Az újkori külföldi magyar egyetemjárás adattárának összegyűjtése és kiadása = Assembling and Publishing of Documentation Concerning the Peregrination of Hungarians to Abroad Universities

A kutatás 4 éve alatt két egyetemi város (Bécs 1867-1890) és Graz (1867-1918) , valamint a Brünni Műegyetem kivételével teljes egészében befejeztük az európai újkori egyetemjárás adattárának készítését. A munka természetesen nemcsak az elmúlt 4 évben, hanem az azt megelőző évtizedben is folyt, és jelenleg mintegy 85000 külföldi beiratkozást regisztráltunk, amelyeket egységes elektronikus adatbázisba vittünk. A fent említett hiányok pótlása folyamatban van, tehát remélhető, hogy 2007 folyamán a francia nyelvterület kivételével teljessé válik a magyarországi egyetemjárás 1526 és 1919 közötti adatainak feltárása. A francia és belga egyetemekre járt magyarok kutatásához tekintettel a teljesen más forrástípusokra, az eddigiektől eltérő módszert kell alkalmazni, és komoly helyszini kutatást végezni, amelynek érdekében új OTKA pályázatot kívánok benyújtani. A beiratkozókról esetenként 10-10 adat áll rendelkezésre, ezekből ''A magyarországi diákok egyetemjárása az újkorban'' című sorozatunkban eddig 14 kötetet jelentettünk meg, és további 6 van előkészületben. Ezek felsorolását mellékelten nyújtom be. A fenti nagyon konkrét ereddményeken kívül mintegy 12 nemzetközi konferencián tájékoztattuk a résztvevőket kutatásaink eredményeiről, többek között Svájcban, Németországban, Ausztriában, Ukrajnában, Romániában, Dániában és Olaszországban. Köteteinket több külföldi szaklapban ismertették illetve előadásaink konferenci kötetekben jelentek meg. | During the four years of research ? except for the universities of Vienna (1867-1890) and Graz (1867-1918) ? we have successfully completed the repertory of Hungarian university peregrination to Europe at the early modern period. The work was being done not only during the past for years, but also in the preceding decade, so as a result we have recorded 85,000 registrations, all of which are processed into an electronic database. Quest after Hungarian students at the universities of France and Belgium requires a completely new method and a deeper local research, for the aim of which I would like to apply for another OTKA-support with a new project. Eventually there are 10 items available for each registrated student in our database, on the basis of which we have already published 14 volumes as parts of our series Hungarian peregrination to foreign Universities in Modern Times?, and there are six more volumes in preparation for the future, a list of which is attached. Beside these concrete results we presented papers at 12 different international conferences, e.g. in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Ukraine, Romania, Denmark and Italy. The published volumes were reviewed in several international journals and the papers given were published in the acts of the conferences we had participated in

Nanosphere Lithography as a Versatile Method to Generate Surface-Imprinted Polymer Films for Selective Protein Recognition

A versatile approach based on nanosphere lithography is proposed to generate surface-imprinted polymers for selective protein recognition. A layer of 750 nm diameter latex bead-protein conjugate is deposited onto the surface of gold-coated quartz crystals followed by the electrosynthesis of a poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)/poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT/PSS) film with thicknesses on the order of the bead radius. The removal of the polymer bead-protein conjugates, facilitated by using a cleavable protein-nanosphere linkage is shown to result in 2D arrays of periodic complementary size cavities. Here it is demonstrated by nanogravimetric measurements that the imprinting proceeds further at molecular level and the protein (avidin) coating of the beads generates selective recognition sites for avidin on the surface of the PEDOT/PSS film. The binding capacity of such surface-imprinted polymer films is ca. 6.5 times higher than that of films imprinted with unmodified beads. They also exhibit excellent selectivity against analogues of avidin, i.e., extravidin, streptavidin, and neutravidin, the latter being in fact undetectable. This methodology, if coupled with properly oriented conjugation of the macromolecular template to the nanoparticles, offers the possibility of site-directed imprinting

The difference between two brachycephalic and one mesocephalic dog breeds’ problem-solving performance suggests evidence for paedomorphism in behaviour

Abstract Despite serious health and longevity problems, small brachycephalic breeds are becoming increasingly popular among pet owners. Motivations for choosing short-nosed breeds have been extensively investigated in recent years; however, this issue has been addressed mainly by relying on owner reports, resulting in explanations of “cute looks”, referring to the baby-schema phenomenon and “behaviour well suited for companionship”. We aimed to compare the behaviour of two brachycephalic (English and French bulldogs) and one mesocephalic (Mudi) breed in a problem-solving context. The dogs were given the task of opening boxes containing food rewards. We investigated human-directed behaviour elements over success and latency (indicators of motivation and ability). We found that both English and French bulldogs were significantly less successful in solving the problem than mudis. Both brachycephalic breeds had longer opening latencies than the mesocephalic breed. Brachycephalic breeds oriented less at the problem box and more at humans present. In summary, the short-headed breeds were less successful but oriented much more toward humans than mesocephalic dogs. Owners might interpret these behaviours as “helplessness” and dependence. The results support the hypothesis that infant-like traits may be present not only in appearance but also in behaviour in brachycephalic breeds, eliciting caring behaviour in owners