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RAPP: A Robotic-Oriented Ecosystem for Delivering Smart User Empowering Applications for Older People
No full textInternational audienceIt is a general truth that increase of age is associated with a level of mental and physical decline but unfortunately the former are often accompanied by social exclusion leading to marginalization and eventually further acceleration of the aging process. A new approach in alleviating the social exclusion of older people involves the use of assistive robots. As robots rapidly invade everyday life, the need of new software paradigms in order to address the user's unique needs becomes critical. In this paper we present a novel architectural design, the RAPP [a software platform to deliver smart, user empowering robotic applications (RApps)] framework that attempts to address this issue. The proposed framework has been designed in a cloud-based approach, integrating robotic devices and their respective applications. We aim to facilitate seamless development of RApps compatible with a wide range of supported robots and available to the public through a unified online store
Studi Gregoriani per la storia della « libertas Ecclesiae », t. IX, Rome, Pontificio Ateneo Salesiano, 1972
No full textRapp Francis. Studi Gregoriani per la storia della « libertas Ecclesiae », t. IX, Rome, Pontificio Ateneo Salesiano, 1972. In: Revue d'histoire et de philosophie religieuses, 57e année n°2,1977. Non-Conformistes du 16e siècle. p. 244
Expérimentations géomorphologiques sur versants : O. Slaymaker, T. Dunne, A. Rapp (eds.), Geomorphic Experiments on Hillslopes
No full textFaugères Lucien. Expérimentations géomorphologiques sur versants : O. Slaymaker, T. Dunne, A. Rapp (eds.), Geomorphic Experiments on Hillslopes. In: Annales de Géographie, t. 94, n°526, 1985. pp. 734-736
Furcodontichthys Rapp Py-Daniel 1981
No full textFurcodontichthys Rapp Py-Daniel, 1981. Type species: Furcodontichthys novaesi Rapp Py-Daniel, 1981. Holotype: INPA T.79-014, Brazil, State of Amazonas, Rio Solimões, Tefé Lake at Caititu. Gender: masculine. This monotypic genus is known from the middle Amazon at Lake Tefé and from the upper Jurua River drainage in the Solimões River basin. Furcodontichthys inhabits sandy substrates. Evers & Seidel (2005) captured Furcodontichthys novaesi at night, on a sand bank, in black waters of the Rio Tefé. As with representatives of the Loricariichthys group, males of Furcodontichthys show a hypertrophied development of the lips suggesting that this genus is a lip brooder. The presence of conspicuous fringed barbels at the lip corners is unique among the Loricariinae. These barbels have branching patterns comparable to those of the Pseudohemiodon group.Published as part of Raphael Covain & Sonia Fisch-Muller, 2007, The genera of the Neotropical armored catfish subfamily Loricariinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): a practical key and synopsis., pp. 1-40 in Zootaxa 1462 on page 2
Monitoring of a Cold Roof Thatched with Reed (Phragmites australis) Using Wooden Substitute Sensors for Moisture Content Measurements
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Reed (Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.) is a traditional building material in many parts of the world and provides service lives of more than 50 years when used for thatching. However, during the last decades a significant number of thatched roofs showed premature failure due to decay. Potential reasons for this are manifold but not clearly identified, yet. This monitoring project aimed therefore on investigating the moisture and temperature conditions within a thatched roof structure showing severe degradation after only seven years in service to obtain more information about the decay risk of reed and its potential causes. Highest moisture loads were found on the outermost layers of the North-faced roof, which also showed superficial growth of algae, lichens, and mosses. However, it stayed unclear if increased moisture content (MC) was the reason for or the consequence of decay. An increased MC was also found where the roof pitch turned from steep to flat. The use of so-called substitute sensors made from preservative treated wood turned out as a useful method to determine equilibrium moisture contents as well as time of wetness in reed structures and might be applied also for further field testing and monitoring with reed, straw, or other organic fibrous materials.</jats:p
Letter, [Author unclear] to Paulina T. Merritt
No full textHandwritten letter to Paulina Merritt from an unknown author, October 1, 1876.
Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine in Mood Disorders
No full textPharmacogenomics and the search for personalized medicine focus on the attainment of
individualized pharmacotherapies that cover genetic variation and target groups of patients that
present neurodevelopmental aspects of symptom profiles and biomarkers underlying the
pathophysiology of mood disorders. The identification of genetic biomarkers facilitates choice of
treatment, prediction of response, and prognosis of outcome over a wide spectrum of symptoms
associated with affective states thereby optimizing clinical practice procedures. Several strategies,
under development and refinement, show the propensity for derivation of essential elements in the
etiopathogenesis of disorder affecting drug efficacy, drug metabolism, and drug adverse effects,
e.g., with regard to SSRIs; these include the following: transporter gene expression and genes
encoding receptor systems, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis factors, neurotrophic factors, and
inflammatory factors affecting neuroimmune function. Nevertheless, procedural considerations of
pharmacogenetics presume the parallel investment of policies and regulations to withstand
eventual attempts at misuse thereby ensuring patient integrity
Oxygen dynamics in choanosomal sponge explants
No full textOxygen microprofiles were measured over the boundary layer and into the tissue of 10-day-old cultivated tissue fragments (explants of 2-4 cm 3) from the choanosome of the cold-water sponge Geodia barretti with oxygen-sensitive Clark-type microelectrodes. At this time of cultivation, the surface tissue and the aquiferous system of the explants is regenerating, which makes oxygen and nutrient supply by pumping activity impossible. Oxygen profiles showed a parabolic shape, indicating oxygen flux over a diffusive boundary layer and into the tissue. Oxygen was always depleted only 1 mm below the sponge surface, leaving the major part of the explants anoxic. Diffusive oxygen flux into the explant was calculated from three oxygen profiles using Fick's first law of diffusion and revealed 9 ¿mol O2 cm-3 day -1, which is in the lower range of in situ oxygen consumption of whole sponges. The ability of G. barretti to handle continuous tissue anoxia enables choanosomal explants to survive the critical first weeks of cultivation without a functional aquiferous system, when oxygen is supplied to the sponge explant by molecular diffusion over its surface
Growth and regeneration in cultivated fragments of the boreal deep water sponge Geodia barretti bowerbank, 1858 (Geodiidae, Tetractinellida, Demospongiae)
No full textA cultivation method has been developed for the boreal deep-water sponge Geodia barretti (Demospongiae, Geodiidae), a species which is common in the deep Norwegian fjords. The species is known to contain secondary metabolites which are biologically active. Choanosomal fragments of 2-4 cm(3) (approximate to 3-7 g) were kept in half-open systems. Cicatrisation and regeneration processes were surveyed by histological examination during 8 months of cultivation. During the first weeks, the weight of the fragments decreased. However, after about 6 weeks the weight equalled the original weight, and after 1 year the weight had increased by about 40% compared to the original weight. The initial decrease was due to complex healing processes and the regeneration of the cortex a sterrastral layer typical for the family of the Geodiidae. We document, for the first time, the complete cortex reconstruction in an adult G. barretti, as well as the development of egg cells during cultivation. Our study represents the first attempt at biotechnological production of boreal sponge tissue. For successful farming of G. barretti and other boreal and arctic sponges, however, further investigation is needed on factors stimulating growth and secondary metabolite production in the target species. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved
Livet (Georges) Rapp (Francis) éd Strasbourg des grandes invasions au XVIe siècle. T. II: Histoire de Strasbourg des origines à nos jours
No full textWillaime Jean-Paul. Livet (Georges) Rapp (Francis) éd Strasbourg des grandes invasions au XVIe siècle. T. II: Histoire de Strasbourg des origines à nos jours. In: Archives de sciences sociales des religions, n°53/2, 1982. pp. 323-324
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