Flut und Hitze: Auswirkungen extremer Klimaereignisse auf die epigäische Arthropodenfauna (Araneae – Spinnen) ufernaher Lebensräume (Auen, Polder) des Inselrheins bei Mainz

Die vorliegende Arbeit ist ein Teil des Projektes Flut und Hitze des Kompetenzzentrums Überflutung an der Universität Mainz. Die Ziele dieser Untersuchung waren: Die Artzusammensetzung und Phänologien der Spinnengemeinschaften von Uferhabitaten bei Mainz (Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland) zu ermitteln, anhand des Artenspektrums die Folgen langjähriger Trockenheit und die Auswirkungen des Extremsommers 2003 zu beschreiben, Einflüsse von Überflutungen festzustellen und die Submersionstoleranzen ausgewählter Arten zu bestimmen. Insgesamt wurden 27783 Spinnen aus 179 Arten und 24 Familien bearbeitet. Die Untersuchung umfasste einen Hartholzauwald bei Ingelheim am Rhein, den Hochwasserschutzpolder Ingelheim, sowie Tiermaterial von vier weiteren Uferstandorten und drei Inselstandorten des Rheins bei Mainz. Die Beprobung der Hartholzaue mit Barberfallen und Stammeklektoren erfolgte von Mai 2005 bis Mai 2008. Im Polder wurden von Oktober 2006 bis Mai 2008 mit Barberfallen und einem Vakuumsauger gefangen. Die Proben der weiteren Standorte stammten aus Barberfallenfängen der Jahre 2000 bis einschließlich 2005. In der seit Winter 2002/2003 nicht mehr überfluteten und im Sommer stark austrocknenden Hartholzaue wurde eine als xerotolerant zu bezeichnende Spinnenfauna vorgefunden. Dies galt insbesondere für die sehr artenreiche Stammregion. Zu den dominierenden Spezies zählten: Diplostyla concolor (Boden), Clubiona pallidula und Textrix denticulata (beide Stamm). Der Polder Ingelheim wurde überwiegend von euryöken Freilandbewohnern besiedelt, dominant kamen Oedothorax apicatus und Pardosa agrestis vor. Das Tiermaterial der Ufer- und Inselstandorte wies deutliche Unterschiede in der Artenzusammensetzung im Bezug auf die Flutungsintensität auf. Nach dem Ausbleiben von Hochwässern und dem starken Austrocknen der Standorte im Sommer 2003 wurden hygrobionte Arten wie Allomengea vidua kaum mehr vorgefunden, während sich xerotolerante Spezies ausbreiteten. Darüber hinaus wurden die Submersionstoleranzen ausgewählter Spinnenarten im Labor ermittelt. Die gewonnenen Daten lassen Vermuten, dass die getesteten Spinnenspezies durchaus in der Lage sind, bei niedrigen Wassertemperaturen eine kurze Flut submers zu überstehen. Unter hohen Temperaturen besteht dagegen keine Submersionstoleranz.

Temporal variation in arthropod sampling effectiveness: the case for using the beat sheet method in cotton

Predatory insects and spiders are key elements of integrated pest management (IPM) programmes in agricultural crops such as cotton. Management decisions in IPM programmes should to be based on a reliable and efficient method for counting both predators and pests. Knowledge of the temporal constraints that influence sampling is required because arthropod abundance estimates are likely to vary over a growing season and within a day. Few studies have adequately quantified this effect using the beat sheet, a potentially important sampling method. We compared the commonly used methods of suction and visual sampling to the beat sheet, with reference to an absolute cage clamp method for determining the abundance of various arthropod taxa over 5 weeks. There were significantly more entomophagous arthropods recorded using the beat sheet and cage clamp methods than by using suction or visual sampling, and these differences were more pronounced as the plants grew. In a second trial, relative estimates of entomophagous and phytophagous arthropod abundance were made using beat sheet samples collected over a day. Beat sheet estimates of the abundance of only eight of the 43 taxa examined were found to vary significantly over a day. Beat sheet sampling is recommended in further studies of arthropod abundance in cotton, but researchers and pest management advisors should bear in mind the time of season and time of day effects.

Prise en charge de l'ulcère de jambe d'origine veineuse [Management of venous leg ulcers].

Leg ulcers are a major health and economic problem especially in elderly. More than 70% are associated with venous disease. Compressive therapy is the most effective treatment but bandages are often poorly tolerated and well trained nurses are required to apply them effectively. In recent years, the VAC system (vacuum assisted closure) has profoundly changed the wound healing approach. The objective is now to regenerate the tissues and not to replace them with skin grafts which give uncertain results. The other important challenge is to prevent recurrences. New pharmacologic treatments acting on microcirculation and hemostasis would probably appear in the near future opening new therapeutic perspectives.

La durabilité de deux systèmes intégrés d'agriculture et d'aquaculture adoptés dans le delta du Mékong au Vietnam : étude de cas

Mémoire numérisé par la Division de la gestion de documents et des archives de l'Université de Montréal

T??mulos ya d??lmenes d'Asturies. ' T??mulos y d??lmenes de Asturias' . T??mulos d'Asturies

Se trata de elaborar un v??deo did??ctico sobre los t??mulos de Asturias fundamentalmente d??lmenes, describiendo sus caracter??sticas, tipos, manifestaciones art??sticas que se encuentran en ellos, los hombres que los hicieron y el marco cronol??gico y distribuci??n geogr??fica. Se pretende abrir el vac??o que sobre temas culturales de Asturias y su patrimonio existe en el mundo de la ense??anza y difundirlo entre la Comunidad escolar, sirviendo de material de apoyo a los profesionales de la misma, d??ndoles a los alumnos un mayor conocimiento de sus raices. Adem??s pretende apoyar el proceso de normalizaci??n ling????stica de la lengua asturiana con su empleo como veh??culo de comunicaci??n. La memoria presentada solamente recoge el v??deo did??ctico. En el proyecto participaron alumnos de asturiano del I.B. jovellanos de Gij??n, personas del mundo audiovisual para la c??mara, realizaci??n y gui??n y del departamento de audiovisuales del CEP.

Copia del Oficio pasado al S[eñ]or Reg[en]te de la R[ea]l Aud[ienci]a y [al] Rector de la Universi[da]d Literaria, sobre la Protectoria del Colegio de los Santos Reyes dicho de Villena [Manuscrito]

Alcance y contenido: Copia ms. sin firmar de un oficio envíado por el Subdelegado en Valencia de la "Colecturía general de espolios y vacantes", ramo Inquisición, organismo creado en Madrid en 1753, unida a la Comisaría general de Cruzada, aunque con función independiente y jurisdicción especial. El Colector General, tenía subdelegados en todas las diócesis. Esta Colecturía se suprimió en 1851. El subdelegado le reclama tanto al Regente de la Real Audiencia de Valencia, como al Rector de la Universidad Literaria la protectoría del Colegio de los Santos Reyes de Villena por ser una institución perteneciente a la Inquisición.

Organizational, direct support, and general support maintenance repair parts and special tools list : air conditioner, base mounted, air cooled, 208 VAC, 3-phase, 60 Hz, single package, 36,000 Btu/hr, model UAC 40-5/6-08, NSN 4120-01-122-0629, model 2643T100-1, NSN 4120-01-218-6912.

"10 October 1989."

Condiciones del d?ficit habitacional entre los hogares urbanos de Colombia: un estudio descriptivo exploratorio a partir de la encuesta de calidad de vida 2008 [recurso electr?nico]

La presente monograf?a se enfoca en el problema que se presenta actualmente en Colombia en el ?rea de vivienda y las consecuencias que ello acarrea.El mal redise?o del sistema UPAC, enfocado ahora a hacer un buen negocio para los bancos, condujo a la crisis del financiamiento de la vivienda. Entre tanto, la intervenci?n del Estado parece haberse enfocado en resolver el problema de la rentabilidad del cr?dito hipotecario: El fomento general de la vivienda dio paso a los subsidios focalizados y al refuerzo del concepto de vivienda de inter?s social VIS como ejes de dicha pol?tica. (P?rez y P?rez 2009, Torres 2009) Este cambio paradigm?tico se reflej? en la producci?n de trabajos sobre el tema: La mayor?a de estudios sobre el d?ficit habitacional se enfocan en el d?ficit cualitativo (cantidad de viviendas respecto a la cantidad de hogares), sobre la vivienda de inter?s social VIS y su financiamiento. De otraparte algunos trabajos de acad?micos, como se ver? en el estado del arte, usan como proxie del d?ficit la Propiedad de la vivienda, revelando con ello el sesgo. (Gonz?lez y Nieva 2004). Lo anterior gener? una escasez de estudios que abordaran directamente el d?ficit cualitativo y sus componentes. De esta observaci?n surge la idea del presente trabajo y justifica su ejecuci?n, en la medida en que contribuye con modestia a llenar dicho vac?o.

Unfavorable Outcomes During Treatment Of Multiple Sclerosis With High Doses Of Vitamin D.

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Caracterização físico-química de filmes comestíveis de amido adicionado de acerola (Malphigia emarginata D.C.)

Edibles films are an alternative to synthetic materials used for packing food products. Barbados cherry is rich in vitamin C and carotenoids. The aim of this study was to characterize and develop films by casting from cassava starch, lyophilized Barbados cherry pulp and glycerol. The films were characterized with respect to thickness, water vapor permeability (WVP), water solubility, vitamin C, carotene and mechanical properties. The interaction of pulp and glycerol reduced film thickness. An increase in pulp concentration up to 60% increased WVP but beyond this concentration reduced both WVP and solubility leading to an increased level of vitamin C and β carotene in the films.

Estudo inicial da degradação in vivo de poli(L-co-D,L ácido lático), sintetizado em laboratório, aplicado como prótese tibial em coelhos

The copolymer poly (L-co-D,L lactic acid), PLDLA, has gained prominence in the field of temporary prostheses due to the fact that their time of degradation is quite compatible with the requirement in the case of osseous fracture. In this work the in vivo degradation of devices from copolymer, as a system of plates and screws, used in fixation of the tibia of rabbits was studied. The devices were implanted in 15 adult rabbits, albinos, New Zealand race, and they were used as control devices of alloys of titanium (Ti-6Al-4V/ V grade). The use of copolymers, synthesized in the laboratory, was tested in the repair of fracture in rabbits'tibias, being assessed in the following times: 2 weeks, 2 months and 3 months. Morphological analysis of tissue surrounding the plate and screw system, for 2 weeks of implantation, showed the presence of osteoblasts, indicating a pre bone formation. After 2 months there was new bone formation in the region in contact with the polymer. This bone growth occurred simultaneously with the process of PLDLA degradation, invading the region where there was polymer and after 3 months there was an intense degradation of the copolymer and hence greater tissue invasion compared to 2 months which characterized bone formation in a region where the polymer degraded. The in vivo degradation study of the devices for PLDLA by means of histological evaluations during the period of consolidation of the fracture showed the efficiency of plate and screw system, and it was possible to check formation of bone tissue at the implantation site, without the presence of inflammatory reaction

Vitaminas D e C para poedeiras na fase inicial de produção de ovos

Um experimento foi conduzido com o objetivo de avaliar os efeitos de duas fontes de vitamina D e três níveis de vitamina C sobre as características de desempenho, a qualidade interna e externa dos ovos, os níveis de cálcio total e iônico séricos e a resistência óssea de poedeiras. Foram utilizadas 288 galinhas da linhagem ISA Babcock B300® com 23 semanas de idade, durante um período experimental de 12 semanas. Utilizou-se o delineamento inteiramente ao acaso em arranjo fatorial 2 × 3, com os fatores: fontes de vitamina D (colecalciferol e 25-hidroxicolecalciferol - 25(OH)D3) e de vitamina C (0, 100 e 200 ppm), totalizando seis tratamentos com oito repetições de seis aves. O nível basal de colecalciferol foi de 2.756 UI/kg, correspondendo a 5,51 g do produto comercial Hy.D®/t de ração, como fonte de 25(OH)D3. Os fatores estudados não influenciaram o consumo de ração, a produção, o peso e a massa de ovos. Observou-se efeito da interação de fontes de vitamina sobre a conversão alimentar, que foi melhor quando utilizado metabólito 25(OH)D3 na ausência de vitamina C. Interações foram observadas para porcentagem de albúmen e porcentagem de gema, que aumentaram na presença de 200 ppm de vitamina C. O peso específico dos ovos, as concentrações de cálcio sérico, cinzas ósseas e a resistência à quebra não foram influenciadas pelas fontes de vitamina D e C. Houve interação para porcentagem e espessura de casca, cujos maiores valores foram obtidos com a suplementação de vitamina C na presença de 25(OH)D3. Em poedeiras na fase inicial de produção, a conversão alimentar é melhor com a utilização do 25(OH)D3 e a espessura e porcentagem de casca também melhoram com a utilização de 25(OH)D3 e a suplementação de vitamina C nas dietas (100 ou 200 ppm, respectivamente).

Synthesis of novel O-acylated-D-ribono-1,5-lactones and structural assignment supported by conventional NOESY-NMR and x-ray analysis

A practical method for the structural assignment of 3,4-O-benzylidene-D-ribono-1,5-lactones and analogues using conventional NMR techniques and NOESY measurements in solution is described. 2-O-Acyl-3,4-O-benzylidene-D-ribono-1,5-lactones were prepared in good yields by acylation of Zinner’s lactone with acyl chlorides under mildly basic conditions. Structural determination of 2-O-(4-nitrobenzoyl)-3,4-O-benzylidene-D-ribono-1,5-lactone was achieved by single crystal x-ray diffraction, which supports the results based on spectroscopic data.

High resolution study of 104Pd(d,t)103Pd

Information collected in the present high resolution study of 104Pd(d,t)103Pd is interpreted within the systematics of the A ~ 100 region. The paper complements data previously presented by the S.Paulo Group, which were taken with the Pelletron-Enge-Spectrograph facility. A one-to-one correspondence to gamma ray results for 103Pd, collected by the Nuclear Data Sheets (NDS), was achieved and at least four open questions were settled. More reliable spectroscopic strengths were extracted in the present study.