True Bugs Collection (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)

A true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) collection at the University Opole contains several thousand specimens, including more than a hundred types representing mainly three families, i.e. Cydnidae (burrowing bugs), Tingidae (lace bugs) and Dinidoridae. The collection covers almost all zoogeographical regions of the World, but mostly concentrates on tropical Africa, Australia, the Oriental Region and the Palaearctics.

Q. Curtii Rufi, Historia Alexandri Magni. Cum notis selectiss. variorum, Raderi, Freinshemii, Loccenii, Blancardi, & c.

Editio variorum of Quintus Curtius Rufus Historiae Alexandri Magni, with comments and annotations by various specialists. It is the story of the life and career of Alexander the Great.

Elevated peripheral visfatin levels in narcoleptic patients.

2008

OBJECTIVE: Narcolepsy is a severe sleep disorder that is characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexies and a tendency towards obesity. Recent discoveries indicate that the major pathophysiology is a loss of hypocretin (orexin) producing neurons due to immunologically mediated degeneration. Visfatin is a recently described proinflammatory adipokine. It is identical to the immune modulating pre-B-cell colony enhancing factor (PBEF). Our study examines the hypothesis that visfatin levels are altered in narcoleptic patients. METHODS: For the analysis, a total of n = 54 patients (n = 18 males and n = 36 females) with the diagnosis of narcolepsy according to DSM-IV and the Internatio…

Zentrum für Schul-, Bildungs- und Hochschulforschung

The Center for School, Education, and Higher Education Research is a central research facility of Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz that is supported by the Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Weiterbildung und Kultur des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz (Ministry of Science, Further Education, and Culture of Rhineland-Palatinate). The center combines the different expertises of JGU in three pillars: School, education, and higher education research. It supports strategic networking, academic exchange among researchers and scholars, and thus contributes to profile building of the three pillars.

Exploring Sensory Memories

2019

Lee Strasberg and other acting teachers developed sense memory exercises that teach an artistic re-enactment method to explore the interplay of sensory perception and emotional memory.
 Apparently, secondary sensory stimuli often trigger flashbacks for traumatised people. From my experience as an actress, I learned that the sense memory method is a controlled triggering of emotional memory that functions in the same way. Many anthropologists consider sensory experiences and emotions a relevant topic, but how can we teach students to deal with these phenomena?
 After looking at sense memory exercises against the backdrop of neuroscientific findings, I will consider why and how we s…

Morphology and Molecules in Animal Systematics

Our studies concentrate mainly on solving the problems of the phylogenetic relationships among insects at various taxonomic levels in Hemiptera and Lepidoptera using morphological and molecular characters. A prediction of the secondary structures of mitochondrial and nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences is also used in the phylogenetic analyses. Next year, our team will get another science lab (the Bioinformatic Methods of Agrocenoses Analysis Laboratory) in a new building of the University of Opole. The laboratory equipment will broaden our interest in molecular genetic studies of non-model organisms, i.e., insect crop-pests and invasive species. Moreover, it will also allow starting the resear…

Instantaneous diffusion in spin-echo dynamics: A frequency-domain experimental investigation.

1992

We report an experimental investigation on the spectral content of the echo radiation emitted by an electron spin system excited by a two-pulse sequence. The measurements are carried out at liquid-helium temperature in a sample of quartz containing a very low concentration of [${\mathrm{AlO}}_{4}$${]}^{0}$ centers, in which instantaneous diffusion mechanism makes the main contribution to the phase relaxation. The experimental spectral shapes reproduce the theoretical ones, as calculated for an ideal system of noninteracting spins. However, the agreement is only qualitative, as the experimental spectral widths are found to be less than expected by a factor that depends on the exciting sequen…

Lettere dell'ill.re signore don Antonio di Guevara, vescovo di Mondogneto, predicator, cronista, & consigliero della maestà cesarca

Collection of religious letters by the Spanish Catholic bishop Antonio de Guevara (1480-1545).

Biblia Sacra Veteris et Novi Testamenti

Salibandyn lajianalyysi ja salibandyn laukauksen biomekaaninen analyysi sekä valmennuksen ohjelmointi

2020

Johdanto. Tässä katsauksessa tarkastellaan salibandyottelun kuormitusta, suunnanmuutoskykyä ja sen harjoittamista, salibandyn laukauksen biomekaniikkaa ja sen harjoittamista, valmennuksen ohjelmointia ja suomalaisen salibandyn valmennusjärjestelmää ja sen koulutussisältöjä. Työ perustuu tieteellisiin julkaisuihin, asiantuntijahaastatteluihin sekä henkilökohtaisiin kokemuksiin. Salibandyn laukauksesta on tehty hyvin vähän tutkimuksia, joten katsauksessa verrataan jääkiekosta tehtyjä tutkimuksia salibandyyn. Salibandy on ollut Suomessa nopeimmin kasvava joukkueurheilulaji jo pitkän aikaa. Se ohitti jääkiekon vuonna 2018 rekisteröityneiden pelaajien määrässä. Kuitenkin vuonna 2019 salibandyssa…

Cristo-logia e filosofia

2006

Iosephi Binghami ... Origines sive antiquitates ecclesiasticae. Ex lingua anglicana in latinam vertit

Translation from English into Latin of a vast religious-historical work which gives a systematic account of Christian antiquities, grouped by headings. The fifth volume contains book XIII.

CREATING A POSITIVE WORKING ENVIRONMENT FOR TEACHERS

2018

The purpose of the research paper is to study a positive working environment importance for teachers work satisfaction and the role of principal in improving working conditions. Whereas teacher profession is subject to different changes and reforms it makes the whole profession and teacher well-being an important subject to discuss.The research paper includes analysis of the theoretical material about physical environment as well as psychological (also called microclimate). Empirical part is based on teacher’s survey – 97 teachers from different schools in Riga were involved. The statements of survey have partially adopted from Teaching and Learning International Study TALIS 2013. The main …

Scientific Collections of the Architecture Department

The historical and documentary materials, coming from the collections of architects and artists, constitute a cultural heritage of great scientific and artistic value. The heterogeneity of sources and the different origins make the collection of great interest, especially for a possible future expansion and further valorization.

Museo della Specola

The Museo della Specola is located on the top of the Torre Pisana (or Torre di Santa Ninfa) of the Palazzo dei Normanni, on the site that housed the ancient observatory (Specola Panormitana), established in 1790 at the behest of King Ferdinand I of Bourbon. In this place, on January 1st 1801, the Theatine father Giuseppe Piazzi, first director of the observatory, discovered the first asteroid, Ceres (today classified as a dwarf planet). The entire structure, with most of its original furnishings and instruments, was completely restored in the 1990s and the Museum was inaugurated in 2001. It includes the original premises of the Observatory, such as the Circular Room (hosting the famous Rams…

The Center for Taste and Food Sciences (CSGA)

The CSGA is structured into 10 research teams, the ChemoSens platform (IBiSA certified, ISO9001) and a technical platform as well as research support services. The CSGA has about 200 staff members, including 133 permanent staff (researchers, teacher-researchers, physicians, engineers, technicians and support staff) and about 60 non-permanent staff (fixed-term contracts, PhD students, post-doctoral fellows, trainees). The CSGA project is part of the general theme of the study of eating behavior, its regulation and consequences on well-being and health. The general objective is a better understanding of the physicochemical, biological and psychological mechanisms underlying sensory perception…

Iacobi Menochii iurisconsulti Papiensis divini atque humani iuris scientia peritissimi

Juridical work about the arbitrariness and power of judges, especially in the most difficult legal questions, for which there are no certain rules.

Precision Physics, Fundamental Interactions and Structure of Matter (Cluster of Excellence)

The Standard Model of particle physics describes nature at its most fundamental level, in terms of the basic constituents of matter. Despite its success, it fails to explain phenomena such as the existence of dark matter or the abundance of matter over antimatter. In addition, several unexplained puzzles including, for instance, the discrepancy between the experimental value and theoretical prediction of the muon anomalous magnetic moment, challenge the validity of the Standard Model and might provide first hints for “new physics”. The PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence makes unique contributions to the investigation of the deep open questions surrounding the validity of the Standard Model. PRIS…

Laboratory of Wine Microbiology and Biotecnology

Research lines: - Ecology and diversity. Taxonomy. Molecular methods for detection and identification. Studies on the ecology of yeast and bacterial species in wine. Taxonomic analysis and description of new species. Development of various methodologies for the detection, identification, and quantification of organisms present in wine. Quality control. Control of the implantation of starter cultures. - Metabolism of acidic sugars and amino acids in lactic acid bacteria. This research line aims to understand the abilities of microorganisms to use substrates present in must or wine, to determine how these substrates affect the growth of bacteria, and to understand the effect of their u…

Botanical Garden

The Botanical Garden of the University of Latvia is the oldest botanical garden in Latvia, and its most important activities are: 1) research and provision of the study process; 2) formation of public environmental awareness in order to promote the preservation of biological diversity. The garden's approximately 15-hectare open-air area and greenhouses provide accommodation for around 5,600 plant taxa, while offering visitors a beautiful place for walks and cultural recreation, as well as the opportunity to learn about the diversity of vegetation. The Botanical Garden contains following plant collections: Greenhouses, Azaleas, Arboretum, Ornamental plants, Flora of Latvia, Protected plants,…

Sensitivity of the C-band SRTM DEM Vertical Accuracy to Terrain Characteristics and Spatial Resolution

2008

This work reports the results of a careful regional analysis of the SRTM DEM (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission – Digital Elevation Model) vertical accuracy as a function of both topography and Land-Use/Land Cover (LULC). Absolute vertical errors appear LULC-dependent, with some values greater than the stated accuracy of the SRTM dataset, mostly over forested areas. The results show that the structure of the errors is well modeled by a cosine power n of the local incidence angle (θloc). SRTM quality is further assessed using slope and topographical similarity indexes. The results show a lower relative accuracy on slope with a R2 = 0.5 and a moderate agreement (Kappa ≈ 0.4) between SRTM- and …