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Context dependent variation in corticosterone and phenotypic divergence of Rana arvalis populations along an acidification gradient
2022
Background Physiological processes, as immediate responses to the environment, are important mechanisms of phenotypic plasticity and can influence evolution at ecological time scales. In stressful environments, physiological stress responses of individuals are initiated and integrated via the release of hormones, such as corticosterone (CORT). In vertebrates, CORT influences energy metabolism and resource allocation to multiple fitness traits (e.g. growth and morphology) and can be an important mediator of rapid adaptation to environmental stress, such as acidification. The moor frog, Rana arvalis, shows adaptive divergence in larval life-histories and predator defense traits along an acidi…
Tissue-Specific Dynamics in the Endophytic Bacterial Communities in Arctic Pioneer Plant
2020
The rapid developments in the next-generation sequencing methods in the recent years have provided a wealth of information on the community structures and functions of endophytic bacteria. However, the assembly processes of these communities in different plant tissues are still currently poorly understood, especially in wild plants in natural settings. The aim of this study was to compare the composition of endophytic bacterial communities in leaves and roots of arcto-alpine pioneer plant Oxyria digyna, and investigate, how plant tissue (leaf or root) or plant origin affect the community assembly. To address this, we planted micropropagated O. digyna plants with low bacterial load (bait pla…
Control of Growth and Persistence of Listeria monocytogenes and β-Lactam-Resistant Escherichia coli by Thymol in Food Processing Settings
2020
The main objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of thymol in controlling environmental contamination in food processing facilities. The effect of thymol was tested as an agent to prevent planktonic and bacterial biofilm growth of twenty-five Listeria monocytogenes isolates from a variety of foods and five Escherichia coli isolates from a farm. The E. coli isolates were positive for extended spectrum &beta
Dyrektywa o transgranicznej mobilności pacjentów - uwarunkowania ekonomiczno-polityczne oraz prawno-administracyjne
2016
Celem niniejszego tekstu jest analiza dyrektywy o transgranicznej mobilności pacjentów – jej zakresu, implementacji, funkcjonowaniu i percepcji, jak również jej potencjału w zakresie budowy paneuropejskiego rynku usług medycznych. Jej wpływ może sięgać daleko poza uregulowania prawne wspomagające pacjentów udających się za granicę w celu korzystania z usług medycznych. Potencjalnie może ona stanowić jeden z fundamentów przyszłej harmonizacji systemów opieki zdrowotnej w skali europejskiej.
The notion of eudaimonistic evaluation in Martha Nussbaum’s cognitive theory of emotions
2016
RESUMEN: En este artículo se presenta la evaluación eudaimonista como una articulación entre el agente y los objetos del mundo. Sostendremos que, gracias a esta noción, la teoría de las emociones de Nussbaum es adecuada para dar cuenta de la función adaptativa de las emociones, por lo que las teorías no cognitivas no resultarían superiores en este aspecto. Esta noción serviría, asimismo, para no dejar de lado los aspectos cognitivos de la emoción. Veremos cómo las ideas de Nussbaum se basan en las de las teorías evaluativas provenientes de la psicología, para después desplegar su propuesta en detalle. En la exposición, también trataremos otras cuestiones, entre ellas, la racionalidad de las…
Il lichene e la farfalla. Sbarbaro e Gozzano fra scienza e poesia
2011
Originale confronto fra il naturalismo lirico di Sbarbaro e l’entomologia poetica di Gozzano. Entrambi accomunati da un interesse scientifico-sentimentale per le più inconsistenti forme di vita naturale – il lichene e la farfalla – i due poeti si distinguono tuttavia per una diversa declinazione della loro passione: è sufficiente scorrere i sei inventari lichenologici redatti dal poeta ligure per accertarsi dell’impiego di un formulario tecnico privo di qualunque orpello estetizzante o astrattizzante, com’è possibile rinvenire ancora negli scritti gozzaniani.
The Risks of WiFi Flexibility: Enabling and Detecting Cheating
2013
Flexibility is an important paradigm for future WiFi networks. However, it also opens the possibility for diverse methods of cheating, which users can perform to increase their throughput. Therefore, it is important to develop the necessary tools to mitigate such efforts. In this paper we first discuss the risks of flexibility in terms of misbehaviour. We then propose an architecture to detect misbehaviour and react by punishing the cheaters. The proposed architecture utilizes advanced passive monitoring, flexible WiFi software, and appropriate reasoning to detect cheating. We validate its performance and discuss means of punishment
Nitrogen uptake and nitrogen fertilizer recovery in old and modern wheat genotypes grown in the presence or absence of interspecific competition
2015
Choosing genotypes with a high capacity for taking up nitrogen (N) from the soil and the ability to efficiently compete with weeds for this nutrient is essential to increasing the sustainability of cropping systems that are less dependent on auxiliary inputs. This research aimed to verify whether differences exist in N uptake and N fertilizer recovery capacity among wheat genotypes and, if so, whether these differences are related to a different competitive ability against weeds of wheat genotypes. To this end, 12 genotypes, varying widely in morphological traits and year of release, were grown in the presence or absence of interspecific competition (using Avena sativa L. as a surrogate wee…
«Fred byrjar i heimen» : ei etnografisk undersøking av ein kvinneorganisasjon som arbeider med fred i Bogota, Colombia
2019
Masteroppgave Global development and planning UT506 - Universitetet i Agder 2019 In the post-conflict situation that defines Colombia,SPK works to raise women’s awareness (or works to make women conscious) of their own potential tocontribute to local politics.This paper examinesthe meanings of peacework in all it’s shapes and forms, but also how this work is connected to a victim identity. Inspired by Dorothy Smith and institutional ethnography Iexamine what can control the work in the organization, with a particular eye on the role of financial supporters. Words as «empowerment» and «peace builder» are used both in SPK, but also in the general discourse around women and peace. The gender a…
Standing time and daily proportion of sedentary time are associated with pain-related disability in a one month accelerometer measurement in adults w…
2022
Abstract Objectives: The association between the subjective experience of pain-related disability (PRD) and device-measured physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB) in overweight and obese adults is not well known. The aim of this study was to investigate the associations of pain markers with accelerometer-measured SB duration and different intensities of PA among physically inactive middle-aged adults with overweight or obesity. Methods: This cross-sectional analysis included 72 subjects (27 men) with mean age of 57.9 (SD 6.7) years and mean BMI of 31.6 (SD 4.1) kg/m². SB and standing time (ST), breaks in sedentary time, light physical activity (LPA) and moderate-to-vigorous phys…