Pass Authorizing Captain Drzewieniecki form the 2nd Polish Corps to Travel to Brussels, Belgium from England

Pass in English, Polish, French, Flemish and Dutch(?) authorizing Captain Drzewieniecki form the 2nd Polish Corps to travel to Brussels, Belgium from England on November 25, 1946 returning no later than December 6, 1946. Includes various stamps of the Polish Army, the British War Office, and others. Indicates date of departure and return. (See also D171, D173, D194) Note: When asked in 2009, Drzewieniecki said he probably went to Belgium for a meeting of war veterans.https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/drzpasses/1019/thumbnail.jp

A Cattle Market Becomes a University Library in Germany

The Hochschule Düsseldorf/University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf (HSD) moved to a completely new campus in Düsseldorf Derendorf in 2016. The site had been formerly used as a municipal slaughterhouse. The library is in a heritage listed building, an old cattle market hall. This chapter describes the history of the buildings including their original use as municipal slaughterhouse and cattle market hall and their abuse during the Nazi regime in the 1940s as a gathering place for people being deported. The historic context demanded sensitive reuse and provided the impetus to establish a memorial within the building that has now become the Hochschulbibliothek/University Library. The planning process for the reuse of the building is outlined from the viewpoint of the library, and the technical infrastructure, architecture and interior design are described. The historical preservation of the building, the history of the building itself and the requirements regarding the new use influenced the design decisions and provided special challenges to all groups involved in the planning process

"AMBER LEAVES" FOR SOLO SITAR AND ELECTRONICS

Amber Leaves is a composition for solo sitar and live electronics. The work constitutes a fusion between Western musical composition and Indian classical music, which I have been studying simultaneously for the past seven years. The sitar's music draws heavily upon its traditional performance technique, while also introducing a number of extended techniques developed specifically for this piece. Compositionally, I rely minimally on the tonal elements of Indian music, choosing instead an approach to tonality consistent with my recent work. The instrument is amplified by four loudspeakers, which are positioned in a square around the audience. At the same time, a microphone is picking up the sound and sending it to a computer, where it is modulated in various ways. Once processed, the computer sends the sound out to the same loudspeakers. The speakers themselves play an important role in the composition, as the sound is constantly moving from one to another. A large portion of the electronic processing occurs in a patch that I programmed in Max/MSP. The patch creates a variety of musical responses based on a real-time spectral analysis of the sitar performance. This initial process establishes a fundamental relationship between the synthesized sound and the sitar's music. Furthermore, I make use of the programming language Lisp to perform a number of algorithms that aid in the generation of these sounds

Embarkation Card Marked “Secret”

Embarkation card marked “Secret” issued by the Polish Military Bureau permitting Drzewieniecki to embark from Dover. Stamped November 24, 1946. (See also D171, D172, & D194).https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/drzpasses/1014/thumbnail.jp

Writing habits as identity marker : on sign formation in Papyrus Gardiner II

Identifying individual scribes on the basis of handwriting has proven to be more difficult than often assumed. Since the surface, the brush, and even the mood of the scribe can influence personal handwriting, palaeographic idiosyncrasies can often be explained by changes in those conditions or the scribe’s environment, even in the course of writing a single text. The current article will refine palaeographic observations with notes on sign structure and composition, i. e. the individual brush strokes that constitute the building blocks of a hieroglyph, to address levels of standardisation when composing signs and sign groups within a single document. Papyrus Gardiner II (London BM EA 10676) offers numerous opportunities to detect changes in handwriting because of its considerable length. The papyrus’ handwriting will briefly be compared with Papyrus Berlin P. 10480–82 and a small sample of material from across the range of hieratic documents in the papyrus collection of the British Museum

Lactoferrin-Supplementierung bei neonatalen Hundewelpen - Wirkung auf Immunsystem und Blutbild

In this study the effects of the prebiotic acting substance lactoferrin on blood parameters and the specific immune reaction were investigated in the model of orphan-reared neonatal beagle-puppies. Lactoferrin is an iron-binding glycoprotein that can be detected in milk and other external secretions of various mammals. In addition to many other functions it has shown stimulating effects on metabolism and immune system in previous trials. For this 14-week trial 32 beagle-puppies were split in four groups (n = 8) with different lactoferrin inclusion levels (0, 30, 60, 120 mg Lactoferrin/kg milk replacer or dog food). The dogs were fed self-made, balanced milk replacer until weaning during week 8, followed by a commercial dry dog food. Application of Lactoferrin to the puppies had no influence on the increase of body weight. Looking at blood parameters some tendencies of the lactoferrin-supplemented groups within the white blood cell parameters could be detected. Treatment groups showed a decrease of relative lymphocyte numbers compared to those of the control group, what could be due to an anti-proliferating activity of lactoferrin on lymphocytes. Proliferation of neutrophil granulocytes was stimulated by lactoferrin, shown by the slightly increased levels of neutrophils in the treatment groups. No statistical significance could be detected. The typical physiological pattern of the development of red blood cell parameters during the first weeks of newborn puppies could be seen, while oral lactoferrin admission did not change any of these results. The production of anti human serum albumine antibodies was chosen as a parameter for the investigation of the effect of lactoferrin on the immune status. Lactoferrin did not show any influence on the proliferation of specific antibodies, induced by the subcutaneous application of human serum albumine for two times during week 8 and 12. Therefore, no direct association between lactoferrin-supplementation and immune response could be observed. It could be shown, that the application of lactoferrin did not increase the immune response in healthy beagle-puppies, but it can be discussed wether it induces an antiproliferative effect on the production of lymphocytes

Artificial Neural Networks as a Tool for Supporting a Moulding Sand Control System Based on the Dependency between Selected Moulding Sand Properties

The article presents the potential for using artificial neural networks to support decisions related to the rebonding of green moulding sand. The basic properties of the moulding sand tested in foundries are discussed, especially compactibility as it gives the most information about the quality of green moulding sand. First, the data that can predict the compactibility value without the need for testing are defined. Next, a method for constructing an artificial neural network is presented and the network model which produced the best results is analysed. Additionally, two applications were designed to allow the investigation results to be searchable by determining the range of values of the moulding sand parameters