CIRAS News, Winter 2015, Vol. 50, no. 2

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Continuing Medical Education Self-Assessment Questions Vol. 50, No. 2 - April 2014. Focal vibration in neurorehabilitation.

During the last decade, many studies have been carried out to understand the effects of focal vibratory stimuli at various levels of the central nervous system and to study pathophysiological mechanisms of neurological disorders as well as the therapeutic effects of focal vibration in neurorehabilitation. This review aimed to describe the effects of focal vibratory stimuli in neurorehabilitation including the neurological diseases or disorders like stroke, spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's' disease and dystonia. In conclusion, focal vibration stimulation is well tolerated, effective and easy to use, and it could be used to reduce spasticity, to promote motor activity and motor learning within a functional activity, even in gait training, independent from etiology of neurological pathology. Further studies are needed in the future well- designed trials with bigger sample size to determine the most effective frequency, amplitude and duration of vibration application in the neurorehabilitation.

Zwei alttestamentliche Tondichtungen von Giacomo Meyerbeer : ein Gedenkblatt zu seinem 50. Todestage (2. Mai 1914)

Leopold Hirschberg

Na 1 Nachlass Max Horkheimer, 628 - Vorbereitungsunterlagen zur Vorlesung, Proseminar und Seminar (p. VIII 48.1-5-VIII 50.1-2)

"Randphänomene der Gesellschaft", Seminar Wintersemester 1959/60, Friedrich Pollock: eigenhändige Notizen zum Seminar, 12 Blatt; Max Horkheimer: 1 Briefentwurf und Brief an den Chefarzt des Psychiatrischen Krankenhauses Haina, Frankfurt, 21.12.1959, 2 Blatt; Max Horkheimer: 1 Briefentwurf an Hoff,..., Universitätsklinik Wien, o.O., o.D., 1 Blatt; Referate und Protokolle zum Seminar (Walther, ...; Kuhn, Hans; Rebenau, K.H.v.; Grün, Richard), Typoskripte, 25 Blatt; Zeitungsausschnitte über Kriminalität und Strafvollzug; "Was ist der Mensch?", Proseminar Wintersemester 1960/61, eigenhändige Notizen zum Proseminar, 2 Blatt; Programm und Liste der Referate, 1 Blatt; "Zur Idee der Freiheit", Vorlesung Sommersemester 1961, Max Horkheimer: eigenhändige Notizen, 1 Heft, 16 Blatt, davon 9 leer und 7 zusätzliche Blätter; Hilmar Tillack: Ausgearbeitete Nachschrift der Vorlesung Max Horkheimers, Typoskript, 64 Blatt;

El Mole: Número 50. Tomo 2 - Día 24 de diciembre de 1855

Microfilme. Valencia: BV, ca. 1990

Operator and organizational maintenance manual, radar set AN/MPQ-50 (XO-2) NSN 1430-01-042-4908, HAWK air defense guided missile system.

Includes index.

Operator's and organizational maintenance manual : radio sets AN/GRC-50(V)1 (NSN 5820-00-892-3851), AN/GRC-50(V)2 (NSN 5820-00-892-3852), AN/GRC-50(V)3 (NSN 5820-00-892-3853) ... AN/GRC-50A(V) 11 (NSN 5820-00-136-4966).

"October 1966."

Emissions of NO(x) and SO(2) from Coals of Various Ranks, Bagasse, and Coal-Bagasse Blends Burning in O(2)/N(2) and O(2)/CO(2) Environments

Oxy-coal combustion is a viable technology, for new and existing coal-fired power plants, as it facilitates carbon capture and, thereby, can mitigate climate change. Pulverized coals of various ranks, biomass, and their blends were burned to assess the evolution of combustion effluent gases, such as NO(x), SO(2), and CO, under a variety of background gas compositions. The fuels were burned in an electrically heated laboratory drop-tube furnace in O(2)/N(2) and O(2)/CO(2) environments with oxygen mole fractions of 20%, 40%, 60%, 80%, and 100%, at a furnace temperature of 1400 K. The fuel mass flow rate was kept constant in most cases, and combustion was fuel-lean. Results showed that in the case of four coals studied, NO(x) emissions in O(2)/CO(2) environments were lower than those in O(2)/N(2) environments by amounts that ranged from 19 to 43% at the same oxygen concentration. In the case of bagasse and coal/bagasse blends, the corresponding NO(x) reductions ranged from 22 to 39%. NO(x) emissions were found to increase with increasing oxygen mole fraction until similar to 50% O(2) was reached; thereafter, they monotonically decreased with increasing oxygen concentration. NO(x) emissions from the various fuels burned did not clearly reflect their nitrogen content (0.2-1.4%), except when large content differences were present. SO(2) emissions from all fuels remained largely unaffected by the replacement of the N(2) diluent gas with CO(2), whereas they typically increased with increasing sulfur content of the fuels (0.07-1.4%) and decreased with increasing calcium content of the fuels (0.28-2.7%). Under the conditions of this work, 20-50% of the fuel-nitrogen was converted to NO(x). The amount of fuel-sulfur converted to SO(2) varied widely, depending on the fuel and, in the case of the bituminous coal, also depending on the O(2) mole fraction. Blending the sub-bituminous coal with bagasse reduced its SO(2) yields, whereas blending the bituminous coal with bagasse reduced both its SO(2) and NO(x) yields. CO emissions were generally very low in all cases. The emission trends were interpreted on the basis of separate combustion observations.

CO(2) from Alcoholic Fermentation for Continuous Cultivation of Arthrospira (Spirulina) platensis in Tubular Photobioreactor Using Urea as Nitrogen Source

Carbon dioxide released from alcoholic fermentation accounts for 33% of the whole CO(2) involved in the use of ethanol as fuel derived from glucose. As Arthrospira platensis can uptake this greenhouse gas, this study evaluates the use of the CO(2) released from alcoholic fermentation for the production of Arthrospira platensis. For this purpose, this cyanobacterium was cultivated in continuous process using urea as nitrogen source, either using CO(2) from alcoholic fermentation, without any treatment, or using pure CO(2) from cylinder. The experiments were carried out at 120 mu mol photons m(-2) s(-1) in tubular photobioreactor at different dilution rates (0.2 <= D <= 0.8 d(-1)). Using CO(2) from alcoholic fermentation, maximum steady-state cell concentration (2661 +/- 71 mg L(-1)) was achieved at D 0.2 d(-1), whereas higher dilution rate (0.6 d(-1)) was needed to maximize cell productivity (839 mg L(-1) d(-1)). This value was 10% lower than the one obtained with pure CO(2), and there was no significant difference in the biomass protein content. With D 0.8 d(-1), it was possible to obtain 56% +/- 1.5% and 50% +/- 1.2% of protein in the dry biomass, using pure CO(2) and CO(2) from alcoholic fermentation, respectively. These results demonstrate that the use of such cost free CO(2) from alcoholic fermentation as carbon source, associated with low cost nitrogen source, may be a promising way to reduce costs of continuous cultivation of photosynthetic microorganisms, contributing at the same time to mitigate the greenhouse effect. (C) 2011 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Biotechnol. Prog., 27: 650-656, 2011