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Ari naiz y ari dut
No full textSignificaciones del verbo "ari" en sus dos conjugaciones con "izan" y "ukan". Sugiere sustituír algunas locuciones incorrectas por "ari"Meanings of the verb "ari " in both its conjugations with "izan" and "ukan". The author suggests using some wrong expressions by "ari
Uma proposta de ensino de literatura a partir da obra do escritor alagoano Ari Denisson
No full textThis research is based on a qualitative investigation, of the action research type, which suggests that literature classes should study the life and work of the author Ari Denisson, a poet and short story writer from Maceió, with the aim of valuing talents from Alagoas and encouraging a taste for reading and literary production. The actions of this project took place in a public school in a first-year high school class in 2024 and focused on the poetic work “baroque.doc” and the narrative work “Contos Periféricos”. A six-hour teaching sequence culminated in the author's visit to the school and a round of questions from the students. The interview was preceded by analyses of the selected texts and a presentation of the author's biography. The expected result is a way of rescuing the culture of Alagoas and Maceió and a greater appreciation of literature in Portuguese language classes. The authors who are references for this research range from Cosson, Boal, Freire, Rojo, to Antunes, among others.A presente pesquisa baseia-se em uma investigação de cunho qualitativo, do tipo pesquisa-ação que sugere para as aulas de literatura o estudo da vida e obra do autor Ari Denisson, poeta e contista maceioense, no intuito de valorizar os talentos alagoanos e incentivar o gosto pela leitura e produção literária. As ações desse projeto se deram em uma escola pública numa turma do primeiro ano do ensino médio no ano de 2024 e focaram na obra poética “baroque.doc” e na obra narrativa “Contos Periféricos”. Uma sequência didática de seis horas-aula teve como culminância a visita do autor na escola e uma rodada de perguntas dos alunos. A entrevista foi precedida por análises dos textos selecionados e apresentação da biografia do autor. Espera-se como resultado uma forma de resgate da cultura alagoana e maceioense e uma maior valorização da literatura dentro das aulas de língua portuguesa. Os autores que são referências para esta pesquisa vão desde Cosson, Boal, passando por Freire, Rojo, até Antunes, dentre outros
The Afterlife of Ari Nohem
No full textThis chapter traces the circulation of Ari Nohem in manuscript, from its composition through its first appearance in print. The different stages in the reception of Ari Nohem in manuscript offer an alternative history of Kabbalah in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, one that has largely been told through the histories of Sabbatianism and Hasidism. The manuscript transmission of Ari Nohem was typical rather than aberrant for texts written by early modern Jewish intellectuals on a variety of subjects: polemical writings on Christianity, esoteric kabbalistic treatises, and epistolary campaigns against the mystical messiah Sabbatai Zevi and his followers. The evidence of these manuscripts, combined with repeated citation of and allusion to Ari Nohem in letters, diaries, treatises, responsa, and compendia composed between 1639 and 1840, indicate that Jews and Christians continued to read Modena's text in nearly every generation between the death of the author and the printing of his book.</p
Diagnostic performance of the Sofia Analyzer in outpatient clinics
No full textBACKGROUND: Rapid influenza diagnostic tests (RIDTs) are frequently used
to allow timely indication of influenza virus infections at the point of care,
informing clinical management and infection control measures. The objective
of our study was to assess the diagnostic accuracy of the Sofia Influenza A+B
Fluorescent Immunoassay Analyzer (Quidel, San Diego, CA) compared to RTPCR
in outpatient clinics.
METHOD: We recruited patients with acute respiratory illness (ARI) from
January 2013 through April 2015 in outpatient clinics in Hong Kong. ARI was
defined as having ≥2 of the following signs or symptoms: fever ≥37.8°C, cough,
sore throat, runny nose, headache, myalgia and phlegm. Two respiratory
specimens were collected from each participant for testing by the Sofia
Analyzer according to the manufacturer’s instructions and subsequent testing
by quantitative RT-PCR for influenza A and B respectively. We estimated
the point estimates and the exact binomial 95% confidence intervals for
the measures of diagnostic accuracy for the Sofia RIDT; and assessed the
associations of the covariates including viral load and age with the result of the
RIDT by logistic regression.
RESULTS: Data were available from 1230 outpatients. The Sofia RIDT had an
overall sensitivity of 77% (95% CI 71-82%) and specificity of 91% (95% CI
89-92%) for influenza virus infection confirmed to RT-PCR; a sensitivity and
specificity of 74% (95% CI 68-81%) and 97% (95% CI 96-98%) for influenza
A, and 77% (95% CI 63-87%) and 94% (95% CI 92-95%) for influenza B
respectively. The Sofia RIDT had a threshold for high sensitivity at viral loads
5 log10 copies/ml or above for both Influenza A and B. Viral load remained
significantly associated with a positive RIDT result after adjusting for days since
symptom onset, age and sex (adjusted OR: 1.98, 95% CI: 1.83-2.15). A prevalence
of influenza of 22% would be required for the Sofia RIDT to correctly detect
more than 70% of influenza virus infections while a prevalence of 10% would
give the test a positive predictive value of 49%.
CONCLUSION: Compared to other RIDTs, the estimated sensitivity and specificity
for Sofia RIDT is considered high and moderate respectively, and has good
positive predictive value during influenza epidemics
Health consultation, Ari-Zonolite (aka Buster's School of Street Rods facility), Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona
No full textabstract: This report evaluates the potential exposure pathways associated with vermiculite concentrate processing activities at the Ari-Zonolite facility. The site is located in the near downtown area of Glendale, approximately ½ mile from the city hall, downtown shops, and other buildings. The former Ari-Zonolite facility received vermiculite from the Libby, Montana, mine. From 1951 to 1964, the site was leased the site to the Ari-Zonolite Company. Following the removal of the vermiculite concentrate processing equipment in 1964, several businesses have occupied the site. None of these businesses were involved in vermiculite processing activities. The last occupant of the former vermiculite processing building was an automotive restoration business, which vacated the site in 2002.Under cooperative agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.Includes bibliographical references (p. 17-19)
Tallgrass prairie soil fungal communities are resilient to climate change
No full textClimate models for central United States predict increasing temperatures and greater variability in precipitation. Combined, these shifts in environmental conditions impact many ecosystem properties and services. Long‐term climate change experiments, such as the Rainfall Manipulation Plots (RaMPs), can be used to address soil community responses to simultaneous manipulation of temperature and temporal variability in precipitation. The RaMPs experiment is located in a native tallgrass prairie at the Konza Prairie Biological Station and has been operational since 1998 providing the potential to address responses to long‐term environmental manipulations. To test whether community composition, richness, or diversity respond to environmental change, more than 40,000 fungal amplicons were analyzed from soil samples collected in 2006. The data suggest that soil fungal communities are compositionally resilient to predicted environmental change. This is the case both for the community composition overall as inferred from ordination analyses as well as analyses of variance for each of the most common Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs). However, while this study suggests compositional resilience, further studies are required to address functional attributes of these communities and their responses to environmental manipulations
Absolute risk due to interaction (ARI), model 3.
No full textAbsolute risk due to interaction (ARI), model 3.</p
Septate endophyte colonization and host responses of grasses and forbs native to a tallgrass prairie
No full textNative tallgrass prairies support distinct dark septate endophyte (DSE) communities exemplified by periconia macrospinosa and Microdochium sp. that were recently identified as common root symbionts in this
system. Since these DSE fungi were repeatedly isolated from grasses and forbs, we aimed to test their abilities to
colonize different hosts. One Microdochium and three Periconia strains were screened for colonization and growth responses using five native grasses and six forbs
in an in vitro system. Previously published data for an additional grass (Andropogon gerardii) were included and reanalyzed. Presence of indicative inter- and intracellular structures (melanized hyphae, microsclerotia, and chlamydospores)
demonstrated that all plant species were colonized by the DSE isolates albeit to varying degrees. Microscopic observations suggested that, compared to forbs, grasses were colonized to a greater degree in vitro.
Host biomass responses varied among the host species. In broad comparisons, more grass species than forbs tended to respond positively to colonization, whereas more forb species tended to be non-responsive. Based on the suspected differences
in the levels of colonization, we predicted that tallgrass prairie grasses would support greater DSE colonization than forbs in the field. A survey of field-collected roots from 15
native species supported this hypothesis. Our study supports the “broad host range” of DSE fungi, although the differences
in the rates of colonization in the laboratory and in the field suggest a greater compatibility between grasses and DSE
fungi. Furthermore, host responses to DSE range from mutualism to parasitism, suggesting a genotype-level interplay
between the fungi and their hosts that determines the outcome of this symbiosis
ADAPTIVE URBAN PLANNING IN POST-WAR URKAINE: PANARCHY THEORY AND THEMATIC INSIGHTS FROM SOFIA, RANDSTAD, UKRAINE, AND NORWAY
No full textThe thesis investigates the complexities of urban reconstruction in post-conflict settings, focusing particularly on the aftermath of the war in Ukraine. Employing a mixed-methods approach, the research utilizes panarchy theory to analyze insights from case studies in Sofia, Randstad, Ukraine and Norway, exploring how adaptive urban planning strategies can be developed (RQ1). Thematic analysis of qualitative data from interviews and quantitative data such as charts and maps contribute to understanding the dynamics of urban systems in these contexts. The study further aims to apply these findings to inform adaptive urban planning in Ukraine (RQ2), emphasizing flexibility and resilience in response to the challenges posed by extensive physical damage, social disruption, and governance instability. The thesis concludes with recommendations for leveraging panarchy theory and twinning strategies with other cities or regions to enhance reconstruction efforts in Ukraine, promoting adaptive urban planning amidst ongoing geopolitical uncertainties and local complexities
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