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Discourse about the end of the world
2015
Abstract The increased prevalence of discourse concerning the expected end of the world was observed in various countries and manifested in various genres especially in the years 2000 and 2012. Some of the discourse was conducted in a serious manner, whereas other instances included humorous motifs and were used for commercial purposes. The aim of this paper is to take a closer look at the typical motifs prevailing in the discourse concerning the end of the world, with special emphasis on the humorous aspect - both universal and culture-specific. Texts found on Polish, German, English and Russian websites were analyzed. In the studied material, the end of the world was understood literally …
Literary critical narrative in latvian daily press
2013
Promocijas darba LITERATŪRKRITISKAIS NARATĪVS LATVIEŠU DIENAS PRESĒ Anotācija Promocijas darbā Literatūrkritiskais naratīvs dienas presē latviešu dienas laikrakstu literatūrkritiskie naratīvi tiek analizēti ar semiotiskā komunikācijas modeļa palīdzību. Literatūrkritiskie naratīvi veido daļu no mediju kultūras komunikācijas procesa un sastāv no zīmēm – semantiskām un sintaktiskām makrostruktūrām, kas radušās semiotiskas darbības rezultātā. Makrostruktūru klātbūtne un izvietojums tekstā nosaka laikrakstu literatūrkritiskā teksta tipus. Promocijas darbā analizētie preses teksti sistematizēti, veidojot sešus tipus: grāmatu recenzijas, īsās ziņas, intervijas, blogus, garākus avīžrakstus un inter…
HCV genotype 1 subtypes (1a and 1b): similarities and differences in clinical features and therapeutic outcome.
2015
Aim: To evaluate similarities and differences in HCV-1 subtypes 1a and 1b in the presenting clinical features and the response to peg-interferon and ribavirin (Peg/RIBA).Patients and methods: A total of 1,233 naïve patients with HCV genotype-1 infection, 159 (13 %) with subtype 1a and 1,074 (87 %) with subtype 1b were treated with Peg-IFN/RIBA at 12 Italian centers. Covariates included in the logistic model were age, gender, BMI, serum alanine aminotransferase, serum gamma-glutamiltranspeptidase (γGT), platelets counts, liver fibrosis, the occurrence of type 2 diabetes, baseline viremia, and IL28B genotype.Results: At multivariate analysis, baseline characteristics differentiating patients …
Finitary unification in locally tabular modal logics characterized
2022
We provide necessary and sufficient conditions for finitary unification in locally tabular modal logics, solely in terms of Kripke models. We apply the conditions to establish the unification types of logics determined by simple finite frames. In particular, we show that unification is finitary (or unitary) in the logic determined by the fork (frame F4, see Fig. 6), the rhombus (frame F5), inGL.3m,GrzBd2,S4Bd2and other logics; whereas it is nullary in the logic of F6, and of the pentagon FN5. In Appendix analogous results are given for superintuitionistic logics.
Is processing speed a valid neurocognitive endophenotype in bipolar disorder? Evidence from a longitudinal, family study.
2021
[Background] Substantial evidence supports the existence of neurocognitive endophenotypes in bipolar disorder (BD), but very few longitudinal studies have included unaffected relatives. In a 5-year, follow-up, family study, we have recently suggested that deficits in manual motor speed and visual memory could be endophenotype candidates for BD. We aimed to explore whether this also applies to processing speed.
Reading development subtypes and their early characteristics.
2007
The present findings are drawn from the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Dyslexia (JLD), in which approximately 100 children with familial risk of dyslexia and 100 control children have been followed from birth. In this paper we report data on the reading development of the JLD children and their classmates, a total of 1,750 children from four measurement points during the first two school years. In the total sample, we examined whether heterogeneous developmental paths can be identified based on profiles of word recognition and reading comprehension. Secondly, we studied what kind of early language and literacy skill profiles and reading experiences characterize the children with differing …
Coincident airway exposure to low-potency allergen and cytomegalovirus sensitizes for allergic airway disease by viral activation of migratory dendri…
2019
Despite a broad cell-type tropism, cytomegalovirus (CMV) is an evidentially pulmonary pathogen. Predilection for the lungs is of medical relevance in immunocompromised recipients of hematopoietic cell transplantation, in whom interstitial CMV pneumonia is a frequent and, if left untreated, fatal clinical manifestation of human CMV infection. A conceivable contribution of CMV to airway diseases of other etiology is an issue that so far attracted little medical attention. As the route of primary CMV infection upon host-to-host transmission in early childhood involves airway mucosa, coincidence of CMV airway infection and exposure to airborne environmental antigens is almost unavoidable. For i…
Antioxidant activity and phenolic composition in Pomegranate (Punica granatum, L.) genotypes from south Italy by UHPLC/Orbitrap-MS approach
2018
Background: Pomegranate fruits are a rich source of polyphenols with numerous health-promoting effects. Pomegranate juices of five genotypes (‘Mollar’, ‘Kingdom’, ‘Dente di Cavallo’, and two old populations ‘Francofonte’ and ‘Santa Tecla’) were evaluated regarding anthocyanin and non-anthocyanin phenolic contents using ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC)–Orbitrap-mass spectrometry (MS). Moreover, total antioxidant activity (TAA) was evaluated using a 2,2′-azinobis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) diammonium salt (ABTS) assay. Results: Twenty-three phenolic compounds were identified. Cyanidin-3,5-O-diglucoside and pelargonidin-3,5-O-diglucoside were the most representa…
Evaluation of the Role of Candida albicans Agglutinin-Like Sequence (Als) Proteins in Human Oral Epithelial Cell Interactions
2012
The fungus C. albicans uses adhesins to interact with human epithelial surfaces in the processes of colonization and pathogenesis. The C. albicans ALS (agglutinin-like sequence) gene family encodes eight large cell-surface glycoproteins (Als1-Als7 and Als9) that have adhesive function. This study utilized C. albicans Δals mutant strains to investigate the role of the Als family in oral epithelial cell adhesion and damage, cytokine induction and activation of a MAPK-based (MKP1/c-Fos) signaling pathway that discriminates between yeast and hyphae. Of the eight Δals mutants tested, only the Δals3 strain showed significant reductions in oral epithelial cell adhesion and damage, and cytokine pro…
MONOCYTES MACROPHAGES EXPRESSION OF Ml OR M2 PHENOTYPES IN LATENT TUBERCULOSIS, ACTIVE DISEASES AND UNINFECTED MIGRANTS AND SICILIAN PATIENTS
2016
The high grade ofphenotype plasticity of monocytes macrophages, is resumed in two different cell subsets named M1 or M2. Several studies of microbial infections in vitro and in vivo, showed that, during the early stage of infection, macrophages are polarized toward Ml phenotype that should be protective against pathogen, while during the chronic phase of infection/disease macrophages polarize toward M2 phenotype to avoid damages from a prolonged Ml type activation.Obiettivo: In order to investigate if Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection can drive circulating monocytes toward the expression of Ml or M2 phenotypes, we have analyzed by flow cytometry monocytes obtained from patients with acti…