15 research outputs found
The 1356 Basel earthquake: an interdisciplinary revision
Within historical times one of the most damaging events in intra-plate Europe was the 1356 Basel earthquake. Given its significance for assessing regional seismic hazard in central Europe, an interdisciplinary project was launched in 2005 to re-explore this event. Our effort aimed to incorporate techniques from history, seismology, archaeology, paleoseismology and engineering. New and reinterpreted historical data from Basel and its surroundings plus archaeological findings on buildings that survived the event and still exist enabled this macroseismic assessment. Palaeoseismological studies combined with historical evidence provided additional data. For the surrounding areas, archaeology offers sparse information on some castles and churches, sometimes supported by historical records. A contemporary source allows some reconstruction of the stronger fore- and aftershocks. This expanded information base improves our sense of the event's damage and consequences. For the city of Basel, the relatively abundant archaeological data allowed us to assess statistically the macroseismic intensity at IX, although the pattern of damage was scattered. Data points for the expected area of damage around Basel are not distributed regularly. The absence of historical and archaeological findings for southern Germany might be due to archival problems; future investigation may improve this situation. Our results confirm that the Basel earthquake was the most destructive known for central Europe. Intensities up to VIII are found within a radius of about 30 km. Analysing the macroseismic field confirms our former assessment of the event and shows an epicenter located about 10 km south of Basel. The most probable range for the moment magnitude Mw is between 6.7 and 7.
FasR regulates fatty acid biosynthesis and is essential for virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the etiologic agent of human tuberculosis, is the worldâs leading cause of death from an infectious disease. One of the main features of this pathogen is the complex and dynamic lipid composition of the cell envelope, which adapts to the variable host environment and defines the fate of infection by actively interacting with and modulating immune responses. However, while much has been learned about the enzymes of the numerous lipid pathways, little knowledge is available regarding the proteins and metabolic signals regulating lipid metabolism during M. tuberculosis infection. In this work, we constructed and characterized a FasR-deficient mutant in M. tuberculosis and demonstrated that FasR positively regulates fas and acpS expression. Lipidomic analysis of the wild type and mutant strains revealed complete rearrangement of most lipid components of the cell envelope, with phospholipids, mycolic acids, sulfolipids, and phthiocerol dimycocerosates relative abundance severely altered. As a consequence, replication of the mutant strain was impaired in macrophages leading to reduced virulence in a mouse model of infection. Moreover, we show that the fasR mutant resides in acidified cellular compartments, suggesting that the lipid perturbation caused by the mutation prevented M. tuberculosis inhibition of phagolysosome maturation. This study identified FasR as a novel factor involved in regulation of mycobacterial virulence and provides evidence for the essential role that modulation of lipid homeostasis plays in the outcome of M. tuberculosis infection.Instituto de BiotecnologĂaFil: Mondino, Sonia. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias BioquĂmicas y FarmacĂ©uticas. Instituto de BiologĂa Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Laboratory of Physiology and Genetics of Actinomycetes; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas; ArgentinaFil: Vazquez, Cristina Lourdes. Instituto Nacional de TecnologĂa Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de BiotecnologĂa; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas; ArgentinaFil: Cabruja, Matias. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias BioquĂmicas y FarmacĂ©uticas. Instituto de BiologĂa Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Laboratory of Physiology and Genetics of Actinomycetes; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas; ArgentinaFil: Sala, Claudia. Ecole Polytechnique FĂ©dĂ©rale de Lausanne. Global Health Institute; SuizaFil: Cazenave-Gassiot, Amaury. National University of Singapore. Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. Department of Biochemistry. Singapore Lipidomics Incubator; SingapurFil: Blanco, Federico Carlos. Instituto Nacional de TecnologĂa Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de BiotecnologĂa; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas; ArgentinaFil: Wenk, Markus R. National University of Singapore. Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. Department of Biochemistry. Singapore Lipidomics Incubator; SingapurFil: Bigi, Fabiana. Instituto Nacional de TecnologĂa Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de BiotecnologĂa; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de investigaciones CientĂficas y TecnolĂłgicas; ArgentinaFil: Cole, Stewart T. Ecole Polytechnique FĂ©dĂ©rale de Lausanne. Global Health Institute; SuizaFil: Gramajo, Hugo. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias BioquĂmicas y FarmacĂ©uticas. Instituto de BiologĂa Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Laboratory of Physiology and Genetics of Actinomycetes; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas; ArgentinaFil: Gago, Gabriela. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias BioquĂmicas y FarmacĂ©uticas. Instituto de BiologĂa Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Laboratory of Physiology and Genetics of Actinomycetes; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas; Argentin
The Role of a Decision Support System in Back Pain Diagnoses: A Pilot Study
It is the main goal of this study to investigate the concordance of a decision support system and the recommendation of spinal surgeons regarding back pain. 111 patients had to complete the decision support system. Furthermore, their illness was diagnosed by a spinal surgeon. The results showed significant medium relation between the DSS and the diagnosis of the medical doctor. Besides, in almost 50% of the cases the recommendation for the treatment was concordant and overestimation occurred more often than underestimation. The results are discussed in relation to the "symptom checker" literature and the claim of further evaluations
PERSPECTIVAS DIDĂTICAS ACERCA DA TEORIA DA RELATIVIDADE
A Teoria da Relatividade Ă© fundamental para o entendimento do mundo contemporĂąneo e suas tecnologias, por conta disso, se faz fortemente presente nas produçÔes culturais da sociedade. A proposta didĂĄtica de tratar da Teoria da Relatividade no Ensino MĂ©dio utilizando produtos culturais surgiu da necessidade de aproximar o conteĂșdo dos discentes. O presente trabalho visa relatar a metodologia de pesquisa utilizada no projeto, os resultados parciais obtidos, alĂ©m da discussĂŁoacerca deles. Como resultado, temos um acervo de tais materiais e um estudo sobre a presença da Teoria da Relatividade nos Institutos Federais do Sul do Brasil
A PRESENĂA DA TEORIA DA RELATIVIDADE NOS PROJETOS PEDAGĂGICOS DOS INSTITUTOS FEDERAIS DO SUL DO BRASIL E A UTILIZAĂĂO DE PRODUTOS CULTURAIS PARA O ENSINO
El acceso abierto a la informaciĂłn cientĂfica como lĂnea de investigaciĂłn en el ĂĄmbito de la UNLP
El movimiento internacional de acceso abierto reĂșne a cientĂficos, profesores, bibliotecarios, editores, estudiantes y pĂșblico en general que pugnan por lograr que la literatura cientĂfica producida por los acadĂ©micos con financiamiento del estado estĂ© disponible en lĂnea, de forma gratuita y sin restricciones econĂłmicas ni legales. Esta lĂnea de investigaciĂłn focaliza en el estudio del movimiento de acceso abierto en Argentina.PĂłsters presentadosDepartamento de BibliotecologĂ
El acceso abierto a la informaciĂłn cientĂfica como lĂnea de investigaciĂłn en el ĂĄmbito de la UNLP
El movimiento internacional de acceso abierto reĂșne a cientĂficos, profesores, bibliotecarios, editores, estudiantes y pĂșblico en general que pugnan por lograr que la literatura cientĂfica producida por los acadĂ©micos con financiamiento del estado estĂ© disponible en lĂnea, de forma gratuita y sin restricciones econĂłmicas ni legales. Esta lĂnea de investigaciĂłn focaliza en el estudio del movimiento de acceso abierto en Argentina.PĂłsters presentadosDepartamento de BibliotecologĂ
TRY plant trait database â enhanced coverage and open access
Plant traits - the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological characteristics of plants - determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect other trophic levels, and influence ecosystem properties and their benefits and detriments to people. Plant trait data thus represent the basis for a vast area of research spanning from evolutionary biology, community and functional ecology, to biodiversity conservation, ecosystem and landscape management, restoration, biogeography and earth system modelling. Since its foundation in 2007, the TRY database of plant traits has grown continuously. It now provides unprecedented data coverage under an open access data policy and is the main plant trait database used by the research community worldwide. Increasingly, the TRY database also supports new frontiers of traitâbased plant research, including the identification of data gaps and the subsequent mobilization or measurement of new data. To support this development, in this article we evaluate the extent of the trait data compiled in TRY and analyse emerging patterns of data coverage and representativeness. Best species coverage is achieved for categorical traits - almost complete coverage for âplant growth formâ. However, most traits relevant for ecology and vegetation modelling are characterized by continuous intraspecific variation and traitâenvironmental relationships. These traits have to be measured on individual plants in their respective environment. Despite unprecedented data coverage, we observe a humbling lack of completeness and representativeness of these continuous traits in many aspects. We, therefore, conclude that reducing data gaps and biases in the TRY database remains a key challenge and requires a coordinated approach to data mobilization and trait measurements. This can only be achieved in collaboration with other initiatives
FasR regulates fatty acid biosynthesis and is essential for virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the etiologic agent of human tuberculosis, is the worldâs leading cause of death from an infectious disease. One of the main features of this pathogen is the complex and dynamic lipid composition of the cell envelope, which adapts to the variable host environment and defines the fate of infection by actively interacting with and modulating immune responses. However, while much has been learned about the enzymes of the numerous lipid pathways, little knowledge is available regarding the proteins and metabolic signals regulating lipid metabolism during M. tuberculosis infection. In this work, we constructed and characterized a FasR-deficient mutant in M. tuberculosis and demonstrated that FasR positively regulates fas and acpS expression. Lipidomic analysis of the wild type and mutant strains revealed complete rearrangement of most lipid components of the cell envelope, with phospholipids, mycolic acids, sulfolipids, and phthiocerol dimycocerosates relative abundance severely altered. As a consequence, replication of the mutant strain was impaired in macrophages leading to reduced virulence in a mouse model of infection. Moreover, we show that the fasR mutant resides in acidified cellular compartments, suggesting that the lipid perturbation caused by the mutation prevented M. tuberculosis inhibition of phagolysosome maturation. This study identified FasR as a novel factor involved in regulation of mycobacterial virulence and provides evidence for the essential role that modulation of lipid homeostasis plays in the outcome of M. tuberculosis infection.Fil: Mondino, Sonia Soledad. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas. Centro CientĂfico TecnolĂłgico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de BiologĂa Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias BioquĂmicas y FarmacĂ©uticas. Instituto de BiologĂa Molecular y Celular de Rosario; ArgentinaFil: Vazquez, Cristina. Instituto Nacional de TecnologĂa Agropecuaria. Centro de InvestigaciĂłn en Ciencias Veterinarias y AgronĂłmicas. Instituto de AgrobiotecnologĂa y BiologĂa Molecular. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas. Oficina de CoordinaciĂłn Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de AgrobiotecnologĂa y BiologĂa Molecular; ArgentinaFil: Cabruja, Matias Ezequiel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas. Centro CientĂfico TecnolĂłgico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de BiologĂa Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias BioquĂmicas y FarmacĂ©uticas. Instituto de BiologĂa Molecular y Celular de Rosario; ArgentinaFil: Sala, Claudia Mabel. Ăcole Polytechnique FĂ©dĂ©rale de Lausanne; SuizaFil: Cazenave, Ariadna. National University Of Singapore; Singapur. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas; ArgentinaFil: Blanco, Federico Carlos. Instituto Nacional de TecnologĂa Agropecuaria. Centro de InvestigaciĂłn en Ciencias Veterinarias y AgronĂłmicas. Instituto de BiotecnologĂa; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas; ArgentinaFil: Wenk, Markus. National University Of Singapore; SingapurFil: Bigi, Fabiana. Instituto Nacional de TecnologĂa Agropecuaria. Centro de InvestigaciĂłn en Ciencias Veterinarias y AgronĂłmicas. Instituto de BiotecnologĂa; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas; ArgentinaFil: Cole, Stewart. Ăcole Polytechnique FĂ©dĂ©rale de Lausanne; SuizaFil: Gramajo, Hugo Cesar. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas. Centro CientĂfico TecnolĂłgico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de BiologĂa Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias BioquĂmicas y FarmacĂ©uticas. Instituto de BiologĂa Molecular y Celular de Rosario; ArgentinaFil: Gago, Gabriela Marisa. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas. Centro CientĂfico TecnolĂłgico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de BiologĂa Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias BioquĂmicas y FarmacĂ©uticas. Instituto de BiologĂa Molecular y Celular de Rosario; Argentin
Emotional Exhaustion Among Hotel Employees: The Interactive Effects of Affective Dispositions and Positive Work Reflection
Hospitality employees inevitably face emotional exhaustion when performing their jobs. The purpose of this study was to investigate dispositional antecedents of hospitality employeesâ emotional exhaustion, including self-instability, pessimism, and affect variability, and how employeesâ affect variability mediates the relations between self-instability and pessimism and emotional exhaustion. In addition, we explored the moderating role of positive work reflection on the relation between affect variability and emotional exhaustion. A total of 224 frontline employees in 18 four- and five-star hotels in Ecuador responded to surveys about their emotions and work lives. The findings suggest that (a) emotional exhaustion was influenced by affect variability, (b) affect variability mediated the relations between self-instability and pessimism and emotional exhaustion, and (c) the relation between affect variability and emotional exhaustion was weakened by positive work reflection. The results highlight the impor...Hospitality employees inevitably face emotional exhaustion when performing their jobs. The purpose of this study was to investigate dispositional antecedents of hospitality employeesâ emotional exhaustion, including self-instability, pessimism, and affect variability, and how employeesâ affect variability mediates the relations between self-instability and pessimism and emotional exhaustion. In addition, we explored the moderating role of positive work reflection on the relation between affect variability and emotional exhaustion. A total of 224 frontline employees in 18 four- and five-star hotels in Ecuador responded to surveys about their emotions and work lives. The findings suggest that (a) emotional exhaustion was influenced by affect variability, (b) affect variability mediated the relations between self-instability and pessimism and emotional exhaustion, and (c) the relation between affect variability and emotional exhaustion was weakened by positive work reflection. The results highlight the impor..