Quarkonia Measurements with the Central Detectors of ALICE

A Large Ion Collider Experiment - ALICE will become operational with the startup of the Large Hadron Collider - LHC at the end of 2007. One focus of the physics program is the measurement of quarkonia in proton-proton and lead-lead collisions. Quarkonia states will be measured in two kinematic regions and channels: di-muonic decays will be measured in the forward region by the muon arm, the central part of the detector will measure di-electronic decays. The presented studies show the expected performance of the di-electron measurement in proton-proton and central lead-lead collisions.Comment: 6 pages, 7 figures, Proceedings of the QM 2006 poster sessio

Genome-wide association analysis of grain yield-associated traits in a pan-European barley cultivar collection

A collection of 379 Hordeum vulgare cultivars, comprising all combinations of spring and winter growth habits with two and six row ear type, was screened by genome wide association analysis to discover alleles controlling traits related to grain yield. Genotypes were obtained at 6,810 segregating gene-based single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) loci and corresponding field trial data were obtained for eight traits related to grain yield at four European sites in three countries over two growth years. The combined data were analyzed and statistically significant associations between the traits and regions of the barley genomes were obtained. Combining this information with the high resolution gene map for barley allowed the identification of candidate genes underlying all scored traits and superposition of this information with the known genomics of grain trait genes in rice resulted in the assignation of 13 putative barley genes controlling grain traits in European cultivated barley. Several of these genes are associated with grain traits in both winter and spring barley

Towards long-term standardised carbon and greenhouse gas observations for monitoring Europe's terrestrial ecosystems : a review

Research infrastructures play a key role in launching a new generation of integrated long-term, geographically distributed observation programmes designed to monitor climate change, better understand its impacts on global ecosystems, and evaluate possible mitigation and adaptation strategies. The pan-European Integrated Carbon Observation System combines carbon and greenhouse gas (GHG; CO2, CH4, N2O, H2O) observations within the atmosphere, terrestrial ecosystems and oceans. High-precision measurements are obtained using standardised methodologies, are centrally processed and openly available in a traceable and verifiable fashion in combination with detailed metadata. The Integrated Carbon Observation System ecosystem station network aims to sample climate and land-cover variability across Europe. In addition to GHG flux measurements, a large set of complementary data (including management practices, vegetation and soil characteristics) is collected to support the interpretation, spatial upscaling and modelling of observed ecosystem carbon and GHG dynamics. The applied sampling design was developed and formulated in protocols by the scientific community, representing a trade-off between an ideal dataset and practical feasibility. The use of open-access, high-quality and multi-level data products by different user communities is crucial for the Integrated Carbon Observation System in order to achieve its scientific potential and societal value.Peer reviewe

Towards long-Term standardised carbon and greenhouse gas observations for monitoring Europe's terrestrial ecosystems : A review

Research infrastructures play a key role in launching a new generation of integrated long-Term, geographically distributed observation programmes designed to monitor climate change, better understand its impacts on global ecosystems, and evaluate possible mitigation and adaptation strategies. The pan-European Integrated Carbon Observation System combines carbon and greenhouse gas (GHG; CO2, CH4, N2O, H2O) observations within the atmosphere, terrestrial ecosystems and oceans. High-precision measurements are obtained using standardised methodologies, are centrally processed and openly available in a traceable and verifiable fashion in combination with detailed metadata. The Integrated Carbon Observation System ecosystem station network aims to sample climate and land-cover variability across Europe. In addition to GHG flux measurements, a large set of complementary data (including management practices, vegetation and soil characteristics) is collected to support the interpretation, spatial upscaling and modelling of observed ecosystem carbon and GHG dynamics. The applied sampling design was developed and formulated in protocols by the scientific community, representing a trade-off between an ideal dataset and practical feasibility. The use of open-Access, high-quality and multi-level data products by different user communities is crucial for the Integrated Carbon Observation System in order to achieve its scientific potential and societal value

Árutermelő állattartásunk és a "kölcsönös megfeleltetés" alkalmazása = Commodity Producing Animal Husbandry Activities and the Aplication of the Cross Compliance in Hungary

Az Európai Unió egy komplex követelményrendszer alkalmazásával – amit kölcsönös megfeleltetésnek nevezünk – igyekszik rávenni a mezőgazdasági termelőket az egészséges élelmiszer-előállítás, az élő környezet megóvása, a környezetbarát mezőgazdasági termelés, a felelősségteljes haszonállattartás és az élelmiszerbiztonság meghatározott minimumkövetelményeinek betartására. A követelmények nem teljesítése esetén a gazdálkodó szankcióra számíthat, ami a közvetlen termelői támogatások és bizonyos vidékfejlesztési támogatások csökkentését jelenti. A tanulmány áttekinti a Közös Agrárpolitika és a kölcsönös megfeleltetés kapcsolatát, a tagállamok kapcsolódó kötelezettségeit, és egy próbafelméréssel azt vizsgálja, hogy azok a magyar termelők, akik árutermelő méretű állattartással is foglalkoznak, 2008. év végén mennyire tudják teljesíteni az előírásokat, követelményeket. Bár az előírásoknak a betartását Magyarországon, mint új tagországban ma még nem ellenőrzik teljes körűen, a felmérés nagy hiányosságokat mutat, elsősorban a trágyatárolás terén. Ha minden előírás kötelező alkalmazásig (2013) hátralévő időben a gazdálkodók tényleg megvalósítják a tervezett fejlesztéseket, továbbá gondosabbak lesznek az előírások betartásában, és erre az illetékesek folytonos felkészítésekkel serkentik őket, a követelményeknek való meg nem felelés miatti kockázat minimálisra csökkenhet. = Through application of a comprehensive system of requirements – called crosscompliance – the European Union strives to encourage agricultural producers to comply with the determined minimum requirements of the healthy food production, the protection of the living environment, the environment-friendly agricultural production, the welfare issues of livestock production and the food safety. In case of non-compliance with such requirements, farmers may expect sanctions, implying decrease of the direct payments to producers and of certain rural development supports. The study overviewed the relationship between the Common Agricultural Policy and the cross-compliance, the related obligations of the Member States, and assessed, by means of a trial survey, to what extent the Hungarian farmers being engaged also in commodity livestock production were able at the end of 2008 to comply with the regulations and requirements. Though the maintenance of the regulations is still not fully monitored in Hungary – being a new Member State – the assessment revealed serious defi ciencies, above all in the area of manure storage. In the event when the farms would really implement the envisaged developments within the time still remaining (until 2013), furthermore, if they would expend more care in observing the regulations, complemented with the continuous encouragement by the competent authorities through preparatory information, the risks implied in non-compliance with the requirements might be minimised

Charmonium production in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 A GeV

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Recommendations for participation in leisure-time physical activity and competitive sports of patients with arrhythmias and potentially arrhythmogenic conditions Part II: ventricular arrhythmias, channelopathies and implantable defibrillators.

Contains fulltext : 50503.pdf (publisher's version ) (Closed access)This consensus paper on behalf of the Study Group on Sports Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology follows a previous one on guidelines for sports participation in competitive and recreational athletes with supraventricular arrhythmias and pacemakers. The question of imminent life-threatening arrhythmias is especially relevant when some form of ventricular rhythm disorder is documented, or when the patient is diagnosed to have inherited a pro-arrhythmogenic disorder. Frequent ventricular premature beats or nonsustained ventricular tachycardia may be a hallmark of underlying pathology and increased risk. Their finding should prompt a thorough cardiac evaluation, including both imaging modalities and electrophysiological techniques. This should allow distinguishing idiopathic rhythm disorders from underlying disease that carries a more ominous prognosis. Recommendations on sports participation in inherited arrhythmogenic conditions and asymptomatic gene carriers are also discussed: congenital and acquired long QT syndrome, short QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome, catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy and other familial electrical disease of unknown origin. If an implantable cardioverter defibrillator is indicated, it is no substitute for the guidelines relating to the underlying pathology. Moreover, some particular recommendations for patients/athletes with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator are to be observed