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Manoscritti del monastero di Grottaferrata nel typikon dell'egumeno Biagio II
Authors: Parenti Stefano 
Published: January 2008

Abstract
Nell'agosto del 1462 papa Pio II investiva il cardinale Bessarione di Nicea della commenda del monastero di Grottaferrata, che succedeva al calabrese Pietro Vitali, ultimo degli egumeni de regimine, eletto a capo dell'Archimandritato di Messina. Uno dei primi atti di governo di Bessarione fu di incaricare l'arcivescovo di Siponto Niccolò Perotti, quale suo procuratore, di procedere ad una dettagliata ricognizione dei beni mobili e immobili del monastero criptense. I relativi inventari ci sono pervenuti nei mss. Grottaferrata Z. δ. XII (ff. 1-63) per i beni immobili, e Grottaferrata, Archivio del Monumento Nazionale, 523 (ff. 105-116) per i beni mobili. Nei ff. 108v-110 di quest'ultimo documento, la cui redazione era stata affidata dal Perotti al notaio Stefano Tegliati (o Tegliazio), si trova il primo sommario elenco conosciuto dei libri manoscritti della biblioteca, pubblicato da Pierre Batiffol e poi da Antonio Rocchi. Vi risultano 114 manoscritti greci, 2 latini e «circa viginti volumina librorum sine principio et mala ordinata».
A. AVRAMEA, Le Péloponnèse du IVe au VIIIe siècle. Changements et persistances
Authors: Weithmann Michael 
Published: January 2008

Abstract
Seit der 1951 publizierten Monographie Antoine Bons über den byzantinischen Peloponnes bis 1204 ist keine landesgeschichtliche byzantinistische Synthese zu dieser Region mehr erschienen. Nun liegt eine moderne Zusammenfassung, die sich auf die Periode zwischen dem 4. und dem 8. Jahrhundert konzentriert, vor.
M. GEORGOPOULOU, Venice's Mediterranean Colonies. Architecture and Urbanism
Authors: Jacoby David 
Published: January 2008

Abstract
The complex interaction between colonizer and colonized has attracted increasing attention among historians in the post-colonial period of the last fifty years. This perspective is also adopted by Maria Georgopoulou (hereafter: M. G.) in her treatment of the encounter between Venice and the Byzantine heritage of the territories the latter occupied shortly after the Fourth Crusade. M. G's. main thesis may be summarized as follows. Venice manipulated Crete's Byzantine heritage and assimilated it into her own rhetoric in order to undermine the Byzantine presence in the island and to support and legitimize her own colonial rule. This was achieved mainly by the appropriation of Byzantine traditions in civic and religious ceremonies and the symbolic colonization of urban space, expressed in architectural designs, the use of buildings and spatial patterns. All these served as bold statements of control over the local Greek population and the Jewish communities. The same strategy of urban planning was implemented in the other main cities of the colonial empire (26). In addition, M. G. argues that there was yet another channel of appropriation of Byzantine culture, art and imperial heritage by Venice, resulting from the Byzantine impact of the Venetian colonial territories on the political and cultural identity of the Adriatic city. Until now this issue has been examined in numerous studies primarily focused on the relationship between Constantinople and Venice.
R. KLEIN, Die Haltung der kappadokischen Bischöfe Basilius von Caesarea, Gregor von Nazianz und Gregor von Nyssa zur Sklaverei
Authors: Moschos Dimitrios 
Published: January 2008

Abstract
Diese Arbeit, die das Thema der Sklaverei im Werk der großen Kappadokier behandelt, leistet einen Beitrag zu der heute immer mehr an Bedeutung gewinnenden Sozialgeschichte der Spätantike. Die besondere Leistung dieser Arbeit liegt in der sorgfältigen minutiösen Sammlung aller Belege zum Thema Sklaverei, die der Vf. unter Zuhilfenahme elektronischer Mittel (nach Angaben des Vf.s u.a. des TLG) gesucht und in ihrem von ihm erfolgreich rekonstruierten geschichtlichen Hintergrund interpretiert hat. Lob verdient die Arbeit ferner wegen ihrer überschaubaren, klaren Gliederung, durch welche der Leser auf den ersten Blick die Ansichten der drei Kappadokier nachvollziehen und miteinander vergleichen kann.
S. KOTZABASSI, Byzantinische Kommentatoren der aristotelischen Topik. Johannes Italos und Leon Magentino
Authors: Grünbart Michael 
Published: January 2008

Abstract
Die Auslegungen zweier byzantinischer Gelehrter, Johannes Italos und Leon Magentinos, zur aristotelischen Philosophie sind in der vorliegenden Textausgabe von Sofia Kotzabassi vereint. Konkret geht es um die Topik, die als die allgemeinen Gesichtspunkte, die zur Erörterung eines Themas dienen, erklärt werden können. Die Wichtigkeit dieses Teiles der Philosophie des Stageiriten manifestiert sich in der großen Anzahl überlieferter Handschriften (den Text enthalten 90 Kodizes [S. 3]), während man Kommentare und Scholien in 124 Textzeugen findet.
I. NILSSON, Erotic Pathos, Rhetorical Pleasure. Narrative Technique and Mimesis in Eumathios Makrembolites' Hysmine & Hysminias
Authors: Conca Fabrizio 
Published: January 2008

Abstract
L'ampio e documentato studio di Ingela Nilsson conferma l'interesse sempre crescente per i romanzi bizantini, ribadito anche dalla ricca mise au point che Agapitos ha riservato di recente alle opere della Komnenenzeit, tra le quali Ismine e Isminia di Eumazio Macrembolita – la Nilsson accetta questa forma del nome (p. 18), condividendo l'ipotesi di Hunger, che identifica l'autore con il dignitario imperiale che fu per due volte eparchos di Costantinopoli e protoasekretis durante la sinodo del 1166 – costituisce l'unico testo in prosa, solo da poco, per una felice coincidenza, riedito criticamente da M. Marcovich (Teubner, Stutgardiae et Lipsiae 2001).
P. PILHOFER, Philippi, Band II: Katalog der Inschriften von Philippi
Authors: Bartels Jens 
Published: January 2008

Abstract
Seit Cyriacus von Ancona haben Reisende, die durch die Gegend von Philippi kamen, dort Inschriften abgeschrieben. Mitte des 19. Jh. begann die systematische Erforschung der Ruinen, die im 20. Jh. zu französischen und griechischen Grabungen führte. Seitdem sind knapp 700 Inschriften gefunden worden, eine Gesamtpublikation ist jedoch bisher unterblieben. Nun hat es der Neutestamentler P(ilhofer) im Rahmen einer Arbeit zur Sozialgeschichte der frühchristlichen Gemeinde (P. P., Philippi I: Die erste christliche Gemeinde Europas, Tübingen 1995) unternommen, die Inschriften der Region Philippi von der archaischen bis in die frühbyzantinische Zeit (zuzüglich der mittelbyzantinischen Inschriften Nr. 115a und Nr. 162) in einem Katalog vorzulegen. Dafür, daß er sich dieser Mühe unterzogen hat, gebührt ihm lebhafter Dank. Dies um so mehr, als er sich, soweit es ihm möglich war, darum bemüht hat, Lesungen am Stein zu überprüfen.
C. SODE, Jerusalem – Konstantinopel – Rom. Die Viten des Michael Synkellos und der Brüder Theodoros und Theophanes Graptoi
Authors: de Vries- van der Velden Eva 
Published: January 2008

Abstract
The modern critical approach to things hagiographical still wavers when it comes to taking leave of twelve lines of iambic invective, branded with wonderful delicacy of touch on the saintly foreheads of two Palestinian brothers, Theodore and Theophanes, the so-called “Graptoi”. Barry Baldwin, noting that C.A. Trypanis, unlike the great B. Bury and others, was inclined to disbelieve the story, could not help expressing the hope that it was true (An Anthology of Byzantine Poetry, Amsterdam 1985, pp. 142–3). It is of course only one of the many stories concocted by iconodule propaganda. The central question has to be formulated in more general terms: how is history made? History here primarily in the sense of the construction of the past by the Byzantines themselves, was embodied in historical narratives moving between hagiography and historiography. Trying to lay bare the basis and elements of such constructs will always remain a major task of critical historical scholarship.
1-Alkoxymethyl-X-dimethylaminopyridinium-base ionic liquids in wood preservation
Authors: Stasiewicz Monika , Fojutowski Andrzej , Kropacz Aleksandra , Pernak Juliusz 
Published: January 2008

Abstract
The following pyridinium-based ionic liquids (ILs) have been successfully tested as components of potential wood preservatives: 1-alkoxymethyl-3-dimethylaminopyridinium chlorides, 1-alkoxymethyl-4-dimethylaminopyridinium chlorides, 1-alkoxymethyl-3-dimethylaminopyridinium acesulfamates and 1-alkoxymethyl-4-dimethylaminopyridinium acesulfamates. These ILs are new biocides that penetrate well into wood. The tested pyridinium ILs with an alkoxymethyl substituent, consisting of 8, 9 or 10 carbon atoms, exhibited fungicidal activity against the basidiomycetes Coniophora puteana and Trametes versicolor and the blue-stain fungus Sclerophoma pityophila. The effective and lethal doses were measured by the agar-plate method and the toxic values, before and after leaching according to EN 84, were determined based on the EN 113 block method. The doses and toxic values of tested 1-decyloxymethyl-4-dimethylaminopyridinium chloride and acesulfamate were comparable with benzalkonium chloride and didecyldimethylammonium chloride. The ILs tested were largely unleachable from wood by water. The mechanical properties of wood treated with the former two ILs were lower than natural wood. Wood treated with the chloride and acesulfamate was, however, characterized by lower absorption of free water than the control wood. Only in the case of treatment with acesulfamate was the hygroscopicity of treated wood distinctly lower than that of control wood. The durability of wood was increased by 1-decyloxymethyl-4-dimethylaminopyridinium chloride and acesulfamate.
Fixation of copper(II)-protein formulation in wood: Part 1. Influence of tannic acid on fixation of copper in wood
Authors: Ratajczak Izabela , Hoffmann Stanisław K. , Goslar Janina , Mazela Bartłomiej 
Published: January 2008

Abstract
A new waterborne CuSO4·5 H2O-based formulation containing proteins from animal plasma SOLUTEIN (0.1%) as additive was investigated. Scots pine sapwood powder, cellulose and lignin were impregnated with solutions containing 0.1% and 2.5% copper (w/v). After impregnation, the samples were additionally treated by air-drying at 100°C or by tannic acid for denaturation of the proteins. Copper concentration was determined by atomic absorption spectroscopy and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR). Copper introduced into wood by impregnation and eliminated by leaching was controlled. The maximum retention of 5.83 g kg-1 in wood was obtained when wood was treated with tannic acid (2.5%) after impregnation. For a formulation containing more than 0.5% of CuSO·5 H2O, precipitation of the salt in wood appears. Five different EPR spectra appeared in wood, cellulose and lignin after treating with SOLUTEIN and with tannic acid.
Analysis of cell wall swelling on the basis of a cylindrical model
Authors: Nakano Takato 
Published: January 2008

AbstractThe relationship between inward and outward swelling of cell wall surfaces was examined. A formula was derived based on a cylindrical model of a wood cell. The equation clarifies that the slope of the swelling ratio of the whole wood versus moisture content is governed by a number of factors. This equation allows the examination of how the swelling direction of cell wall surfaces is determined during water adsorption. The swelling direction is given by the parameterΔh/Δr, whereΔhis the increase of cell wall thickness as a result of inward and outward swelling andΔris the outward increase.
Bagasse alkaline sulfite-anthraquinone (AS/AQ) pulping and totally chlorine free (TCF) bleaching
Authors: Hedjazi Sahab , Kordsachia Othar , Patt Rudolf , Jahan Latibari Ahmad , Tschirner Ulrike 
Published: January 2008

Abstract
Alkaline sulfite/anthraquinone (AS/AQ) pulping and totally chlorine free (TCF) bleaching of bagasse was investigated. Depithed and wet cleaned bagasse was collected from the Pars Paper Company in southern Iran, dried and then pulped. The active alkali charge was chosen between 16 and 20% on oven-dry bagasse and the alkali ratio, Na2SO3/NaOH, was varied from 30/70 to 70/30. The AQ dose was kept constant. While keeping a constant cooking time at maximum temperature for 60 min, the maximum temperature was varied between 155 and 165°C. For bleaching, a pulp with a kappa number of 8.5 was produced under the following conditions: 18% active alkali, alkali ratio 30/70, 60 min cooking at 155°C. TCF bleaching was performed with oxygen and hydrogen peroxide. Oxygen delignification (O) with an alkali charge of 2% NaOH resulted in 50% degree of delignification. A brightness of 80% ISO was achieved with a chelating treatment (Q) and a subsequent oxygen reinforced peroxide bleaching stage (OP) under drastic conditions (4% H2O2, 2.75% NaOH, 90 min at 98°C). With an additional peroxide bleaching stage charging 2% H2O2, the brightness could be further improved to 83.5% ISO. Bleaching led to only small losses in tensile and burst strength at unchanged tear strength. Short beating in a Jokro mill was sufficient to attain good pulp strength. The results indicate that AS/AQ pulping and TCF bleaching can be successfully applied to bagasse to produce pulp for writing and printing paper.
UV resonance Raman spectroscopic study of photodegradation of hardwood and softwood lignins by UV laser
Authors: Pandey Krishna K. , Vuorinen Tapani 
Published: January 2008

Abstract
The effect of laser irradiation (Ar+ ion laser, 244 nm) on photodegradation of lignin in silver birch and rubberwood as hardwoods and spruce and chir pine as softwoods has been investigated by UV resonance Raman spectroscopy (UVRRS). UVRR spectra showed degradation of aromatic structures accompanied by the formation of both ortho- and para-quinone structures as a result of photodegradation of wood surfaces. There was a rapid decrease in the intensities of all the lignin-associated bands accompanied by broadening of aromatic bands at 1602 cm-1 and in the region of 1500–1000 cm-1 due to formation of unsaturated structures arisen from lignin degradation. The rate of lignin degradation was observed by measuring the relative intensity of aromatic band at 1602 cm-1 during photodegradation. The rates of UV-degradation of hardwood and softwood surfaces were compared and it was found that hardwoods degrade at a faster rate than softwoods. The syringyl structures in hardwood lignin are more sensitive to photochemical degradation than guaiacyl structures. The rate of photodegradation increased with increasing intensity of the irradiated laser energy.
Collection Efficiencies of Various Airborne Spray Flux Samplers Used in Aerial Application Research
Authors: Fritz Bradley K , Hoffmann W. Clint 
Published: January 2008

Abstract
A low air speed, spray dispersion tunnel was constructed and used to evaluate the collection efficiency of passive spray flux collectors. The dispersion tunnel utilizes an air-assisted nozzle to generate a spray cloud with a DV0.5 of 18.5 (±0.4) μm at air speeds ranging from 0.4–4.0 m/s. A sampling protocol was developed to minimize spray flux and air speed variation effects while providing a check on theoretical collection efficiency calculations. A soda straw and monofilament line was placed on either side of a nylon screen cylinder collector, and all three were positioned in the center of the tunnel’s cross-sectional area. Twelve replicated trials were conducted at air speeds of 0.4, 1.3, 2, and 3.8 m/s. Droplet size was measured every replication using a Sympatec HELOS laser diffraction system. Using theoretical collection efficiencies for cylinders and the measured fractional droplet size, the actual flux was estimated from the volume of spray collected on the soda straw and monofilament samplers and used to determine the collection efficiency of the nylon screen cylinder. Collection efficiency increased with air speed for all collectors and results ranged from 5 to 40 % for the soda straws, 46 to 83 % for the monofilament line, and 9 to 98 % for the nylon screen cylinders. Collection efficiency data are crucial to the evaluation of field collected data from aerial application research studies with respect to mass accountability and comparisons to other studies and drift model results.
Relationships Among Severity of Osteonecrosis, Pain, Range of Motion, and Functional Mobility in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Authors: Marchese Victoria G , Connolly Barbara H , Able Colleen , Booten April R , Bowen Patrick , Porter Bethany M , Rai Shesh N , Hancock Michael L , Pui Ching-Hon , Howard Scott , Neel Mike D , Kaste Sue C 
Published: January 2008

Background and PurposeUp to 38% of children receiving treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) develop osteonecrosis, often without symptoms. Little is known about the association between the degree of osteonecrosis and functional mobility in this population. The purpose of this study was to examine relationships among the degree of osteonecrosis, pain, range of motion (ROM), and functional mobility in people with ALL.SubjectsThirty-three subjects aged 5 to 27 years with ALL and osteonecrosis participated.MethodsThe extent of osteonecrosis was determined by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the hip and knee according to 2 classification systems, including the Association Research Circulation Osseous (ARCO) and a knee staging scale. Pain, hip and knee ROM, and the Timed Up and Down Stairs (TUDS) Test were used as measures.ResultsCorrelations were observed between ARCO and hip pain (r=.34), between hip flexion ROM and hip pain (r=−.34), and between knee pain and time on the TUDS Test (r=−.35).Discussion and ConclusionPhysical therapists should consider that people with ALL may have hip or knee osteonecrosis without clinical symptoms. This notion supports the need for MRI in addition to a comprehensive examination of functional mobility.
Impact of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system genes on the treatment response of patients with hypertension and metabolic syndrome
Authors: Milionis Haralampos J , Kostapanos Michael S , Vakalis Konstantinos , Theodorou Ioanna , Bouba Ioanna , Kalaitzidis Rigas , Georgiou Ioannis , Elisaf Moses S , Siamopoulos Kostas C 
Published: January 2008

Objective. To evaluate the influence of clinical, biochemical and genetic markers on the response to antihypertensive treatment in patients with essential hypertension and the metabolic syndrome (MetS). Methods. Measurements of anthropometric indices, blood pressure (BP), and metabolic parameters were obtained from the medical records of 132 (77 women) newly diagnosed, untreated hypertensive patients. Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) genes polymorphisms (including ACE I/D, angiotensinogen M235T, angiotensin II type 1 receptor [AT1-receptor] A1166C) were determined. Response to treatment was defined as BP less than 140/90 mmHg. Results. Patients with MetS (n=60) had higher systolic BP and pulse pressure and a more atherogenic lipid profile than patients without MetS.The frequencies of the ACE and the AT1-receptor gene polymorphisms were similar between patients with and without MetS. Response to treatment was positively associated with pulse pressure, and the presence of the C allele as well as the AC genotype of the AT1-receptor gene and inversely with age after adjustment for confounding factors. Conclusions. RAAS genes distribution does not differ between hypertensive patients with and without the MetS. Higher baseline pulse pressure levels, the presence of the C allele and/or the AC genotype may be in favour of a better response to structured antihypertensive treatment in patients with MetS. However, these findings need to be evaluated in future studies.
Efficacy and safety of the direct renin inhibitor aliskiren and ramipril alone or in combination in patients with diabetes and hypertension
Authors: Uresin Yagiz , Taylor Addison A , Kilo Charles , Tschöpe Diethelm , Santonastaso Massimo , Ibram Ghionul , Hui Fang  , Satlin Andrew 
Published: January 2008

Objective. To assess the antihypertensive efficacy and safety of the combination of the direct renin inhibitor aliskiren and ramipril in patients with diabetes and hypertension. Methods. In this double-blind, multicentre trial, 837 patients with diabetes mellitus and hypertension (mean sitting diastolic blood pressure [BP] > 95 and < 110 mmHg) were randomised to once-daily aliskiren (150 mg titrated to 300 mg after four weeks; n=282), ramipril (5 mg titrated to 10 mg; n=278) or the combination (n=277) for eight weeks. Efficacy variables were cuff mean sitting diastolic BP (msDBP) and mean sitting systolic BP (msSBP); 24-hour ambulatory BP, plasma renin activity (PRA) and plasma renin concentration (PRC) were also assessed. Results. At week 8, aliskiren, ramipril and aliskiren/ramipril lowered msDBP (mean±SEM) by 11.3±0.5, 10.7±0.5 and 12.8±0.5 mmHg, and msSBP by 14.7±0.9, 12.0±0.9 and 16.6±0.9 mmHg, respectively. Aliskiren/ramipril provided superior msDBP reductions to ramipril (p=0.004) or aliskiren (p=0043) monotherapy; adding aliskiren to ramipril provided an additional mean BP reduction of 4.6/2.1 mmHg. Aliskiren monotherapy was non-inferior to ramipril for msDBP reduction (p=0.0002) and superior for msSBP reduction (p=0.021).All treatments significantly lowered mean 24-hour ambulatory BP. Aliskiren significantly reduced PRA from baseline as monotherapy (by 66%, p<0.0001) or in combination with ramipril (by 48%, p<0.0001), despite large increases in PRC in all treatment groups. Aliskiren was well tolerated as monotherapy or in combination with ramipril. Conclusions. Combining aliskiren with ramipril provided a greater reduction in msDBP than either drug alone in patients with diabetes and hypertension.
Plasma matrix metalloproteinase-9 and ACE-inhibitor-induced improvement of urinary albumin excretion in non-diabetic, microalbuminuric subjects
Authors: van de Wal Ruud MA , van der Harst Pim , Gerritsen Wim BM , van der Horst Fal , Plokker Thijs HW , Gansevoort Ron T , van Gilst Wiek H , Voors Adriaan A 
Published: January 2008

Introduction. Elevated plasma matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) levels have been suggested to precede the development of microalbuminuria. As angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors effectively reduce urinary albumin excretion (UAE), in the present study we have investigated the potential association of plasma MMP-9 levels with UAE and treatment effects of ACE-inhibition. Material and methods. In a placebo-controlled randomised trial we determined plasma MMP-9 levels at baseline and after three months of randomisation to either placebo (n=202) or fosinopril (20 mg/day, n=204) treatment. Results. Baseline plasma MMP-9 levels were not related to baseline UAE (r=-0.008, p=0.871).Three months of fosinopril treatment effectively reduced UAE compared to placebo treatment (-10.4±2.4 vs. 1.8±1.3 mg/24 hours, p<0.001, respectively). However, fosinopril treatment failed to significantly change plasma MMP-9 levels compared to placebo (-0.47±7.68 vs. 0.06±9.20, p=0.646, respectively) . In addition, the change in UAE was not related with change in MMP-9 levels. Conclusion. The effective reduction of UAE with fosinopril was not related to plasma MMP-9 levels.