Jahrbücher des deutschen Reichs unter dem sächsischen Hause /

Includes bibliographical references.

Jahrbücher der Deutschen Reichs unter der Herrschaft Kaiser Ottos II /

Includes bibliographical references.

Die Hierodulen,

"Mit Beilagen von Aug. Böckh und Ph. Buttmann."

Feasibility study of a system of staggered industry hours /

"PB-261 983."

Paraíso Terrestre ou Terra sem Mal ?

O impacto cultural e religioso causado pelo encontro dos indígenas e europeus no Novo Mundo me levou à busca de uma reconstrução do universo mental, simbólico e religioso dos povos que viveram no Brasil, nesse período.Para entender as origens, as matrizes fundantes, da religiosidade brasileira busquei, através da análise dos relatos dos cronistas quinhentistas, uma via para essa compreensão. Sabe-se que durante muito tempo a historiografia brasileira desconheceu o fenômeno das Santidades Ameríndias , ou seja, a dimensão dessa religiosidade envolta em magia, mas que pode ser observada e relatada pelos cronistas. Podemos verificar que o sagrado perpassa o campo social e o político dos indígenas brasileiros. Além da crença religiosa, existe a crença em outras forças que regem esse mundo: a crença nas profecias, nas benzeções para afastar os males e na cura ou nos feitiços que podem fazer o mal para seus desafetos. Todavia, nosso propósito não é um estudo da magia ou da religião, mas uma tentativa de abordar as crenças, a religiosidade indígena, nesse Paraíso Terrestre, que por um bom tempo foi o Brasil do Século XVI. O principal personagem: o profeta-caraíba é, ao mesmo tempo, sacerdote e fiel seguidor dos princípios tradicionais, fundamentais de sua tribo. Esse guia espiritual, com a missão de derrotar as forças do mal e libertar sua tribo das garras do inimigo, é quem deverá os conduzir até a Terra sem Mal.

Do lutein, zeaxanthin, and macular pigment optical density differ with age or age-related maculopathy?

Background and aims Current age-related macular disease (ARMD) treatment includes antioxidant supplementation. Lutein (L) and zeaxanthin (Z) are antioxidants that make up macularpigment within the retina and may reduce the risk of developing ARMD. Ageing and smoking are leading risk factors for developing ARMD. We investigated differences in dietary, supplemental and retinal L and Z, and smoking habits in healthy younger eyes (HY), healthy older eyes (HO) and eyes with an early form of ARMD called age-related maculopathy (ARM). Methods HO, HY and ARM groups were assessed for dietary intakes of L and Z using food diaries. Smoking habits and self-administered quantities of L and Z were obtained via questionnaire. Retinal L and Z levels (macularpigmentopticaldensity, or MPOD) were determined using heterochromatic flicker photometry. Results No significant difference was demonstrated for dietary L and Z intake (?2 = 4.983, p = 0.083) or for MPOD between groups (F = 0.40, p = 0.67). There was a significant difference between the HY (mean ± sd: 1.20 ± 2.99), HO (4.51 ± 7.05) ARM groups (9.15 ± 12.28) for pack years smoked (?2 = 11.61, p = 0.03). Conclusions Our results do not support the theory that ARM develops as a result of L and Z deficiency. Higher pack years smoked may be a factor in disease development. Dietary and supplementary L and Z levels must be obtained when assessing MPOD between groups or over time.

Reducing patient mortality in hospitals:the role of human resource management

Developing effective health care organizations is increasingly complex as a result of demographic changes, globalization, and developments in medicine. This study examines the potential contribution of organizational behavior theory and research by investigating the relationship between systems of human resource management (HRM) practices and effectiveness of patient care in hospitals. Relatively little research has been conducted to explore these issues in health care settings. In a sample of 52 hospitals in England, we examine the relationship between the HRM system and health care outcome. Specifically, we study the association between high performance HRM policies and practices and standardized patient mortality rates. The research reveals that, after controlling for prior mortality and other potentially confounding factors such as the ratio of doctors to patients, greater use of a complementary set of HRM practices has a statistically and practically significant relationship with patient mortality. The findings suggest that managers and policy makers should focus sharply on improving the functioning of relevant HR management systems in health care organizations as one important means by which to improve patient care. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Service innovation, embeddedness and business performance:evidence from Northern Ireland

This paper explores the factors that determine innovation by service firms, and in particular the contribution of intra- and extra-regional connectivity. Subsequently, it is examined how service firms' innovation activity relates to productivity and export behaviour. The empirical analysis is based on matched data from the 2005 UK Innovation Survey - the UK component of the 4th Community Innovation Survey (CIS) - and the Annual Business Inquiry for Northern Ireland. Evidence is found of negative intra-regional embeddedness effects, but there is a positive contribution to innovation from extra-regional connectivity, particularly links to customers. Relationships between innovation, exporting, and productivity prove complex, but suggest that innovation itself is not sufficient to generate productivity improvements. Only when innovation is combined with increased export activity are productivity gains evident.

An enhanced functional ability questionnaire (faVIQ) to measure the impact of rehabilitation services on the visually impaired

AIM To develop a short, enhanced functional ability Quality of Vision (faVIQ) instrument based on previous questionnaires employing comprehensive modern statistical techniques to ensure the use of an appropriate response scale, items and scoring of the visual related difficulties experienced by patients with visual impairment. METHODS Items in current quality-of-life questionnaires for the visually impaired were refined by a multi-professional group and visually impaired focus groups. The resulting 76 items were completed by 293 visually impaired patients with stable vision on two occasions separated by a month. The faVIQ scores of 75 patients with no ocular pathology were compared to 75 age and gender matched patients with visual im pairm ent. RESULTS Rasch analysis reduced the faVIQ items to 27. Correlation to standard visual metrics was moderate (r=0.32-0.46) and to the NEI-VFQ was 0.48. The faVIQ was able to clearly discriminate between age and gender matched populations with no ocular pathology and visual impairment with an index of 0.983 and 95% sensitivity and 95% specificity using a cut off of 29. CONCLUSION The faVIQ allows sensitive assessm ent of quality-of-life in the visually im paired and should support studies which evaluate the effectiveness of low vision rehabilitation services. © Copyright International Journal of Ophthalmology Press.

Gyümölcsültetvények nedváramlási dinamikája

Kutatásunkban egyedi, fatörzsön mért nedváramlási adatokra támaszkodva megvizsgáltuk, hogy hogyan változik a vízfelvétel mértéke intenzív módon művelt, sűrű ültetésű cseresznyeültetvényben. Számításokat végeztünk a fák és az ültetvény egészének vízfogyasztására vonatkozóan, a vegetációs időszak bizonyos hónapjaira. Kiszámítottuk, hogy helyi körülmények között hogyan változik a haszonnövény transzspirációs index értéke korai érésű, intenzív cseresznyeültetvényre. A nedváramlás és a légköri viszonyok – mint külső vezérlő tényezők – között fennálló kapcsolatrendszer megismeréséhez a hőmérséklettel, a globálsugárzással, a telítési hiánnyal és a széllel való kapcsolatot vizsgáltuk. Méréseinket a Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem Soroksári Kísérleti Üzem és Tangazdaságában végeztük 2008-tól 2011-ig a vegetációs időszakokban.

Comparison of coronary heart disease risk factors in foreign -born and United States-born Afro Caribbean Americans and African Americans in south Florida

In a cross-sectional study design, risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD) were evaluated in three groups: 66 Afro Caribbeans (FBCA) living in the US for less than 10 years, 62 US-born Afro Caribbean (USBCA) and 61 African American (AA) adults (18–40 years), with equal numbers of males and females in each group. Socio-demographic, dietary, anthropometric and blood pressure data were collected. Fasting blood glucose, blood lipids and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) were determined. ^ The USBCA and AA participants compared to the FBCA participants consumed significantly (p < 0.05) more mean total fat (g) (66.3 ± 41.7 and 73.0 ± 47.8 vs. 52.8 ± 32.3), saturated fat (g) (23.1 ± 14.9 and 24.9 ± 15.8 vs. 18.6 ± 11.5), percent energy from fat (%) (33.1 ± 6.5 and 31.4 ± 6.4 vs. 29.3 ± 6.8), fat servings (1.8 ± 1.2 and 1.5 ± 1.0 vs. 1.2 ± 0.9), dietary cholesterol (mg) (220.4 ± 161.9 and 244.1 ± 155.0 vs. 168.8 ± 114.0) and sodium (mg) (2245.2 ± 1238.3 and 2402.6 ± 1359.3 vs. 1838.0 ± 983.4) and less than 2 servings of fruits per day (%) (86.9 and 94.9 vs. 78.5). These differences were more pronounced in males compared to females and remained after correcting for age. Also, the percentages of USBCA and AA participants who were obese (17.1% and 23.0%, respectively) were significantly (p < 0.05) higher compared to FBCA (7.6%) participants. More USBCA and AA than FBCA individuals smoked cigarettes (4.8% and 6.6% vs. 0.0%) and consumed alcoholic beverages (29.0% and 50.8% vs. 24.2%). The mean hs-CRP level of the AA participants (2.2 ± 2.7 mg/L) was significantly (p < 0.01) higher compared to the FBCA (1.1 ± 1.3 mg/L) and USBCA (1.3 ± 1.6 mg/L) participants. ^ The FBCA participants had a better CHD risk profile than the USBCA and AA participants. Focus should be placed on the ethnic and cultural differences in a population to better understand the variations in health indicators among different ethnic groups of the same race. This focus can provide healthcare professionals and policy planners with the opportunity to develop culturally sensitive programs and strategies for the improvement of health outcomes. ^

Vertical profiles of environmental parameters measured from physical, optical and imaging sensors during station TARA_030 of the Tara Oceans expedition 2009-2013

The Tara Oceans Expedition (2009-2013) sampled the world oceans on board a 36 m long schooner, collecting environmental data and organisms from viruses to planktonic metazoans for later analyses using modern sequencing and state-of-the-art imaging technologies. Tara Oceans Data are particularly suited to study the genetic, morphological and functional diversity of plankton. The present data set includes properties of seawater, particulate matter and dissolved matter from physical, optical and imaging sensors mounted on a vertical sampling system (Rosette) used during the 2009-2013 tara Oceans Expedition. It comprised 2 pairs of conductivity and temperature sensors (SEABIRD components), and a complete set of WEtLabs optical sensors, including chrorophyll and CDOM fluorometers, a 25 cm transmissiometer, and a one-wavelength backscatter meter. In addition, a SATLANTIC ISUS nitrate sensor and a Hydroptic Underwater Vision Profiler (UVP) were mounted on the rosette. In the Arctic Ocean and Arctic Seas (2013), a second oxygen sensor (SBE43) and a four frequency Aquascat acoustic profiler were added. The system was powered on specific Li-Ion batteries and data were self-recorded at 24HZ. Sensors have all been factory calibrated before, during and after the four year program. Oxygen was validated using climatologies (WOA09). Nitrate and Fluorescence data were adjusted with discrete measurements from Niskin bottles mounted on the Rosette, and optical darks were performed monthly on board. A total of 839 quality checked vertical profiles were made during the tara Oceans expedition 2009-2013.

Beryllium concentrations and deposition rates in ODP holes from the north Atlantic

Increases in the production rate of cosmogenic radionuclides associated with geomagnetic excursions have been used as global tie-points for correlation between records of past climate from marine and terrestrial archives. We have investigated the relative timing of variations in 10Be production rate and the corresponding palaeomagnetic signal during one of the largest Pleistocene excursions, the Iceland Basin (IB) event (ca. 190 kyr), as recorded in two marine sediment cores (ODP Sites 1063 and 983) with high sedimentation rates. Variations in 10Be production rate during the excursion were estimated by use of 230Thxs normalized 10Be deposition rates and authigenic 10Be/9Be. Resulting 10Be production rates are compared with high-resolution records of geomagnetic field behaviour acquired from the same discrete samples. We find no evidence for a significant lock-in depth of the palaeomagnetic signal in these high sedimentation-rate cores. Apparent lock-in depths in other cores may sometimes be the result of lower sample resolution. Our results also indicate that the period of increased 10Be production during the IB excursion lasted longer and, most likely, started earlier than the corresponding palaeomagnetic anomaly, in accordance with previous observations that polarity transitions occur after periods of reduced geomagnetic field intensity prior to the transition. The lack of evidence in this study for a significant palaeomagnetic lock-in depth suggests that there is no systematic offset between the 10Be signal and palaeomagnetic anomalies associated with excursions and reversals, with significance for the global correlation of climate records from different archives.

Concentrations of chemical elements in bottom sediments from the Southeast Pacific

Data from the Appendix to the PhD Thesis of the author.

"Llovió y llovió hasta que quedó cielo y tierra... y todo se terminó ahí" : Discurso e identidad en la comunidad de Asampay, Catamarca

El objetivo del presente trabajo es realizar una aproximación al análisis de aquellas prácticas sociales que dentro de la comunidad de Asampay -ubicada en el departamento de Belén, provincia de Catamarca (Argentina)- otorgan un sentido de pertenencia y de devenir a sus habitantes en tanto grupo social. Por consiguiente, nuestro objetivo específico será examinar la construcción de sentido de determinados fenómenos sociales que son significativos dentro de la comunidad. El marco metodológico a ser utilizado será aquel proveniente del análisis del discurso y de la semiótica cognitiva (Courtine 1981, Magariños de Morentín 1996) -sobre la base de los fundamentos establecidos por Foucault (1970,1971)-, así como también, ciertos lineamientos teóricos y método lógicos procedentes de los trabajos de Lévi-Strauss (1996, 1984, 983)