Ksida Tlemcenia ; El Kalb Sali Ou L'Khater Ferhan / David Zaïnou, chant [acc. instr.]

[Traditions. Afrique du Nord. Maroc]

Zerstörung der Hornanlage beim Kalb – Literaturübersicht – das Schweizer Modell

In Deutschland werden jährlich die Hornanlagen von geschätzten 2,5 Mio. Kälbern zerstört. Dies ist bei Kälbern bis zum Alter von sechs Wochen ohne Anästhesie erlaubt, obwohl der Eingriff nachweislich starke Schmerzen verursacht. Der vorliegende Artikel fasst das aktuelle Wissen zum Thema zusammen und beschreibt die gesetzlichen Vorgaben anderer Länder zur Schmerzausschaltungspflicht. Weiterhin werden erstmals die Resultate einer aktuellen Umfrage bei allen Nutztierpraktikern (Rückantwortrate 40 %) in der Schweiz aus dem Jahr 2012 zur Delegation der Schmerzausschaltung an Tierhaltende vorgestellt. Auf Grund der aktuellen Literatur wird im Fall, dass auf die Zerstörung der Hornanlage nicht verzichtet werden kann, folgendes Vorgehen empfohlen: Die Hornanlage soll in den ersten 21 Lebenstagen des Kalbes, frühestens 10 Minuten nach Setzen einer Lokalanästhesie mit je 5 ml Procain 2 % pro Seite (Anästhesie des R. cornualis rechts und links) durch lokale Applikation von Hitze mit einem geeigneten Brennstab zerstört werden. Gleichzeitig zur Lokalanästhesie soll Meloxicam (einmalige Injektion von 0,5 mg/kg KGW; subkutan oder intravenös) appliziert werden. Die Einführung einer generellen Schmerzausschaltungsplicht bei der Zerstörung der Hornanlage von Kälbern ist aus Sicht des Tierwohls äußerst wünschenswert. In Deutschland ist heute die Schmerzausschaltung ohne Arzneimittelumwidmung möglich. Seit 2005 ist in der Schweiz die Schmerzausschaltung Pflicht, und seit 2008 besteht die Möglichkeit, die Anästhesie zur Zerstörung der Hornanlage bei Kälbern bis zum Alter von drei Wochen an den ausgebildeten Tierhalter zu delegieren. In allen landwirtschaftlichen Betrieben, welche von 52 % der tierärztlichen Praxen betreut werden, wird heute aus Sicht der antwortenden Nutztierpraktiker keine Zerstörung der Hornanlage bei Kälbern mehr ohne Anästhesie durchgeführt. Eine überwiegende Mehrheit dieser Tierärzte lehnt die Delegationsmöglichkeit der Schmerzausschaltung an Tierhalter nicht ab. Dies zeigt auf, dass dieses Modell eine erfolgversprechende Strategie darstellt, welche gegebenenfalls auch von anderen Ländern zur Umsetzung einer gesetzlich vorgeschriebenen Schmerzausschaltungspflicht in Betracht gezogen werden könnte.

Das goldene Kalb [Illustration]

Rafaelschule

Das goldene Kalb [Musikdruck]

Bogumil Zepler

Kuh mit Kalb im Stall [Illustration]

Adolf Eduard Herstein

Statue des "Baron von Kalb" [Illustration]

Ephraim Keyser

Ano[!] 1666, Den 19. Jenner Ist Ein Kalb vonn Einer Kuhe Gefallen : Iin[!] Leipzig Bey Einem Bürger hat gehabt 4 Augen, 3 Ohren, 2 kepft, gelebt 3 stunndt

Bibliogr. Nachweis: Faust: Zoolog. Einblattdrucke ... III,472

Drainage improvements, town of Cortland, De Kalb County, Illinois : a project /

Description of a project to reduce ponding and flooding in Cortland by construction of a storm sewer and detention basin for runoff.

Limnology of Lake Shabbona, De Kalb County, Illinois : May-October, 1979.

Cover title.

Aspects of a noncommutative scalar/tensor duality

We study the noncommutative massless Kalb-Ramond gauge field coupled to a dynamical U(1) gauge field in the adjoint representation together with a compensating vector field. We derive the Seiberg-Witten map and obtain the corresponding mapped action to first order in theta. The (emergent) gravity structure found in other situations is not present here. The off-shell dual scalar theory is derived and it does not coincide with the Seiberg-Witten mapped scalar theory. Dispersion relations are also discussed. The p-form generalization of the Seiberg-Witten map to order theta is also derived.

Lower Extremities Magnetic Resonance Angiography With Blood Pressure Cuff Compression: Quantitative Dynamic Analysis

Purpose: To quantitatively evaluate changes induced by the application of a femoral blood-pressure cuff (BPC) on run-off magnetic resonance angiography (MRA). which is a method generally previously proposed to reduce venous contamination in the leg. Materials and Methods: This study was Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)- and Institutional Review Board (IRB)-compliant, We used time-resolved gradient-echo gadolinium (Gd)-enhanced MRA to measure BPC effects on arterial, venous, and soft-tissue enhancement. Seven healthy volunteers (six men) were studied with the BPC applied at the mid-femoral level unilaterally using a 1.5T MR system after intravenous injection of Gd-BOPTA. Different statistical tools were used such as the Wilcoxon signed rank test and a cubic smoothing spline fit. Results: We found that BPC application induces delayed venous filling (as previously described), but also induces significant decreases in arterial inflow, arterial enhancement, vascular-soft tissue contrast, and delayed peak enhancement (which have not been previously measured). Conclusion: The potential benefits from using a BPC for run-off MRA must be balanced against the potential pitfalls, elucidated by our findings.

Magnetic Resonance Angiography in Extracranial Giant Cell Arteritis

Background: Noninvasive diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA) remains challenging, particularly with regard to evaluation of extracranial arterial disease. Objectives: The objective of the study was to retrospectively review extracranial involvement in patients with GCA and/or polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), evaluated with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), especially 3-dimensional contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography images of the aortic arch and its branches. Methods: Clinical information, biopsy status, and MRI examinations of 28 patients with GCA/PMR were reviewed. Patient images were mixed randomly with 20 normal control images and were independently reviewed by 2 radiologists. Interobserver agreement for detection of arterial stenosis was determined by the k coefficient. Results: Both readers described vascular alterations in keeping with extracranial GCA in 19 of 28 patients (67%) with good interobserver agreement (k = 0.73) and with even higher agreement on diagnosing nonocclusive versus occlusive disease (k = 1.00). The most common lesions were bilateral axillary stenosis or obstructions, observed by both readers in 8 patients (28%). Among the 19 patients with magnetic resonance angiography lesions in the subclavian/axillary arteries, 12 (75%) had biopsy-proven GCA, but only 5 (41%) of these patients had clinical features of large artery disease. Conclusions: In our series review, MRI could provide accurate information on involvement of the aortic arch and its branches in extracranial GCA, depicting different degrees of stenosis. Our analysis also illustrates that occult large artery vasculitis should be considered in patients without biopsy-proven GCA, patients with classic GCA but without clinical signs of large artery disease, and in patients initially diagnosed as having PMR.

The economic crisis in Portugal and children’s rights to non-discrimination

The consequences that arose from the ‘global economy’ have been significant in Portuguese children’s lives and we believe it is fundamental to reflect on the ongoing structuring of childhood through this global culture/ideology and the concrete implications that they have. It is also important to understand how childhood is constructed and experienced, as well as to consider the impacts of political economic conditions on children’s lives and in childhood in general, taking into account the effects brought on by public policies. The aim of this paper is to reflect on the ways through which the economic crisis affecting the general Portuguese population has impacted children in particular and promoted discrimination and a lack of opportunities in childhood. We will focus on two dimensions: first, on general data about the ongoing policies that have been reducing social rights, increasing poverty rates and threatening basic rights such as educational and health rights, to show their impact on children´s lives. Second, we will discuss some data collected with children throughout different research projects in order to characterize the meanings and impacts of the crisis in their lives from their points of view

Actin expression in trypanosomatids (Euglenozoa: Kinetoplastea)

Heteroxenic and monoxenic trypanosomatids were screened for the presence of actin using a mouse polyclonal antibody produced against the entire sequence of the Trypanosoma cruzi actin gene, encoding a 41.9 kDa protein. Western blot analysis showed that this antibody reacted with a polypeptide of approximately 42 kDa in the whole-cell lysates of parasites targeting mammals (T. cruzi, Trypanosoma brucei and Leishmania major), insects (Angomonas deanei, Crithidia fasciculata, Herpetomonas samuelpessoai and Strigomonas culicis) and plants (Phytomonas serpens). A single polypeptide of approximately 42 kDa was detected in the whole-cell lysates of T. cruzi cultured epimastigotes, metacyclic trypomastigotes and amastigotes at similar protein expression levels. Confocal microscopy showed that actin was expressed throughout the cytoplasm of all the tested trypanosomatids. These data demonstrate that actin expression is widespread in trypanosomatids.