Die Familie Mendelssohn, 1729-1847; nach Briefen und Tagebüchern.

The letters are for the most part by Felix Mendelssohn and his sister Fanny Hensel.

Schmidt's Werke, oder, Beschreibendes Verzeichniss sämtlicher Kupferstiche und Radirungen welche der berühmte Künstler George Friedrich Schmidt, Königl Preuss. Hofkupferstecher, Mitglied der Königl. Academien zu Berlin, Paris, und der Kaiserlichen zu St. Petersburg von anno 1729 bis zu seinem Tode 1775 verfertigt hat /

Frontispiece portrait of Georg Friedrich Schmidt engraved by D. Berger after a design by Schmidt himself.

The Mendelssohn family, (1729-1847) from letters and journals.

Mode of access: Internet.

Die Familie Mendelssohn, 1729-1847. Nach Briefen und Tagebüchern.

Mode of access: Internet.

Die familie Mendelssohn. 1729-1847. Nach briefen und tagebüchern.

The letters are for the most part by Felix Mendelssohn and his sister Fanny Hensel.

Organizational, direct support and general support maintenance repair parts and special tools list (including depot maintenance repair parts and special tools) for antenna AS-1729/VRC (NSN 5985-00-985-9024).

Includes index.

Die Familie Mendelssohn. 1729-1847. Nach Briefen und Tagebuchern.

The letters are for the most part by Felix Mendelssohn and his sister Fanny Hensel.

The Mendelssohn family (1729-1847)

The letters are for the most part by Felix Mendelssohn and his sister, Fanny Hensel.

Motor Nerve-Conduction Studies in Obstetric Brachial Plexopathy for a Selection of Patients with a Poor Outcome

Background: The criteria and timing for nerve surgery in infants with obstetric brachial plexopathy remain controversial. Our aim was to develop a new method for early prognostic assessment to assist this decision process. Methods: Fifty-four patients with unilateral obstetric brachial plexopathy who were ten to sixty days old underwent bilateral motor-nerve-conduction studies of the axillary, musculocutaneous, proximal radial, distal radial, median, and ulnar nerves. The ratio between the amplitude of the compound muscle action potential of the affected limb and that of the healthy side was called the axonal viability index. The patients were followed and classified in three groups according to the clinical outcome. We analyzed the receiver operating characteristic curve of each index to define the best cutoff point to detect patients with a poor recovery. Results: The best cutoff points on the axonal viability index for each nerve (and its sensitivity and specificity) were <10% (88% and 89%, respectively) for the axillary nerve, 0% (88% and 73%) for the musculocutaneous nerve, <20% (82% and 97%) for the proximal radial nerve, <50% (82% and 97%) for the distal radial nerve, and <50% (59% and 97%) for the ulnar nerve. The indices from the proximal radial, distal radial, and ulnar nerves had better specificities compared with the most frequently used clinical criterion: absence of biceps function at three months of age. Conclusions: The axonal viability index yields an earlier and more specific prognostic estimation of obstetric brachial plexopathy than does the clinical criterion of biceps function, and we believe it may be useful in determining surgical indications in these patients.

Phytoseiid mites (Acari : Phytoseiidae) of the subfamilies Phytoseiinae Berlese and Typhlodrominae Wainstein from Peru, with descriptions of two new species

This paper reports the mites of the subfamilies Phytoseiinae and Typhlodrominae (Phytoseiidae) from Peru, providing descriptions of 2 new species, Phytoseius ortegae Guanilo and Moraes, n. sp. and Phytoseius poripherus Guanilo and Moraes, n. sp., and a taxonomic key to separate the species reported.

Out of the Andes: patterns of diversification in clearwing butterflies

Global biodiversity peaks in the tropical forests of the Andes, a striking geological feature that has likely been instrumental in generating biodiversity by providing opportunities for both vicariant and ecological speciation. However, the role of these mountains in the diversification of insects, which dominate biodiversity, has been poorly explored using phylogenetic methods. Here we study the role of the Andes in the evolution of a diverse Neotropical insect group, the clearwing butterflies. We used dated species-level phylogenies to investigate the time course of speciation and to infer ancestral elevation ranges for two diverse genera. We show that both genera likely originated at middle elevations in the Andes in the Middle Miocene, contrasting with most published results in vertebrates that point to a lowland origin. Although we detected a signature of vicariance caused by the uplift of the Andes at the Miocene-Pliocene boundary, most sister species were parapatric without any obvious vicariant barrier. Combined with an overall decelerating speciation rate, these results suggest an important role for ecological speciation and adaptive radiation, rather than simple vicariance.

A single dose of zoledronic acid reverses the deleterious effects of glucocorticoids on titanium implant osseointegration

This study evaluates the effect of zoledronic acid (ZOL) on the osseointegration of titanium implants in rabbits with glucocorticoid (GC)-induced bone loss, and our findings demonstrated that a single dose of ZOL is able to reverse the detrimental effects of GCs on the osseointegration of titanium implants. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of ZOL on the osseointegration of titanium implants in rabbits with GC-induced bone loss. Three groups of six NZW rabbits were treated for 18 weeks with saline (SALINE), GC (methylprednisolone, 0.35 mg/kg three times a week), or GC + ZOL (methylprednisolone + single dose of ZOL, 0.1 mg/kg). The animals received a titanium implant in the left tibia after 6 weeks and were killed at the 18th week. Bone mineral density (BMD) was measured with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry at baseline, eighth week (W8), and 18th week (W18) after treatment to determine the change upon treatment (a dagger BMD). Histomorphometric and serum bone alkaline phosphatase analysis (BAP) were also performed. At W8, GC group had a significant reduction in lumbar spine and tibia BMD compared with SALINE (p = 0.003 and p = 0.000), as also observed for GC + ZOL group (p = 0.014 and p = 0.003) just 2 weeks after ZOL treatment. In contrast, at W18, the GC + ZOL had an evident BMD rescue with similar lumbar spine and tibia a dagger BMD compared with SALINE (0.043 +/- 0.006 vs. 0.055 +/- 0.009 g/cm(2), p = 0.457 and 0.027 +/- 0.003 vs. 0.041 +/- 0.011 g/cm(2), p = 0.232) and a significantly higher a dagger BMD compared with the GC (p = 0.024 and p = 0.001). Histomorphometry revealed that osseointegration was significantly reduced in GC (tibia cortical thickness and diameter, bone-implant contact, total and peri-implant bone area) whereas GC + ZOL had these parameters similar to SALINE (p > 0.05). Likewise, ZOL reversed the BAP alteration induced by GC. Our findings demonstrated that a single dose of ZOL is able to reverse the detrimental effects of glucocorticoids on the osseointegration of titanium implants, suggesting that ZOL therapy may improve the outcome of bone implants in patients with glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis.

Coaching no setor p??blico: a aplica????o na carreira de Especialista em Pol??ticas P??blicas e Gest??o Governamental no Brasil ?? luz da p??tica no governo federal dos Estados Unidos da Am??rica

O presente trabalho constitui ?? um estudo da aplica????o da metodologia coaching no governo federal brasileiro, a partir da an??lise da proposta de carreira de Especialista em Pol??ticas P??blicas e Gest??o Governamental (EPPGG). A Reforma do Estado conduzida durante a d??cada de 1990 foi um marco de mudan??as significativas para quest??es relativas aos recursos humanos no setor p??blico brasileiro, promovendo a????es direcionadas ?? implanta????o de uma administra????o p??blica gerencial no pa??s. No entanto, restaram lacunas que devem ser preenchidas, de forma que os recursos humanos sob a gest??o p??blica sejam pass??veis possam de adapta????o ??s mudan??as e aquisi????o de compet??ncias para uma atua????o flex??vel e eficiente. O coaching surge como uma metodologia que busca auxiliar os l??deres no governo federal brasileiro a alcan??ar melhores indicadores de forma????o e produtividade dos recursos humanos no setor p??blico em n??vel federal. Analisaram-se comparativamente os par??metros da proposta de coaching descritos na carreira de EPPGG e as aplica????es realizadas no governo federal dos Estados Unidos da Am??rica.

Os osteopatas em Portugal: processo de profissionalização e formação identitária

Mestrado em Intervenção Sócio-Organizacional na Saúde - Área de especialização: Qualidade e Tecnologias da Saúde.

A Queda de Ícaro, de Brueghel e Schimmernde Inselchen im Meer, de Robert Walser – uma viagem ao mundo da tradução intersemiótica

O tema sobre o qual me proponho escrever insere-se no âmbito da 'tradução intersemiótica', já que se trata de uma análise comparativa da obra Der Sturz des Ikarus, de Pieter Brueghel, e do poema Schimmernde Inselchen im Meer, de Robert Walser, em que estamos perante um exemplo flagrante de transposição de uma obra pictórica para a escrita. No artigo, darei, ainda, especial enfoque à questão de aquele quadro representar, também ele, um exemplo de 'tradução intersemiótica' (neste caso, uma passagem da palavra às artes plásticas), uma vez que Brueghel faz, nele, uma recontextualização do mito de Ícaro, ao transpor para a tela um poema de Ovídio (estamos, assim, mais uma vez, perante um exemplo de mudança de medium). Dado que a questão da 'tradução intersemiótica' se inscreve numa outra, mais vasta ainda, que éa da intertextualidade, tentarei enquadrar uma na outra, tecendo, na introdução do artigo e, sempre que oportuno, ao longo do mesmo, algumas considerações breves sobre a função significante do mitema, as metamorfoses do mito e o papel do mito no 'diálogo intermedial das artes' ao longo dos tempos. Nesta análise comparativa, parto do pressuposto de estarmos, em qualquer tradução, face a um acto de re-escrita, pelo que há que reflectir, particularmente no caso da 'tradução intersemiótica', sobre a (nova) dimensão interpretativa conferida pelo processo de transposição mediática