147 research outputs found
Priocera aurosignata LUCAS 1857
No full textPriocera aurosignata LUCAS, 1857 (Figs 29, 91, 107) Priocera aurosignata LUCAS, 1857: 92. HOLOTYPE: ♂. Type locality: Nord de Goyas (Goias, Brazil) (MNHN). A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d (Fig.91):Iexaminedfivespecimens from: Peru: Provincia de San Martin, Tarapoto,?-V-VIII-1886, M. de Mathan. Brazil: Estado do Minas Gerais, Sertão in: Bolivia: Bolivia, 1989, Guanay, N. La Paz, 19.-21. VIII, MNHN, RGCM and WOPC. D i a g n o s i s: Light castaneous, except extremities of legs, abdomen, and elytral apex testaceous, and elytra bicolored, mostly castaneous, each elytron with 3 yellow markings, one at elytral base near mesoscutellum, one large triangular marking at middle conjoined with epipleural margin, one spot behind elytral middle near sutural margin. R e d e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 8.0 mm; width 2.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 107. Head: Frons about as wide as length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 45/8. Thorax: Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescenses and small central fissure (PW /PL 95/140); elytral disc slightly depressed at middle, sculptured with striate asetiferous punctures extended posteriorly slightly beyond elytral basal 1/2, elytral apex rounded (EL /EW 340/70); metathoracic femur gradually increasing in diameter to femoral apex. Abdomen: Aedeagus as in Fig. 29. N o t e s: The type was examined, but the description is based on a homotype specimen.Published as part of Opitz, Weston, 2021, Taxonomic revision of the Western Hemisphere checkered beetle genus Priocera KIRBY (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae), pp. 1145-1255 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 52 (2) on pages 1159-1160, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.503885
Martin Opitz’ "New Year’s Gift with Song”
No full textAt the turn of the year 1623/24, Martin Opitz published a song of praise honouring Christ’s birth in German Alexandrine verse: Lobgesang Uber den Frewdenreichen Geburtstag Unseres Herren und Heilandes Jesu Christi [Song of praise about the joyous birthday of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ]. This example of erudition is also very personal: The author speaks about his troubles during the gruesome Thirty Years War. It concludes with a Latin Sapphic ode petitioning for absolution and peace. Scholars have never appreciated the ode’s function: It derives its full meaning from the intended melody, which was well-known to the dedicatee.
Amazingly, many poets copied Opitz in writing epic-dramatic poems including song(s) to honour friends or superiors with a New Year’s dedication; they imitated his motifs and even his title by way of “aemulatio”. When Opitz’ tendency towards dramatic representation and visualisation is enhanced, we find the work comes close to another musical epic-dramatic genre, the actus. We encounter this in several academic communities, its finest example being a hardly known musical composition by Johann Rosenmüller to words by Johann Ziegler.Non UBCUnreviewedFacult
Hypothesizing about Reading Recovery
No full textProfessor Opitz\u27s article is one of two in this special issue not written by a Reading Recovery trained teacher. The author has examined the literature on Reading Recovery and attempted to puzzle out the reason(s) for its success. Trained Reading Recovery teachers will find both points of agreement and disagreement, and many points on which to establish a discussion. Opitz writes, ...we do not, I believe, know why the program works. Yet as Clay suggests in this issue, answers are learned in the year-long and continuing contact training sessions. Our understanding of why the program works does not come from information or research alone, but from reflec tive practice. Reading Recovery teachers continue to re flect on their learning and practice, and implicit in the whole Reading Recovery process is ongoing research and evaluation. We have chosen the article because it reflects questions raised by those who have searched the literature on Reading Recovery and are contemplat ing involvement in the program. Professor Opitz\u27s hy pothesizing is based on wide reading in the literature about Reading Recovery, and should generate many powerful questions for the dialogue between trained Reading Recovery personnel and educators considering program implementation
THE DIGITAL O&P WORKSHOP
No full textDigitalisation is the megatrend in healthcare, not only since the pandemic. We are two European digital health experts and industry leaders in the field of orthotics and prosthetics (O&P) and in this article we explored what are the underlying trends driving the adoption of digitalisation for customisation of prosthetics & orthotics. We showed that several trends in 3D image capture (input step), 3D modelling (processing step) and 3D printing (output step) currently converge and thus fuel the rapid transformation of the O&P industry. In short outlooks, we rated the probability and timing of adoption rates across the upcoming couple of years. We furthermore reviewed the impact of boundary conditions set by regulators as well as the reimbursement system. Towards the end of this article, we outlined a digital scenario of the near future by following around an orthotist during her work. We finished with a call-to-action targeting regulators, payors, prosthetists/orthotists, and patients to enable such a desirable future.
Article PDF Link: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/cpoj/article/view/36349/28332
How To Cite: Opitz M, Fröhlingsdorf P. The digital O&P workshop. Canadian Prosthetics & Orthotics Journal. 2021; Volume 4, Issue 2, No.15. https://doi.org/10.33137/cpoj.v4i2.36349
Corresponding Author: Manuel Opitz, MECURIS GmbH, Lindwurmstraße 11, 80337 München, Germany.E-Mail: [email protected] number: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6098-188
Walbridge Park Fountain, Toledo, Ohio [approximately 1930]
No full textA photo of the Opitz Fountain, on the grounds of Walbridge Park, located at 2761 Broadway Street in Toledo, Ohio. Terms associated with the photograph are: Walbridge Park (Toledo, Ohio) | 2761 Broadway St. (Toledo, Ohio) | South Toledo Area (Toledo, Ohio) | Opitz Fountain (Toledo, Ohio) | Fountains | Conservatories | Parks | Statue
Opitz, Walbridge Park, Toledo, Ohio.
No full textA postcard from the Ken Levin Toledo Postcard Collection, donated by Toledo resident, Ken Levin. The collection contains picture postcards about the Toledo area. Mr. Levin’s collection was published by the Toledo Blade in a book entitled “You Will Do Better in Toledo: From Frogtown to Glass City”, edited by Sandy and John R. Husman
Recollection reduces unitised familiarity effect
No full textTwo types of encoding tasks have been employed in previous research to investigate the beneficial effect of unitisation on familiarity-based associative recognition (unitised familiarity effect), namely the compound task and the interactive imagery task. Here we show how these two tasks could differentially engage subsequent recollection-based associative recognition and consequently lead to the turn-on or turn-off of the unitised familiarity effect. In the compound task, participants studied unrelated word pairs as newly learned compounds. In the interactive imagery task, participants studied the same word pairs as interactive images. An associative recognition task was used in combination with the Remember/Know procedure to measure recollection-based and familiarity-based associative recognition. The results showed that the unitised familiarity effect was present in the compound task but was absent in the interactive imagery task. A comparison of the compound and the interactive imagery task revealed a dramatic increase in recollection-based associative recognition for the interactive imagery task. These results suggest that unitisation could benefit familiarity-based associative recognition; however, this effect will be eliminated when the memory trace formed is easily accessed by strong recollection without the need for a familiarity [email protected]
Opitz Fountain, Walbridge Park, Toledo, Ohio
No full textA postcard from the Ken Levin Toledo Postcard Collection, donated by Toledo resident, Ken Levin. The collection contains picture postcards about the Toledo area. Mr. Levin’s collection was published by the Toledo Blade in a book entitled “You Will Do Better in Toledo: From Frogtown to Glass City”, edited by Sandy and John R. Husman
Cholic acid increases plasma cholesterol in Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome: A pilot study
No full textBackground: Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS) is an inherited disorder of cholesterol biosynthesis associated with congenital malformations, growth delay, intellectual disability and behavior problems. SLOS is caused by bi-allelic mutations in DHCR7, which lead to reduced activity of 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase that catalyzes the last step in cholesterol biosynthesis. Symptoms of SLOS are thought to be due to cholesterol deficiency and accumulation of its precursor 7-dehydrocholesterol (7-DHC) and 8-dehydrocholesterol (8-DHC), and toxic oxysterols. Therapy for SLOS often includes dietary cholesterol supplementation, but lipids are poorly absorbed from the diet, possibly due to impaired bile acid synthesis. We hypothesized that bile acid supplementation with cholic acid would improve dietary cholesterol absorption and raise plasma cholesterol levels. Methods: Twelve SLOS subjects (10 M, 2F, ages 2–27 years) who had plasma cholesterol ≤125 mg/dL were treated with cholic acid (10 mg/kg/day) divided twice daily for 2 months. Plasma cholesterol, 7-DHC and 8-DHC were measured by GC–MS. Oxysterols were measured by ultra-high-performance LC-MS/MS. Data were analyzed using paired t-tests. Results: At baseline, plasma cholesterol was 75 ± 24 mg/dL (mean ± SD; range 43–125, n = 12). After 2 months on cholic acid, mean plasma cholesterol increased to 97 ± 29 mg/dL (p = 0.011). Eleven of 12 subjects showed an increase in plasma cholesterol that varied from 3.8% to 85.7% (mean 38.7 ± 23.3%). 7-Hydroxycholesterol decreased by 20.6% on average (p = 0.013) but no significant changes were seen in 7-DHC or 8-DHC. Mean body weight tended to increase (3.6% p = 0.069). Subjects tolerated cholic acid well and experienced no drug-related adverse events. Conclusions: In this pilot study, cholic acid supplementation was well tolerated and safe and resulted in an increase in plasma cholesterol in most SLOS subjects. Further controlled longitudinal studies are needed to look for the sustainability of the biochemical effect and possible clinical benefits
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