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Correction: Micronutrient intake and telomere length: findings from the UK Biobank (European Journal of Nutrition, (2024), 63, 8, (2871-2883), 10.1007/s00394-024-03460-5)
No full texthttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-024-03460-5. In the original version of this article, e-mail address of the corresponding author Vasiliki Bountziouka was incorrectly given as [email protected] but should have been [email protected]. © Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2024
Collective Infrastructures. Publication of the Design Studios maib14 and maib24 by Maria Cecilia Chiappini 2016-2017
No full textCollective Infrastructures was the focus of two Design Studios, maib14 and maib24, tutored by María
Cecilia Chiappini during the academic year 2016-2017 at the International Master of Science in Architecture,
Orientation Urban Cultures and Urban Projects, at the Faculty of Architecture, Campus Sint-Lucas
Brussels, KU Leuven, in Belgium.
Th e challenge was to Rethink the Axis Canal-North Station-Leidts Square, in Brussels, Belgium. Th e
provocation was to study collective spaces that emerge in relation to urban mobility infrastructures, questioning
the role of these elements for urban life and as spatial crossed sections along diff erent models that
accumulate in the city; and furthermore, for imagining alternative urban futures for Brussels. Th e theme,
theoretical and methodological references, and an outline of the research on Infrastructure under Transformation
as Collective Spaces, currently under development by the tutor, were intentionally shared as a
starting point. Plenty of room was left to interpret them and apply them, as well as to verify if there can be
an actual correlation between research and design strategies that enables stronger arguments for decision
making in terms of design scenarios, visions and tools, in pedagogical terms. Students were free to
choose the programme and location of their design as long as they were part of a statement originally and
creatively generated by each student. Th e proposals were then developed further up to the architectural
design detail level with a strong urban correlation.
Looking at the overall outcomes, one can observe that the framework seems to be helping students develop
a new “sensibility” towards certain urban processes, instead of them directly focusing on intentions or
expectations of the future conditions to achieve via their design operations, they take the time to “search”
for hidden urban qualities, “other” urban qualities, actual existent urban processes that usually get dismissed,
and they start their speculations and design investigations from this point. Th is brings them also
to detect unforeseen conditions, and therefore opportunities for design, or even the twist of focus or
abstention from design. It seems that students are starting to develop the capacity to appreciate the qualities
of border conditions, overlapping situations, fringes, spot unexpected user(s) of collective spaces, or
unpredictable mixes or co-existences.
The integration between research approach and design generation can be briefly illustrated in several
proposals. Tatsuya Saeki’s “Marché in the Backyard: Towards a New Form of Collective Space”, show how
he worked with underused hidden courtyards to aggregate open space and turn it into a range of collective
communal spaces, in size and quality, mainly for market activities, not by formalizing them, but by using
locally inspired atmospheres and proposing micro routes around them. In “Passage: Expanding Commercial
Space”, Sophia Holst identified the trend of commercial spaces along Brabant Street to expand not
only horizontally but also vertically “eating up” housing space and risking a monofunctional definitions
of multi-unit buildings. She then twisted this logic to upgrade the experience of both the commercial and
residential spaces and to re think an existent typology starting from the street life.
In the explorations of the role of urban infrastructures as cross sections of North Quartier, the decaying
business district of Brussels, students shifted the recurrent questions of “what to do with the vacant or
obsolete office skyscrapers” that compete with ex-novo business areas, into testing ways of requalifying the
communal experience of office workers and local inhabitants within the collective spaces in relation to the
qualities of the site, the proximity to the city centre and adjacent neighborhoods, via using the unveiled
tensions and fluxes. As illustrations, Euihyun Hwang identified an overlapping territory between local inhabitant
and commuting office workers and stressed it by stepping on existing recreational processes. Toni
Popovski thickened the edges of a canal articulating industrial and urban fabrics. Vasiliki Pavli detected
critical spatial configurations exploited for homeless shelters and conducted a housing experiment.
All proposals had their own intense development process and interesting outcomes, and are here shown in
extend. This booklet shows the results of an intense year of work with very motivated and committed students:
Chang Cao, David Wirth, Tatsuya Saeki, Maxim Baralinc, Sophia Holst, Merve Demirel, Julian Rieder,
Vida Rucli, Vincent Chukwuemeka, Nguyen Hoang Tung, and Vu Hoang Thong Nguyen at Maib14;
and Alberto Aragón, Euihyun Hwang (Ethan), Dien Quan Mai, Nicolas Mansour, Vasiliki Pavli (Vicky),
Apoloniusz Jan Pindelski (Apollo), Toni Popovski at Maib24. Thank you very much for your effort and
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Optimal Phased-Array Signal Combination For Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Measurement In Breast Cancer Using Multiple Quantum Coherence MR Spectroscopy At 3T
No full textAcknowledgements The author would like to thank Dr Matthew Clemence (Philips Healthcare Clinical Science, UK) for clinical scientist support, Ms Bolanle Brikinns, Ms Louisa Pirie, Ms Linda Lett, and Ms Kate Shaw for patient recruitment support, Ms Dawn Younie for logistic support, Mr Roger Bourne and Ms Mairi Fuller for providing access to the patients as well as Mrs Beverly MacLennan, Mrs Nichola Crouch, Mr Mike Hendry, and Ms Laura Reid for radiographer support. This project was funded by Friends of Aberdeen and North Centre for Haematology, Oncology and Radiotherapy (ANCHOR). Vasiliki Mallikourti’s PhD study is supported by The Princess Royal Tenovus Scotland Medical Research Scholarship.Peer reviewe
Phased-array combination of 2D MRS for lipid composition quantification in patients with breast cancer
No full textAcknowledgements: The author would like to thank Dr Matthew Clemence (Philips Healthcare Clinical Science, UK) for support, Ms Bolanle Brikinns, Ms Louisa Pirie, Ms Linda Lett, and Ms Kate Shaw, for patient recruitment support, Ms Dawn Younie for logistic support, Mr Roger Bourne and Ms Mairi Fuller for providing access to the patients as well as Mrs Beverly MacLennan, Mrs Nicola Crouch, Mr Mike Hendry, and Ms Laura Reid for radiographer support. Funding: This project was funded by Friends of Aberdeen and North Centre for Haematology, Oncology and Radiotherapy (ANCHOR), Tenovus Scotland, and NHS Grampian Endowment. Vasiliki Mallikourti’s PhD study is supported by The Princess Royal Tenovus Scotland Medical Research Scholarship.Peer reviewe
Rezension: "Digitale Transformation der Musikausbildung. Kognitive Entscheidungsprozesse an Hochschulen in Österreich und der Schweiz" von Vasiliki Papadopoulou
No full textMit ihrem Werk Digitale Transformation der Musikausbildung - Kognitive Entscheidungsprozesse an Hochschulen in Österreich und der Schweiz legt Vasiliki Papadopoulou eine sorgfältig konzipierte und empirisch abgesicherte Studie vor, die einen substantiellen Beitrag zur Auseinandersetzung mit der Digitalisierung im Kontext künstlerischer Hochschulbildung leistet. Die Autorin überzeugt durch eine klar strukturierte Argumentation, eine fundierte theoretische Herangehensweise sowie eine präzise Analyse der Entscheidungsmuster an sowohl öffentlichen als auch privaten Kunst- und Musikhochschulen in Österreich und der Schweiz. Besonders bemerkenswert ist, dass sie nicht nur strukturelle Rahmenbedingungen, sondern auch individuelle Haltungen und Handlungsmuster in den Blick nimmt, die Transformationsprozesse wesentlich mitgestalten.Vasiliki Papadopoulou\u27s Digitale Transformation der Musikausbildung ̶ Kognitive Entscheidungsprozesse an Hochschulen in Österreich und der Schweiz is a carefully designed and empirically validated study that makes a substantial contribution to the debate on digitalization in the context of artistic higher education. The author impresses with her clearly structured argumentation, a well-founded theoretical approach and a precise analysis of decision-making patterns at both public and private art and music universities in Austria and Switzerland. It is particularly noteworthy that she focuses not only on structural framework conditions, but also on individual attitudes and patterns of action that play a key role in shaping transformation processes
Iterative learning control as a framework for human-inspired control with bio-mimetic actuators
No full textThe synergy between musculoskeletal and central nervous systems empowers humans to achieve a high level of motor performance, which is still unmatched in bio-inspired robotic systems. Literature already presents a wide range of robots that mimic the human body. However, under a control point of view, substantial advancements are still needed to fully exploit the new possibilities provided by these systems. In this paper, we test experimentally that an Iterative Learning Control algorithm can be used to reproduce functionalities of the human central nervous system - i.e. learning by repetition, after-effect on known trajectories and anticipatory behavior - while controlling a bio-mimetically actuated robotic arm.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Learning & Autonomous Contro
An Ultrasonically Powered and Controlled Ultra-High-Frequency Biphasic Electrical Neurostimulator
No full textThis paper presents the design of a neurostimulator performing biphasic ultra-high-frequency electrical stimulation while being driven from ultrasound energy. Unlike conventional constant current or constant voltage stimulators or state-of-the-art ultra-high-frequency stimulators, the system does not convert the input AC signal into regulated DC for storing power and supplying the elements of the circuits. Instead, it uses the received ultrasonic signal frequency (≥1 MHz) for electrically stimulating the tissue directly, and it achieves biphasic stimulation with external control and without storing extra power. This results in a highly efficient and miniature circuit, which has the potential to be used in bioelectronic medicine for stimulating small peripheral nerves deep inside the body. The operation of the circuit was first simulated in LTSpice using a lumped elements model for the impedance of the piezoelectric receivers and the load. Finally, a prototype was tested in vitro with commercial transducers and platinum-iridium electrodes as load.Accepted author manuscriptBio-Electronic
Ultrasound for Data Transfers from Deep Implants: an Experimental Comparison Between Binary-Frequency-Shift-Keying and On-Off-Keying with Backscatter Modulation
No full textImplantable devices need to communicate information to the outside world. For deep-seated miniaturized implants ultrasound communication can be favourable. However, implants need to operate during movement, and the selected communication scheme should be assessed accordingly. In this work, we implemented a simple protocol to transfer data packets based on On-Off-Keying (OOK) and Frequency-Shift-Keying (FSK) by backscatter modulation in ultrasonic communication links for deep implants.We then used it to compare FSK vs OOK encoding regarding the bit error rate during continuous ultrasound power transfer, and while moving, in a water tank setup. Our experiment shows, that sub-millimeter movements can have severe effects on OOK communication, but not for FKS. Therefore, FSK can allow for backscatter communication from deep implants regardless of their position and involved movements. The protocol can also be adapted to other backscatter modulation schemes in the future.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Bio-Electronic
There are many Indias: depictions of Indian-ness, epiphanies and moments of transformative exhilaration in recent literature for young adults published in India
No full textDeposited with permission of the author. © 2012 Vasiliki SpanosThe study ‘There are many Indias: Depictions of Indian-ness, epiphanies and moments of transformative exhilaration in recent literature for young adults published in India ’ takes its impetus from the Australian Curriculum and Reporting Authority’s (ACARA) ‘The Australian Curriculum’ for English (2012), which stipulates as one of its aims the emphasis of Australia’s ‘links to Asia’ (p.3). As an experienced and practising teacher of English and Literature within the secondary classroom in Melbourne, Australia with an interest in Indian culture and literature, I wanted to explore beyond the Asian texts booklisted by the Asia Education Foundation (2011) for use in the English classroom. Curiosity, amongst other factors, led me to India. It is in bookshops and schools in India where I discovered that there are many more texts, delightful, powerful often confronting texts, written in English and evoking a deep sense of Indian culture, that we teachers of English in Australia were aware of. This thesis analyses a selection of YAL novels written in English and published in India recently. It explores the depiction of Indian-ness within the experience and realm of childhood, against a distinctively Indian backdrop. In an appropriation of Hollindale's concept of childness, the term Indian-ness is adopted, addressing the multilayered nature of Indian experience whilst exposing attitudinal shifts in both the depiction of the child/youth protagonist and societal perceptions of the child/youth as reader. Furthermore, this thesis examines Hollindale’s concept of epiphanies and moments of transformative exhilaration as they manifest in the selected YAL works.
Their subsequent implications from within the text (in terms of the protagonist) and beyond the text (in terms of reader response) are also explored. This study analyses the significance of epiphanies and moments of transformative exhilaration in relation to perceptions of society and the world of the young adult and how literature offers another way of seeing and being in the world. Thus the expansive potential of literature to empower and transform the individual is examined. Finally, this study asserts that these factors act as a unifying element and allow for a richness of interpretation which extends and further embellishes the scope of possibility in one’s perception of life, their vision for the future and their perception of the quality of Indian-ness and its many manifestations. Hollindale’s concept of epiphanies and moments of transformative exhilaration serves to illustrate the common humanity that the selected YAL texts expose the reader to, whilst simultaneously suggesting the universality of the reading experience
Influence of soft encapsulation on the wireless power transfer for bioelectronic medicine: Evaluating the efficiency of near-field resonant inductive links
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