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Miranda Revisited
No full textRansiek A. Miranda Revisited. In: Hellmann U, Schröder C, eds. Festschrift für Hans Achenbach. Heidelberg: C. F. Müller; 2011: 359-371
Farm to Fork Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment for Norovirus on Frozen Strawberries
No full textFoodborne illness outbreaks have been increasingly linked to the consumption of fresh and frozen berries that were contaminated with pathogenic viruses, such as human norovirus (NoV). Contamination of berries is assumed to take place at harvest by the use of contaminated water for pesticide dilution, irrigation water source or by shedding berry pickers in the field. A quantitative microbial risk assessment simulation model was built to replicate the largest known NoV outbreak which sickened about 11,000 people over a 3-week period. The outbreak occurred in Germany in 2012 when contaminated frozen strawberries were served at nearly 400 schools and daycare centers. The risk model explicitly assumed that all contamination would arise from NoV contamination of surface water used for pesticide dilution. Input data was collected from the published literature, observational studies and assumptions. The model starts with contamination of the berries in the field, and proceeds through transportation to processing facility, washing, sanitizing, freezing, frozen transport to cargo ship, transport view of cargo ship, transport to distribution center, frozen storage at the distribution center, transport to the catering facility, food service preparation and consumption, dose response, and predicted illnesses. A total of 21 scenarios were chosen to evaluate the impact of model parameters on the number of illness associated with NoV contamination of berries. Scenarios evaluated include the initial level of NoV in surface water, the effect of seasonality on the prevalence of NoV in surface water, the strength of the pesticide used, the volume of water used to dilute the pesticide, temperature during transportation to processing facility, washing and sanitizing conditions at processing facility and preparation (heat-treatment) of berries prior to consumption. Scenarios were compared via the Factor Sensitivity technique where the logarithm of the ratio of mean illnesses was used to compare different assumptions. The input that had the greatest effect on increasing in the number of illnesses was a high NoV concentration in the water (8 log Genome Copies/L) when compared to the baseline scenario with resulting mean illnesses of 7,964 illnesses and ~2 illnesses, respectively. This assumption about the concentration of virus in the pesticide makeup water was the only variable capable of producing an outbreak similar to that observed in Germany in 2012. Heat-treatment of the berries, use of a pesticide with strong antiviral effect, and assumption about the virus concentration in the pesticide make-up water had the largest impact on decreasing illnesses.Peer reviewe
Ancestral polymorphisms in Drosophila pseudoobscura and Drosophila miranda
No full textAncestral polymorphisms are defined as variants that arose by mutation prior to the speciation event that generated the species in which they segregate. Their presence may complicate the interpretation of molecular data and lead to incorrect phylogenetic inferences. They may also be used to identify regions of the genome that are under balancing selection. It is thus important to take into account the contribution of ancestral polymorphisms to variability within species and divergence between species. Here, we extend and improve a method for estimation of the proportion of ancestral polymorphisms within a species, and apply it to a dataset of 33 X-linked and 34 autosomal protein-coding genes for which sequence polymorphism data are available in both Drosophila pseudoobscura and Drosophila miranda, using Drosophila affinis as an outgroup. We show that a substantial proportion of both X-linked and autosomal synonymous variants in these two species are ancestral, and that a small number of additional genes with unusually high sequence diversity seem to have an excess of ancestral polymorphisms, suggestive of balancing selection
C. Parra Pérez, Miranda, Bolívar.
No full textAubrun Charles Vincent. C. Parra Pérez, Miranda, Bolívar.. In: Bulletin Hispanique, tome 51, n°1, 1949. pp. 103-104
SAENZ M., V. y José C. MIRANDA
No full textTelegram from Misters V. Sáenz M. and José C. Miranda, President and Vice Secretary of the Constitutionalist Liberal Party Committee of Yucatán, respectively, to Gen. Alvaro Obregón, sending him greetings. / Telegrama de los Srs. V. Sáenz M. y José C. Miranda, Presidente y Pro-secretario del Comité del Partido Liberal Constitucionalista de Yucatán, respectivamente, al Gral. Alvaro Obregón, enviándole saludos
SAENZ M., V. y José C. MIRANDA
No full textTelegram from Misters V. Sáenz M. and José C. Miranda, President and Vice Secretary of the Constitutionalist Liberal Party Committee of Yucatán, respectively, to Gen. Alvaro Obregón, sending him greetings. / Telegrama de los Srs. V. Sáenz M. y José C. Miranda, Presidente y Pro-secretario del Comité del Partido Liberal Constitucionalista de Yucatán, respectivamente, al Gral. Alvaro Obregón, enviándole saludos
From ACT-ONE to Miranda, a Translation Experiment
No full textIt is now almost universally acknowledged that the data language ACT-ONE associated with the formal description technique LOTOS is inappropriate for the purpose of OSI formal description. In response to this the LOTOS restandardisation activity plans to replace ACT-ONE with a functional language. Thus, compatibility between ACT-ONE and the replacement data language becomes an issue. In response to this, we present an experimental investigation of backward compatibility between ACT-ONE and the new LOTOS data language. Specifically, we investigate translating ACT-ONE data types into the functional language Miranda. Miranda has been chosen as it is a widely used functional programming language and it is close in form to the anticipated new data language. This work serves as a ``verification of concept'' for translating ACT-ONE to the E-LOTOS data language. It identifies the bounds on embedding ACT-ONE in a functional data language. In particular, it indicates what can be translated and what cannot be translated. In addition, the paper reveals pertinent issues which can inform the E-LOTOS work. For example, which constructs are needed in E-LOTOS in order to support the class of data type specifications typically made in the LOTOS setting? We conclude with a number of specific recommendations for the E-LOTOS data language
Evolución de las finanzas públicas de Miranda: Una mirada descriptiva 1985 - 2022
No full textUna estructura fiscal sólida en cualquier nivel de la administración pública es una condición necesaria para realizar todas las acciones de política pública imperiosas y las deseadas para satisfacer las necesidades de sus pobladores.
Este documento presenta una breve revisión histórica de la evolución y composición de los ingresos y gastos de Miranda 1985 - 2022. Para realizar nuestro análisis empleamos datos del Sistema de Información del Formulario Único Territorial (SISFUT) y del Departamento Nacional de Planeación (DNP). Para permitir la comparabilidad durante el periodo, todas las cifras son expresadas a precios constantes del 2022 y en términos per cápita. Es decir, se controla por la inflación y por el crecimiento poblacional del municipio o distrito. Así mismo, esto permitirá realizar comparaciones con otras entidades territoriales de Colombia similares.
Para lograr lo anterior, este trabajo está dividido en seis sesiones: la primera sección es la presente introducción. La segunda y tercera sección muestran la evolución de los ingresos y los gastos respectivamente. En la cuarta sección se exponen los Indicadores de Desempeño Fiscal (IDF) para el Distrito. En la quinta sección los resultados del IDF comparado con entidades territoriales similares y en la sexta, los comentarios finales
Charinus ricardoi Giupponi & Miranda 2016
No full textCharinus ricardoi Giupponi & Miranda, 2016 Fig. 27; Table 2 Charinus ricardoi Giupponi & Miranda, 2016: 6–10, figs 2b, 3b, 5a–e. Diagnosis Based on Giupponi & Miranda (2016), this species may be separated from other Charinus in Amazonia and northern South America by means of the following combination of characters: tegument yellowishbrown; median eyes and median ocular tubercle absent; lateral eyes reduced, pale; small, rounded tetra- and pentasternum; cushion-like gonopods without projections and with internal seminal receptacles; pedipalp almost perpendicular to longitudinal axis, similar to that of Paracharon caecus; two dorsal spines on pedipalp tarsus, small proximal spine, one-quarter length of distal spine; basitibia of leg IV with two pseudo-articles; leg IV basitibia trichobothrium bt situated in proximal third; leg IV distitibia with 16 trichobothria; leg IV distitibia trichobothria bf, bc and sbf equidistant. The gonopods of C. ricardoi are similar to those of C. bonaldoi, but the pedipalp proportions and length of the pedipalp segments are greater in the former. Etymology Patronym honoring Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha (Giupponi & Miranda 2016). Type material Holotype BRAZIL • ♀; Amazonas, Presidente Figueiredo, Gruta Areia Branca; 23–31 Aug. 2003; R. Pinto-da- Rocha leg.; MZSP 22036. Paratypes BRAZIL • 3 ♀♀; same collection data as for holotype; MZSP 22036 • 1 juv.; Amazonas, Presidente Figueiredo, Gruta dos Animais; 23–31 Aug. 2003; R. Pinto-da-Rocha leg.; MZSP 22049 • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; MZSP 22063. Measurements See Table 2. Distribution Known only from the type locality. Natural history Possibly troglophile, found only in Amazonian caves. Remarks See Giupponi & Miranda (2016) for more details about this species.Published as part of Miranda, Gustavo Silva de, Giupponi, Alessandro P. L., Prendini, Lorenzo & Scharff, Nikolaj, 2021, Systematic revision of the pantropical whip spider family Charinidae Quintero, 1986 (Arachnida, Amblypygi), pp. 1-409 in European Journal of Taxonomy 772 on pages 68-69, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.772.1505, http://zenodo.org/record/553641
Charinus bichuetteae Giupponi & Miranda 2016
No full textCharinus bichuetteae Giupponi & Miranda, 2016 Fig. 27; Table 2 Charinus bichuetteae Giupponi & Miranda, 2016: 23–25, figs 2h, 3h, 11a–f. Diagnosis Based on Giupponi & Miranda (2016), this species may be separated from other Charinus in Amazonia and northern South America by means of the following combination of characters: tegument pale yellow in color; median eyes and median ocular tubercle absent; lateral eyes well developed; small, rounded, markedly sclerotized tetra- and pentasternum; cushion-like female gonopod with lateral projections directed posteriorly, covering opening of internal seminal receptacles (atrium); pedipalp femur with two dorsal spines and three ventral spines; pedipalp tarsus with two spines, proximal spine small, ca one quarter length of distal spine; tibia of leg I with 21 articles, tarsus I with 37 articles; leg IV basitibia with two pseudo-articles; trichobothrium bt situated in proximal third of distitibia; leg IV distitibia with 16 trichobothria; trichobothrium bc situated closer to sbf than to bf. Charinus bichuetteae is one of ten species of Charinus in Amazonia and northern South America in which the basitibia of leg IV consists of two pseudo-articles; the others are C. bonaldoi, C. brescoviti, C. bromeliaea, C. carvalhoi sp. nov., C. camachoi, C. pardillalensis, C. platnicki, C. quinteroi and C. ricardoi. Charinus bichuetteae differs from C. bromeliaea and C. carvalhoi sp. nov. in the cushionlike gonopods, which are sucker-like in C. bromeliaea and in C. carvalhoi sp. nov. The absence of median eyes and ocular tubercle differentiates C. bichuetteae from C. brescoviti and C. bromeliaea. Seven of these species lack median eyes and median ocular tubercle, and can be differentiated from C. bichuetteae by the number of teeth on the cheliceral claw and the number of spines on the pedipalp femur. Etymology Patronym honoring Dr Maria Elina Bichuette (Giupponi & Miranda 2016). Type material Holotype BRAZIL • ♂; Pará, Vitória do Xingu Municipality, AL 44, Gruta do China; 9 Jul. 2009; D. Pedroso, Pellegatti-Franco, M.E. Bichuette and T.L.C. Scatolini leg.; MNRJ 9204. Paratypes BRAZIL • 1 ♂; same collection data as for holotype; MNRJ 9173 • 1 ♀, Pará, Vitória do Xingu Municipality, AL 19, Paratizão; 10 Jul. 2009; D. Pedroso, F. Pellegatti-Franco, M.E. Bichuette and T.L.C. Scatolini leg.; MNRJ 9174 • 1 ♀, 1 juv. ♀; Altamira Municipality, AL 05, Gruta do Sismógrafo; 05°52′44″ S, 53°39′29″ W; 7 Jul. 2009; D. Pedroso, F. Pellegatti-Franco, M.E. Bichuette and T.L.C. Scatolini leg.; MNRJ 9172 • 3 ♀♀, 1 ♂; Altamira Municipality, B0103 - Caverna Sugiro-Roncador; 2 Jan. 2011; B0026 - river bank, under stone; 3 Apr. 2011; B0049 - Pedra da Cachoeira Cave; 3 Apr. 2011; M.E. Bichuette, J.E. Gallão, D.M. von Schimonsky and D.R. Pedroso leg.; B0026: riverbank, under stone; B0049: Pedra da Cachoeira Cave; MNRJ 9311. Measurements See Table 2. Distribution Known from the type localites. Natural history Specimens were found on cave walls. Remarks See Giupponi & Miranda (2016) for more details concerning the taxonomy of C. bichuetteae.Published as part of Miranda, Gustavo Silva de, Giupponi, Alessandro P. L., Prendini, Lorenzo & Scharff, Nikolaj, 2021, Systematic revision of the pantropical whip spider family Charinidae Quintero, 1986 (Arachnida, Amblypygi), pp. 1-409 in European Journal of Taxonomy 772 on pages 41-42, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.772.1505, http://zenodo.org/record/553641
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