A catalog of high-impact windstorms in Switzerland since 1859

In recent decades, extremely hazardous windstorms have caused enormous losses to buildings, infrastructure and forests in Switzerland. This has increased societal and scientific interest in the intensity and frequency of historical high-impact storms. However, high-resolution wind data and damage statistics mostly span recent decades only. For this study, we collected quantitative (e.g., volumes of windfall timber, losses relating to buildings) and descriptive (e.g., forestry or insurance reports) information on the impact of historical windstorms. To define windstorm severity, normalized and declustered quantitative data were processed by extreme value statistics. Descriptive information was classified using a conceptual guideline. Validation with independent damage information, as well as comparison with wind measurements and a reanalysis, indicates that the most hazardous winter storms are captured, while too few moderate windstorms are detected. Strong storms in the wind measurements and reanalysis are thus added to the catalog. The final catalog encompasses approximately 240 high-impact windstorms in Switzerland since 1859. It features three robust severity classes and contains eight extreme windstorms. Evidence of high winter storm activity in the early and late 20th century compared to the mid-20th century in both damage and wind data indicates a co-variability of hazard and related damage on decadal timescales.

Die letzte Versammlung im alten und die erste Versammlung im neuen Gotteshause : zwei Vorträge vor und zur Einweihung der neuen Synagoge zu Wolfhagen am 28. Tischri 5620 (26. October 1859)

gehalten von L. Adler

Die Feier der Einweihung der neuen Synagoge zu Trier, am 9. - 10. September 1859 - 10. - 11. Ellul 5619 : enth.: Erklärung d. hebr. Inschriften, Gebete u. Reden, nebst e. Beschreibung d. neuen Synagoge in Trier

von Chr. Schmidt. Hrsg. von J. Kahn

Ma tobu : Festklänge zur Feier der Einweihung des neuerbauten isr. Cultus-Tempels zu Pest im September 1859

von L. M. Bauer

Vergleichende Datum-Tabellen auf 216 Jahre des jüdischen und allgemeinen bürgerlichen Kalenders d. i. vom Jahre 1784 bis zum Jahre 2000

berechnet u. hrsg. von Salomon W. Freund

Drei Jahre in Amerika : 1859-1862

von I. J. Benjamin

Briefwechsel zwischen Schiller und Körner : von 1784 bis zum Tode Schillers

mit Einleitung von Ludwig Geiger ; Bd. 1

Die Konzession zur Errichtung der orientalischen Buchdruckerei und Buchhandlung in Berlin 1784

Moritz Stern

Elsässer Bestimmungen über Juden 1784

L. G.

ADAMTS13 gene variants and function in women with preeclampsia: a population- based nested case- control study from the HUNT Study.

INTRODUCTION Known genetic variants with reference to preeclampsia only explain a proportion of the heritable contribution to the development of this condition. The association between preeclampsia and the risk of cardiovascular disease later in life has encouraged the study of genetic variants important in thrombosis and vascular inflammation also in relation to preeclampsia. The von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease, ADAMTS13, plays an important role in micro vascular thrombosis, and partial deficiencies of this enzyme have been observed in association with cardiovascular disease and preeclampsia. However, it remains unknown whether decreased ADAMTS13 levels represent a cause or an effect of the event in placental and cardiovascular disease. METHODS We studied the distribution of three functional genetic variants of ADAMTS13, c.1852C>G (rs28647808), c.4143_4144dupA (rs387906343), and c.3178C>T (rs142572218) in women with preeclampsia and their controls in a nested case-control study from the second Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT2). We also studied the association between ADAMTS13 activity and preeclampsia, in serum samples procured unrelated in time of the preeclamptic pregnancy. RESULTS No differences were observed in genotype, allele or haplotype frequencies of the different ADAMTS13 variants when comparing cases and controls, and no association to preeclampsia was found with lower levels of ADAMTS13 activity. CONCLUSION Our findings indicate that ADAMTS13 variants and ADAMTS13 activity do not contribute to an increased risk of preeclampsia in the general population.

Eine vorübergehende Spannung zwischen den Hochschulen Judäas und Babylons : dem Andenken meines Freundes Leon Kellner (1859 - 1928) gewidmet

Adolf Schwarz

Jahresbericht der asiatischen Gesellschaft für das Jahr 1858/59 : verlesen am 28. Juni 1859

Julius Mohl