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Uexküll's <i>Kompositionslehre</i> and Leopold's "land ethic" in dialogue. On the concept of meaning
2013
Uexküll's famous umwelt theory, which is simultaneously a theory of meaning, remains almost unknown in American environmental thought. The purpose of this article is to create a dialogue between the umwelt theory – a source of inspiration for biosemiotics – and one of the major figures of the environmental thought, namely Aldo Leopold. The interest of this dialogue lies in the fact that the environmental thought has much to gain by relying on Uexküll's theory of meaning and, conversely, that Leopold's land ethic is likely to extend Uexküll's thought in terms of ethics.
Resistance simulations for junctions of SW and MW carbon nanotubes with various metal substrates
2011
Abstract This theoretical study focuses on junctions between the carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and contacting metallic elements of a nanocircuit. Numerical simulations on the conductance and resistance of these contacts have been performed using the multiple scattering theory and the effective media cluster approach. Two models for CNT-metal contacts have been considered in this paper: a) first principles “liquid metal” model and b) semi-empirical model of “effective bonds” based on Landauer notions on ballistic conductivity. Within the latter, which is a more adequate description of chirality effects, we have simulated both single-wall (SW) and multi-wall (MW) CNTs with different morphology. Res…
Collaborative VR for Liver Surgery Planning using Wearable Data Gloves: An Interactive Demonstration
2021
Preoperative planning for liver surgery is a critical procedure to assess a potential resection and it supports surgeons to define the affected vessels and resection volume. Traditional surgical planning systems are widely used to support the planning with the usage of desktop-based 3D and 2D visualizations. However, desktop-based systems offer limited interactions and visualizations compared to virtual reality (VR) [3]. A suitable technique to support collaboration among surgeons is required. Our previous works [1], [2] illustrate that using collaborative VR is essential to enhance communication, teamwork, and over-distance collaboration. In this work, we present a collaborative VR prototy…
Low-complexity AoA and AoD estimation in the transformed spatial domain for millimeter wave MIMO channels
2021
La estimación del ángulo de llegada (AoA) y del ángulo de salida (AoD) es fundamental para la búsqueda de celdas, las comunicaciones estables y el posicionamiento en los sistemas celulares de ondas milimétricas (mmWave). Además, el diseño de algoritmos de estimación de AoA/AoD de baja complejidad resulta también de gran importancia en el despliegue de sistemas prácticos para permitir un cálculo rápido y eficiente de la conformación de haz. La estimación paramétrica del canal en ondas milimétricas permite describir la matriz del canal como una combinación de trayectorias de señales dependientes de la dirección, explotando la característica de dispersión de los canales mmWave. En este context…
Feasible glass‐melting process assisted by microwaves
2019
[EN] The advantages of microwave (MW) energy processing have been verified in the sintering of a ceramic frit at a pre-industrial scale. The challenge of achieving high temperature using MW energy at such dimensions was overcome and a mix of natural raw materials was heated until its fluxing point. Changes in dielectric properties of the raw materials mix were also measured in situ with the increase in temperature, being in accordance to thermal processes of a conventional heating process. The properties of the resulting ceramic frit were compared with the same frit obtained by the conventional sintering method. Both frits showed similar thermal behavior regarding DTA-TGA, heating microscop…
Effect of elongational flow on morphology and properties of Polymer/CNTs nanocomposite fibres
2011
Kondensaation vaikutus hiilinanoputkidepositioon hydrofiilisellä piioksidipinnalla
2017
Tutkielmassa käsittelen kondensaatiota ja sen muodostumista hydrofiilisellä piioksidipinnalla olevaan moniseinäisten nanoputkien depositioon. Kondensaation depositioon muodostamia aukkoja analysoimalla pyritään saamaan kuva siitä miten kondensaatio vaikuttaa depositioon ja miten nanoputket vaikuttavat kondensaatioon. Näytteinä käytettiin happiplasmalla hydrofiiliseksi käsiteltyä piioksidisirua, johon tehtiin nanoputkidepositio pudottamalla nanoputkia sisältävää liuosta suurella nopeudella pyörivälle näytteelle. Näytteillä tehtiin kolmea erilaista koetta. Kontaktikokeissa pisara tuotiin kontaktiin näytteen kanssa, kondensaatiokokeissa pisara pidettiin näytepinnan läheisyydessä ja jäähdytysko…
Description of dynamic shared knowledge: an exploratory study during a competitive team sports interaction.
2011
This exploratory case study describes the sharedness of knowledge within a basketball team (nine players) and how it changes during an official match. To determine how knowledge is mobilised in an actual game situation, the data were collected and processed following course-of-action theory (Theureau 2003). The results were used to characterise the contents of the shared knowledge (i.e. regarding teammate characteristics, team functioning, opponent characteristics, opposing team functioning and game conditions) and to identify the characteristic types of change: (a) the reinforcement of a previous element of shared knowledge; (b) the invalidation of an element of shared knowledge; (c) fragm…
Gene Expression Profiling of Facilitated L-LTP in VP16-CREB Mice Reveals that BDNF Is Critical for the Maintenance of LTP and Its Synaptic Capture
2011
Expression of VP16-CREB, a constitutively active form of CREB, in hippocampal neurons of the CA1 region lowers the threshold for eliciting the late, persistent phase of long-term potentiation (L-LTP) in the Schaffer collateral pathway. This VP16-CREB-mediated L-LTP differs from the conventional late phase of LTP in not being dependent on new transcription. This finding suggests that in the transgenic mice the mRNA transcript(s) encoding the protein(s) necessary for this form of L-LTP might already be present in CA1 neurons in the basal condition. We used high-density oligonucleotide arrays to identify the mRNAs differentially expressed in the hippocampus of transgenic and wild-type mice. We…
The safety attitudes questionnaire for out-of-hours service in primary healthcare—Psychometric properties of the Croatian version
2020
The aim of the study was to assess the reliability and construct validity of the Croatian trans- lation of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire—Ambulatory version (SAQ-AV) in the out-of- hours (OOH) primary care setting. A cross-sectional observational study using anonymous web-survey was carried out targeting a convenience sample of 358 health professionals working in the Croatian OOH primary care service. The final sample consisted of 185 questionnaires (response rate 51.7%). Psychometric properties were assessed using exploratory hierarchical factor analysis with Schmid-Leiman rotation to bifactor solution, McDonald’s ω, and Cronbach’s α. Five group factors were identified: Organization cl…