10 research outputs found

    ToffA-DSPL: an approach of trade-off analysis for designing dynamic software product lines

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    Software engineers have adopted the Dynamic Software Product Lines (DSPL) engineering practices to develop Dynamically Adaptable Software (DAS). DAS is seen as a DSPL application and must cope with a large number of configurations of features, Non-functional Requirements (NFRs), and contexts. However, the accurate representation of the impact of features over NFRs and contexts for the identification of optimal configurations is not a trivial task. Software engineers need to have domain knowledge and design DAS before deploying to satisfy those requirements. Aiming to handle them, we proposed an approach of Trade-off Analysis for DSPL at design-time, named ToffA-DSPL. It deals with the configuration selection process considering interactions between NFRs and contexts. We performed an exploratory study based on simulations to identify the usefulness of the ToffA-DSPL approach. In general, the configurations suggested by ToffA-DSPL provide high satisfaction levels of NFRs. Based on simulations, we evidenced that our approach aims to explore reuse and is useful for generating valid and optimal configurations. In addition, ToffA-DSPL enables software engineers to conduct trade-off analysis, evaluate changes in the context feature, and define an adaptation model from optimal configurations found in the analysis.https://d197for5662m48.cloudfront.net/documents/publicationstatus/156667/preprint_pdf/230f9301f4e7f05519c53c203b8c615f.pdfFirst author draf

    Kliptown CBD ‘Bridge’: an architectural intervention enhancing the physical & socio-economic integration of Freedom Square, Kliptown informal settlement and Kliptown CBD, Johannesburg.

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    M.Tech. (Architectural Technology)This dissertation is rooted within the process of analysing and understanding the dynamics of the context, from which principles can be drawn. The project is founded with the aim to address the harsh edges between Kliptown informal settlement and Kliptown CBD, which are physically separated by railway tracks. This dissertation identifies the context as the ‘bank’ of design informants. Thus it forces the author to undergo a critical analysis of the context. The proposed site (Kliptown) forms a comprehensive layer of history, which has over time influenced both physical development and movement of the site. The project propose a physical intervention in a form of a bridge over the railway tracks in attempt to connect the two areas. The author engaged with the context to establish program for the architectural intervention. The education gap was established within the informal settlement, which was then used to establish the program for the intervention. The average shack size of 15 square meters is never enough for learners to do they school work after schooling hours, thus the proposed programme of the physical bridge forms part of the bridging concept. The program is more about bridging the educational gap within the context

    Die Missionskonzeption Franz Michael Zahns (1862-1900) : Überlegungen zur epistemischen Dimension der kolonialen Begegnungen in Togo

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    An epistemology of colonialism using the example of the mission concept of the NMG mission inspector Franz Michael Zahn, who died in 1900. The author analyses the effects of missionary work in South Togo and refers to the discourse theory of Michael Foucault. In the dissertation, the investigation of colonial power takes the form of a moral-critical analysis with a focus on the concept of "colonial ethics". The author summarized missionary or colonial knowledge understood as knowledge of (Christian) governmental practice (colonial governmentality) with the concept of morality and, for colonial historiography, shapes the new object of analysis of the "moral discourse". Eine Epistemologie des Kolonialismus am Beispiel der Missionskonzeption von dem im Jahre 1900 verstorbenen Missionsinspektor der NMG Franz Michael Zahn. Der Autor analysiert die Auswirkungen der Missionierung im Süd-Togo und bezieht sich dabei auf die Diskurstheorie von Michael Foucault. Die Untersuchung der Kolonialmacht nimmt in der Dissertation die Form einer moralkritischen Analyse mit Fokus auf den Begriff der "Kolonialethik". Das Missions-bzw. Kolonialwissen verstanden als ein Wissen der (christlichen) Regierungspraxis (koloniale Gouvernementalität) fasste der Autor mit dem Moralbegriff zusammen und prägt für die Kolonialgeschichtschreibung den neuen Analysegegenstand des "Moraldiskurses"

    Profiling hospitals based on emergency readmission: a multilevel transition modelling approach

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    Emergency readmission is seen as an important part of the United Kingdom government policy to improve the quality of care that patients receive. In this context, patients and the public have the right to know how well different health organizations are performing. Most methods for profiling estimate the expected numbers of adverse outcomes (e.g. readmission, mortality) for each organization. A number of statistical concerns have been raised, such as the differences in hospital sizes and the unavailability of relevant data for risk adjustment. Having recognized these statistical concerns, a new framework known as the multilevel transition model is developed. Hospital specific propensities of the first, second and further readmissions are considered to be measures of performance, where these measures are used to define a new performance index. During the period 1997 and 2004, the national (English) hospital episodes statistics dataset comprise more than 5 million patient readmissions. Implementing a multilevel model using the complete population dataset could possibly take weeks to estimate the parameters. To resolve the problem, we extract 1000 random samples from the original data, where each random sample is likely to lead to differing hospital performance measures. For computational efficiency a Grid implementation of the model is developed. Analysing the output from the full 1000 sample, we noticed that 4 out of the 5 worst performing hospitals treating cancer patients were in London. These hospitals are known to be the leading NHS Trusts in England, providing diverse range of services to complex patients, and therefore it is inevitable to expect higher numbers of emergency readmissions

    A Decision Support Tool for Health Service Re-design

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    Many of the outpatient services are currently only available in hospitals, however there are plans to provide some of these services alongside with General Practitioners. Consequently, General Practitioners could soon be based at polyclinics. These changes have caused a number of concerns to Hounslow Primary Care Trust (PCT). For example, which of the outpatient services are to be shifted from the hospital to the polyclinic? What are the current and expected future demands for these services? To tackle some of these concerns, the first phase of this project explores the set of specialties that are frequently visited in a sequence (using sequential association rules). The second phase develops an Excel based spreadsheet tool to compute the current and expected future demands for the selected specialties. From the sequential association rule algorithm, endocrinology and ophthalmology were found to be highly associated (i.e. frequently visited in a sequence), which means that these two specialties could easily be shifted from the hospital environment to the polyclinic. We illustrated the Excel based spreadsheet tool for endocrinology and ophthalmology, however, the model is generic enough to cope with other specialties, provided that the data are available

    From madrasah to museum : a biography of the Islamic manuscripts of Cape Town

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    This paper focuses on the Islamic manuscripts of Cape Town, locally referred to as kietaabs, written by Muslims predominantly in the 19th century, in jawi (Arabic-Malay) and Arabic-Afrikaans. Inspired by the idea of a 'biography' of the archive and 'the social life of things', the study traces the life of the kietaabs, from their creation and original use, to their role in contemporary South African society, as objects of heritage and identity. It approaches the kietaabs as objects, emphasizing their movements, status and use, rather than their content

    Magnesium and calcium reduce severity of spatial memory impairments in kainate mouse model of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy.

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    Calcium and magnesium are divalent multipotent ions playing a major role in metabolism, excitability and neuroglial plasticity. Because of these multiple properties, their deficiency induces complex brain processes leading to acute or even lasting disorders in excitability and neural networks. These ions are usually prescribed in clinical contexts of neuronal hyperexcitability such as preeclampsia and chronic stress. Our aim was to evaluate whether magnesium at 20 mg/kg and calcium at 100 mg/kg could improve the memory prognosis in the kainic model of mesial temporal epilepsy in mice. The animals were organized into 6 groups: control group (without kainate), reference group (GR) without administration of ions, groups treated with magnesium or calcium from the third day (respectively G1m, G1c), groups treated with magnesium or calcium from the third week (respectively G2m, G2c). The mice treated by ions performed better than GR mice, but magnesium was more effective. Memory (short term–long term) was differently affected by kainate or improved by magnesium–calcium. In addition, magnesium demonstrated an increasing therapeutic effect over time while calcium had an acute and apparently decreasing action in the G1c group that received calcium early.The accepted manuscript in pdf format is listed with the files at the bottom of this page. The presentation of the authors' names and (or) special characters in the title of the manuscript may differ slightly between what is listed on this page and what is listed in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript; that in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript is what was submitted by the author

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    LOCALS The Firemen will . ive Iheir en- tert.inment on the 21st ol April. The Sprii.it vacation »t the University will begin March "'Olh and extend to April 8th. J. H. Jordan of Napa i. visiting hi* *on* C. E., C H and L. L. D. Jordan today. Tbe Parkinson Lumber A- Hard- wareCo.have a new ad in this issue. It will be to your advantage to look it overj Mr*. Albert Dickerman ol Wat- sonville and Mrs. Gardiner ol Chicago, are visiting Iriends in Palo Alto for a few day*. The Rev. Mr. Davis ha* secured lot* 50x100 on Hamilton are opposite Mrs. Kelley's. for the Chris- ti.n Church. P. P. Roberts, a brother of Mrs.; Msry Roberts Smith, srrived yes- j terdsy from Mississippi. He in-1 tends to make Pslo Alto his future! home. Wlllism Desn is now the sole owner of the Palo Alto Planing Mill. The nsine of the firm will I not be chsnged. Mr. Desn is now making some needed improvement. Social st the Presbyterian Church. Friday evening. Good music, refreshment*, interesting program. -A good time for all. Every body invited. All for ten cent*. Eli** O. Doreinui, president of the American Insurance Company of Newark, N. J., is touring the Coast antl stopped over Sunday with his lite long friend, Mr. S. A Patterson. Mrs. A. 1. Emery .ml her mother, Mr.. Hendricki, who hss I been visiting her (or Mime weeks: and whose home is in Massachu- setts, left for Los Angel.-, yesterday ! to visit relatives. Next Tuesday evening the Palo t Alto Choral Society will give a public rehearsal at the Presbyter- inn Church. The*, who an fortun- I ate enough to obtain a ticket for, this occasion will certainly have a treat. The Ladies Circle ol the Pre- bylerian Church will give a social I next Friday evening in the church. Tlie program lor the evening will consist ot three general part* intermingled with musical and literary exercises, social conversation and refreshments. The Student's Guild has opened s room for those bringing thei lunches in the baietnent of the Library building. In the near future the Faculty Dramatic Club will give an entertainment for the purpo.e of fitting it up. A. N. llmphroys met with a very painful accident last Saturday afternoon at the campus. He was on the bleacher* watching a base ball game when they gave away. As he was falling * boy was getting up i ml be struck his nose on his head and ruptured an artery. WANTED Men to Chop, Packers, and Teams to Deliver* 400 Cords Tan Oak Wood to DOWNING & SON, Dealers in Fuel Feed, Wagons. Buggies, all kinds Farming Implements and general supplies Hay, Grain and Teaming taken in exchange for our goods, The BANK of Palo Alto 'JOS. HUTCHIPSOP lit, Prt.idtttt s. s. Ptspmsoe. c«*w General Banking Business Done Foreign Exchange Bought and Sold H E A D A C H E ? No nml for it Phen-.l-Am.de Powders CURE. Palace Pharmacy tern. 0. WsM. Jr.. PP.1. 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SEAMANS * ..-iiiu.il in EEAL ls -**•*• ol land, part Vin. van! . . part Fruit, with honae and. barn. A beautiful cvpresar) I svenue Well fenced. Will* . be mid st a bargain. Three! mile. Irom Palo Alto. Two tin.. Iiu.i,„.». |__, i„ ___ !„_,___ . lor mile cheap. A few of to. very l,.(t __,. cheanem 1- Kraideoce lot,, jnn'.lr .nd corner. From S to IO Bonn. h.,UM- FurnMied or I ufnrniahed to let or for .ale :: J. B. DAIEY. Real Estate-«.Vo-i,.„ T\ilS*^'''y _L •_■■■■ oo. « ill haul to „r Iron. »__ __,_ or Sta • ■ rrandMo. Furniture PMked, crated or ettire-t at reasonable price. HKk ., s„,u P ,, !._._,____ „_,. THE PALO ALTO HOME BAKERY •rilh its large brick oven now oiler, you all the varieties in bread vii: French, five. Milk. St. ..iii.U 'hole wheat, ('raham, etc Tin? finest cakes and paftry in stock or matle to order for entertainment*, parties, or private families. SATURDAYS. 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    ijIi шII 'V Ш iiiinrtiailiii I i if &. Jedinstvo, 9. marta 1962. — STRANA 3 Kampanja za pomoc postradalim od potresa Pogledi i misljenja citaoca ©svrt n& u Misllo sam da je zaista do-S- ao cas da ml Jugoslavenl iz lnozemstva uclnimo neSto ve-li- ko za narod od koga smo po-tck- ll. Cas Je doSao, on na nas strpljivo ceka ve6 preko mje-se- c dana. A ml? Gdje god Cov-J- ek okrene, u koju god politi-ck- u grupu zaviri, svugdje se spominje narod — hrvatekl narod, srpskl narod, slovenski narod, crnogorskl narod, ma-kedon- skl narod. Koga kod u-pit- ate Sto bi on ucinlo za na-rod u Starom kraju, bllo to u nacionalnlm Hi drzavnim granlcama, doblt cete spre-ma- n odgovor: Poglnuo bl za svoj narod!" Oh, kako plamenlto! Cov- - Jek lma samo jedan zivot 1 taj Jedlnl zlvot dao bl za bll-Snje- ga svoga, za svoj narod. Krlet, kojl jc uCIo da ljubimo 1 neprljatelje svoje, svakako bl pohvallo 1 ovu naSu veliko-duSno- et. Ima situaclja koje od dov-Je- ka zahtjevaju da dade svoj zlvot za dobro svog naroda. AH trcba ozblljno sumnjati da bl to u£inio ona] kojl svoju ljubav prema narodu ne is-kaz- ujc u svakodnevnom zlvo-t- u i radu, ako, na prlmjer, nl-J- e sprcman da doprlnose no-vCa- nl prllog za neku narod- - nu stvar, rcclmo za postrada-l- e od potresa u Dalmacljl 1 Herccgovlnl. Nas Jugoslavcna U Kanadl lma 75—80.000 1 kad bl svakl doprinceao samo po 50 centl to bl bila prllicna pomoc postradalima. A Sta ml radlmo? Ima lh doeta kojl su iskazall svojc rodoljubive osjetfaje dava-njc- m novCanog prlloga, all 1-- ma 1 onlh kojl se Jgraju poll-tik- e. Kako drugClJe da tuma-61m- o, na prlmjer, ono Sto se dogadja u Torontu ? Sablrnu akclju u ovom gra-d- u pokrenula Je grupa Dal-matlna- ca, kao naJviSe zalnte- - roslranl. Bile su pozvane sve organlzaclje, 1 to ne Jednom nego dva puta, da prisustvu-J- u sastanclma na kojima Je diekusirano sabiranje pomoci 1 formiran odbor kojl !e tlm rukovoditi. Svatko Je imao priliku da se prlkljuci: da su-djel- ujc u donoSenju odluka, tla utljc ii odbor i da kontroll-5- c rad. Strogo Je naglaSeno da Je ovo opcenarodna, nepoliti-Ck- a akcija, da svl mozemo 1 trebamo sudjelovatl, da Je je-di- ni cilj pomoci postradalim. Pozlvu se odazvalo 8 organl- - V. G. — Pesa (SvrSctak) Nasa mora se priznati, patila je zbog ljudi koj'i su postajali njenl 61a-no- vi samo na papiru all su ostajali moralno ravnodusni, kolcbljivi u miSljenju, neod-lucf- ni u akcijama. Organiza-cija je takve ljude pokriva-l-a svojim imenom, delila jc sa njima svoj uticaj, svoju popularnost, svoju slavnu proslost, a oi ljudi su uno-si- li u organizaciju svoju ne popularnost, soje sumnje, kolebanja, svoje individualne bul)c, sebiinc zahtee, ncod-redje- ne poglede. . . AH, nasa organizacija je i skola za sve dohronamerne ljude i ona ne moze odgova-rat- i za one koji otpadnu od nje i postanu izdajnici rad-nitk- ih intercsa. Nas u organizaciji spaja zajednicka vera u pobedu mira i socijalizma u svetu, zajednicki jczik radnika i zajednicka mrznja protiv propadajuceg sislema. Svaki od nas pridonosi tome koliko кеашрешјју zacija, medju kojima su 1 ce-t- ri odsjeka Hrvateke Brateke Zajednice. Jedna organizaci-j- a ("Bratetvo 1 Jedinstvo") Je Cestitalo pothvatu, all provodl vlastltu sablrnu akclju. Pot-hv- at Je pozdravio i Dr. Kam-b- er od hrvatske zupe, rekavSl da ce se 1 onl prikljucltl u ko-li- ko ne proslijede vlastitom sablrnom akcijom za koju Je vec Izabran odbor. Postlgnut Je sporazum o suradnjl sa Ka-nadsk- im Crvenim Krizem. Bi-ll su dobrl izgledl za Jednu 51-ro- ku sablrnu akclju. All ne-koli- ko dana kasnije pojavio se napadaj u "Hrvatskom Gla-su- " (kojega Je "Jedinstvo" vec komentarisalo) 1 okruz-nlc- a organlzaclje UJedinJeni Kanadekl Hrvati, u kojoj se ova sabirna akcija proglaSava "komunistickom". Ovih dana IzaSlo Je saopdenje u filkaikoj "Daniel" da Je hrvatska zupa u Torontu pokrenula sablrnu akclju, u kojoj sudjeluje i Hr vatska SelaCka Stranka 1 or-ganlza- cija UJedinJeni Kana-ds- kl Hrvati. Tako sada u To-rontu lmamo trl sablrne ak-cij- e. Jedno Je sabirna akcija koju Je organizovao 1 predvo-d- l Odbor za pomoc postrada-lim od potresa u Dalmacljl i Hercegovlnl 1 ima potporu Ka nadskog Crvenog kriza, drugo Je sabirna akcija "hrvatskih naclonalista", koja se oslanja na hrvatsku crkvu, trece Je sabirna akcija organlzaclje "Bratstvo 1 Jedinstvo". Da li Je moralo doc"l do to-ga? Da 11 Je korisno? Zar nl-s- mo mogll raditi zajednicki? Urednik "Jedlnstva" kaze da Je to teSko ostvariti. Ja mls-11- m da bl se moglo kad bl svi bill rukovodjenl 2elJom da pomogncmo postradalim urn- - Jesto svojih uskih politiCklh 1 strancarsklh lnteresa. Ja mlslim da nl sada nije kasno da se rad uskladl. Na prvom mjestu trebalo bl prestatl na-padl- ma na Odbor za pomoc postradalim kojl suradjuje sa Kanadsklm Crvenim Krizem, Drugo, sve grupe koje sablru pomoc" trebaju se stavitl pod pokrovlteljstvo Kanadskog Crvenog Kriza 1 preko istog poslatl sakupljenl novae. Cr-ve- nl Kriz c"e sigurno u svom izvjeStaju navestl kollko Je koja grupa uclnila. Tko god odblja da u ovoj stvarl radl so Kanadsklm Crvenim Kri-zem, Javnost Ima pravo da sumnja u takav rad. DALMATINAC moze i koliko hocc, tj4 koli-ko mu njegova svest nalaze, a oni koji hoce da ubiju ve-r- u u ispravnost nasih prin-cip- a, otpadaju ranije Hi kas-nij- e. Tako se паб pokret si-- ri i kristalise, a svaki otpad-ni- k doneo jc vise koristi ne-go Stete, jer je sa sobom uk-lon- io njegovu sumnju i po-metn-ju koje je sirio medju nama. Nasa organizacija, iako se broj njenih {lanova menja, crpi svoju snagu iz kanads-kog rndnickog pokreta. Ona se uspesno odupirc neprija-teljim- a svih boja, ona je mocna, jaka i neunistiva bas zbog svojih ivrstih veza sa kanadskim radnickim pokre-to- m, zbog toga sto ivrsto stoji na principima beskom-promisn- e borbc za bolji I le-p- si zivot radnika, a zivot i prilikc u ovoj zcmlji uie lju-de da saznaju, ranije ill kas-nlj- e, kuda treba ici, ko im jc prijatelj a ko ncprijatelj. Olpadnicima i izdajnicima naJeg pokreta ne pomazu Deset godina uz organizacija, U Sault Sle, Marie (Ontario) sakupljeno preko 500 dolara za postradale od potresa U Sault Sle. Marie (Ontario), osnovan je odbor za pomoc poslradalih od potresa u Dalmaciji i Hercegovini. Dosad je sakupljena svola od 516 dolum. Odsjek 919 Hrvatske Iiralske Zajednice prilozio je 50 dolara, a isto loliko Udruga Ilrralskog Dorna. Ostalo su pridonijeli pojedinci Uslijcd slabog vrcmena nismo uspjeli obaci see nase Ijude, a ima ih i prilican broj cije nam adrese nisu poz~ nale, pa ih molimo ako zele da nesio doprinesu neka se obrale na ore adrese: Josip G lavas, 207 Turner Ave. (te-uton 1-33- 97), Matt Xaslovar 56S, Parliament Street (lei. 3-272- 1), Josip Majich (Longo) 161 Hudson Street (lei. 3-11- 96) i Stevo llulat, 232 West Street (lei. 6.-262- 1). Matt KASLOVAR P. S. Isto obavjeslenje poslano je "Zajednicaru" i "Hr-vatskom Glasu". U Urugvaju Ovo }r tckst pisma ko jeta ji isiljcnirko dritstvo 1WATSTVO upittilo Matin' i'xiljinika Hrvatske n 'Aatjrrbu : Matica Isrljmika Hrvatske Gajeva 2 Л Zatjrcb Montevideo, 28. febmara 10G2. Vragi druyovi iz Malice! Dmms Saljrmop preko Vas, 100 hiljada dhiara za izbjcijlu djcru iz nastradalih krajeva Dahnacijc i Hrrrrqnvinc. Ovo jr tf.sa prva posiljka a do skora vc slijc-t'J'- ti drwa. Posto do nas nr dolazi jutjoslavrnska stampa, a ovdasnje novinr su samo inalo i to povrsno pisale o tratfrdiji Dahnacijc i Hcrccnovinc, nijcstno znali sta da radimo i sla da poduzimamo. AH posto smo prcd dva dana primili dmaarsku novinu JEDIN-STVO iz Kanadc, u kojoj jc opisana cijcla katast-rof- a a Primorjtt i Hcrccijovini i islodobno ирнссп poziv na cmitjraciju da ротоцпс svom narodu, mi smo odmah sazvali saslanak upravnotf odbora i ri-jrs- ili slijedeve : 1. Dali sve sto imamo u drushrnoj bla;jajni za pomoc djcci iz poslradalih krajeva, a to je l.r00 pc-k- e da ona prcda Crvcuom Krslu, jcr mu mi nc zna-sos- a. 2. Poslali odmah na Mulicu Tscljenika Hrvals-m- o adrese. Kto to smo vec ucinili odmah po sastan-k- u. o. Procilaii opis potresa i nanesene stetc preko nasej juioslavcnskofj radio-sa- t a i pozvati svu nasu cmitjraciju na ukciju za pomoc. 4. Sazvati za dan 4. marta sve nase cltinstvo i prijatelje na izvanrednu sjednicu za ortjanizovanjc pomoci domovini. Г). Uput it brat ski poziv ostalim drustvima u ju-tfoslavcu- skoj koloniji da dodju s nama na dotovor 1 1. marta i da s njima skupa ortjanizujemo zttjedni-rk-n akciju cijclc kolonijc. Poziv je upucen pismeno HUVATSKOM DOMV, PUEKOMVltSKOM DltrSTVr i XASOJ TAMHUUlCr. Xadamo se njihovom odazovu jcr su uvijck bili uz domovinu. Molimo Vas da ovu svofu izrucitc Crvenom Krstu i da im javitc tla ce do skora slit'i drutja po-siljka. Primite drutjarske pozdrave. Yji Vpravni Odbor Jutjoslavcnskotf Vdruzenja BUATSTVO — Ferdinand Gialotj, predsjednik, Fran jo Svjctlicic, blatjajnik, Ljuboslav Jntronic, tajnik pokret i najprljaviji metod i borbe protiv nas, sve njihove pod-los- ti i drskosti u izno£enju Iazi i kleveta ne mogu da naskode naJem pokretu. Sta sve nisu upotrcbljavali pro-tiv nase organizacijc Kruzic, Stevanov, Mihic I Mladeno-vic- ? Od najpodlijih lazi i kleveta do najogavnijih pret-nj- i. AH, svi znamo da oni ni-su naneli stele nego su ul-vrst- ili nase redove. 1'a, ipak, potrebno je reel nekoliko re-£-i, naroCito zbog onih mla-dji- h koji sada pristupaju or ganizaciji Saveza 1 listu "Je-dinstvo". Pre svega, sta jc htela fa-moz- na c"elvorka? Treba reci da su Kruzid i Stcvanov, u celoj prljavoj ra liotl protiv nase organizaci-jc, bili incijatori i organiza-tori- . Onl su navcli u blato Mihica i Mladenovica, koji su, kad su vec zagazili do guse, nastojali da sc nabace blatom na sto vise ljudi. Zbog toffa, ovdc sc, uglav nom, govori o prvoj dvojici. stampu Oni su, poslc tolikih godi-na provedenih u pokretu, hteli da prekrste naCela i da pokret prilagode njihovim li6nim interesima. Kad u to-me nisu uspeli, oni su potrn-zil- i saveznikc i pomagaCc. Mi zivimo u sistemu gdc je c"ovck krvoloCna zver pre-ma drugom, gde vlada naCe-lo- : "Ako ne prevarim ja nje-g- a, prevaricc on mene". U ovom sistemu sve je predmct trgovinc; burzoaski idcolozi to i ne kriju nego otvoreno govore da se "svaki covck mole kupiti, neko za male, a neko za vece pare". Svaki onaj koji je izblizc poznavao Kruzica, Stevano-v-a i Mihica mogao je videti kako dubok i neizbrisiv pc-i- at mole burzoazija udariti na ioveka putcm trgovinc. U sistemu gde je sve pre-dmct trgovinc (ona sa sobom nosl prevarc najrazlicitijih vrsta), u sistemu gdc se pro-daj- e znanje, ljubav, uvcre-njc- , savest, moral, postenje, iskrenost, svest ltd., nije cu- - Br££e Peso, Pratlm memoare 111 dozlv-IJa- Je druga PeSe kojl lzlaze u "Jedlnstvu" u nastavclma pod naslovom "Deset godlna uz pokret 1 Stampu". Ja drzim da bl bolje odgovarao naslov: "PromaSena tema". Autor Je zagazio daleko 1 duboko, tj. napisao Je svega 1 svaSta u svome djelu, a najmanje od toga svega se odnosi na stva-rno- st, odnosno, rljeci I rece-nl- ce koje se nalaze Ispod go-re navedenog naslova, nlsu naSle svoje pravo mjesto. A narocito u 37-mo- m nastav-k- u, gdje autor sam sebl dopu-St- a tollku slobodu 1 naziva desetine 1 hlljade ljudl naj-pogrdni- jlm imenlma, kao "lu-da- cl svoje vrste, nemoralnl, bezkarakternlcl i kretenl". Da. Ima od toga 1 istlne all ne u tolikoj mjeri u kojoj Je V. G. — Pela okarakterlsao Jedno mnoStvo ljudl, medju kojima lma 1 Cestitih. Druze V. G. — Peso, ako ti mlsliS da Je to nacin da dokazeS ljudl-m- a, da su na hrdjavom putu, onda neznam Sto da tl ka-2e- m, nego da si lzabrao pog-roS- nu stazu dokazlvanja, u korist onog perspektivnog Windsor, Ont. — "Windsor Dally Star" od 27. februara donosi povedl Clanak o bora-vk- u delegaclje Udruzenja po-dunavs- klh Svaba (Alliance of Danube Svablans) u Ottawl. Citajudl taj ilanak vldlo sam kollko Je daleko otlsao Mr. Green, minlstar vanjsklh po-slo- va Kanade u lovu na gla-sov- e. Da 11 Je gospodinu Greenu poznato da medju tlm Svaba-m- a lma ljudl kojl su bill do- - brovoljcl u SS trupama Hlt-lero- ve armlje? Ja sam u vrljeme II svjetskog rata pro-laz- lo kroz Svapska naselja u Slavonijl, BaCkoJ, Banatu i Bosnl oko Zenlce 1 poznato ml Je da Je vedlna blla na stranl Hltlera i radlla protlv narodnlh lnteresa 1 zemlje. Kollko Je menl poznato, ju-goslave- nske vlasti nlsu posll-J- e rata protjerale Svabe, ne-go su onl saml JoS u ratu na-pust- lll svoje kuce 1 povlaCill se sa nJemaCkom vojskom. Vjerojatno su za to imali raz-log- a, Jer bl mnogl morao od-gova- ratl za zloClne koje su u61nlo tokom oslobodlla6kog rata. Poslije rata svakl Svaba se mogao povratitl u Jugosla-vlj- u ako nlje Clnlo zlocln pro-tlv naroda. Od 400.000 kollko do da su ovi trgovci predpo-stavi- li sebi mesto Casne i po-Ste- ne borbe — placenu izda-ju- , dolar-dinar-patriotiza-m. Kad su ovi ljudi izgubili nadu i vcru u stvar napred-ni- h snaga, setili su se da mo-gu prodati ono sto su nau-tili u pokretu i preko nase stampe. I kad su vec proda-l- i uverenja i principc za ko-je su se manje ili vise bori-l- i, oni su poceli propovedati poludoslednost rad nif koj stvar! i nagovarati druge da silaze po najnizim stepenica-m- a beskarakternosti u mrak i blato. Oni uporno nude idc-j- c koje produzavaju zivot u-miru- cem poretku i nastojc da prodaju ulje sa kojim sc mazu ropski lanci. Svaki o-n- aj koji kaze da ropskc lan-ce treba kidatl postaje nji-ho- v neprijatelj, jer su oni trgovci sredstava za snoslji-vos- t tih lanaca. . . Nas pokret u£inio jc pot-pu- ni raskid sa nepotpunim ljudima, a ovi su vec poka-za- li da izdajstvo radnickih intercsa, makar prikrivano i sa najkitnjastijim fraza-m- a, ne moze dugo da pros-perir- a. l'oknzali su da su osudjeni na propast u na- - to ffa ne veslfa boljitka kome mi tezimo i za koji se zalazemo sa svojim cl-JeM- m bidem. V. G. — PeSo, Ja Cu ti iskreno da kaiem: U bu-du- Ce kad budeS plsao, prona-d- jl boljl metod kritikovanja. Jer na ovaj naCln, пеСеб mnogo pomoM radniCkom pokretu, nego samo odmodl. To nlje naCln, PeSo, nazlvati ljude pogrdnim imenlma, sa kojima se ljude odstranjuje, a ne dobiva uz pokret 1 Stam-pu. PeSo, pomisli, dlskuslraS ljude 1 probleme. Dru2e, pa onda krltlkuj, a ne tek tako, pisatl ono Sto tl padne na pa-m- et. Dragl druze, J a se na-da- m, da ceS u budude prvo ispeel, pa onda napisati 111 reel. Krltiku zasluzuje i ured-nik kojl Je propustlo da to 1-z- adje. SI. Daic — KrajKnik Xapomcna urcdnika: Ured-nik prima krltiku. On ne di-J- ell poglede druga PeSe pre-ma novlm doseljenlcima. U svom clanku drug PeSo je iznlo svoje licne poglede i misljenja i za njlh snosl od-govorn- ost. 11 je zlvjelo na teritorlju Jugos-lavlj- e, vratilo se oko 3—4 ti-su- ce. Kad su se vratill doblli su kuce i zemlju, iako ne svi svoje ranije vlasniStvo, all su dobili tollko da Je bllo dovo-ljn- o za pristojan 1 dobar zl-vot. Vldl se po tome koliko su voljeli svoju rodnu grudu, Ju goslavlju. Istina bllo ih Je 1 u partlzanlma, borlll se za svoju rodnu grudu, all vrlo mall broj. Mister Green nczna Sto su mnogl od njlh clnill u svojoj rodnoj zemljl. U borbl za Travnlk, cltav Jedan bataljon Je bio sastavljen od Jugosla-vensk- ih Svaba, samo koman-da- nt bataljona bio Je rodjen u Njemackoj. To Je samo Je-dan od prlmjera, na kojoj su stranl bile Svabe za vrljeme velikog oslobodllackog rata 1 sada Im minlstar Jedne save-znc- ke zemlje obecava da ce poradlti da im sc platl oSteta. Slavko „PODIHSKE SVAB SAMO DRAGA D0M0VIN0 iseljeniStvu pored naj-izdasni- jc dobi-jaj- u. polvrdjena mogu oni imaju vcze sa pokretom, Kada jugoslovcnski rukovodioci bi-li ono sto Misljcnjc citaoca u Sjcd. Drzavama Phoenix, Arizona. — Ured-niitv- u "Jedlnstva", u ovom listu Sal J cm banknotu od 10 dolara za obnovu pretplate, kalendar i ostalo u fond. Ka-lend- ar je vrlo dobar. "Jedinstvo" je sada jako dobra novina, osobito ml dopao broj povodom 30-godI-Sn-jice. U tome izdanju teme-ljlt- o Je opisano, da se ka-ko stojimo u svijetu: lznljete su clnjenlce, ne pra-zn- e rjeCl. O polemic! lzmedju Kurtl-6- a, KordunaSa 1 starog pretp-latni- ka mogu redl, da Je Kur-- Ш istlnu govorlo kad Je pl-sao o poejetu Jugoslavljc za onog tko nije bio u Je vec dlrao o zloiestu stranu, zaSto nlje pl-sao 1 o dobroj stranl. Kurtifi nije plsao da se Jugoslavia razvlja u industrijsku drza-v- u: svagdje se tvornlce podl- - 2u, a narod zive mnogo bolje nego prlje. Te su promjene primjetljive za svakoga, a o-so- blto ljude kojima Je pozna-t- a i stara Jugoslavia. U sadanjoj Jugoslavijl ne-m- a gladnog naroda. RadnlSt-v- o ima nolnlfiko 1 HjcCnlCko oslguranje, ima godiSnJl od-bor, zene nadoplatu na djecu, radnlce zene primaju stanovito vrljeme prije i po-slije poroda, tu su uracunata vanbracna djeca . . . Posjetiocu odmah upadne u oCi da su bratski odnosi lzme-dju naSih naroda dobrl, nacl-onal- na svadja 1 mrinja lsCe-zav- a. Nlgdje se ne Cuje viSe uskogrudnosti. Istina ima JoS mallh prlva-tnl- h radnja, all njima Je pro-fit ograniCen. PoSto sam po zanatu pekar, posjetlo sam par pekarskih radnja. VidJeo sam Je doSao covjek u pekarlju 1 kazao gazdl da pravi previSc proflta, mu Je odgovorio da nc pravi. Zapitao sam slobodno pravi profita, kaze, kao i oblcan radnlk, 10.000 dinara, "all Ja pravlm vISe". All o tome necu sada pisatl. Ja drzlm da progreslvnl ljudl trebaju stvarl gledatl o-na- ko kakve one Jesu bez ten-dencl- ja, InaCe ne mogu se smatratl Damjan Hiclicli TEBI draga, ponoslta majko, Od kako izgublh zavicaj tvoj, U grudima noslm kameno brcme Jer nemam vise zagrljaj tvoj. Ti si ml blla ko rodjena majka, O zemljo moja lljepa ko bajka, Puna si sunca, lijepote i cara, Prepuna si svakog blagodara. Brljeg tvoj svakl Je krlstalna vaza, A Suma kltna, cvljece u njoj, Polja, ravnlce, cilim Sarmantnl, O kako Je lijepo u domu tvom. Rljeke ti blsernim sjaju, Koje ti krase 1 tako lijep dom. 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    Impact of the diversification of SARS-CoV-2 variants during the COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia against the escape of neutralizing antibodies generated by natural and vaccine immunity

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    ilustraciones, diagramasLa vigilancia genómica del SARS-CoV-2 en Colombia permitió identificar la importación y emergencia autóctona de variantes de preocupación (VOC) o de interés (VOI) del SARS-CoV-2 con mutaciones asociadas al escape inmunológico o resistencia a la acción de los anticuerpos neutralizantes (nAbs) generados por infección natural o vacunación. Las vacunas contra el COVID-19 autorizadas en Colombia fueron diseñadas antes de la emergencia de las VOC/VOI, por lo que este estudio se enfocó en evaluar la capacidad de las variantes locales para escapar a los nAbs inducidos por la vacunación. Se realizaron aislamientos de linajes del SARS-CoV-2 que circularon durante los años 2020-2022 en Colombia. Se evaluaron las respuestas de los nAbs en individuos convalecientes, individuos no expuestos al SARS-CoV-2 (naïve) con esquemas primarios de CoronaVac, BNT162b2, ChAdOx1 o Ad26.COV2.S, en individuos con refuerzo homólogo, heterólogo e individuos con inmunidad híbrida-heteróloga. Las respuestas de los nAbs se evaluaron mediante ensayos de neutralización y el título medio de neutralización (MN50) se calculó por el método de Reed-Muench. Finalmente, se evaluaron anticuerpos totales IgM/IgG contra los antígenos S1, S2, RBD y contra la proteína N del SARS-CoV-2, en individuos con inmunidad heteróloga e híbrida-heteróloga mediante paneles Luminex. El linaje B.1 con la mutación E484K demostró capacidad moderada de escape a nAbs de sueros convalecientes, mientras que los niveles de nAbs fueron entre 3,3 a 55 veces menores contra Mu, Delta y Ómicron, comparado con B.1.111 y Gamma en individuos naïve con vacunación primaria. Además, las respuestas de los nAbs contra Mu y Ómicron fueron significativamente mayores tras el refuerzo heterólogo comparado con el esquema primario u homólogo. Finalmente, no se observaron diferencias en los niveles de nAbs contra Ómicron y anticuerpos IgG contra la subunidad S1 y el RBD entre individuos con inmunidad heteróloga e híbrida-heteróloga. Los resultados sugieren que el refuerzo heterólogo rescata las respuestas neutralizantes contra VOI/VOCs a niveles comparables con individuos que presentan inmunidad híbrida. (Texto tomado de la fuente)Genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Colombia allowed us to identify the importation and autochthonous emergence of variants of concern (VOC) or of interest" (VOI) of SARS-CoV-2 with mutations associated with the escape of neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) generated by natural infection or vaccination Vaccines against COVID-19 authorized in Colombia were designed before the emergence of VOCs/VOIs, so this study sought to assess the ability of local variants to escape vaccination-induced nAbs. Isolations of SARS-CoV-2 lineages circulating in Colombia were performed between 2020 and 2022. The nAbs responses were evaluated in convalescent individuals, individuals with no history of previous SARS-CoV-2 infection (naïve), individuals with primary schemes of CoronaVac, BNT162b2, ChAdOx1, or Ad26.COV2.S, individuals with homologous, heterologous boost, and individuals with hybrid-heterologous immunity. nAbs responses were assessed by neutralization assays and the mean neutralization titer (MN50) was calculated by the Reed-Muench method. Finally, total IgM/IgG antibodies against the S1, S2, RBD, and N antigens of SARS-CoV-2 were evaluated in individuals with heterologous and hybrid-heterologous immunity using Luminex panels. The B.1 lineage with the E484K mutation demonstrated moderate escape capacity to nAbs from convalescent sera, while nAbs levels were 3.3 to 55-fold lower against Mu, Delta, and Omicron, compared to B.1.111 and Gamma in naïve individuals with primary vaccination. In addition, nAb responses against Mu and Omicron were significantly higher after heterologous boost compared to the primary or homologous regimen. Finally, no differences were observed in the levels of nAbs against Omicron and IgG antibodies against the S1 and the RBD antigens between individuals with heterologous and hybrid-heterologous immunity. The results suggest that heterologous boosting rescues neutralizing responses against VOI/VOCs at levels comparable to individuals with hybrid immunity.DoctoradoDoctor en Ciencias - Biologí
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