Bituminous Mixes Prepared with Foamed Asphalt, Iowa Highway Research Board Bulletin No. 18, 1960

A contract for Project HR-20 "Treating Loess, Fine Sands and Soft Limestones with Liquid Binders" of the Iowa Highway Research Board was awarded in December, 1951, to the Iowa Engineering Experiment Station of Iowa State University as its Project 295-S. By 1954 the studies of the fine materials and asphalts had progressed quite well, and a method of treating the fine materials, called the atomization process, had been applied. A study was begun in 1954 to see if some of the problems of the atomization process could be solved with the use of foamed asphalt. Foamed asphalt has several advantages. The foaming of asphalt increases its volume, reduces its viscosity, and alters its surface tension so that it will adhere tenaciously to solids. Foamed asphalt displaces moisture from the surface of a solid and coats it with a thin film. Foamed asphalt can permeate deeply into damp soils. In the past these unusual characteristics were considered nuisances to be avoided if possible.

Tarinamatkalla Islannissa : 5th Celtic-Nordic-Baltic Folklore Symposium on Folk Legends, Reykjavik 14.-18.6.2005

Ajankohtaista

El programa de cooperación interuniversitària de la AECID: 18 años de historia interrumpidos por la crisis econòmica

Nota on es vol fer constar la cancel·lació del “Programa de Cooperación Interuniversitaria” conegut per l'acrònim “PCI” de l' “Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo” (AECID), un dels programes més exitosos y de més llarga tradició de la cooperació espanyola

Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index.

Obesity is globally prevalent and highly heritable, but its underlying genetic factors remain largely elusive. To identify genetic loci for obesity susceptibility, we examined associations between body mass index and ∼ 2.8 million SNPs in up to 123,865 individuals with targeted follow up of 42 SNPs in up to 125,931 additional individuals. We confirmed 14 known obesity susceptibility loci and identified 18 new loci associated with body mass index (P < 5 × 10⁻⁸), one of which includes a copy number variant near GPRC5B. Some loci (at MC4R, POMC, SH2B1 and BDNF) map near key hypothalamic regulators of energy balance, and one of these loci is near GIPR, an incretin receptor. Furthermore, genes in other newly associated loci may provide new insights into human body weight regulation.

Crescimento, produção e acúmulo de potássio em bananeira 'Galil 18' sob irrigação e fertilização potássica

O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o crescimento vegetativo, as variáveis de produção e o acúmulo de potássio na parte aérea da bananeira, cultivar Galil 18, sob diferentes níveis de irrigação e de potássio, nas condições de tabuleiro costeiro do Estado da Bahia. Utilizou-se o delineamento experimental de blocos ao acaso, em esquema fatorial 4x4 (lâminas de irrigação x doses de potássio), com três repetições. As lâminas de irrigação se basearam em 30, 60, 90 e 120% da evapotranspiração de referência (ETo). As doses de K2O foram de 0, 400, 800 e 1.200 kg ha-1. Determinaram-se o crescimento vegetativo, as variáveis de produção e o acúmulo de K nos diversos órgãos da parte aérea da planta. As doses de potássio não influenciaram significativamente as variáveis de crescimento e de produção. As lâminas de irrigação tiveram efeito significativo na altura e no diâmetro do pseudocaule, no número de frutos por cacho, na produtividade e na eficiência do uso da água. O pseudocaule é o maior depositário de K na bananeira.

[1 lettre de Louis Aigoin à Antoine Banès, 18 octobre 1898]

L'informe qu'il va déposer à la bibliothèque de l'Opéra-Comique les 15 volumes reliés des principaux opéras de Boieldieu, son grand père. - Ancienne cote : Dossier d'artiste Boieldieu

[1 lettre autographe signée de Jules Barbier et Ambroise Thomas à Vaucorbeil, 18 juin 1880]

Au sujet de "Françoise de Rimini" et de Madame Adler-Devriès

[1 lettre d'Étienne Nétien à Halanzier, 18 mai 1876]

Lui fait part de l'incendie qui a ravagé le Théâtre des Arts de Rouen et la bibliothèque musicale de la ville. Sollicite l'expertise du bibliothécaire de l'Opéra pour évaluer le prix des œuvres perdues. - La lettre adressée au directeur de l'Opéra a été transmise à Charles Nuitter mais la liste des partitions jointe à la lettre est absente. - Armes de la ville et papier à en-tête: "Mairie de Rouen. Cabinet du Maire". - La lettre est accompagnée d'une note de Jules Delahaye, secrétaire général de l'Opéra, à l'attention de Nuitter

Pohjolan kartan historia : näyttely Sederholmin talossa 18.10.2006 - 25.2.2007

Pohjola piirtyy kartalle - myyteistä todellisuuteen. Näyttely Sederholmin talossa 18.10.2006 - 25.2.2007

Daily energy expenditure in free-living conditions in obese and non-obese children: comparison of doubly labelled water (2H2(18)O) method and heart-rate monitoring.

OBJECTIVE: To compare the heart-rate monitoring with the doubly labelled water (2H2(18)O) method to estimate total daily energy expenditure in obese and non-obese children. DESIGN: Cross sectional study of obese and normal weight children. SUBJECTS: 13 prepubertal children: six obese (4M, 2F, 9.1 +/- 1.5 years, 47.3 +/- 9.7 kg) and seven non-obese (3M, 4F, 9.3 +/- 0.6 years, 31.8 +/- 3.2 kg). MEASUREMENTS: Total daily energy expenditure was assessed by means of the doubly labelled water method (TEEDLW) and of heart-rate monitoring (TEEHR). RESULTS: TEEHR was significantly (P < 0.05) higher than TEEDLW in obese children (9.47 +/- 0.84 MJ/d vs 8.99 +/- 0.63 MJ/d) whereas it was not different in non-obese children (8.43 +/- 2.02 MJ/d vs 8.42 +/- 2.30 MJ/d, P = NS). The difference of TEE assessed by HR monitoring in the obese group averaged 6.2 +/- 4.7%. At the individual level, the degree of agreement (difference between TEEHR and TEEDLW +/- 2s.d.) was low both in obese (-0.36, 1.32 MJ/d) and in non-obese children (-1.30, 1.34 MJ/d). At the group level, the agreement between the two methods was good in nonobese children (95% c.i. for the bias:-0.59, 0.63 MJ/d) but not in obese children (0.04, 0.92 MJ/d). Duration of sleep and energy expenditure during resting and physical activity were not significantly different in the two groups. Patterns of heart-rate (or derived energy expenditure) during the day-time were similar in obese and non-obese children. CONCLUSION: The HR monitoring technique provides an estimation of TEE close to that assessed by the DLW method in non-obese prepubertal children. In comparison with DLW, the HR monitoring method yields a greater TEE value in obese children.

Prostate cancer: F-18-fluorocholine PET-CT utility. [Cancer de la prostate : utilité de la TEP-TDM à la 18F-fluorocholine.]

In oncology, positron emission computed tomography (PET/CT) has become an essential tool for initial staging, response evaluation and follow-up of cancer patients. Most of the frequent tumors (lung, breast, esophagus, and lymphomas) are highly avid for (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)FDG), but prostate cancer has not demonstrated significant uptake of FDG. The development of new tracers labeled with (18)F such as choline analogs allowed already to obtain interesting results particularly in patients with biological relapse and inconclusive conventional imaging workup. The impact of (18)F-flurocholine PET/CT on patient management needs to be validated in large studies, but many centers use already this examination in order to guide further management, including radiotherapy planning. (C) 2011 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.