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Pairings: Quintets and Duos from the Collaborative Piano Repertoire

Chamber music with piano comprises some of the greatest masterpieces in the Western canon. The works range from duo sonatas with various instruments through septets. In regard to duo sonatas, the violin is the instrument most frequently paired with the piano. Of all the chamber works for larger ensembles, the most popular is the quintet. In this dissertation, I will be exploring the similarities and differences between the duo sonatas and quintets of a given composer. I will be surveying Robert Schumann’s Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44 along with his Violin and Piano Sonata in A Minor, Op. 105. The next pairing will be Johannes Brahms’ Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34 and his Piano and Violin Sonata in D Minor, Op. 108. Dmitri Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57 and his Cello and Piano Sonata in D Minor, Op. 40 will be the last two works examined in this dissertation. This dissertation project consisted of three recitals, presented in the Gildenhorn Recital Hall at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center of the University of Maryland. The recitals featured works by Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann and Dmitri Shostakovich and took place on March 14, 2014, February 13, 2015 and November 22, 2015. All three recitals were recorded on compact discs, which can be accessed at the Digital Repository at the University of Maryland (DRUM) and at the University of Maryland Hornbake Library.

”Sillä sinä kasvatat filosofia, kilvoittelijaa ja taivaan kansalaista” ‒ Kasvattajat, kasvatuksen menetelmät ja päämäärät kirkkoisä Johannes Khrysostomoksen (349–407) mukaan

Pro gradu -tutkielmani aiheena on kirkkoisä Johannes Khrysostomoksen (349–407) käsitykset lastenkasvatuksesta. Kyseessä on temaattinen tutkimus, jonka olen jakanut lastenkasvatuksen kolmeen käsiteltävään teemaan: kasvattajiin, kasvatusmenetelmiin ja kasvatuksen päämääriin. Ajallisesti tutkimus rajoittuu 300-luvun viimeisille vuosikymmenille ja 400-luvun alkuun, jolloin Khrysostomos toimi kirkon työssä ja kirjoitti saarnoja, jotka ovat tutkimukseni päälähteitä. Paikallinen rajaus tulee Khrysostomoksen vaikutusalueista, Antiokiasta ja Konstantinopolista. Ajallisesti ja paikallisesti tutkimuksessa teen kuitenkin vertailuja myös laajemmin. Tutkimukseni yksi lähtökohdista onkin tutkia ajallista jatkumoa ja toisaalta muutoksia. Myös paikallisesti vertailen Khrysostomoksen ajatuksia läntisten vaikuttajien näkemyksiin. Varsinaisesti vertailevasta tutkimuksesta ei kuitenkaan ole kyse, vaan Khrysostomos on tutkimukseni keskiössä. Muiden kirjoittajien teksteillä luon kontekstia tutkimukseeni. Khrysostomos korosti teksteissään, erityisesti päälähteessäni eli hänen kasvatusohjeissaan, vanhempien merkitystä kasvattajina. Hän antoi ohjeita erityisesti hengelliseen kasvattamiseen, jossa molemmilla vanhemmilla oli tehtävänsä. Sukupuolirooleilla oli merkitystä kasvatuksessa. Pojat olivat erityisesti isän kasvatuksen alaisia, tyttäret äidin. Sukupuoli vaikutti kasvatukseen myös sikäli, että odotukset tulevista sukupuolirooleista olivat erilaiset tytöillä ja pojilla. Tytöistä kasvatettiin yleensä tulevia vaimoja ja perheenäitejä, jotka huolehtisivat kotitaloudesta, pojista aviomiehiä ja perheenisiä, joiden vastuulla koko perheen talous olisi. Sukupuolirooleja tärkeämpää Khrysostomokselle oli kuitenkin kasvatuksen hengellinen päämäärä. Niin pojista kuin tytöistä tuli kasvattaa kristillisiä aikuisia, jotka kävisivät kirkossa ja lukisivat Raamattua. Hengelliseen kasvatukseen kuului Raamatun tarinoiden opettamista, Raamatun henkilöiden asettamista esikuviksi sekä kristillisten arvojen välittämistä lapsille. Moni asia oli kuitenkin säilynyt samanlaisena kuin jo pakanallisen antiikin ajalla. Edelleen kuritusta käytettiin kasvatuksessa samoin kuin palkitsemista. Myös ajatus vanhempien omasta esimerkillisyydestä oli jo monilla antiikin kirjoittajilla läsnä. Kaiken ytimessä oli kristinusko. Sen tuli näkyä kasvatuksessa, kuten kaikilla muillakin elämänalueilla. Toisaalta hengellinen kasvu kesti läpi elämän.

”Sillä sinä kasvatat filosofia, kilvoittelijaa ja taivaan kansalaista” ‒ Kasvattajat, kasvatuksen menetelmät ja päämäärät kirkkoisä Johannes Khrysostomoksen (349–407) mukaan

Pro gradu -tutkielmani aiheena on kirkkoisä Johannes Khrysostomoksen (349–407) käsitykset lastenkasvatuksesta. Kyseessä on temaattinen tutkimus, jonka olen jakanut lastenkasvatuksen kolmeen käsiteltävään teemaan: kasvattajiin, kasvatusmenetelmiin ja kasvatuksen päämääriin. Ajallisesti tutkimus rajoittuu 300-luvun viimeisille vuosikymmenille ja 400-luvun alkuun, jolloin Khrysostomos toimi kirkon työssä ja kirjoitti saarnoja, jotka ovat tutkimukseni päälähteitä. Paikallinen rajaus tulee Khrysostomoksen vaikutusalueista, Antiokiasta ja Konstantinopolista. Ajallisesti ja paikallisesti tutkimuksessa teen kuitenkin vertailuja myös laajemmin. Tutkimukseni yksi lähtökohdista onkin tutkia ajallista jatkumoa ja toisaalta muutoksia. Myös paikallisesti vertailen Khrysostomoksen ajatuksia läntisten vaikuttajien näkemyksiin. Varsinaisesti vertailevasta tutkimuksesta ei kuitenkaan ole kyse, vaan Khrysostomos on tutkimukseni keskiössä. Muiden kirjoittajien teksteillä luon kontekstia tutkimukseeni. Khrysostomos korosti teksteissään, erityisesti päälähteessäni eli hänen kasvatusohjeissaan, vanhempien merkitystä kasvattajina. Hän antoi ohjeita erityisesti hengelliseen kasvattamiseen, jossa molemmilla vanhemmilla oli tehtävänsä. Sukupuolirooleilla oli merkitystä kasvatuksessa. Pojat olivat erityisesti isän kasvatuksen alaisia, tyttäret äidin. Sukupuoli vaikutti kasvatukseen myös sikäli, että odotukset tulevista sukupuolirooleista olivat erilaiset tytöillä ja pojilla. Tytöistä kasvatettiin yleensä tulevia vaimoja ja perheenäitejä, jotka huolehtisivat kotitaloudesta, pojista aviomiehiä ja perheenisiä, joiden vastuulla koko perheen talous olisi. Sukupuolirooleja tärkeämpää Khrysostomokselle oli kuitenkin kasvatuksen hengellinen päämäärä. Niin pojista kuin tytöistä tuli kasvattaa kristillisiä aikuisia, jotka kävisivät kirkossa ja lukisivat Raamattua. Hengelliseen kasvatukseen kuului Raamatun tarinoiden opettamista, Raamatun henkilöiden asettamista esikuviksi sekä kristillisten arvojen välittämistä lapsille. Moni asia oli kuitenkin säilynyt samanlaisena kuin jo pakanallisen antiikin ajalla. Edelleen kuritusta käytettiin kasvatuksessa samoin kuin palkitsemista. Myös ajatus vanhempien omasta esimerkillisyydestä oli jo monilla antiikin kirjoittajilla läsnä. Kaiken ytimessä oli kristinusko. Sen tuli näkyä kasvatuksessa, kuten kaikilla muillakin elämänalueilla. Toisaalta hengellinen kasvu kesti läpi elämän.

Contrasts: Quartets and Art Songs of the Nineteenth Century

The nineteenth-century Romantic era saw the development and expansion of many vocal and instrumental forms that had originated in the Classical era. In particular, the German lied and French mélodie matured as art forms, and they found a kind of equilibrium between piano and vocal lines. Similarly, the nineteenth-century piano quartet came into its own as a form of true chamber music in which all instruments participated equally in the texture. Composers such as Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, and Gabriel Fauré offer particularly successful examples of both art song and piano quartets that represent these genres at their highest level of artistic complexity. Their works have become the cornerstones of the modern collaborative pianist’s repertoire. My dissertation explored both the art songs and the piano quartets of these three composers and studied the different skills needed by a pianist performing both types of works. This project included the following art song cycles: Robert Schumann’s Dichterliebe, Gabriel Fauré’s Poème d’un Jour, and Johannes Brahms’ Zigeunerlieder. I also performed Schumann’s Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47, Fauré’s Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 15, and Brahms’ Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25. My collaborators included: Zachariah Matteson, violin and viola; Kristin Bakkegard, violin; Molly Jones, cello; Geoffrey Manyin, cello; Karl Mitze, viola; Emily Riggs, soprano, and Matthew Hill, tenor. This repertoire was presented over the course of three recitals on February 13, 2015, December 11, 2015, March 25, 2016 at the University of Maryland’s Gildenhorn Recital Hall. These recitals can be found in the Digital Repository at the University of Maryland (DRUM).

Archaeology and History at the Johannes Kolb Site–38DA75

This document describes the Johannes Kolb archaeological site in Darlington County, S.C.

Ecological Literacy And Beyond: Problem-based Learning For Future Professionals.

Ecological science contributes to solving a broad range of environmental problems. However, lack of ecological literacy in practice often limits application of this knowledge. In this paper, we highlight a critical but often overlooked demand on ecological literacy: to enable professionals of various careers to apply scientific knowledge when faced with environmental problems. Current university courses on ecology often fail to persuade students that ecological science provides important tools for environmental problem solving. We propose problem-based learning to improve the understanding of ecological science and its usefulness for real-world environmental issues that professionals in careers as diverse as engineering, public health, architecture, social sciences, or management will address. Courses should set clear learning objectives for cognitive skills they expect students to acquire. Thus, professionals in different fields will be enabled to improve environmental decision-making processes and to participate effectively in multidisciplinary work groups charged with tackling environmental issues.

Bone Marrow Concentrate and Bovine Bone Mineral for Sinus Floor Augmentation: A Controlled, Randomized, Single-Blinded Clinical and Histological Trial-Per-Protocol Analysis

Purpose: The purpose of this work was to evaluate the potential of substituting autogenous bone (AB) by bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC). Both AB and BMAC were tested in combination with a bovine bone mineral (BBM) for their ability of new bone formation (NBF) in a multicentric, randomized, controlled, clinical and histological noninferiority trial. Materials and Methods: Forty-five severely atrophied maxillary sinus from 26 patients were evaluated in a partial cross-over design. As test arm, 34 sinus of 25 patients were augmented with BBM and BMAC containing mesenchymal stem cells. Eleven control sinus from 11 patients were augmented with a mixture of 70% BBM and 30% AB. Biopsies were obtained after a 3-4-month healing period at time of implant placement and histomorphometrically analyzed for NBF. Results: NBF was 14.3%+/- 1.8% for the control and nonsignificantly lower (12.6%+/- 1.7%) for the test (90% confidence interval: -4.6 to 1.2). Values for BBM (31.3%+/- 2.7%) were significantly higher for the test compared with control (19.3%+/- 2.5%) (p < 0.0001). Nonmineralized tissue was lower by 3.3% in the test compared with control (57.6%; p = 0.137). Conclusions: NBF after 3-4 months is equivalent in sinus, augmented with BMAC and BBM or a mixture of AB and BBM. This technique could be an alternative for using autografts to stimulate bone formation.

A Genome-Wide Association Study of Upper Aerodigestive Tract Cancers Conducted within the INHANCE Consortium

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been successful in identifying common genetic variation involved in susceptibility to etiologically complex disease. We conducted a GWAS to identify common genetic variation involved in susceptibility to upper aero-digestive tract (UADT) cancers. Genome-wide genotyping was carried out using the Illumina HumanHap300 beadchips in 2,091 UADT cancer cases and 3,513 controls from two large European multi-centre UADT cancer studies, as well as 4,821 generic controls. The 19 top-ranked variants were investigated further in an additional 6,514 UADT cancer cases and 7,892 controls of European descent from an additional 13 UADT cancer studies participating in the INHANCE consortium. Five common variants presented evidence for significant association in the combined analysis (p <= 5 x 10(-7)). Two novel variants were identified, a 4q21 variant (rs1494961, p = 1 x 10(-8)) located near DNA repair related genes HEL308 and FAM175A (or Abraxas) and a 12q24 variant (rs4767364, p = 2 x 10(-8)) located in an extended linkage disequilibrium region that contains multiple genes including the aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) gene. Three remaining variants are located in the ADH gene cluster and were identified previously in a candidate gene study involving some of these samples. The association between these three variants and UADT cancers was independently replicated in 5,092 UADT cancer cases and 6,794 controls non-overlapping samples presented here (rs1573496-ADH7, p = 5 x 10(-8); rs1229984-ADH1B, p = 7 x 10(-9); and rs698-ADH1C, p = 0.02). These results implicate two variants at 4q21 and 12q24 and further highlight three ADH variants in UADT cancer susceptibility.

Stability of biomass-derived black carbon in soils

Black carbon (BC) may play ail important role in the global C budget, due to its potential to act as a significant sink of atmospheric CO(2). In order to fully evaluate the influence of BC oil the global C cycle, in understanding of the stability of BC is required. The biochemical stability of BC was assessed in a chronosequence of high-BC-containing Anthrosols from the central Amazon, Brazil, using a range of spectroscopic and biological methods. Results revealed that the Anthrosols had 61-80% lower (P < 0.05) CO(2) evolution per unit C over 532 days compared to their respective adjacent soils with low BC contents. No significant (P > 0.05) difference in CO(2) respiration per unit C was observed between Anthrosols with contrasting ages of BC (600-8700 years BP) Lind soil textures (0.3-36% clay). Similarly, the molecular composition of the core regions of micrometer-sized BC particles quantified by synchrotron-based Near-Edge X-ray Fine Structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy coupled to Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy (STXM) remained similar regardless of their ages and closely resembled the spectral characteristics or fresh BC. BC decomposed extremely slowly to ail extent that it was not possible to detect chemical changes between Youngest and oldest samples, as also confirmed by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS). Deconvolution of NEXAFS spectra revealed greater oxidation oil the surfaces of BC particles with little penetration into the core of the particles. The similar C mineralization between different BC-rich soils regardless of soil texture underpins the importance of chemical recalcitrance for the stability of BC, in contrast to adjacent soils which showed the highest mineralization in the sandiest soil. However, the BC-rich Anthrosols had higher proportions (72-90%) of C in the more stable organo-mineral fraction than BC-poor adjacent soils (2-70%), Suggesting some degree of physical stabilization. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Runoff sources and land cover change in the Amazon: an end-member mixing analysis from small watersheds

The flowpaths by which water moves from watersheds to streams has important consequences for the runoff dynamics and biogeochemistry of surface waters in the Amazon Basin. The clearing of Amazon forest to cattle pasture has the potential to change runoff sources to streams by shifting runoff to more surficial flow pathways. We applied end-member mixing analysis (EMMA) to 10 small watersheds throughout the Amazon in which solute composition of streamwater and groundwater, overland flow, soil solution, throughfall and rainwater were measured, largely as part of the Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia. We found a range in the extent to which streamwater samples fell within the mixing space determined by potential flowpath end-members, suggesting that some water sources to streams were not sampled. The contribution of overland flow as a source of stream flow was greater in pasture watersheds than in forest watersheds of comparable size. Increases in overland flow contribution to pasture streams ranged in some cases from 0% in forest to 27-28% in pasture and were broadly consistent with results from hydrometric sampling of Amazon forest and pasture watersheds that indicate 17- to 18-fold increase in the overland flow contribution to stream flow in pastures. In forest, overland flow was an important contribution to stream flow (45-57%) in ephemeral streams where flows were dominated by stormflow. Overland flow contribution to stream flow decreased in importance with increasing watershed area, from 21 to 57% in forest and 60-89% in pasture watersheds of less than 10 ha to 0% in forest and 27-28% in pastures in watersheds greater than 100 ha. Soil solution contributions to stream flow were similar across watershed area and groundwater inputs generally increased in proportion to decreases in overland flow. Application of EMMA across multiple watersheds indicated patterns across gradients of stream size and land cover that were consistent with patterns determined by detailed hydrometric sampling.

Estimation of Mass Transfer Velocity Based on Measured Turbulence Parameters

The aim of this study is to quantify the mass transfer velocity using turbulence parameters from simultaneous measurements of oxygen concentration fields and velocity fields. The surface divergence model was considered in more detail, using data obtained for the lower range of beta (surface divergence). It is shown that the existing models that use the divergence concept furnish good predictions for the transfer velocity also for low values of beta, in the range of this study. Additionally, traditional conceptual models, such as the film model, the penetration-renewal model, and the large eddy model, were tested using the simultaneous information of concentration and velocity fields. It is shown that the film and the surface divergence models predicted the mass transfer velocity for all the range of the equipment Reynolds number used here. The velocity measurements showed viscosity effects close to the surface, which indicates that the surface was contaminated with some surfactant. Considering the results, this contamination can be considered slight for the mass transfer predictions. (C) 2009 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 56: 2005-2017; 2010

Retrograde delivery of photosensitizer (TPPp-O-beta-GluOH)(3) selectively potentiates its photodynamic activity

Photodynamic therapy involves administration of a photosensitizing drug and its subsequent activation by visible light of the appropriate wavelength. Several approaches to increasing the specificity of photosensitizers for cancerous tissues and, in particular, through their conjugation to ligands that are directed against tumor-associated antigens have been investigated. Here, we have studied the delivery of the photocytotoxic porphyrin compound TPP(p-O-beta-D-GluOH)(3) into tumor cells that overexpress the glycosphingolipid Gb3, using the Gb3-binding nontoxic B-subunit of Shiga toxin (STxB) as a vector. To allow for site-directed chemical coupling, an STxB variant carrying a free sulfhydryl moiety at its C-terminal end has been used. Binding affinity, cellular uptake, singlet oxygen quantum yield, and phototoxicity of the conjugate have been examined. Despite some effect of coupling on both the photophysical properties of TPP(p-O-beta-D-GluOH)(3) and the affinity of STxB for its receptor, the conjugate exhibited a higher photocytotoxic activity than the photosensitizer alone and was exquisitely selective for Gb3-expressing tumor cells. Furthermore, our data strongly suggest that STxB-mediated retrograde delivery of the photosensitizer to the biosynthetic/secretory pathway is critical for optimal cytotoxic activity. In conclusion, a strong rationale for using retrograde delivery tools such as STxB in combination with photosensitizing agents for the photodynamic therapy of tumors is presented.

Presence of the metabolic syndrome is associated with reduced adiponectin levels and liver dysfunction in patients with type 2 diabetes

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