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Justin Kugler
No full textJustin Kugler leads business development for advanced projects at Made In Space, Inc. across the company’s capabilities for additive manufacturing, microgravity-enabled materials, and space-based engineering. With more than 15 years of industry experience and engineering degrees from Texas A&M and Rice University, Mr. Kugler previously developed the value proposition and numerous concepts for industrial R&D projects at the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS). He also managed ISS National Lab pathfinder projects for the NASA ISS Payloads Office, developed crew training models for the Constellation Program, and served as an intelligence analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency. While earning his certificate from the University of Houston\u27s Strategic Foresight program, Justin won the 2015 individual graduate student achievement award from the Association of Professional Futurists for his forecast of the future of industrial activity in space.https://commons.erau.edu/space-congress-bios-2018/1034/thumbnail.jp
Perpendicular anisotropy in magnetic tunnel junctions
No full textKugler Z. Perpendicular anisotropy in magnetic tunnel junctions. Bielefeld: Bielefeld University; 2012
Cataglyphis sabulosa Kugler 1981
No full textCataglyphis sabulosa Kugler, 1981 Fig. 13 Cataglyphis sabulosa Kugler, 1981: 84 (w, q, m) Israel. Palearctic. Diagnosis Color yellow to orange-brown; gaster frequently brown; first funicular segment nearly 1.5 × as long as second; propodeal dorsum passing in a curve into equally long declivity; petiole squamiform, convex anteriorly and straight posteriorly; third maxillary palp fringed with long curved setae; head, mesosoma, petiole, gaster, and coxae usually with dense white-silvery pubescence. Material examined This species was not collected during the present study. Ecological and biological notes Cataglyphis sabulosa is a desert species that builds nests in the sand at a depth of about 20 cm, where alate males and dealate queens occur (Kugler 1981). The species seems to be a preferred diet of the lizard, Acanthodactylus schreiberi Boulenger, 1878 (Lacertidae). Geographic range A species originally described from Israel and recorded from Egypt (Kugler 1981), Oman, KSA (Collingwood 1985), UAE, and Yemen (Collingwood & Agosti 1996). Collingwood (1985) recorded this species from Dhofar based on a single worker.Published as part of Sharaf, Mostafa R., Wetterer, James K., Mohamed, Amr A. & Aldawood, Abdulrahman S., 2022, Faunal composition, diversity, and distribution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Dhofar Governorate, Oman, with updated list of the Omani species and remarks on zoogeography, pp. 1-106 in European Journal of Taxonomy 838 (1) on page 21, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.838.1925, http://zenodo.org/record/709430
Eine empirische Analyse zum Standortmanagement industrieller Großunternehmen
No full textEine empirische Analyse zum Standortmanagement industrieller Großunternehmen / U. Bankhofer ; M. Kugler. - Augsburg : Inst. für Statistik und Mathematische Wirtschaftstheorie, 1999. - 36 S. - (Arbeitspapiere zur mathematischen Wirtschaftsforschung ; 172
The diffusion of externalities from foreign direct investment: theory ahead of measurement
No full textIn this paper a structural estimation framework is developed to assess whether inward foreign direct investment (FDI) generates technological externalities. The econometric model is implemented in an empirical investigation with data from Colombia’s Manufacturing Census. So far, evidence of new technological opportunities for host-country firms arising from the operations of multinational corporations (MNCs) has been rather scarce. This is due to serious limitations in the way in which spillovers have been measured. In particular, empirical research has focused almost exclusively on intra-industry externalities while no allowance has been made for inter-industry technological externalities. But, in theory, the optimal location and organizational strategies by a MNC are chosen to minimize the risk of losing profits due to the leakage of technical information to potential competitors. Therefore, the host-country firms within the MNC subsidiary’s sector will tend to experience limited technological gains ensuing FDI, whereas producers in other sectors may benefit, especially if the MNC outsources to local upstream suppliers. While FDI may substitute investment by domestic plants within the MNC subsidiary’s sector, it can complement investment in other sectors. Hence, spillovers from FDI should be primarily inter-industry and not intra-industry. This conjecture is corroborated by testing of the multisectoral model of FDI spillover diffusion on Colombian manufacturing data. Furthermore, both generic knowhow spillovers and linkage externalities are sizabl
Pales latifrons Kugler 1980
No full textPales latifrons Kugler, 1980 (Fig. 26, 27) Pales latifrons Kugler, 1980: 38. Type locality: Shefech Zohar, Israel. Material examined. ISRAEL [including disputed territories] — West Bank, Metzoke Dragot near Mizpe Shalem, Dead Sea, 31.35 N 35.23 E, 10 m a.s.l., 7.III. 1995, C. Lange & J. Ziegler leg., 8 ɗɗ, 13 ΨΨ (JZCB). Mizpe Ramon Observatory, 17.III. 1995, B. Merz leg., 1 Ψ (SMNS). Diagnosis. Thorax (except scutellum) and abdomen black in ground colour with blue reflections, covered with whitishgrey microtrichosity (Fig. 27); posterior half or more of the scutellum reddish or yellow. Legs entirely black or dark brown. Abdominal tergites 3 and 4 with 0–3 short, fine median discal setulae. ɗ: postpedicel about 4.5 times as long as the pedicel; height of facial ridge 1.2–1.4 times as long as the frons in lateral view; lower facial margin slightly visible in lateral view; frons 0.86–1.04 times as wide as an eye in dorsal view; fore claws longer than tarsomere 5; cerci broad in posterior view, not convex basally in lateral view. Female differs from male as follows: frons wider, 1.00– 1.15 times as wide as an eye in dorsal view. Postpedicel about 3.5 times as long as the pedicel. Fore a complete description see the original of Kugler (1980). Distribution. Israel (cf. Herting 1984; Herting & DelyDraskovits 1993). Hosts. Unknown.Published as part of Cerretti, Pierfilippo, 2005, Revision of the West Palaearctic species of the genus Pales RobineauDesvoidy (Diptera: Tachinidae), pp. 1-36 in Zootaxa 885 on page 17, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17090
Rossimyiops longicornis Kugler, comb. nov.
No full text<i>Rossimyiops longicornis</i> (Kugler) comb. nov. <p>(Figs. 23–27)</p> <p> <i>Mesnilomyia longicornis</i> Kugler, 1972: 108. Type locality: Zefat (Israel).</p> <p> <b>Type material examined</b>. <b>Holotype</b> ɗ: Zefat / Israel / 11.x.1969 / leg. Kugler // <i>Mesnilomyia</i> ɗ / <i>longicornis</i> Kugler // 312 // HOLOTYPUS [TAU]. <b>Paratypes</b>: ISRAEL – 1 ɗ, Hanita, 30.x.1971, J. Kugler; Zefat: 1 Ψ, 11.x.1969, 2 ɗɗ, 1 Ψ, 14.ix.1971, J. Kugler; Yoqne'am: 2 ɗɗ, 5.x.1969, 1 Ψ, 15.x.1969, J. Kugler [all TAU].</p> <p> <b>Other material examined</b>. BULGARIA – 1 ɗ 1 Ψ, Irakli, steppe nr. seashore, 42.47N 27.54E, 16.vii.1987, Barták [SMNS]; 2 ΨΨ, Sv. Vlas. near Nesebar, 20m, 1-31.viii.1998, Malaise trap., C. v. Achterberg, R. de Vries, P. V. Atanassova [SMNS]. GREECE – 1 Ψ, Zakinthos Is., Skopos-Berg [= Mount Skopos] 5km SE, Zakinthos, Macchie [= maquis] 200m, 16.v.1996, G. Miksch [SMNS]. ISRAEL – 1 Ψ, 'Afula, 19.iv.1976, A. Freidberg [TAU]; 1 ɗ SH1 259 [whitout locality] [TAU]; 2 ɗɗ, Nahal 'Ammud, 1.ix.1973, A. Freidberg [TAU].</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis</b>. Body length: 3–5 mm. Face flat, ventral facial margin not visible in lateral view (Fig. 23). Prementum about 2–3 times as long as its diameter. Palpus at most 0.66 times as long as postpedicel. Scutellum with 2 pairs of marginal setae. Presutural area of scutum with three wide longitudinal dark vittae (lateral pair, about as wide as medial vitta, reaching the transverse suture posteriorly). Mid tibia with 1 anterodorsal seta. Section of M between r-m and dm-cu usually shorter than section between dm-cu and bend of M (Figs. 25, 26). Petiole of r4+5 more than half as long (up to as long) as post-angular portion of M (Figs. 25, 26). Male: postpedicel 2.46–2.90 times as long as pedicel; wing membrane hyaline (Fig. 25); ventral and dorsal calypteres white; surstylus long and narrow, distal 0.25–0.33 clearly bent posteriorly (Fig. 27); cerci, in lateral view, more or less straight and not hook-like distally (Fig. 27). Female: postpedicel 2.7–3.1 times as long as pedicel; wing pattern as in Fig. 26; posterior extensions of labella well developed; ventral calypter varied from brownish with a slightly darker rim to evenly dark brown.</p> <p> <b>Description</b>. See original description (Kugler 1972).</p> <p> <b>Hosts</b>. Unknown.</p> <p> <b>Distribution</b>. Greece (Zakynthos, Crete, North Aegean Islands), E Bulgaria, Israel, Transcaucasia (Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan) (Richter 1995)(Fig. 1).</p> <p> <b>Remarks</b>. Females from Europe differ from female paratypes from Israel in having a wider parafacial (about as wide as postpedicel); while no specimens from Transcaucasia were examined. Because this is the only sound morphological character separating these two forms, and because no male specimens from Europe were available, we have chosen not to describe the European form as a new species.</p> <p> <i>Rossimyiops magnificus</i> (Kugler) <b>comb. nov.</b> (Figs. 28–31)</p> <p> <i>Mesnilomyia magnifica</i> Kugler, 1972: 105. Type locality: 'Arad (Israel).</p> <p> <b>Type material examined</b>. <b>Holotype</b> ɗ: 'Arad / Israel / 19.VII.1971 / leg. Kugler // <i>Mesnilomyia</i> ɗ / <i>magnifica</i> Kugler / HOLOTYPUS [TAU]. Allotype: same data as holotype [TAU]. <b>Paratypes</b>: ISRAEL – 'Arad: 6 ɗɗ 3 ΨΨ, 30.vi.1970, 1 ɗ, 6.vii.1970, J. Kugler; 1 Ψ, Ramon, 4.viii.1970, J. Kugler; 1 ɗ 1 Ψ, Elat, 25.iii.1970, J. Kugler [all TAU]. IRAQ – 1 Ψ, R. Tigris Dawrh., v-vi.1920, A. D.?Brair [TAU].</p> <p> <b>Other material examined</b>. ISRAEL – 1 ɗ, Avenat, Rt. 90, 31°41'N 35°26'E, 23.v.2005, L. Friedman; 1 Ψ, 'En Gedi, 25.iii.1964, J. Margalit; 1 Ψ, Nahal Ze`elim, 24.iv.1975, J. Kugler; 1 Ψ, Shezaf N.R. 30°44.92'N 35°16.07'E, 5.xi.1999, I. Yarom, N. Zeevi, Malaise trap; 2 ɗɗ, Ha'Meshar, 9.iii.1977, A. Freidberg; 1 Ψ, 'En Yahav, 11.iv.1992, A. Freidberg; 1 ɗ, 'Ammude 'Amram, 26.iv.1974, A. Freidberg; 1 ɗ, Nahal Shelomo, 13.iv.1992, A. Freidberg [all TAU]. EGYPT [Sinai] – 1 Ψ, Wadi Nazeb, 8.iv.1973, A. Freidberg; 1 ɗ, Wadi Sa'al, 24.ix.1977, D. Simon; 1 ɗ, Tarfat-el-Kadarin, 9.iv.1973, A. Freidberg; 2 ɗɗ, Nueiba', 20km S, 12.iv.1992, A. Freidberg [all TAU].</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis</b>. Body length: 4.5–6.0 mm. Ventral facial margin visible in lateral view, anterior to vibrissal angle (Fig. 28). Prementum about 4–5 times as long as its diameter. Presutural area of scutum (as well as postsutural area) with three wide longitudinal dark vittae (lateral pair about as wide as medial vitta, reaching the transverse suture posteriorly). Scutellum with 2 pairs of marginal setae. Petiole of r4+5 0.33–0.50 (rarely more) times as long as post-angular portion of M. Base of R4+5 bare. Male: wing membrane entirely hyaline (Fig. 30); postpedicel 1.74–1.88 times as long as pedicel; terminalia as in <i>R. achilleae</i>. Female: vertex at least 0.68 times as wide as compound eye in dorsal view; postpedicel 1.68–1.88 times as long as pedicel; parafacial, in lateral view, 0.75–1.00 times as wide as postpedicel (Fig. 28); fronto-orbital plate entirely and evenly covered with microtrichia (Fig. 29); halter from yellow to dark brown; wing membrane not hyaline, mainly brownish with a milky posterior edge (as in Fig. 7); coxae varied from light brown, to red to yellowish; abdomen shiny black or with basal bands of reflecting microtrichia on tergites 4 and 5 (Fig. 31).</p> <p> <b>Description</b>. See original description (Kugler 1972).</p> <p> <b>Hosts</b>. Unknown</p> <p> <b>Distribution</b>. Israel, Egypt (Sinai), Iraq (Fig. 1).</p>Published as part of <i>Cerretti, Pierfilippo, Biase, Alessio De & Freidberg, Amnon, 2009, Systematic study of the genus Rossimyiops Mesnil (Diptera: Tachinidae), pp. 31-56 in Zootaxa 1984</i> on pages 44-47, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/185371">10.5281/zenodo.185371</a>
Rogeria lirata Kugler 1994
No full textR. lirata (figs. 6 & 17): this species is widespread throughout tropical South America. In Guyana this species was collected in winkler samples of leaf litter in Iwokrama Forest Reserve, Whitewater Camp, 4° 43.890'N, 58° 50.992'W, elev. 60 m; Mabura Hill, 5° 09.313'N, 58° 41.982'W, elev. 64 m; Mazaruni River Forest Settlement (from Kugler 1994).Published as part of LaPolla, J. S. & Sosa-Calvo, J., 2006, Review of the ant genus Rogeria (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Guyana., pp. 59-68 in Zootaxa 1330 on page 5
Opusculum Theologico-Canonicum De Sponsalibus : In tres partes divisum, Castissimis Sponsis Mariæ et Josepho consecratum
No full textà Patre Joanne Kugler Societatis Jesu; SS. Theologiæ Doctore, in Alma ... Universitate Olomucensi Soc. Jesu, SS. Canonum Professore Publico, ac Ordinario conscriptumVorlageform des Erscheinungsvermerks: Norimbergæ, Sumptibus Georgii Lehmanni Bibliopolæ. Anno M. DCCV
Synergistic Inhibition of Mitochondrial Respiration by Anticancer Agent Erucylphosphohomocholine and Cyclosporin A
No full textAlkylphosphocholines are a new class of anticancer agents. The mechanisms by which these drugs display their antitumor activities are not known. In this work, we show that erucylphosphohomocholine, a new antineoplastic compound, significantly decreased ATP synthesis in isolated rat liver mitochondria at a concentration of 50 mu M or higher via permeabilization of the inner membrane. At a concentration of 25 mu M, it induced a moderate swelling of mitochondria, a slight decrease of the inner membrane potential, and an increase in state 4 respiration without an essential influence on state 3 respiration or the outer membrane permeability to cytochrome c. We found that cyclosporin A did not prevent mitochondrial swelling induced by 25-100 mu M erucylphosphohomocholine. Moreover, cyclosporin A induced a fast drop of the inner membrane potential in the presence of 25-50 mu M erucylphosphohomocholine that seems to be due to a strong synergistic inhibition of the respiratory activity. The ratio of uncoupled to state 3 respiration rates increased from 1.3 +/- 0.1 with 25 mu M erucylphosphohomocholine and from 1.5 +/- 0.1 with 1 mu M cyclosporin A to 4.5 +/- 0.3 in the presence of both drugs. On the other hand, oligomycin or cyclosporin A protected certain cancer cell lines against erucylphosphohomocholine-induced apoptosis. This protection might be related to a prevention of cellular ATP hydrolysis by permeabilized mitochondria and to the inhibition of the classical permeability transition pore, respectively. Our findings provide new insight into the mechanisms by which these unusual alterations of mitochondria might be involved in anticancer activity of alkylphosphocholines
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