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Reliability of MASW profiling in near‐surface applications
2014-06-01

Pseudo‐2D surface wave profiling (MASW) has become a powerful state‐of‐the‐art tool for the characterization of near‐surface features in recent years. The rapid gathering and interpretation of surface wave data, i.e. Rayleigh waves, that this method offers is applicable to many investigations and environments. However, most studies only perform unidirectional active surface wave profiling, i.e. without data evaluation by measuring the same profile in the opposite direction. Uncertainties arising from using the MASW method are connected to the one‐dimensional inversion of a two‐dimensional subsurface. Moreover, the occurence of lateral inhomogeneities and dipping layers distort the flat‐layered 1D assumption used in surface wave inversion. In this study, we present data from two different MASW surveys. For both locations, we reveal shot‐geometrical effects and prove the necessity of bidirectional profiling, especially since these check shots can be implemented with only little extra effort. The results of this investigation show that, in general, more attention should be paid to data evaluation.
Partial Differential Equations
2014-06-01

The workshop dealt with partial differential equations in geometry and technical applications. The main topics were the combination of nonlinear partial differential equations and geometric problems, and fourth order equations in conformal geometry.
Lung function after cold-water dives with a standard scuba regulator or full-face-mask during wintertime.
2014-06-01

Cold-water dives during wintertime can be associated with airway narrowing. During cold-water dives, the use of a FFM appears to reduce the cold sensation and enhance the well-being of the divers. However, a FFM does not appear to prevent airway narrowing in healthy, non-asthmatic subjects.
Myths of the Martial Arts
2014-06-01

This essay tries to identify the recurring patterns of mythic narratives with which martial arts at different times and in different parts of the world have described, explained, and legitimized their modes of action, behaviour, and thinking. It proposes that when examining martial arts as ideological systems, Martial Arts Studies could benefit from incorporating concepts and theories provided by Studies of Religion. The essay is accordingly based on the functionalistic concept of myth as a religious narrative as suggested by Aleida and Jan Assmann in the Handbuch religionswissenschaftlicher Grundbegriffe ('Handbook of basic terms for the Science of Religion'). According to them, three basic functions of myth can be identified: laying foundation, creating legitimation, and forming the world. In the narratives of individual martial arts systems, these three basic functions often utilize one or more standard topoi, some of which are described in the essay: mythical founding figures, zoomorphic movement, geometrical foundation, origin on the battlefield, neo-myths of non-violence. These topoi have been developed and used by individual martial arts without necessary influences between the systems. The aim is not to deconstruct and ridicule such myths, but to point out and understand their importance within the transmission and practice of martial arts.
Report on the 35th Annual Cognitive Science Conference
2014-06-01

CogSci 2013, the 35th annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society and the first to take place in Germany, was held from 31 July to 3 August. Cognitive scientists with varied backgrounds gathered in Berlin to report on and discuss expanding lines of research, spanning multiple fields but striving in one direction: to understand cognition with all its properties and peculiarities. A rich program featuring keynotes, symposia, workshops, and tutorials, along with regular oral and poster sessions, offered the attendees a vivid and exciting overview of where the discipline is going while serving as a fertile forum of interdisciplinary discussion and exchange. This report attempts to point out why this should matter to artificial intelligence as a whole.
Comparison of delay bounds for Ethernet networks based on simple Network Calculus algorithms
2014-06-01

This paper gives a simple introduction to Network Calculus (NC), a theory to calculate end-to-end delay bounds for packet-switched communication networks. It illustrates how various networking parameters affect delay bounds when flows are multiplexed. Various algorithms for the calculation of end-to-end delay bounds are revisited and their performance is compared under different conditions. The framework is applicable to feedforward networks and useful to determine delay bounds for flows in Ethernet networks.
“So Unlucky a Perspective”: The Critique of Moral Sentimentalism in The Man of Feeling
2014-06-01

Abstract Henry Mackenzie’s The Man of Feeling (1771) is commonly described as a typical sentimental novel, yet the work has many aspects that a straightforward sentimentalist interpretation cannot possibly account for. I argue in this paper that The Man of Feeling , far from being a straightforward sentimental novel, encapsulates a profound critique of both moral sentimentalism and the genre of sentimental fiction. This critical stance is established in the first instance, I claim, by the ironic distance to the sentimental material in the novel, which results from the complex, multilevel narrative structure, and is further reinforced by numerous satirical elements in the text. As I demonstrate, reading Mackenzie’s work as an antithesis of the sentimental novel that parodies the sentimentalist moral epistemology underlying this mode of fiction does a much better job at explaining several crucial aspects of the novel than the sentimentalist interpretation.
Expansion of Quantum Chemical Metadata for Workflows in the MoSGrid Science Gateway
2014-06-01

The science gateway MoSGrid (Molecular Simulation Grid) is a valuable and user-friendly tool to submit and process molecular simulation studies on a large scale. With regard to the needs of the users, we focus on the comparability of simulations using two prominent quantum chemical codes, Gaussian09 and NWChem. At first sight, the definition of functionals and basis sets seems to be sufficient to evoke the same type of calculation in both codes using the quantum chemical workflows in MoSGrid. In the very detail, this is not true and more aspects such as integration grids, convergence criteria, basis set dimensions etc. Have to be defined in order to obtain a trustful comparability between quantum chemical codes. Up to now, these details have not been defined in the MSML (Molecular Simulation Mark up Language) implementation within MoSGrid. After the present investigation, all these details can be integrated to extend the quantum chemical workflows in MoSGrid.
Integration of eSBMTools into the MoSGrid Portal Using the gUSE Technology
2014-06-01

Native structure based models are a broadly used technique in bio molecular simulation allowing understanding of complex processes in the living cell involving bio macromolecules. Based on energy landscape theory and the principle of minimal frustration, these models find wide application in simulating complex biological processes as diverse as protein or RNA folding and assembly, conformational transitions associated with allostery, to structure prediction. To allow rapid adoption by scientists, especially experimentalists, having no background in programming or high performance computing, we here provide an effective user interface to existing applications running on distributed computing resources. Based on the gateway technologies WS-PGRADE and gUSE, we developed a web-based community application service for native structure based modeling by integrating a powerful user interface to an existing UNICORE grid application based on the eSBMTools package. The eSBM port let has been integrated into the MoSGrid portal and is immediately accessible for the bioinformatics, biophysics and structural biology communities.
“To Make a History From This Kind of Material is Not Easy”: The Narrative Construction of Cultural History in Contemporary Fiction
2014-06-01

Abstract In a postmodern understanding of textuality, fact and fiction can no longer be regarded as opposites; in this context, Hayden White’s studies of fictional techniques in historical texts have initiated an interdisciplinary discussion about the significance of fictional narration as a meaningful cultural technique . The narrative reconstruction of the history of lost civilisations and earlier cultures also plays a central role in contemporary literature in English. The historiographical search for the reality of the lives of earlier oral cultures and the attempt to provide academic interpretations of such cultures in order to explain the past structure novels such as Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale , Jane Yolen’s Sister Light, Sister Dark , and Doris Lessing’s The Cleft . By analysing the different textual layers and narrative forms of these novels, the difficulties of a historiographical reconstruction of lost cultures in the medium of fiction are highlighted and the ambivalent truth claims of academic discourse become apparent. These novels illustrate how the integration and negotiation of historiography in fictional literature creates a tension-fraught discursive network of different competing voices that sheds light on the complex processes of cultural meaning-making.
PP6 Impact of a fatty meal on lipid parameters in endurance-trained and non-endurance-trained men
2014-06-01

&lt;sec&gt; Changes in the lipid metabolism during an episode of “physical stress – fatty meal – physical stress” were investigated in male marathon runners (MR) and non-endurance-trained allround athletes (AL). Each group consisted of 15 subjects aged 20 to 35 years. The IAS was 7.8 to 11.1 km/h in the AL and 13.0 to 15.6 km/h in the MR. VO2max ranged between 34 and 48 ml·min-1·kg-1 in the AL and between 53 and 61 ml·min-1·kg-1 in the MR. Subjects came nil by mouth in the morning and completed three 30-minute running units on a treadmill 15% below their individual anaerobic threshold (IAT). Prior to and after each running unit as well as at the end after a 15-min period of rest a venous blood sample was taken. After the first running unit, subjects were asked to drink 250 ml of cream followed by a one-hour break. Subsequently, the second and the third running unit were performed, intermitted only by taking of a blood sample. Cholesterol, LDL, triglycerides and ApoB did not reveal any differences between the two groups, with lower mean values for the MR. However, significant to highly significant developments could be observed in the process of the experiment. HDL showed a highly significant (p &lt; 0.001) and ApoA a significant (p &lt; 0.05) difference between the two groups with higher mean values in profile for the MR compared to the AL. In the process of the experiment, HDL exhibited a significant (p &lt; 0.05) and ApoA a highly significant development (p &lt; 0.001). These developments proceeded similarly in both groups. A significant difference (p &lt; 0.05) was found for HDL during the second running unit. In the MR an HDL increase could be observed in contrast to an HDL decrease in the AL. The lipid metabolism reacts similarly in MR and AL during an episode of “physical stress – fatty meal – physical stress”. Due to a significantly lower HDL concentration in AL 90 min after the ingestion of cream a protective effect of endurance training in MR is conceivable. &lt;/sec&gt;
0181 Associations between pre-defined occupational job tasks and breast cancer risk
2014-06-01

&lt;sec&gt;&lt;st&gt;Objectives&lt;/st&gt; The role of occupational exposures in agricultural and industrial settings has been addressed in several breast cancer studies. Recently, the influence of shift work in nurses added as an occupational hazard that has been intensively discussed. Here, we investigate the association of job tasks in the industrial and health sector and breast cancer in a large case-control study. &lt;/sec&gt; &lt;sec&gt;&lt;st&gt;Method&lt;/st&gt; The population-based case-control study &lt;it&gt;Gene-ENvironment Interaction and Breast CAncer &lt;/it&gt;(GENICA) was conducted in the Greater Region of Bonn, Germany. Occupational history and job task information were collected in computer-assisted interviews. Thirty pre-defined job tasks were assessed for 1143 cases and 1155 controls in addition to the occupational history. Risk estimates were calculated as odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) conditional on age and adjusted for potential confounders. &lt;/sec&gt; &lt;sec&gt;&lt;st&gt;Results&lt;/st&gt; First preliminary results indicate an increased age-adjusted risk for women who ever worked in anaesthesia (OR 1.87; 95% CI 1.03–8.0), based on fourteen cases and five controls. &lt;/sec&gt; &lt;sec&gt;&lt;st&gt;Conclusions&lt;/st&gt; Our study revealed an increased risk for ever working in anaesthesia. This elevated risk might origin from chemical exposures or night shift work. Interactions between exposures and night work might be relevant in the progression of breast cancer. However, the results of this study are limited by the low prevalence of risk jobs and specific exposures. &lt;/sec&gt;
ENPP2 induced lysophosphatidic acid generation by pulmonary NKT cells exacerbates hyperoxic lung injury
2014-06-01

1Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, Dept of Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care, Tuebingen, Germany, 2Harvard Medical School, Internal Medicine, Boston, United States, 3Harvard Medical School, Dept of Surgery, Boston, United States
From Perspectives of the Elderly: Quality of Care in Germany
2014-06-01

This article reviews state-of-the-art findings on care and quality from published research from 2003-2014 in Germany, specifically from the perspective of the elderly. It is based on a larger project on care and quality in Germany that was funded by the Hans Böckler Foundation. The study provides a much needed overview of current issues on quality and care in light of increased pressure to address care and changes in German social policy. Although quality also encompasses conditions for professional care work and informal carers, this article focuses on the elderly as recipients of care, their perspectives and the ways in which they are involved in their care. Research on care quality from the perspective of the elderly is highlighted in the following themes: 1) the rights of the elderly to quality care 2) elderly perception of satisfaction and quality of outcomes of care, 3) documentation of care as quality control and time, 4) active aging and 5) equality of access. Results show that long-term care rights are more clearly defined and expanded, but enforcement problems are present. Satisfaction with care is traced to good communication with carers, but time for care is scarce. Active aging has become a central focus of care and more research on equal access is needed. The article outlines strengths and weaknesses in German quality care provision as well as learning effects for other countries.
Constraints on Donkey Pronouns
2014-06-01

This article reports on an experimental study of donkey pronouns, pronouns (e.g. it) whose meaning covaries with that of a non-pronominal noun phrase (e.g. a donkey) even though they are not in a structural relationship that is suitable for quantifier-variable binding. We investigate three constraints, (i) the preference for the presence of an overt NP antecedent that is not part of another word, (ii) the salience of the position of an antecedent that is part of another word, and (iii) the uniqueness of an intended antecedent (in terms of world knowledge). We compare constructions in which intended antecedents occur in a context such as who owns an N / who is an N-owner with constructions of the type who was without an N / who was N-less. Our findings corroborate the existence of the overt NP antecedent constraint, and also show that the salience of an unsuitable antecedent’s position matters. Furthermore, our findings show that uniqueness only matters in the N-less type construction and not in the N-owner type construction; we conclude that this supports a potential approach in terms of dynamic semantics over a competing e-type approach.
衛星定位追蹤之刑責——評臺灣高等法院100年度上易字第2407號判決 Criminal Penalties for GPS Tracking: A Case Study on Taiwan High Court Judgment No. 100-Shangyi-Tzi-2407
2014-06-01

衛星定位技術在當今的日常生活裡已被廣泛運用,私人及國家亦將其當成蒐集犯罪證據的手段。然而,衛星定位作為侵害隱私的蒐證手段,取證之私人是否成立犯罪,過去文獻鮮少分析。本文所評釋之高等法院判決認為,為調查配偶通姦的被告利用衛星定位蒐集配偶之汽車位置資訊,係成立刑法第315 條之1 之無故竊錄罪,但不成立通訊保障及監察法(以下簡稱「通保法」)第24 條之違法通訊監察罪,此見解在實務上獲得不少迴響。本文研究顯示,此判決否定違法通訊監察罪之結論固然正確,但其肯定無故竊錄罪之成立,係過於擴張「非公開活動」的概念射程,已牴觸類推適用禁止原則。未來實務應該正視,衛星定位追蹤適用新個資法之違法蒐集處理個資罪的可能性。&#13;\\nGlobal Position System (GPS) technology has been widely used in daily life. Both private individuals and government agencies take it as a tool to collect criminal evidence. In spite of its danger of infringing privacy, previous studies had rarely analyzed whether using GPS technology for private investigation purpose&#13;\\nwould constitute a crime. In a much-debated judgment by the Taiwan High Court, it held that for the purpose of investigating an adultery, a husband using GPS to position the location of his wife’s vehicle only violated Article 315-1 of Criminal Code, but did not violate Article 24 of Communication Security and Surveillance Act. This opinion has received a lot of responses and discussions among practitioners. This Article shows that the judgment has correctly denied the allegation that private conduct can constitute an unlawful communication surveillance under Communication Security and Surveillance Act. Noticeably, the judgment considered that the conduct still violates Article 315-1 of Criminal Code. But this decision unduly expanded the concept of “non-public activities”, which contravenes the principle of Nulla poena sine lege stricta. The practitioners should also pay attention, in the foreseeable future, to the effect that GPS tracking and its application in Article 41 of the new Personal Information Protection Act.
Single-particle EM reveals plasticity of interactions between the adenovirus penton base and integrin α V β 3
2014-06-02

Significance Human adenoviruses are responsible for numerous infections and are used in clinical trials for gene therapy applications. We characterized the interactions between the adenovirus 9 penton base subunit and the entry receptor α V β 3 integrin using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and single-particle electron microscopy to decipher the mechanisms underlying virus internalization and infection. Our results indicate that the penton base subunit can bind integrins with high affinity and, in several different orientations, in agreement with the requirement of the pentameric penton base to promote integrin clustering and virus entry into the host cell.
In vitro Antiproliferative Effect of Helix aspersa Hemocyanin on Multiple Malignant Cell Lines
2014-06-02

As an extension of our studies on the antitumour properties of various hemocyanins, we sought to compare the antiproliferative effects of hemocyanins derived from two snail species: Helix lucorum (HlH) and Helix aspersa (HaH). This is the first report on the antitumour effects of HaH. We hypothesized that HaH has antitumour effects not only against bladder cancer, as previously shown with other hemocyanins, but also on other cancer cell lines. The antiproliferative properties of the mentioned hemocyanins were investigated in vitro on the following human cell lines: bladder cancer (CAL-29 and T-24), ovarian cancer (FraWü), acute monocytic leukemia (THP-1), prostate cancer (DU-145), glioma cancer (LN-18), and Burkitt’s lymphoma (Daudi). The properties of HaH were compared to those of HlH, keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), and two positive controls (doxorubicin and mitomycin C). An antiproliferative effect of the total molecule and one structural subunit of HaH, bc-HaH, against both bladder cancer cell lines, T-24 and CAL-29, was observed. The cytotoxic effect of HaH ranged between 15% and 60% among the other tested cell lines. The endotoxin contamination did not affect the efficacy of HaH. Therefore, HlH and HaH could be appropriate for more detailed investigations of their use as antitumour agents for the studied cancers.
Inhibition of staphylococcal biofilm-related gene transcription by rhodomyrtone, a new antibacterial agent
2014-06-02

Biofilms are one of the most important staphylococcal virulence factors, which are often associated with antibiotic resistance in the organisms. Our previous studies have demonstrated that rhodomyrtone from Rhodomyrtus tomentosa leaves exerts the activity against biofilm-forming staphylococci. In this study, we further evaluated the efficacy of the compound on transcription of biofilm-related genes including atl and ica, as well as their products in representative biofilm-forming strains Staphylococcus aureus SA113 and Staphylococcus epidermidis O47. Minimal inhibitory concentration of rhodomyrtone against S. aureus and S. epidermidis was 0.5 μg/mL. The transcription of biofilm-related genes was investigated using Northern blot analysis. Reduction in atl and ica transcription signals following rhodomyrtone treatment was observed. A different autolysin profile was detected in the rhodomyrtone-treated cells with respect to the untreated ones. In contrast, no differences in the production of polysaccharide intercellular adhesin, encoded by ica, of rhodomyrtone-treated and the untreated cells were observed.
Synthesis and Antitumor Activity of Some N2-(Thien-3-yl)amidrazones
2014-06-02

6a A set of new N2-(thien-3-yl)amidrazones (- h ) incorporating N-piperazines and related congeners has been synthesized by reacting the hydrazonoyl chloride 4(derived from 3-aminothiophene- 2-carboxylate) with the appropriate sec-cyclic amine. The antitumor activity of these compounds was evaluated on breast cancer (MCF-7) and leukemic (K562) cell lines by a cell viability assay utilizing the tetrazolium dye (MTT). The amidrazone 6d encompassing the N-piperazine moiety, was the most active against MCF-7 and K562 with IC 50 of 7.28 and 9:91 μM, respectively.
Granulocytic myeloid derived suppressor cells expand in human pregnancy and modulate T‐cell responses
2014-06-03

Immune tolerance toward the semiallogeneic fetus plays a crucial role in the maintenance of pregnancy. Myeloid‐derived suppressor cells ( MDSC s) are innate immune cells characterized by their ability to modulate T ‐cell responses. Recently, we showed that MDSC s accumulate in cord blood of healthy newborns, yet their role in materno–fetal tolerance remained elusive. In the present study, we demonstrate that MDSCs with a granulocytic phenotype ( GR ‐ MDSC s) are highly increased in the peripheral blood of healthy pregnant women during all stages of pregnancy compared with nonpregnant controls, whereas numbers of monocytic MDSC s were unchanged. GR ‐ MDSC s expressed the effector enzymes arginase‐ I and i NOS , produced high amounts of ROS and efficiently suppressed T ‐cell proliferation. After parturition, GR ‐ MDSC s decreased within a few days. In combination, our results show that GR ‐ MDSC s expand in normal human pregnancy and may indicate a role for MDSC s in materno–fetal tolerance.