L'espansione mondiale del cristianesimo nel secondo Novecento

Profilo della storia del cristianesimo e delle Chiese nel secondo Novecento fino alla fine della guerra fredda, con attenzione alle dinamiche generali e alle principali vicende dei diversi contesti macroregionali e un approfondimento sul ruolo delle donne nelle Chiese in età contemporanea. INDICE Dinamiche nel protestantesimo nel secondo Novecento - 375, Il cristianesimo tra oppressione, liberazione, giustizia sociale. Le Chiese in America Latina e nei Caraibi - 377, Le Chiese nell’America Settentrionale 386, Il cristianesimo in Africa 391, Le Chiese in India - 394, Le Chiese in Estremo Oriente e nel Sud-Est asiatico 395, Donne, cristianesimo e Chiese nel secondo Novecento - 399, Cambiamenti nel pontificato romano: il 1978 - 401, Alla fine della guerra fredda: il cristianesimo e le Chiese tra dinamiche globali e regionali – 404, Bibliografia ragionata - 40

Managing stress and anxiety through qigong exercise in healthy adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

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The effect of qigong on depressive and anxiety symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

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Plasma lipocalin-2 concentration is related to blood pressure and is increased in hypertension

Poster Sessions: no. P085INTRODUCTION: Lipocalin-2 is secreted by adipocytes and is upregulated in obesity. As obesity is known to be a cause of hypertension, we investigated whether the plasma level of lipocalin-2 is related to blood pressure and hypertension …postprin

Plasma lipocalin-2 concentration is related to blood pressure and is increased in hypertension

Oral PresentationINTRODUCTION: Lipocalin-2 is secreted by adipocytes and is upregulated in obesity. As obesity is known to be a cause of hypertension, we investigated whether the plasma level of lipocalin-2 is related to blood pressure and hypertension. METHODS: The plasma concentration of lipocalin-2 was measured by immunoassay in 1925 subjects of …published_or_final_versionThe 17th Medical Research Conference, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 14 January 2012. In Hong Kong Medical Journal, 2012, v. 18 suppl. 1, p. 18, abstract no. 1

Textile Waste Fiber-Reinforced Mortar: performance evaluation

Trabalho apresentado em 1st International AFRICA Sustainable Waste Management Conference, 23-25 July 2012, Lobito, AngolaN/

CHANG-ES XII: A LOFAR and VLA view of the edge-on star-forming galaxy NGC 3556

Context. Low-frequency radio continuum studies of star-forming edge-on galaxies can help to further understand how cosmic-ray electrons (CRe) propagate through the interstellar medium into the halo and how this is affected by energy losses and magnetic fields. Aims. Observations with the Very Large Array (VLA) from Continuum Haloes in Nearby Galaxies - an EVLA Survey (CHANG-ES) are combined with those with the LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR) from the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) to identify the prevailing mode of cosmic-ray transport in the edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 3556. Methods. We mapped the radio spectral index, magnetic field strength, and orientation using VLA 1.5 and 6 GHz and LOFAR 144 MHz data, and we fit 1D cosmic-ray propagation models to these maps using SPINNAKER (Spectral Index Numerical Analysis of K(c)osmic-ray electron radio emission) and its interactive wrapper SPINTERACTIVE. Results. We find that the spectral index in the galactic midplane is, as expected for young CRe, α -0.7 and steepens towards the halo of the galaxy as a consequence of spectral ageing. The intensity scale heights are about 1.4 and 1.9 kpc for the thin disc, and 3.3 and 5.9 kpc for the thick disc at 1.5 GHz and 144 MHz, respectively. While pure diffusion cannot explain our data, advection can, particularly if we assume a linearly accelerating wind. Our best-fitting model has an initial speed of 123 km s -1 in the galactic midplane and reaches the escape velocity at heights between 5 kpc and 15 kpc above the disc, depending on the assumed dark matter halo of the galaxy. This galactic wind scenario is corroborated by the existence of vertical filaments seen both in the radio continuum and in H α in the disc-halo interface and of a large-scale reservoir of hot, X-ray emitting gas in the halo. Conclusions. Radio haloes show the existence of galactic winds, possibly driven by cosmic rays, in typical star-forming spiral galaxies

PLASMA LEVEL OF FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 21 IS INDEPENDENTLY RELATED TO BLOOD PRESSURE

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Long-term oxidization and phase transition of InN nanotextures

The long-term (6 months) oxidization of hcp-InN (wurtzite, InN-w) nanostructures (crystalline/amorphous) synthesized on Si [100] substrates is analyzed. The densely packed layers of InN-w nanostructures (5-40 nm) are shown to be oxidized by atmospheric oxygen via the formation of an intermediate amorphous In-Ox-Ny (indium oxynitride) phase to a final bi-phase hcp-InN/bcc-In2O3 nanotexture. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, electron energy loss spectroscopy and selected area electron diffraction are used to identify amorphous In-Ox-Ny oxynitride phase. When the oxidized area exceeds the critical size of 5 nm, the amorphous In-Ox-Ny phase eventually undergoes phase transition via a slow chemical reaction of atomic oxygen with the indium atoms, forming a single bcc In2O3 phase