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Strictness vs. flexibility: Simulation-based recognition of strategies and its success in soccer
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Abstract Introduction: Recognition and optimization of strategies in sport games is difficult in particular in case of team games, where a number of players are acting “independently” of each other. One way to improve the situation is to cluster the teams into a small number of tactical groups and to analyze the interaction of those groups. The aim of the study is the evaluation of the applicability of SOCCER© simulation in professional soccer by analyzing and simulation of the tactical group interaction. Methods: The players’ positions of tactical groups in soccer can be mapped to formation-patterns and then reflect strategic behaviour and interaction. Based on this information, Monte Carl…
Thrombin Generation in Chronic Liver Diseases—A Pilot Study
2021
The knowledge about coagulation disorders in patients with chronic liver disease changed in the last decade. The aim of this study was to analyze the parameters of thrombin generation in patients with chronic liver disease, as they are the most appropriate biomarkers to explore coagulation. (1) Background: The knowledge about coagulation disorders in patients with chronic liver disease changed in the last decade. The study of thrombin generation in patients with chronic liver disease provides a much more accurate assessment of the coagulation cascade
The effect of experimental and clinical musculoskeletal pain on spinal and supraspinal projections to motoneurons and motor unit properties in humans…
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Background and Objective Numerous studies have examined the influence of pain on spinal reflex excitability, motor unit behaviour and corticospinal excitability. Nevertheless, there are inconsistencies in the conclusions made. This systematic review sought to understand the effect of pain on spinal and supraspinal projections to motoneurons and motor unit properties by examining the influence of clinical or experimental pain on the following three domains: H-reflex, corticospinal excitability and motor unit properties. Databases and Data Treatment MeSH terms and preselected keywords relating to the H-reflex, motor evoked potentials and motor unit decomposition in chronic and experimental pa…
Coil embolisation for massive haemoptysis in cystic fibrosis.
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IntroductionMassive haemoptysis is a life-threatening event in advanced cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease with bronchial artery embolisation (BAE) as standard of care treatment. The aim of our study was to scrutinise short-term and long-term outcomes of patients with CF and haemoptysis after BAE using coils.MethodsWe carried out a retrospective cohort study of 34 adult patients treated for massive haemoptysis with super selective bronchial artery coil embolisation (ssBACE) between January 2008 and February 2015. Embolisation protocol was restricted to the culprit vessel(s) and three lobes maximum. Demographic data, functional end-expiratory volume in 1 s in % predicted (FEV1% pred.) and bod…
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Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs) belong to the superfamily of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). The family of mAChRs is composed of five subtypes, M1, M2, M3, M4 and M5, which have distinct expression patterns and functions. In the eye and its adnexa, mAChRs are widely expressed and exert multiple functions, such as modulation of tear secretion, regulation of pupil size, modulation of intraocular pressure, participation in cell-to-cell signaling and modula-tion of vascular diameter in the retina. Due to this variety of functions, it is reasonable to assume that abnormalities in mAChR signaling may contribute to the development of various ocular diseases. On the other hand, mAC…
Cytotoxic alkaloids from the root of Zanthoxylum paracanthum (mildbr) Kokwaro
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Chemical investigation of the root of Zanthoxylum paracanthum afforded 1 new alkamide derivative, (2E,4E)-6-oxo-N-isobutyldeca-2,4-dienamide (1) together with 10 known congeners including one pheno...
Tall Tales for a Mass Audience: Dutch Penny Prints and Spanish Aleluyas in Comparative Perspective
2021
Abstract In this article we compare Dutch penny prints with Spanish Aleluyas, focusing on three specific functions of this premodern mass medium: popularising and adapting theatre plays; standardising (folk/fairy) tales; adapting and popularising literary classics. Via these functions we address the discrepancies between the two countries considering the materiality of the penny prints, the growth of the production, but also the transition from a predominantly religious, towards a more profane content. Striking was the lack of educative and edifying initiatives in Spain in contrast to the Dutch ideological strategies. We observed some interesting similarities as well. Although in both count…
Erratum: “Nanoscale x-ray imaging of spin dynamics in yttrium iron garnet” [J. Appl. Phys. 126, 173909 (2019)]
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Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Patients with COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to estimate the pooled occurrence of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) among patients admitted to an intensive care unit with COVID-19 and mortality of those who developed VAP. We performed a systematic search on PubMed, EMBASE and Web of Science from inception to 2nd March 2021 for nonrandomized studies specifically addressing VAP in adult patients with COVID-19 and reporting data on at least one primary outcome of interest. Random effect single-arm meta-analysis was performed for the occurrence of VAP and mortality (at the longest follow up) and ICU length of stay. Twenty studies were included in the systematic review and meta-an…
Start-Up of Chitosan-Assisted Anaerobic Sludge Bed Reactors Treating Light Oxygenated Solvents under Intermittent Operation
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Quality of the granular sludge developed during the start-up of anaerobic up-flow sludge bed reactors is of crucial importance to ensure the process feasibility of treating industrial wastewater such as those containing solvents. In this study, the microbial granule formation from suspended-growth biomass was investigated in two chitosan-assisted reactors. These reactors operated mimicking industrial sites working with night closures treating a mixture of ethanol, ethyl acetate, and 1-ethoxy-2-propanol. Each reactor operated under different hydrodynamic regimes typical from UASB (R1: <
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Prolonging working hours and presenteeism have been conceptualized as self-endangering coping behaviors in employees, which are related to health impairment. Drawing upon the self-regulation of behavior model, the goal achievement process, and Warr's vitamin model, we examined the antecedents and moderation effects regarding quantitative demands, autonomy, emotion regulation, and self-motivation competence of university students' self-endangering coping behaviors (showing prolonging working hours and presenteeism). Results from a cross-sectional survey of 3,546 German university students indicate that quantitative demands are positively related and autonomy has a u-shape connection with sel…
Hybridizing large neighborhood search and exact methods for generalized vehicle routing problems with time windows
2021
International audience; Delivery options are at the heart of the generalized vehicle routing problem with time windows (GVRPTW) allowing that customer requests are shipped to alternative delivery locations which can also have different time windows. Recently, the vehicle routing problem with delivery options was introduced into the scientific literature. It extends the GVRPTW by capacities of shared locations and by specifying service-level constraints defined by the customers' preferences for delivery options. The vehicle routing problem with delivery options also generalizes the vehicle routing problem with home roaming delivery locations and the vehicle routing problem with multiple time…
cathepsin l in complex with (3s,14e)-8-(azetidin-3-yl)-19-chloro-n-(1- cyanocyclopropyl)-5-oxo-12,17-dioxa-4-azatricyclo[16.2.2.06, 11]docosa-1(21),6…
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Covid-19 : analyses critiques et résistances ?
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International audience; Dès le début de la crise sanitaire de 2020, en tant que politistes, non familiers des questions épidémiques, mais maniant régulièrement des données sociales et mobilisant la socio-histoire et l’analyse des politiques publiques, nous avons cherché à « penser le covid ».Il s’agissait aussi de ne pas céder à la panique ambiante et au discours dominant, discours qui, pour la première fois, dans une société libérale en temps de paix, a stigmatisé la pensée critique sous l’appellation générique de « complotisme ».D’avril à septembre 2020, cet exercice a donné lieu à 6 articles et à un court livre (ebook aux PUG). Cette communication reprend une partie de ces analyses et le…
Impurity behaviour in JET-ILW plasmas fuelled with gas and/or with pellets: a comparative study with the transport code COREDIV
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Abstract This study deals with the comparison of impurity behaviour in pellet and gas fuelled JET-ITER like wall pulses with the aim of finding the mechanisms leading to the generally observed higher concentration of tungsten in pellet fuelled plasmas. In fact, tungsten is the main high-Z impurity in the JET-ILW plasmas and is responsible for most of the radiative losses in the plasma core. Analysis of the experimental data pertaining to pulses at different plasma currents, different input power and different electron densities is integrated by numerical modelling with the self-consistent fluid transport code COREDIV. Experimentally, and numerically, the ratio between the radiated power in …
La sustracción internacional de menores, tras la aprobación de la Ley de Jurisdicción Voluntaria
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La reciente ley española 15/2015, de 2 de julio, de la Jurisdicción Voluntaria, ha introducido importantes novedades en torno al procedimiento a seguir ante un supuesto de sustracción internacional de menores. Entre ellas, se encuentra la inclusión de la mediación como un mecanismo a través del cual resolver estos supuestos. Destaca también la referencia expresa a la Red Internacional de Jueces de la Conferencia de La Haya como recurso del que dispone el Juez. Ambas figuras están llamadas a desempeñar un importante papel en la resolución de los casos de sustracción internacional de menores, en pos de una mejor protección de interés superior del menor.
Coherence between brain activation and speech envelope at word and sentence levels showed age-related differences in low frequency bands
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Abstract Speech perception is dynamic and shows changes across development. In parallel, functional differences in brain development over time have been well documented and these differences may interact with changes in speech perception during infancy and childhood. Further, there is evidence that the two hemispheres contribute unequally to speech segmentation at the sentence and phonemic levels. To disentangle those contributions, we studied the cortical tracking of various sized units of speech that are crucial for spoken language processing in children (4.7–9.3 years old, N = 34) and adults (N = 19). We measured participants’ magnetoencephalogram (MEG) responses to syllables, words, and…
ASODAT : una plataforma de información sobre el teatro clásico español a partir de bases de datos federadas
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Se presenta en este artículo la primera versión en red de ASODAT, una federación de bases de datos sobre el teatro clásico español y su práctica escénica. Se analizan los pasos necesarios para la creación de este sistema federado de bases de datos, sus objetivos y los resultados conseguidos hasta el momento, así como las perspectivas de continuidad que esta plataforma abre para la integración de investigadores y nuevos proyectos. En su estado actual, ASODAT aporta información sobre obras y autores, manuscritos, censuras y canciones relacionados con textos teatrales. In this article we present the first version of the online database ASODAT, a federation of four databases on different aspec…
cathepsin l in complex with (2s,4r)-4-(2-chloro-4-methoxy- benzenesulfonyl)-1-[3-(5-chloro-pyridin-2-yl)-azetidine-3-carbonyl]- pyrrolidine-2-car box…
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Off-label tocilizumab and adjuvant iron chelator effectiveness in a group of severe COVID-19 pneumonia patients
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ABSTRACT: Tocilizumab (TCZ), a monoclonal recombinant antibody against IL-6 receptor, is currently used in managing the cytokine release syndrome (CRS) that occurred in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) selected cases. The primary objective of our study was to establish the effectiveness of TCZ in patients with severe or critical severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pneumonia.We retrospectively analyzed 25 consecutive patients, admitted in the Academic Emergency Hospital Sibiu, Romania from April 1, 2020 until May 25, 2020, all with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe pneumonia. All patients were treated off-label with TCZ, beside their standard care. Adjuvan…
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IntroductionWork-life conflicts (WLC) may impact health, but few studies prospectively consider the impact of WLC on objective outcomes such as cardiovascular disease. Using data from the Gutenberg Health Study (GHS), we examined if WLC at baseline was associated with an increased five-year incidence of cardiovascular events (myocardial infarct, stroke, atrial fibrillation, peripheral artery disease, coronary artery disease, chronic heart failure, sudden cardiac death). We also considered if WLC was associated with incident hypertension and arterial stiffness and if the effects of WLC on cardiovascular health differ for men and women.MethodsA working subsample of the 15,010 GHS cohort parti…
Mapping the Other Side of Agency
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Schonau et al. (2021) put forward an “agency map” that brings together the so far underappreciated interrelation of responsibility, privacy, authenticity, and trust for the purpose of better unders...
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La transformación de DICAT: el potencial de la visualización digital de redes para el teatro clásico español
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This paper analyses and proposes the steps to transform Diccionario biográfico de actores del teatro clásico español DICAT in order to be federated on ASODAT system of databases. We intend to assess whether or not the visualization of nets may be a useful and operational tool to analysing the biographical and professional information established between actors and actress of early modern Spanish theater, and to show patterns of social relation. Este artículo analiza y propone los pasos para transformar el Diccionario biográfico de actores del teatro clásico español DICAT para que pueda ser federado en el sistema de bases de datos ASODAT. Se pretende evaluar si la visualización de redes pued…
The genetic regulation of avian migration timing: combining candidate genes and quantitative genetic approaches in a long-distance migrant
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Abstract Plant and animal populations can adapt to prolonged environmental changes if they have sufficient genetic variation in important phenological traits. The genetic regulation of annual cycles can be studied either via candidate genes or through the decomposition of phenotypic variance by quantitative genetics. Here, we combined both approaches to study the timing of migration in a long-distance migrant, the collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis). We found that none of the four studied candidate genes (CLOCK, NPAS2, ADCYAP1 and CREB1) had any consistent effect on the timing of six annual cycle stages of geolocator-tracked individuals. This negative result was confirmed by direct ob…
Singing the News of Punishment
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Abstract This article explores the pan-European phenomenon of the execution ballad, songs that told the news of true crimes and their punishment by public execution. Looking at examples across nine languages, from the sixteenth through the nineteenth century, this comparison reveals that these ballads share multiple features in textual content and format: a recognisable, formulaic narrative; sensationalist and emotive language; and a conservative perspective that confirms that the condemned is guilty and that ‘justice’ is being served. We also note key regional differences, such as in the use (or not) of contrafactum, the setting of new lyrics to familiar melodies, in the use of the first v…
« Flaubert et le patrimoine normand » 162-173
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cathepsin l in complex with (3s,14e)-19-chloro-n-(1-cyanocyclopropyl)- 5-oxo-12,17-dioxa-4-azatricyclo[16.2.2.06,11]docosa-1(21),6(11),7,9, 14,18(22)…
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Detecting precipitation trend using a multiscale approach based on quantile regression over a Mediterranean area
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One of the most relevant and debated topics related to the effects of the climate change is whether intense rainfall events have become more frequent over the last decades. It is a crucial aspect, since an increase in the magnitude and frequency of occurrence of heavy rainfall events could result in a dramatic growth of floods and, in turn, human lives losses and economic damages. Because of its central position in the Mediterranean area, Sicily has been often screened with the aim to capture some trends in precipitation, potentially related to climate change. While Mann-Kendall test has been largely used for the rainfall trend detection, in this work a different procedure is considered. Pr…
Durée du pacte d'actionnaires : 99 ans n'est pas excessif
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International audience; Note sous Cour d'appel de Paris (ch. commerciale), 15 décembre 2020, n° 20/00220, Sté Kering c/ Sté Analytic Project
Oxygen and vacancy defects in silicon. A quantum mechanical characterization through the IR and Raman spectra.
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The Infrared (IR) and Raman spectra of various defects in silicon, containing both oxygen atoms (in the interstitial position, Oi) and a vacancy, are computed at the quantum mechanical level by using a periodic supercell approach based on a hybrid functional (B3LYP), an all-electron Gaussian-type basis set, and the Crystal code. The first of these defects is VO: the oxygen atom, twofold coordinated, saturates the unpaired electrons of two of the four carbon atoms on first neighbors of the vacancy. The two remaining unpaired electrons on the first neighbors of the vacancy can combine to give a triplet (Sz = 1) or a singlet (Sz = 0) state; both states are investigated for the neutral form of …
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The minor as major: Outsiderness and social class in Saara Turunen’s prose
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Saara Turunen’s Sivuhenkilö is a work of autofiction, which tells the story of a year in its unnamed protagonist’s life. Despite her success as an author, the protagonist feels like a minor character in her own life: an outsider both because of her gender and her profession as a writer. In this article, I offer a critical reading of Turunen’s prose by asking what political implications are attached to her handling of outsiderness. I approach outsiderness not merely as a theme, but also as a genre-specific feature peculiar to the tradition of feminist rewriting. Based on my reading of Sivuhenkilö, I argue that regardless of its feminist potential, framing oneself as an outsider can function …
Broadband Terahertz Probes of Anisotropic Magnetoresistance Disentangle Extrinsic and Intrinsic Contributions
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Anisotropic magnetoresistance (AMR) is a ubiquitous and versatile probe of magnetic order in contemporary spintronics research. Its origins are usually ascribed to extrinsic effects (i.e. spin-dependent electron scattering), whereas intrinsic (i.e. scattering-independent) contributions are neglected. Here, we measure AMR of polycrystalline thin films of the standard ferromagnets Co, Ni, Ni81Fe19 and Ni50Fe50 over the frequency range from DC to 28 THz. The large bandwidth covers the regimes of both diffusive and ballistic intraband electron transport and, thus, allows us to separate extrinsic and intrinsic AMR components. Analysis of the THz response based on Boltzmann transport theory revea…
Plataformas digitales en el sector de los VTC
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El del transporte urbano de pasajeros con vehículos turismo (taxi y VTC) es, seguramente, el sector donde la irrupción de la economía colaborativa –o, si se prefiere decir así, las plataformas digitales– ha dado lugar a controversias más encendidas, medidas regulatorias más cuestionables y un mayor número de pleitos. En el presente trabajo se hace un breve repaso de las cuestiones regulatorias más candentes que se han planteado, haciendo hincapié en las que todavía están pendientes de resolución en un sentido que no parece fácil avizorar.