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Jérusalem dans l'oeuvre des graveurs israéliens = Jerusalem and the Israeli Printmaker
No full textTracing a history of the Holy City's representation from the sacred texts through Israeli art of the time (1979), Omer briefly presents 18 printmakers through their respective itineraries and styles, stressing their influence on the development and practice of the medium. The author elaborates on Jerusalem's academic institutions, its museums and their collections. Artists alphabetically indexed, with biographical notes and reproductions. Texts in English, French and Hebrew
Introduction::How and why should we study dialogue?
No full textThis chapter (pp. 17-28) introduces the volume edited by Omer Sener, Frances Sleap, and Paul Weller (2016), Dialogue Theories II, The Dialogue Society, London. [ISBN 978-0-9934258-0-6]. In doing so it puts the book in a wider context of the previous volume on Dialogue Theories published (2013) by the Dialogue Society, as well as of the Journal of Dialogue Studies of which the author is academic editor. It discusses a range of key questions and "working definitions" about the nature of dialogue and critically evaluates a range of differing articulations of the aims and objectives of dialogue itself, and in relation to the study of it
Infectious dermatological diseases findings of the wrestlers according to regions
No full textAbstract:Aim: Dermatologic diseases are commonly found in people engaged in contact sports. Particularly wrestlers can easily contract skin infections. The aim of this study is to reveal the incidence of infectious skin diseases engaged in wrestling athletes living in different climate regions. Material and Methods: Three hundred nineteen volunteer who actively wrestle in different climate regions of Turkey participated to the research. All of the athletes were asked the questions in the survey of “Personal History and Dermatological Examination Findings of Athlete”. The findings and diagnoses of each wrestler were then recorded and evaluated. Results: Dermatological diseases were observed in 195 (61.12%) Turkish wrestlers, 84 (26.33%) in the eastern region, 43 (13.47%) in the inland region and 68 (21.32%) in the coastal region. These diseases were 118 (36.99%) fungal, 49 (15.36) bacterial and 28 (8.77%) viral, respectively. It was found that infectious dermatological diseases were observed more frequently in the eastern and coastal regions than inland region and this difference was statistically significant. (P = 0.045). Conclusion: In this study which is the first study conducted on this issue in sports literature, various infectious dermatological diseases were detected in wrestlers living in different climate regions in Turkey and it was determined that these diseases differ by climate regions
Infectious dermatological diseases findings of the wrestlers according to regions
No full textAim: Dermatologic diseases are commonly found in people engaged in contact sports. Particularly wrestlers can easily contract skin infections. The aim of this study is to reveal the incidence of infectious skin diseases engaged in wrestling athletes living in different climate regions.Material and Methods: Three hundred nineteen volunteer who actively wrestle in different climate regions of Turkey participated to the research. All of the athletes were asked the questions in the survey of -Personal History and Dermatological Examination Findings of Athlete-. The findings and diagnoses of each wrestler were then recorded and evaluated.Results: Dermatological diseases were observed in 195 (61.12%) Turkish wrestlers, 84 (26.33%) in the eastern region, 43 (13.47%) in the inland region and 68 (21.32%) in the coastal region. These diseases were 118 (36.99%) fungal, 49 (15.36) bacterial and 28 (8.77%) viral, respectively. It was found that infectious dermatological diseases were observed more frequently in the eastern and coastal regions than inland region and this difference was statistically significant. (P 0.045).Conclusion: In this study which is the first study conducted on this issue in sports literature, various infectious dermatological diseases were detected in wrestlers living in different climate regions in Turkey and it was determined that these diseases differ by climate regions
Provenance-based trust for grid computing: Position Paper
No full textCurrent evolutions of Internet technology such as Web Services, ebXML, peer-to-peer and Grid computing all point to the development of large-scale open networks of diverse computing systems interacting with one another to perform tasks. Grid systems (and Web Services) are exemplary in this respect and are perhaps some of the first large-scale open computing systems to see widespread use - making them an important testing ground for problems in trust management which are likely to arise. From this perspective, today's grid architectures suffer from limitations, such as lack of a mechanism to trace results and lack of infrastructure to build up trust networks. These are important concerns in open grids, in which "community resources" are owned and managed by multiple stakeholders, and are dynamically organised in virtual organisations. Provenance enables users to trace how a particular result has been arrived at by identifying the individual services and the aggregation of services that produced such a particular output. Against this background, we present a research agenda to design, conceive and implement an industrial-strength open provenance architecture for grid systems. We motivate its use with three complex grid applications, namely aerospace engineering, organ transplant management and bioinformatics. Industrial-strength provenance support includes a scalable and secure architecture, an open proposal for standardising the protocols and data structures, a set of tools for configuring and using the provenance architecture, an open source reference implementation, and a deployment and validation in industrial context. The provision of such facilities will enrich grid capabilities by including new functionalities required for solving complex problems such as provenance data to provide complete audit trails of process execution and third-party analysis and auditing. As a result, we anticipate that a larger uptake of grid technology is likely to occur, since unprecedented possibilities will be offered to users and will give them a competitive edge
Replication Data for: Vortex imprints on a free surface as proxy for surface divergence
No full textThis is a complementary data and computer code set to the accepted manuscript "Vortex imprints on a free surface as proxy for surface divergence". It contains the surface layer of the DNS data set used and the code to analyse it in the ways described in the article. The work was funded by the European Union (ERC, WaTurSheD grant 101045299) and the Research Council of Norway (iMod, grant 325114). The research by A. Xuan and L. Shen is also supported by the Office of Naval Research and National Science Foundation. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them
Dynamic spectrum access models: towards an engineering perspective in the spectrum debate
No full textThe increased demand for wireless communications services, and innovations in smart radio technologies have spurred a debate in the recent past regarding the efficiency of the spectrum governance policy of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The two main camps that have emerged in this yet non-conclusive debate are the ones that are proponents of (i) the spectrum property rights and (ii) the spectrum commons. In this dissertation, we first present a detailed overview of the ongoing spectrum debate and then present two engineering models that allow certain types of realistic comparisons to be made.
We call these models dynamic property-rights spectrum access (D-Pass) and dynamic-commons property-rights spectrum access (D-CPass). While both models introduced retain a bias toward the spectrum property rights approach based usage of spectrum, they also promote dynamic access and short term dedication of spectrum resources. Specifically, we consider a framework where operators compete for spectrum and users in a geographical area. A spectrum policy server (SPS) functions as a controller/enforcer as well as a clearinghouse for spectrum allocations.
In the D-Pass model, the operators pay the SPS for the exact amount of bandwidth they are allocated, irrespective of the utilization of the bandwidth. Each operator competes for users via rate and price offers for utilizing the spectrum portion under its short term "ownership." We model the operator competition in the form of a
SPS-mediated iterative bidding scheme that is reminiscent of a simultaneous ascending auction. In the D-CPass model, all operators
have access to all the available bandwidth during the competition phase. The operators pay the SPS for the portion of the spectrum that they actually utilize (pay-as-you-go). They compete for each user via rate and price offers through an SPS-mediated iterative bidding scheme that is reminiscent of a single-item ascending auction. Our results indicate that both the spectrum access mechanism and the market forces play an important role in determining the resulting bandwidth utilization. Furthermore, under negligible spectrum usage costs, the commons-like model (D-CPass) promotes greater utilization of spectrum resources.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-111)
Acute effects of training on hypofyse hormon levels in kick-boxers
No full textThis study was aimed to investigate the possible effects of acute training on hypofyse hormone levels and some biochemical analytes in kick-boxers. The study was included 23 healthy professional male kick-boxers (age range: from 17 to 32 years and BMI range: from 19.0 to 24.2). Sportsmen were exposed to a total of 95-minute training program including training and a kick-boxing match. Venous blood samples and urine were taken from sportsmen just before and immediately after training and some biochemical analytes were analyzed. The evaluation of pre- and post-training serum levels of analytes have shown that growth hormone, adrenocorticotropic hormone, prolactine, throide stimulating hormone, adrenalin and noradrenalin levels were significantly increased and serum insulin-like growth factor I and free thyroxine levels were significantly decreased by training. There were no significant differences between pre- and post-training serum levels of other biochemical analytes; luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone, free triiodothyronine, cortisole and dopamin. Our results have revealed the fact that exercise alters pituitary functions and this increment is associated with response to exercise stress. "We are in agree with the previous recommendations about regulary screening of pituitary functions and total hormonal status of competing and retired kick-boxers"
INTERLEUKIN-6 rs1800795 POLYMORPHISM IS NOT CONSIDERED AS A GENETIC BIOMARKER IN TURKISH NATIONAL SKIING RUNNING ATHLETE COHORT
No full textAthletic performance is considered to be determined by the effect of genetic endowment and environmental factors like nutrition, regular training and psychology. Aim of the present study is to determine the effect of Interleukin-6 (1L-6) rs1800795 polymorphisms in Turkish National Skiing running athletes. A total of 55 individuals. 34 skiers and 21 nonskiers (controls) were enrolled for the study. DNA isolation from buccal samples of athletes was performed by using Invitrogen (Van Allen Way, Carlsbad, CA, USA) commercial kit. Genotyping process was carried out by real-time PCR. GG and GC genotypes were analyzed as equal in athletes. In controls, GG genotype was superior to other genotypes. There was no statistically significant difference in the terms of IL-6 rs1800795 polymorphism between athletes and controls. CC genotype was not detected in both groups. Our results revealed the importance of genetic factors in determining the athlete's sports performance, but there is need for more studies in the terms of IL-6 rs1800795 to clarify their effects on athletic performance. This first report, including the related genetic markers and skiing running athletes will guide scientists for further studies
Two-loop Sudakov form factor in ABJM
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