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    L’esperienza Erasmus e la comunicazione interculturale

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    The article describes the Italian author’s personal experiences during his Erasmus exchange at a German university under both, intercultural and linguistic aspects. Reporting on various undergone communication situations and communicative events the author provides pertinent examples of cultural differences between the Italian speaking community and the German speaking one, highlighting important German and Italian cultural values and their role in the intercultural communication

    Erasmus Studycentre

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    University Library and Studycentre for the Erasmus University in Rotterdam.Interiors, Buildings and CitiesArchitectur

    Industriële Biotechnologie Duurzaam Getoetst. Een onderzoek naar de bijdrage aan duurzame ontwikkeling

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    Dit rapport van 8 november 2004 is in opdracht van het ministerie van VROM geschreven door onderzoekers van het Erasmus Centre for Sustainability and Management van de Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, het Centrum voor Milieuwetenschappen van de Universiteit Leiden (CML) en de Environmental Biotechnology Group van de Technische Universiteit Delft. De onderzoekers hebben de duurzaamheid van de industriële of witte biotechnologie in Nederland onderzocht.OT

    Blanchard and Jeffries

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    Page from "The Juvenile Tourist; or, Excursions into the west of England" by John Evans, describing Jean-Pierre Francois Blanchard and John Jeffries' ascent from Dover to Calais. At the bottom of the page and the top of the verso is an excerpt from the poem "The Loves of the Plants" from The Botanic Garden (1789) by Erasmus Darwin [grandfather of Charles]. Handwritten over the top paragraph on the page: "Juvenile Tourist By John Evans of Islington."For more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/62

    Author Correction

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    The original version of this Article contained an error in Table 4, in which the coefficients of the LASSO regression model of treatment response corresponded to a version that was performed without non-coding genes. The new version of the table, which was generated during revision of the manuscript, contains the coefficients that were obtained after including potential non-coding driver genes in the model. Genomic features that became statistically significant after re-running the model were also added, which included: ‘nr of 10 kb–1Mb deletions’, ‘SBS41’, ‘Non-coding - LINC00672’, ‘Gain 7p12.3 - (PKD1L1)’, ‘Loss 4q22.1 - (CCSER1)’, and ‘Loss 18q23 - (NFATC1*)’. This has now been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article. The original version of this Article also contained an error in the author affiliations. The affiliations of Job van Riet with Cancer Computational Biology Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Urology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands were inadvertently omitted. This has now been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article. The original version of this Article contained an error in the Methods, section “Whole-genome sequencing; identification of somatic changes”, which incorrectly read ‘GATK BQSR and Haplotype Caller v3.4.46 were used to call somatic mutations.’ The correct version is ‘GATK BQSR and Haplotype Caller v3.4.46 and Strelka v1.0.14 were used to call somatic mutations’. This has been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article.</p

    Relationship Between Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and Blood Levels of Epstein-Barr Virus in Children in North-Western Tanzania: A Case Control Study.

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    Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas (NHL) are common in African children, with endemic Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) being the most common subtype. While the role of Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) in endemic BL is known, no data are available about clinical presentations of NHL subtypes and their relationship to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection and Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) load in peripheral blood of children in north-western, Tanzania. A matched case control study of NHL subtypes was performed in children under 15 years of age and their respective controls admitted to Bugando Medical Centre, Sengerema and Shirati district designated hospitals in north-western, Tanzania, between September 2010 and April 2011. Peripheral blood samples were collected on Whatman 903 filter papers and EBV DNA levels were estimated by multiplex real-time PCR. Clinical and laboratory data were collected using a structured data collection tool and analysed using chi-square, Fisher and Wilcoxon rank sum tests where appropriate. The association between NHL and detection of EBV in peripheral blood was assessed using conditional logistic regression model and presented as odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI). A total of 35 NHL cases and 70 controls matched for age and sex were enrolled. Of NHLs, 32 had BL with equal distribution between jaw and abdominal tumour, 2 had large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and 1 had NHL-not otherwise specified (NHL-NOS). Central nervous system (CNS) presentation occurred only in 1 BL patient; 19 NHLs had stage I and II of disease. Only 1 NHL was found to be HIV-seropositive. Twenty-one of 35 (60%) NHL and 21 of 70 (30%) controls had detectable EBV in peripheral blood (OR = 4.77, 95% CI 1.71 - 13.33, p = 0.003). In addition, levels of EBV in blood were significantly higher in NHL cases than in controls (p = 0.024). BL is the most common childhood NHL subtype in north-western Tanzania. NHLs are not associated with HIV infection, but are strongly associated with EBV load in peripheral blood. The findings suggest that high levels of EBV in blood might have diagnostic and prognostic relevance in African children

    Erasmus University Library: Study-center Coolsingel

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    De ontwerpopgave: De studio vroeg om het ontwerpen van een universiteitbibliotheek voor Erasmus Universiteit op de Coolsingel in Rotterdam.Urban Culture and New OpennessInterior Graduation StudioArchitectur

    The Vocation of Erasmus

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    Using vocation in its core sense of a call from God to follow a personal path with a definite mission, the author reads Erasmus’ life as the progressive implementation of that heaven-assigned task; he sees no basic discontinuity between Erasmus’ youth as a student of the Brethren of the Common Life, then as an Augustinian canon, and in his independent career as a pious priest busy editing the New Testament and the Church fathers. Even his secular writings, such as the Adages and the Colloquies, breathe the spirit of devotio moderna. His last masterpiece, Ecclesiastes, is a treatise on preaching. </jats:p

    The Iconic Value of Infrastructure Projects: A case study to the iconic value of the Erasmus Bridge

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    This study aims to provide insight in the iconic value of infrastructure projects by measuring the iconic value of the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam. This study was motivated by the lack of insight in iconic value in the appraisal of infrastructure projects aspiring to become iconic artifacts in Cost-Benefit Analysis. We designed a contingent valuation experiment, with two contingent scenarios and two respondent samples. One sample representing the inhabitants of the city of Rotterdam and one sample representing the inhabitants of the Netherlands excluding the inhabitants of Rotterdam. For both respondent samples significant (from zero) WTP estimates were found. Furthermore, people who virtually never use the Erasmus Bridge for transportation goals, or even see the Erasmus Bridge still have a WTP for the iconic value of the Erasmus Bridge. Allowing for uncertainties we estimated a lower bound and an upper bound for the total WTP for the iconic value of the Erasmus Bridge for inhabitants of the Netherlands. Regardless if we choose the lower bound (69.7 million euros) or the upper bound (95.7 million euros) the iconic value of the Erasmus Bridge is higher than the extra costs made in reality to build the Erasmus Bridge instead of a more conservative design (18 million euros). Hence, it can be concluded that the iconic value of infrastructure projects can be substantial, at least in the case of the Erasmus Bridge. Therefore iconic value should not be ignored in the CBA.Transport & LogisticsTechnology, Policy and Managemen
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