Animal GRIN database user manual for the management of genetic resources.

Introduction to Animal GRIN; Navigating the Database; Setting Up the Database (Super Users); Create Taxonomy Structure; Set Up Location Structure; Form Descriptions (All Users); Form Descriptions (Super Users); Entering Shipments; E-R Diagram for Incoming Orders; Entering Requests; Reports.

Whirlwind: a new cryptographic hash function

A new cryptographic hash function Whirlwind is presented. We give the full specification and explain the design rationale. We show how the hash function can be implemented efficiently in software and give first performance numbers. A detailed analysis of the security against state-of-the-art cryptanalysis methods is also provided. In comparison to the algorithms submitted to the SHA-3 competition, Whirlwind takes recent developments in cryptanalysis into account by design. Even though software performance is not outstanding, it compares favourably with the 512-bit versions of SHA-3 candidates such as LANE or the original CubeHash proposal and is about on par with ECHO and MD6.

The Alzheimer`s Association external quality control program for cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers

Background: The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers amyloid beta (A beta)-42, total-tau (T-tau), and phosphorylated-tau (P-tau) demonstrate good diagnostic accuracy for Alzheimer`s disease (AD). However, there are large variations in biomarker measurements between studies, and between and within laboratories. The Alzheimer`s Association has initiated a global quality control program to estimate and monitor variability of measurements, quantify batch-to-batch assay variations, and identify sources of variability. In this article, we present the results from the first two rounds of the program. Methods: The program is open for laboratories using commercially available kits for A beta, T-tau, or P-tau. CSF samples (aliquots of pooled CSF) are sent for analysis several times a year from the Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory at the Molndal campus of the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Each round consists of three quality control samples. Results: Forty laboratories participated. Twenty-six used INNOTEST enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kits, 14 used Luminex xMAP with the INNO-BIA AlzBio3 kit (both measure A beta-(1-42), P-tau(181P), and T-tau), and 5 used Mesa Scale Discovery with the A beta triplex (A beta N-42, A beta N-40, and A beta N-38) or T-tau kits. The total coefficients of variation between the laboratories were 13% to 36%. Five laboratories analyzed the samples six times on different occasions. Within-laboratory precisions differed considerably between biomarkers within individual laboratories. Conclusions: Measurements of CSF AD biomarkers show large between-laboratory variability, likely caused by factors related to analytical procedures and the analytical kits. Standardization of laboratory procedures and efforts by kit vendors to increase kit performance might lower variability, and will likely increase the usefulness of CSF AD biomarkers. (C) 2011 The Alzheimer`s Association. All rights reserved.

Trajetória e avaliação dos programas federais brasileiros voltados a promover a eficiência administrativa e fiscal dos municípios

O artigo apresenta a trajetória dos programas do governo federal direcionados à modernização administrativa e fiscal dos municípios brasileiros desde os anos 1930. O foco do trabalho, contudo, são os programas implantados nos governos Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1995-2002) e Lula (2003-10) voltados a incrementar as capacidades administrativas e fiscais das cidades. O argumento central é que esses programas sempre foram concebidos e executados pelas burocracias federais propondo soluções para os municípios que representam a visão "modernizadora" do governo central para os problemas de gestão dos governos locais. Essas iniciativas têm duplicado esforços e não contribuem para enfrentar as carências administrativas municipais, o que limitou seu alcance e gerou poucos resultados desde sua reinserção na agenda do governo federal a partir de 1997.

Um caso de hidatidose policística autóctone de Minas Gerais, Brasil

Relata-se um caso de hidatidosepolicistica, em homem de 22 anos, clinicamente manifestada por dor no hipocôndrio direito, icterícia obstrutiva, hepatoesplenomegalia, perda de peso e, em estágio final, ascite. O diagnóstico foi após laparotomia exploradora, com biópsia hepática e peritoneal. O paciente evoluiu para o óbito, a despeito de ter sido tratado com mebendazol na dose de 1200 mg/dia, durante um ano. A necrópsia, constatou-se hidatidose do fígado, omento maior e peritônio diafragmático. Não se conseguiu identificar, à microscopia óptica, a espécie de Echinococcus envolvida; com base nos dados epidemiológicos e morfológicos disponíveis, o parasita em apreço poderia ser o Echinococcus vogeli ou o E. oligarthrus. Este parece ser o quarto caso de hidatidose policistica na literatura nacional e é, com muita probabilidade, autóctone de Minas Gerais.

Adaptation as a part of system resilience. insights from fish producers organizations in Portugal

Complex problems of globalized society challenge its adaptive capacity. However, it is precisely the nature of these human induced problems that provide enough evidence to show that adaptability may not be on a resilient path. This thesis explores the ambiguity of the idea of adaptation (and its practice) and illustrates the ways in which adaptability contributes to resilience of social ecological systems. The thesis combines a case study and grounded theory approach and develops an analytical framework to study adaptability in resource users’ organizations: from what it depends on and what the key challenges are for resource management and system resilience. It does so for the specific case of fish producers’ organizations (POs) in Portugal. The findings suggest that while ecological and market context, including the type of crisis, may influence the character of fishers’ adaptation within POs (i.e. anticipatory, maladaptive and reactively adaptive), it does not determine it. Instead, it makes agency even more crucial (i.e. leadership, trust and agent’s perceptions in terms of their impact on fishers’ motivation to learn from each other). In sum, it was found that internal adaptation can improve POs’ contribution to fishery management and resilience, but it is not a panacea and may, in some cases, increase system vulnerability to change. Continuous maladaptation of some Portuguese POs points at a basic institutional problem (fish market regime), which clearly reduces fisheries resilience as it promotes overfishing. However, structural change may not be sufficient to address other barriers to Portuguese fishers’ (PO members) adaptability, such as history (collective memory) and associated problematic self-perceptions. The agency (people involved in structures and practices) also needs to change. What and how institutional change and agency change build on one another (e.g. comparison of fisheries governance in Portugal and other EU countries) is a topic to be explored in further research.

Simulation gleitgelagerter Systeme in Mehrkörperprogrammen unter Berücksichtigung mechanischer und thermischer Deformationen

Magdeburg, Univ., Fak. für Maschinenbau, Diss., 2013

Food habits and sport activity during adolescence: differences between athletic and non-athletic teenagers in Switzerland.

OBJECTIVE: To describe food habits and dietary intakes of athletic and non-athletic adolescents in Switzerland. SETTING: College, high schools and professional centers in the Swiss canton of Vaud. METHOD: A total of 3,540 subjects aged 9-19 y answered a self-reported anonymous questionnaire to assess lifestyles, physical plus sports activity and food habits. Within this sample, a subgroup of 246 subjects aged 11-15 also participated in an in-depth ancillary study including a 3 day dietary record completed by an interview with a dietician. RESULTS: More boys than girls reported engaging in regular sports activities (P<0.001). Adolescent food habits are quite traditional: up to 15 y, most of the respondents have a breakfast and eat at least two hot meals a day, the percentages decreasing thereafter. Snacking is widespread among adolescents (60-80% in the morning, 80-90% in the afternoon). Food habits among athletic adolescents are healthier and also are perceived as such in a higher proportion. Among athletic adolescents, consumption frequency is higher for dairy products and ready to eat (RTE) cereals, for fruit, fruit juices and salad (P<0.05 at least). Thus the athletic adolescent's food brings more micronutrients than the diet of their non-athletic counterparts. Within the subgroup (ancillary study), mean energy intake corresponds to requirements for age/gender group. CONCLUSIONS: Athletic adolescents display healthier food habits than non-athletic adolescents: this result supports the idea that healthy behavior tends to cluster and suggests that prevention programs among this age group should target simultaneously both sports activity and food habits.

Vaivaton viulisti : viulistin fyysisen ergonomian opas

Tämä opinnäytetyö on tehty oppaaksi kehonhuollosta kiinnostuneille viulunsoiton opiskelijoille, opettajille, harrastajille ja ammattilaisille. Opas kokoaa informaatiota muusikoiden vaivoista ja ergonomiasta viulunsoittajalle mielekkääksi kokonaisuudeksi. Työn tarkoituksena on ennen kaikkea motivoida viulisteja kuuntelemaan ja huoltamaan kehoaan soittajina ja näin ennaltaehkäisemään viulisteille tyypillisten rasitusvammojen ja vaivojen syntyä. Työ koostuu kirjallisesta raportista sekä CD:stä, jolle opas on tallennettu PowerPoint esityksenä. Opas on jaettu aiheiltaan viiteen osa-alueeseen: Tuki- ja liikuntaelimistön vaivat -osa tutustuttaa lukijan viulistin yleisimpiin TULE-vaivoihin esittelemällä niiden taudinkuvaa, oireita, diagnosointia, hoitoa sekä ennaltaehkäisyä. Soittoasento ja tuet sisältää tietoa oikeaoppisesta ja ergonomisesta soittoasennosta sekä viulun tuista ja niiden valinnasta. Menetelmiä ryhdin ja soittoasennon parantamiseksi esittelee lyhyesti kolme kehon ja mielen yhdistävää harjoitusmenetelmää ja pohtii, miten viulisti voi hyötyä kyseisistä menetelmistä. Harjoitteluosiosta löytyy informaatiota oikeaoppisista harjoittelutavoista ja niiden merkityksestä. Lihashuolto on pieni, valokuvin havainnollistettu opas viulistin käyttämien ylävartalon lihasten huoltoon ja venyttelyyn.

Kansanedustaja, kauppalanjohtaja 5/3 1958

Kirje 5.3.1958