Aspects of interspecific associations with Diadema

Reprinted from the Proceedings of the German Zoological Meeting in Munchen 1963. Zoological supplement (27):404-417. John D. McEachran, translator; John A. Musick, editor

Manifesto on Ecological Reformation of Christianity : the Volos Call

"Veni, Creator Spiritus! Come, Holy Spirit, renew your whole creation! There have been numerous reform movements throughout the history of Christianity. Such reform movements are best understood as responses to a discernment of the movement of the Holy Spirit. This is expressed in the ancient prayer for the transformative work of God’s Spirit: Veni, Creator Spiritus! In different periods in history and in particular places such reform movements have been prompted by distinct challenges, concerns and needs. This is illustrated by the various 16th century reformations but also by the Benedictine and Franciscan reformations, alongside many others. The 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation which is expected to be celebrated with thousands of international guests as a world ecumenical event in 2017 is an occasion to think about what is demanded from an “ecclesia semper reformanda” in giving witness to what the triune God is doing in the world today." Resources and Best Practice Models for Ecotheology, Climate Justice and Food Security, held at the Academy of Volos, Demetriades Diocese of Church of Greece, 10-13 March, 201

Ignition of dispersed coal in local conductive heating conditions

Present work studies the ignition of a brown coal by a hot metal particle. The experiments establish the limits of the gas-phase ignition and ignition delay times in conditions whee the metal particle situated on the surface of dispersed coal layer. The coal particle size was different in different series of experiments, and it was ranged from 0.1 to 1 mm; the shapes of the metal particles were sphere, disk, and cube; their initial temperature varied between 1000 and 1400 K. Three modes of gas-phase ignition of coal were established with the ignition zone of volatiles located in the vicinity of the hot particle. The practical application of obtained results is the development of fire prevention guidelines for tightening fire safety management at productions dealing with coal mining, transportation

Validation of an automated enzyme immunoassay for interleukin-6 for routine clinical use

Serum levels of Interleukin-6 (IL-6), a proinflammatory cytokine, are increased in early stages of inflammatory diseases such as infection and sepsis. Assay systems which permit its measurement within a few hours and as a single measurement have not been reported so far. We therefore evaluated a now commercially available automated method for IL-6 measurement on the Cobas Core(R) immunological analyzer (Roche Diagnostic Systems) which enables single IL-6 measurement within about 1 hour. The automated assay correlates well with an established, manual microtiter plate assay (Biosource GmbH) which uses the same antibodies and reagents (r=0.98). Accuracy of the automated method was established by adding known amounts of IL-6 international reference preparation. Recovery of the international standard was in the range of 92-104%. The automated assay had a precision of singletons below 6% and was linear up to 2800 pg/ml. This automated assay provides a suitable, convenient and time saving method for measurement of IL-6 serum levels in the routine clinical laboratory

Smoking and Pancreatic Cancer in Men and Women

Most studies of smoking and pancreatic cancer have used male subjects or combined men and women together in statistical analyses. There is little information on the relative risk of smoking and pancreatic cancer in women. Because of the high case-fatality rate, many of these studies were also based on information gathered from proxy respondents, in which smoking habits may not be recalled with certainty. A hospital-based study of 484 male and female patients with pancreatic cancer and 954 control subjects was conducted based on direct interviews of incident cases. Compared to never smokers, the odds ratio (OR) for current cigarette smokers was 1.6 [95% confidence interval (CI), 1.1-2.4] for men and 2.3 (95% CI, 1.4-3.5) for women. In women, but not in men, there was a trend in the ORs with years of daily cigarette consumption (P < 0.01). Filter cigarettes offered no protective advantage compared to nonfilter cigarettes. Among men, the OR was 2.1 (95% CI, 1.2-3.8) for pipe/ cigar smokers and 3.6 (95% CI, 1.0-12.8) for tobacco chewers. Tobacco smoke causes pancreatic cancer when inhaled into the lungs. Tobacco juice may also cause pancreatic cancer when ingested or absorbed through the oral cavity. These data suggest that smoking is a cause of pancreatic cancer in women and that the risks for female smokers are comparable to male smokers. Nevertheless, the causes of most pancreatic cancers are unknown

Haben die Konzentrationen von Interleukin 6, Procalcitonin und CRP bei Intensivpatienten während des ersten Fieberanstieges eine prognostische Bedeutung?

Serum levels of interleukin 6 (IL-6), procalcitonin (PCT), and C-reactive protein (CRP) were measured in 38 critically ill patients immediately after an increase in body temperature above 38.3 degrees C. Ten healthy controls were also included for comparison. The onset of fever was accompanied by elevated circulating levels of all the 3 markers in comparison to healthy control subjects. However, only IL-6 levels were significantly higher (p&lt;0.05) in nonsurvivors compared with survivors. Sensitivity, specificity, positive, and negative predictive values for survival were higher for IL-6 in comparison to levels of PCT and CRP. Areas under receiver characteristic operating curves revealed the highest area under the curve for IL-6 compared to PCT and CRP. These data suggest that IL-6 rather than PCT or CRP may be an early predictor of prognosis and mortality in patients with the onset of fever

Schattenrisse aus Revals Vergangenheit

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Beantwortung und Widerlegung der in diesem Jahre herausgekommenen Zusätze zum Staatsrecht des Geheimen Tribunalraths von Ziegenhorn

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