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Die Unterkreide-Aufschlüsse (Valangin-Alb) im Raum Hannover-Braunschweig

14 outcrops of marine Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian-Albian) Sediments are described from the Hannover-Braunschweig area. The bio- and lithostratigraphy, flora, fauna, sedimentology, environments of deposition and geological Situation of these exposures arediscussed and illustrated. Where possible the sections were measured and examined with respect to their biostratigraphy. Finally an ecostratigraphical subdivision of the faunal assemblages is proposed for some of the sections from which conclusions are drawn regarding the conditions and environ- ment of Sedimentation.

Mikrofaunistisch-lithologische Untersuchungen der Hilssandstein-Region (Apt/Alb) im Raum Salzgitter-Goslar

So gut sich im nördlichen Harzvorland die Sandstein- Fazies des Hilssandsteins als morphologisch herausragende Schichtrippe kartieren ließ, so problematisch ist bis heute ihre genaue stratigraphische Position geblieben. Die von STROMBECK (1856, Tab.S.493) aufgestellten Schichtgruppen Hilssandstein und Minimuston verwendete noch STOLLEY (1937, S.1,54) in stratigraphischem Sinn, obgleich es sich um Fazieseinheiten handelt, deren Grenzen durchaus schräg zu den biostratigraphischen Zonen verlaufen können. Beispiele für die Richtigkeit dieses Prinzips lieferten die Beobachtungen am Flammenmergel des Hils und der Sackmulde (JORDAN & SCHMIDT 1968): Die Bildungszeit der Flammenmergel-Fazies beginnt nach neuer Zonengliederung (COLLIGNON 1965) nicht zugleich mit dem Ober-Alb, sindern erst im unteren Ober-Alb und reicht bis zum Cenoman, kann aber auch schon im Ober-Alb beendet sein. Ein ähnliches Verhalten wurde daher auch von der Quarzsandstein-Fazies des Hilssandsteins im Raum Salzgitter-Goslar vermutet. Seltene Vorkommen von Acanthohoplites milletianus D'ORB. in den Steinbrüchen von Ostlutter und in der Sandgrube bei Goslar waren für BODE & SCHROEDER (1912 - 1926) bei ihrer geologischen Kartenaufnahme der Beweis für Unter-Gault (= Unter-Alb) -Alter des Sandsteins. Bei der Auswertung der Bohrungen im Gebiet von Hornburg grenzte SEITZ (1943, S.355,398) die Quarzsandstein Fazies mit dem Gaultkonglomerat nach unten gegen tonige Apt-Serien ab und stellte die obere Faziesgrenze des Hilssandsteins gegen Minimuston nach einem Leymeriellen Fund etwa in die Mitte des oberen Unter-Albs. Weiter östlich durchgeführte mikropaläontologische Beobach- tungsn in der Unterkreide am Kleinen Fallstein (BACH 1965) bestätigten, daß hier die Quarzsandschüttung bereits im Unter-Alb beendet war. Im Westen des Untersuchungsgebietes soll die Quarzsandschüttung im Hils nach BRINKMANN (1937, S.15) im Ober-Apt, örtlich sogar im Ober-Hauterive (FRATSCHNER 1950, S.31) begonnen und nach einem Hoplites-Fund (BRINKMANN 1937, S.15) bis ins oberste Mittel-Alb angedauert haben. Den Hilssandstein der Sackmulde stell- tein JORDAN & SCHMIDT (1968, S.428) ins Unter-Alb, vermuteten aber dessen Sedimentationsbeginn im Ober-Apt. Im Untersuchungsgebiet dieser Arbeit wurde das Unter- Alb-Alter des Hilssandsteins von DEWIEL (1951, S.39) unter anderem in der Finkeikuhle (bei Salzgitter-Bad) angezweifeit: Seines Erachtens ist dort die gesamte, ungefähr 50 m mächtige, tonig-sandige Folge mit Sandsteinbänken in ihrem oberen Teil dem Ober-Apt zuzuordnen. Er unterstrich damit WEIGELTs (1923, S.44/45) Auffassung von einer zumindest partiellen Zugehörigkeit des Sandsteins zum hohen Neokom. Abgesehen von der guten Übereinstimmung in der Datierung der Hilssandstein-Region des Kleinen Fallsteins nach Makro- wie Mikrofauna, gaben die zum Teil widersprüchlichen Altersangaben für dieselbe Schichtregion in den anderen Gebieten Südniedersachsens Anlaß zur Skepsis. Das hiesige Institut machte es sich daher zur Aufgabe, die stratigraphische Stellung des Hilssandsteins zunächst im Hils (SEILER 1973) und im Raum Salzgitter-Goslar erneut zu untersuchen. Die hier bearbeiteten Aufschlüsse (Abb.l) (Bl. Ringelheim, Salzgitter, Lutter a.B., Goslar) liegen im wesentlichen im Ausstrich der Unterkreide an den Flanken der Innerste-Mulde (gelegentlich auch Ringelheimer Mulde genannt). Bekanntlich entstand diese asymmetrische, mit Kreide-Sedimenten gefüllte Mulde durch halokinetisch modifizierte junge (?subherzynische) tektonische Bewegungen (s. KÖLBEL 1944). An ihrer Westflanke und in der Harzrandzone westlich Goslar bildet der Hilssandstein eine Schichtrippe und überlagert transgressiv Trias- und Jura-Schichten. - An seiner Basis treten örtlich (z.B. SO Ortshausen, SW Neuwallmoden) geringmächtige Brauneisenstein-Phosphorit- Lagen auf, deren Zugehörigkeit zum Neokom- oder Gaultkonglomerat bisher nicht sicher war. An der östlichen Muldenflanke ist der Hilssandstein in Tagesaufschlüssen aus zwei Gebieten bekannt: a) im Kreuzungsbereich der rheinisch streichenden Ringel- heimer Störungszone (KÖLBEL 1944, S.82) mit dem eggisch bis steil-herzynisch streichenden Salzgitterer Sattel in der Umgebung von Gitter und Grube "Finkeikuhle", b) am Südende des Salzgitterer Sattels. - Hier, wie auch am Südteil der östlichen Sattelflanke bei Groß-Döhren und Weddingen (Aufschluß 5: "Morgenstern"), liegt der Hilssandstein samt Gaultkonglomerat transgressiv auf den erzführenden Serien der tieferen Unterkreide.

MgB(2) Superconductors With Addition of Other Diborides and SiC

The discovery of superconductivity at 39 K in MgB(2) has been catching the attention of scientists due to the possibility of applying the material in magnets and electronic devices operating with cryocoolers (temperatures around 20 K). In the present work, a methodology to optimize the critical current densities of this material is described. MgB(2) bulk samples were prepared and analyzed with the addition of other diborides with the same C32 hexagonal structure as MgB(2) (TaB(2), ZrB(2), VB(2), and AlB(2)) and with simultaneous addition of SiC. Microstructural characterization, performed using SEM+EDS and XRD, was extremely important to determine the distribution and compositional characterization of the superconducting phase. Magnetic superconducting characterization using SQUID was performed to determine the best material addition. As a result we could analyze the behavior of each addition on the current transport capacity, including an analysis of the magnetic flux pinning mechanisms.

Hepatocyte [H-3]-palmitate uptake: effect of albumin surface charge modification

The role of plasma proteins on the cellular uptake of lipophilic substrates has perplexed investigators for many years. We tested the hypothesis that an ionic interaction between the protein-ligand complex and hepatocyte surface may be responsible for supplying more ligand to the cell for uptake. The surface-charged groups on albumin were modified to yield proteins having a range of isoelectric points (ALB, ALBs, ALBm, ALBe had values of 4.8-5.0, 4.5-4.7, 3.0-3.5, 8.4-8.6, respectively). [H-3]-Palmitate uptake studies were performed with adult rat hepatocyte suspensions using similar unbound ligand fractions in the presence of the different binding proteins. Mass spectrometry, isoelectric focusing (pI), and heptane : water partitioning were used to determine protein molecular weight, pI, and protein-palmitate equilibrium binding constant, respectively. Hepatocyte [H-3]-palmitate clearance in the presence of ALBs and ALBm were significantly lower (p < 0.05) than ALB, whereas [H-3]-palmitate clearance in the presence of ALBe was significantly higher (p < 0.05) than ALB. The data were consistent with the notion that ionic interactions between extracellular protein-ligand complexes and the hepatocyte surface facilitate the uptake of long-chain fatty acids.

As freguesias e as políticas educativas locais: as necessidades e as obrigações

Dissertação apresentada para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Ciências da Educação Área de especialização em Administração Escolar 2013

Ecologia alimentar e biometria de duas espécies de raias de espinho dos Açores : uma análise ecológica e perspetiva para turismo subaquático

Dissertação de Mestrado em Gestão e Conservação da Natureza.

Representació no-lineal de les imatges per a codificació perceptiva

JPEG2000 és un estàndard de compressió d’imatges que utilitza la transformada wavelet i, posteriorment, una quantificació uniforme dels coeficients amb dead-zone. Els coeficients wavelet presenten certes dependències tant estadístiques com visuals. Les dependències estadístiques es tenen en compte a l'esquema JPEG2000, no obstant, no passa el mateix amb les dependències visuals. En aquest treball, es pretén trobar una representació més adaptada al sistema visual que la que proporciona JPEG2000 directament. Per trobar-la utilitzarem la normalització divisiva dels coeficients, tècnica que ja ha demostrat resultats tant en decorrelació estadística de coeficients com perceptiva. Idealment, el que es voldria fer és reconvertir els coeficients a un espai de valors en els quals un valor més elevat dels coeficients impliqui un valor més elevat d'aportació visual, i utilitzar aquest espai de valors per a codificar. A la pràctica, però, volem que el nostre sistema de codificació estigui integrat a un estàndard. És per això que utilitzarem JPEG2000, estàndard de la ITU que permet una elecció de les distorsions en la codificació, i utilitzarem la distorsió en el domini de coeficients normalitzats com a mesura de distorsió per a escollir quines dades s'envien abans.

Theoretical study on receptor-G protein recognition: new insights into the mechanisms of the alpha1b-adrenergic recptor activation

This work compares the structural/dynamics features of the wild-type alb-adrenergic receptor (AR) with those of the D142A active mutant and the agonist-bound state. The two active receptor forms were compared in their isolated states as well as in their ability to form homodimers and to recognize the G alpha q beta 1 gamma 2 heterotrimer. The analysis of the isolated structures revealed that, although the mutation- and agonist-induced active states of the alpha 1b-AR are different, they, however, share several structural peculiarities including (a) the release of some constraining interactions found in the wild-type receptor and (b) the opening of a cytosolic crevice formed by the second and third intracellular loops and the cytosolic extensions of helices 5 and 6. Accordingly, also their tendency to form homodimers shows commonalties and differences. In fact, in both the active receptor forms, helix 6 plays a crucial role in mediating homodimerization. However, the homodimeric models result from different interhelical assemblies. On the same line of evidence, in both of the active receptor forms, the cytosolic opened crevice recognizes similar domains on the G protein. However, the docking solutions are differently populated and the receptor-G protein preorientation models suggest that the final complexes should be characterized by different interaction patterns.

Biomphalaria tenagophila/Schistosoma mansoni interaction: premises for a new approach to biological control of schistosomiasis

Biomphalaria tenagophila is very important for schistosomiasis transmission in Brazil. However its mechanisms of interaction with Schistosoma mansoni are still scantly studied. Since this snail displays strains highly susceptible or completely resistant to the parasite infection, the knowledge of that would be a useful tool to understand the mechanism of snail resistance. Particularly, the Taim strain consistently shows absolute resistance against the trematode, and this resistance is a dominant character. A multidisciplinary research group was created aiming at studying B. tenagophila/S. mansoni interaction. The possibility for applying the knowledge acquired to obtain a biological model for the control of S. mansoni transmission in endemic areas is discussed.

Palaeoenvironment and palaeoclimate of the Middle Miocene lake in the Steinheim basin, SW Germany: A reconstruction from C, O, and Sr isotopes of fossil remains

A differentiated reconstruction of palaeolimnologic, -environmental, and -climatic conditions is presented for the Middle Miocene long-term freshwater lake (14.3 to 13.5 Ma) of the Steinheim basin, on the basis of a combined C, 0, and Sr isotope study of sympatric skeletal fossils of aquatic and terrestrial organisms from the lake sediments. The oxygen isotope composition for lake water of the Steinheim basin (delta O-18(H2O) = +2.0 +/- 0.4 parts per thousand VSMOW, n = 6) was reconstructed from measurements of delta O-18(PO4) of aquatic turtle bones. The drinking water calculated from the enamel of large mammals (proboscideans, rhinocerotids, equids, cervids, suids) has delta O-18(H2O) values (delta(OH2O)-O-18 = -5.9 +/- 1.7 parts per thousand VSMOW, n = 31) typical for Middle Miocene meteoric water of the area. This delta O-18(H2O) value corresponds to a mean annual air temperature (MAT) of 18.8 +/- 3.8 degrees C, calculated using a modem-day delta(OH2O)-O-18-MAT relation. Hence, large mammals did not use the lake water as principal drinking water. In contrast, small mammals, especially the then abundant pika Prolagus oeningensis drank from O-18-enriched water sources (delta O-18(H2O) = +2.7 +/- 2.3 parts per thousand VSMOW, n = 7), such as the lake water. Differences in Sr and 0 isotopic compositions between large and small mammal teeth indicate different home ranges and drinking behaviour and support migration of some large mammals between the Swabian Alb plateau and the nearby Molasse basin, while small mammals ingested their food and water locally. Changes in the lake level, water chemistry, and temperature were inferred using isotopic compositions of ostracod and gastropod shells from a composite lake sediment profile. Calcitic ostracod valves (Ilyocypris binocularis; delta O-18 = +1.7 +/- 1.2 parts per thousand VPDB, delta C-18 = -0.5 +/- 0.9 parts per thousand, VPDB, n = 68) and aragonitic, gastropod shells (Gyraulus spp.; delta O-18 = +2.0 +/- 13 parts per thousand VPDB, delta C-13 = -1.1 +/- 1.3 parts per thousand VPDB, n = 89) have delta O-18 and delta C-13 values similar to or even higher than those of marine, carbonates. delta C-13 values:of the biogenic carbonates parallel lake level fluctuations while delta O-18 values scatter around +2 +/- 2 parts per thousand and reflect the short term variability of meteoric water inflow vs. longer term evaporation. Sr-87/Sr-86 ratios of aragonitic Gyraulus spp. gastropod shells parallel the lake level fluctuations, reflecting variable inputs of groundwater and surface waters. Using a water delta O-18(H2O) value of +2.0 parts per thousand VSMOW, water temperatures calculated from skeletal tissue delta O-18 values of ostracods are 16.7 +/- 5.0 degrees C, gastropods 20.6 +/- 5.6 degrees C, otoliths 21.8 +/- 1.4 degrees C, and fish teeth 17.0 +/- 2.7 degrees C. The calculated MAT (similar to 19 degrees C), lake water temperatures (similar to 17 to 22 degrees C) and the O-18-enriched water compositions are indicative of warm-temperate climatic conditions, possibly with a high humidity during this period. Vegetation in the area surrounding the basin was largely of the C-3-type, as indicated by carbon isotopic compositions of tooth enamel from large mammals (delta C-13 = -11.1 +/- 1.1 parts per thousand VPDB, n = 40). (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Web taller de servei ràpid :Desenvolupament d'una aplicació web amb tecnologies J2EE

El projecte és una web per a un taller mecànic dels anomenats ¿de servei ràpid¿, amb tecnologies J2EE.Els clients del taller poden demanar dia i hora per fer unareparació al seu cotxe. I el taller, en el seu cas el cap de taller o persona autoritzada, pot llistar les reparacions del dia.

Estudio longitudinal del Índice de masa corporal (IMC) en pacientes en diálisis

Chronic renal failure is commonly related to hyponutrition, affecting approximately on third of patients with advanced renal failure. We carried out a longitudinal study to assess nutritional evolution of 73 patients on a regular hemodialysis program, assessing changes in the anthropometrical parameter body mass index (BMI) and its correspondence to biochemical nutritional parameters such as total protein (TP) levels and serum albumin (Alb). Every three months plasma TP and albumin levels were collected and BMI was calculated by the standard formula: post-dialysis weight in kg/height in m2. For classifying by BMI categories, overweight and low weight were defined according to the WHO Expert Committee. Studied patients had a mean age of 53 years, 43 were male and 30 were female patients. BMI in women was lower than that in men (p < 0.001), as well as TP (p < 0.001) and Alb (p < 0.001) levels. Mean BMI was 29.3 kg/m2. Three point two percent of the determinations showed low weight, 12.16% overweight, and 83.97% normal BMI. TP were normal in 90.76% and decreased in 9.24%. Alb was normal in 82.2% and low in 17.78%. After the follow-up time (21.6 months, minimum 18 months, maximum 53 months), the Kruskal-Wallis test did not show a statistically significant change for BMI but it did show a change for the biochemical parameters albumin and total proteins (p < 0.05): nutritional impairment in CRF patients is manifested on biochemical parameters (TP and Alb) with no reflection on anthropometrical data.

Influence of anti-filarial chemotherapy strategies on the genetic structure of Wuchereria bancrofti populations

Lymphatic filarial (LF) parasites have been under anti-filarial drug pressure for more than half a century. Currently, annual mass drug administration (MDA) of diethylcarbamazine (DEC) or ivermectin in combination with albendazole (ALB) have been used globally to eliminate LF. Long-term chemotherapies exert significant pressure on the genetic structure of parasitic populations. We investigated the genetic variation among 210 Wuchereria bancrofti populations that were under three different chemotherapy strategies, namely MDA with DEC alone (group I, n = 74), MDA with DEC and ALB (group II, n = 60) and selective therapy (ST) with DEC (group III, n = 34) to understand the impact of these three drug regimens on the parasite genetic structure. Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA profiles were generated for the three groups of parasite populations; the gene diversity, gene flow and genetic distance values were determined and phylogenetic trees were constructed. Analysis of these parameters indicated that parasite populations under ST with a standard dose of DEC (group III) were genetically more diverse (0.2660) than parasite populations under MDA with DEC alone (group I, H = 0.2197) or with DEC + ALB (group II, H = 0.2317). These results indicate that the MDA may reduce the genetic diversity of W. bancrofti populations when compared to the genetic diversity of parasite populations under ST.