Russiae, Moscoviae et Tartariae descriptio

Julkaisussa: Theatrum orbis terrarum

Rvssiae, Moscoviae et Tartariae descriptio. Auctore Antonio Ienkensono Anglo, edita Londini anno 1562. [et] dedicata illustriss: d. Henrico Sÿdneo Wallie praesidi.

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Aplicação de redes neurais para avaliação do teor de carne mecanicamente separada em salsicha de frango

A carne mecanicamente separada (CMS) de frango é uma matéria-prima cárnea produzida através de equipamentos próprios do tipo desossadores mecânicos, utilizando partes de frango de baixo valor comercial como o dorso e o pescoço. Para determinação do teor de CMS utilizada na composição de produtos cárneos comerciais construímos uma rede neural artificial do tipo Backpropagation (BP). O objetivo deste trabalho foi treinar, testar e aplicar uma rede do tipo BP, com três camadas de neurônios, para previsão do teor de CMS a partir do teor de minerais de salsichas formuladas com diferentes teores de carne de frango mecanicamente separada. Utilizamos a composição mineral de 29 amostras de salsicha contendo diferentes teores de CMS e 22 amostras de produtos cárneos comerciais. A topologia da rede foi 5-5-1. O erro quadrático médio no conjunto de treinamento foi de 2,4% e na fase de teste foi de apenas 3,8%. No entanto, a aplicação da rede às amostras comerciais foi inadequada devido à diferença de ingredientes das salsichas usadas no treinamento e os ingredientes das amostras comerciais. A rede neural construída para determinação do teor de carne mecanicamente separada mostrou-se eficiente durante a fase de treinamento e teste da rede.

Sensory evaluation of rice fortified with iron

The objective of this study was to examine sensory differences between conventional rice and iron-fortified Ultra Rice rice (UR) and determine consumer acceptance. Differences between both types of rice were analyzed using the Duo-Trio Test on 37 non-trained judges. The Acceptance Test evaluated general rice appearance, color, aroma and taste by 43 non-trained judges, using a 7-point hedonic scale with extremes ranging from "really disliked" and "really liked." There were no significant differences between the analyzed samples of conventional rice and UR rice using Duo-Trio Test. Mean values from the Acceptance Test for the evaluated attributes (general appearance, color, aroma e taste) were 5.6 and 5.9, corresponding to "liked" and "really liked" according to the hedonic scale, respectively. The iron did not alter the sensory characteristics of the final product, and the iron-fortified rice was well accepted.

Indução de resposta inflamatória sistêmica e espessamento de artérias subepicárdicas em um modelo animal de uremia

A disfunção renal é um fator de risco para doença cardiovascular (DCV). Estudos experimentais controlados que possam analisar o impacto da disfunção renal no sistema cardiovascular, isolando esses fatores relacionados à uremia dos fatores de risco tradicionais, que são altamente prevalentes na população com doença renal crônica (DRC), ainda são escassos. OBJETIVO: Analisar o impacto cardiovascular em ratos com disfunção renal, analisando biomarcadores de risco cardiovascular e a histologia das artérias subepicárdicas desses animais. MÉTODOS: Estudo experimental envolvendo trinta ratos machos Wistar, divididos em dois grupos. Um grupo foi submetido à ablação renal e o outro grupo SHAM (grupo controle) à manipulação do pedículo renal. Ambos os grupos foram acompanhados por oito semanas, período em que foram feitas dosagens de ureia, fósforo e do fator de necrose tumoral alfa (TNF-α). Lâminas obtidas de cortes do miocárdio foram confeccionadas para análise das características das arteríolas subepicárdicas. RESULTADOS: O grupo DRC apresentou níveis elevados de uréia e fósforo em relação ao grupo SHAM. Já os níveis de TNF-α, em todas as análises, foram indetectáveis nos animais do grupo SHAM, em contraste com o grupo DRC, onde se observaram elevados níveis de TNF-α (p < 0,05). A espessura da camada média dos vasos subepicárdicos do grupo DRC foi significativamente maior do que em relação ao grupo SHAM (p = 0,011). CONCLUSÃO: A indução de disfunção renal determinou alterações em biomarcadores de risco cardiovascular e um aumento na espessura dos vasos subepicárdicos estudados em comparação aos animais com função renal normal.

Ilmasto muuttaa luontoa

Kirjallisuusarvostelu

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

Contient : 1 Lettre du roi « FRANÇOYS » Ier au « sire d'Esparrox,... lieutenant general et gouverneur de Guyenne... A Argilly, le XXXme jour de jung » ; 2 Lettre de « BAYART,... au roy... A Gennes, le dernier jour de janvier » ; 3 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX,... à l'escuyer Francisque, conte de Pontremuly,... A Cremonne, le VIme jour de janvier » ; 4 « Double du memoire en fourme d'instruction envoyé au gouverneur de Genes » ; 5 Lettre de « THOMAS DE FOIX,... au roy... A Milan, le IIme jour de jung » ; 6 Lettre de « THOMAS DE FOIX,... à monseigneur le tresorier Robertet,... A Millan, le IIme jour de juing » ; 7 Lettre d' «ODET DE FOYX,... au roy... A Mascon, le VIme jour de juing » ; 8 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX,... à monseigneur le tresorier Robertet,... A Mascon, le VIme jour de jung » ; 9 Lettre de « THOMAS DE FOIX,... au roy... A Milan, le IXme jour de jung » ; 10 Lettre d'«ASPARROS,... au roy... Au camp pres Villefranche, le XXIme jour de jung » ; 11 Lettre de « THOMAS DE FOIX » au roi. « A La Briane, pres Rege, le XXVIme jung » ; 12 Lettre d' «ASPARROS,... au roi... Au camp de Brianes, le XXVIIIme jour de jung » ; 13 Lettre d' «ASPARROS,... à monseigneur de Lautrec,... Au camp de Thiebes, le XXIXme jour de jung » ; 14 Lettre d' «ASPARROS,... au roy... Au camp pres Mirande, le XXIIIme jour de juing » ; 15 Lettre d' «ODET DE FOYX,... à monseigneur de Villandry,... Au camp davant Naples, le IIme jour de juillet 1528 » ; 16 Lettre de « THOMAS DE FOIX,... au roy... A Milan, le VIme jour de juillet » ; 17 Lettre de « THOMAS DE FOIX,... au roy... A Parme, le Xme jour de juillet » ; 18 Lettre de « THOMAS DE FOIX,... au roy... A Parme, le XIIIme jour de juillet » ; 19 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX » au roi. « A Villefranche, le XVe jour de juillet » ; 20 Lettre de « THOMAS DE FOIX,... au roy... A Parme, le XVIme jour de juillet » ; 21 Lettre de « THOMAS DE FOIX,... au roy... A Parme, le XVIme jour de juillet » ; 22 Lettre de « THOMAS DE FOIX,... au roy... A Souragne, le XVIIme jour de juillet » ; 23 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX,... au roy... A Herieux, le XVIIme jour de juillet » ; 24 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX,... au roy... A Grenoble, le XVIIIme jour de juillet » ; 25 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX,... au roy... A Pisquiton, le XIXme d'aoust » ; 26 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX,... au roy... A Brianson, le XXme jour de juillet » ; 27 Lettre de « THOMAS DE FOIX,... à monseigneur le tresorier Robertet,... A Cremonne, le XXme jour de juillet » ; 28 Lettre de « THOMAS DE FOIX,... à monseigneur le tresorier Robertet,... A Cremonne, le XXIIme jour de juillet » ; 29 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX,... au roy... A Cramagnoilles, ce XXIIIme jour de juillet » ; 30 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX,... à monseigneur le tresorier Robertet,... A Cramagnolle, le XXIIIme jour de juillet » ; 31 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX,... au roy... En Ast, le XXIIIIme jour de juillet » ; 32 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX,... à monseigneur le tresorier Robertet,... En Ast, le XXIIIIme jour de juillet » ; 33 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX,... à monseigneur le tresorier Robertet,...A Saint Lazar, le XXVIme de julhet » ; 34 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX » au roi. « A Milan, le VIme jour d'aoust » ; 35 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX » au roi. « A Milan, le VIIIme jour d'aoust » ; 36 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX,... au roy... A Milan, le XIIme jour d'aoust » ; 37 Lettre de « THOMAS DE FOIX,... au roy. De Parme, ce XIIIme aoust » ; 38 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX,... au roy... A Milan, le XIIIme jour d'aoust » ; 39 Lettre de « THOMAS DE FOIX,... à monseigneur le tresorier Robertet,... De Parme, ce XIIIme jour d'aoust » ; 40 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX,... au roy... A Milan, le XIIIIme jour d'aoust » ; 41 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX,... au roy... A Milan, le XVme jour d'aoust » ; 42 « Double de la lectre escripte par monseigneur DE LAUTREG aux seigneurs des ligues... A Milan, le XVme jour d'aoust » ; 43 Lettre d' «ODET DE FOYX,... à monseigneur le tresorier Robertet,... A Milan, le XVe jour d'aoust » ; 44 Lettre d' «ODET DE FOYX » au roi. « A Loddes, le XVIIme jour d'aoust » ; 45 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX,... à Madame... A Loddes, le XVIIe jour d'aoust » ; 46 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX,... à monseigneur le tresorier Robertet,... A Pisquiton, le XIXme jour d'aoust » ; 47 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX,... au roy... A Cremonne, le XXIe jour d'aoust » ; 48 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX,... à monseigneur le tresorier Robertet,... A Cremonne, ce XXIme d'aoust » ; 49 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX,... au roy... Au camp pres Cremone, le IIme de septembre » ; 50 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX,... à monseigneur le tresorier Robertet,... Du camp lez Cremonne, le IIme jour de septembre » ; 51 « Double de la lectre que ANTHONY BILY a escripte à M. de Lamet,... A Baden, le IIme de septembre » ; 52 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX,... au roy... Au camp de Suarce, le Vme jour de septembre » ; 53 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX,... au roy... Au camp de Gibel, le VIIIme de septembre » ; 54 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX,... à monseigneur le tresorier Robertet,... Au camp de Fontenil, le XIme de septembre » ; 55 « Double d'un article d'une lectre de monseigneur l'evesque de Therbe. De Millan, le XIIme septembre » ; 56 « Double de l'article de monseigneur DE LAUTREC » ; 57 Lettre de « THOMAS DE FOIX,... au roy... De Sainct Second, ce XXIIIe jour de septembre » ; 58 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX » au roi. « Au camp à Polesne, le IIIe jour d'octobre » ; 59 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX,... à monseigneur le tresorier Robertet,... Au camp de Polesne, le IIIme jour d'octobre » ; 60 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX,... au roy... Au camp de Sforcelle, le IIIIme d'octobre » ; 61 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX,... au roy... Au camp de Esforcelle, le IIIIe jour d'octobre » ; 62 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX,... à monseigneur le tresorier Robertet,... Au camp de Sforcelle, le IIIIme d'octobre » ; 63 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX,... à monseigneur le tresorier Robertet,... Au camp à bourdelan, le VIIe octobre » ; 64 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX,... au roy... Au camp à Byne, le XIe jour d'octobre » ; 65 Lettre d' «ODET DE FOYX,... au roy... Au camp de Byne, le XIIme jour d'octobre » ; 66 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX,... au roy... Au camp de Robec, le XXme jour d'octobre » ; 67 Lettre de « FRANÇOYSE DE FOYX [dame DE CHATEAUBRIANT] à monseigneur d'Alluye, tresorier de France... A Compiegne, ce XXIIe jour d'octobre » ; 68 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX » au roi. « Au camp à Robec, le XXIIIme jour d'octobre » ; 69 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX,... à Madame... Au camp à Robec, le XXIIIme jour d'octobre » ; 70 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX,... au roy... Au camp à Robec, le derrain jour d'octobre » ; 71 Lettre d'«ODET DE FOYX,... à monseigneur le tresorier Robertet,... De Rome, le XXme jour de novembre »

Brock vs Concordia

Marty Calder of Brock wrestles Anthony Merlo of Concordia. This photograph has been translated into a painting which can now be seen just outside the Ian D. Beddis Gymnasium.

The social consequences of mild head injury and executive dysfunction /

Mild head injury (MHI) is a serious cause of neurological impairment as is evident by the substantial percentage (15%) of individuals who remain symptomatic at least 1-year following "mild" head trauma. However, there is a paucity of research investigating the social consequences following a MHI. The first objective of this study was to examine whether measures of executive functioning were predictive of specific forms of antisocial behaviour, such as reactive aggression, impulsive antisocial behaviour, behavioural disinhibition, and deficits in social awareness after controlling for the variance accounted for by sex differences. The second objective was to investigate whether a history of MHI was predictive of these same social consequences after controlling for both sex differences and executive functioning. Ninety university students participated in neuropsychological testing and filled out self-report questionnaires. Fifty-two percent of the sample self-reported experiencing a MHI. As expected, men were more reactively aggressive and antisocial than women. Furthermore, executive dysfunction predicted reactive aggression and impulsive antisocial behaviour after controlling for sex differences. Finally, as expected, MHI status predicted reactive aggression, impulsive antisocial behaviour, and behavioural disinhibition after controlling for sex and executive fimctioning. MHI status and executive functioning did not predict social awareness or sensitivity to reward or punishment. These results suggest that incurring a MHI has serious social consequences that mirror the neurobehavioural profile following severe cases of brain injury. Therefore, the social sequelae after MHI imply a continuum of behavioural deficits between MHI and more severe forms of brain injury.

Far infrared optical properties of V and Cr doped Sb2Te3 /

The far infrared reflectance of Sb2Te3 , Sbi.97Vo.o3Te3 and Sbi.94Cr .o6Te3 was measured near normal incidence at different temperatures (between 45K and 300K). The direct current resistivities of the above samples were also measured between the temperatures of 4K and 300K. Also Kramers Kronig (KK) analyses were performed on the reflectance spectra to obtain the optical conductivities. In the doped samples, it was observed that a phonon at 62cm-1 softens to about 55cm-1 on decreasing the temperature from 295K to 45K. Also, it was observed that the plasma frequency of the doped samples is independent of doping. The scattering rate for the vanadium doped sample was seen to be greater than that for the chromium doped sample despite the fact that vanadium impurity density is less than that of chromium. The Drude-Lorentz model fits to the KK optical conductivity show that the samples used in this work are conventional metals. Definitive measurements of the temperature dependence of the scattering rate across the ferromagnetic transition await equipment changes allowing measurements at low temperature using the mercury cadmium telluride (MCT) detector.

Grade 9 students' perceptions of the impact of a Drop Everything and Read (D.E.A.R.) program /

Educators continually look for strategies to enhance and improve the reading practices of their students. This is an especially challenging task for secondary level teachers as high school students often lack intrinsic motivation to read for pleasure (Bucher & Manning, 2004; Horton, 2005; Wooicott, Research Pty. Ltd. 2001). The purpose of this study was to detennine the effects of the Drop Everything and Read (D.E.A.R.) program on writing, on reading, and on grades, from the perspective of eight Grade 9 students. Of particular interest were the students' perceptions of the effect that participation in the program had on their grades, their writing, their motivation to reading, and their concept of themselves as readers. The eight participants were tracked over the course of a semester. Using qualitative research techniques, data were collected from four sources: two student surveys, researcher's daily field observations, students' weekly reading logs, and three open-ended one-on-one interviews. In order to gain an understanding of the impact of the D.E.A.R program, the data were corroborated, and analyzed with NVivo: N7 (2006). From the data analysis, five themes emerged as a function of the Grade 9 students' experiences in the D.E.A.R. program: Reading Preferences, Time Spent Reading, Making Associations with Reading for Pleasure, Perceptions of Self-as-Reader, and Evaluations of the D.E.A.R Program. In the interest of supporting students' positive reading habits and for the future implementation, these five themes are presented as a series of findings together with recommendations for practice.

Sedimentology and stratigraphy of the Lower Silurian Grimsby formation, in subsurface, Lake Erie and Southwestern Ontario

Since the first offshore Lake Erie well was drilled in 1941, the Grimsby and Thorold formations of the Cataract Group have been economically important to the oil and gas industry of Ontario. The Cataract Group provides a significant amount of Ontario's gas production primarily from wells located on Lake Erie. The Grimsby - Thorold formations are the result of nearshore estuarine processes influenced by tides on a prograding shelf and are composed of subtidal channel complexes, discrete tidal channels, mud flats and non-marine deposits. Deposition was related to a regressive - transgressive cycle associated with eustatic sea level changes caused by the melting and resurgence of continental glaciation centred in Africa in the Late Ordovician/Early Silurian. Grimsby deposition began during a regression with the deposition of subtidal channel complexes incised into the marine deposits of the Cabot Head Formation. The presence of mud drapes and mud couplets suggest that these deposits were influenced by tides. These deposits dominate the lower half of the Grimsby. Deposition continued with a change from these subtidal channel complexes to laterally migrating, discrete, shallow tidal channels and mud flats. These were in turn overlain by the non-marine deposits of the Thorold Formation. Grimsby - Thorold deposition ended with a major transgression replacing siliciclastic deposition with primarily carbonate deposition. Sediment was sourced from the east and southeast and associated with a continuation of the Taconic Orogeny into the Early Silurian. The fluvial head of the estuary prograded from a shoreline that was located in western New York and western Pennsylvania running NNE-SSW and then turning NW-SE and paralleling the present day Lake Erie shoreline. iii The facies attributed to the Grimsby - Thorold formations can be ascribed to the three zones within the tripartite zonation suggested by Dalrymple et ale (1992) for estuaries, that is, a marine-dominated facies, a mixed energy facies, and a facies that is dominated by fluvial processes. Also, sediments within the Grimsby - Thorold are commonly fining upwards sequences which are common in estuarine settings whereas deltaic deposits are normally composed of coarsening upwards sequences in a vertical wedge shape with coarser material near the head. The only coarsening observed was in the Thorold Formation and attributed to non-marine deposition by palynological evidence. The presence of a lag deposit at the base of the sediments of the Grimsby Thorold formations suggests that they were incised into the Cabot Head Formation. Further, the thickness of Early Silurian sediments located between the top of the Queenston Formation, where Early Silurian sedimentation began, to the top of the Reynales - Irondequoit formation are constant whether the Grimsby - Thorold formations are present or not. Also, cross-sections using a sand body located in the Cabot Head Formation for correlation further imply that the Grimsby Formation has been incised into the previous deposits of the Cabot Head.

A possible role for chemokine signalling through CXCR4 as a downstream effector of retinoic acid signalling in the regenerating tail and spinal cord of Notophthalmus viridescens

The newt, Notopthalmus viridescens is one of the few tet rapod vertebrates capable of extensive regeneration of the central nervous system, however, the factors involved in this process are still unknown. Chemokine signalling through the receptor CXCR4, has been found to be involved in the development of the central nervous system of mammals and more recently in epimorphic fin regeneration in zebrafish. We have hypothesized that the CXCR4 signalling pathway is involved in spinal cord and tail regeneration in the adul t newt , possibly as a downstream target of retinoic acid signalling. We found that CXCR4 mRNA expression was observed in the brain, spinal cord, heart, gut, liver and regenerating tail blastemas. CXCR4 expression increased over the f i rst 12 days of tail regeneration and returned to basal expression levels at day 21 of regeneration. Inhibition of CXCR4 wi th AMD3100, a specific receptor antagonist, led to a decrease in CXCR4 mRNA in the regenerating tail 14 days post amputation. Histological analysis suggests a delay in the early stages of tail and spinal cord regeneration. Spinal cord explants t reated wi th CXCL12, the ligand to CXCR4, displayed enhanced neurite outgrowth in vitro. Explants t reated wi th AMD3100 abolished any retinoic acid enhanced neurite outgrowth effects suggesting a link between these signalling pathways.