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Edición modernizada y anotada del manuscrito de la Biblioteca Nacional de Madrid de El acierto en el engaño y robador de su honra de Luis de Belmonte Bermúdez.
Creators: name: Cortijo Ocaña, Antonio.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Literature, Romance.

description: This M.A. thesis presents a modernized edition of the play El acierto en el engano y robador de su honra, written in the 17th century by Luis de Belmonte Bermudez. The play is extant in the MS. 15009 of the Biblioteca Nacional de Madrid and has not been previously edited. The Thesis contains an introduction, in which the most relevant problems of the edition are discussed, including, for example, the fact that the MS. was greatly censored. The text is on occasions difficult to read and presents some problems when deciding which parts should be included and which excluded. Three different scribes can be distinguished and the study of their handwriting and work is one of the most outstanding problems of this edition. The second part of the Thesis consists of the actual edition of the play. The punctuation and the orthography have been modernized, except in those cases where the phonetics of the text could be affected. The third part contains philological and paleographical annotations, intended to clarify different aspects of the MS. and obscure passages. The philological notes attempt to elucidate the meaning of cultured references, ambiguous sentences, ... and try to shed light on some grammatical aspects of the language of the text.
Cancer Genetic Counselor Perspectives of Alternative Service Delivery Models’ Impact on Underserved Patients in the Era of COVID-19
Creators: name: Aleman, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Access to care
Cancer genetic counseling
COVID-19 pandemic
Telehealth
Underserved patients
Medical Counseling
Telemedicine
Oncology

description: In-person genetic counseling services have been impacted by the outbreak of COVID-19. One strategy during this time to accommodate government/ hospital regulations and provide continuity of care has been to adopt a telemedicine service delivery modality. There is an assumption that telemedicine improves access to patient care services such as genetic counseling. However, few research studies have investigated access to care among different patient groups. This study investigated the perspectives of cancer genetic counselors with telemedicine models of service delivery and how they have impacted underserved patient groups. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten participants. Interview questions explored the experiences of cancer genetic counselors with their patient populations, the transitions their clinics went through with the COVID-19 pandemic, and the benefits and limitations of the different service delivery models for their patients. Three themes emerged: 1) Facilitators, including the subthemes of decreased patient no-show rate, less patient stress and anxiety surrounding genetics visits, and reduced logistical barriers; 2) Barriers, including the subthemes of issues with technology, limited resources, sample collection issues, and limited English proficiency; and 3) Comparison of Telemedicine Models, including the subthemes of phone counseling, video counseling comparable to in-person counseling, and distractibility of patients. The results of the study expand the literature focused on underserved patient groups in genetic counseling and provide guidance for improving quality and experiences via telemedicine models in the profession moving forward.
Exercise hypotension: A retrospective analysis.
Creators: name: Soucie, Luc.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Biology, Animal Physiology.

description: This retrospective study assessed the usefulness of a drop and a blunted systolic blood pressure (SBP) response to exercise testing as predictors of multiple or left main coronary artery disease (CAD) as defined by a 'Coronary Score' (CS). Three types of systolic BP response to exercise were used: (1) an increase by more than 20 mmHg (Group I, n = 107), (2) an increase by 20 mmHg or less (Group II, n = 84), and (3) a decrease of at least 10 mmHg (Group III, n = 45). The extent of CAD was significantly greater in groups II and III than in group I (group I, $6.7\pm6.9;$ group II, $9.3\pm7.1;$ group III, $11.7\pm8.5,$ p 0.05). However, the difference was not statistically different between groups II and III which reinforces the value of a blunted SBP response. Treatment outcome also differed between SBP groups. Seventy percent of patients in group I received medical therapy. Over 70% of those in groups II and III underwent coronary angioplasty (PTCA) or coronary bypass surgery (CABG). It was concluded that similarly to a drop in SBP, a blunted SBP response to treadmill exercise testing in patients with known or suspected CAD is a potential indicator of multiple or left main coronary artery disease.
Από το χαρτί στη σκηνή – Μια σκηνική μεταφορά της Φόνισσας
Creators: name: Δεληνικόπουλος, Πάνος
Publisher: name: Σκηνή
Year: 2020
Subjects: Παπαδιαμάντης; Φόνισσα; Πειραματική Σκηνή της «Τέχνης»; Νικηφόρος Παπανδρέου

description: Το κείμενο χαρτογραφεί την απόπειρα μεταφοράς της Φόνισσας του Παπαδιαμάντη επί σκηνής για μια παράσταση-παραγωγή της Πειραματικής Σκηνής της Τέχνης, που έλαβε χώρα στη Θεσσαλονίκη στο τέλος της δεύτερης δεκαετίας του 21ου αιώνα. Εξετάζει τον τρόπο με τον οποίο το Παπαδιαμαντικό κείμενο συνέβη ως δραματικός λόγος, ως λόγος που εκφέρεται επί σκηνής, παύοντας να είναι αμιγώς λογοτεχνικό. Τεκμηριώνεται ο τρόπος με τον οποίο η συγκεκριμένη απόπειρα μεταφοράς σχετίζεται άρρηκτα με την παράσταση, στην οποία το κείμενο χρησίμευσε ως υλικό. Εξηγείται η συσχέτιση του διασκευής με τις επιλογές σκηνικής δράσης των πέντε ηθοποιών της (συγκεκριμένα, των: Έφης Σταμούλη, Σοφίας-Μαρίας Βούλγαρη, Έλσας Καρακασίδου, Ζωής Λαζαριώτου και Αρετής Πολυμενίδη), ενώ σημειώνεται και η αφανής, πλην ουσιαστικότατη συμβολή του διευθυντή της Πειραματικής Σκηνής της «Τέχνης», Νικηφόρου Παπανδρέου, στην διαμόρφωση της τελικής εκδοχής του κειμένου της παράστασης.
description: Σκηνή, No 10 (2018)
The Abbotsford Post
Creators: name: (:Null)
Publisher: name: Abbotsford, B.C. : J.A. Bates
Year: 2015

description: The Abbotsford Post was published in Abbotsford, in the Fraser Valley region of southwestern British Columbia. The Post was published and edited by John Alexander Bates, and it was the first paper targeted specifically at the Abbotsford area. The paper has since been bought and sold a number of times, and continues to be published to this day under the title of the Abbotsford News.
Στο εργαστήρι του δραματουργού: Ακυβέρνητες Πολιτείες του Στρατή Τσίρκα. 1ο μέρος: Η Λέσχη (Εθνικό Θέατρο – Θέατρο Τέχνης, 2017)
Creators: name: Κωνσταντινάκου, Παναγιώτα
name: Θεοδώρου, Έφη
Publisher: name: Σκηνή
Year: 2020
Subjects: Τσίρκας; Λέσχη; Εργαστήρι του μυθιστοριογράφου; Θέατρο Τέχνης; Εθνικό Θέατρο

description: Η περιπέτεια της μεταφοράς της Τριλογίας του Στρατή Τσίρκα Ακυβέρνητες Πολιτείες (1961-1965) στην σκηνή ξεκίνησε το 2016, όταν η σκηνοθέτης Έφη Θεοδώρου πρότεινε στον (τότε) διευθυντή του Εθνικού Θεάτρου Στάθη Λιβαθινό την παράσταση της Λέσχης, του πρώτου τόμου του εμβληματικού αυτού έργου της μεταπολεμικής νεοελληνικής πεζογραφίας. Για το καινούριο ανέβασμα η σκηνοθέτης-δραματουργός Έφη Θεοδώρου συνεργάστηκε με τη θεατρολόγο και δραματουργό Παναγιώτα Κωνσταντινάκου. Στο άρθρο που ακολουθεί, η Έφη Θεοδώρου και η Παναγιώτα Κωνσταντινάκου εξηγούν το σκηνικό σύστημα που θεωρήθηκε προσφορότερο για να υποστηρίξει τη δραματουργική σύλληψη, και το οποίο πήρε το όνομα «το εργαστήρι του μυθιστοριογράφου». Εδώ, η περιπέτεια της γραφής και της πρόσληψης του εμβληματικού έργου συμπλέκεται με την αφήγηση του ίδιου του έργου από μια αφηγηματική κοινότητα. Οι δέκα ηθοποιοί του θιάσου, από τη μια πλευρά επωμίζονται την αφήγηση της πλοκής, λειτουργώντας πότε ως δρώντα πρόσωπα, και πότε ως αφηγητές – ταυτόχρονα φορείς της δράσης και ακροατές-μάρτυρες των δρωμένων. Από την άλλη, αφηγούνται την περιπέτεια της γραφής του μυθιστορήματος και την αγωνία του συγγραφέα για την πρόσληψή του, ενσωματώνοντας σε επιλεγμένα σημεία αποσπάσματα από την αλληλογραφία του Τσίρκα, από τα Τα ημερολόγια της Τριλογίας, αλλά και από άλλες πολύτιμες μαρτυρίες του συγγραφέα. Δεν μεταβλήθηκαν στο ελάχιστο η γραφή και ο λόγος του συγγραφέα, εξηγεί η δραματουργική ομάδα, ενώ κατά τη σκηνική επεξεργασία του κειμένου, έμφαση δόθηκε στην ανάδειξη της πολυφωνικότητας του έργου, με το μοίρασμα των αφηγηματικών αποσπασμάτων σε περισσότερες από μία φωνές, γεγονός που πολλαπλασίασε και ταυτόχρονα κατακερμάτισε περαιτέρω το υποκείμενο.
description: Σκηνή, No 10 (2018)
How Infection and Vaccination Are Linked to Acute and Chronic Urticaria: A Special Focus on COVID-19
Creators: name: Kocatürk, Emek
name: Muñoz, Melba
name: Elieh-Ali-Komi, Daniel
name: Criado, Paulo Ricardo
name: Peter, Jonny
name: Kolkhir, Pavel
name: Can, Pelin
name: Wedi, Bettina
name: Rudenko, Michael
name: Gotua, Maia
name: Ensina, Luis Felipe
name: Grattan, Clive
name: Maurer, Marcus
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: urticaria
subject: angioedema
subject: viral infections
subject: COVID-19
subject: SARS-CoV-2
subject: omalizumab
subject: vaccine
subject: vaccination
subject: adverse events
subject: exacerbation
subject: anaphylaxis
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Since more than a century ago, there has been awareness of the connection between viral infections and the onset and exacerbation of urticaria. Our knowledge about the role of viral infection and vaccination in acute and chronic urticaria improved as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic but it has also highlighted knowledge gaps. Viral infections, especially respiratory tract infections like COVID-19, can trigger the onset of acute urticaria (AU) and the exacerbation of chronic urticaria (CU). Less frequently, vaccination against viruses including SARS-CoV-2 can also lead to new onset urticaria as well as worsening of CU in minority. Here, with a particular focus on COVID-19, we review what is known about the role of viral infections and vaccinations as triggers and causes of acute and chronic urticaria. We also discuss possible mechanistic pathways and outline the unmet needs in our knowledge. Although the underlying mechanisms are not clearly understood, it is believed that viral signals, medications, and stress can activate skin mast cells (MCs). Further studies are needed to fully understand the relevance of viral infections and vaccinations in acute and chronic urticaria and to better clarify causal pathways.
Eye Gaze as a Measure of the Effects of Syntactic Complexity and Agency Distance on the Speed of Spoken Language Comprehension: A New Paradigm
Creators: name: Sorrentino, Victoria
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2017
Subjects: eye-tracking
speech comprehension
language comprehension
working memory

description: In 1999, Caplan and Waters suggested that basic sentence comprehension is an on-line process that does not draw upon working memory resources. While most spoken language comprehension tasks use off-line measures, the present study additionally examined eye-gaze in a speech comprehension task that manipulated syntactic complexity and agency distance. Participants listened to spoken sentences and were asked to click on the “doer” of the action in each sentence from two choices presented on a computer screen in front of them. Among eighteen younger adults, it was found that the times required to click on the correct answers (overt response times or ORTs) were more affected by the manipulations than the times required to fixate on the correct answers (eye-fixation times or EFTs), and that working memory span had a stronger relationship with on-line responses than off-line responses. These results provide partial support for Caplan and Waters’ model; working memory span did not predict EFTs in more syntactically complex sentences, but effects of working memory span were seen on EFTs based on agency distance, suggesting that working memory resources were in fact required for the comprehension task.
Αριάγνη: Από τη λογοτεχνική γραφή στη θεατρική σκηνή
Creators: name: Λεοντάρης, Γιάννης
Publisher: name: Σκηνή
Year: 2020
Subjects: Τσίρκας; Αριάγνη; Πολιτική παράσταση αισθημάτων; Μερτάκης; εμβόλιμο κείμενο; Performance; Θέατρο Τέχνης; Εθνικό Θέατρο

description: Για τη διαδικασία της θεατρικής μεταφοράς, ο ίδιος ο τίτλος του μυθιστορήματος του Τσίρκα, Αριάγνη, θέτει το θεμελιώδες ερώτημα για τον σκηνοθέτη: ποιος είναι ο πρωταγωνιστής του έργου; Ποια η δεσπόζουσα οπτική γωνία; Ποιοι οι βασικοί πόλοι της σύγκρουσης που περιγράφεται; Το δίλημμα πώς μπορεί να αποδοθεί σκηνικά; Στη διαδικασία της μεταγραφής των 350 σελίδων του μυθιστορήματος στις 80 του δραματικού κειμένου, δεν θεωρήθηκε ότι εκκρεμεί να δειχθούν οι λογοτεχνικές αρετές του κειμένου. Χωρίς νόημα επίσης κρίθηκε η αγιοποίηση των «καλών» κι η δαιμονοποίηση των «κακών» της μυθοπλασίας και της Ιστορίας. Η παράσταση εστίασε σε συγκρούσεις αβέβαιης έκβασης: στην εκρηκτική ασυμβατότητα ανάμεσα στην πολιτική και την ποίηση, τον κυνισμό και τον λησμονημένο ουμανισμό, στην Ιστορία και τα πάθη. Εστίασε σε διλήμματα. Και τα έθεσε στους θεατές. Με την Αριάγνη, λοιπόν, προτάθηκε μια «πολιτική παράσταση αισθημάτων». Έτσι, η σκηνοθετική πρόταση αναζήτησε ένα νέο πρόσωπο που δεν ξεπηδά από τις σελίδες του μυθιστορήματος, αλλά αναπνέει μόνο στην σκηνή του θεάτρου, δηλαδή έναν αμιγώς θεατρικό ρόλο. Ο ρόλος αυτός συνέδεσε το μυθιστόρημα με το θέατρο. Συνεπώς, πέρα από τους δύο βασικούς πόλους σύγκρουσης του κειμένου του Τσίρκα, τον Μάνο και το Ανθρωπάκι, επινόησε έναν τρίτο πόλο, δίνοντας στον κυνικό αστό πολιτευτή Μερτάκη τον ρόλο του κονφερανσιέ. Ο πόλος αυτός αποτέλεσε κεντρικό άξονα της παράστασης. Για τις ανάγκες αυτού του επιπλέον ρόλου γράφτηκε από τον σκηνοθέτη ένα νέο, εμβόλιμο κείμενο. Έτσι, η παράσταση απέκτησε χαρακτηριστικά performance. Ο χρόνος της θεατρικής δράσης ταυτίστηκε, με τον χρόνο που διαρκεί η παράσταση.
description: Σκηνή, No 10 (2018)
Identificación de material patentable en proyectos de investigación tecnológicos
Creators: name: Hilario Rivas, Jorge Luis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Patente
Invencion

description: •Entender el contexto mundial del avance de la ciencia  y tecnología

•Entender la relación de los tipos de investigación y los niveles de madurez tecnológica.

•Entender que es propiedad intelectual y las patentes

•Entender las exclusiones y las excepciones a la patentabilidad

•Presentar el Modelo Efectivo del Proceso de Innovación Tecnológica – MEPIT.
Understanding the Molecular Basis of Fusarium solani Mediated Root Rot in Pisum sativum
Creators: name: Williamson Benavides, Bruce Andres
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Root rots -- Molecular aspects

description: Pea (Pisum sativum) is an important cool-season crop, which is gaining renewed prominence due to an increased interest in plant-derived proteins. Its high nutritional value, low production costs, and short life cycle make pea ideal for the plant-derived protein market. However, pea yields are jeopardized by the root rot fungus, Fusarium solani f. sp. pisi (Fsp). Green-seeded cultivars are susceptible to Fsp, while most of the wild, purple-seeded pea genotypes are highly resistant. A time course RNA-sequencing approach was undertaken to identify Fsp-responsive genes in four partially resistant and four susceptible green-seeded pea genotypes. Gene expression analysis resulted in the identification of 42,905 differentially expressed contigs (DECs). Fsp challenge produced a more intense and diverse overexpression of genes in the susceptible genotypes, while the partially resistant genotypes showed fewer changes in the expression of defense-related genes and a faster reset to a basal metabolic state. Genes involved in exocytosis, the anthocyanin synthesis, as well as the DRR230 pathogenesis-related gene were overexpressed in the partially resistant genotypes. Genes involved in endocytosis, sugar transport, salicylic acid synthesis, and cell death were overexpressed in the susceptible genotypes. Analysis of the 42,905 DECs resulted in the identification of 769 predicted Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs), which were validated and used to screen two segregating populations and to perform quantitative trait loci (QTL) analyses. A new QTL WB.Fsp-Ps 5.1 explained 14.76% of the resistance to Fsp, while four other QTLs explained 5.26-8.05% of the variance. Lastly, the association between the anthocyanin biosynthesis pathway and Fsp resistance was studied via ectopic overexpression, antisense expression, and CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing of the flavanone 3-hydroxylase gene in a highly resistant purple-seeded line. We report an efficient pea transformation protocol with a mean efficiency of 2.9%. Transgenic events exhibiting a range of variation in petal pigmentation were obtained representing CRISPR/Cas9, overexpression, and silencing constructs. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of CRISPR/Cas9 mediated gene editing in pea. The transgenic lines will be used in subsequent pathogen challenge assays to determine if the pea anthocyanin biosynthesis pathway is critical for Fsp resistance.
Από το χαρτί στη σκηνή και από τις ιστορίες στην Ιστορία: Η διασκευή της Νυχτερίδας του Στρατή Τσίρκα
Creators: name: Ανδριανού, Έλσα
Publisher: name: Σκηνή
Year: 2020
Subjects: Τσίρκας; Νυχτερίδα; Διασκευή; «Ανθρωπάκι»; απαλειφή προσώπου; Θέατρο Τέχνης; Εθνικό Θέατρο

description: Η διασκευή της Νυχτερίδας, τρίτου και τελευταίου βιβλίου από τις Ακυβέρνητες Πολιτείες του Τσίρκα, έγινε για την ομώνυμη παράσταση, σε σκηνοθεσία Τρουπάκη (συμπαραγωγή Εθνικού Θεάτρου / Θεάτρου Τέχνης), που παίχτηκε στο Θέατρο Τέχνης (Φρυνίχου), τον χειμώνα του 2018. Πρώτη μέριμνα για τη συγκεκριμένη διασκευή ήταν να κρατηθεί στο μεγαλύτερο δυνατό ποσοστό η γλώσσα του βιβλίου, και όχι απλώς η ιστορία του, διότι -κατά την δραματουργό της απόπειρας αυτής, και συγγραφέα του άρθρου- η φόρμα ενός λογοτεχνικού έργου αποτελεί οργανικό στοιχείο του, χωρίς το οποίο ο αποχρών λόγος «δραματοποίησης» σχεδόν εκλείπει. Στην διασκευή της Νυχτερίδας επετεύχθη σε ποσοστό άνω του 95% να κρατηθεί η γλώσσα της, με τις αναγκαίες πυκνώσεις και διαφοροποιήσεις σε γραμματικά στοιχεία (πρόσωπα και χρόνους) και με ελάχιστες λοιπές παρεμβάσεις στο κείμενο, που έλαβαν χώρα στο τελευταίο στάδιο της δουλειάς. Κατά τα λοιπά, στην εν λόγω διασκευή διατηρήθηκαν τα πρόσωπα που κρίθηκαν αναγκαία για την προώθηση της ιστορίας. Κάποια πρόσωπα (Μάνος, Ναν, Παράσχος, Τζούλια, Ελένη, Παντελής, Φάνης) αναπτύχθηκαν περισσότερο, προωθώντας την ιστορία καθώς μεταβάλλονταν στη ροή των συμβάντων, άλλα -δευτερεύοντα- κρατήθηκαν στο πλαίσιο μιας πιο αδρής διαγραφής. Αξίζει να σημειωθεί η επιλογή να απαλειφθεί το περίφημο Ανθρωπάκι, η «κομμένη κεφαλή» του Τσίρκα, όχι διότι θεωρήθηκε δευτερεύον πρόσωπο, αλλά ακριβώς για το αντίθετο. Αυτό το σημαντικό αόρατο «γρανάζι» που επεμβαίνει στον ιστορικό μηχανισμό, δεν εμφανίζεται ποτέ ως σκηνικό πρόσωπο, ωστόσο, παραμένοντας στο δραματικό σύμπαν, αν και όχι επί σκηνής, «επαληθεύεται» διαρκώς από τον τρόπο που αναφέρονται σε αυτό τα άλλα πρόσωπα, κυρίως ο Σιμωνίδης.
description: Σκηνή, No 10 (2018)
Η διασκευή του Μ. Καραγάτση για τη σκηνή
Creators: name: Πασχάλης, Στρατής
Publisher: name: Σκηνή
Year: 2020
Subjects: Καραγάτσης; Αφήγημα; ενσάρκωση/αποστασιοποίηση; Θεατροποίηση; σεναριακή πλευρά; πραγματικότητα

description: Η μεταφορά της λογοτεχνίας στη σκηνή γίνεται με δύο τρόπους: α) Το αφήγημα μεταφέρεται στη σκηνή ως αφήγημα. Η προφορικότητα του θεάτρου υποδέχεται την αφηγηματικότητα της πεζογραφίας, χρησιμοποιώντας το υλικό της (τόσο την εξιστόρηση, όσο και τους διαλόγους) ως θεατρικό κείμενο. Το υλικό του αφηγηματικού λόγου αντιμετωπίζεται μέσα από τη σύμβαση ηθοποιού-αφηγητή ή των ηθοποιών-αφηγητών, που εκφέρουν το κείμενο κινούμενοι μεταξύ δραματικότητας και εκφραστικής περιγραφής, όπου η ενσάρκωση υπάρχει ταυτόχρονα με τη λεγομένη αποστασιοποίηση (επικό θέατρο), και όπου κατά στιγμές το τρίτο αφηγηματικό πρόσωπο εκφέρεται σα να ήταν πρώτο πρόσωπο μιας επικής εξιστόρησης ή μιας προσωπικής εξομολόγησης. Το κείμενο το μοιράζονται οι ηθοποιοί ανάλογα με τον «ρόλο» τους, που τις περισσότερες φορές είναι «σκιώδης» και εναλλασσόμενος, έτσι ώστε να προκύπτουν δραματικές καταστάσεις. β) Το αφήγημα «θεατροποιείται» κι έτσι προκύπτει λίγο έως πολύ ένα πρωτότυπο θεατρικό έργο. Εδώ ο ρόλος του διασκευαστή είναι πιο εναργής και πιο ουσιώδης, εφόσον το αφήγημα μεταφέρεται στη σκηνή περισσότερο με βάση την «άυλη» σεναριακή του πλευρά και λιγότερο την «υλική» κειμενική-υφολογική-αφηγηματική του υπόσταση. Με άλλα λόγια, πάνω στην ιστορία του αφηγήματος γράφεται ένα θεατρικό κείμενο αυτόνομο που χρησιμοποιεί και στοιχεία από το πεζογράφημα, αλλά και άλλα πρωτότυπα στοιχεία (διαλόγους, σκηνές, πρόσωπα) που σχετίζονται με την ιστορία, αλλά όχι αναγκαστικά και με το γραπτό του αφηγήματος. Από αυτούς τους δύο τρόπους θεατρικής διασκευής της πεζογραφίας για το θέατρο, ο συγγραφέας του άρθρου, επέλεξε τον δεύτερο, διότι, μεταφέροντας τον Καραγάτση στη σκηνή, ήθελε να δώσει την εντύπωση που είχε όταν τον πρωτο-διάβασε: την αίσθηση της ροής, της απότομης μετατόπισης, της ταχύτητας –τον αισθησιασμό που δίνει η ζωντανή εικόνα της πραγματικότητας.
description: Σκηνή, No 10 (2018)
Circulating Neuronatin Levels Are Positively Associated with BMI and Body Fat Mass but Not with Psychological Parameters
Creators: name: Rudolph, Amelie
name: Stengel, Andreas
name: Suhs, Maria
name: Schaper, Selina
name: Wölk, Ellen
name: Rose, Matthias
name: Hofmann, Tobias
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: gut-brain axis
subject: anorexia nervosa
subject: obesity
subject: body composition
subject: patient-reported outcome
subject: psychosomatic
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Human genetic studies have associated Neuronatin gene variants with anorexia nervosa (AN) and obesity. Studies on the expression of the Neuronatin gene product, a proteolipid, are lacking. We investigated the relationship between circulating Neuronatin, body mass index (BMI), body composition (BC), physical activity (PA), and psychometric outcomes in patients with AN, normal weight, and obesity. Plasma Neuronatin was measured by ELISA in (1) 79 subjects of five BMI categories (AN/BMI < 17.5 kg/m2; normal weight/BMI 18.5–25 kg/m2; obesity/BMI 30–40 kg/m2; obesity/BMI 40–50 kg/m2; obesity/BMI > 50 kg/m2) with assessment of BC (bioimpedance analysis; BIA); (2) 49 women with AN (BMI 14.5 ± 1.8 kg/m2) with measurements of BC (BIA) and PA (accelerometry); (3) 79 women with obesity (BMI 48.8 ± 7.8 kg/m2) with measurements of anxiety (GAD-7), stress (PSQ-20), depression (PHQ-9) and eating behavior (EDI-2). Overall, a positive correlation was found between Neuronatin and BMI (p = 0.006) as well as total fat mass (FM; p = 0.036). In AN, Neuronatin did not correlate with BMI, FM, or PA (p > 0.05); no correlations were found between Neuronatin and psychometric outcomes in obesity (p > 0.05). The findings suggest an FM-dependent peripheral Neuronatin expression. The decreased Neuronatin expression in AN provides evidence that Neuronatin is implicated in the pathogenesis of eating disorders.
The National-Religious Party, the Rabbinate, and the Arab-Israeli Peace Process: Principle and Pragmatism in Religious-Zionist Statecraft (1974–1977)
Creators: name: Moshkovski, Ari
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: National-Religious Party
subject: Political Science
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: Israel

description: This dissertation investigates the involvement of the Israeli National-Religious Party (NRP) in the Arab-Israeli peace process between 1974 and 1977. This peace process, orchestrated by U.S. secretary of state Henry Kissinger, catalyzed processes of change within the “National-Religious,” or “religious-Zionist,” camp. Yet, studies of religious-Zionism during this period overlook the movement’s elected political leadership- the NRP- in favor of the Gush Emunim settlement movement and related ideological developments. Similarly, the historiography of the post-1973 peace process overlooks the NRP’s involvement, despite the party’s critical role in Israeli coalition governance, and the outsized influence of coalition politics on Israeli foreign policy. I address these lacunae through a historical study of NRP politicians and their interlocutors between 1974 and 1977. Using a variety of primary sources, this study illuminates the inter-causal relationships between the American-mediated peace process, the escalation of inter-factional competition within the NRP, and the deterioration of the Historic Alliance with Labor.
description: Kissinger’s diplomacy raised the prospect of territorial withdrawal and presented the government with decisions germane to the disposition of the West Bank. Concomitantly, the NRP Zeirim- an insurgent youth faction- escalated their struggle against the party’s “Old Guard” leadership and its coalition partnership with Labor. While pragmatic, material considerations informed the NRP leadership’s practice of statecraft, the Zeirim stressed adherence to religious principles and opposed ceding sacred ground in the West Bank.
description: Hoping to pacify the Zeirim, the Old Guard reached accommodations with Labor during coalition talks and cabinet deliberations, thereby avoiding fateful decisions over the West Bank. These accommodations constrained the Rabin government’s diplomacy, and steered the peace process away from the West Bank, toward an accord with Egypt.
description: The Zeirim, though, continued their struggle and expanded their influence by joining the cabinet and coopting parts of the Old Guard. Taking a hard line in the name of religious principles, the Zeirim confronted both Labor and the NRP leadership over the peace process and provocations by Gush Emunim. These confrontations destabilized the NRP, disrupted the coalition, and undermined the Rabin government, leading to a rupture with Labor and upending the NRP’s inter-factional balance of power.
Η Πανωραία του Ν. Βαγενά, στο θέατρο ‘Αντίβαρο’ στο Ρέθυμνο»
Creators: name: Σειραγάκης, Μανώλης
Publisher: name: Σκηνή
Year: 2020
Subjects: Νάσος Βαγενάς; Πανωραία; δραματοποιημένη ποίηση; παράσταση συνόλου

description: Βιωματική καταγραφή της αναμέτρησης του θεατρολόγου και, εν προκειμένω, σκηνοθέτη Μανώλη Σειραγάκη με τον ποιητή και πανεπιστημιακό δάσκαλο Νάσο Βαγενά, του οποίου την ποιητική συλλογή Πανωραία αναλαμβάνει να δραματοποιήσει. «[...] Είμαι εναντίον των παραστάσεων που δε σέβονται το κείμενο, ρίχνοντάς του διάφορα μπαχαρικά και ψιμύθια σημερινά [...]» δηλώνει ο συγγραφέας. Έτσι, στην σκηνική απόδοση του Σειραγάκη, ο λόγος του νεαρού αφηγητή και ο αντίστοιχος της Πανωραίας σκιαγραφούν τον κόσμο χωρίς παραλλαγές και προσθήκες. Στην τελική μορφή του έργου, πάντως, το σχεδόν μονολογικό πρώτο ανέβασμα με τους δυο μόνο ηθοποιούς επί σκηνής διευρύνεται σε μια παράσταση συνόλου με πέντε δρώντα πρόσωπα, ώστε να χωρέσει και ο κοινωνικός περίγυρος. Το αποτέλεσμα, εξηγεί ο συγγραφέας του άρθρου καθησυχάζει τις ανησυχίες του ποιητή που παρακολουθεί άγρυπνος.
description: Σκηνή, No 10 (2018)
«Η Διεθνική θεατρική επανάσταση των Δελφών»: βιβλιοκρισία στο: Ευθαλία Παπαδάκη, Πίσω από το Πέπλο της Ωραιότητας. Ο Μυστικός Κόσμος της Εύας και του Άγγελου Σικελιανού, εκδ. Μουσείου Μπενάκη, Αθήνα 2018, 348 σ.
Creators: name: Μαυρομούστακος, Πλάτων
Publisher: name: Σκηνή
Year: 2020

description: Βιβλιοκρισία
description: Σκηνή, No 10 (2018)
Machine Learning to Predict Apical Lesions: A Cross-Sectional and Model Development Study
Creators: name: Herbst, Sascha Rudolf
name: Pitchika, Vinay
name: Krois, Joachim
name: Krasowski, Aleksander
name: Schwendicke, Falk
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: cross-sectional study
subject: epidemiology
subject: panoramic radiography
subject: periapical lesions
subject: prevalence
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: (1) Background: We aimed to identify factors associated with the presence of apical lesions (AL) in panoramic radiographs and to evaluate the predictive value of the identified factors. (2) Methodology: Panoramic radiographs from 1071 patients (age: 11–93 a, mean: 50.6 a ± 19.7 a) with 27,532 teeth were included. Each radiograph was independently assessed by five experienced dentists for AL. A range of shallow machine learning algorithms (logistic regression, k-nearest neighbor, decision tree, random forest, support vector machine, adaptive and gradient boosting) were employed to identify factors at both the patient and tooth level associated with AL and to predict AL. (3) Results: AL were detected in 522 patients (48.7%) and 1133 teeth (4.1%), whereas males showed a significantly higher prevalence than females (52.5%/44.8%; p < 0.05). Logistic regression found that an existing root canal treatment was the most important risk factor (adjusted Odds Ratio 16.89; 95% CI: 13.98–20.41), followed by the tooth type ‘molar’ (2.54; 2.1–3.08) and the restoration with a crown (2.1; 1.67–2.63). Associations between factors and AL were stronger and accuracy higher when using fewer complex models like decision tree (F1 score: 0.9 (0.89–0.9)). (4) Conclusions: The presence of AL was higher in root-canal treated teeth, those with crowns and molars. More complex machine learning models did not outperform less-complex ones.
title: PROFESSIONAL DOCTORATE PORTFOLIO
Creators: name: McGreary, MJ
Publisher: name: Liverpool John Moores University
Year: 2020

description: This thesis demonstrates the development of a neophyte sport psychology practitioner’s journey through a professional doctorate. In particular, the thesis provides a reflective demonstration of enhanced competence in ethical practice, consultancy, dissemination and research. Three applied consultancy case studies and reflective diary entries highlight the challenges faced as a trainee sport psychology practitioner, with a particular focus on the development of a professional philosophy. In particular, a lack of self-awareness regarding personal values and beliefs and often incongruently delivering practitioner-led sessions, with an emphasis on ‘needing to offer something meaningful for clients’. Following a period of self-examination (Simons & Andersen, 1995) and discovery (Corlett, 1966) the author began to develop a more congruent philosophy of practice, focused on a client-led, counselling based approach. The author also demonstrates anxiety related to competence, particularly during the early stages of development; this is in line with contemporary practitioner development research (e.g., Tod, Andersen & Marchant, 2009). Two empirical papers and a systematic review were also conducted. The author often adopted the position of practitioner-researcher when conducting research. The challenges associated with such positions are discussed, such as challenges to identity (Champ, 2019). Finally, a dissemination case study and reflections highlight the delivery of psychoeducational sessions to a variety of populations. Through this, the author’s pedagogical approach develops from an authoritarian, traditional lecture-based approach (Girgin & Stevens, 2005), to a more collaborative learning experience, placing the learner at the centre of the process (Postareff & Lindblom-Ylanne, 2008).
Problems and possibilities in writing Haiku in English.
Creators: name: Giroux, Joan.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1968
Subjects: subject: Education, Language and Literature.

description: Although the haiku form is popular, the deceptively simple Japanese poem is controlled by rigorous rules which are difficult to apply in English due to basic differences of language and poetic tradition. It is important that would-be writers of English haiku be aware of the problems. The three-line Japanese haiku grew from the first three lines of linked verse which was popular in seventeenth-century Japan. The spirit of Zen Buddhism permeates haiku and behind the respect for nature and common things found in haiku lies the long history of oriental religions. Arts related to Zen Buddhism, all stressing the moment of enlightenment, also have exercised an influence upon haiku. Yet Zen itself, and haiku as a poetry form are compatible with western religious thought and poetics. A one-stanza poem containing only three lines, at first sight, seems foreign to English prosody, but closer examination shows that it is not necessarily foreign. Although division into five, seven and five syllables seems arbitrary, and the total of seventeen syllables seems light, the reasons for the form and the methods of compensating for the brevity are solid. One of the methods of adding weight to the form is the traditional use of a word indicating one of the seasons and thus conscripting all the beauty of nature. Special haiku techniques also add consequence to the brief poetry form. Simple diction ensures a limpidity which is the special cachet of haiku. Natural imagery uses an object in nature as a sufficient symbol: assonance alliteration and onomatopoeia are used much in the same manner in both languages; special Japanese techniques are compensated for in some measure by English punctuation, "kennings", and syntactical pivoting. Verbal dexterity, found in Japanese haiku does have equivalent forms in English literature and some of these are examined, as is the use of allusion, enjambment, rhyme and rhythm. It was recommended that haiku poets should deepen their knowledge of Japanese haiku as a foundation for a truly native English haiku tradition based on the western Judao-Christian culture. With regard to the spirit of haiku, the avoidance of studied profundity and of sentimental devices such as anthropomorphism was recommended; with regard to the form, greater attention to the method of syllable counting, punctuation and tone and avoidance of slavish imitation was advised. Haiku is seen to be possible in English and highly advantageous to English letters. 1Joan Giroux, master's thesis presented to the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ottawa, Ontario, July 1968, iii--143 pp.
Distributed true string B-tree peer-to-peer overlay networks
Creators: name: Wu, Li
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Computer Science.

description: A fundamental problem that confronts P2P Internet applications is to efficiently locate the physical (IP) node that stores a particular data item. To tackle this application-level routing problem, this thesis proposes a new P2P overlay network, called Distributed True String B-tree (DTSBT) P2P overlay network. Unlike popular Distributed Hash Table (DHT)-based P2P overlay networks which use DHT as their core data structure, the DTSBT P2P overlay network employs a new data structure, DTSBT as its core data structure. A DTSBT is a hybrid distributed data structure, in which all peers' routing tables make up a virtual B-tree and a Patricia Trie is plugged into each peer's routing table. The performance evaluation showed that the DTSBT P2P overlay network is more scalable, decentralized, resilient to failures, and self-organized compared to its competitors.
Has Monetary Policy Become Less Powerful?: An Updated Study on the Effectiveness of U.S. Monetary Policy
Creators: name: Gohel, Jigar Jagdish
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Monetary Policy
Inflation

description: This paper studies whether the effectiveness of the federal funds rate has changed over time by analyzing output, inflation, and unemployment rate. My research on this topic is a continuation of Jean Boivin and Marc Giannoni’s paper “Has Monetary Policy Become Less Powerful?” whose latest version was published in January 2002. I observe monetary policy shocks in the last ~60 years using relevant data from FRED of the U.S. GDP (output), inflation, unemployment, and the effective federal funds rate. This paper analyzes how past changes in monetary policy impacted relevant economic data in the near-term future while separating the effects of changes in the economy from changes in the conduct of monetary policy just as Boivin and Giannoni had done. It uses the VAR model, SVAR model, and impulse response functions that update Boivin and Giannoni’s empirical analysis, as well as conducting functionality and stability tests to verify significant results. The main finding is that when controlling for the systematic mechanisms of monetary policy, monetary policy has been conducted in a more stabilizing manner after 1980 which largely explains the reduced effect of the federal funds rate shown in the VAR models during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Thus, monetary policy has not become less powerful. This research is important not only because it updates outdated monetary policy research, but it also invigorates more conversation about inflation and monetary policy, at a time when inflation is impacting so many people’s decisions.
Characterization of the insecticidal protein from Bacillus thuringiensis: The importance of DNA-protein interactions.
Creators: name: Bietlot, Henri P.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Biochemistry.

description: Many strains of Bacillus thuringiensis produce a crystalline inclusion during sporulation which is toxic to insect larvae. The major component of crystals toxic to lepidopteran larvae is a 130-kDa protein, the protoxin. Following ingestion by susceptible insect larvae, protoxin is proteolysed by larval gut proteinases to yield a 58-70 kDa toxic fragment, toxin. A procedure was developed to prepare purified toxin for chemical characterization. Toxin generated by bovine trypsin was shown to be composed of the amino acid residues that span position 29-623 of the protoxin. The results obtained from competitive labelling experiments on the protoxin show that the functional groups of the lysine and tyrosine residues do not exhibit regular titration behaviour over the pH range of 7 to 10. These results indicate that the majority of these groups are not free in solution but are involved in inter and intra molecular interactions. During purification by ion exchange chromatography of the bovine generated toxin, it was discovered that the toxin could be separated into two components. One component (T2) was DNA-associated toxin, and the other was the DNA-free toxin (T1). Only one major protoxin component was observed, and it was found to be associated with DNA. The DNA from the T2 toxin varied in size from 100 to 300 base pairs, whereas the crystal and the solubilized protoxin contain 20-kilobase DNA as the major DNA component. DNase treatment converted the T2 toxin to the DNA-free T1 toxin. In contrast, the DNA in the crystal and the solubilized protoxin was resistant to DNase digestion and was not dissociated from the protein by 1.5 M NaCl. The protoxin and DNA appeared to elute as a complex with a molecular mass of greater than $2\times 10\sp6$ Da on gel-filtration chromatography. No toxin was generated from the protoxin with trypsin after extensive digestion of the protoxin with DNase or dissociation of the DNA by succinylation of the lysine residues. It is proposed that DNA binds to the carboxyl terminal half of the crystal protein and is essential for maintaining the conformational integrity required for crystal formation and generation of toxin.
Female Characterization in Giuseppe Verdi’s Falstaff: Nannetta’s Transformation from Fairy Queen to Merry Wife
Creators: name: Crisenbery, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2014
Subjects: Giuseppe Verdi
Falstaff
Arrigo Boito
Nannetta
Queen Elizabeth
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Shakespeare

description: William Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor features bold, intelligent women who may appear to be social outliers in the context of rural sixteenth-century England. The wives hold power over Falstaff, their husbands, and the men in general. However, this female characterization is not merely a comedic caricature, but instead a theatrical adaptation of the stereotypical English housewife. This historical Elizabethan context profoundly affects female characterization as found in Giuseppe Verdi and Arrigo Boito’s final comedic opera, Falstaff. The prowess of Queen Elizabeth is evident in The Merry Wives; her influence profoundly impacts the characterization of the women of Windsor. In Act I, Scene 2, the women receive identical love letters from Falstaff, resulting in the quartet, “Quell’otre! Quel tino!”, where the women plot to deceive the Old Knight. Shakespeare’s Elizabethan homage was upheld and embellished by Verdi and Boito in Falstaff. Queen Elizabeth is characterized by Boito’s Nannetta Page, an embodiment of purity and chastity, whose brief amorous exchanges with Fenton exemplify the young lovers’ innocence. Fenton and Nannetta sing the words of the great Italian poet Boccaccio during their exchanges, effectively bringing the dramatic action to a temporary halt while reaffirming the opera’s Italian roots. Nannetta is the thread connecting both the English and Italian national identities throughout the unfolding narrative of Falstaff. Not only does she sing the words of Boccaccio with Fenton, she also plays the part of La Regina Delle Fate during Falstaff’s final deception in Act III, Scene 2. Her depiction as the Fairy Queen is a direct link to Queen Elizabeth, a representation created by Shakespeare’s contemporary, Edmund Spenser in his epic poem, The Faerie Queene. I explore the intricacies of Nannetta’s characterization in relation to Queen Elizabeth through a historical, textual and musical analysis, culminating with a discussion of her Act III, Scene 2 aria, “Sul fil d’un soffio etesio”.
Non-truth-conditional aspects of meaning and the level of LF.
Creators: name: Reed, Lisa A.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Language, Linguistics.

description: In contrast to the majority of research previously done on Logical Form (LF), this thesis places equal emphasis on its syntactic and semantic properties. Adopting a literal view of May's (1985) characterization of LF as "the level of representation which interfaces the theories of linguistic form and interpretation", this thesis uses syntactic information available at this level to construct a version of model-theoretic interpretation which can capture certain semantic phenomena. In particular, this thesis develops the hypothesis, inspired by Turkish specificity facts noted in Enc (1987, 1991), that a dissociation of Case and Theta-role assignments, signalled at LF, is one means by which a grammar may encode conventional implicatures. The French causative and Raising constructions, two examples of which follow, are offered as evidence for this contention. $$\vbox{\halign{#\hfil&\hfil\cr (1)\qquad &Je \ l'ai fait manger sa soupe.\cr &I him-ACC have made to-eat his soup\cr &`I made him eat his soup.'\cr (2)\qquad &Jean, \ c'est cet homme l\`a-bas.\cr &Jean, he is that man there-low\cr &`Jean, he's that man over there.'\cr}}$$The constructions in (1) and (2) are argued to have an LF configuration in which the underlined argument receives its Theta-role from a predicate which does not assign it Case, thus meeting the structural description noted above. This thesis shows that these dissociations encode conventional implicatures: in (1), there is an implicature regarding the degree autonomy possessed by the embedded subject; in (2), there is an implicature regarding the aspectual nature of the interval of time at which the predicative sentence is true. These implications are captured by a model-theoretic semantic component which reads off the syntactic tree available at LF.
Novel motion estimators for video compression.
Creators: name: Chan, Eric Wai Chi.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: In this thesis, the problem of motion estimation is addressed from two perspectives, namely, hardware architecture and reduced complexity algorithms in the spatial and transform domains. First, a VLSI architecture which implements the full search block matching algorithm in real time is presented. The interblock dependency is exploited and hence the architecture can meet the real time requirement in various applications. Most importantly, the architecture is simple, modular and cascadable. Hence the proposed architecture is easily implementable in VLSI as a codec. The spatial domain algorithm consists of a layered structure and alleviates the local optimum problem. Most importantly, it employs a simple matching criterion, namely, a modified pixel difference classification (MPDC) and hence results in a reduced computational complexity. In addition, the algorithm is compatible with the recently proposed MPEG-1 video compression standard. Simulation results indicate that the proposed algorithm provides a comparable performance (compared to the algorithms reported in the literature) at a significantly reduced computational complexity. In addition, the hardware implementation of the proposed algorithm is very simple because of the binary operations used in the matching criteria. Finally, we present a wavelet transform based fast multiresolution motion estimation (FMRME) scheme. Here, the wavelet transform is used to exploit both the spatial and temporal redundancies resulting in an efficient coder. In FMRME, the correlations among the orientation subimages of the wavelet pyramid structure are exploited resulting in an efficient motion estimation process. In addition, this significantly reduces side information for motion vectors which corresponds to significant improvements in coding performance of the FMRME based wavelet coder for video compression. Simulation results demonstrate the superior coding performance of the FMRME based wavelet transform coder. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)