Neiti Ester Willberg 4/11 1964

Kirje 4.11.1964

Iowa Leading Indicators Index January 2009

The Iowa Leading Indicators Index (ILII) is a tool for monitoring the future direction of the Iowa economy and State revenues. Its eight components include an agricultural futures price index, an Iowa stock market index, average weekly manufacturing hours in Iowa, initial unemployment claims in Iowa, an Iowa new orders index, diesel fuel consumption in Iowa, residential building permits in Iowa, and the national yield spread.

Um modelos para a representação genérica de eventos e actas no SIAC O caso dos horários e sumários

O artigo aborda os resultados de um estágio desenvolvido, no Laboratório de Educação Digital da Universidade Jean Piaget de Cabo Verde no âmbito do projecto de desenvolvimento do Sistema de Informação Académico onde nos foi proposto projectar, desenvolver e testar um modelo de representação de eventos e sumários, bem como desenvolver uma rotina que permita converter os dados no formato de dados utilizado pela aplicação iCal. Para se atingir os objectivos acima propostos foi desenvolvido um modelo de representação de eventos e actas recorrendo a ferramentas UML. Posteriormente o modelo foi implementado e testado recorrendo a um SGBD orientado a objectos (ORACLE 10g). Por fim foi desenvolvida uma rotina que permite efectuar a migração e conversão dos dados extraídos da base de dados num ficheiro utilizado pela aplicação iCal.

Contribution of ultrasonographic examination to the prenatal detection of chromosomal abnormalities in 19 centres across Europe.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the prenatal detection of chromosomal abnormalities by fetal ultrasonographic examination in a large database provided by 19 Registries of Congenital Anomalies from 11 European countries. This study included 1738 cases of chromosomal abnormalities, liveborn, stillborn or termination of pregnancy regardless of maternal age from a population of 664,340 births during the period 1996 - 1998. The most frequent chromosomal anomalies were Down syndrome (n=1050), trisomy 18 (n=191), Turner syndrome (n=125), trisomy 13 (n=86), and triploidy (n=56). Fetal ultrasonographic examination resulted in the prenatal detection of 37.7% of the chromosomal abnormalities, thereby resulting in a reduction of 28.6% in their prevalence at birth due to terminations of pregnancy. The detection rate by ultrasound examination varied according to local policies of prenatal diagnosis : it was lower in countries where routine scan were not performed and higher in countries in which at least one routine anomaly scan during the second trimester of pregnancy was performed. The ultrasound detection varied according to the specific chromosomal anomaly and was lowest for Klinefelter syndrome (5.7%) and highest for triploidy (78.6%). For Down syndrome it was 26.4%. Termination of pregnancy was performed in 75.9% of the cases. Among the 655 cases detected by ultrasound, the most frequent ultrasound signs by category of chromosomal abnormalities were analysed. This study shows that ultrasound screening is an important tool in the prenatal detection of chromosomal abnormalities in Europe, leading to a significant reduction in the prevalence of livebirth children with chromosomal anomalies.

Retour sur l'Europe chinoise

Tandis que les modes de la chinoiserie au XVIIIe et du japonisme au XIXe siècles ont fait l'objet d'innombrables publications, pour ce qui est des périodes antérieures les apports de l'Orient ont été généralement occultés par les historiens de l'art occidentaux. Cette véritable tache aveugle est-elle le fruit de l'ignorance ou le signe d'un chauvinisme européocentrique et anachronique ?¦On rappellera d'abord l'importance et la fréquence des contacts séculaires le long des routes de la soie, parcourues par les missionnaires et les marchands. Deux études de cas serviront ensuite à illustrer les phénomènes d'hybridation et de métissage qui résultent d'emprunts formels. Dans la peinture de paysage, la présence de nuages ou de montagnes chinoises en Europe dès le XVe siècle témoigne de migrations d'est en ouest. Quant au motif architectural de la porte en forme de gueule de monstre, présent du jardin de Bomarzo au Palazzo Zuccari de Rome, il semble également relever d'une source iconographique exotique, celle du kala indonésien.

Statistical discrimination of black gel pen inks analysed by laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry

Pearson correlation coefficients were applied for the objective comparison of 30 black gel pen inks analysed by laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry (LDI-MS). The mass spectra were obtained for ink lines directly on paper using positive and negative ion modes at several laser intensities. This methodology has the advantage of taking into account the reproducibility of the results as well as the variability between spectra of different pens. A differentiation threshold could thus be selected in order to avoid the risk of false differentiation. Combining results from positive and negative mode yielded a discriminating power up to 85%, which was better than the one obtained previously with other optical comparison methodologies. The technique also allowed discriminating between pens from the same brand.

Vastaus ed. Salmialan kysymykseen, joka koskee aseiden luvatonta maastavientiä

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[Los Angeles] elokuun kolmantena päivänä 1932

Kirje 3.8.1932

Madurez gonadal y fecundidad de la merluza peruana en verano 2003.Crucero BIC Olaya 0301-02

El crucero demersal BIC Olaya 0301-02 se realizó del 24 enero al 17 febrero 2003. Se presentan los resultados sobre la maduración gonadal de la merluza peruana Merluccius gayi peruanus por grados latitudinales y grupos de talla. La fecundidad parcial fue estimada en 26.667 ovocitos por desove y la fecundidad relativa en 131 ovocitos/g de peso corporal. Además, se describe la relación entre la actividad reproductiva (AR) de la merluza con la profundidad del área evaluada.

Calidad de agua en la bahía de Huacho 2002

En el 2002 cumpliendo con el Programa de Vigilancia en Bahías con Alto Potencial de Contaminación, se realizaron cinco prospecciones en las bahías de Huacho (11°05’S-11°07’S) y Carquín (11°04’S-11°05’S). En las dos bahías, la temperatura promedio anual fue 17,7 °C; el O2 promedio en superficie varió entre 3,5-3,8 mL/L y en fondo entre 1,3-1,7 mL/L. Los fosfatos en Huacho presentaron valores normales, en Carquín excedieron los límites permisibles en la LGA (15,80 μg-at/L, julio), los silicatos también superaron los límites. La salinidad fue baja por la descarga del rio Huaura. Ambas bahías mostraron mayores valores de contaminación en momentos de mayor actividad de plantas pesqueras y por efecto de efluentes domésticos, industriales y de irrigación.

Paleobiology and skeletochronology of Jurassic dinosaurs: implications from the histology and oxygen isotope compositions of bones

Fossil biogenic phosphate of fast-growing primary bone tissue of dinosaurs can preserve a histologic and isotopic time-series of annual seasonality in temperature variations, similar to tooth enamel and other accretionary skeletal phases such as corals or wood. On two bone fragments from sympatric dinosaurs with different histologic patterns of bone growth, high-resolution oxygen isotope profiles were analyzed along the radial direction of bone growth. The investigated specimens are from the Jurassic Shishugou Formation in the Junggar Basin, NW China and have distinct patterns of compositional variation. A fibrolamellar dinosaur bone with multiple lines of arrested growth (LAGs) and periodic growth cycles of decreasing bone laminae thickness displays a cyclic intra-bone variation in delta(18)O values of about 2parts per thousand corresponding with the LAGs. These growth cycles in fast-growing fibrolamellar bone provide evidence for seasonal growth of dinosaurs in lower latitudes ( similar to 45degreesN), possibly influenced by a monsoon-type paleoclimate. Seasonal changes in temperature and water supply are consistent with the oxygen isotope composition measured in dinosaur bone phosphate as well as with growth rings in contemporaneous fossil conifer wood from the same locality. In contrast, a plexiform sympatric sauropod bone displays continuous growth, free of LAGs and has a lower intra-bone variation of less than or equal to 0.8parts per thousand. Differences in bone histology are also reflected in the oxygen isotopic composition and its intra-bone variability, indicating different physiological responses to external climatic stress between sympatric dinosaur species. Seasonal intra-bone oxygen isotope variations combined with bone histology may thus yield new insights into species-specific response to climatic stress and its influence on dinosaur growth, formation of growth marks, growth rates, as welt as dinosaur thermophysiology. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V All rights reserved.

Mycosis fungoides in a lung transplant recipient with advanced ciclosporin nephropathy: management with mechlorethamine and subsequent renal transplantation.

Posttransplant cutaneous T cell lymphomas are rare and have been reported to have a poor prognosis. We report the case of a follicular mycosis fungoides in a lung transplant recipient who was successfully treated with topical mechlorethamine, prior to subsequent renal transplantation.