In primum articulum Aug[ustanae] conf[essionis]

Nimeke täydennetty Vallinkosken mukaan.

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"January 1974."

Missa sacratissimi rosarii Beatissimae Virginis Mariae : priuilegiata a domino nostro Papa Paulo III. et Gregorio Decimotertio : cum missis de S. Angelo Custode, de S. Gregorio papa conf. & Ecclesiae doctore, de Sancto Carolo episcopo, ac de Sanctis Quindecim Auxiliatoribus.

Woodcut Giunta lily and small ill. on t.p. Initials. Printed in red and black throughout.

Confʹerences internationales sur le rʹegime des sucres, tenues ʹa Paris, entre les dʹelʹeguʹes de la Belguque, de la Grande-Bretagne et des Pays-Bas.

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Leben Johann Lorenz Blessig's des oder-consistoriums und directoriums augsb. Conf. Mitglieds, professors der theologie an dem protestant. seminar, kirchlichen insepctors, predigers an der neuen-kirche zu Strassburg.

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A/CONF.15/P

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Confʹerences oenologiques faites aux assemblʹees gʹenʹerales du Syndicat central du commerce en gros des vins et spiritueux de la rʹegion du Nord,

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Die Pfarrkirche der Augsb. Conf. Verwandten [Augsburger Konfession] zu Hermannstadt

beschrieben von Samuel Möckesch, Cand. d. Theologie

Shear stress and sediment transport calculations for sheet flow under waves

A simple method is provided for calculating transport rates of not too fine (d(50) greater than or equal to 0.20 mm) sand under sheet flow conditions. The method consists of a Meyer-Peter-type transport formula operating on a time-varying Shields parameter, which accounts for both acceleration-asymmetry and boundary layer streaming. While velocity moment formulae, e.g.., = Constant x calibrated against U-tube measurements, fail spectacularly under some real waves (Ribberink, J.S., Dohmen-Janssen, C.M., Hanes, D.M., McLean, S.R., Vincent, C., 2000. Near-bed sand transport mechanisms under waves. Proc. 27th Int. Conf. Coastal Engineering, Sydney, ASCE, New York, pp. 3263-3276, Fig. 12), the new method predicts the real wave observations equally well. The reason that the velocity moment formulae fail under these waves is partly the presence of boundary layer streaming and partly the saw-tooth asymmetry, i.e., the front of the waves being steeper than the back. Waves with saw-tooth asymmetry may generate a net landward sediment transport even if = 0, because of the more abrupt acceleration under the steep front. More abrupt accelerations are associated with thinner boundary layers and greater pressure gradients for a given velocity magnitude. The two real wave effects are incorporated in a model of the form Q(s)(t) = Q(s)[theta(t)] rather than Q(S)(t) = Q(S)[u(infinity)(t)], i.e., by expressing the transport rate in terms of an instantaneous Shields parameter rather than in terms of the free stream velocity, and accounting for both streaming and accelerations in the 0(t) calculations. The instantaneous friction velocities u(*)(t) and subsequently theta(t) are calculated as follows. Firstly, a linear filter incorporating the grain roughness friction factor f(2.5) and a phase angle phi(tau) is applied to u(infinity)(t). This delivers u(*)(t) which is used to calculate an instantaneous grain roughness Shields parameter theta(2.5)(t). Secondly, a constant bed shear stress is added which corresponds to the streaming related bed shear stress -rho ($) over bar((u) over tilde(w) over tilde)(infinity) . The method can be applied to any u(infinity)(t) time series, but further experimental validation is recommended before application to conditions that differ strongly from the ones considered below. The method is not recommended for rippled beds or for sheet flow with typical prototype wave periods and d(50) < 0.20 turn. In such scenarios, time lags related to vertical sediment movement become important, and these are not considered by the present model. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Diagnostic performance of visual screening tests in the elderly

This study aimed to determine and evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of visual screening tests for detecting vision loss in elderly. This study is defined as study of diagnostic performance. The diagnostic accuracy of 5 visual tests -near convergence point, near accommodation point, stereopsis, contrast sensibility and amsler grid—was evaluated by means of the ROC method (receiver operating characteristics curves), sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative likelihood ratios (LR+/LR−). Visual acuity was used as the reference standard. A sample of 44 elderly aged 76.7 years (±9.32), who were institutionalized, was collected. The curves of contrast sensitivity and stereopsis are the most accurate (area under the curves were 0.814−p = 0.001, C.I.95%[0.653;0.975]— and 0.713−p = 0.027, C.I.95%[0,540;0,887], respectively). The scores with the best diagnostic validity for the stereopsis test were 0.605 (sensitivity 0.87, specificity 0.54; LR+ 1.89, LR−0.24) and 0.610 (sensitivity 0.81, specificity 0.54; LR+1.75, LR−0.36). The scores with higher diagnostic validity for the contrast sensibility test were 0.530 (sensitivity 0.94, specificity 0.69; LR+ 3.04, LR−0.09). The contrast sensitivity and stereopsis test's proved to be clinically useful in detecting vision loss in the elderly.

Effects of physical exercise training in DNA damage and repair - could the difference be in hOGG1 Ser326Cys polymorphism?

Acute physical exercise is associated with increased oxygen consumption, which could result in an increased formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). ROS can react with several organic structures, namely DNA, causing strand breaks and a variety of modified bases in DNA. Physical exercise training seems to decrease the incidence of oxidative stress-associated diseases, and is considered as a key component of a healthy lifestyle. This is a result of exercise-induced adaptation, which has been associated with the possible increase in antioxidant activity and in oxidative damage repair enzymes, leading to an improved physiological function and enhanced resistance to oxidative stress (Radak et al. 2008). Human 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase 1 (hOGG1) is involved in the base excision repair (BER) pathway and encodes an enzyme responsible for removing the most common product of oxidative damage in DNA, 8-hydroxyguanine (8-OH-G). The genetic polymorphism of hOGG1 at codon 326 results in a serine (Ser) to cysteine (Cys) amino acid substitution (Ser326Cys). It has been suggested that the carriers of at least one hOGG1Cys variant allele exhibit lower 8-OH-G excision activity than the wild-type (Wilson et al. 2011). The aim of this study was to investigate the possible influence of hOGG1 Ser326Cys polymorphism on DNA damage and repair activity in response to 16 weeks of combined physical exercise training, in thirty healthy Caucasian men. Comet assay was carried out using peripheral blood lymphocytes and enabled the evaluation of DNA damage, both strand breaks and FPG-sensitive sites, and DNA repair activity. Genotypes were determined by PCR-RFLP analysis. The subjects with Ser/Ser genotype were considered as wild-type group (n=20), Ser/Cys and Cys/Cys genotype were analyzed together as mutant group (n=10). Regarding differences between pre and post-training in the wild-type group, the results showed a significant decrease in DNA strand breaks (DNA SBs) (p=0.002) and also in FPG-sensitive sites (p=0.017). No significant differences were observed in weight (p=0.389) and in lipid peroxidation (MDA) (p=0.102). A significant increase in total antioxidant capacity (evaluated by ABTS) was observed (p=0.010). Regarding mutant group, the results showed a significant decrease in DNA SBs (p=0.008) and in weight (p=0.028). No significant differences were observed in FPG-sensitive sites (p=0.916), in ABTS (p=0.074) and in MDA (p=0.086). No significant changes in DNA repair activity were observed in both genotype groups. This preliminary study suggests the possibility of different responses in DNA damage to physical exercise training, considering the hOGG1 Ser326Cys polymorphism.

Qualidade de Ensino versus Qualificação Docente: binómio nem sempre impossível

O presente artigo pretende mostrar que, no cenário pré- Bolonha, em que se vivia numa época de aparente prosperidade económica, que se veio a revelar uma bolha especulativa semelhante à que teve lugar nos anos 20 do século passado, o ensino poderia considerar-se, detentor de alguma qualidade, apesar de, por vezes, continuar a seguir os cânones tradicionais expositivos do magisterdixit(Ardions 2011). A conjuntura económica obrigou a que fossem estancados projectos, pelo estrangulamento económico, afectando também as instituições de Ensino Superior. Uma tal situação conduziu ao retorno de muitos docentes de qualidade pedagógico-científica inquestionável, aos seus postos nos estabelecimentos do Ensino Secundário, perdendo, deste modo o vínculo de colaboradores. No cenário pós Bolonha esta situação ainda mais se agudizou, uma vez que o que se preconizou, em teoria, esbateu as realidades e tipicidades de cada país. Na prática, a diminuição do número de anos de ensino não conduziu a uma melhoria do ensino, (Ardions, 2011), mas esbarrou com vários problemas, cimentando diversas assimetrias e idiossincrasias que se irão detalhar, sempre a par com os cortes a nível económico. Esta conjuntura terá repercussão na gestão das instituições, fruto da perspectiva economicista que impera nos dias de hoje e que se reflecte em muitas decisões dos seus órgãos. Esta situação, bem como outras que se irão elencar, levam a uma desmotivação, a um desencanto da massa crítica que se encontra nos estabelecimentos de nível ensino, que opta por ficar passiva, sob pena de ser vista como oponente de um laxismo institucional que teima em persistir. Daí que se questionea razão de apenas se aferir, até agora,a Qualidade da Avaliação, da Certificação e da Acreditação e não a da Qualificação docente, nos diversos órgãos que têm nas suas mãos os destinos da Instituições.

Two-way MANCOVA: an application to public health

The aim of this work is to use the MANCOVA model to study the influence of the phenotype of an enzyme - Acid phosphatase - and a genetic factor - Haptoglobin genotype - on two dependent variables - Activity of Acid Phosphatase (ACP1) and the Body Mass Index (BMI). Therefore it's used a general linear model, namely a multivariate analysis of covariance (Two-way MANCOVA). The covariate is the age of the subject. This covariate works as control variable for the independent factors, serving to reduce the error term in the model. The main results showed that only the ACP1 phenotype has a significant effect on the activity of ACP1 and the covariate has a significant effect in both dependent variables. The univariate analysis showed that ACP1 phenotype accounts for about 12.5% of the variability in the activity of ACP1. In respect to this covariate it can be seen that accounts for about 4.6% of the variability in the activity of ACP1 and 37.3% in the BMI.

Biotic and Abiotic factors in the distribution of resident fish species : a case study from two islets and an adjacent shoreline in Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal

XV European Congress of Ichthyology, Porto, Portugal, 7 Sep - 11 Sep, 2015.