Under the Stones, the beach. Vínculos generacionales y pulsiones subversivas en el cine a través de los Rolling Stones

Este trabajo busca investigar el fenómeno de lo generacional en el cine a través de su relación con la música. Para ello, utiliza como punto de partida la filmografía de los Rolling Stones y aplica elconcepto de aura de Walter Benjamin. Así, explora las tensiones generacionales entre jóvenes y adultos, que se reflejan en los ámbitos del creador, la audiencia y la industria como tensiones entre invención y comercialización, entre libertad y represión o entre rebeldía y conservadurismo. De ese modo, procura identificar en la puesta en escena la capacidad contracultural del cine que apela a lo juvenil y oponerla a los simulacros oportunistas que utiliza el sistema de la industria cultural.

Influence of the implanted pulse generator as reference electrode in finite element model of monopolar deep brain stimulation.

Electrical deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an efficient method to treat movement disorders. Many models of DBS, based mostly on finite elements, have recently been proposed to better understand the interaction between the electrical stimulation and the brain tissues. In monopolar DBS, clinically widely used, the implanted pulse generator (IPG) is used as reference electrode (RE). In this paper, the influence of the RE model of monopolar DBS is investigated. For that purpose, a finite element model of the full electric loop including the head, the neck and the superior chest is used. Head, neck and superior chest are made of simple structures such as parallelepipeds and cylinders. The tissues surrounding the electrode are accurately modelled from data provided by the diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging (DT-MRI). Three different configurations of RE are compared with a commonly used model of reduced size. The electrical impedance seen by the DBS system and the potential distribution are computed for each model. Moreover, axons are modelled to compute the area of tissue activated by stimulation. Results show that these indicators are influenced by the surface and position of the RE. The use of a RE model corresponding to the implanted device rather than the usually simplified model leads to an increase of the system impedance (+48%) and a reduction of the area of activated tissue (-15%).

Complete DNA sequence of Kuraishia capsulata illustrates novel genomic features among budding yeasts (Saccharomycotina)

The numerous yeast genome sequences presently available provide a rich source of information for functional as well as evolutionary genomics but unequally cover the large phylogenetic diversity of extant yeasts. We present here the complete sequence of the nuclear genome of the haploid-type strain of Kuraishia capsulata (CBS1993(T)), a nitrate-assimilating Saccharomycetales of uncertain taxonomy, isolated from tunnels of insect larvae underneath coniferous barks and characterized by its copious production of extracellular polysaccharides. The sequence is composed of seven scaffolds, one per chromosome, totaling 11.4 Mb and containing 6,029 protein-coding genes, ~13.5% of which being interrupted by introns. This GC-rich yeast genome (45.7%) appears phylogenetically related with the few other nitrate-assimilating yeasts sequenced so far, Ogataea polymorpha, O. parapolymorpha, and Dekkera bruxellensis, with which it shares a very reduced number of tRNA genes, a novel tRNA sparing strategy, and a common nitrate assimilation cluster, three specific features to this group of yeasts. Centromeres were recognized in GC-poor troughs of each scaffold. The strain bears MAT alpha genes at a single MAT locus and presents a significant degree of conservation with Saccharomyces cerevisiae genes, suggesting that it can perform sexual cycles in nature, although genes involved in meiosis were not all recognized. The complete absence of conservation of synteny between K. capsulata and any other yeast genome described so far, including the three other nitrate-assimilating species, validates the interest of this species for long-range evolutionary genomic studies among Saccharomycotina yeasts.

Innovatiivisuus pakkausteollisuudessa

Tutkimuksessa esitetään koteloteollisuudessa toimivalle yritykselle uusi toimintamalli pohjautuen sinisen meren strategiaan. Uuden toimintamallin avulla pyritään tarjoamaan pakkauksia käyttävälle teollisuudelle uusialisäarvopalveluita ja parantamaan koteloita valmistavan teollisuuden kannattavuutta. Tutkimus koostuu kirjallisuustutkimuksesta, joka käsittelee innovaatiojohta-mista, innovaatiomalleja ja sinisen meren strategiaa. Innovaatiojohtamista kuvataan yleisen mallin pohjalta, innovaatiomalleista käsitellään 1.-5. sukupolven mallit. Sinisen meren strategiasta käsitellään sinisen meren luominen, ja sen pohjalta tapahtuva strategian laatiminen. Teoriatarkastelun jälkeen kuvataan koteloteollisuuden arvoketju ja koteloteollisuuden nykyinen toimintamalli. Tämän jälkeen kehitetään sinisen meren strategian mukaisesti alustava uusi toimintamalli, jota sovelletaan koteloteolli-suuteen. Seuraavaksi kuvataan toimintamallin testaus ja sen soveltuvuus Suo-men kotelomarkkinoille laaja-alaisiin asiantuntijahaastatteluihin perustuen. Lopuksi esitellään toimenpidesuunnitelma uuden toimintamallin toteuttamiseksi toimeksiantajayrityksessä.

Probing functional groups at the gas-aerosol interface using heterogeneous titration reactions: a tool for predicting aerosol health effects?

The complex chemical and physical nature of combustion and secondary organic aerosols (SOAs) in general precludes the complete characterization of both bulk and interfacial components. The bulk composition reveals the history of the growth process and therefore the source region, whereas the interface controls--to a large extent--the interaction with gases, biological membranes, and solid supports. We summarize the development of a soft interrogation technique, using heterogeneous chemistry, for the interfacial functional groups of selected probe gases [N(CH(3))(3), NH(2)OH, CF(3)COOH, HCl, O(3), NO(2)] of different reactivity. The technique reveals the identity and density of surface functional groups. Examples include acidic and basic sites, olefinic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) sites, and partially and completely oxidized surface sites. We report on the surface composition and oxidation states of laboratory-generated aerosols and of aerosols sampled in several bus depots. In the latter case, the biomarker 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine, signaling oxidative stress caused by aerosol exposure, was isolated. The increase in biomarker levels over a working day is correlated with the surface density N(i)(O3) of olefinic and/or PAH sites obtained from O(3) uptakes as well as with the initial uptake coefficient, γ(0), of five probe gases used in the field. This correlation with γ(0) suggests the idea of competing pathways occurring at the interface of the aerosol particles between the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) responsible for oxidative stress and cellular antioxidants.

BAFF binds to the tumor necrosis factor receptor-like molecule B cell maturation antigen and is important for maintaining the peripheral B cell population.

The tumor necrosis factor (TNF) family member B cell activating factor (BAFF) binds B cells and enhances B cell receptor-triggered proliferation. We find that B cell maturation antigen (BCMA), a predicted member of the TNF receptor family expressed primarily in mature B cells, is a receptor for BAFF. Although BCMA was previously localized to the Golgi apparatus, BCMA was found to be expressed on the surface of transfected cells and tonsillar B cells. A soluble form of BCMA, which inhibited the binding of BAFF to a B cell line, induced a dramatic decrease in the number of peripheral B cells when administered in vivo. Moreover, culturing splenic cells in the presence of BAFF increased survival of a percentage of the B cells. These results are consistent with a role for BAFF in maintaining homeostasis of the B cell population.

Errata du "Dictionnaire de l'Académie française" ou Remarques critiques sur les irrégularités qu'il présente : avec l'indication de certaines règles à établir ([Reprod.]) / par B. Pautex,...

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Almanach de la paix

1913 (A25).

Almanach de la paix

1912 (A24).