178 research outputs found
Bericht über eine Arbeitstagung zum Thema: "Psychosoziale Betreuung onkologisch erkrankter Kinder und ihrer Familien" in Heidelberg vom 3.10. bis 5.10.1980
No full textIm "Nachsorgezentrum und Ausbildungsseminar der Chirurgischen Universitätsklinik in Zusammenarbeit mit der Deutschen Krebshilfe e.V.", Heidelberg (Ernst Moro Haus, Leiterin: Dr.phil. Almuth Sellschopp) trafen sich insgesamt 24 Mitarbeiter verschiedener Berufsgruppen von padiatrischonkologischen Stationen zu einer Arbeitstagung. Ziel dieses Treffens war es, eine Bestandsaufnahme über Art und Umfang der psychosozialen Betreuung krebskranker Kinder und ihrer Familien zu erheben und spezielle Probleme bei dieser Arbeit zu diskutieren. Vertreten waren die Universitatskinderkliniken Zürich (Dr. med. K. Kiepenheuer, Kinderpsychiater), München (Dipl.-Psych. Karin Kokoschka), Freiburg (Dipl.-Psych. Sigrid Hoffmeister; Dr. med. P. Riedesser, Kinderpsychiater), Tubingen (Dipl.-Psych. Manon Hoffmeister), Heidelberg (OADr.med. H.Brandeis, Gisela Haas, Lehrerin; Heidi Haberle, Soziologin M. A.; Dr.phil. Evelyn Retchwald-Klugger, Dipl.-Psych.; Dr.phil. Almuth Sellschopp, Dipl.-Psych.), Frankfurt (Prof.Dr.med. B.Kornhuber), Mainz (Dr. med. Birgit Walther), Düsseldorf (Franziska Altrichter, Kinder- und Jugendhchenpsychotherapeutin), Münster (Dr.phil. G.M.Schmitt, Dipl.-Psych.), Hannover (Dipl.-Psych. J.Brix; H.Hofmann, Sozialpädagoge; G. Wolff u. J. Brix Bericht u. e. Arbeitstag, z. Thema "Psychosoz. Betreuung onkol erkr. Kind. usw. 101 Dr.phil. G. Wolff, Dipl.-Psych.) und Hamburg (Dipl.-Psych. A.Ebeling; Prof. Dr. med. Hedwig Wallis; Dipl.-Psych. R.Zobel) sowie die Kinderpsychiatrische Abteilung des Zentralinstituts für seelische Gesundheit in Mannheim (OA Dr. med. F. Poustka, Kinderpsychiater; OA Dr. med. Gabriele Schmotzer) und die Vestische Kinderklinik Datteln (OA Dr.med. E.Lang, Dipl.-Psych.).unknownunknow
Fictionality and Literature: Core Concepts Revisited
No full textAuthor / Henrik Zetterberg-Nielsen -- Narrator / Sylvie Patron -- Plot / Wendy Veronica Xin -- Character / H. Porter Abbott -- Consciousness / Maria Mäkelä -- Metaphor / Greta Olson -- Paratext / Louise Brix Jacobsen -- Intertextuality / Rikke Andersen Kraglund -- Metafiction and metalepsis / Richard Walsh -- The novel / Catherine Gallagher and Simona Zetterberg-Nielsen -- Poetry / Lasse R. Gammelgaard -- Literary nonfiction / James Phelan -- Ethics / Jakob Lothe -- Social justice / Susan S. Lanser.Item embargoed for five year
Evaluation of digital and optical refractometers for assessing failure of transfer of passive immunity in dairy calves
No full textBackground:
Failure of transfer of passive immunity (FTPI) is the underlying predisposing risk factor for most early losses in dairy calves. Refractometers, either optical or digital, can be used to assess FTPI as a part of calf health monitoring program on dairy operations.
Objectives:
To evaluate the performance of and differences between digital Brix and optical refractometers for assessing FTPI in dairy calves.
Animals:
Two hundred Holstein calves from 1 to 11 days of age.
Methods:
A cross-sectional study was designed to measure serum IgG concentration by radial immunodiffusion (RID) assay, digital Brix and optical refractometers. The correlation coefficients (r) between the 2 refractometers were plotted against each other and against the measured IgG concentration from RID. The Se, Sp, and accuracy of digital Brix and optical refractometers for assessing FTPI using previously recommended cut-offs were calculated. A receiver operating characteristic curve was created and used to identify the optimal cut-off for this dataset.
Results:
The RID IgG concentration was positively correlated with digital Brix (r = 0.79) and optical (r = 0.74) refractometers. The best combination of Se (85.5%), Sp (82.8%), and accuracy (83.5%) of digital Brix refractometer was at 8.3%Brix. For optical refractometer, the best combination of Se (80%), Sp (80.7%), and accuracy (80.5%) was at 5.5 g/dL.
Conclusions and Clinical Importance:
Both refractometers exhibited utility in assessing FTPI in dairy calves
Interventi di cimatura tardiva per sincronizzare maturazione zuccherina e fenolica
No full textNel biennio 2008-2009 sono stati condotti due esperimenti, in due areali collinari dell’Emilia Romagna, per verificare l’ipotesi di rallentare l’accumulo di zucchero e ridurre lo sfasamento tra maturità tecnologica e fenolica delle bacche mediante interventi di cimatura tardiva. Nella prima prova, condotta a Tebano (RA), viti allevate a “Cordone Speronato” sono state sottoposte a due diverse intensità di cimatura, mantenendo 10 e 14 nodi sul germoglio principale, e confrontate con piante di controllo non cimate. L’intervento è stato effettuato quando le bacche avevano raggiunto 15 °Brix (prima decade di agosto, 45 giorni prima della presunta data di raccolta). Nella seconda prova, condotta ad Ozzano (BO) le viti, allevate a “Cordone Libero”, sono state cimate mantenendo 6 nodi, in due diverse epoche, una e tre settimane dopo la piena invaiatura, quando le bacche avevano raggiunto, rispettivamente, 15 e 20 °Brix. Su cordone speronato i parametri morfologici e biochimici (, °Brix, pH,) hanno messo in evidenza un ritardo nella maturazione delle bacche provenienti dalle viti cimate che hanno anche presentato valori di APA più bassi. Tuttavia nelle piante cimate il livello degli antociani alla vendemmia non è risultato statisticamente diverso dal controllo. La cimatura intensa ha determinato una riduzione del peso medio del grappolo e della produttività dei ceppi. Sulle viti allevate a cordone libero, indipendentemente dall’epoca, gli interventi di cimatura hanno consentito di rallentare l’accumulazione in solidi solubili alla vendemmia, in concomitanza della quale le uve delle tesi trattate hanno presentato un tenore zuccherino inferiore a quelle del controllo di circa un grado Brix, mentre la concentrazione di antociani nelle bucce è risultata simile. La cimatura, in questo caso, non ha indotto modifiche nei parametri produttivi (produttività dei ceppi, peso medio dell’acino e del grappolo). Tali evidenze indicano che la cimatura tardiva, opportunamente realizzata, può costituire una valida strategia per ridurre lo sfasamento tra maturità tecnologica e fenolica
Evaluation of transmission infrared spectroscopy and digital and optical refractometers to identify low immunoglobulin G concentrations in alpaca serum.
No full textThis study aimed to evaluate the digital Brix and optical serum total protein (STP) refractometers for measuring concentrations of serum immunoglobulin G (IgG) in alpacas and compare them to IgG concentrations measured by the reference method of radial immunodiffusion (RID) assay. The appropriate cutoff point for Brix and STP refractometers and the transmission infrared (TIR) spectroscopy method was determined for low IgG concentrations (< 10 g/L). Serum samples were collected from alpacas (N = 169) and tested by both refractometers. The correlation between Brix % and STP was high [correlation coefficient (r) = 0.99]. However, the correlation coefficients between Brix % and STP with serum RID-IgG concentrations were only 0.56 and 0.55, respectively. Twenty-one (12.4%) of 169 alpaca serum samples had IgG concentrations of < 10 g/L. Using receiver operator characteristic curve (ROC) analysis, the optimal cutoff points for the TIR assay, digital Brix, and optical STP refractometers for assessing low IgG (RID < 10 g/L) were 13 g/L, 8.8%, and 50 g/L, respectively. The TIR assay showed higher sensitivity (Se = 95.2%) and specificity (Sp = 96.8%) than either the digital Brix (Se = 90.5% and Sp = 65.5%) or optical STP (Se = 81% and Sp = 73.7%) refractometers for assessing alpacas with low IgG. In conclusion, the Brix and STP refractometers lack accuracy in measuring alpaca IgG concentrations, but may be useful for screening animals for low serum IgG. However, the TIR assay with a cutoff point of 13 g/L was more appropriate for identifying low IgG than either refractometer. Another study that focuses on neonatal crias is recommended in order to evaluate the usefulness of these assays for field diagnosing of failure of transfer of passive immunity (FTPI).journal article2017 Julimporte
Methicillin-resistenter Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) am Universitätsklinikum Ulm - eine retrospektive Analyse für den Zeitraum 2002 - 2006
No full textDuring the last years Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) has become the most important nosocomial pathogen worldwide.
Methods: Therefore the prevalence, microbiological findings and clinical outcome of MRSA-patients at Ulm University Hospital over a period of 4 years (2002 to 2006) has been analyzed. For this purpose all microbiological findings were checked and evaluated. 19 long-term-patients (patients with a colonisation with MRSA for at least 12 months) were identified. In the laboratory all available isolates of these long-term-patients were typed genotypically using pulsed field electrophoresis (PFGE).
Results: 440 MRSA-patients were identified during the observation period. The typical MRSA-patient was male, 63 years old and was hospitalized in the surgical department.
Only in 20 % of the cases three complete screenings were available after eradication therapy. 19 long-term-patients were identified. They had been colonized with MRSA between 12 and 49 months. Most of these patients developed a systemic infection caused by MRSA. All of these patients had at least one risk factor for long-term colonization with multiresistant pathogens. 13 patients carried one MRSA-strain, four patients had two strains and one patient was colonized by three different MRSA strains.
Conclusions: With a MRSA prevalence of less than 10 % the situation at Ulm University Hospital is better than the average German MRSA-rates. The demographic and clinical characterics of the MRSA-patients in Ulm do not differ from the patient groups described in the literature. Screening for MRSA and compliance with control examinations could be improved. Education and information of HCWs and patients has a high priority to reach this goal.
This investigation was one of the first works to demonstrate that MRSA-patients could be colonized by more than one MRSA-strain
An analysis of sugarcane brix affected by meteorological factors (Department of Agricultural Engineering)
No full text沖縄県宮古島では収穫時のサトウキビブリックスが, 1984/85と1985/86の両収穫年期に異常に低かった。この低ブリックスの一つの原因として気象現象の影響があったか否かをみるために, サトウキビのほ場ブリックスと第1汁ブリックス総刮値の資料および気象資料を使って単純相関解析, 相関図解析, および重回帰解析を行った。解析に使用できた資料は十分ではなかったが, 入手できた範囲の解析から次の傾向が見出された。1. 1985/86年期の10月上旬のほ場ブリックスが低かったのはその直前の7月-8月の多雨と風向変化の激しかった台風との二つの影響も大きかったためであると考えられる。しかし, この多雨と風向変化とのそれぞれの影響を別々に量的に推定することはできなかった。2. 1984/85年期の10月上旬のほ場ブリックスは低いほうであったが, その原因をその直前の9月以前の気象の推移(台風, 降雨量など)によって説明することはできなかった。3.上記二つの収穫年期連続の低ブリックスに関連して, 両年期とも収穫期直前の10月以後のブリックスがあまり上昇しなかったが, これはこの10月以後の気象の影響もかなりあったことがある程度説明できる。4.この解析は従来の栽培方法によって生育したサトウキビについて行ったものである。さらに良い栽培方法の下で生育したサトウキビは, ある程度の気象のマイナス面に対しても本報告におけるほどのブリックス低下に至らなくなる可能性がある。これについては今後資料の蓄積を待って調査したい。5.さらに精度の高い調査研究結果を得るためには, 降雨量, 台風, およびこれらと関連したサトウキビの生理生態のおのおのについて一層の研究と資料の蓄積が必要と思われる。Miyakojima, Okinawa, where sugarcane is the first crop, suffered from severe sugarcane brix fall in 1984/85 and 1985/86 harvest years. Many causes of the fall such as weather, disease and insects, soil, sugarcane variety, cultivation method and so on were conjectured by those who were concerned with sugarcane culture. As a member of the investigation team, the author made a statistical analysis to see if meteorological factors affected the brix fall. Results obtained are as follows : 1. The low field ref. brix in the beginning of October 1985 shows some indications that heavy rainfall and severe north-south wind direction shift in typhoons passed by the island both in 1985 summer considerably affected the brix. 2. Reasons for low field ref. brix in the beginning of October 1984 could not be explained by weather conditions in the preceeding summer. 3. According to multiple regression analysis, a little brix rise during October preceeding harvest time and the end of harvest time in both 1984/85 and 1985/86 harvest years shows considerable indications that weather in the period adversely affected the little brix rise. 4. From relatively high brix in Tarama-son near Miyakojima in recent years, it is conjectured that cultivation method (planting season, fertilization and care, variety, windbreak forest etc.) may affect much the brix.紀要論
Priming anti-tumor immunity by radiotherapy: Dying tumor cell-derived DAMPs trigger endothelial cell activation and recruitment of myeloid cells
No full textInvasion strategies in clonal aquatic plants: Are phenotypic differences caused by phenotypic plasticity or local adaptation?
No full textBackground and Aims: The successful spread of invasive plants in new environments is often linked to multiple introductions and a diverse gene pool that facilitates local adaptation to variable environmental conditions. For clonal plants, however, phenotypic plasticity may be equally important. Here the primary adaptive strategy in three non-native, clonally reproducing macrophytes (Egeria densa, Elodea canadensis and Lagarosiphon major) in New Zealand freshwaters were examined and an attempt was made to link observed differences in plant morphology to local variation in habitat conditions. Methods: Field populations with a large phenotypic variety were sampled in a range of lakes and streams with different chemical and physical properties. The phenotypic plasticity of the species before and after cultivation was studied in a common garden growth experiment, and the genetic diversity of these same populations was also quantified. Key Results: For all three species, greater variation in plant characteristics was found before they were grown in standardized conditions. Moreover, field populations displayed remarkably little genetic variation and there was little interaction between habitat conditions and plant morphological characteristics. Conclusions: The results indicate that at the current stage of spread into New Zealand, the primary adaptive strategy of these three invasive macrophytes is phenotypic plasticity. However, while limited, the possibility that genetic diversity between populations may facilitate ecotypic differentiation in the future cannot be excluded. These results thus indicate that invasive clonal aquatic plants adapt to new introduced areas by phenotypic plasticity. Inorganic carbon, nitrogen and phosphorous were important in controlling plant size of E. canadensis and L. major, but no other relationships between plant characteristics and habitat conditions were apparent. This implies that within-species differences in plant size can be explained by local nutrient conditions. All together this strongly suggests that invasive clonal aquatic plants adapt to a wide range of habitats in introduced areas by phenotypic plasticity rather than local adaptation. © 2010 The Author. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Annals of Botany Company. All rights reserved
“How sweet are your strawberries?”: Predicting sugariness using non-destructive and affordable hardware
No full textGlobal soft fruit supply chains rely on trustworthy descriptions of product quality. However, crucial criteria such as sweetness and firmness cannot be accurately established without destroying the fruit. Since traditional alternatives are subjective assessments by human experts, it is desirable to obtain quality estimations in a consistent and non-destructive manner. The majority of research on fruit quality measurements analyzed fruits in the lab with uniform data collection. However, it is laborious and expensive to scale up to the level of the whole yield. The “harvest-first, analysis-second” method also comes too late to decide to adjust harvesting schedules. In this research, we validated our hypothesis of using in-field data acquirable via commodity hardware to obtain acceptable accuracies. The primary instance that the research concerns is the sugariness of strawberries, described by the juice’s total soluble solid (TSS) content (unit: °Brix or Brix). We benchmarked the accuracy of strawberry Brix prediction using convolutional neural networks (CNN), variational autoencoders (VAE), principal component analysis (PCA), kernelized ridge regression (KRR), support vector regression (SVR), and multilayer perceptron (MLP), based on fusions of image data, environmental records, and plant load information, etc. Our results suggest that: (i) models trained by environment and plant load data can perform reliable prediction of aggregated Brix values, with the lowest RMSE at 0.59; (ii) using image data can further supplement the Brix predictions of individual fruits from (i), from 1.27 to as low up to 1.10, but they by themselves are not sufficiently reliable
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