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Audio Interview with Mrs. Violet Rein
No full textAudio - Mrs. Violet Rein discusses her life in Athabasca from the 1920s on. She recounts the time that her husband shot a bear trying to get into their house at night to get the Irish cranberries she had picked during the day. She recounts the yearly Lac St. Ann Pilgrimage by the First Nations people travelling through the area. Various residents of Athabasca are discussed and anecdotes are shared with the interviewer (60 minutes
The Meaning of “Principle of Proportionality”
No full textRein Taagepera, leading American political scientist, offers a brief outline on the topic of possible variants of PR principle. He mainly uses a method of comparison between majoritarian and proportional principles. He characterizes under what conditions the PR principle acquires some of the features of its counterpart and vice versa. Finally, the author concludes the principle of proportionality is respected if the constituencies offer more than one mandate. Similarly, he also considers the impact of different formulas of which Imperiali rule is seen as the most interesting example
Time-Dependent Rescalings and Lyapunov Functionals for the Vlasov–poisson and Euler–poisson Systems, and for Related Models of Kinetic Equations, Fluid Dynamics and Quantum Physics
No full textWe apply the method of time-dependent rescalings which has been developed by G. Rein and the author to a model kinetic equation, to the Euler equations for a perfect polytropic gas and to a model with friction and heat transfer. We build Lyapunov functionals which are in the case of the fluid models improved versions of the estimates which have been found by J.-Y. Chemin and D. Serre (see [2], [14]). 1 Introduction In this paper, we present on some new examples a method which has been developed by the author and G. Rein (see [7]) to build Lyapunov functionals and to study dispersion effects in kinetic theory and related models. The main idea is to make a time-dependent rescaling of the system which preserves the structure of the equation but adds a confining harmonic force which transforms asymptotically self-similar solutions of the initial problem into asymptotically stationary solutions of the rescaled problem, even if selfsimilar solutions are not well defined, for at least the co..
Celjan Martin Duelacher, župnik v Leskovcu pri Krškem in v Celju ter opat cistercijanskega samostana Rein pri Gradcu (1549-1559)
No full textOn the basis of archives, kept by the Cistercian abbey Rein at Graz, the author briefly describes life and work of the native of Celje Martin Duelacher, the parish priest in Leskovec at Krško and in Celje, and, for a short time, the bishop in Wiener Neustadt and the abbot of the monastery Rein.Avtor je na podlagi arhivskega gradiva, ki ga hrani cistercijanska opatija Rein pri Gradcu, na kratko opisal življensko pot Celjana Martina Duelacherja, župnika v Leskovcu pri Krškem in v Celju ter kratek čas škofa v Dunajskem Novem mestu in opata samostana Rein
Lung Hyperinflation as Treatable Trait in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Narrative Review
No full textMaud Koopman,1– 3 Rein Posthuma,1– 3 Lowie EGW Vanfleteren,4 Sami O Simons,2,3 Frits ME Franssen1– 3 1Research and Development, Ciro+, Horn, the Netherlands; 2NUTRIM, Institute of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, University Maastricht, Maastricht, the Netherlands; 3Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), Maastricht, the Netherlands; 4COPD Center, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, SwedenCorrespondence: Frits ME Franssen, CIRO+, Hornerheide 1, Horn, 6085, NM, the Netherlands, Email [email protected]: Lung hyperinflation (LH) is a common clinical feature in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It results from a combination of reduced elastic lung recoil as a consequence of irreversible destruction of lung parenchyma and expiratory airflow limitation. LH is an important determinant of morbidity and mortality in COPD, partially independent of the degree of airflow limitation. Therefore, reducing LH has become a major target in the treatment of COPD over the last decades. Advances were made in the diagnostics of LH and several effective interventions became available. Moreover, there is increasing evidence suggesting that LH is not only an isolated feature in COPD but rather part of a distinct clinical phenotype that may require a more integrated management. This narrative review focuses on the pathophysiology and adverse consequences of LH, the assessment of LH with lung function measurements and imaging techniques and highlights LH as a treatable trait in COPD. Finally, several suggestions regarding future studies in this field are made.Keywords: COPD, hyperinflation, treatable trait, emphysema, phenotyp
Gaping for relief? Rein tension at onset and end of oral behaviors and head movements in unridden horses
No full textPressure from the bit in the horse's mouth, rein tension, likely feels unpleasant to the horse due to sen-sitive oral tissues. Through trial and error, the horse may learn how to adjust their behavior in order to avoid, diminish or cease uncomfortable sensations from the bit. We hypothesized that oral behaviors and head movements in response to rein tension have the function to avoid or escape the rein tension. The study objective was to assess in what way oral behaviors and head movements affect rein tension and determine the magnitude of rein tension at the onset and end of these behaviors. Twenty Warm-blood horses were fitted with a bitted bridle and subjected to 8 trials of backing up in response to a rein tension signal with the handler standing next to the horse's withers. The rein tension signal was grad-ually increased and then immediately released when the horse stepped back. A rein tension meter and video recordings were used for data collection. Linear mixed models were used for the statistical analysis. There was a decrease in mean rein tension (sum of left and right rein) from onset to end for open mouth ( P < 0.001, from 19 to 11 Newtons (N), biting on the bit ( P = 0.004, from 11 to 5 N), and head upward ( P = 0.024, from 16 to 12 N), while there was an increase in rein tension associated with head forward ( P = 0.015, from 27 to 37 N) and head downward ( P < 0.001, from 17 to 46 N). Our results suggest that horses will open their mouth, or bite on the bit, to alleviate the oral tissues from pressure; move the head upward to avoid rein tension and move the head forward or downward to increase rein tension, likely in a presumed attempt to break free from the pressure applied. The horse's oral behaviors and head movements during training can be used to gain a greater understanding of how the horse perceives the magnitude of rein tension. (c) 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Musikstädte as real and imaginary soundscapes: urban musical images as literary motifs in twentieth-century German modernism
No full textPhDThis study examines German literary images of musical life as part of the wider sound identity of the modern German city at the turn of the twentieth century. Focussing on a forty-year period from 1890 to 1930, synonymous with the emergence of the modern German metropolis as an aesthetic object, the project assesses, compares and contrasts how musical life in the Musikstädte was perceived and portrayed by writers in an increasingly noisy urban environment. How does urban musical life influence and condition city writings? What are the differences and similarities between the writings on various musical cities? Can an urban textual sound identity be derived from these differences and similarities? The approach employed to answer these questions is a new, cross-disciplinary one to urban sound in literature, moving beyond reading the key sounds of the urban soundscape using urban musicology, sensorial anthropology and cultural poetics towards a literary contextualisation of the urban aural experience.
The literary motifs of the symphony, the gramophone and urban noise are put under the spotlight through the analysis of a wide range of modernist works by authors who have a special relationship with music. At the centre of this analysis are the Kaffeehausliteratur authors Hermann Bahr, Alfred Polgar and Peter Altenberg, the then Munich-based author Thomas Mann and the lesser known René Schickele. The analysis of these particular works is framed in the music-geographical context of the Musikstadt and literary underpinnings of this topos, ranging from Ingeborg Bachmann to Hans Mayer and, once again, Thomas Mann. In analysing these texts, the methodological approach devised by Strohm, who identifies the blending of a range of urban sounds as a definition of urban space and identity, is applied. His ideas combine historical literary
analysis, musical history and urban sociology. They are rarely used in the analysis of the auditory environment.Arts and Humanities Research Council
Westfield TrustWestfield Trust Studentship
Arts and Humanities Reseach Council (AHRC
Insilio, traducción y (auto)censura: el caso Mercedes Rein
No full textThis article explores the relationship between translation practices and the publishing field regarding the mechanisms of cultural censorship imposed during the Uruguayan civil-military dictatorship (1973-1985). From previous work by Berman (1989), Pym (1990), Chesterman (2006) and Munday (2013; 2014) we propose a microhistorical approach that analyses the intellectual trajectory of writer, translator and playwright Mercedes Rein (1930-2006) before and during the insilio [the equivalent of the exile for those who did not have to emigrate]. Through this temporal framework, we will compare the particularities of the translator’s agency and the published corpus (both as translator and as author) during these two periods, highlighting the effects of official censorship and self-censorship on the visibility and the concealment of her authorial identity. Furthermore, it is important to recover the subsistence function that literary translation took on in this context and the cooperation that Rein established with exiled agents in foreign markets. Based on these considerations, the article proposes to enhance and supplement the historiographical discourse that questions the idea of “cultural blackout” (based on evidence from different fields and disciplines), with inputs from the field of translation and the Uruguayan publishing field.Este artículo propone explorar la relación de las prácticas traductoras y el campo editorial con los mecanismos de censura cultural impuestos durante la dictadura cívico-militar uruguaya (1973-1985). A partir de los antecedentes creados por Berman (1989), Pym (1990), Chesterman (2006) y Munday (2013; 2014) proponemos un enfoque microhistórico que tiene como objeto de análisis la trayectoria intelectual de la escritora, traductora y dramaturga Mercedes Rein (1930-2006) antes y durante el insilio. A través de esta delimitación temporal, compararemos las particularidades de la agencia traductora y el corpus publicado (traducido y de autoría directa) durante esos dos períodos, haciendo énfasis en los efectos de la censura oficial y la autocensura en la visibilidad y el ocultamiento de su identidad autoral. Nos importa recuperar, asimismo, la función de la subsistencia que adquiere la traducción literaria en ese contexto y la cooperación de los agentes exiliados en mercados externos. Sobre la base de estas consideraciones, el artículo propone enriquecer y complementar con elementos del campo de la traducción y el campo editorial uruguayo el discurso historiográfico que cuestiona la idea de “apagón cultural”
Erratum: Quality of initial anticoagulant treatment and risk of CTEPH after acute pulmonary embolism (PLoS ONE (2020) 15: 4 (e0232354) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232354)
No full textThe second author's initials and the seventh author's initials are indexed incorrectly in PubMed. The correct initials for the second author are: van Rein N. The correct initials for the seventh author are: van der Meer FJM. The second author's initials also appear incorrectly in the citation. The correct citation is: Boon GJAM, van Rein N, Bogaard HJ, Ende-Verhaar YM, Huisman MV, Kroft LJM, et al. (2020) Quality of initial anticoagulant treatment and risk of CTEPH after acute pulmonary embolism. PLoS ONE 15(4): e0232354. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232354
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