scholarly journals Feodor Lynen, 6 April 1911 - 6 August 1979

1982 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 261-317 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Surgical Treatment ◽  
Abdominal Aorta ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
The World ◽  
Dupuytren Contracture ◽  
A Minor ◽  
Seriously Ill

Feodor Lynen died on 6 August 1979 of complications following an operation six weeks before for the repair of an aneurism of the abdominal aorta. Until then he had been fit. The aneurism, of which he had had no symptoms, had come to light when Lynen had been in hospital for a minor operation on his hand, treatment of a Dupuytren contracture, and a general medical check before the planned operation revealed the possibility of an aneurism. A specialist confirmed the diagnosis and suggested surgical treatment. Lynen accepted the advice without hesitation because one of his elder brothers had died of a ruptured aneurism a few years earlier. Lynen’s operation took place on 25 June and was at first thought to have been successful, but complications developed and he became seriously ill. Lynen was one of the outstanding biochemists of his generation and made many highly original discoveries. His intellectual brilliance was combined with an exceptionally attractive, warm-hearted and open personality and with a tremendous zest for life. Students at all levels (especially postgraduate students) and from all over the world, flocked to his laboratory, which became one of the great international centres of biochemistry.

Surgical Treatment of the Abdominal Aorta

2019 ◽  
pp. 293-306
Author(s):  
Alexis R. Powell ◽  
Gabriel Crowl ◽  
Vikram S. Kashyap
Keyword(s):  
Surgical Treatment ◽  
Abdominal Aorta

Chapter II. The World Economy

1983 ◽  
Vol 106 ◽  
pp. 26-38
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Industrial Production ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
West Germany ◽  
The Us ◽  
The World ◽  
The Uk ◽  
A Minor ◽  
Minor Extent

The recovery in the OECD area gathered pace in the second quarter, when its total GDP probably increased by as much as 1 per cent. The rise was, however, heavily concentrated in North America and particularly the US. There may well have been a slight fall in Western Europe, where the level of industrial production hardly changed and increases in gross product in West Germany and, to a minor extent, in France were outweighed by falls in Italy and (according to the expenditure measure) the UK.

scholarly journals Circoviral infections in swine

2002 ◽  
Vol 56 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 33-40
Author(s):  
Vojin Ivetic ◽  
Bozidar Savic ◽  
Dragos Valter ◽  
Bratislav Milosevic
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Respiratory Syndrome Virus ◽  
Causal Connection ◽  
Stunted Growth ◽  
Wasting Syndrome ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Eyelid Swelling ◽  
The World ◽  
Significant Disease ◽  
Seriously Ill

Circoviral infections in swine have appeared only recently and they today attract the attention of large numbers of researchers all over the world. They represent a great mystery, an unknown in veterinary medicine, both in our country and in the world. The causes of these infections are circoviruses, called after the DNA which is shaped like a circle. A large number of authors today believe the PCV-2 causes two pathological entities in weaned piglets which are known as porcine multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) and porcine dermatitis nephropathy syndrome (PDNS). Current investigations indicate that there is a causal connection between these two syndromes. These two new diseases, which have recently spread all over the world, cause serious losses, great concern and confusion, especially when they occur simultaneously or in a sequence in the same herd, or in parallel with other pathogenes, primarily with the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and the porcine parvovirus (PPV). PMWS was first described in Canada in 1991. It most often affect pigs aged 5-12 weeks. The main clinical expression, depending on the stage of progression is diarrhea, delayed development or depressed growth, stuntedness, dyspnea ictherus, eyelid swelling, and lymphadenopathy. More rarely, there are neurological symptoms. Prominent suppression of the immune system is the main characteristic of PMWS, and a wave of secondary bacterial infection is also observed. PDNS is a new disease of economic importance, which mostly affects older swine, from 5 weeks to 5 months of age. The most prominent clinical symptoms in seriously ill piglets is extensive dermatitis, mostly on the chest, abdomen, haunches and forelegs, with the appearance of purple-red swellings of different shape and size. The swine are depressive febrile, anorectic, all of which leads to stunted growth. They are inactive. Mortality is often about 15%. PDNS is a differentially diagnostically significant disease because it can easily be mistaken for classic or African swine plague. These two syndromes still have not been recorded in our country. However, if one takes into consideration the fact that the virus is very resistant in the outer environment, that transmission is most frequently through infected swine, we can soon expect them to be detected in our country as well. This will be the case especially if investigations focus on improving and updating their diagnostics.

International Business Cycles: World, Region, and Country-Specific Factors

2003 ◽  
Vol 93 (4) ◽  
pp. 1216-1239 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Ayhan Kose ◽  
Christopher Otrok ◽  
Charles H Whiteman
Keyword(s):  
Business Cycle ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Dynamic Properties ◽  
International Business Cycles ◽  
Minor Role ◽  
World Region ◽  
The World ◽  
Specific Factors ◽  
A Minor ◽  
Country Specific

The paper investigates the common dynamic properties of business-cycle fluctuations across countries, regions, and the world. We employ a Bayesian dynamic latent factor model to estimate common components in macroeconomic aggregates (output, consumption, and investment) in a 60-country sample covering seven regions of the world. The results indicate that a common world factor is an important source of volatility for aggregates in most countries, providing evidence for a world business cycle. We find that region-specific factors play only a minor role in explaining fluctuations in economic activity. We also document similarities and differences across regions, countries, and aggregates.

Sovereignty in a Minor Key

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-61
Author(s):  
Thomas Blom Hansen
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Nation State ◽  
The World ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
Theories Of Sovereignty ◽  
A Minor ◽  
State Form

Abstract Theories of sovereignty in the twentieth century are generally based on a teleological “out-of-Europe” narrative where the modern, centralized nation-state form gradually spread across the world to be the foundation of the international order. In this article, the author reflects on how the conceptualization of sovereignty may change if one begins a global account of modern sovereignty not from the heart of Western Europe but from the complex arrangements of “distributed sovereignty” that emerged in the Indian Ocean and other colonized territories from the eighteenth century onward. These arrangements were organized as multiple layers of dependency and provisional domination, captured well by Eric Beverley's term minor sovereignty. Thinking through sovereignty in a minor key allows us to see sovereignty less as a foundation of states and societies and more as a performative category, emerging in a dialectic between promises of order, prosperity, and law, and the realities of violent domination and occupation.

New Priorities and Needs in Distance Education

2014 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
T. Volkan Yuzer ◽  
Gulsun Kurubacak
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Educational Services ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Founding Fathers ◽  
Diverse Backgrounds ◽  
The World ◽  
Education In Turkey ◽  
Distance Education System

The main purpose of this chapter is to give information about the Distance Education System at Anadolu University (DESA), which has nearly two million students from diverse backgrounds. By the 1990s, the number of people of postgraduate age employed in Turkey had gradually increased to over 60 percent. The shortage of funds for educational services such as adequate classroom spaces and well-qualified instructors was already creating difficulties across the country. Higher educational institutions of all types had to decide on the principles, which were to guide them in dealing with this tremendous increase in the population. In this context, Anadolu University made provocative recommendations in 1982, defended the Distance Education system as the most appropriate milieu for the continuous education of the postgraduate students of Turkey, established the first College of Open Education in Turkey, and became one of the mega universities in the world. In short, the founding fathers of the Distance Education System of Anadolu University were able to critically analyze new priorities and needs in the area by just thinking big!

3. Global America

2019 ◽  
pp. 42-62
Author(s):  
Andrew Preston
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
The United States ◽  
Great Powers ◽  
Economic Power ◽  
World War ◽  
Wealthy Country ◽  
The World ◽  
A Minor

By the end of the nineteenth century, the United States had become the world’s preeminent economic power. Yet for such a large and wealthy country, by 1890 the United States was in a curious position: it was an economic colossus, but a diplomatic and military dwarf. In comparison to the great powers of Europe or Japan, America was a minor actor on the world stage. That would all soon change. ‘Global America’ explores two phenomena—globalization and world war—that brought America deeper into world affairs. By the end of the period, in 1919, the United States had become one of the greatest powers of the world—and yet refused to play its part.

scholarly journals Writing for international publication in nursing journals: a personal perspective (part 1)

2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 266-270
Author(s):  
G. Hussein Rassool
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
English Language ◽  
Personal Perspective ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Publication Process ◽  
Literal Translation ◽  
The World

The number of printed and electronic (Internet) academic nursing publications in Brazil and around the world highlights the importance attached to publishing in the field of nursing. Internationally, journals are ranked according to their professional merits and peer review orientations. Financial institutions increasingly value publications in renowned journals as one criterion for granting funds for research. One important reason why many scientific articles do not meet the requirements from international journal reviewers, especially those submitted English, is the result of poor and literal translation of the text. The challenge we are facing in Latin America is to encourage the development of articles for publication in internationally reviewed journals. Co-authorship is a potentially stimulating model for researchers and postgraduate students to publish. This task can be undertaken through the help of international supervisors and researchers, supervisors or postgraduate students with good command of the English language. This article aims to demystify the publication process and present some guidelines on how to publish in international journals.

John Hammond, 1889-1964

1965 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 100-113 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South American ◽  
Market Place ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Administrative Services ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Animal Reproduction ◽  
Academic Qualification ◽  
The World ◽  
Distinguished Group

Sir John Hammond was a man of two worlds, in both he won esteem and affection. In the academic environment of Cambridge he was the centre of a devoted and distinguished group of students and research workers, on the farm and in the market place he was welcomed not only as a scientific guide, but equally as a friend of all those engaged in the breeding and management of livestock. The postgraduate school in animal reproduction and growth of which Hammond was the centre and inspiration attracted workers from every part of the world. They came to him raw, some with a purely academic training and little or no knowledge of the practical applications of his work, others from a farming background with the minimum of academic qualification. It was Hammond’s particular genius in recognizing the qualities inherent in each, that enabled him to direct into productive lines of study and research everyone who sought to work under him. At times he was criticized by his more conservative colleagues for accepting postgraduate students, particularly those from overseas, with too low an academic standard, but rarely did he misjudge the potential value of his pupil. Some it was true might never make outstanding research workers, but these men had the qualities essential to the difficult task of carrying the results of research into practice, whether it was on an English farm, a South American ranch or an Australian station. As a result the men who worked with Hammond are to be found in vitally important posts throughout the world, not only as university teachers and research workers, but equally in the advisory and administrative services. There is hardly any corner of the world where the Cambridge school is not represented at the highest levels.

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