Post-partum persistence of abnormal circadian pattern of blood pressure after preeclampsia [109-POS]

OBJECTIVES: Blunted nocturnal dip of blood pressure (BP) and reversed circadian rhythm have been described in preeclampsia (PE). Non-dipper status and preeclampsia are both associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease later in life. Complete recovery of BP in PE is reported to occur over a variable period of time. Twenty-four hours-ambulatory blood pressure measurement (ABPM) in the post-partum follow-up after a PE has not been described. The aim of this study was to assess 24h-ambulatory blood pressure pattern after a PE and to determine the prevalence of non-dipper status, nocturnal hypertension, white coat hypertension and masked hypertension. METHODS: This is an observational, prospective study on women who suffered from a preeclampsia. A 24h-ABPM was done 6 weeks post-partum at the Hypertension Unit of the University Hospitals of Geneva, concomitantly with a clinical and biological evaluation. RESULTS: Forty-five women were included in a preliminary analysis. Mean age was 33±6years, 57.3% were Caucasian, mean BMI before pregnancy was 24±5kg/m(2). Office and ambulatory BP are shown in Table 1. Prevalence of nocturnal hypertension was high and half of the women had no nocturnal dipping. The diagnosis of hypertension based on office BP was discordant with the diagnosis based on ABPM in 25% of women. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of increased nighttime BP and abnormal BP pattern is high at 6weeks post-partum in preeclamptic women. Early assessment of BP with ABPM after preeclampsia allows an early identification of women with persistent circadian abnormalities who might be at increased risk. It also provides a more accurate assessment than office BP. DISCLOSURES: A. Ditisheim: None. B. Ponte: None. G. Wuerzner: None. M. Burnier: None. M. Boulvain: None. A. Pechère-Bertschi: None.

Intervals between response choices on a single-item measure of quality of life.

BACKGROUND: A single overall rating of quality of life (QoL) is a sensitive method that is often used in population surveys. However, the exact meaning of response choices is unclear. In particular, uneven spacing may affect the way QoL ratings should be analyzed and interpreted. This study aimed to determine the intervals between response choices to a single-item QoL assessment. METHODS: A secondary analysis was conducted on data from the Lc65+ cohort study and two additional, population-based, stratified random samples of older people (N = 5,300). Overall QoL was rated as excellent, very good, good, fair or poor. A QoL score (range 0-100) was derived from participants' answers to a 28-item QoL assessment tool. A transformed QoL score ranging from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent) was calculated. The same procedure was repeated to compute seven domain-specific QoL subscores (Feeling of safety; Health and mobility; Autonomy; Close entourage; Material resources; Esteem and recognition; Social and cultural life). RESULTS: Mean (95 % confidence intervals) QoL scores were 96.23 (95.81-96.65) for excellent, 93.09 (92.74-93.45) for very good, 81.45 (80.63-82.27) for good, 65.44 (62.67-68.20) for fair and 54.52 (45.31-63.73) for poor overall QoL, corresponding to transformed QoL scores of respectively 5.00, 4.70, 3.58, 2.05, and 1.00. Ordinality of the categories excellent to poor was preserved in all seven QoL subscores. CONCLUSIONS: The excellent-to-poor rating scale provides an ordinal measure of overall QoL. The intervals between response choices are unequal, but an interval scale can be obtained after adequate recoding of excellent, very good, good, fair and poor.

Protestant Churches and the making of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Kirjallisuusarvostelu

Solar Twins and Solar Analogues in Galactic Surveys.

The Sun is a crucial benchmark for how we see the universe. Especially when it comes to the visible range of the spectrum, stars are commonly compared to the Sun, as it is the most thoroughly studied star. In this work I have focussed on two aspects of the Sun and how it is used in modern astronomy. Firstly, I try to answer the question on how similar to the Sun another star can be. Given the limits of observations, we call a solar twin a star that has the same observed parameters as the Sun within its errors. These stars can be used as stand-in suns when doing observations, as normal night-time telescopes are not built to be pointed at the Sun. There have been many searches for these twins and every one of them provided not only information on how close to the Sun another star can be, but also helped us to understand the Sun itself. In my work I have selected _ 300 stars that are both photometrically and spectroscopically close to the Sun and found 22 solar twins, of which 17 were previously unknown and can therefore help the emerging picture on solar twins. In my second research project I have used my full sample of 300 solar analogue stars to check the temperature and metallicity scale of stellar catalogue calibrations. My photometric sample was originally drawn from the Geneva-Copenhagen-Survey (Nordström et al. 2004; Holmberg et al. 2007, 2009) for which two alternative calibrations exist, i.e. GCS-III (Holmberg et al. 2009) and C11 (Casagrande et al. 2011). I used very high resolution spectra of solar analogues, and a new approach to test the two calibrations. I found a zero–point shift of order of +75 K and +0.10 dex in effective temperature and metallicity, respectively, in the GCS-III and therefore favour the C11 calibration, which found similar offsets. I then performed a spectroscopic analysis of the stars to derive effective temperatures and metallicities, and tested that they are well centred around the solar values.

Making it viable - enabling Open Access for Finnish scholarly journals

Poster at the CERN Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication (OAI9), Geneva, June 17-19, 2015.

Effect of trellising system on grape and wine composition of Syrah vines grown in the cerrado region of Minas Gerais

Based on the concept that the trellising system affects not only sunlight interception and carbon assimilation, but also the fruitzone microclimate, which has a great impact on fruit composition and consequently on wine quality, the effect of two trellising systems - Vertical Shoot Position (VSP) and modified Geneva Double Curtain (GDC) - on wine and berry composition of Syrah grapes grown in João Pinheiro, Northeast region of Minas Gerais State, Brazil was investigated. The parameters such as pH, berry size and weight, and seeds total phenolic contents were not affected by the training system. The GDC system produced fruits with the highest Brix and lowest titratable acidity. Berries from the VSP system presented lower anthocyanin concentration than those from the GDC system. Similar results were found for the total phenolic content of the skin of grape berries from the VSP system. GDC wines were characterized by high anthocyanin content and red color, resulting in wines with high color intensity. These data suggest that in the tropical region of Minas Gerais state, with high temperature and high sunlight intensity, the trellising system, which protects bunches against excessive radiation, should be chosen.

ALBUM AMICORUM de Jean Durand (1583-1592). In-8 de 2 f. lim. et 380 p., mar. r., comp. de mos. de mar. v., riche dorure à petits fers, tr. dor. et ciselée. (Rel. du XVIe siècle.)

Durand (Jean). Album amicorum (1583-1592)

Recueil de lettres originales et de copies de pièces indiquées comme telles dans le dépouillement qui suit.

Contient : 1-17 Dix-sept lettres d'« ANNE D'EST », duchesse DE NEMOURS, à madame la duchesse de Ferrare, sa mère. Sans lieu ni date ; 18 Lettre d'« ANNE D'EST [duchesse DE NEMOURS]... à madame [la duchesse de Ferrare]... De Lion, se 8me d'octobre 68 » ; 19 Lettre d'« ANNE D'EST [duchesse DE NEMOURS]... à madame » la duchesse de Ferrare ; 20 Lettre d'« ANNE D'EST [duchesse DE NEMOURS]... à mon fils le duc de Nemours et Genevoys,... Du Lingot, ce 6me novanbre » ; 21 Lettre d'« ANNE D'EST [duchesse DE NEMOURS]... à madame » la duchesse de Ferrare ; 22 Lettre d'« ANNE D'EST », duchesse DE NEMOURS, à la duchesse de Ferrare ; 23 Lettre d'« ANNE D'EST [duchesse DE NEMOURS]... à madame [la duchesse de Ferrare]... Se 13me de may » ; 24-29 Cinq lettres d'« ANNE D'EST [duchesse DE NEMOURS]... à madame » la duchesse de Ferrare. Sans lieu ni date ; 30 Lettre d'« ANNE D'EST », duchesse DE NEMOURS, à la duchesse de Ferrare. 15« 68» ; 31 Lettre de « JEHANNE DE SAVOYE,... à monseigneur... le duc de Nemours,... De Nancy, ce XXVIIIme janvier 1556 » ; 32 Lettre d'« ANNE D'EST », duchesse DE NEMOURS, à la duchesse de Ferrare ; 33 Lettre de [JAQUES] « DE SAVOYE » à la duchesse de Ferrare. « De Nantueil, le XXIIIIe jour d'aoust 1567 » ; 34 Reçu, en italien, de « Don Francesco da Este », délivré par lui à « madama Renea di Francia,... Di Ferrara, li XXI settembre nel LXI » ; 35-38 Quatre lettres d'« ANNE D'EST [duchesse DE NEMOURS]... à madame » la duchesse de Ferrare. Sans lieu ni date ; 39 Lettre d'« ANNE D'EST [duchesse DE NEMOURS]... à madame [la duchesse de Ferrare]... De Paris, ce XXme jour de novembre 1572 » ; 40 Lettre d'« ANNE D'EST [duchesse DE NEMOURS]... à madame [la duchesse de Ferrare]... De Paris, ce IXe juing 1573 » ; 41 Lettre, en italien, de « ALFONSO D'ESTE,... all' illme... duca di Nemours,... Di Ferrara, il XXVII luglio nel LXXIII » ; 42-44 Trois lettres d'« ANNE D'EST [duchesse DE NEMOURS]... à madame » la duchesse de Ferrare. Sans lieu ni date ; 45 « Roolle des gentilzhommes, dames, damoiselles et officiers domesticques ordinaires et commensaulx de la maison de madame... Renée de France, duchesse de Ferrare,... payez de leurs gaiges en l'estat de ladite dame par maistre Guillaume Barbe,... 1554 ». Copie ; 46 « Passeport d'avoyne », signé : « RENEE DE FRANCE,... douairiere de Ferrare,... A Montargis, ce XXe jour de mars, l'an mil cinq cens soixante six » ; 47 Compte de « Pierre Vergnanini » pour la maison de Renée de France. « Di Ferrara, alli 5 decembre 1564 ». En italien ; 48 Lettre, en italien, de « FRANCESCO PORTO,... a madama... la duchessa di Ferrara,... Di Geneva, alli IIII di Xbre M.D.LXV » ; 49 Lettre d'« ANNE D'EST [duchesse DE NEMOURS]... à madame » la duchesse de Ferrare ; 50 Lettre d'« ANNE D'EST [duchesse DE NEMOURS]... à madame » la duchesse de Ferrare ; 51 Acte par lequel « CLAUDE,... duc D'AUMALLE », autorise « madame la duchesse douariere de Ferrare », Renée de France, à enlever de la ville de Nogent-sur-Seine dix muids d'avoine. « Faict à Ennet, le XVIme jour de novembre mil cinq cens soixante cinq » ; 52 Lettre du « president au conseil de Genevoys, A. GIRAUD,... à monseigneur [le duc de Nemours]... De Paris, ce 8e juillet 1579 » ; 53 Lettre, en italien, de « MARGHERITA BENTIVOGLIA,... a... madama di Ferrara,... Di Ferrara, a di 29 genaro 1575 » ; 54 Lettre d'« ANNE D'EST [duchesse DE NEMOURS]... à madame [la duchesse de Ferrare]... De Paris, ce XVIIIe septembre 1572 » ; 55 « Double de lestre au conte de Tournon,... De Paris, ce XVIe jenvier 1572 » ; 56 Minute d'une lettre de RENEE DE FRANCE, duchesse douairière DE FERRARE, à sa fille la duchesse de Nemours. « De Montargis, ce XIIe jour de mars 1573 » ; 57 Acte, en italien, en vertu duquel « Benedetto de Nobili » devra payer certaines sommes d'argent à « madama Renea di Francia, duchessa di Chartres,... Di Parigi, a di 8 giugno 1573 ». Signé : « GIOVANNI BATTISTA LAMBERTI » ; 58 Lettre, en italien, d'« ALFONSO PUTTI,... a... madama Renea di Francia, duchessa di Chartres,... Di Ferrara, il di IIII maggio M.D.LXXIII » ; 59 Lettre, en italien, de « GIOVANNI BATTISTA LAMBERTI,... a... madama la duchessa di Chartres,... Di Ferrara, li VI luglio M.D.LXXIII » ; 60 Lettre, en italien, de « SCIPIONE DE FLISCO,... à monseigneur de Varzi,... Genue, 7 augusti 1572 » ; 61 Lettre de « D. TOUSSAIN » à « madame la duchesse de Ferrare,... De l'Isle lez Orleans, ce 15 avril 1572 » ; 62 Lettre, en italien, du « cavalier BERNIER,... à... madama Rena di France,... Di Castelnuovo di Carfagnana, il di XVIII genare 1572 » ; 63 Lettre, en italien, de « FRANCESCO PORTO,... a madama... la duchessa di Ferrara,... Di Geneva, a li XII di maggio M.D.LXXII » ; 64 Lettre, en italien, de « PAULO ARIGONE,... a... madama Renea di Frantia,... Da Montargis, alli II de magio 1566 » ; 65 Lettre, en italien, de « PAULO ARIGONE,... a... madama Renea di Francia,... Da Montargis, alli 25 de aprille 1566 » ; 66 Lettre, en italien, de « LUCRETIA D'ESTE [duchesse D'URBIN]... a... madama di Ferrara,... Di Ferrara, l'ultimo di luglio 74 » ; 67 Lettre, en italien, de « GIOVANNI BATTISTA LAMBERTI » à « Benedetto de Nobili... a di VIIII marzo 1574 » ; 68 Lettre de « BELLERRIVE,... à madame de Ferrare,... De Paris, ce dimanche 20 d'octobre 1566 » ; 69 Acte par lequel RENEE DE FRANCE certifie avoir donné certaines sommes d'argent à son secrétaire « Jehan de Bouchefort,... l'an mil cinq cens soixante huict » ; 70 Lettre de « BEAUMONT,... à madame... la duchesse de Ferrare,... D'Orleans, ce 27 de aoust 1568 » ; 71 Acte du serment prêté par « Anthoine de Semur, seigneur de Tremon », à la réception de « l'ordre monsieur Sainct Michel... Mascon, le penultime jour de septembre 1568 » ; 72 État, en italien, de la maison de la duchesse de Ferrare. « Data a Montargis, alli VII di marzo M.D.LXVI » ; 73 « Reglement des monnoyes en Languedoc, l'année 1593 ». Copie ; 74 « Raisons pour lesquelles madame la duchesse de Nemours ne peult ny ne doibt estre subjecte à l'entretien et reparation des pontz et passages de Caen, Bayeulx, et Fallaize, comme heritiere par benefice d'inventaire du feu seigneur duc de Ferrare, jouissant par engaigement des domaines desditz trois vicontez » ; 75 « Conto di Francesco Porto, a di XVIII aprile 1568 » ; 76 Lettre, en italien, de « GIROLAMO BONSIGNORE » à la duchesse de Ferrare. « Di Ferrara, il 24 di genaro 1562 » ; 77 Comptes, en italien, de « Pietro Vergnanini », secrétaire de Renée de France, duchesse de Ferrare, pour l'année « 1561 » ; 78 Mémoires concernant la maison de Nemours ; 79 Liste de dots à payer par Renée de France, duchesse de Ferrare. « 1560, d'agosto il 27 » ; 80 « Rollo di partite et somme de danari ordinati per madama... Renea di Franza, duchessa di Chiartres,... al pagamento de gentilhuomini... et a donne... ogni mese cominciando a genaio prossimo venturo 1561 »

Rick Bell Family fonds, 1874-1875, 1879, 1884, 1886, 1888-1889, 1896, 1898, 1909-1910, 1939, 1945, n.d.

Lewis Tyrell married Jane Gains on August 31, 1849 in Culpeper Court House, Virginia. Jane Gains was a spinster. Lewis Tyrell died September 25, 1908 at his late residence, Vine St. and Welland Ave., St. Catharines, Ont. at the age of 81 years, 5 months. Jane Tyrell died March 1, 1886, age 64 years. Their son? William C. Tyrell died January 15, 1898, by accident in Albany, NY, age 33 years, 3 months. John William Taylor married Susan Jones were married in St. Catharines, Ont. on August 10, 1851 by William Wilkinson, a Baptist minister. On August 9, 1894 Charles Henry Bell (1871-1916), son of Stephen (1835?-1876) and Susan Bell, married Mary E. Tyrell (b. 1869?) daughter of Lewis and Alice Tyrell, in St. Catharines Ontario. By 1895 the Bell’s were living in Erie, Pennsylvania where children Delbert Otto (b. 1895) and Edna Beatrice (b. 1897) were born. By 1897 the family was back in St. Catharines where children Lewis Tyrell (b. 1899), Gertrude Cora (b. 1901), Bessie Jane (b. 1902), Charles Henry (b. 1906), Richard Nelson (b. 1911) and William Willoughby (b. 1912) were born. Charles Henry Bell operated a coal and ice business on Geneva Street. In the 1901 Census for St. Catharines, the Bell family includes the lodger Charles Henry Hall. Charles Henry Hall was born ca. 1824 in Maryland, he died in St. Catharines on November 11, 1916 at the age of 92. On October 24, 1889 Charles Hall married Susan Bell (1829-1898). The 1911 Census of Canada records Charles Henry Hall residing in the same household as Charles Henry and Mary Bell. The relationship to the householder is step-father. It is likely that after Stephen Bell’s death in 1876, his widow, Susan Bell married Hall. In 1939, Richard Nelson Bell, son of Charles Henry and Mary Tyrell Bell, married Iris Sloman. Iris (b. 22 May 1912 in Biddulph Township, Middlesex, Ontario) was the daughter of Albert (son of Joseph b. 1870 and Elizabeth Sloman, b. 1872) and Josie (Josephine Ellen) Butler Sloman of London, Ont. Josie (b. 1891) was the daughter of Everett Richard and Elizabeth McCarthy (or McCarty) Butler, of Lucan Village, Middlesex North. According to the 1911 Census of Canada, Albert, a Methodist, was a porter on the railroad. His wife, Josephine, was a Roman Catholic. Residing with Albert and Josie were Sanford and Sadie Butler and Sidney Sloman, likely siblings of Albert and Josephine. The Butler family is descended from Peter Butler, a former slave, who had settled in the Wilberforce Colony in the 1830s. Rick Bell b. 1949 in Niagara Falls, Ont. is the son of Richard Nelson Bell. In 1979, after working seven years as an orderly at the St. Catharines General Hospital while also attending night school at Niagara College, Rick Bell was hired by the Thorold Fire Dept. He became the first Black professional firefighter in Niagara. He is a founding member of the St. Catharines Junior Symphony; attended the Banff School of Fine Arts in 1966 and also performed with the Lincoln & Welland Regimental Band and several other popular local groups. Upon the discovery of this rich archive in his mothers’ attic he became passionate about sharing his Black ancestry and the contributions of fugitive slaves to the heritage Niagara with local school children. He currently resides in London, Ont.

Second Welland Canal - Book 1, Survey Map 11 - St. Catharines and Locks 3 and 4

Survey map of the Second Welland Canal created by the Welland Canal Company showing the Town of St. Catharines. Identified structures associated with the Canal include Lock 3 and its Lock House, Lock 4 and its Lock House, Hydraulic Race, and a floating tow path. The surveyors' measurements and notes can be seen in red and black ink and pencil. Local area landmarks are also identified and include streets and roads (ex. Geneva Street, Ontario Street, St. Paul Street, and Merritville Road), Lincoln Mills and its Store House, T. M. Merritt's Store House, Cooper Shop, L. Shickluna's Dry Dock, Peter McGill's Grist Mill, J. Flint's Saw Factory, T. Hosteter's Gristing Mill, J. Dougan Builder's shop or office, Norris and Nelson Mill, G. N. Oil Foundry and its Machine Shop and Boiler, a barrel shed, woolen factory, Estate of P. Nihen (or T. Nihan), Norris and Nelson's Wharf, the W. C. Office, and structures (possibly houses) or small properties belonging to T. Adams, and A. K. Boomer. Properties and property owners of note are: Concession 6 Lots 16, 17, and 18, Concession 7 Lots 16, 17, and 18, Alva Dittrick, James R. Benson, W. B. Robinson, and C. Phelps.

Second Welland Canal - Book 1, Survey Map 12 - St. Catharines and Lock 4

Survey map of the Second Welland Canal created by the Welland Canal Company showing the Town of St. Catharines. Identified structures associated with the Canal include Lock 4, Hydraulic Race, floating tow path, and the Canal waterway itself. The surveyors' measurements and notes can be seen in red and black ink and pencil. Local area landmarks are also identified and include streets and roads (ex. Geneva Street, St. Paul Street, Queenston Street, Niagara Street and Mill Street), C. Phelp's Grist Mill and Store House, Stinson's Distillery, and several unnamed bridges. Properties and property owners of note are: Concession 6 Lot 16, J. R. Benson, Calvin Phelps, J. Hudson, David Gray, A. Roberts, Mrs. McDonell, J. S. McDonell, T. B. Wragg, J. Donaldson, W. Barr Jr., C. L. Hall, G. Ward, Ridout Bros and Co., and the St. Catharines Grass Co.

Second Welland Canal - Book 1, Survey Map 13 - St. Catharines and Locks 4 and 5

Survey map of the Second Welland Canal created by the Welland Canal Company showing the Town of St. Catharines. Identified structures associated with the Canal include Lock 4, Lock House, Lock 5, Small Lock House, the towing path, and Gasometer for Canal. The surveyors' measurements and notes can be seen in red and black ink and pencil. Local area landmarks are also identified and include streets and roads (ex. Geneva Street, Queenston Street, and Academy Street), C. Phelps Mill and Store House, St. Catharines and Welland Canal Gas Works, William Mahony's Tannery, Cooper Shop, a barrel shed, barn, and gas tanks. Properties and property owners of note are: Concession 6 Lots 14, 14, and 16, Concession 7 Lots 14, 15, and 16, C. Phelps, R. M. Clement, Orson Phelps, R. Collier, D. P. Haynes, W. Chace, and John Soper.

Photograph of Charles Bell with Horse and Cart, St. Catharines [n.d.]

Charles Bell is pictured in this black and white undated photograph with his horse and cart. Mr. Bell ran an ice and coal business on Geneva St. in St. Catharines, Ontario. This photograph was in the possession of the Rick Bell family, of St. Catharines.Handwritten inscription on the reverse reads: "Grandpa Charles Bell ran ice and coal business, Geneva St. St. Catharines"

Charles Henry Bell, St. Catharines [n.d.]

Charles Henry Bell is pictured in this undated black and white photograph outside a house on Geneva St. in St. Catharines, Ontario. In 1894, Charles Bell married Mary E. Tyrell. and they had eight children. Charles Bell ran an ice and coal business in St. Catharines in the early 1900s. This photo was in the possession of his grandson, Rick Bell. The Bell and associated families have connections to former Black slaves from the United States.