Nosocomial outbreak of Pantoea agglomerans bacteraemia associated with contaminated anticoagulant citrate dextrose solution: new name, old bug?

We describe an outbreak investigation of Pantoea agglomerans bacteraemia associated with anticoagulant citrate-dextrose 46% (ACD) solution prepared in-house. A healthy man presented with septic shock during plasmapheresis for granulocyte donation. The solution used for priming and blood samples were sent for culture. Identification of the isolate to species level was performed by gyrB sequencing. Typing was performed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). In total, eight cases were identified during a three-week period. P. agglomerans was also cultured from six ACD solution bags. Isolates from patients and ACD bags were identical by PFGE. All isolates were susceptible to ampicillin, cephazolin, gentamicin, ciprofloxacin, cefepime and imipenem. (C) 2011 The Healthcare Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Arald: an architecture for name resolution, disambiguation and linking of linked data through semantics

La capacità di estrarre entità da testi, collegarle tra loro ed eliminare possibili ambiguità tra di esse è uno degli obiettivi del Web Semantico. Chiamato anche Web 3.0, esso presenta numerose innovazioni volte ad arricchire il Web con dati strutturati comprensibili sia dagli umani che dai calcolatori. Nel reperimento di questi temini e nella definizione delle entities è di fondamentale importanza la loro univocità. Il nostro orizzonte di lavoro è quello delle università italiane e le entities che vogliamo estrarre, collegare e rendere univoche sono nomi di professori italiani. L’insieme di informazioni di partenza, per sua natura, vede la presenza di ambiguità. Attenendoci il più possibile alla sua semantica, abbiamo studiato questi dati ed abbiamo risolto le collisioni presenti sui nomi dei professori. Arald, la nostra architettura software per il Web Semantico, estrae entità e le collega, ma soprattutto risolve ambiguità e omonimie tra i professori delle università italiane. Per farlo si appoggia alla semantica dei loro lavori accademici e alla rete di coautori desumibile dagli articoli da loro pubblicati, rappresentati tramite un data cluster. In questo docu delle università italiane e le entities che vogliamo estrarre, collegare e rendere univoche sono nomi di professori italiani. Partendo da un insieme di informazioni che, per sua natura, vede la presenza di ambiguità, lo abbiamo studiato attenendoci il più possibile alla sua semantica, ed abbiamo risolto le collisioni che accadevano sui nomi dei professori. Arald, la nostra architettura software per il Web Semantico, estrae entità, le collega, ma soprattutto risolve ambiguità e omonimie tra i professori delle università italiane. Per farlo si appoggia alla semantica dei loro lavori accademici e alla rete di coautori desumibile dagli articoli da loro pubblicati tramite la costruzione di un data cluster.

Domain Name Transfer before Slovak and Czech Courts

In Europe, a disagreement persists in the courts about the possibility of plaintiffs to request a domain name transfer in domain name disputes. In the last ten years, Slovak and Czech courts also produced some jurisprudence on this issue. Interestingly, the BGH’s influential opinion in the shell.de decision, which denied domain name transfer as an available remedy under German law back in 2002, wasn’t initially followed. To the contrary, several Slovak and Czech decisions of lower courts allowed a domain name transfer using two different legal bases. This seemingly settled case law was rejected a few months ago by the globtour.cz decision of the Czech Supreme Court, which refused domain name transfers for the time being

Facebook’s Real Name Policy: Bye-Bye, Max Mustermann?

Facebook requires all members to use their real names and email addresses when joining the social network. Not only does the policy seem to be difficult to enforce (as the prevalence of accounts with people’s pets or fake names suggests), but it may also interfere with European (and, in particular, German) data protection laws. A German Data Protection Commissioner recently took action and ordered that Facebook permit pseudonymous accounts as its current anti-pseudonymous policy violates § 13 VI of the German Telemedia Act. This provision requires telemedia providers to allow for an anonymous or pseudonymous use of services insofar as this is reasonable and technically feasible. Irrespective of whether the pseudonymous use of Facebook is reasonable, the case can be narrowed down to one single question: Does German data protection law apply to Facebook? In that respect, this paper analyses the current Facebook dispute, in particular in relation to who controls the processing of personal data of Facebook users in Germany. It also briefly discusses whether a real name policy really presents a fix for anti-normative and anti-social behaviour on the Internet.

New Name, New Format, New Publisher, Same Principles and Values

This issue of the Journal of Family Strengths is an opportunity for a fresh start, as the Family Preservation Journal is renewed and revived under a new name and a new format. Still keen on being a definitive record on developments in family strengths and parenting, the Journal is devoted to presenting theory, practice and evaluation articles on the strengths perspective in family preservation practice, all to assure and improve services and programs that promote and sustain family systems.