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Pharmacological inhibition of IκB Kinase reduces the multiple organ dysfunction associated with hemorrhagic shock in rat
No full textVariations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Volutilithes welcommei Merle, Pacaud, Métais, Bartolini, Lashari, Brohi, Solangi, Marivaux & Welcomme, 2014, sp. nov.
No full textVolutilithes welcommei sp. nov. (Fig. 10 E–H) Etymology. Dedicated to Jean-Lou Welcomme. Type locality. Stn 4: Lakhra Dome, Lakhra village section, base of the Lakhra Formation. Type material. Holotype (stn 4: CPAG.RAN. I. 39, cast MNHN.F. A 50377), paratype 1 (stn 4: CPAG.RAN. I. 40, cast MNHN.F. A 50378), paratype 2 (stn 4: CPAG.RAN. I. 41, cast MNHN.F. A 50379). Other material. 4 spm (stn 4: MNHN). Description. Shell biconic, H 38–39, D 19–20 mm (holotype H 38.5, D 20.1 mm. Protoconch smooth, rounded, bulbous, of 1 ¾ whorls (Fig. 10 F). Transition protoconch/teleoconch not defined. Teleoconch of 5 whorls. Spire moderately high, occupying 24 % of total shell height. Two first whorls spire whorls convex, later whorls subcarinate. Last whorl narrow, rather conic. Suture linear, undulating between bases of costae. Axial sculpture of strong but narrow, rounded costae, not corresponding from whorl to whorl. Costae slightly orthocline, extending from suture to suture on spire, angulate at shoulder, extending to base of last whorl. First whorl: 12 costae; second whorl: 10–11 costae; third whorl: 9–10 costae; fourth whorl: 10–11 costae; fifth and last whorls: 9–12 costae. No spiral sculpture on spire. Spiral sculpture of fine threads on base of last whorl. Aperture lenticular, occupying 67 % of total height, 29 % of diameter. No posterior notch. Outer lip slightly thickened externally. Inner lip almost straight anteriorly, sinuous posteriorly. Parietal callus slightly developed, spreading posteriorly. Five oblique columellar folds, the most posterior being weaker. Siphonal canal short, slightly curved dorsally; siphonal fasciole low, weak; siphonal notch very shallow. Comparisons. From the Lakhra Formation, this species can be compared to Volutilithes jhirakensis Vredenburg, 1923 [V. jhirakensis Cossmann & Pissarro, 1909 is a nomen nudum]. V. welcommei is distinguished from V. j h i r a ke n s i s by its wider shape and lower spire. The costae of V. jhirakensis are elongate, whereas they are angulate in V. welcommei. By its elongate shape, V. jhirakensis recalls the Lutetian species from the Paris Basin, V. torulosus (Deshayes, 1835), whereas the low-spired shape and the angulate costae of V. welcommei are more similar to those of V. torreyensis Givens, 1978 from the early Middle Eocene of California. Stratigraphic range. Lakhra Formation: Lakhra Dome.Published as part of Merle, Didier, Pacaud, Jean-Michel, Métais, Grégoire, Bartolini, Annachiara, Lashari, Rafiq A., Brohi, Imdad A., Solangi, Sarfraz H., Marivaux, Laurent & Welcomme, Jean-Loup, 2014, Volutidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Lakhra Formation (Earliest Eocene, Sindh, Pakistan): systematics, biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography, pp. 101-138 in Zootaxa 3826 (1) on pages 126-127, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3826.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/22853
[Newspaper Clipping: Author Claims Evidence of Second JFK Assassin #1]
No full textNewspaper article titled "Author Claims Evidence of Second JFK Assassin." The article states that author Richard J. Whalen concluded "that there is circumstantial evidence to support the theory of a second assassin in the shooting of President John F. Kennedy.
Also By The Same Author: AKTiveAuthor, a Citation Graph Approach to Name Disambiguation
No full textThe desire for definitive data and the semantic web drive for inference over heterogeneous data sources requires co-reference resolution to be performed on those data. In particular, name disambiguation is required to allow accurate publication lists, citation counts and impact measures to be determined. This paper describes a graph-based approach to author disambiguation on large-scale citation networks. Using self-citation, co-authorship and document source analyses, AKTiveAuthor clusters papers, achieving precision of 0.997 and recall of 0.818 over a test group of eight surname clusters
Artesunate protects against the organ injury and dysfunction induced by severe hemorrhage and resuscitation
No full textJohn F. Kennedy telegram to Roosevelt
No full textJersey Homesteads (later the Borough of Roosevelt) was established in the 1930s as an agro-industrial cooperative community. It was established specifically for urban Jewish garment workers, many of whom had emigrated from Europe. President John F. Kennedy sent a telegram to the citizens of Roosevelt, New Jersey, apologizing for not being able to attend the memorial dedication in honor of former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. (Jersey Homesteads became Roosevelt in 1945 in honor of the president.) President Kennedy expressed his gratitude to the people of Roosevelt for constructing the memorial, and commented that it will serve as a constant reminder of Roosevelt's good works
Pseudaulicina coxi Merle, Pacaud, Métais, Bartolini, Lashari, Brohi, Solangi, Marivaux & Welcomme, 2014, sp. nov.
No full textPseudaulicina coxi sp. nov. (Fig. 11 F–I) Etymology. Dedicated to L. R. Cox for his work on the Hangu Formation. Type locality. Stn 4: Lakhra Dome, Lakhra village section, base of the Lakhra Formation. Type material. Holotype (stn 4: CPAG.RAN. I. 45, cast MNHN.F. A 50383), paratype 1 (stn 4: CPAG.RAN. I. 46, cast MNHN.F. A 50384), paratype 2 (stn 4: CPAG.RAN. I. 47, cast MNHN.F. A 50385). Other material. 5 spm (stn 4: MNHN). Description. Shell biconic, H probably 60 mm, to judge from largest fragment (holotype H 32.8 not complete, D 20.7 mm). Largest and most complete specimen: H 40, D 22 mm. Protoconch not preserved. Teleoconch of probably 6–7 whorls. Spire relatively high, occupying 32 % of total shell height. Spire whorls shouldered, with low carina formed by shoulder spines. Last whorl moderately wide, excavated at beginning of siphonal canal. Suture linear, with weak undulation between bases of costae. Axial sculpture of strong but rounded costae. Costae slightly orthocline, subvertical on early whorls, with acute shoulder spines increasing in prominence until last whorl. On last whorl, costae obsolete from suture to shoulder spine, thick and relatively high below shoulder angle, extending across base, becoming almost obsolete towards end of last whorl. First whorl: not preserved; second and third whorls: 10 costae; fourth and fifth whorls: 9–10 costae; sixth whorl: not preserved. No apparent spiral sculpture. Aperture narrow, acutely angular posteriorly, occupying 55 % of total height, 30 % of diameter. No posterior notch. Outer lip slightly thickened externally. Inner lip sinuous posteriorly (base not preserved). Parietal callus thin, not spreading posteriorly. Four strong, oblique columellar folds, anterior-most weaker. Siphonal canal not preserved. Comparisons. Because of its proportions, its axial sculpture on the early teleoconch whorls and the aspect of its columella, this species is very close to Pseudaulicina vredenburgi (Cox, 1930) from the Hangu Formation. The specimens described by Cox (1930) do not exceed 40 mm in height, like most of the complete specimens collected in the Lakhra Dome, which are probably juveniles. Cox (1930: 197) stated that the spiral sculpture of P. vredenburgi consists of numerous closely and rather irregularly spaced striae, covering the whole surface, and extending anteriorly well down the stem of the shell. This sculpture is missing in the specimens of P. coxi, which have a smooth surface. According to Cox (1930), P. vredenburgi can be compared to P. mitrata (Deshayes, 1835) from the Lutetian of the Paris Basin and to P. wateleti (Deshayes, 1865) from the Ypresian of the Paris and Aquitaine basins. P. mitrata is probably a variant of the type species of Pseudaulicina, P. musicalis (Lamarck, 1803), bearing a more elongate spire and stronger spiral cords than the more common specimens. P. musicalis differs from P. vredenburgi and P. coxi by having spiral cords and by its angulate shoulder spines. In addition, large specimens of P. musicalis display one or two posterior folds, which are missing in the two Pakistani species. P. wateleti shares with P. vredenburgi and P. coxi acute shoulder spines and four strong columellar folds. The surface of P. wateleti seems smooth as in P. coxi, but a careful examination of the last whorl of several specimens revealed low spiral cords as in P. musicalis. Although these cords are obsolete, they differ from the fine threads of P. vredenburgi. Stratigraphic range. Lakhra formation: Lakhra Dome.Published as part of Merle, Didier, Pacaud, Jean-Michel, Métais, Grégoire, Bartolini, Annachiara, Lashari, Rafiq A., Brohi, Imdad A., Solangi, Sarfraz H., Marivaux, Laurent & Welcomme, Jean-Loup, 2014, Volutidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Lakhra Formation (Earliest Eocene, Sindh, Pakistan): systematics, biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography, pp. 101-138 in Zootaxa 3826 (1) on pages 127-128, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3826.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/22853
Sindhiluta lakhraensis Merle, Pacaud, Métais, Bartolini, Lashari, Brohi, Solangi, Marivaux & Welcomme, 2014, sp. nov.
No full textSindhiluta lakhraensis sp. nov. (Fig. 12 A–F) Etymology. From the type locality (Lakhra village). Type locality. Stn 4: Lakhra Dome, Lakhra village section, base of the Lakhra Formation. Type material. Holotype (stn 4: CPAG.RAN. I. 48, cast MNHN.F. A 50386), paratype 1 (stn 4: CPAG.RAN. I. 49, cast MNHN.F. A 50387), paratype 2 (stn 4: CPAG.RAN. I. 50, cast MNHN.F. A 50388). Other material. 4 spm (stn 4: MNHN). Description. Shell elongate, H 56–58, D 21–23 mm (holotype H 53.6 not complete, D 31.9 mm). Protoconch not preserved. Teleoconch of 7 whorls. Spire relatively high, occupying 31 % of total shell height. Spiral whorls convex to subcarinate. Last whorl narrow, convex posteriorly, not excavated anteriorly. Suture linear with weak undulation between bases of costae. Axial sculpture of strong but rounded costae on spire. Costae orthocline, subcarinate at shoulder, not spinous. On penultimate whorl, costae decreasing in prominence, becoming obsolete, disappearing on last whorl. First whorl: not preserved; second whorl: 11 costae; third whorl: 10 costae; fourth and fifth whorls: 9–10 costae; sixth whorl: 8–9 costae, becoming obsolete; seventh whorl: no costae. No apparent spiral sculpture. Aperture narrow, lenticular, occupying 63 % of total height, 26 % of diameter. Outer lip thin, not thickened externally. Parietal callus thick posteriorly. Four strong, oblique columellar folds, anterior-most weaker. Siphonal canal not preserved. Comparisons. From the Ypresian of the Aquitaine Basin, Voluta prevosti Rouault, 1850 [Mitra prevosti Rouault, 1848 is a nomen nudum] is the single Paleogene volutid that shares rounded, subcarinate costae disappearing progressively at the end of growth with Sindhiluta. In addition, as in S. lakhraensis sp. nov., the last whorls of V. prevosti are rounded and not shouldered posteriorly, its base is not excavated, its outer lip is not thickened and a parietal callus is present. Regarding the columellar folds, their numbers vary between three and six, but their construction is rather similar to that of S. lakhraensis sp. nov. The most anterior fold is present in young specimens, but is weaker than the three adapical folds or tends to disappear in adult specimens. In S. lakhraensis sp. nov., this anterior fold is also weaker even if it persists at the end of growth. Adapically, the columella of V. prevosti displays three strong folds as in S. lakhraensis. In its posterior part, the columella displays two weak folds in a few specimens, but they are missing in S. lakhraensis. Considering the large number of shared characters with the Pakistani species, we do not hesitate to assign Voluta prevosti to the genus Sindhiluta. On biogeographic grounds, it seems unlikely that these species, located at two extremities of Tethyan Ocean, belong to a same genus. However, the both extremities of the Tethyan Ocean share numerous common genera and even some common species (Pacaud 1997). In addition, examples of range disjunction in tropical marine area are also known (Lozouet et al. 1994). Stratigraphic range. Lakhra formation: Lakhra Dome.Published as part of Merle, Didier, Pacaud, Jean-Michel, Métais, Grégoire, Bartolini, Annachiara, Lashari, Rafiq A., Brohi, Imdad A., Solangi, Sarfraz H., Marivaux, Laurent & Welcomme, Jean-Loup, 2014, Volutidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Lakhra Formation (Earliest Eocene, Sindh, Pakistan): systematics, biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography, pp. 101-138 in Zootaxa 3826 (1) on page 130, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3826.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/22853
Logarithmic variance profiles and the corresponding f-1 spectra of temperature fluctuations in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection
No full textWe report experimental results for the temperature variance 2(z) and the corresponding frequency spectra P(f) in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection (RBC) in a cylindrical sample of aspect ratioT= D/L = 1:00 (D = 1:12 m is the diameter and L = 1:12 m the height). The measurements were conducted in the Rayleigh-number range 1011 < Ra < 1:35 1014 and Pr ' 0:8. For Ra = 1:35x1014, 2(z) could be described well by a logarithmic dependence on the vertical position z in a range of z 1 < z < z 2 with z 1 ' 70 and z 2 = 0:1L. Here L=(2Nu) is the thickness of a thin thermal sublayer adjacent to the horizontal plate where the heat flux (denoted by the Nusselt number Nu) is carried mostly by thermal diffusion. In the log layer, we found that the temperature spectra had a significant frequency range over which P(f) f with close to 1. As Ra decreased, increased so that the log layer became thinner. At Ra = 2:05 1011, z 2 < z 1 and therefore there was no range for a log layer. Correspondingly, the temperature spectrum near the horizontal plate did not have the f1 scaling form either
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