1.° Anonymi tractatus de compositione astrolabii. — 2.° Theorica planetarum : authore Gerardo Carmonensi. — 3.° Joannis de Sacrobosco tractatus de sphaera : multa sub finem desiderantur. — 4.° Practica ad componendum cylindrum. — 5.° Compositio astrolabii nova. — 6.° Canones quadrantis novi. — 7.° Canones cylindri. — 8.° Canones astrolabii. — 9.° Anonymi tractatus de compositione sphaerae solidae cum armillis. — 10.° Anonymi practica de modo mensurandi in geometria. — 11.° Algorismus specialis et astronomicus. — 12.° La maniére de connoistre les heures de nuit. — 13.° Anonymi tractatus de compositione quadrantis. — 14.° Canones, sive utilitates quadrantis.

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Davis County, Township 70 North Range 13 West

Des Moines River Plat Maps.

Wapello County, Township 71 North Range 13 West

Des Moines River Plat Maps.

Wapello County, Township 72 North Range 13 West

Des Moines River Plat Maps.

Wapello County, Township 73 North Range 13 West

Des Moines River Plat Maps.

Asphalt Cement Containing AC-13, HR-522, Final Report, 1988

Stopping and turning maneuvers on high traffic volume asphalt cement concrete surfaced roads and streets often cause distortion of the pavement. Distortion may show up as excessive rutting in the wheel path, shoving of the pavement and/or rippling of the surface. Often times repeated corrective work such as cold milling or heater planing is required in these areas to maintain the pavement surface in a reasonable condition. In recent years polymer additives have been developed for asphalt cement concrete paving mixes that show promise in improving the inplace stability of the pavements. AC-13 (Styrelf 13) available from Bitucote Products Company, St. Louis, Missouri is an asphalt cement that has been modified by an additive to exhibit characteristics of very high stability in asphalt mixes.

Circulating sex hormones and breast cancer risk factors in postmenopausal women: reanalysis of 13 studies.

BACKGROUND: Breast cancer risk for postmenopausal women is positively associated with circulating concentrations of oestrogens and androgens, but the determinants of these hormones are not well understood. METHODS: Cross-sectional analyses of breast cancer risk factors and circulating hormone concentrations in more than 6000 postmenopausal women controls in 13 prospective studies. RESULTS: Concentrations of all hormones were lower in older than younger women, with the largest difference for dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEAS), whereas sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) was higher in the older women. Androgens were lower in women with bilateral ovariectomy than in naturally postmenopausal women, with the largest difference for free testosterone. All hormones were higher in obese than lean women, with the largest difference for free oestradiol, whereas SHBG was lower in obese women. Smokers of 15+ cigarettes per day had higher levels of all hormones than non-smokers, with the largest difference for testosterone. Drinkers of 20+ g alcohol per day had higher levels of all hormones, but lower SHBG, than non-drinkers, with the largest difference for DHEAS. Hormone concentrations were not strongly related to age at menarche, parity, age at first full-term pregnancy or family history of breast cancer. CONCLUSION: Sex hormone concentrations were strongly associated with several established or suspected risk factors for breast cancer, and may mediate the effects of these factors on breast cancer risk.

Die Frauenfelder Fragmente von Konrad Flecks "Flore und Blanscheflur". Zugleich ein Beitrag zur alemannischen Handschriftenüberlieferung des 13. Jahrhunderts

Die heute im Archiv der katholischen Kirchengemeinde Frauenfeld, Schweiz, verwahrten ältesten Fragmente von ,Flore und Blanscheflur' gehören zu den bedeutendsten Zeugen der frühen mittelhochdeutschen Überlieferung. Der Aufsatz bietet eine detaillierte kodikologische, paläographische und dialektologische Untersuchung der in der neueren Forschung vernachlässigten Bruchstücke. Anhand einer genauen Autopsie der erhaltenen Reste können die materiale Struktur der ursprünglichen Vollhandschrift und auch der gestufte Prozess ihrer Makulierung rekonstruiert werden. Als ihr Besitzer im 14. Jahrhundert wird ein Frauenfelder Priester und Pfründstifter, Nikolaus Rüdiger von Messkirch, vermutet. Anlässlich der jeweils nicht eindeutigen Datierung und Lokalisierung der Fragmente werden grundsätzliche Überlegungen zu methodischen Problemen der mediävistischen Handschriftenkunde angestellt. Die Ergebnisse betreffen vor allem zwei Punkte: (1) Layoutmerkmale - im vorliegenden Fall: abgesetzt notierte Verse - sollten bei post quem-Datierungen nicht als Ausschlusskriterium, sondern nur als Indiz herangezogen werden; dabei sollte die Möglichkeit einer direkten Beeinflussung durch französische Vorbilder in Betracht gezogen werden, deren Layoute sich im deutschen Raum im Regelfall erst zeitlich versetzt etablieren. Exemplarisch wird ein bestimmtes Layoutmerkmal der Frauenfelder Fragmente - abgesetzte Verse mit an den rechten Rand gezogenen Reimpunkten - in seiner Belegdichte in der französischen und auch lateinischen Überlieferung seit dem 12. Jahrhundert aufgearbeitet. (2) Bei der Kriterienbildung zur Schriftsprachenbestimmung im Gefolge besonders des ,Historischen südwestdeutschen Sprachatlas' und der auf dem ,Corpus der altdeutschen Originalurkunden' beruhenden Systematisierungen ist für das 13. Jahrhundert zu wenig berücksichtigt worden, dass mit der deutschsprachigen Urkundenüberlieferung das gesamte Belegmaterial erst im letzten Viertel dieses Jahrhunderts einsetzt. Für die erste Hälfte des 13. Jahrhunderts, das die Entwicklung einer neuen literarischen Buchproduktion erlebte und das entsprechende graphematische Wandelerscheinungen erwarten lässt, bilden die daraus gewonnenen Sprachmerkmale keine zuverlässigen Abgrenzungskriterien. Sie sind im Einzelfall zu prüfen, wobei insbesondere im südwestdeutschen Raum aus Gründen des begrenzten Corpus Systematisierungen nur eingeschränkt möglich sind. Exemplarisch werden die Belege eines bestimmten Dialektmerkmals, des sog. ,,ch-Konsonantismus", anhand der gesamten Überlieferung aus dem südwestdeutschen Raum der ersten Jahrhunderthälfte erhoben. Es erweist sich, dass dieses als spezifisch bairisch (ostoberdeutsch) geltende Merkmal auch im alemannischen (westoberdeutschen) Raum für den fraglichen Zeitraum keine Ausnahme bildet. Dabei zeichnen sich Unterschiede in den Schreibungen weltlicher und geistlicher Texte ab.

Th2 activities induced during virgin T cell priming in the absence of IL-4, IL-13, and B cells.

Virgin T cells being primed to Th2-inducing or Th1-inducing Ags, respectively, start to synthesize IL-4 or IFN-gamma as they begin to proliferate. Parallel respective induction of B cells to produce gamma1 or gamma2a switch transcripts provides additional evidence of early divergent Th activity. This report concerns the roles of IL-4, IL-13, and B cells in these early events in vivo. Th2 responses were induced in lymph nodes against hapten-protein given s.c. with killed Bordetella pertussis adjuvant. In T cell proliferation in wild-type mice, IL-4 message up-regulation and gamma1 and epsilon switch transcript production were underway 48-72 h after immunization. The absence of IL-4, IL-13, or B cells did not alter the early T cell proliferative response. The gamma1 and epsilon switch transcript production was still induced in the absence of IL-4, IL-13, or both, but at a reduced level, while the dominance of switching to IgG1 in the extrafollicular hapten-specific plasma cell response was retained. The up-regulation of IL-4 message was not reduced or delayed in the absence of B cells and was only marginally reduced by the absence of IL-13. It is concluded that signals delivered by dendritic cells, which are not dependent on the presence of IL-4, IL-13, or B cells, can prime virgin T cells and induce the early Th2 activities studied. These early events that direct virgin T cells toward Th2 differentiation contrast with the critical later role of Th2 cytokines in selectively expanding Th2 clones and driving further IL-4 synthesis.

Implication of chromosome 13 on hypertension and associated disorders in Lyon hypertensive rats.

BACKGROUND: Hypertension and associated disorders are major risk factors for cardiovascular disease. The Lyon hypertensive rat (LH) is a genetically hypertensive strain that exhibits spontaneous and salt-sensitive hypertension, exaggerated proteinuria, high body weight, hyperlipidemia, and elevated insulin-to-glucose ratio. Previous genetic mapping identified quantitative trait loci (QTLs) influencing blood pressure (BP) on rat chromosome 13 (RNO13) in several models of hypertension. METHODS: To study the effects of a single chromosome on the mapped traits, we generated consomic strains by substituting LH RNO13 with that of the normotensive Brown Norway (BN) strain (LH-13BN) and reciprocal consomics by substituting a BN RNO13 with that of LH (BN-13LH). These reciprocal consomic strains, as well as the two parental strains were characterized for BP, metabolic and morphological parameters. RESULTS: Compared with LH parents, LH-13BN rats showed decreased mean BP (up to -24 mmHg on 2% NaCl in the drinking water), urine proteins and lipids, and increased body weight. Differences between BN-13LH and BN rats were much smaller than those observed between LH-13BN and LH rats, demonstrating the effects of the highly resistant BN genome background. Plasma renin activity was not affected by the substitution of RNO13, despite the significant BP differences. CONCLUSION: The present work demonstrates that RNO13 is a determinant of BP, proteinuria, and plasma lipids in the LH rat. The distinct phenotypic differences between the consomic LH-13BN and the LH make it a powerful model to determine genes and pathways leading to these risk factors for cardiovascular and renal disease.

Iowa AgriNews, July 9, 2015, Vol. 15, no. 13

Crop and livestock summaries for the state of Iowa, produced by the Iowa Department of Agriculture. Previously Agri-News

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