesticide. Theoretical study of intermolecular interactions between iodomethane and chloropicrin.

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    Glaser, Rainer; Prugger, Kaitlan

    2012-02-22

    The results are reported of a theoretical study of iodomethane (H(3)C-I, 1) and chloropicrin (Cl(3)C-NO(2), 2), of the heterodimers 3-6 formed by aggregation of 1 and 2, and of their addition products 7 and 8 and their possible fragmentation reactions to 9-18. Mixtures of iodomethane and chloropicrin are not expected to show chemistry resulting from their reactions with each other. The structures and stabilities are discussed of the iodine-bonded molecular aggregates (IBMA) 3 and 4 and of the hydrogen- and iodine-bonded molecular aggregates (IHBMA) 5 and 6. The mixed aggregates 3-5 are bound on the free enthalpy surface relative to the homodimers of 1 and 2, and the IBMA structures 3 and 4 are most stable. This result suggests that the mixture of chloropicrin and iodomethane in the pesticide Midas is a good choice to reduce the volatility of iodomethane because of thermodynamically stabilizing iodine bonding.

  10. T. H. Ilves : "Demokratii drug s drugom ne vojujut" / Toomas Hendrik Ilves ; interv. Sergei Morozov

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    Ilves, Toomas Hendrik, 1953-

    2007-01-01

    Intervjuu Eesti presidendiga riigi vastastest küberrünnakutest, Venemaa suhetest Euroopa Liidu ja USA-ga, demokraatiast, USA raketitõrjesüsteemist Euroopas, Eesti-Venemaa suhetest ja sõnavabadusest, pronkssõduri teisaldamisest, probleemidest Eesti-Venemaa ja Soome-Venemaa piiridel, Vladimir Putini juhitud Venemaa sise- ja välispoliitikast, Eesti toetusest Gruusiale ja Ukrainale liitumaks NATO-ga

  11. Ajaloo traageldustega vene blockbuster'id / Jüri Laulik

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    Laulik, Jüri, 1959-

    2008-01-01

    Vene ajalugu mängufilmides: "Admiral" (rezh. Andrei Kravtshuk : Venemaa 2008), "Aleksandr. Nevskaja bitva" (rezh. Igor Kalenov : Venemaa 2008), "1612" (rezh. Vladimir Hotinenko : Venemaa 2007), "Mongol" (rezh. Sergei Bodrov : Venemaa - Saksamaa - Kasahstan - Mongoolia 2007)

  12. Granitsa : zapiski mjortvogo sezona / Gennadi Muravin

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    Muravin, Gennadi

    2005-01-01

    Soome meedia vastukajast Eesti-Venemaa piirilepingu allakirjutamisele. Autor kritiseerib Venemaa käitumist loobumisel allkirjast piirilepingul, Venemaa välisministri visiidil Soome ja seal antud pressikonverentsil ning Eesti-Venemaa suhetes piirilepingu pärast

  13. A hybrid genetic linkage map of two ecologically and morphologically divergent Midas cichlid fishes (Amphilophus spp.) obtained by massively parallel DNA sequencing (ddRADSeq).

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    Recknagel, Hans; Elmer, Kathryn R; Meyer, Axel

    2013-01-01

    Cichlid fishes are an excellent model system for studying speciation and the formation of adaptive radiations because of their tremendous species richness and astonishing phenotypic diversity. Most research has focused on African rift lake fishes, although Neotropical cichlid species display much variability as well. Almost one dozen species of the Midas cichlid species complex (Amphilophus spp.) have been described so far and have formed repeated adaptive radiations in several Nicaraguan crater lakes. Here we apply double-digest restriction-site associated DNA sequencing to obtain a high-density linkage map of an interspecific cross between the benthic Amphilophus astorquii and the limnetic Amphilophus zaliosus, which are sympatric species endemic to Crater Lake Apoyo, Nicaragua. A total of 755 RAD markers were genotyped in 343 F(2) hybrids. The map resolved 25 linkage groups and spans a total distance of 1427 cM with an average marker spacing distance of 1.95 cM, almost matching the total number of chromosomes (n = 24) in these species. Regions of segregation distortion were identified in five linkage groups. Based on the pedigree of parents to F(2) offspring, we calculated a genome-wide mutation rate of 6.6 × 10(-8) mutations per nucleotide per generation. This genetic map will facilitate the mapping of ecomorphologically relevant adaptive traits in the repeated phenotypes that evolved within the Midas cichlid lineage and, as the first linkage map of a Neotropical cichlid, facilitate comparative genomic analyses between African cichlids, Neotropical cichlids and other teleost fishes.

  14. Ukrainat süüdistav Gazprom omastab Türkmenistani gaasi / Heiki Suurkask

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    Suurkask, Heiki, 1972-

    2006-01-01

    Venemaa taastas maagaasitarned Euroopasse ning süüdistab Ukrainat gaasi varastamises. Ukraina eitab vargust ning väidab, et Venemaa pole gaasitransiidi eest alates aastavahetusest maksnud. Venemaa püüab seisata Türkmenistani gaasi müüki Ukrainale. Kaart: Venemaa gaasieksport

  15. Report of the investigation of the accident at the MIDAS MYTH/MILAGRO Trailer Park on Rainier Mesa at Nevada Test Site on February 15, 1984

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    1984-01-01

    Fourteen persons were injured, one fatally, when the ground upon which they were working collapsed, forming a subsidence crater in the recording trailer park of the MIDAS MYTH/MILAGRO nuclear weapons effects test on Rainier Mesa at the US Department of Energy's Nevada Test Site on February 15, 1984. Those persons injured were contractor and laboratory employees from Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Co., Inc. (REECo), Pan American World Services, Inc. (PANAM), and the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). This report presents the results of an investigation into the causes, effects, and response to the accident. 42 figures

  16. Morphology and morphometry of the reproductive system of female Saguinus midas (Linnaeus, 1758).

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    Monteiro, Nathaly Cristine Da Silva; De Lima, Ana Rita; De Carvalho, Ana Flávia; De Carvalho Garcia, Rafael; Therrier, Joanne; Souza, Ana Carla Barros; Pereira, Luiza Correia; Branco, Erika

    2012-06-01

    In this article, the reproductive system's morphology of three young animals of the species Saguinus midas, from the bauxite mine in Paragominas, is described. The specimens were fixed and preserved in a solution of 10% aqueous formaldehyde, followed by dissection, measurement of the genital organs (uterus, vagina, ovaries, and uterine tubes), and histological processing. The vulva is delimited by the labia, with a clitoris. It is lined by keratinized stratified squamous epithelium with sebaceous glands of holocrine secretion. The vagina is an elongated tube with an average length of 26 mm and diameter of 1 mm, presenting a non-keratinized squamous epithelium, disposed between the vestibule of the vagina and cervix, the latter being relatively short. The uterus is simple, has globular shape and is located in the caudal portion of the abdominal cavity, with an average length of 14 mm and average width of 7 mm. It is formed by vascular and serous layers of muscles, and undergoes a bifurcation to form two structures on the bottom of blind sac. The uterine tubes are long and convoluted with an average length of 35 mm (right) and 36 mm (left), consisting of loose connective tissue and muscle layer lined by simple ciliated columnar epithelium. The ovaries are large and ellipsoid with smooth surface. Histologically, one animal showed ovulation fosse. Copyright © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

  17. Direct ECC bypass phenomena in the MIDAS test facility during LBLOCA reflood phase

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    Yun, B. J.; Kweon, T. S.; Ah, D. J.; Ju, I. C.; Song, C. H.; Park, J. K.

    2001-01-01

    This paper describes the experimental results of ECC Direct Bypass Phenomena in the downcomer during the late reflood phase of LBLOCA of the reactor that adopts Direct Vessel Injection as a ECC system. The experiments have been performed in MIDAS test facility using superheated steam and water. The test condition was determined, based on the preliminary analysis of TRAC code, from modified linear scaling method of 1/4.93 length scale. To measure the direct bypass fraction according to the nozzle location, separate effect tests have been performed in case of DVI-4(farthest from broken cold leg) injection, DVI-2(closest to broken cold leg) injection, and DVI-2 and 4 injection, respectively. Also the test was carried out varying the steam flow rate greatly to investigate the effect of steam flow rate on the direct bypass fraction of ECC water. Test results show that the direct bypass fraction of ECC water depends significantly on the injected steam mass flow rate. DVI-4 tests show that the direct bypass fraction increases drastically as the steam flow rate increases. However, in DVI-2 test most of the injected ECC water penetrates into lower downcomer. The direct bypass characteristic in each of DVI-2 and DVI-4 tests is reflected into the direct bypass characteristic curve of DVI-2 and 4 test. The steam condensation reaches to the theoretically allowable maximum value

  18. A 1ST Step Integration of the Restructured MELCOR for the MIDAS Computer Code

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    Park, S. H.; Kim, D. H.; Cho, S. W.

    2006-01-01

    KAERI is developing a localized severe accident code, MIDAS, based on MELCOR. MELCOR uses pointer variables for a fixed-size storage management to save the data. It passes data through two depths, its meaning is not understandable by variable itself. So it is needed to understand the methods for data passing. This method deteriorates the readability, maintainability and portability of the code. As a most important process for a localized severe accident analysis code, it is needed convenient method for data handling. So, it has been used the new features in FORTRAN90 such as a dynamic allocation for the restructuring. The restructuring of the data saving and transferring method of the existing code makes it easy to understand the code. Before an entire restructuring of the code, a restructuring for each package was developed and tested. And then integration of each restructured package was being processed one by one. In this paper, the integrating scope includes the BUR, CF, CVH, DCH, EDF, ESF, MP, SPR, TF and TP packages. As most of them use data within each package and a few packages share data with other packages. The verification was done through comparing the results before and after the restructuring

  19. Putin mängib jätkuvalt eurooplastega / Teresa de Sousa

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    Sousa, Teresa de

    2007-01-01

    Autori arvates andis Mafras peetud EL-i ja Venemaa tippkohtumine Venemaa presidendile Vladimir Putinile võimaluse vastata Euroopa kriitikale seoses oma autoritaarsusega. Venemaa agressiivsest poliitikast

  20. MiDAS I (mild Decompression Alternative to Open Surgery): a preliminary report of a prospective, multi-center clinical study.

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    Chopko, Bohdan; Caraway, David L

    2010-01-01

    Neurogenic claudication due to lumbar spinal stenosis is a common problem that can be caused by many factors including hypertrophic ligamentum flavum, facet hypertrophy, and disc protrusion. When standard medical therapies such as pain medication, epidural steroid injections, and physical therapy fail, or when the patient is unwilling, unable, or not severe enough to advance to more invasive surgical procedures, both physicians and patients are often left with a treatment dilemma. Patients in this study were treated with mild, an ultra-minimally invasive lumbar decompression procedure using a dorsal approach. The mild procedure is performed under fluoroscopic imaging to resect bone adjacent to, and achieve partial resection of, the hypertrophic ligamentum flavum with minimal disruption of surrounding muscular and skeletal structure. To assess the clinical application and patient safety and functional outcomes of the mild lumbar decompression procedure in the treatment of symptomatic central canal spinal stenosis. Multi-center, non-blinded, prospective clinical study. Fourteen US spine specialist practices. Between July 2008 and January 2010, 78 patients were enrolled in the MiDAS I Study and treated with the mild procedure for lumbar decompression. Of these patients, 6-week follow-up was available for 75 patients. Visual Analog Score (VAS), Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), Zurich Claudication Questionnaire (ZCQ), and SF-12v2 Health Survey. Outcomes were assessed at baseline and 6 weeks post-treatment. There were no major device or procedure-related complications reported in this patient cohort. At 6 weeks, the MiDAS I Study showed statistically and clinically significant reduction of pain as measured by VAS, ZCQ, and SF-12v2. In addition, improvement in physical function and mobility as measured by ODI, ZCQ, and SF-12v2 was statistically and clinically significant in this study. This is a preliminary report encompassing 6-week follow-up. There was no control group

  1. Constraining Microwave Emission from Extensive Air Showers via the MIDAS Experiment

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    Richardson, Matthew; Privitera, Paolo

    2017-01-01

    Ultra high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) are accelerated by the most energetic processes in the universe. Upon entering Earth’s atmosphere they produce particle showers known as extensive air showers (EASs). Observatories like the Pierre Auger Observatory sample the particles and light produced by the EASs through large particle detector arrays or nitrogen fluorescence detectors to ascertain the fundamental properties of UHECRs. The large sample of high quality data provided by the Pierre Auger Observatory can be attributed to the hybrid technique which utilizes the two aforementioned techniques simultaneously; however, the limitation of only being able to observe nitrogen fluorescence from EASs on clear moonless nights yields a limited 10% duty cycle for the hybrid technique. One proposal for providing high quality data at increased statistics is the observation of isotropic microwave emission from EASs, as such emission would be observed with a 100% duty cycle. Measurements of microwave emission from laboratory air plasmas conducted by Gorham et al. (2008) produced promising results indicating that the microwave emission should be observable using inexpensive detectors. The Microwave Detection of Air Showers (MIDAS) experiment was built at the University of Chicago to characterize the isotropic microwave emission from EASs and has collected 359 days of observational data at the location of the Pierre Auger experiment. We have performed a time coincidence analysis between this data and data from Pierre Auger and we report a null result. This result places stringent limits on microwave emission from EASs and demonstrates that the laboratory measurements of Gorham et al. (2008) are not applicable to EASs, thus diminishing the feasibility of using isotropic microwave emission to detect EASs.

  2. Kremlin's OSCE Ministerial Council-related demarches / Rokas M. Tracevskis

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    Tracevskis, Rokas M.

    2011-01-01

    Detsembril alguses Vilniuses toimunud OSCE kohtumisel kritiseeris USA riigisekretär Hillary Clinton Venemaa parlamendivalimiste korraldamist. Venemaa peaminister Vladimir Putin ütles, et USA riigisekretäri kõne saatis Vene opositsioonile tegutsemissignaali. Venemaa välisministri Sergei Lavrovi ja Leedu välisministri Audronius Azubalise ebasõbralikust kohtumisest. Venemaa blokeeris OSCE-s internetivabaduse kaitsele suunatud deklaratsiooni

  3. Gruusia suleb Venemaale pääsu WTO-sse

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    2006-01-01

    Gruusia lubas toetada Venemaa astumist WTO-sse vaid juhul, kui Venemaa hakkab kasutama Gruusia kontrollitavaid seaduslikke tollipunkte. Praegu kasutab Venemaa tollipunkte, mis asuvad Lõuna-Osseetia ja Abhaasia territooriumil

  4. Russian rail chief muses Latvian transit potential

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    2008-01-01

    Venemaa Raudtee juhi sõnul kavatseb Venemaa järgmisel aastal tasakaalustada raudteevedude tariife, mis praegu diskrimineerivad Baltimaade sadamaid. Venemaa Raudtee ja Läti Raudtee on loomas strateegilist partnerlust

  5. Russia-Baltics : Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing? / Ben Nimmo

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    Nimmo, Ben

    2006-01-01

    Arutlus teemal, kui palju sõltuvad Balti riigid Venemaa majandusest ja energiast. Venemaa rahvusvahelist tähtsust võimaldavad maagaasivarud. Tabelid: Baltimaade kaubandus Venemaa ja ELiga; Baltimaade gaasifirmade osanikud

  6. Officials discuss closer ties in new power plant project

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    2009-01-01

    Venemaa suursaadik Lätis Alexander Veshnyakov ütles, et kui Läti otsustab uue gaasielektrijaama rajada, siis Venemaa on valmis sellesse projekti investeerima. Läti Venemaa-suunaline eksport-import

  7. Expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Russian national security strategy : compatible consepts? / Lisa Vining

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    Vining, Lisa

    2002-01-01

    Venemaa julgeolekustrateegiad ja sõjaline doktriin, Venemaa riikliku julgeoleku suurimad ohustajad - Tšetšeenia, Dagestan, Kesk-Aasia ja Kaug-Ida. Võimalused, et Venemaa muudab oma seisukohti NATO laienemise suhtes

  8. Pervõi zamestitel polnomotsh̜ogo predstavitelja prezidenta Rossii v Severo-Zapadnom federalnom okruge Ljubov Sovershajeva : "Estonii sledujet obratit vinimanije na severo-zapad Rossii, a severo-zapadu - na Estoniju" / Eteri Kekelidze

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    Kekelidze, Eteri, 1944-

    2002-01-01

    Eesti ja Venemaa Loode regiooni majandussuhete võimalikkusest. Kommenteerib Ljubov Sovershajeva, Venemaa presidendi esindaja riigi Loode regioonis, kes võttis osa seminarist "Venemaa ja NATO : uus ajastu eesti-vene suhetes"

  9. EU meets with Russia at Rostov-on-Don

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    2010-01-01

    31. mail Rostovis Doni ääres toimunud Venemaa ja Euroopa Liidu tippkohtumisel räägiti viisavabadusest, EL-i ja Venemaa vahelistest suhetest, Venemaa liitumisest Maailma Kaubandusorganisatsiooniga ja moderniseerimispartnerlusest. Kohtumisest võtsid osa Venemaa peaminister Vladimir Putin, president Dmitri Medvedev, Euroopa Liidu president Herman Van Rompuy, välispoliitika juht Catherine Ashton ja Euroopa Komisjoni president Jose ManuelBarroso

  10. Asevälisminister Tshizhov avas Vene kaardid / Vladimir Tshizhov ; interv. Toomas Sildam

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    Tshizhov, Vladimir

    2004-01-01

    Vene asevälisminister rääkis visiidil Tallinna ajakirjanikele Venemaa murest seoses EL-i laienemisega euroliidu-Venemaa partnerluslepingust, Eesti-Vene suhetest, slaavi vähemustest Eestis, NATO kohustustest Venemaa suhtes

  11. Vizõ reshajut vsjo / Jevgenija Garanzha

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    Garanža, Jevgenija, 1979-

    2004-01-01

    Euroopa Komisjoni ja Venemaa läbirääkimistest, ettepanekutest lihtsustatud korra kehtestamise kohta Venemaa kodanikele viisade väljastamisel, mis viiks kaugemas tulevikus viisavabaduse kehtestamiseni Venemaa ja EL-i vahel

  12. Jevgeni Kisseljov : Kreml on must kast / Ksenia Repson

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    Repson, Ksenia

    2008-01-01

    Ilmunud ka: Postimees : na russkom jazõke 7. märts lk. 7. Venemaa tuntud ajakirjanik poliitikakommentaator Jevgeni Kisseljov tegi Tallinnas BNS-i korraldatud seminaril "Venemaa uus president" kokkuvõtteid Venemaa presidendivalimistest

  13. Mõ za zonu stabilnosti na Baltike / Aleksandr Avdejev

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    Avdejev, Aleksandr

    2000-01-01

    Venemaa asevälisminister: Venemaa on huvitatud koostööst Baltimaadega ja stabiilsusest selles regioonis. Arvamused teemadel: Vene-Eesti suhted, integratsioonipoliitika, Läti sõjaveteranide marss, kaasmaalaste kaitse Venemaa valitsuse poolt

  14. Economic impact of Russian ire unclear, though several companies to take a hit

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    2007-01-01

    Venemaa vähendab naftatransiiti läbi Eesti. Peaminister Andrus Ansip ja majandusminister Juhan Parts ei näe Venemaa-poolses Eesti kaupade boikotis ohtu majandusele. Venemaa boikoti mõju mõnedele ettevõtetele

  15. Zbigniew Brzezinski : Gruusia sõda meenutab Soome ründamist / Zbigniew Brzezinski ; interv. Nathan Gardels, tõlk. Külli-Riin Tigasson

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    Brzezinski, Zbigniew

    2008-01-01

    USA poliitiku sõnul meenutab Putini juhitav Venemaa Hitleri ja Stalini oma, lääne tegevus Venemaa ohjeldamiseks peaks tema hinnangul sõltuma riikide pikaajalistest huvidest, kuid Venemaa tuleks peatada igal juhul. Lisa: Elulugu

  16. Sel nädalal on silmad Gruusial / Toomas Alatalu

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    Alatalu, Toomas, 1942-

    2009-01-01

    7. augustil möödub aasta Venemaa-Gruusia sõjalisest konfliktist. Sel puhul teatas Venemaa esindaja Vitali Tšurkin ÜRO peaassambleele, et Venemaa kiire tegutsemine Lõuna-Osseetias päästis maailma "uuest genotsiidist"

  17. Incipient sympatric speciation in Midas cichlid fish from the youngest and one of the smallest crater lakes in Nicaragua due to differential use of the benthic and limnetic habitats?

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    Kautt, Andreas F; Machado-Schiaffino, Gonzalo; Torres-Dowdall, Julian; Meyer, Axel

    2016-08-01

    Understanding how speciation can occur without geographic isolation remains a central objective in evolutionary biology. Generally, some form of disruptive selection and assortative mating are necessary for sympatric speciation to occur. Disruptive selection can arise from intraspecific competition for resources. If this competition leads to the differential use of habitats and variation in relevant traits is genetically determined, then assortative mating can be an automatic consequence (i.e., habitat isolation). In this study, we caught Midas cichlid fish from the limnetic (middle of the lake) and benthic (shore) habitats of Crater Lake Asososca Managua to test whether some of the necessary conditions for sympatric speciation due to intraspecific competition and habitat isolation are given. Lake As. Managua is very small (Midas cichlids, Amphilophus tolteca. We found that fish from the limnetic habitat were more elongated than fish collected from the benthic habitat, as would be predicted from ecomorphological considerations. Stable isotope analyses confirmed that the former also exhibit a more limnetic lifestyle than the latter. Furthermore, split-brood design experiments in the laboratory suggest that phenotypic plasticity is unlikely to explain much of the observed differences in body elongation that we observed in the field. Yet, neutral markers (microsatellites) did not reveal any genetic clustering in the population. Interestingly, demographic inferences based on RAD-seq data suggest that the apparent lack of genetic differentiation at neutral markers could simply be due to a lack of time, as intraspecific competition may only have begun a few hundred generations ago.

  18. Kõristid Vene karu tagumikus / Igor Taro

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    Taro, Igor

    2008-01-01

    Venemaa vajadus Afganistani suunal NATOga koostööd teha ei jää alla alliansi vajadusele Venemaa abi järele, kuna Afganistan kujutab endast narkootikumide eksportijat ja terroriohtu otse Venemaa külje all. Kaart: Afganistan on Venemaale eluliselt sama tähtis kui NATO-le

  19. Kolm tugevat debüüti Venemaalt / Mart Rummo

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    Rummo, Mart

    2004-01-01

    Tallinna VIII Pimedate Ööde Filmifestivali filme - mängufilmid "Skiso" ("Schizo") : režissöör Guka Omarova : Venemaa-Kasahhi 2004 ; "Lõikusaeg" ("Vremja zhatvõ") : režissöör Marina Razbezhkina : Venemaa 2004 ; "4" : režissöör Ilja Hrzhanovski : Venemaa 2004

  20. Putin's security policy in the past, present and future / Marcel de Haas

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    Haas, Marcel de

    2004-01-01

    Venemaa julgeolekupoliitika analüüs. Analüüsi aluseks on 2000. aastal välja töötatud Venemaa riiklik julgeolekukontseptsioon, sõjaline doktriin ja Vene föderatsiooni välispoliitiline kontseptsioon ning 2003. a. avaldatud Venemaa Föderatsiooni sõjalise kaitsevõime arendamise peamised prioriteedid. Tabel

  1. Оптация и эмиграция эстонского населения Сибири в 1920-1923 гг. - проблема экономического и политического выбора / Илья Лоткин

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    Лоткин, Илья

    2010-01-01

    Aastail 1920-1921 esitasid pooled Venemaa piirides elanud eestlastest sooviavalduse Eesti kodakondsuse omandamiseks mõttega opteeruda. 6. detsembril 1922 tunnistas Venemaa Siberi territooriumil 1914. aastast elanud ja tagasipöördumissoovi mitteavaldanud elanikud Venemaa kodanikeks. Eesti poliitiliste jõudude vahel puudus üksmeel suhtumises opteerumisse. See mõjutas ka opteerunud kodanike adapteerumist kodumaal

  2. Президент Эстонии : "Нужно снизить накал риторики" / Тоомас Хендрик Ильвес ; интерв. Наталья Тузовская

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    Ильвес, Тоомас Хендрик, 1953-

    2008-01-01

    President Toomas Hendrik Ilves räägib intervjuus BBC Venemaa toimetusele oma kõnest soome-ugri rahvaste maailmakongressil Hantõ-Mansiiskis, Venemaa riigiduuma väliskomisjoni esimehe Konstantin Kossatšovi esinemisest, Eesti-Vene suhetest, kohtumisest Venemaa presidendi Dmitri Medvedeviga. Vabariigi President töövisiidil Venemaal 27.-30.06.2008

  3. BAID: The Barrow Area Information Database - an interactive web mapping portal and cyberinfrastructure for science and land management in the vicinity of Utqiaġvik (Barrow) on the North Slope of Alaska.

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    Cody, R. P.; Escarzaga, S. M.; Gaylord, A. G.; Kassin, A.; Barba, M.; Tweedie, C. E.

    2017-12-01

    The Utqiaġvik (Barrow) area of northern Alaska is one of the most intensely researched locations in the Arctic and the Barrow Area Information Database (BAID, www.barrowmapped.org) tracks and facilitates a gamut of research, management, and educational activities in the area. BAID is a cyberinfrastructure (CI) that details much of the historic and extant research undertaken within in the Barrow region in a suite of interactive web-based mapping and information portals (geobrowsers). The BAID user community and target audience for BAID is diverse and includes research scientists, science logisticians, land managers, educators, students, and the general public. BAID contains information on more than 18,000 Barrow area research sites that extend back to the 1940's and more than 640 remote sensing images and geospatial datasets. In a web-based setting, users can zoom, pan, query, measure distance, save or print maps and query results, and filter or view information by space, time, and/or other tags. Recent advances include provision of differential global positioning (dGPS) system and high resolution aerial imagery support to visiting scientists, analysis and multitemporal mapping of over 120 km of coastline for erosion monitoring; maintenance of a wireless micrometeorological sensor network; links to Barrow area datasets housed at national data archives; a NOAA funded community outreach program for citizen science and public outreach on costal erosion; and substantial upgrades to the BAID website. Web mapping applications that have launched to the public include: an Imagery Time Viewer that allows users to compare imagery of the Barrow area between 1948 and the present; a Coastal Erosion Viewer that allows users to view long-term (1955-2015) and recent (2013-2015) rates of erosion for the Barrow area; and a Community Planning tool that allows users to view and print dynamic reports based on an array of basemaps including a new 0.5m resolution wetlands map designed to

  4. Russian oil exports : the Baltic Sea remains important route / Kari Liuhto

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    Liuhto, Kari

    2003-01-01

    Kui Venemaa jätkab naftatranspordi suurendamist Läänemere sadamate kaudu, siis paneb see EL-i ja Venemaa suhted tõsiselt proovile, leiab autor ning et keskkonnale kõige ohutum viis naftat Venemaalt läände eksportida oleks läbi Murmanski sadama Põhja-Jäämeres. Tabel: Venemaa toornafta eksport 2002. aastal.

  5. Ne nuzhno "gazovoi NATO" / Jonathan Steele

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    Steele, Jonathan

    2006-01-01

    Autori sõnul on energiaressursside eksport Venemaa uus jõud, kuid see ei tähenda, et Venemaa hakkab seda jõudu kasutama vastutustundetult. Euroopal oleks kasulik sõlmida Venemaaga pikaajalised lepingud energeetilise ahela kõigi etappide kohta. Autor leiab, et need, kes tahavad Venemaa lahkumist G8-st, ei mõista selle ühenduse eesmärki

  6. Put Rossii v WTO / Maksim Medvedkov

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    Medvedkov, Maksim

    2006-01-01

    Vene delegatsiooni juht Venemaa WTO-ga liitumise läbirääkimistel vastab küsimustele, mis puudutavad USA positsiooni neil läbirääkimistel, WTO-ga liitumise võimalikke tagajärgi Venemaale liitumise esimeses etapis, endiste NSVL-i vabariikide ja Venemaa vaheliste erimeelsuste võimalikku mõju Venemaa liitumisele WTO-ga

  7. Analitik postavil ekonomike Rossii diagnoz : bolna / Ksenia Repson

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    Repson, Ksenia

    2006-01-01

    Hansapanga ja Eesti Päevalehe Ärilehe poolt korraldatud Venemaa-teemalisel ettevõtlusseminaril esinenud president Vladimir Putini endise majandusnõuniku, Venemaa Majandusanalüüsi Instituudi direktori Andrei Illarionovi sõnul on Venemaal praegu valitsevad riigikapitalism ja bürokraaatlik diktatuur ning riigi välispoliitikat iseloomustab energeetilistel ressurssidel põhinev agressioon. Lisa: Andrei Illiaronov. Vt. samas: Venemaa turg on suur

  8. Opravdannõje pretenzii na liderstvo / Niina Kulikova

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    Kulikova, Niina

    2006-01-01

    Venemaa on G8 tippkohtumiseks nimetanud põhiteemadeks energeetilise julgeoleku, võitluse infektsioonhaigustega ning haridusprogrammide arengut. Venemaa juhtivast positsioonist maailma energeetikaturul

  9. Cynthia Kaplan : Venemaa ei suuda mõista, mida tähendab suveräänsetest rahvusriikidest naabrite omamine / Cynthia Kaplan ; interv. Liisa Past

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    Kaplan, Cynthia

    2007-01-01

    California ülikooli politoloogiaprofessor, Eesti-ekspert vastab küsimustele, kas tavaliste eestlaste ja venelaste puhul toimib identiteet ja suhe oma riigiga erinevalt, kas on reaalne leida peale rahvusliku identiteedi ka riigi- või kodanikuidentiteet, kas ta suhtub skeptiliselt mõttesse leida Eestis ühine ajalugu, kas Venemaal on endiselt imperialistlikke ambitsioone teiste riikide suhtes

  10. "Hair" - laul ja tants, mitte kultusmuusikal / Andris Feldmanis

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    Feldmanis, Andris, 1982-

    2006-01-01

    Kultusmuusikal "Hair" Rock Cafés Georg Otsa nim. Tallinna Muusikakooli õpilaste esituses, lavastaja Ivo Eensalu, muusikajuhid Mare Väljataga, Meelis Punder, tantsujuht Ulrike Ustav, kunstnikud Kristel Viks, Liisi Suuroja

  11. Putin : "Ma poon ta munepidi üles!" / Aadu Hiietamm

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    Hiietamm, Aadu, 1954-

    2008-01-01

    Prantsusmaa nädalaleht Le Nouvel Observateur avaldas kirjutise Venemaa peaminister Vladimir Putini shokeerivast keelekasutusest Gruusia presidendi Saakashvili aadressil, Venemaa nimetas artiklit laimuks

  12. Accumulation of Content Validation Evidence for the Critical Thinking Self-Assessment Scale.

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    Nair, Girija Gopinathan; Hellsten, Laurie-Ann M; Stamler, Lynnette Leeseberg

    2017-04-01

    Critical thinking skills (CTS) are essential for nurses; assessing students' acquisition of these skills is a mandate of nursing curricula. This study aimed to develop a self-assessment instrument of critical thinking skills (Critical Thinking Self-Assessment Scale [CTSAS]) for students' self-monitoring. An initial pool of 196 items across 6 core cognitive skills and 16 subskills were generated using the American Philosophical Association definition of CTS. Experts' content review of the items and their ratings provided evidence of content relevance using the item-level content validity index (I-CVI) and Aiken's content validity coefficient (VIk). 115 items were retained (range of I-CVI values = .70 to .94 and range of VIk values = .69-.95; significant at pself-assessment purposes.

  13. Turbulent energy dissipation rates observed by Doppler MST Radar and by rocket-borne instruments during the MIDAS/MaCWAVE campaign 2002

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    N. Engler

    2005-06-01

    Full Text Available During the MIDAS/MaCWAVE campaign in summer 2002 we have observed turbulence using Doppler beam steering measurements obtained from the ALWIN VHF radar at Andøya/Northern Norway. This radar was operated in the Doppler beam steering mode for turbulence investigations during the campaign, as well as in spaced antenna mode, for continuously measuring the background wind field. The real-time data analysis of the Doppler radar backscattering provided the launch conditions for the sounding rockets. The spectral width data observed during the occurrence of PMSE were corrected for beam and shear broadening caused by the background wind field to obtain the turbulent part of the spectral width. The turbulent energy dissipation rates determined from the turbulent spectral width vary between 5 and 100mW kg-1 in the altitude range of 80-92km and increase with altitude. These estimations agree well with the in-situ measurements using the CONE sensor which was launched on 3 sounding rockets during the campaign.

  14. Evaluation of de novo assembly technique in the South African abalone Haliotis midae transcriptome: A comparison from Illumina and 454 systems

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    Barbara Picone

    2016-12-01

    Full Text Available Next generation sequencing platforms have recently been used to rapidly characterize transcriptome sequences from a number of non-model organisms. The present study compares two of the most frequently used platforms, the Roche 454-pyrosequencing and the Illumina sequencing-by-synthesis (SBS, on the same RNA sample obtained from an intertidal gastropod mollusc species, Haliotis midae. All the sequencing reads were deposited in the Short Read Archive (SRA database are retrievable under the accession number [SRR071314 (Illumina Genome Analyzer II] and [SRR1737738, SRR1737737, SRR1737735, SRR1737734 (454 GS FLX] in the SRA database of NCBI. Three transcriptomes, composed of either pure 454 or Illumina reads or a mixture of read types (Hybrid, were assembled using CLC Genomics Workbench software. Illumina assemblies performed the best de novo transcriptome characterization in terms of contig length, whereas the 454 assemblies tended to improve the complete assembly of gene transcripts. Both the Hybrid and Illumina assemblies produced longer contigs covering more of the transcriptome than 454 assemblies. However, the addition of 454 significantly increased the number of genes annotated.

  15. Liberalnõi imperializm, ili Missija Rossii v XXI veke

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    2003-01-01

    Venemaa valmistub parlamendi- ja presidendivalimisteks. Tuntud poliitik Anatoli Tshubais esines hiljuti Peterburis, põhiteemaks Venemaa ajalooline missioon XXI sajandil, poliitiline know-how - liberaalne imperialism

  16. Osobõi put Glazunova-mladshego / Maria Orlova

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    Orlova, Maria

    2001-01-01

    Moskva kunstniku Ivan Glazunovi loomingust ja maalinäitusest Vene saatkonna galeriis Tallinnas (Põhja-Venemaa maastikud, rahvarõivastes neiud). Venemaa kunstielust, traditsioonilise realistliku kunsti elustamisest.

  17. Vzaimovõgodnõi dialog / Anna Belova ; interv. Mihhail Tuzhikov

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    Belova, Anna

    2004-01-01

    Moskvas toimus rahvusvaheline konverents "Venemaa ja Baltimaad Euroopas. Majanduslik dialoog: täna ja homme". Ettevõtte "Venemaa raudteed" asepresident raudtee-alasest integratsiooniprotsessist ning rahvusvahelistest transpordiprojektidest

  18. A coordinated molecular 'fishing' mechanism in heterodimeric kinesin

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    Hou, Ruizheng; Wang, Zhisong

    2010-01-01

    Kar3 is a kinesin motor that facilitates chromosome segregation during cell division. Unlike many members of the kinesin superfamily, Kar3 forms a heterodimer with non-motor protein Vik1 or Cik1 in vivo. The heterodimers show ATP-driven minus-end directed motility along a microtubule (MT) lattice, and also serve as depolymerase at the MT ends. The molecular mechanisms behind this dual functionality remain mysterious. Here, a molecular mechanical model for the Kar3/Vik1 heterodimer based on structural, kinetic and motility data reveals a long-range chemomechanical transmission mechanism that resembles a familiar fishing tactic. By this molecular 'fishing', ATP-binding to Kar3 dissociates catalytically inactive Vik1 off MT to facilitate minus-end sliding of the dimer on the MT lattice. When the dimer binds the frayed ends of MT, the fishing channels ATP hydrolysis energy into MT deploymerization by a mechanochemical effect. The molecular fishing thus provides a unified mechanistic ground for Kar3's dual functionality. The fishing-promoted depolymerization differs from the depolymerase mechanisms found in homodimeric kinesins. The fishing also enables intermolecular coordination with a chemomechanical coupling feature different from the paradigmatic pattern of homodimeric motors. This study rationalizes some puzzling experimental observation, and suggests new experiments for further elucidation of the fishing mechanism

  19. Koopia originaali ja camp'i vahel / Harry Liivrand

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    Liivrand, Harry, 1961-

    2001-01-01

    Brasiilia-ameerika fotograafi Vik Muniz'e (s. 1961 Brasiilias, elab USA-s) fotonäitus "Virtuoos, kellest sai fotograaf" Amsterdamis Huis Marseille's. Fotograaf reprodutseerib toiduainete, majapidamistarvete ja prahiga koopiaid kunstiteostest, mille hiljem pildistab

  20. Toit kunstimeediumina / Rael Artel

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    Artel, Rael, 1980-

    2002-01-01

    Näiteid toidu ja kaasaegse kunsti kohtumisest Eestis (Jaan Toomik, Paul Rodgers, Marko Laimre, Haus galerii) ja välismaal (Joseph Beuys, Vik Muniz, Damien Hirst). Food art, art culinaire - kunstiteosed valmistatakse toiduainetest

  1. Vene oligarh vallandas meediajuhte / Ksenia Repson

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    Repson, Ksenia

    2011-01-01

    Venemaa oligarh Ališer Usmanov vallandas ASi Kommersant Holding peadirektori Andrei Galijevi ja ajakirja Kommersant-Vlast peatoimetaja Maksim Kovalski, tuues põhjuseks Venemaa peaministri Vladimir Putini solvamise

  2. В российских СМИ начались чистки / Ксения Репсон

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    Репсон, Ксения

    2011-01-01

    Venemaa oligarh Ališer Usmanov vallandas ASi Kommersant Holding peadirektori Andrei Galijevi ja ajakirja Kommersant-Vlast peatoimetaja Maksim Kovalski, tuues põhjuseks Venemaa peaministri Vladimir Putini solvamise

  3. Vene riik paneb suure osa nafta hinna tõusust enda taskusse / Annika Matson

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    Matson, Annika, 1976-

    2004-01-01

    Tulevikus kahaneb Vene naftagigantide kasum, kuna riik maksustab eksporditava nafta kasumi kuni 90 protsendiga. Vt. samas: Aleksander Malugin. Venemaa metallisektor õitseb. Lisa: Investeerimispankade lemmikud Venemaa börsil

  4. Vene propaganda tilgutid jätkavad oma tööd / Vello Helk

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    Helk, Vello, 1923-2014

    2009-01-01

    Venemaa võitlusest "katsetega võltsida ajalugu" Venemaa huvide vastaselt, Aleksander Djukovi raamatust "Müüt genotsiidist: Nõukogude võimude repressioonid Eestis 1940-1953" ja selle vastukajadest ajakirjanduses

  5. Euroopa Liidu ja Moskva suhted vajaks muudatusi / Jaanus Piirsalu

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    Piirsalu, Jaanus, 1973-

    2007-01-01

    Brüsselis asuva EL-i ja Venemaa keskuse direktori Fraser Cameroni hinnangul peaksid EL-i liikmesriigid andma Brüsselile Moskvaga suhtlemiseks rohkem võimu. Tema väitel avaldavad tugevat vastuseisu Venemaa ja EL-i poliitiliste suhete arendamisele Baltimaad ja Poola. Liikmesriikide kahepoolsed suhted Venemaaga sõltuvad parajasti võimul olevast juhtkonnast. Balti riigid olevat Venemaa suhtes liiga kriitilised, nimeliselt mainis F. Cameron Eesti presidendi Toomas Hendrik Ilvese avaldusi. Vt. samas : Paralleel Eestiga

  6. "Die Europäische Union ist ein Komplize Russlands" = "The EU Is Virtually an Accomplice of Moscow" / Toomas Hendrik Ilves ; interv. Jan Puhl

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    Ilves, Toomas Hendrik, 1953-

    2008-01-01

    President Toomas Hendrik Ilves räägib Euroopa Liidu suhetest Venemaaga peale Venemaa agressiooni Gruusia vastu, venelaste olukorrast Eestis, Eesti julgeolekust, Ukraina ja Gruusia toetamise vajadusest Euroopa Liitu pääsemisel. Eesti riigipea hoiatab Euroopat liigse tolerantsuse eest Venemaa käitumise suhtes ning sõltuvuse eest Venemaa energiast. Lühiülevaade intervjuust ilmunud ka: Vaba Eesti Sõna 13. nov. 2008, lk. 12, pealk.: Russian tolerance warning from Estonian president

  7. Moskva mängis end naabritega tülitsedes nurka / Heiki Suurkask

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    Suurkask, Heiki, 1972-

    2007-01-01

    USA välisministri Condoleezza Rice'i Venemaa-visiidi eesmärk oli vähendada Venemaa vastuseisu Tšehhi ja Poola laiendatavale raketitõrjekilbile ja Kosovo iseseisvusele, kuid lepiti kokku vaid selles, et retoorikat tuleb pehmendada. Moskvas viibis ka Saksa välisminister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, EL-i ja Venemaa tippkohtumise eel jäävad peaaegu kõik poliitilised tüliküsimused püsima. Lisa: Usaldamatuse saareke

  8. USA multimiljonär käis venevastast lobi tegemas / Toivo Tänavsuu

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    Tänavsuu, Toivo

    2011-01-01

    1. juulil Eestit külastanud investeerimisfondi Hermitage Capital Management juht ja kaasasutaja Bill Browder kohtus president Toomas Hendrik Ilvese, kultuuriminister Rein Langi, kaitseminister Mart Laari, parlamendiliikmete ja inimõiguslastega. Bill Browder soovib 60 Venemaa ametnikele ja täitevvõimu esindajatele viisakeeldu kehtestada, sest ta usub, et Venemaa on maffiariik, kus inimõigused võimu vaikival heakskiidul jalge alla tallutakse. Ta on käivitanud ülemaailmse Venemaa-vastase kampaania. Kampaania põhjustest

  9. Perspektivõ sotrudnitshestva i konkurentsii portov Baltiiskogo regiona = Cooperation and competition prospects for the ports in the Baltic region / Mihhail Bronshtein

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    Bronštein, Mihhail, 1923-

    2004-01-01

    11-12. oktoobrini Peterburis toimunud konverentsil peetud ettekanne. Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia akadeemik Balti riikide sadamate tähtsusest Venemaa transiitkaubanduses, Venemaa sadamate ehitusest Balti mere regioonis. Lisa: Mihhail Bronshtein

  10. Jesli b ja bõl sultan... / Aleksandra Manukjan

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    Manukjan, Aleksandra

    2002-01-01

    Venemaa Paremjõudude Liidu poliitnõukogu esimehe, Riigiduuma saadiku Boriss Nemtsovi seisukohtadest Venemaa sisepoliitika, president Vladimir Putini Tšetšeenia kriisi reguleerimise, Baltimaade venelaste ja Kaliningradi probleemi kohta

  11. "Test the West": Reimagining Sovereignties in the Post-Soviet Space / Cindy Wittke

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    Wittke, Cindy

    2018-01-01

    Venemaa välispoliitilisest tegutsemisest nn "lähisvälismaa" suhtes piiride ja territooriumite ümberkujundamisel. Venemaa arusaamast rahusvahelisest õigusest ja rahvusvahelistest suhetest ning vastandumisest Läänele

  12. Iron Lady / Vaira Vike-Freiberga

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    Vike-Freiberga, Vaira, 1937-

    2000-01-01

    Valik Läti presidendi vastuseid, millele Venemaa ametnikud on reageerinud kõige ägedamalt. Teemad puudutavad Venemaa võimalikku agressiooni Baltimaades ning Läti liitumist NATO ja Euroopa Liiduga

  13. Defence of the constitutional order

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    2016-01-01

    Äärmuslaste tegevusest Eestis, rändekriisi julgeolekupoliitilisest mõõtmest, Venemaa kaasmaalaspoliitikast, Venemaa mõjutustegevusest Eestis, ülevaade mõjutustegevuse käigus rakendatavatest meediaprojektidest ja ajaloopropagandast

  14. Angela Merkel : NATO kaitseb Eestit Gruusia sündmuste kordumise eest / Raimo Poom

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    Poom, Raimo

    2008-01-01

    Saksamaa liidukantsleri Angela Merkeli visiit keskendus olukorrale Gruusias: kantsler taunis Venemaa otsust tunnistada Lõuna-Osseetia ja Abhaasia iseseisvust ning arvustas Venemaa venitamistaktikat rahuplaani elluviimisel. Lisa: Gruusiale viisalihtsustus ja abi

  15. MIDA: A Multimodal Imaging-Based Detailed Anatomical Model of the Human Head and Neck.

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    Maria Ida Iacono

    Full Text Available Computational modeling and simulations are increasingly being used to complement experimental testing for analysis of safety and efficacy of medical devices. Multiple voxel- and surface-based whole- and partial-body models have been proposed in the literature, typically with spatial resolution in the range of 1-2 mm and with 10-50 different tissue types resolved. We have developed a multimodal imaging-based detailed anatomical model of the human head and neck, named "MIDA". The model was obtained by integrating three different magnetic resonance imaging (MRI modalities, the parameters of which were tailored to enhance the signals of specific tissues: i structural T1- and T2-weighted MRIs; a specific heavily T2-weighted MRI slab with high nerve contrast optimized to enhance the structures of the ear and eye; ii magnetic resonance angiography (MRA data to image the vasculature, and iii diffusion tensor imaging (DTI to obtain information on anisotropy and fiber orientation. The unique multimodal high-resolution approach allowed resolving 153 structures, including several distinct muscles, bones and skull layers, arteries and veins, nerves, as well as salivary glands. The model offers also a detailed characterization of eyes, ears, and deep brain structures. A special automatic atlas-based segmentation procedure was adopted to include a detailed map of the nuclei of the thalamus and midbrain into the head model. The suitability of the model to simulations involving different numerical methods, discretization approaches, as well as DTI-based tensorial electrical conductivity, was examined in a case-study, in which the electric field was generated by transcranial alternating current stimulation. The voxel- and the surface-based versions of the models are freely available to the scientific community.

  16. Stepašin: ära alusta sõda, kui ei tea selle lõppu / Sergei Stepašin ; interv. Toomas Sildam

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    Stepašin, Sergei

    2003-01-01

    Ilmunud ka: Infopress 17. jaanuar nr. 3 lk. 132-133. Intervjuu Eestis visiidil oleva Venemaa peakontrolöriga Venemaa poliitikast, Eestile kehtestatud topelttollidest, Tšetšeenia sõjast, terrorismist

  17. FSB : terror saab tuge välismaa MTÜdelt / Oliver Tiks

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    Tiks, Oliver

    2008-01-01

    Venemaa föderaalse julgeolekuteenistuse FSB peadirektor Nikolai Patrushev süüdistab välismaiseid valitsusväliseid organisatsioone rahvusvaheliste terroristide aitamises, värvates terroristide toetajaid Venemaa territooriumil

  18. Ametkondlikuks kasutuseks mõeldud musi jõuab filmi / Krister Paris

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    Paris, Krister, 1977-

    2008-01-01

    Venemaa filmilevisse ilmub Anatoli Voropajevi produtseeritud mängufilm "Suudlus: ametkondlikuks kasutamiseks" ("Potselui ne dlja pressõ") Andrei Paniniga peaosas. Film kujutab ilmselt Venemaa presidendi eraelu kõige kaunimal viisil

  19. Russkaja diaspora : vzgljad iz Moskvõ / Tatjana Poloskova ; interv. Nelli Kuznetsova

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    Poloskova, Tatjana

    2004-01-01

    Mõningates endistes NSVL liiduvabariikides, ka Eestis, viidi läbi monitooring venelaste olukorra selgitamiseks. Uuringu tulemusi arutati Moskvas, Peterburis ning kokkuvõtvat aruannet Venemaa välisministeeriumis. Venemaa kaasmaalaste poliitikast

  20. Putin's regime and consolidation of the state / Janina Sleivyte

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    Sleivyte, Janina

    2004-01-01

    Venemaa presidendi Vladimir Putini tegevusest riigivõimu tugevdamisel ja konsolideerimisel. Autori seisukoht on, et Venemaa vajab suuremat majanduslikku ning poliitilist vabadust kaasaegse majanduse ja post-modernse ühiskonna ülesehitamisel

  1. Rossiiskije artistõ objavili nam boikot? / Nikolai Karajev

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    Karajev, Nikolai, 1978-

    2007-01-01

    Venemaa artistid ei soovi tulla Eestisse külalisesinemistele poliitilistel põhjustel ja väidetavalt valmistub Venemaa suurejooneliseks propagandasõjaks, kaitstes pronkssõduri jäämist samale kohale

  2. "Орел" предпочел Попогребскому Учителя / Борис Тух

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    Тух, Борис, 1946-

    2011-01-01

    Nimetati Venemaa Rahvusliku Filmikunsti- ja -teaduste Akadeemia auhinna "Kuldne Kotkas" ("Золотой орел") võitjad. Artiklile lisatud "Kuldne Kotkas 2010" laureaadid. Kõige enam auhindu sai režissöör Aleksei Utšiteli film "Ääremaa" (Venemaa 2010), milles mängib olulist rolli näitlejanna Julia Peresild. Teiseks jäi (auhindade poolest) Aleksei Popogrebski film "Kuidas ma veetsin selle suve" (Venemaa 2010). Ka teistest auhinnatutest

  3. Putin : täi, kes möirgas / Max Boot

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    Boot, Max

    2007-01-01

    USA sõjandusajaloolane ja -analüütik kirjutab Venemaa presidendi Vladimir Putini kõnest Müncheni julgeolekukonverentsil, kus ta süüdistas USA-d ja NATO-t Venemaa ähvardamises. Autori arvates tundus kõne ülepaisutatuna ning tegelikult on president Putin teinud vähe oma kodumaa tõsistele hädadele tähelepanu pööramiseks, selle asemel on säilitanud illusiooni, et Venemaa jääb suurvõimuks

  4. Vizantiiskoje zerkalo. Novõi rossiiski agitprop ili otsherednaja strashilka? / Pavel Kuzenkov ; interv. Sergei Bõtshkov

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    Kuzenkov, Pavel

    2008-01-01

    Isa Tihhoni autorlusena valminud Venemaa dokumentaalfilm "Impeeriumi hukk. Bütsantsi õppetunnid" ("Gibel imperii. Uroki Vizantii"). Filmi ideestikust, mis suunatud tänase Venemaa suunas, räägib filmi teaduslik konsultant

  5. Moskva jätab Kosovo puhul otsad lahti / Jaanus Piirsalu

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    Piirsalu, Jaanus, 1973-

    2008-01-01

    Venemaa välisminister Sergei Lavrov teatas, et Kosovo iseseisvuse oodatav väljakuulutamine ei tähenda tingimata, et Venemaa tunnustab Abhaasiat ja Lõuna-Osseetiat. Moskva politoloogi Aleksei Malashenko arvamus

  6. Problema interpretatsii / Aleksandr Shegedin

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    Shegedin, Aleksandr

    2004-01-01

    Vene Riigiduuma ratifitseeris Venemaa ning Euroopa Liidu vahelise partnerlus- ja koostöölepingu, samuti Venemaa ühinemislepingu Kyoto protokolliga. Autor hindab nende lepingute võimalikku mõju Eesti-Vene suhetele

  7. Ja nenavizhu etot marshrut : "London - Moskva!" / Vladimir Zhirinovski ; interv. Mihhail Petrov

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    Žirinovski, Vladimir, 1946-

    2006-01-01

    Vladimir Zhirinovski esinemisest partei kongressil, Oktoobrirevolutsioon ja süüdistused Lenini aadressil, Suur Isamaasõda, Venemaa vaenlased, perestroika, NSV Liidu likvideerimine, Afganistan, Iraak, Iraan, Venemaa eesmärgid uutes oludes

  8. Vene firmas osaluse ostmine nõuab peaministri luba / Tiit Reinart

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    Reinart, Tiit, 1964-

    2008-01-01

    Venemaa seaduseelnõu "Välismaalaste juurdepääsust strateegilistele majandusharudele" kohaselt peavad välisettevõtted, kes kavatsevad soetada Venemaa strateegiliste ettevõtete nimekirja kuuluvate firmade aktsiaid, taotlema selleks luba peaministrilt

  9. Irina Hakamada : "Sex v bolshoi politike" - eto samoutshitel / Irina Hakamada ; interv. Jelena Majakova

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    Hakamada, Irina

    2006-01-01

    Venemaa tuntuim naispoliitik Irina Hakamada avas regioonidevahelise sotsiaalse solidaarsuse fondi Meie Valik ning liitus Venemaa ekspeaministri ja demokraatide 2008. a. tõenäolise presidendikandidaadi Mihhail Kasjanovi juhitava ühiskondlik-poliitilise liikumisega

  10. Torgovlja litshnoi zhiznju / Julia Larina

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    Larina, Julia

    2007-01-01

    BBC Worldwide koostöös Venemaa televisiooni Esimese Kanaliga on produtseerinud dokumentaalfilmi "Printsess Diana. Viimane päev Pariisis". Pikemalt filmis peamiseks kujunenud probleemist - staari ja meedia suhetest, ka Venemaa kontekstis

  11. Tendentsii baltiiskogo neftetranzita = Development trends in the Baltic oil transit / Mihhail Bronshtein

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    Bronštein, Mihhail, 1923-

    2004-01-01

    Autor analüüsibVenemaa naftatoodete transiitkaubanduse kasvu läbi Balti riikide aastatel 1997-2003 ning prognoosib Baltimaade suunalise naftaekspordi mahtusid lähiaastateks.Tabel: Venemaa naftatootmise prognoos aastani 2012

  12. Rogozin : Topelttollid kaovad enne WTOd / Dmitri Rogozin ; interv. Toomas Sildam

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    Rogozin, Dmitri

    2002-01-01

    Venemaa Riigiduuma väliskomitee esimehe sõnul on Eestil ja Venemaal palju rohkem kokkupuutepunkte kui vastuolusid. D. Rogozin Venemaa välispoliitikast, NATO laienemisest itta, topelttollidest, õigeusu kiriku tülist

  13. Solana : Eesti-Vene piirilepe võib tulla 10. mail Moskvas / Javier Solana ; interv. Krister Paris

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    Solana, Javier

    2005-01-01

    Euroopa Liidu välis- ja julgeolekupoliitika koordinaator Javier Solana Venemaa piirileppest Eestiga, OSCE rollist, Venemaa-Euroopa Liidu suhetest, euroliidu sõltumatust välispoliitikast. Lisa: Ajalooanalüüsi kaudu lepituseni

  14. Võistlused : [kalasport, 28. apr. - 30. juun. 2012

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    2012-01-01

    Kevadkalake, Töörahva Kala, Kevadsärg, Vagula Röövik, Saadjärve Haug, EMV Õngitsemises (mehed), Linnakala, Suure-Jaani Spinning, Tuulekala Trolling, Rakvere Koger, Gorodenko Spinning, EMV Õngitsemises (naised ja noored)

  15. Venemaast saab pehme impeerium / Leonid Gozman ; interv. Vallo Toomet

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    Gozman, Leonid

    2003-01-01

    Venemaa Ühendatud Energiasüsteemide juhatuse liige Leonid Gozman vastab küsimustele, mis puudutavad riske äriajamisel Venemaaga, Eesti liitumist EL-iga, Kremli suhtumist Venemaa oligarhidesse, varanduslikku kihistumist, poliitilist arengut Venemaal

  16. Paetu ne nashloss mesta za stolom / Jevgenija Garanzha

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    Garanža, Jevgenija, 1979-

    2005-01-01

    Venemaa ei andnud Eesti välisministrile Urmas Paetile viisat sõiduks Peterburi, kus toimus Eesti ja Loode-Venemaa piiriülese koostöö teemaline ümarlaud. Kommenteerib Riigikogu liige Sergei Ivanov

  17. Hirm taevas ning võit infosõjas / Taavi Minnik

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    Minnik, Taavi, 1986-

    2015-01-01

    Venemaa ja Egiptus soovivad Siinai poolsaare lennuõnnetuse põhjusena välistada terrorirünnaku võimaluse, samas kui välismeedias ning Venemaa opositsioonilistes kanalites selle üle aina valjemini arutletakse

  18. A soviet memorial - and mind-set / Fred Hiatt

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    Hiatt, Fred

    2007-01-01

    Eesti ja Venemaa vahelistest suhetest, Tõnismäe pronkssõduri erinevast tähendusest eestlaste ja venelaste jaoks. President Toomas Hendrik Ilvese sõnul tundub, nagu ei suudaks Venemaa taluda demokraatiat oma naaberriikides

  19. Russia, NATO enlargement and the Baltic States / Konstantin Khudoley, Dmitri Lanko

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    Khudoley, Konstantin

    2004-01-01

    Autor analüüsib NATO laienemisprotsessi, sh Baltimaade liitumise mõju Venemaa välispoliitilistele seisukohtadele ja strateegiatele ning kirjeldab Venemaa ja NATO vahelise koostöö arendamise kolme võimalikku stsenaariumi

  20. Russkije idut, no eto skoreje G7, a ne G8 / Brian Love

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    Love, Brian

    2005-01-01

    Venemaa ületab takistuse maailma suurriigina tunnustamises 2006. a. jaanuaris, kui ta aastaks saab G8 eesistujaameti. Vaatamata toimunud muutustele on Venemaa endiselt külaline, kui kohtuvad G7 rahandusministrid ja keskpankade juhid

  1. Slon Orlu ne tovarishtsh

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    2008-01-01

    Venemaa rahvusliku filmikunsti ja -teaduste akadeemia auhinnad "Kuldne Kotkas" ("Zolotoi Orjol") ja Venemaa filmikriitikute gildi auhinnad "Valge Elevant" 2007.a. filmide eest. Kahe kinoakadeemia konkurentsist, kus nö "Mihhalkovi omad" saavad Kuldse Kotka auhindu

  2. Alan Riley : meid ootab tõsine gaasipuudus / Alan Riley ; interv. Krister Paris

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    Riley, Alan

    2007-01-01

    Briti majandus- ja õigusekspert doktor Alan Riley seab kahtluse alla Venemaa energiagigandi Gazpromi tugevuse energiaturul ning leiab, et gaasituru liberaliseerimine aitaks võidelda nii potentsiaalse gaasipuuduse kui Euroopa sõltuvusega Venemaa gaasitootjast. Lisa: Riley

  3. Neft ne bõvajet oranzhevoi / Dmitri Bõkov

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    Bõkov, Dmitri

    2005-01-01

    Venemaa poliitiliste kriiside eripärast. Nn. sametrevolutsiooni eeldustest Aserbaidžaanis, president Ilham Alijev otsustab teostada revolutsiooni ülevalt, läbiviidud kaadrimuudatused, opositsiooni nõrkus. USA, Venemaa ja SRÜ vajavad stabiilset naftariiki

  4. USA tõstis tõkkepuu Vene WTO-püüdlustelt / Krister Paris

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    Paris, Krister, 1977-

    2006-01-01

    USA ja Venemaa leppisid põhimõtteliselt kokku tingimustes, mille täitmise korral saab Venemaa WTO-ga liituda. Liitumise peavad heaks kiitma kõik WTO liikmesmaad, raskeks võib osutuda heakskiidu saamine Gruusialt

  5. Minister Paet's visa rejection creates controversy

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    2005-01-01

    Euroopa Parlament ja Euroopa Komisjon kritiseerisid Venemaa käitumist, välisminister Urmas Paetile viisa andmisest keeldumise tõttu. Pärast intsidenti tegi Venemaa Välisminister Sergei Lavrov Urmas Paetile ettepaneku kohtuda detsembris

  6. Moda zajavljajet o sebe / Anna Korjakina

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    Korjakina, Anna

    2005-01-01

    Balti Moeföderatsiooni organiseeritud Riia moenädalast, kus oma töid demonstreerisid Läti, Eesti, Leedu, Venemaa ja Prantsusmaa moeloojad. Eestist Oksana Tandit ja Triinu Pungits. Pikemalt Masha Tsigali kollektsioonist (Venemaa)

  7. Rasputin, Dvaputin, Triputin! / Toomas Kümmel

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    Kümmel, Toomas

    2007-01-01

    Venemaa presidendist Vladimir Putinist, sisepoliitikast ja parteist "Ühtne Venemaa". President Putini aja ideoloogia on autori hinnangul andnud inimestele selgelt mõista, et Venemaad ümbritsevad vaenlased, kellega võitlemiseks vajab riik tugevat juhti

  8. Bolshoi vopross : Dolzhnõ li mõ bojatsja kontrolja Kremlja nad energetitsheskim snabzhenijem Jevropõ?

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    2006-01-01

    Venemaa valitsuse poolt kontrollitav Gazprom kuulub maailma suurimate maagaasi tootjate hulka ning rahuldab 20 protsenti maailma nõudlusest, kontserni tähtsusest Lääneriikide ja Venemaa jaoks. Gazpromi huvist Suurbritannia firma Centrica vastu

  9. Alexander Stubb: koostööleping Venemaaga peab tulema / Alexander Stubb ; interv. Krister Paris

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    Stubb, Alexander, 1968-

    2008-01-01

    Soome välisminister usub, et parim viis Venemaa kaasamiseks Euroopas on Venemaa tihedam integreerimine Euroopaga, seega on koostööleping kohustuslik. Vene-Saksa gaasijuhtme puhul on Soome jaoks küsimus keskkonnas

  10. Glaz da glaz ili gaz da gaz? / Jevgenija Garanzha

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    Garanža, Jevgenija, 1979-

    2005-01-01

    Euroopa Liidu ja Venemaa tippkohtumisest Londonis, kõnealusteks teemadeks lihtsustatud viisarežiim, piirilepingud Eesti ja Lätiga, vähemusrahvuste olukord nendes riikides, põhiteemaks kujuneb Euroopa sõltuvus Venemaa gaasist ja naftast

  11. Tuumajaama rajamiseks pooled seadused olemas / Toomas Viks

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    Viks, Toomas, 1969-

    2008-01-01

    Eesti on ühinenud mitme tuumateemat puudutava rahvusvahelise konventsiooniga, kuid seadusandlik baas vajab olulist täiendamist. Ilmunud ka Tallinna Teataja : Nõmme ja Mustamäe, dets. 2008, lk. 5 ; Tallinna Teataja : Haabersti, Kristiine ja Põhja-Tallinn, dets. 2008, lk. 5 ; Eesti Teataja : Järvamaa, Jõgevamaa, Tartumaa, Põlvamaa, Võrumaa, Valgamaa ja Viljandimaa, dets. 2008, lk. 5 ; Eesti Teataja : Hiiumaa, Saaremaa, Läänemaa ja Pärnumaa, dets. 2008, lk. 5 ; Eesti Teataja : Rapla- ja Harjumaa, dets. 2008, lk. 5 ; Eesti Teataja : Virumaa, dets. 2008, lk. 5

  12. Moskva lubab sadu miljoneid Bassajevi ja Mashadovi eest / Kaivo Kopli

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    Kopli, Kaivo

    2004-01-01

    Venemaa süüdistab Shamil Bassajevit ja Aslan Mashadovit Põhja-Osseetia pantvangikriisis ning lubab nende eest 150 miljonit krooni, samuti kavatseb Venemaa astuda uusi samme Ahmed Zakajevi ja Iljas Ahmadovi väljanõudmiseks

  13. Foreign Minister urges EU unity on Russia / Matt Withers

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    Withers, Matt

    2008-01-01

    Välisminister Urmas Paet rõhutas Euroopa Liidu Üldasjade ja Välissuhete Nõukogu liikmete kohtumisel, et Euroopa Liit peab enne EL-i ja Venemaa vahelist tippkohtumist kujundama ühise arvamuse Venemaa-Gruusia konflikti suhtes

  14. Vladimir Putin püünel, George W. Bush varjus / Toomas Alatalu

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    Alatalu, Toomas, 1942-

    2007-01-01

    Tšehhi kaitseministeeriumi delegatsiooni visiit Moskvasse. Venemaa esitas rahvusvahelise valuutafondi tegevdirektori kohale Tšehhi Keskpanga juhi kohalt sõltumatuna peaministriks kutsutud Jozef Toshovsky. Venemaa ja Austria vastuseis USA raketitõrjesüsteemi paigutamiseks Tšehhi

  15. Koren kvadratnõi iz prazdnikov / Aleksandr Ikonnikov

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    Ikonnikov, Aleksandr

    2004-01-01

    Venemaa välisministeeriumi avaldusest seoses AVAKS süsteemi radar-lennuki ülelennuga Venemaa piiri läheduses, süüdistused Eesti ja Läti aadressil jõudsid nõudmisteni venekeelse elanikkonna õiguste kaitseks

  16. Potshemu medved rõtshit / Richard Pipes

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    Pipes, Richard

    2006-01-01

    Harvardi ülikooli ajalooprofessor Richard Pipes arutleb, miks Venemaa viimase aja käitumises väljendub soovimatus koostööks, sageli ka vaenulikkus. Venemaa võimetus rahvusvahelises kontekstis oma kohta leida, selle ajaloolised juured

  17. Ettevaatust, uus pseudoläänlus vene ideoloogias! / Andres Herkel

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    Herkel, Andres, 1962-

    2008-01-01

    Ilmunud ka: Eesti Eest = Za Estoniju : Izdanije objedinenija "Sojuz Otetshestva i Res Publica" 14. aug. 2008, lk. 7. Ajalehes Rossiiskaja Gazeta ilmunud Sergei Karaganovi artiklist, kus ta visandab Venemaa globaalse arengu strateegia ja unistab Venemaa moderniseerimisest

  18. Привет от российской оппозиции / Илья Громов

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    Громов, Илья

    2009-01-01

    Riigikogus toimunud Venemaa ja Euroopa Liidu suhete teemalisest ümarlauast võtsid osa ka Venemaa endine peaminister Mihhail Kasjanov, Bulgaaria endine välisminister Solomon Passy, Euroopa Parlamendi saadik Henrik Lax ja Riigikogu asespiiker Kristiina Ojuland

  19. Nafta hind aitas Vene börsi rekordile / Virge Lahe

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    Lahe, Virge

    2007-01-01

    Nafta hinna tõus on avaldanud Venemaa aktsiaturgudele positiivset mõju, tõstes aktsiahinna indeksi kõigi aegade kõrgeima tasemeni. Diagramm: RTS võttis eile rekordtaseme juures hoo maha. Tabel: Venemaa aktsiatehingute teenustasud Eesti maaklerfirmades

  20. Ja polagaju, tshto vsjo sledujet shit! / Anna Korjakina

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    Korjakina, Anna

    2005-01-01

    31.03-3.04 toimus Riias moenädal - Riga Fashion Show. Oma töid demonstreerisid Läti, Eesti, Leedu, Venemaa ja Prantsusmaa moeloojad. Eestist Oksana Tandit ja Triinu Pungits. Pikemalt Masha Tsigali kollektsioonist (Venemaa)

  1. Deripaska liigub nagu tank / Tõnis Arnover

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    Arnover, Tõnis, 1952-

    2007-01-01

    Venemaa rikkaimaks inimeseks tõusnud Oleg Deripaska on lisaks alumiiniumitööstusele tegev ka ehituses ja autotööstuses. Diagramm: Venemaa rikkaimad. Vt. samas: Putiniga üleaedseks; Vägev kohtutüli endise äripartneriga

  2. Gruusia pingutab üle oma võimete / Jeroen Bult

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    Bult, Jeroen

    2006-01-01

    Gruusia ja Venemaa vahelisest külmast sõjast. Gruusial pole Läänes mõjukaid sõpru, Euroopat huvitab vaid Venemaa energia, ja ainukesel poolehoidjal, USA presidendil, on palju muidki muresid kui Gruusiat kaitsta, arvab autor

  3. Energy Tax versus Carbon Tax. A quantitative macro economical analysis with the HERMES/MIDAS models

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    Karadeloglou, P.

    1992-01-01

    The idea of imposing a tax has been recently put forward as a policy-instrument to induce substitutions aiming at reducing CO[sub 2] overall emissions. One can distinguish two options: recycle tax revenues for energy system restructuring (supply or demand restructuring); or use the corresponding revenues in order to reduce the negative impacts caused on the economic activity by the introduction of the tax. Several papers dealing with only the macroeconomic aspects of the environmental problems have been written. These papers neglect more or less the energy sphere and consider that the energy feedback effects are very small. Macroeconomic impacts of the carbon tax have been examined for the United Kingdom and for the four big European countries elsewhere. In this paper a synthesis of both the energy and the macroeconomic approaches is realized. The approach adopted is global and tries to evaluate the impacts on both the economic and energy system. The main question examined is the effectiveness and impacts of fiscal policy on CO[sub 2] emission and the effects of the adoption of an accommodating policy. Thus, not only the effects of imposing an energy or carbon tax are examined, but also the effects of introducing accommodating measures are studied. The analysis is effected by using the HERMES-MIDAS linked system of models and is limited in analyzing the effects of carbon and energy taxes and the reduction of direct taxes and is effected for four countries namely France, Federal Republic of Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom. In section 2 policy scenarios are described while in sections three and four the results of the policy simulations are presented. In section five we compare the differences of two taxes (energy tax and carbon tax) and in section six the reduction of direct taxation as an accommodating measure is examined. 27 tabs., 10 refs

  4. Energy Tax versus Carbon Tax. A quantitative macro economical analysis with the HERMES/MIDAS models

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    Karadeloglou, P. [National Technical University of Athens (Greece)

    1992-03-01

    The idea of imposing a tax has been recently put forward as a policy-instrument to induce substitutions aiming at reducing CO{sub 2} overall emissions. One can distinguish two options: recycle tax revenues for energy system restructuring (supply or demand restructuring); or use the corresponding revenues in order to reduce the negative impacts caused on the economic activity by the introduction of the tax. Several papers dealing with only the macroeconomic aspects of the environmental problems have been written. These papers neglect more or less the energy sphere and consider that the energy feedback effects are very small. Macroeconomic impacts of the carbon tax have been examined for the United Kingdom and for the four big European countries elsewhere. In this paper a synthesis of both the energy and the macroeconomic approaches is realized. The approach adopted is global and tries to evaluate the impacts on both the economic and energy system. The main question examined is the effectiveness and impacts of fiscal policy on CO{sub 2} emission and the effects of the adoption of an accommodating policy. Thus, not only the effects of imposing an energy or carbon tax are examined, but also the effects of introducing accommodating measures are studied. The analysis is effected by using the HERMES-MIDAS linked system of models and is limited in analyzing the effects of carbon and energy taxes and the reduction of direct taxes and is effected for four countries namely France, Federal Republic of Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom. In section 2 policy scenarios are described while in sections three and four the results of the policy simulations are presented. In section five we compare the differences of two taxes (energy tax and carbon tax) and in section six the reduction of direct taxation as an accommodating measure is examined. 27 tabs., 10 refs.

  5. Species-specific differences in adaptive phenotypic plasticity in an ecologically relevant trophic trait: hypertrophic lips in Midas cichlid fishes.

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    Machado-Schiaffino, Gonzalo; Henning, Frederico; Meyer, Axel

    2014-07-01

    The spectacular species richness of cichlids and their diversity in morphology, coloration, and behavior have made them an ideal model for the study of speciation and adaptive evolution. Hypertrophic lips evolved repeatedly and independently in African and Neotropical cichlid radiations. Cichlids with hypertrophic lips forage predominantly in rocky crevices and it has been hypothesized that mechanical stress caused by friction could result in larger lips through phenotypic plasticity. To test the influence of the environment on the size and development of lips, we conducted a series of breeding and feeding experiments on Midas cichlids. Full-sibs of Amphilophus labiatus (thick-lipped) and Amphilophus citrinellus (thin-lipped) each were split into a control group which was fed food from the water column and a treatment group whose food was fixed to substrates. We found strong evidence for phenotypic plasticity on lip area in the thick-lipped species, but not in the thin-lipped species. Intermediate phenotypic values were observed in hybrids from thick- and thin-lipped species reared under "control" conditions. Thus, both a genetic, but also a phenotypic plastic component is involved in the development of hypertrophic lips in Neotropical cichlids. Moreover, species-specific adaptive phenotypic plasticity was found, suggesting that plasticity is selected for in recent thick-lipped species. © 2014 The Author(s). Evolution © 2014 The Society for the Study of Evolution.

  6. "Проект Балтия": конкурсный дебют = Project Baltia: competition debut / Людмила Лихачева

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    Лихачева, Людмила

    2012-01-01

    Villem Tomiste (Stuudio Tallinn) projekt "G-block" osales "Project Baltia" korraldatud rahvusvahelisel arhitektuurikonkursil, millega otsiti arhitektuurset lahendust kinnisvaraarendusele Peterburis, Hersonskaja 43/12. Osalesid veel: BureauMoscow (Venemaa), Kjellgren Kaminsky Architecture AB (Rootsi), ALA (Soome), Studiya Alekseya Levchuka (Venemaa)

  7. Tensions with Russia peak

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    2004-01-01

    Venemaa vastas NATO radarilennukite näidislendudele Läti ja Leedu kohal omapoolsete luurelendudega Läänemere piirkonnas. Vene presidendi välisnõuniku Sergei Jastrzhembski sõnul ei kavatse Venemaa leppida NATO baaside rajamisega Balti riikide territooriumile

  8. Venemaa õppetund / Silver Meikar

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    Meikar, Silver, 1978-

    2008-01-01

    Ilmunud ka: Vooremaa 19. aug. lk. 2, Lõunaleht 28. aug. lk. 4. Eesti-Gruusia parlamendirühma aseesimehe sõnul peab Eesti jätkama toetust Gruusiale selle nimel, et sõjas laastatud riik saaks jalad alla ning selle kodanikud võiksid elada vabas ja demokraatlikus riigis

  9. Juridica minevikust, tulevikust ja veebist 200. numbri künnisel / Peep Pruks ; komment. Hanno Pevkur, Priit Pikamäe, Norman Aas ...[jt.

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    Pruks, Peep, 1963-

    2013-01-01

    Vastused küsimusele, mida on Juridica seni andnud kasulikku ja mida ootaksite ajakirjalt tulevikus rohkem. Valiku statistilistest andmetest, mida Google Analyticsi abil on võimalik veebis Juridica kasutamise kohta tuvastada. Tabel. Graafikud

  10. Russia eyes Baltic energy market, shuns Ventspils pipeline

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    2004-01-01

    Venemaa tööstus- ja energeetikaminister Viktor Hristenko kinnitas 5. juuli pressikonverentsil Venemaa huvi omandada osalus Baltimaade energiaettevõtetes ja seadis Ventspilsi sadama kaudu nafta transiidi jätkumise eeltingimuseks sadama aktsiate kontrollpaketi müügi Venemaale

  11. Ping-pong tsherez granitsu, kotoroi net / Aleksandr Shegedin

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    Shegedin, Aleksandr

    2006-01-01

    Võrus toimus Saksamaa poolel sõdinud veteranide traditsiooniline kokkutulek, kus esines ka peaminister Andrus Ansip. Venemaa reageeris tavapäraste süüdistustega: katse rehabiliteerida natsismi, Teise maailmasõja tulemuste ümberhindamine, venelaste olukord Baltimaades. Venemaa - Soome suhted

  12. Täpp torni i-l / Ele Pajula

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    Pajula, Ele

    2011-01-01

    Tallinnas Kultuurikatlas 8.-10 juunini etendatavast tantsulavastusest "Tantsiv torn". Lavastus, kontseptsioon, koreograafia, stsenograafia: Šaša Pepeljajev. Torni konstruktsioon: Pavel Pepeljajev. Helilooja Ülo Krigul. Esitajad: Aurinkobaletti - AB Dance Company (Soome), Apparatus Theatre Group (Venemaa), insenerteater AKHE (Venemaa)

  13. Parim küberarsenal ründes kasutamata / Silver Meikar

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    Meikar, Silver, 1978-

    2007-01-01

    Venemaa küberrünnakutest Eesti vastu, kus Eesti võitis vene häkkerite vastu lahingu, kaitstes riigi toimemehhanisme. Autori arvates pole Venemaa Eesti vastu rakendanud täit arsenali, mis tähendaks ka inimelude kaotust

  14. More about the events in 1940 : three obstacles to Russia's saying, "We are terribly sorry" / Yelena Sukhina

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    Sukhina, Yelena

    2002-01-01

    Venemaa suhtumisest 1939.-1940. a. sündmustesse. Venemaa ei vabanda Eesti riigi ja rahva ees, sest: 1)Eesti okupeerimist õigustatakse enesekaitsega; 2)Eestis ja Venemaal olid ja on erinevad väärtushinnangud; 3)kahel riigil on erinevad sõjakogemused

  15. Russia must face January 13 past - PM / Justinas Vainilavicius

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    Vainilavicius, Justinas

    2009-01-01

    Leedu peaminister Andrius Kubilius teatas, et Venemaa peab võtma vastutuse 13. jaanuaril 1991. aastal aset leidnud sündmuste ja 14 inimese hukkumise eest. Euroopa Komisjon soovib, et Venemaa teeks koostööd nende sündmuste uurimisel

  16. Molotovi lapselaps : NATO laienemine on suur viga / Vjatsheslav Nikonov ; interv. Kadri Liik

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    Nikonov, Vjatsheslav

    2004-01-01

    Ilmunud ka: Infopress, 9. apr., nr. 15, 2004, lk. 32-33. Venemaa poliitikaanalüütik kirjutab raamatut oma vanaisast, NSV Liidu kunagisest välisministrist Vjatsheslav Molotovist ning räägib Venemaa ja Balti riikide suhetest, NATO laienemisest

  17. Surra Tallinna eest / Patrick J. Buchanan ; tõlk. Marek Laane

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    Buchanan, Patrick J.

    2007-01-01

    USA presidendikandidaat kirjutab Venemaa-Eesti konfliktist pronkssõduri pärast ja võimalikust Venemaa rünnakust Eesti vastu ning arvab, et USA ei peaks, hoolimata NATO põhimõttest, sekkuma, sest see tooks kaasa veel suurema sõja

  18. "Russians could take us" Adamkus / Adam Mullett

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    Mullett, Adam

    2008-01-01

    Leedu president Valdas Adamkus on arvamusel, et Gruusia ründamine oli alguseks Venemaa pikaajalisele plaanile, mille käigus rünnatakse ka Balti riike. Küsitluse järgi arvavad leedulased, et Venemaa on Leedule sõjaliseks ohuks

  19. Stubb : EL saavutas Gruusia kriisi ajal palju / Alexander Stubb ; interv. Liisi Poll

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    Stubb, Alexander, 1968-

    2008-01-01

    Intervjuu Soome välisministri Alexander Stubbiga, kes vastab küsimustele, mis puudutavad Euroopa Liidu positsiooni seoses Venemaa agressiooniga Gruusias ja Soome seisukohti seoses NATOga. Euroliidu reaktsioon Venemaa agressioonile Gruusias oli poliitiliselt tugev ja majanduslikult nõrk, arvab ta

  20. Kto s ognjom k nam prijedjet... / Vladimir Fridljand

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    Fridljand, Vladimir

    2005-01-01

    22. septembril Tallinnas Tõnismäe pronkssõduri juures kavandatavast fašismi ohvritele pühendatud üritusest, mille initsiaatoriteks on Eesti neonatsismi ja rahvustevahelise vaenu vastane komitee ning Venemaa partei Ühtne Venemaa Peterburi regionaalne osakond. Eesti poliitikute reageeringutest

  1. Venemaal võib panga osta 100 rubla eest

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    2008-01-01

    Venemaa likviidsuskriisi tõttu on sealsed pangad kaotanud suure osa oma väärtusest. Vneshekonombank maksis Svjazbanki 98protsendilise osaluse eest vähem kui 5000 rubla ning ligi pool KIT Finansist ostis riigiettevõte Venemaa raudteed 100 rubla eest

  2. Key pipeline drips dry

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    2003-01-01

    Venemaa kütusefirma Transneft lõpetas naftaekspordi läbi Ventspilsi sadama, kuna Läti kütusefirma Vetspils Oil polnud nõus neile oma aktsiaid müüma. EL sekkub Venemaa ja Läti kütusefirmade vahelisse vaidlusse

  3. "Idiot" polutshil premiju

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    2004-01-01

    Fjodor Dostojevski romaani "Idioot" ekraniseeringus Venemaa televisioonis mängib Jevgeni Mironov vürst Mõshkinit : režissöör Vladimir Bortko : Venemaa 2003. Nende tööde eest said J. Mironov ja V. Bortko Aleksandr Solzhenitsõni kirjanduspreemia

  4. Riia-Moskva postitüli Põhjasõja eelõhtul / Enn Küng

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    Küng, Enn

    2006-01-01

    Haagi saadiku Andrei Matvejev'i poolt 1701. a. propagandateose sissejuhatuses esitatud Põhjasõja algatamise ettekäänetest. Rootsi ja Venemaa vahelisest postiühendusest, postmeistrite omavahelisest vastuolust ning selle kasutamisest Venemaa poolt ühe Põhjasõja alustamise võimaliku põhjendusena

  5. Dzhorzh opjat poutshajet Vovu

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    2007-01-01

    George W. Bushi intervjuust agentuurile Reuters, kus ta puudutas Venemaa suhteid Läänega, USA plaani paigutada raketitõrjevahendid Poolasse ja Tšehhi. USA president George W. Bush kahtleb, kas president Vladimir Putini ajal Venemaa sammub demokraatia poole. Vene eksperdi Dmitri Abzalovi arvamus

  6. Värdjatest, kui mitte muust / Karlo Funk

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    Funk, Karlo, 1971-

    1999-01-01

    Mängufilmid "Tantsija aeg" ("Vremja tantsora") : Stsenarist Aleksandr Mindadze : režissöör Vadim Abdrashitov : Venemaa 1997 ja "Värdjatest ja inimestest" ("Pro urodov i ljudei") : Stsenarist ja režissöör Aleksei Balabanov : Venemaa - Ameerika Ühendriigid 1998

  7. Moskva ja Lääs enne Peterburi G-8 tippkohtumist / Urmas Kiil

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    Kiil, Urmas

    2006-01-01

    Hiljuti avalikustatud ettekannet Engaging with Russia - the Next Phase (Koostöö Venemaaga - järgmine etapp) võib pidada Venemaa ja lääneriikide suhete külmenemise mastaapseks kroonikaks ja see teeb problemaatiliseks Venemaa edaspidise osalemise G-8 seltskonnas

  8. Okupatsioon ja propaganda / Meelis Maripuu

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    Maripuu, Meelis

    2008-01-01

    Venemaa massiteabevahendite infost Balti riikide ja Poola okupeerimise kohta. Alates 2005. aastast on nähtav püüe dikteerida Balti riikide ajalookäsitlusi ja välja töötada moderniseeritud Venemaa poolne kontseptsioon II maailmasõja perioodi ajaloost

  9. Poola saab tülis Venemaaga kogu EL-i oma selja taha / Krister Paris

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    Paris, Krister, 1977-

    2006-01-01

    EL-i eesistujamaa Soome lubas Poolale lisada Venemaa kehtestatud impordikeelu Poola lihatoodetele EL-i ja Venemaa läbirääkimiste ametlikku päevakorda. Impordikeelu kiiret lõpetamist toetavad Prantsusmaa ja Leedu. Lisa: Poola püüdlused "vastuvõetamatud"

  10. Transcriptome-Wide Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs for Abalone (Haliotis midae: Validation and Application Using GoldenGate Medium-Throughput Genotyping Assays

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    Rouvay Roodt-Wilding

    2013-09-01

    Full Text Available Haliotis midae is one of the most valuable commercial abalone species in the world, but is highly vulnerable, due to exploitation, habitat destruction and predation. In order to preserve wild and cultured stocks, genetic management and improvement of the species has become crucial. Fundamental to this is the availability and employment of molecular markers, such as microsatellites and Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs . Transcriptome sequences generated through sequencing-by-synthesis technology were utilized for the in vitro and in silico identification of 505 putative SNPs from a total of 316 selected contigs. A subset of 234 SNPs were further validated and characterized in wild and cultured abalone using two Illumina GoldenGate genotyping assays. Combined with VeraCode technology, this genotyping platform yielded a 65%−69% conversion rate (percentage polymorphic markers with a global genotyping success rate of 76%−85% and provided a viable means for validating SNP markers in a non-model species. The utility of 31 of the validated SNPs in population structure analysis was confirmed, while a large number of SNPs (174 were shown to be informative and are, thus, good candidates for linkage map construction. The non-synonymous SNPs (50 located in coding regions of genes that showed similarities with known proteins will also be useful for genetic applications, such as the marker-assisted selection of genes of relevance to abalone aquaculture.

  11. Transcriptome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for abalone (Haliotis midae): validation and application using GoldenGate medium-throughput genotyping assays.

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    Bester-Van Der Merwe, Aletta; Blaauw, Sonja; Du Plessis, Jana; Roodt-Wilding, Rouvay

    2013-09-23

    Haliotis midae is one of the most valuable commercial abalone species in the world, but is highly vulnerable, due to exploitation, habitat destruction and predation. In order to preserve wild and cultured stocks, genetic management and improvement of the species has become crucial. Fundamental to this is the availability and employment of molecular markers, such as microsatellites and single nucleotide (SNPs). Transcriptome sequences generated through sequencing-by-synthesis technology were utilized for the in vitro and in silico identification of 505 putative SNPs from a total of 316 selected contigs. A subset of 234 SNPs were further validated and characterized in wild and cultured abalone using two Illumina GoldenGate genotyping assays. Combined with VeraCode technology, this genotyping platform yielded a 65%-69% conversion rate (percentage polymorphic markers) with a global genotyping success rate of 76%-85% and provided a viable means for validating SNP markers in a non-model species. The utility of 31 of the validated SNPs in population structure analysis was confirmed, while a large number of SNPs (174) were shown to be informative and are, thus, good candidates for linkage map construction. The non-synonymous SNPs (50) located in coding regions of genes that showed similarities with known proteins will also be useful for genetic applications, such as the marker-assisted selection of genes of relevance to abalone aquaculture.

  12. Questions arise over Kalvitis' visit in Moscow

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    2009-01-01

    Euroopa Parlamendi saadiku Inese Vaidere ja Läti välismistri Maris Riekstinsi arvamusi Venemaa peaministri Vladimir Putini kohtumisest Läti peaministri Aigars Kalvitisega Venemaal, kus viimane osales investeerimisfoorumil. Läti välisminister Maris Riekstins plaanib kohtuda Venemaa välisministri Sergei Lavroviga

  13. Metslase taltsutamine ja rahvusühtlus / Jaan Ruus

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    Ruus, Jaan, 1938-2017

    2002-01-01

    Venemaa mängufilmide "Vend" (1997), "Vend 2" (2000) ja "Sõda" (2002) : režissöör Aleksei Balabanov ja "Puhastustuli" (1997) : režissöör Aleksandr Nevzorov, näitel Venemaa ja Tšetšeenia sõjast. Võrdlusena ameerika vesternid

  14. Eksperdid peavad võrdlust Kuuba kriisiga liialduseks / Evelyn Kaldoja

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    Kaldoja, Evelyn, 1980-

    2016-01-01

    Balti riikide ja teiste Venemaa naaberriikide julgeolekust seoses Iskander-M-tüüpi rakettide paigutamisega Kaliningradi oblastisse. NATO liitlasvägede kohalolust Baltimaades ja Poolas ning mõjudest Venemaa julgeolekupoliitilistele otsustele. Rahvusvahelise Kaitseuuringute Keskuse teadurite Tomas Jermalavičiuse ja Kalev Stoicescu kommentaarid

  15. Deja-vu nafta ja gaasiga / Igor Gräzin

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    Gräzin, Igor, 1952-

    2007-01-01

    Riigikogu liige leiab, et uuenenud ja nüüdisaegse Euroopa Liidu aluseks peab saama ühtne energiapoliitika, sest seni kuni seda ei ole, püüab Venemaa gaasitarnete osas sõlmida EL-i liikmesriikidega erikokkuleppeid, kusjuures igasse ostjasse suhtub Venemaa isemoodi - vastavalt oludele

  16. Merkel kinnitab toetust Gruusiale / Vahur Koorits, Liisi Poll

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    Koorits, Vahur, 1981-

    2008-01-01

    Ilmunud ka: Postimees : na russkom jazõke 27. aug. 2008, lk. 2. Saksamaa liidukantsleri Angela Merkeli visiidist Tallinna, kus kohtumisel peaminister Andrus Ansipiga arutati ka energeetikaküsimusi. A. Merkeli sõnul peab Venemaa täitma rahulepingut Gruusiaga ning peab rahvusvahelise õigusega ühildamatuks Lõuna-Osseetia ja Abhaasia sõltumatuse tunnustamist Venemaa poolt. Vt. samas: Lääneriikide esindajad mõistsid Venemaa sammu hukka. Juuresoleval fotol Angela Merkel ja president Toomas Hendrik Ilves ühisel jalutuskäigul Kumust presidendilossi. Vt. ka lk. 2 karikatuur Angela Merkelist, president T. H. Ilvesest ja peaminister Andrus Ansipist

  17. Ekspert : Saksamaa muutub Vene suhtes kriitilisemaks / Arko Olesk

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    Olesk, Arko, 1981-

    2005-01-01

    Saksa välispoliitikaeksperdi Heinz Timmermanni hinnangul kaasneb võimuvahetusega Saksamaal avatum kriitika Venemaa käitumise suhtes, samas fundamentaalseid muutusi suhetes Venemaaga ei tule. Tema sõnul ei soovi Venemaa ühiskondlikku euroopastumist ning pole valmis poliitiliste normide ja reeglite - demokraatia, meediavabaduse jm. ülevõtuks

  18. Der Diskurs von der Notwendigkeit des Durchbruchs zur Ostsee in der russischen Geschichte und Historiographie / Aleksandr Filjuškin

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    Filjuškin, Aleksandr

    2004-01-01

    Venemaa Läänemerele juurdepääsu soovi formuleerimisest ja käsitlusest Lääne-Euroopa allikates ning Venemaa ajalooteaduses ehk "akna läände raiumise" teema arengust 16. - 20. sajandini. Idee teostamisega kaasnenud ideoloogiast Peeter I ajal. Läänemere kaubanduse problemaatikast varauusajal

  19. In Ukraine, Fear of Being a Resurgent Russiaѫs Next Target / Nicholas Kulish, Sara Rhodin

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    Kulish, Nicholas

    2008-01-01

    Gruusia ja Venemaa vaheline konflikt on suurendanud ebakindlust Venemaa suhtes ka Ukrainas, Poolas ja Balti riikides. Eesti president Toomas Hendrik Ilves leiab, et Gruusia sündmustel on tõsised tagajärjed rahvusvahelise rahu jaoks. Vabariigi President töövisiidil Gruusias 12.-13.08.2008

  20. Estonija razozlila Jevropu

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    2005-01-01

    Eesti-Venemaa piirilepingu tüli Euroopa Liidu põhiseaduse ratifitseerimise, edasise laienemise ja eelarve probleemide taustal. Artiklis viidatakse Euroopa Liidu eesistujamaa Suurbritannia Moskva suursaadiku arvamusavaldusele, et Eesti-Venemaa piiritüli on kahe riigi omavaheline asi. Riigikogu välispoliitika komisjoni esimehe Enn Eesmaa arvamus

  1. Vene mõjukaim IT-guru soovitab Eesti uuendusi ida poole müüa / Henrik Roonemaa

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    Roonemaa, Henrik

    2005-01-01

    Eestit külastanud Venemaa mõjukamaid IT-gurusid Alexander Galitsky soovitab Eestis välja töötatud ja toimivaid innovaatilisi lahendusi pakkuda Venemaa turule. Alexander Galitsky nõustab Allan Martinsoni investeerimisfirmat Martinson Trigon Venture Partners. Vt. samas: E-riigi Akadeemia aitab firmade saavutused itta

  2. Estonie : l'ombre de Moscou / Toomas Hendrik Ilves ; interv. Antoine Jacob

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    Ilves, Toomas Hendrik, 1953-

    2007-01-01

    President Toomas Hendrik Ilves räägib Tõnismäe pronkssõduri ümberpaigutamisega 2007. a. aprillis kaasnenud rahutuste ajaloolistest tagamaadest, Eesti ja Venemaa suhetest, Euroopa Liidu toetusest Eestile, Vene-Saksa gaasijuhtme projektist, Eesti ja Venemaa vahelisest piirilepingust, oma noorusaastatest Ameerika Ühendriikides, võõrkeelte oskusest

  3. Rice hoiatas Vene välisministrit võimalike pingeliste suhete eest / Arko Olesk

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    Olesk, Arko, 1981-

    2005-01-01

    Euroopas ja Lähis-Idas ringreisil viibiv USA välisminister Condoleezza Rice ütles kohtumisel Venemaa välisministri Sergei Lavroviga, et kahe riigi suhteid võivad pingestada mittedemokraatlikud ilmingud Venemaal. Rice'i sõnul ei kavatse USA Venemaa suhtes sanktsioone rakendada. Lisa: Condoleezza Rice'i ringreis

  4. "Hey Russia hands off Georgia"

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    2008-01-01

    Eesti presidendi Toomas Hendrik Ilvese, Leedu presidendi Valdas Adamkuse, Poola presidendi Lech Kaczynski ning Läti peaministri Ivars Godmanise toetusvisiidist Gruusiasse. Balti riikide juhid mõistsid Venemaa-Gruusia konflikti hukka ning pälvisid sellega Venemaa kriitika. Vabariigi President töövisiidil Gruusias 12.-13.08.2008

  5. Kosovo probleemid taas ummikseisus / Jüri Piirisild

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    Piirisild, Jüri

    2007-01-01

    Kosovo iseseisvumist lükkab edasi Venemaa vastuseis, kes on ÜRO-s selle küsimuse puhul ähvardanud kasutada oma vetoõigust. Ühelt poolt on see Venemaa võimalus lüüa kiilu lääneriikide vahele, kuid teisalt tooks ka Kosovo iseseisvumine Venemaale kasu

  6. Russian dollars on the Baltic threshold / Tatyana Merkulova, Alexander Ushakov, Vaidotas Vysniauskas

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    Merkulova, Tatyana

    2001-01-01

    Ilmunud ka: Baltiiskii Kurss, nr. 18, 2001, lk. 16-18. Venemaa naftatransiit Baltimaades. Suuremad transiidiettevõtted LatRosTrans ja Ventspils nafta Lätis, Pakterminal, Onako Eesti ja Transiidikeskus Eestis ning Mazeikiu nafta Leedus. Vene naftafirmade LUKoil, Jukos ja TNK osalused Baltimaade naftaäris. Venemaa naftajuhtme süsteemide projektid

  7. Otto von Habsburg : III maailmasõda on läbi / Otto von Habsburg ; interv. Marianne Mikko

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    Habsburg, Otto von, 1912-2011

    2002-01-01

    Otto von Habsburg vastab küsimustele, mis puudutavad Euroopa konvendi presidendi teadet, et Türgi koht ei ole EL-is, Iraagi võimalikku ründamist, Hiina ja Venemaa suhteid, Tšetšeeniat, tshetsheene ja terrorismi, Venemaa, EL-i ja USA suhteid, III maailmasõda, Eesti Vabariigi tulevikku

  8. Neetud Siber / Mihkel Mutt

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    Mutt, Mihkel, 1953-

    2004-01-01

    Rets. rmt.: Brzezinski, Zbigniew. Suur malelaud. Tallinn, 2003 ; Sergejev, Vladimir ; Vseviov, David. Venemaa - lähedane ja kauge. Tallinn, 2002 ; Figes, Orlando. Natasha tants. Venemaa kultuurilugu. Tallinn, 2003 ; Lotman, Juri. Vestlusi vene kultuurist. Vene aadli argielu ja traditsioonid 18. sajandil ja 19. sajandi algul. 1. köide. Tallinn, 2003

  9. Dialog vmesto ugroz / Margarita Tshernogorova

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    Tšernogorova, Margarita, 1933-

    2005-01-01

    Vaatamata juba 14 aasta möödumisest Baltimaade iseseisvumisest jätkuvad endiselt vabanduste ja kompensatsioonide nõudmised Venemaa aadressil. Tagasivaade ajalukku. Autori arvates peaksid Baltimaad Venemaaga läbirääkimistel arvestama nii Venemaa rahvaste kui Balti riikides elavate põlisrahvuste, venelaste ja vähemusrahvuste huvidega

  10. Intrigue around Mazeikiu Nafta sale increases as Kremlin puts squeeze on Kazakh bidder

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    2005-01-01

    Venemaa riigiettevõte Transneft katkestas koostöö Kasahstani riigile kuuluva naftakompaniiga KazMunayGaz, kuna ettevõte soovib saada Mazeikiu Nafta investoriks. Kuigi Venemaa planeeris KazMunaiGaz'i investorite seast välja tõugata, kinnitas Kasahstani president Nursultan Nazarbajev, et ettevõtte investeeringupakkumine on endiselt jõus

  11. Суверенная мордва / Кира Латухина

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    Латухина, Кира

    2008-01-01

    Hantõ-Mansiiskis toimunud soome-ugri maailmakongressist, president Toomas Hendrik Ilvese kohtumisest Venemaa presidendi Dmitri Medvedeviga ja Eesti riigipea kõnest kongressil. Eesti delegatsiooni saalist lahkumisest Venemaa riigiduuma väliskomisjoni esimehe Konstantin Kossatšovi sõnavõtu ajal. Vabariigi President töövisiidil Venemaal 27.-30.06.2008

  12. Kadõrov haarab Tšetšeeniat täielikult enda kontrolli alla / Igor Taro

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    Taro, Igor

    2008-01-01

    Tšetšeenia presidendi Ramzan Kadõrovi ja Venemaa võimude vaheline konflikt tekkis, kui Gudermesi linna lähedal puhkenud tulevahetuses Vene eriüksuse ja kadõrovlaste vahel hukkus kaks eriüksuse võitlejat. Kadõrovi soovist lahti saada Venemaa kaitseministeeriumile alluvatest Vene vägedest

  13. Eestlaste (uskumatud) seiklused Handimaal / Anzori Barkalaja

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    Barkalaja, Anzori, 1968-

    2008-01-01

    Eesti delegatsiooni osalemisest soome-ugri rahvaste V maailmakongressil Hantõ-Mansiiskis, Venemaa presidendi Dmitri Medvedevi ja Vene Riigiduuma väliskomisjoni esimehe Konstantin Kossatshovi esinemisest kongressil. Juuresoleval fotol president Toomas Hendrik Ilves, proua Evelin Ilves ja Venemaa president Dmitri Medvedev. Vabariigi President töövisiidil Venemaal 27.-30.06.2008

  14. Robert Putnam : miks peaksime naabritega rohkem rääkima? / Robert Putnam ; interv. Külli-Riin Tigasson

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    Putnam, Robert

    2006-01-01

    26. mail Tallinnas toimuva Avatud Ühiskonna Foorumi peaesineja, Harvardi Ülikooli professor väidab, et mida paremini tuntakse oma naabreid, mida aktiivsemalt osaletakse kohalikus elus ning mida rohkem inimesed omavahel suhtlevad, seda paremaks ja turvalisemaks muutub nende elukeskkond. Lisad: Robert Putnam (sünd 1941); Kuidas kasvatada sotsiaalset kapitali?

  15. Suursaadiku osas Eestile ettekirjutusi ei tehtud / Kärt Anvelt

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    Anvelt, Kärt, 1973-

    2007-01-01

    Saksa ajaleht Financial Times Deutschland väitis, nagu oleks Venemaa nõustunud lõpetama Eesti Moskva-saatkonna piiramist juhul, kui Eesti suursaadik Marina Kaljurand lahkub Moskvast. Välisminister Urmas Paet vastas eitavalt küsimusele, kas Saksa välisminister Walter Steinmeier vahendas talle Venemaa välisministri sellekohase nõudmise

  16. Soome-ugri rahvaste V maailmakongress = 5th world congress of finno-ugric peoples

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    2009-01-01

    President Toomas Hendrik Ilvese kohtumisest Venemaa presidendi Dmitri Medvedeviga, kõnest Hantõ-Mansiiskis toimunud soome-ugri maailmakongressil, Eesti delegatsiooni saalist väljamarssimisest Venemaa riigiduuma väliskomisjoni esimehe Konstantin Kossatshovi sõnavõtu ajal. Väljavõtteid välisajakirjandusest. Vabariigi President töövisiidil Venemaal 27.-30.06.2008

  17. Statistika fiksirujet rost / Nikolai Uspenski ; interv. Eteri Kekelidze

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    Uspenski, Nikolai

    2006-01-01

    Venemaa suursaadik Eestis Nikolai Uspenski vastab küsimustele, mis puudutab tema hinnangut energeetikaalasele koostööle Euroopas, Põhja-Euroopa gaasijuhtme projekti, Vene-Eesti kaubandussuhteid, Venemaa prioriteete regionaalses koostöös, Vene erainvesteeringute mõju Eesti majandusele, probleeme Eesti-Vene piiripunktis Narvas ning Eesti-Vene kaubandus- ja majanduskokkuleppe sõlmimise perspektiive

  18. Russia steps up Baltic incursions / Bruce Jones

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    Jones, Bruce

    2017-01-01

    Peale Leedu presidendi 31. juuli avaldust, et Leetu Šiauliai õhuväebaasi tuuakse NATO hävituslennukeid juurde, on Balti õhuruumis märgatud järjest rohkem registreerimata ja sisselülitamata transponderitega Venemaa lennukeid. Selle üheks põhjuseks peetakse lähenevat Venemaa sõjalist suurõppust Zapad 2017

  19. Grammatika soome-eesti suursõnaraamatus / Ülle Viks

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    Viks, Ülle

    2004-01-01

    Võimalustest leida grammatilisi andmeid sõnastikus: Soome-eesti suursõnaraamat=Suomi-viro suursanakirja. 1. A-Q ; 2. R-Ö. Tallinn : Eesti Keele Instituut ; Helsinki : Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, 2003

  20. Saneerimisseadus on esimene samm majanduse kasvuks / Toomas Viks

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    Viks, Toomas, 1969-

    2008-01-01

    Riigikogus vastu võetud saneerimisseadusest majandusraskustesse sattunud ettevõtetele. Ilmunud ka Tallinna Teataja : Nõmme ja Mustamäe, dets. 2008, lk. 5 ; Tallinna Teataja : Haabersti, Kristiine ja Põhja-Tallinn, dets. 2008, lk. 5 ; Eesti Teataja : Järvamaa, Jõgevamaa, Tartumaa, Põlvamaa, Võrumaa, Valgamaa ja Viljandimaa, dets. 2008, lk. 5 ; Eesti Teataja : Hiiumaa, Saaremaa, Läänemaa ja Pärnumaa, dets. 2008, lk. 5 ; Eesti Teataja : Rapla- ja Harjumaa, dets. 2008, lk. 5 ; Eesti Teataja : Virumaa, dets. 2008, lk. 5

  1. Punane moon või kaine mõistus / Ene Läkk

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    Läkk, Ene, 1957-

    2001-01-01

    Nukuteatri uue hoone sisekujunduse võistluse I ja II koha töödest. I koha töö autorid Raivo Kotov ja Andrus Kõresaar, II koha töö autorid Ülar Mark, Liina Link, stilist Ain Nurmela ja arvutigraafik Tanel Viks büroost Mark & Tamm Arhitektid

  2. Molecular phylogeny of the genus Saguinus (Platyrrhini, Primates based on the ND1 mitochondrial gene and implications for conservation

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    Claudia Helena Tagliaro

    2005-03-01

    Full Text Available The systematics of the subfamily Callitrichinae (Platyrrhini, Primates, a group of small monkeys from South America and Panama, remains an area of considerable discussion despite many investigations, there being continuing controversy over subgeneric taxonomic classifications based on morphological characters. The purpose of our research was to help elucidate the phylogenetic relationships within the monkey genus Saguinus (Callitrichinae using a molecular approach to discover whether or not the two different sections containing hairy-faced and bare-faced species are monophyletic, whether Saguinus midas midas and Saguinus bicolor are more closely related than are S. midas midas and Saguinus midas niger, and if Saguinus fuscicollis melanoleucus and Saguinus fuscicollis weddelli really are different species. We sequenced the 957 bp ND1 mitochondrial gene of 21 Saguinus monkeys (belonging to six species and nine morphotypes and one Cebus monkey (the outgroup and constructed phylogenetic trees using maximum parsimony, neighbor joining, and maximum likelihood methods. The phylogenetic trees obtained divided the genus Saguinus into two groups, one containing the small-bodied species S. fuscicollis and the other, the large-bodied species S. mystax, S. leucopus, S. oedipus, S. midas, S. bicolor. The most derived taxa, S. midas and S. bicolor, grouped together, while S. fuscicollis melanoleucus and S. f. weddelli showed divergence values that did not support the division of these morphotypes into subspecies. On the other hand, S. midas individuals showed divergence compatible with the existence of three subspecies, two of them with the same morphotype as the subspecies S. midas niger. The results of our study suggest that there is at least one Saguinus subspecies that has not yet been described and that the conservation status of Saguinus species and subspecies should be carefully revised using modern molecular approaches.

  3. Mixed Frequency Data Sampling Regression Models: The R Package midasr

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    Eric Ghysels

    2016-08-01

    Full Text Available When modeling economic relationships it is increasingly common to encounter data sampled at different frequencies. We introduce the R package midasr which enables estimating regression models with variables sampled at different frequencies within a MIDAS regression framework put forward in work by Ghysels, Santa-Clara, and Valkanov (2002. In this article we define a general autoregressive MIDAS regression model with multiple variables of different frequencies and show how it can be specified using the familiar R formula interface and estimated using various optimization methods chosen by the researcher. We discuss how to check the validity of the estimated model both in terms of numerical convergence and statistical adequacy of a chosen regression specification, how to perform model selection based on a information criterion, how to assess forecasting accuracy of the MIDAS regression model and how to obtain a forecast aggregation of different MIDAS regression models. We illustrate the capabilities of the package with a simulated MIDAS regression model and give two empirical examples of application of MIDAS regression.

  4. Estonia, Russia clash on the future of Finno-Ugric peoples / Paul Goble

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    Goble, Paul Alan, 1949-

    2008-01-01

    Hantõ-Mansiiskis toimunud soome-ugri maailmakongressist, president Toomas Hendrik Ilvese kohtumisest Venemaa presidendi Dmitri Medvedeviga, Eesti riigipea kõnest kongressil, Eesti delegatsiooni saalist väljamarssimisest Venemaa riigiduuma väliskomisjoni esimehe Konstantin Kossatshovi sõnavõtu ajal. Vene ajakirjanduse reageeringust toimunule. Vabariigi President töövisiidil Venemaal 27.-30.06.2008

  5. Esimese käigu kasulikkusest / Robert D. Kaplan

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    Kaplan, Robert D.

    2008-01-01

    Ilmunud ka: Postimees : na russkom jazõke 19. aug. 2008, lk. 11. Autor analüüsib USA ja lääneriikide võimalusi Venemaaga hakkamasaamisel pärast Venemaa sõjalist konflikti Gruusiaga ning leiab, et Venemaa esimese käigu eelis avaldus olukorras, kus geopoliitiline tegelikkus erineb tugevalt diplomaatilisest näilisusest

  6. На крыльце сидели царь, царевич... / Елена Скульская

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    Скульская, Елена, 1950-

    2010-01-01

    Võrdluses on kolm tsaar Ivan Julmast (Ivan IV, 1530-1584) jutustavat teost: Mossoveti nim. Teatri ajalooline näidend "Isa ja poja kuningriik" (tegelasteks Ivan Julm ja tsareevitš Fjodor), lavastaja Juri Jerjomin. Andrei Ešpai lavastatud 16-osaline teleseriaal "Ivan Groznõi" (Venemaa 2009) ja Pavel Lungini ajalooline mängufilm "Tsaar" (Venemaa 2009)

  7. Valgevene sai Gazpromilt nädala hingetõmbeaega võla tasumiseks / Kaivo Kopli

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    Kopli, Kaivo

    2007-01-01

    Valgevene maksis Venemaa gaasiettevõttele Gazprom poole kogunenud võlast, kuid Vene ettevõte nõuab kõigi võlgnevuste tasumist nädala jooksul. President Aljaksandr Lukashenka sõnul püüab Venemaa gaasivõlga kasutades sundida Valgevenet oma väärtuslikemaid varasid müüma sellistele ettevõtetele nagu Gazprom

  8. Медведев и Обама подпишут новый договор START / Хендрик Восман

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    Восман, Хендрик

    2010-01-01

    USA president Barack Obama ja Venemaa president Dmitri Medvedev kavatsevad Prahas allkirjastada USA ja Venemaa vahelise tuumarelvalepingu, mille eesmärgiks on kahandada mõlema riigi tuumaarsenali. Pärast uue strateegilise relvastuse piiramise ehk STARTleppe allkirjastamist sööb USA president Prahas õhtust 11 Kesk- ja Ida-Euroopa riigipeaga, nende seas ka president Toomas Hendrik Ilvesega

  9. Severstaltrans muutub Eesti kütuse- ja transiidiäri valitsejaks / Peeter Raidla

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    Raidla, Peeter, 1955-

    2004-01-01

    Ilmunud ka: Delovõje Vedomosti 10. nov. lk. 6. Venemaa transiidihiid Severstaltrans omandas AS-i E.O.S. enamusosaluse. Diagramm: E.O.S.-i majandustulemused. Lisad: Vana E.O.S. muutus uueks E.O.S.-iks; Eelmine omanikuvahetus jättis E.O.S.-i omaniku samaks; Severstal on tõeline Venemaa tööstushiid

  10. Rossii ne nuzhna milost Zapada / Jonathan Steele

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    Steele, Jonathan

    2007-01-01

    Autori hinnangul on Vladimir Putin andnud Venemaale sõltumatuse ja uue rolli rahvusvahelisel areenil. Aeg, mil Läänel oli võimalus avaldada mõju Venemaa sisemisele arengule, on möödas. Tuleb leppida Venemaa sõltumatusega ning mõista, et Venemaasse tuleb suhtuda vähemalt nii, nagu suhtutakse Hiinasse - kui majanduslikku ja strateegilisse giganti

  11. Pronksmees, propaganda ja kodanikuühiskond / Kaspar Näf

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    Näf, Kaspar

    2007-01-01

    Pronkssõduri teisaldamisega seoses Tallinnas toimunud tänavarahutuste ühistest joontest Šveitsis ja Venemaal toimunuga, apoliitilise massi käitumisest, Venemaa propagandast ja juhitud demokraatiast. Autori arvates meenutab Eesti valitsuse kodanikuühiskonna loomise kava Venemaa presidendi kava ning ütleb, et kodanikuühiskonda ei saa luua ükski valitsus, vaid see kasvab ise.

  12. Külm rahu / Toomas Hendrik Ilves

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    Ilves, Toomas Hendrik, 1953-

    2005-01-01

    Janusz Bugajski raamat "Cold peace: Russia's New Imperialism" ei ole kaugeleulatuv analüüs, vaid Venemaa "lähivälismaa" välispoliitika meetodite ning külma sõja järgse aja sellealaste suundumuste loetelu. Venemaa mõju saavutamise meetmed. Autori sõnul peaks Eesti osana Läänest ka vastavalt käituma

  13. Enhanced gravity-wave activity and interhemispheric coupling during the MaCWAVE/MIDAS northern summer program 2002

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    E. Becker

    2006-07-01

    Full Text Available We present new sensitivity experiments that link observed anomalies of the mesosphere and lower thermosphere at high latitudes during the MaCWAVE/MIDAS summer program 2002 to enhanced planetary Rossby-wave activity in the austral winter troposphere.

    We employ the same general concept of a GCM having simplified representations of radiative and latent heating as in a previous study by Becker et al. (2004. In the present version, however, the model includes no gravity wave (GW parameterization. Instead we employ a high vertical and a moderate horizontal resolution in order to describe GW effects explicitly. This is supported by advanced, nonlinear momentum diffusion schemes that allow for a self-consistent generation of inertia and mid-frequency GWs in the lower atmosphere, their vertical propagation into the mesosphere and lower thermosphere, and their subsequent dissipation which is induced by prescribed horizontal and vertical mixing lengths as functions of height.

    The main anomalies in northern summer 2002 consist of higher temperatures than usual above 82 km, an anomalous eastward mean zonal wind between 70 and 90 km, an altered meridional flow, enhanced turbulent dissipation below 80 km, and enhanced temperature variations associated with GWs. These signals are all reasonably described by differences between two long-integration perpetual model runs, one with normal July conditions, and another run with modified latent heating in the tropics and Southern Hemisphere to mimic conditions that correspond to the unusual austral winter 2002. The model response to the enhanced winter hemisphere Rossby-wave activity has resulted in both an interhemispheric coupling through a downward shift of the GW-driven branch of the residual circulation and an increased GW activity at high summer latitudes. Thus a quantitative explanation of the dynamical state of the northern mesosphere and lower

  14. Calcified aquatic insect larval constructions in the Pleistocene tufa of Jebel El Mida, Gafsa, southern Tunisia: Recognition and paleoenvironmental significance

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    Ben Ahmed, Walid; Henchiri, Mohsen; Mastouri, Amna; Slim S'himi, Najet

    2018-04-01

    Calcified aquatic larval cases were recognized and identified in the Pleistocene tufa masses of Jebel El Mida, Gafsa, southern Tunisia. These larval constructions belong to three main insect families: caddisflies (Trichoptera, Hydropsychidae), midges (Diptera, Chironomidae) and aquatic moths (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) that inhabited tubes in the tufa and spun nets. Each insect community has its distinctive characteristics of larval constructions that allow their recognition. The larval constructions recognized comprise fixed and portable (for caddisflies) dwelling cases and silken retreats and feeding capture nets. These last-mentioned are almost completely eroded and only remnants are preserved. The spatial distribution of these larval cases within the tufa is not random but, rather imposed by some specific paleohydraulic conditions. It's the reason why aquatic insect larval constructions are considered as prominent tool for the reconstruction of tufa and travertine depositional environments. Chironomid fixed dwelling cases (diameters range from 0.6 mm for clustered tubes to 3 mm) indicate the deposition of tufa under lotic (flowing) or lentic (standing) water conditions. The later hydraulic condition is shared with hydropsychids with fixed retreats (0.2-4 mm in diameter). Portable case-building caddisflies (case length ranging from 5 to 20 mm, and diameter from 3 to 5 mm at the cephalic end) prefer lentic conditions and are almost completely missing in high-energy flowing water locations that are preferred by pyralids (tubes are between 5 and 10 mm long and 3 mm in diameter). These insect families benefit from inhabiting the tufa by the availability of construction materials of their cases and the necessary space for their development.

  15. Mark Leonard : EL ei peakski olema suurvõim / Mark Leonard ; interv. Erkki Bahovski

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    Leonard, Mark

    2008-01-01

    Intervjuu Euroopa Välissuhete Nõukogu tegevdirektoriga, kes vastab küsimustele, mis puudutavad USA ja Euroopa suhteid, Euroopa Liidu välispoliitikat, Venemaa ja Euroopa Liidu suhteid pärast Gruusia konflikti. Ta peab murettekitavaks, et Venemaa üritab takistada euroopalike väärtuste levitamist oma naaberriikides. Vt. samas: Mark Leonard. Ilmunud ka Sirp : Diplomaatia 14. nov. nr. 11 lk. 13-14

  16. Vzgljad na Rossiju s Severo-Zapada / Matti Vanhanen ; interv. Olga Andrianova

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    Vanhanen, Matti

    2005-01-01

    Soome peaminister vastab küsimustele, mis puudutavad Soome-Vene suhteid, Soome fondi Sitra ettepanekut, et vastutus majandussuhete arendamise eest läheks üle peaministrile, Soome-Vene poliitilist dialoogi, Soome osalemist projektides Venemaal, tegureid, mis võimaldaksid suurendada Soome investorite huvi Venemaa vastu, Põhjadimensiooni strateegiat, Soome presidendi Tarja Haloneni intervjuud, milles oli juttu soomlaste kollektiivses mälus juurdunud hirmust Venemaa ees

  17. The View from the Trees: Nocturnal Bull Ants, Myrmecia midas, Use the Surrounding Panorama While Descending from Trees.

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    Freas, Cody A; Wystrach, Antione; Narendra, Ajay; Cheng, Ken

    2018-01-01

    Solitary foraging ants commonly use visual cues from their environment for navigation. Foragers are known to store visual scenes from the surrounding panorama for later guidance to known resources and to return successfully back to the nest. Several ant species travel not only on the ground, but also climb trees to locate resources. The navigational information that guides animals back home during their descent, while their body is perpendicular to the ground, is largely unknown. Here, we investigate in a nocturnal ant, Myrmecia midas , whether foragers travelling down a tree use visual information to return home. These ants establish nests at the base of a tree on which they forage and in addition, they also forage on nearby trees. We collected foragers and placed them on the trunk of the nest tree or a foraging tree in multiple compass directions. Regardless of the displacement location, upon release ants immediately moved to the side of the trunk facing the nest during their descent. When ants were released on non-foraging trees near the nest, displaced foragers again travelled around the tree to the side facing the nest. All the displaced foragers reached the correct side of the tree well before reaching the ground. However, when the terrestrial cues around the tree were blocked, foragers were unable to orient correctly, suggesting that the surrounding panorama is critical to successful orientation on the tree. Through analysis of panoramic pictures, we show that views acquired at the base of the foraging tree nest can provide reliable nest-ward orientation up to 1.75 m above the ground. We discuss, how animals descending from trees compare their current scene to a memorised scene and report on the similarities in visually guided behaviour while navigating on the ground and descending from trees.

  18. The View from the Trees: Nocturnal Bull Ants, Myrmecia midas, Use the Surrounding Panorama While Descending from Trees

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    Cody A. Freas

    2018-01-01

    Full Text Available Solitary foraging ants commonly use visual cues from their environment for navigation. Foragers are known to store visual scenes from the surrounding panorama for later guidance to known resources and to return successfully back to the nest. Several ant species travel not only on the ground, but also climb trees to locate resources. The navigational information that guides animals back home during their descent, while their body is perpendicular to the ground, is largely unknown. Here, we investigate in a nocturnal ant, Myrmecia midas, whether foragers travelling down a tree use visual information to return home. These ants establish nests at the base of a tree on which they forage and in addition, they also forage on nearby trees. We collected foragers and placed them on the trunk of the nest tree or a foraging tree in multiple compass directions. Regardless of the displacement location, upon release ants immediately moved to the side of the trunk facing the nest during their descent. When ants were released on non-foraging trees near the nest, displaced foragers again travelled around the tree to the side facing the nest. All the displaced foragers reached the correct side of the tree well before reaching the ground. However, when the terrestrial cues around the tree were blocked, foragers were unable to orient correctly, suggesting that the surrounding panorama is critical to successful orientation on the tree. Through analysis of panoramic pictures, we show that views acquired at the base of the foraging tree nest can provide reliable nest-ward orientation up to 1.75 m above the ground. We discuss, how animals descending from trees compare their current scene to a memorised scene and report on the similarities in visually guided behaviour while navigating on the ground and descending from trees.

  19. Robust handling of dynamics and multiple failures in a diagnostic event analyzer

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    Finch, F.E.; Kramer, M.A.

    1991-01-01

    MIDAS diagnoses malfunctions in continuous chemical and refinery processes using a plant-independent strategy based on qualitative and quantitative process models. MIDAS specifically addresses problems not treated in past systems, including: process dynamics with control system responses, multiple faults and induced failures, and out-of-order and false alarms. This paper discusses both the structure of the process models and the diagnostic reasoning strategies employed by MIDAS

  20. A second horizon scan of biogeography: Golden Ages, Midas touches, and the Red Queen

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    Michael N Dawson

    2016-12-01

    and geography for decades into the future. But golden ages come and go, and they need not touch every domain in a discipline nor affect subdisciplines at the same time; moreover, what appears to be a Golden Age may sometimes have an undesirable ‘Midas touch’. Contexts within and outwith biogeography—e.g., methods, knowledge, climate, biodiversity, politics—are continually changing, and at times it can be challenging to establish or maintain relevance. In so many races with the Red Queen, we suggest that biogeography will enjoy greatest success if we also increasingly engage with the epistemology of our discipline.

  1. Impacts of a lengthening open water season on Alaskan coastal communities: deriving locally relevant indices from large-scale datasets and community observations

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    Rolph, Rebecca J.; Mahoney, Andrew R.; Walsh, John; Loring, Philip A.

    2018-05-01

    Using thresholds of physical climate variables developed from community observations, together with two large-scale datasets, we have produced local indices directly relevant to the impacts of a reduced sea ice cover on Alaska coastal communities. The indices include the number of false freeze-ups defined by transient exceedances of ice concentration prior to a corresponding exceedance that persists, false break-ups, timing of freeze-up and break-up, length of the open water duration, number of days when the winds preclude hunting via boat (wind speed threshold exceedances), the number of wind events conducive to geomorphological work or damage to infrastructure from ocean waves, and the number of these wind events with on- and along-shore components promoting water setup along the coastline. We demonstrate how community observations can inform use of large-scale datasets to derive these locally relevant indices. The two primary large-scale datasets are the Historical Sea Ice Atlas for Alaska and the atmospheric output from a regional climate model used to downscale the ERA-Interim atmospheric reanalysis. We illustrate the variability and trends of these indices by application to the rural Alaska communities of Kotzebue, Shishmaref, and Utqiaġvik (previously Barrow), although the same procedure and metrics can be applied to other coastal communities. Over the 1979-2014 time period, there has been a marked increase in the number of combined false freeze-ups and false break-ups as well as the number of days too windy for hunting via boat for all three communities, especially Utqiaġvik. At Utqiaġvik, there has been an approximate tripling of the number of wind events conducive to coastline erosion from 1979 to 2014. We have also found a delay in freeze-up and earlier break-up, leading to a lengthened open water period for all of the communities examined.

  2. Impacts of a lengthening open water season on Alaskan coastal communities: deriving locally relevant indices from large-scale datasets and community observations

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    R. J. Rolph

    2018-05-01

    Full Text Available Using thresholds of physical climate variables developed from community observations, together with two large-scale datasets, we have produced local indices directly relevant to the impacts of a reduced sea ice cover on Alaska coastal communities. The indices include the number of false freeze-ups defined by transient exceedances of ice concentration prior to a corresponding exceedance that persists, false break-ups, timing of freeze-up and break-up, length of the open water duration, number of days when the winds preclude hunting via boat (wind speed threshold exceedances, the number of wind events conducive to geomorphological work or damage to infrastructure from ocean waves, and the number of these wind events with on- and along-shore components promoting water setup along the coastline. We demonstrate how community observations can inform use of large-scale datasets to derive these locally relevant indices. The two primary large-scale datasets are the Historical Sea Ice Atlas for Alaska and the atmospheric output from a regional climate model used to downscale the ERA-Interim atmospheric reanalysis. We illustrate the variability and trends of these indices by application to the rural Alaska communities of Kotzebue, Shishmaref, and Utqiaġvik (previously Barrow, although the same procedure and metrics can be applied to other coastal communities. Over the 1979–2014 time period, there has been a marked increase in the number of combined false freeze-ups and false break-ups as well as the number of days too windy for hunting via boat for all three communities, especially Utqiaġvik. At Utqiaġvik, there has been an approximate tripling of the number of wind events conducive to coastline erosion from 1979 to 2014. We have also found a delay in freeze-up and earlier break-up, leading to a lengthened open water period for all of the communities examined.

  3. Eesti goes St. Etienne / Anna Roomet

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    Roomet, Anna

    2006-01-01

    Näitus Eesti Kunstiakadeemia tootedisaini osakonna magistrantide viimase kahe aasta projektide paremikust esindas Eestit disainibiennaalil St. Etiennis Prantsusmaal. Näituse panid üles Pent Talvet ja Pavel Sidorenko, näitusel osalejad: Anna-Maria Einla, Kätlin Kangur, Triin Kuusler, Andri Laidre, Veiko Liis, Liina-Kai Raivet, P. Sidorenko, P. Talvet, Ingela Viks, Triin Voss

  4. Opinion on the guidelines determined by the Party of Christian Democratic and Christian Social Unions in the Bundestag on May 13, 1993: 'Energy policy for Germany as an industrial site'

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    Anon.

    1993-01-01

    The VIK (Association of the Electric and Mechanical Power Industry) approves of the energy-political guidelines developed by the Party of the CDU/CSU in the Bundestag. It sees numerous agreed positions, which can form a common ground for joint efforts of industry and politics to secure the industrial site of Germany. (orig.) [de

  5. Kremli hirmud / ref. Igor Taro

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    2007-01-01

    Ilmunud ka: Postimees : na russkom jazõke 21. apr. lk. 11. Kokkuvõte Venemaa naftakompanii Jukos endise juhi Mihhail Hodorkovski advokaadi Robert Amsterdami esinemisest Tartu Ülikooli Õigusinstituudis, kus ta rääkis Venemaa võimude tegevusest meeleavalduste laialiajamisel ja kritiseeris president Vladimir Putini poliitikat ning Saksamaa endise kantsleri Gerhard Schröderi koostööd Venemaaga Vene-Saksa gaasijuhtme projektis

  6. Estonian Leader's Freedom Call Creates Storm / Anna Smolchenko

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    Smolchenko, Anna

    2008-01-01

    President Toomas Hendrik Ilvese esinemisest soome-ugri rahvaste maailmakongressil Hantõ-Mansiiskis, kohtumisest Venemaa presidendi Dmitri Medvedeviga, Eesti delegatsiooni saalist väljamarssimisest Venemaa riigiduuma väliskomisjoni esimehe Konstantin Kossatshovi sõnavõtu ajal. Ilmunud ka: St. Petersburg Times 1. juuli 2008, pealk.: Estonian Leader's Freedom Call Creates Controversy (lüh.). Vabariigi President töövisiidil Venemaal 27.-30.06.2008

  7. Vene press seob Lindenit ikka miljardiprojektiga / Ingvar Bärenklau

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    Bärenklau, Ingvar, 1967-

    2007-01-01

    Ilmunud ka: Postimees : na russkom jazõke 11. okt. lk. 2. Venemaa ajakirjanduses on viiteid, et ENPA Eesti-kriitiline president Rene van der Linden on seotud Vladimiri tööstuspargi projekti teostava firma Noble House Holdinguga. Balti Venemaa uuringute instituudi direktori Vladimir Jushkini sõnul on meedia tõsiseltvõetav allikas, sest Kremli patronaazhi all tegutsevad väljaanded ei saa endale lubada valeinfo levitamist

  8. Validity and reliability of the Bahasa Melayu version of the Migraine Disability Assessment questionnaire.

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    Shaik, Munvar Miya; Hassan, Norul Badriah; Tan, Huay Lin; Bhaskar, Shalini; Gan, Siew Hua

    2014-01-01

    The study was designed to determine the validity and reliability of the Bahasa Melayu version (MIDAS-M) of the Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS) questionnaire. Patients having migraine for more than six months attending the Neurology Clinic, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia, were recruited. Standard forward and back translation procedures were used to translate and adapt the MIDAS questionnaire to produce the Bahasa Melayu version. The translated Malay version was tested for face and content validity. Validity and reliability testing were further conducted with 100 migraine patients (1st administration) followed by a retesting session 21 days later (2nd administration). A total of 100 patients between 15 and 60 years of age were recruited. The majority of the patients were single (66%) and students (46%). Cronbach's alpha values were 0.84 (1st administration) and 0.80 (2nd administration). The test-retest reliability for the total MIDAS score was 0.73, indicating that the MIDAS-M questionnaire is stable; for the five disability questions, the test-retest values ranged from 0.77 to 0.87. The MIDAS-M questionnaire is comparable with the original English version in terms of validity and reliability and may be used for the assessment of migraine in clinical settings.

  9. Ильвес испортил праздник / Владимир Кузмин

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    Кузмин, Владимир

    2008-01-01

    President Toomas Hendrik Ilvese kohtumisest Venemaa presidendi Dmitri Medvedeviga, kõnest Hantõ-Mansiiskis toimunud 5. soome-ugri maailmakongressil. Eesti delegatsiooni saalist lahkumisest Venemaa riigiduuma väliskomisjoni esimehe Konstantin Kossatšovi sõnavõtu ajal. Vabariigi President töövisiidil Venemaal 27.-30.06.2008. Ülevaade artiklist ilmunud ka: Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press, 2008, nr. 26, lk. 12-13, pealk.: Ilves spoils the festivities

  10. Вскоре к нам придёт Е.coli? / Светлана Карабут

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    Карабут, Светлана

    2011-01-01

    Kolibakteri epideemiast Euroopas, köögiviljakasvatajatele tekitatud kahjust. Venemaa otsusest katkestada köögivilja import kogu Euroopast. Eestis pole täheldatud ei kodumaise ega importköögivilja nõudluse kasvu ega vähenemist, ka pole Venemaa otsus puudutanud Eesti põllumajandustootjaid, sest köögivilja eksport Venemaale on väga väike. Kodumaise ja importköögivilja kontrollist Eestis

  11. Coordination of two high-affinity hexamer peptides to copper(II) and palladium(II) models of the peptide-metal chelation site on IMAC resins.

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    Chen, Y; Pasquinelli, R; Ataai, M; Koepsel, R R; Kortes, R A; Shepherd, R E

    2000-03-20

    The coordination of peptides Ser-Pro-His-His-Gly-Gly (SPHHGG) and (His)6 (HHHHHH) to [PdII(mida)(D2O)] (mida2- = N-methyliminodiacetate) was studied by 1H NMR as model reactions for CuII(iminodiacetate)-immobilized metal affinity chromatography (IMAC) sites. This is the first direct physical description of peptide coordination for IMAC. A three-site coordination is observed which involves the first, third, and fourth residues along the peptide chain. The presence of proline in position 2 of SPHHGG achieves the best molecular mechanics and bonding angles in the coordinated peptide and enhances the interaction of the serine amino nitrogen. Histidine coordination of H1, H3, and H4 of (His)6 and H3 and H4 of SPHHGG was detected by 1H NMR contact shifts and H/D exchange of histidyl protons. The EPR spectra of SPHHGG and HHHHHH attached to the [CuII(mida)] unit were obtained for additional modeling of IMAC sites. EPR parameters of the parent [Cu(mida)(H2O)2] complex are representative: gzz = 2.31; gyy = 2.086; gxx = 2.053; A parallel = 161G; AN = 19G (three line, one N coupling). Increased rhombic distortion is detected relative to the starting aqua complex in the order of [Cu(mida)L] for distortion of HHHHHH > SPHHGG > (H2O)2. The lowering of symmetry is also seen in the decrease in the N-shf coupling, presumably to the imino nitrogen of mida2- in the order 19 G (H2O), 16 G (SPHHGG) and 11 G (HHHHHH). Visible spectra of the [Cu(mida)(SPHHGG)] and [Cu(mida)(HHHHHH)] as a function of pH indicate coordination of one histidyl donor at ca. 4.5, two in the range of pH 5-7, and two chelate ring attachments involving the terminal amino donor for SPHHGG or another histidyl donor of HHHHHH in the pH domain of 7-8 in agreement with the [PdII(mida)L] derivatives which form the two-chelate-ring attachment even at lower pH as shown by the 1H NMR methods.

  12. Coca-Cola ja Pepsi - vennad, nii et veri lendab / Argo Luude, Ave Peetri ; interv. Urmas Vahe

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    Luude, Argo

    2006-01-01

    Endine PepsiCo Eesti divisjoni juht ning Suurbritannia Coca-Cola suurte kaubanduskettide turundusjuht ettevõtete vahelisest konkurentsist. Vt. samas: Mida on vaja teada Coca-Colast?; Mida on tarvis teada Pepsi-Colast?

  13. Lange Vik, Marte. 2015. Landskapsdemokrati som metafor og materialitet

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    Arler, Finn; Stenseke, Marie; Setten, Gunhild

    2015-01-01

    Omtale av avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor, juni 2015. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Fakultet for samfunnsvitenskap og teknologiledelse, Geografisk institutt. Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU 2015:284. NTNU, Trondheim. 102 s. + vedlegg. ISBN 978- 82-326-1224-6 (trykt utg.), ...

  14. Physical practice is associated with less functional disability in medical students with migraine

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    Renan B. Domingues

    2011-02-01

    Full Text Available The aim of this study was to investigate possible association between migraine and physical practice among 480 medical students who were submitted to a questionnaire about headaches and physical practices. Migraine diagnosis was assessed by ID-Migraine and functional disability was evaluated with MIDAS. The type (aerobic or strength training, the weekly frequency and the intensity of physical practice and body mass index (BMI were assessed. There was a reduction in functional disability of migraine in students reporting physical practice (no physical practice - MIDAS=8.81±1.40, physical practice - MIDAS=15.49±1.78; P=0.03. Frequency, intensity, and type of physical practices were not associated with functional impact of migraine. BMI did not correlate with migraine impact (normal weight - MIDAS=12.34±1.33, overweight or obese - MIDAS=17.45±3.86; P=0.33. These results were confirmed by multivariate analysis. Our data suggest that physical practice is inversely related with functional disability of migraine in university students regardless of BMI.

  15. Inter-Hemispheric Coupling During Recent North Polar Summer Periods as Predicted by MaCWAVE/MIDAS Rocket Data and Traced by TIMED/SABER Measurements

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    Goldberg, Richard A.; Feofilov, Artem G.; Kutepov, Alexander A.; Pesnell W. Dean; Schmidlin, Francis J.

    2011-01-01

    In July, 2002, the MaCWAVE-MIDAS Rocket Program was launched from Andoya Rocket Range (ARR) in Norway. Data from these flights demonstrated that the polar summer mesosphere during this period was unusual, at least above ARR. Theoretical studies have since been published that imply that the abnormal characteristics of this polar summer were generated by dynamical processes occurring in the southern polar winter hemisphere. We have used data from the SABER instrument aboard the NASA Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED) Satellite to study these characteristics and compare them with the features observed in the ensuing eight years. For background, the TIMED Satellite was launched on December 7,2001 to study the dynamics and energy of the mesosphere and lower thermosphere. The SABER instrument is a limb scanning infrared radiometer designed to measure temperature of the region as well as a large number of minor constituents. In this study, we review the MaCWAVE rocket results. Next, we investigate the temperature characteristics of the polar mesosphere as a function of spatial and temporal considerations. We have used the most recent SABER dataset (1.07). Weekly averages are used to make comparisons between the winter and summer hemispheres. Furthermore, the data analysis agrees with recent theoretical studies showing that this behavior is a result of anomalous dynamical events in the southern hemisphere. The findings discussed here clearly show the value of scientific rocket flights used in a discovery mode.

  16. Validity and Reliability of the Bahasa Melayu Version of the Migraine Disability Assessment Questionnaire

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    Munvar Miya Shaik

    2014-01-01

    Full Text Available Background. The study was designed to determine the validity and reliability of the Bahasa Melayu version (MIDAS-M of the Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS questionnaire. Methods. Patients having migraine for more than six months attending the Neurology Clinic, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia, were recruited. Standard forward and back translation procedures were used to translate and adapt the MIDAS questionnaire to produce the Bahasa Melayu version. The translated Malay version was tested for face and content validity. Validity and reliability testing were further conducted with 100 migraine patients (1st administration followed by a retesting session 21 days later (2nd administration. Results. A total of 100 patients between 15 and 60 years of age were recruited. The majority of the patients were single (66% and students (46%. Cronbach’s alpha values were 0.84 (1st administration and 0.80 (2nd administration. The test-retest reliability for the total MIDAS score was 0.73, indicating that the MIDAS-M questionnaire is stable; for the five disability questions, the test-retest values ranged from 0.77 to 0.87. Conclusion. The MIDAS-M questionnaire is comparable with the original English version in terms of validity and reliability and may be used for the assessment of migraine in clinical settings.

  17. Kuidas valida laevameeskonda / Brad Mills

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    Mills, Brad

    2011-01-01

    Purjetajate seas on üsna levinud komme meeskonnaliikmeid palgata. Lisa: 10 küsimust, mida kapten peaks küsima meeskonnaliikme kandidaadilt. 10 küsimust, mida meeskonnaliige peaks küsima kaptenilt

  18. Bakijev keeldub tagasi astumast / Hendrik Vosman

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    Vosman, Hendrik

    2010-01-01

    Kõrgõzstanis toimuvatest võimuvastastest meeleavaldustest. Ajutise valitsuse juhiks määratud endine välisminister Roza Otunbajeva lubas, et uued presidendivalimised toimuvad kuue kuu pärast. Parlament saadetakse laiali ning ajutine valitsus võtab seniks üle nii presidendi kui parlamendi töö. Venemaa peaminister Vladimir Putin avaldas opositsioonile toetust. Venemaa saadab oma Biškeki lähedal asuvasse sõjaväebaasi veel 150 õhudessantsõjaväelast. Kaart

  19. Bushi vabaduse doktriin olgu suunatud Venemaale / Michael McFaul ; tõlk. Urmet Kook

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    McFaul, Michael

    2005-01-01

    Stanfordi ülikooli politoloogiaprofessor ja Carnegie instituudi uurija on seisukohal, et kui Venemaa demokraatiat peaks tabama lõplik tagasilöök, osutub USA presidendi George W. Bushi otsus pühendada palju aega ja energiat Vladimir Putinile Bushi suurimaks strateegiliseks veaks. Autor kirjeldab kolme võimalikku arengut Venemaal pärast V. Putini teise ametiaja lõppu ning arutleb, kuidas peaks USA president ja tema administratsioon käituma Venemaa eemaldumisel demokraatiast

  20. Putin räägib klassikalist Orwelli juttu / Mart Laar

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    Laar, Mart, 1960-

    2006-01-01

    Ilmunud ka: Postimees : na russkom jazõke 22. märts lk. 7. Riigikogu liige leiab, et kuigi Venemaa president Vladimir Putin kinnitab ajalehes Wall Street Journal 28. veebruaril ilmunud arvamusloos, et tema sooviks on saavutada globaalne julgeolek, annavad Venemaa hiljutised aktsioonid Ukraina, Moldova ja Gruusia vastu tunnistust sellest, et Moskva on otsustanud kasutada energiasüsteeme poliitilise relvana. Vt. samas: Vladimir Putin. Üksnes endale mõeldes ei jõua energiaküsimustes kuhugi