Incorporating Interstellar Communication into the Classroom: The Pioneer 10 Plaque

The Pioneer 10 plaque was the first purposeful interstellar message designed to contact extraterrestrial life. Contained within the simple pictorial message are elements that indicate humankind\u27s location in the Milky Way galaxy, who sent the message, and that people use symbolic communication. This Great Idea for Teaching is designed to illustrate a variety of basic communication concepts using the Pioneer 10 plaque including communication\u27s interpretive nature, denotative and connotative meaning, issues of gender and diversity, and the Triangle of Meaning

Визнання виконавчого напису нотаріуса таким, що не підлягає виконанню як спосіб захисту прав суб'єктів господарювання

Петруня В. В. Визнання виконавчого напису нотаріуса таким, що не підлягає виконанню як спосіб захисту прав суб'єктів господарювання / В. В. Петруня // Правове життя сучасної України : матеріали Міжнар. наук. конф. проф.-викл. та аспірант. складу (м. Одеса, 16-17 травня 2013 р.) / відп. за вип. В. М. Дрьомін ; НУ "ОЮА". Півд. регіон. центр НАПрН України. - Одеса : Фенікс, 2013. - Т. 2. - С. 784-786

КАТАМЕНІАЛЬНИЙ ПНЕВМОТОРАКС: НОВІ ПОГЛЯДИ Й МІРКУВАННЯ

Мета дослідження – вивчити особливості діагностики та лікування катаменіального пневмотораксу (КП). Матеріали та методи. Пацієнтка віком 33 р. перебувала на лікуванні в КМКЛ № 17 з 12.07.13 по 16.07.13 та з 21.08.13 по 02.09.13. Їй проводили повний клініко-діагностичний комплекс обстежень та лікування відповідно до діючих протоколів. Результати дослідження та їх обговорення. У статті представлено огляд літератури з питання КП та подано опис клінічного випадку, а також узагальнено особливості діагностики та лікування КП. Сучасні міні-інвазивні способи хірургічних втручань та раціональна консервативна терапія є методом вибору в діагностиці та лікуванні КП. Всебічне дообстеження є необхідною передумовою для вибору раціональної тактики подальшого лікування. Консенсусу щодо оптимальних доз та строків гормональної терапії дотепер не досягнуто. Висновки. До сьогодні ендометріоз залишається малодослідженим захворюванням, а його поширеність у світовій популяції досягає 11 %. Оптимальні результати лікування досягаються за умови комплексного підходу із залученням суміжних фахівців, у т. ч. гінекологів

SURVIVAL AND GROWTH IN RETAIL AND SERVICE INDUSTRIES: EVIDENCE FROM FRANCHISED CHAINS *

Using data on franchised chains, which are the type of single-product entities emphasized in industry dynamics models, we show that age and size affect growth and survival even after controlling for chain characteristics and unobserved chain-specific efficiency. This implies that age and size affect firm growth and survival for reasons other than those emphasized in learning-type models. We also find that several chain characteristics affect growth and survival directly, and thus controlling for firm characteristics is important. Finally, we find that chain size increases rather than decreases exit among young chains, and chains converge in size over time.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/79184/1/j.1467-6451.2010.00431.x.pd

Industry shutdown rates and permanent layoffs: evidence from firm-worker matched data

Firm shutdown creates a turbulent situation for workers as it leads directly to layoffs for its workers. An additional consideration is whether a firm’s shutdown within an industry creates turbulence for workers at other continuing firms. Using data drawn from the Longitudinal Worker File, a Canadian firm-worker matched employment database, we investigate the impact of industry shutdown rates on workers at continuing firm. This paper exploits variation in shutdown rates across industries and within an industry over time to explain the rate of permanent layoffs and the growth of workers’ earnings. We find an increase in industry shutdown rates increases the probability of permanent layoffs and decreases earnings growth for workers at continuing firms

Agrobacterium tumefaciens-Induced Bacteraemia Does Not Lead to Reporter Gene Expression in Mouse Organs

Agrobacterium tumefaciens is the main plant biotechnology gene transfer tool with host range which can be extended to non-plant eukaryotic organisms under laboratory conditions. Known medical cases of Agrobacterium species isolation from bloodstream infections necessitate the assessment of biosafety-related risks of A. tumefaciens encounters with mammalian organisms. Here, we studied the survival of A. tumefaciens in bloodstream of mice injected with bacterial cultures. Bacterial titers of 108 CFU were detected in the blood of the injected animals up to two weeks after intravenous injection. Agrobacteria carrying Cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) 35S promoter-based constructs and isolated from the injected mice retained their capacity to promote green fluorescent protein (GFP) synthesis in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves. To examine whether or not the injected agrobacteria are able to express in mouse organs, we used an intron-containing GFP (GFPi) reporter driven either by a cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter or by a CaMV 35S promoter. Western and northern blot analyses as well as RT-PCR analysis of liver, spleen and lung of mice injected with A. tumefaciens detected neither GFP protein nor its transcripts. Thus, bacteraemia induced in mice by A. tumefaciens does not lead to detectible levels of genetic transformation of mouse organs

Airborne Signals from a Wounded Leaf Facilitate Viral Spreading and Induce Antibacterial Resistance in Neighboring Plants

Many plants release airborne volatile compounds in response to wounding due to pathogenic assault. These compounds serve as plant defenses and are involved in plant signaling. Here, we study the effects of pectin methylesterase (PME)-generated methanol release from wounded plants (“emitters”) on the defensive reactions of neighboring “receiver” plants. Plant leaf wounding resulted in the synthesis of PME and a spike in methanol released into the air. Gaseous methanol or vapors from wounded PME-transgenic plants induced resistance to the bacterial pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum in the leaves of non-wounded neighboring “receiver” plants. In experiments with different volatile organic compounds, gaseous methanol was the only airborne factor that could induce antibacterial resistance in neighboring plants. In an effort to understand the mechanisms by which methanol stimulates the antibacterial resistance of “receiver” plants, we constructed forward and reverse suppression subtractive hybridization cDNA libraries from Nicotiana benthamiana plants exposed to methanol. We identified multiple methanol-inducible genes (MIGs), most of which are involved in defense or cell-to-cell trafficking. We then isolated the most affected genes for further analysis: β-1,3-glucanase (BG), a previously unidentified gene (MIG-21), and non-cell-autonomous pathway protein (NCAPP). Experiments with Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) and a vector encoding two tandem copies of green fluorescent protein as a tracer of cell-to-cell movement showed the increased gating capacity of plasmodesmata in the presence of BG, MIG-21, and NCAPP. The increased gating capacity is accompanied by enhanced TMV reproduction in the “receivers”. Overall, our data indicate that methanol emitted by a wounded plant acts as a signal that enhances antibacterial resistance and facilitates viral spread in neighboring plants

Persistence of initial debt in the long-term employment dynamics of new firms

procedure. I then test the hypothesis that initial debt-to-asset ratios are irrelevant to growth of ten-year old manufacturing firms. I reject the null of independence, and find evidence of a non-monotonic relationship between age ten conditional size and the initial debt-to-asset ratio.

Changes in blood and brain cholinesterases during the estrous cycle of the rat and ewe

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Practice Guidelines for Liver Biopsy

Journée d'étude - Régimes de vérité, gouvernementalité et biopolitique : les historiens et Michel Foucault Vendredi 14 juin 2013 EHESS, Paris, , salle des conseils On sait combien, depuis la rencontre tumultueuse de 1978 à propos de Surveiller et punir, le rapport des historiens à l’œuvre de Michel Foucault a été complexe, nourri de certains malentendus et pourtant fructueux. La publication, en voie d’achèvement, des cours du Collège de France, fournit l’occasion de revenir sur cette relat..