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Supplemental Material - An optimized 1.5 Tesla MRI protocol of the brachial plexus
No full textSupplemental Material for An optimized 1.5 Tesla MRI protocol of the brachial plexus by Paolo Florent Felisaz, Angela Napolitano, Simone Terrani, Carmelo Parisi, Marco Toto-Brocchi, Maurizio Cè, Francesco Alessandrino, Giancarlo Oliva, Michaela Cellina and Simonetta Gerevini in The Neuroradiology Journal.</p
Lightning activity in the regions of MSC over Czechia
No full textTitle: Lightning activity in the regions of MCS over Czechia Author: Michaela Arnoštová Department: Department of Atmospheric Physics Supervisor: Mgr. Michal Žák, Ph.D., Department of Atmospheric Physics Abstract: This bachelor's thesis deals with lighting activity and its detection in mesoscale convective systems (MCS) over the Czech Republic and adjacent areas. The first part describes the formation and development of MCS, electrical charge distribution inside clouds, types of lightning and their detection. The second part is devoted to five specific MCS that occurred in different time periods. Data of lightning detection network (LINET) are used to describe the characteristics of lightning, especially their temporal and spatial development, occurrence of different types of lightning and development of their current amplitude and altitude. Keywords: Mesoscale convective system, lightning activity, lightning detectio
Computed Tomography Urography: State of the Art and Beyond
No full textComputed Tomography Urography (CTU) is a multiphase CT examination optimized for imaging kidneys, ureters, and bladder, complemented by post-contrast excretory phase imaging. Different protocols are available for contrast administration and image acquisition and timing, with different strengths and limits, mainly related to kidney enhancement, ureters distension and opacification, and radiation exposure. The availability of new reconstruction algorithms, such as iterative and deep-learning-based reconstruction has dramatically improved the image quality and reducing radiation exposure at the same time. Dual-Energy Computed Tomography also has an important role in this type of examination, with the possibility of renal stone characterization, the availability of synthetic unenhanced phases to reduce radiation dose, and the availability of iodine maps for a better interpretation of renal masses. We also describe the new artificial intelligence applications for CTU, focusing on radiomics to predict tumor grading and patients’ outcome for a personalized therapeutic approach. In this narrative review, we provide a comprehensive overview of CTU from the traditional to the newest acquisition techniques and reconstruction algorithms, and the possibility of advanced imaging interpretation to provide an up-to-date guide for radiologists who want to better comprehend this technique
CT angiography of lower extremities from anatomy to traumatic and nontraumatic lesions: a pictorial review
No full textAfter the introduction and the quick improvement of multidetector computed tomography technology, computed tomographic angiography (CTA) has become the imaging examination of choice for the first assessment of patients affected by lower extremities acute disorders. The widespread availability of CT equipment, the high temporal and spatial resolution with post-processing reformation possibilities represent the main advantages of this technique, which can reliably identify different findings related to arterial vessel pathology, such as occlusion, dissection, active bleeding, and pseudoaneurysm. Radiologists should know the anatomy, the acquisition protocols, and the CTA appearances of the different vascular lesions. The right interpretation of CTA findings is essential to establish the best treatment management of each patient
Riflessioni linguistiche sul tedesco e sul russo in Julya Rabinowich: un confronto tra narrazione autobiografica orale e il romanzo Spaltkopf
No full textLinguistic Reflections in German and Russian in Julya Rabinowich: A Comparative
Study of Oral Autobiographical Narrative and the Novel Spaltkopf.
The Austrian author Julya Rabinowich, born in Leningrad in 1970 to a family of Rus-
sian Jews and emigrated to Vienna at the age of 7, is one of the most renowned repre-
sentatives of contemporary literature in the German language. Rabinowich made her
literary debut in 2008 with Spaltkopf (Split Head), her most strongly autobiographical
novel. In 2012, the writer was interviewed by Michaela Bürger-Koftis as part of the
research project Polyphonie. Mehrsprachigkeit_Kreativität_Schreiben. This interview
can be understood as a linguistic biography, as Rabinowich recounts her experiences
related to the languages in her linguistic repertoire, focusing particularly on German
and Russian. From this account, the author’s Spracheinstellungen (linguistic attitudes),
as well as the impressions and emotions related to her two main languages, emerge.
The aim of this study is to compare the interview passages in which Rabinowich
expresses herself regarding German and Russian with excerpts from Spaltkopf where
the relationship of the protagonist, Mischka, with these two languages emerges. In this
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way, it will be possible to determine whether Spaltkopf reflects not only the author’s
migratory experience but also her linguistic biography. Furthermore, it will be analyz-
ed if and to what extent the expression of linguistic attitudes and emotions related to
German and Russian differs between the novel and the oral autobiographical account.
To examine how Rabinowich expresses her linguistic experiences and emotions relat-
ed to German and Russian, a qualitative analysis of the texts will be conducted, with
a theoretical approach based on the concepts of linguistic biography and verbalization
of emotions developed by Brigitta Busch and Reinhard Fiehler
Localization of Foramen Ovale According to Bone Landmarks of the Splanchnocranium : A Help for Transforaminal Surgical Approach to Trigeminal Neuralgia
No full textTrigeminal neuralgia is a painful condition, usually treated through surgical procedures focusing on the foramen ovale (FO). A detailed localization of FO relative to reference landmarks is therefore crucial to avoid possible complications.The present study aims at assessing the position of FO according to the surrounding bone structures: 100 CT-scans of patients, equally divided between sexes, aged between 18 and 86 years were examined. From each subject, the 3D models of FO and the maxillary bones, the zygomatic bones and the zygomatic process of the temporal bones were segmented through ITK-SNAP software. The distance between the center of the FO and subnasale, zygion, and the upper edge of the zygomatic bone at the origin of the frontal process were measured on 3D models. On CT-scans three cranial measurements were taken as well (distance between anterior and posterior nasal spine, upper facial height and bizygomatic breadth).Statistically significant differences in the three distances according to side and sex were assessed through two-way ANCOVA test, using the three cranial measurements (ANS-PNS, NP, ZZ) as covariates (P < 0.05).Distances between the centre of FO and subnasale, zygion and the upper edge of the zygomatic bone were on average 82.3 ± 3.4 mm, 41.9 ± 2.6 mm and 48.8 ± 3.5 mm in males, 77.3 ± 3.9 mm, 38.2 ± 2.5 mm and 45.5 ± 3.1 mm in females, with a significant difference according to sex (P < 0.05).Results provide innovative data for the localization of FO and will be useful for the management of transforaminal procedures in case of trigeminal neuralgia
Crime Fiction by Michaela Klevisová
No full textPředmětem bakalářské práce je analýza detektivní prózy současné autorky Michaely
Klevisové. První část se zaměřuje na žánrovou charakteristiku detektivní prózy a stručné postižení vývoje světové detektivky. Blíže si všímá dvou klasických postav
detektivů: Sherlocka Holmese a Hercula Poirota. Následně podává obraz vývoje české
detektivky. Součástí první části je také představení spisovatelky Michaely Klevisové a její tvorby. V druhé části přináší bakalářská práce žánrovou a tematickou analýzu vybraných knih Michaely Klevisové. Zabývá se zejména příběhem, postavami a detektivními motivy. V závěru předkládá práce vzájemné porovnání analyzovaných knih.The bachelor thesis deals with an analysis of detective prose written by the contemporary author Michaela Klevisová. The first part focuses on the genre characteristics of detective prose and a brief description of the development of detective fiction in literature worldwide. It takes a closer look at two classic detective characters: Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot. Next, the thesis offers an overview of the development of Czech detective fiction. The first part also includes general introductory information on the writer Michaela Klevisová and her work. In its second part, the thesis presents a genre and thematic analysis of selected books by Michaela Klevisová. It deals mainly with the story, characters and detective themes. In the conclusion, the thesis presents a mutual comparison of the analyzed books
Scientific Journals, Peer Review and How to Write a Great Research Paper
No full textRecording of the Elsevier Author Seminar by Dr Anthony Newman and Michaela Kurschildgen
Michaela Pavlatova
No full textThe purpose of this text is to reassess the animation like an aesthetics human practice even out of the cinematographic field. An important resource are the Semir Zeki`s investigations about neuroaesthetics. Im going to review the origin and historic course of animation from the prehistory, bearing in mind the human evolutive process of perception (body-brain) and the human development from childhood that makes possible the existence of the animation.
For that, as example, Im going to put into context the animated Films of the czech filmmaker Michaela Pavlátová. Her live related to animation and the characteristics of her Films will appear as motive(motivation) to expand ideas like how the environment can influence the way to represent the space, or the relations between politic and czech animation, or how works the perception of color in the brain, or the importance of the faces in social relationships, and how that motives appears and becomes art across author hands
Hervé Guibert: Resurrection of the Author
No full text1 Michaela Rumpíková, Résurrection de l'auteur : Hervé Guibert Abstract Hervé Guibert's writings are shocking, revolting, surprising with their explicit and expressive content. The author's desire to show, to reveal and to expose himself transforms his private universe into a space where intimacy becomes extimacy. His exhibitionist project is accomplished with the assistance of a literary genre, autofiction, the new postmodern cosmos of the "I". This thesis seeks to analyse the notion and the modalities of his "I", intimately connected to the themes of body, illness, life, death and resurrection, in his literary chronicles of AIDS, To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life, The Compassionnate Protocol, Modesty, or Immodesty and The Man in the Red Hat. The "I" of the autodiegetic narrator appears as fragmentary and unstable. His "self" configures and unconfigures at the same time. There is a sense of alienation from his own body which has been dramatically altered by the illness. As a consequence, we witness both physical and psychological defragmentation of the subject. The body, constituent of the "I" identity, gradually transforms into an impersonal "it", an entity apart. In order to (re)construct himself, the author uses various writing processes that help him become familiar with his new "self". Finally,..
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