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Iron deficiency (ID) is a common manifestation of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), arising primarily due to chronic inflammation and/or blood loss. There is no gold standard for ID diagnosis, which is often complicated by concomitant inflammation. Zinc protoporphyrin (ZnPP) correlates with parameters of iron homeostasis and has been identified as a promising marker for ID, irrespective of inflammation. We investigated the diagnostic performance of ZnPP in ID, iron deficiency anemia, anemia of chronic disease and mixed anemia in a cross-sectional study in 130 patients with IBD. Different parameters were compared by receiver operator characteristic (ROC) analysis as detectors of iron-restricted erythropoiesis (IRE). IRE was detected in 91 patients (70.0%); fifty-nine (64.8%) had absolute ID and 23 (25.4%) functional ID. When inflammation was present, ZnPP was a more reliable sole biomarker of IRE than MCV, transferrin saturation (TSAT) or ferritin (AUC; 0.855 vs. 0.763, 0.834% and 0.772, respectively). The specificity of TSAT was significantly lower than ZnPP when inflammation was present (38% vs. 71%, respectively). We conclude that ZnPP is a reliable biomarker of functional ID in patients with IBD and more dependable than ferritin or TSAT, which are influenced by chronic inflammation. We propose that ZnPP may also have utility in patients with other chronic diseases.
In August 1945 during the late Pacific War the U.S. dropped two atomic bombs on Japanese cities. A traditional view of the event suggests that the bombs had no other function then to force Japan’s surrender, thus ending the war. Not long after the war, the former anti-axis coalition confronted each other in the Cold War, but even before that, a potential conflict had been obvious. Based on diplomatic, military and political primary sources and in recognition of the most recent academic literature this study reveals the degree to which the implications of the atomic bomb strikes were based on anti-soviet motivation. The analysis shows that even before the first bomb test, American government officials, especially Secretary of State Byrnes, had envisioned the weapon as a diplomatic lever in dealing with the difficult Soviet ally. However, the tested bomb in their hand proved to surpass all their expectations. Wiping out several Japanese cities would display the power of the weapon in a spectacular way, de-livering a psychological doomsday message. In this way it promised to fulfill several diplo-matic goals at once: on the one hand speeding up the Japanese surrender and on the other hand, in an act of Realpolitik, giving the Soviets a powerful impression of America’s political and military might. During the Potsdam Conference in July 1945 the U.S. acted accordingly. Stalin, who already knew details of the atomic project from his spies, felt betrayed by the U.S. and regarded their behavior as atomic blackmail. In conclusion, the analysis points out that the atomic bomb, although it was released over Japan, was also intended to send a message to Moscow. The decision of its use wasn’t exclusively influenced by anti-soviet diplomatic purposes, but it ended up shaping the passage into the Cold War.
Das Kieler Forschungszentrum "Film und Musik" veranstaltete vom 9.7. bis 11.7.2009 zum bereits vierten Mal sein Symposium zur Filmmusikforschung. Internationale Gäste und Referenten - u.a. aus Bristol, Wien und Innsbruck - fanden sich zahlreich in Kiel ein und auch einige Studenten lockte die thematisch locker nach Panels organisierte Tagung in die Räume der Kieler Musikwissenschaft.
Der erste Workshop des Symposiums galt einer Analyse der Musik in Peter Weirs Film THE TRUMAN SHOW (1998). In vier Einzelbeiträgen von Siegfried Oechsle und Bernd Sponheuer (Musikwissenschaft, Kiel), Claus Tieber (Filmwissenschaft, Wien), Christian Vittrup (Medienwissenschaft, Kiel) und Guido Heldt (Musikwissenschaft, Bristol) wurde das äußerst komplexe Verhältnis inner- und extradiegetischer Bindungen der Musik auszuhorchen versucht. In einer künstlichen Welt, in der der Protagonist lebt, ohne von deren Künstlichkeit und Inszeniertheit zu wissen (darum auch könnte man von der „Truman-Welt“ sprechen), wird die Geschichte Trumans für das Fernsehen als Reality-Soap inszeniert; so entsteht eine zweifache Film-im-Film-Rahmung, in der die Musik immer wieder oszilliert, ihren textstrukturellen Ort verändert. Die „Unsicherheit“ der Musik läßt sich bis in Feinheiten der Auflösung und Inszenierung hinein verfolgen. Ein zweites Thema dieses bidisziplinären Workshops war die Frage nach den Funktionen, die Filmmusik allgemein erbringen kann und in diesem konkreten Fall erbringt - Potentiale zusätzlicher Bedeutungsgebung auch unabhängig vom Text und seinen dramatischen und narrativen Strukturen, Strategien der Zuschauerlenkung, die Artikulation oft verborgener Subtexte des Films.
Stop Making Sense : USA 1984
(2010)
Die Aufzeichnungen zu "Stop Making Sense" fanden an drei Abenden im Dezember 1983 im Pantages Theatre in Hollywood statt. David Byrne und seine Band machten dort im Rahmen der Promotiontour zu ihrem damals neuem Album 'Speaking in Tounges' Station. Als Regisseur holten sich die Talking Heads den filmerfahrenen Jonathan Demme, der später auch Blockbuster wie "The Silence of the Lambs" und "Philadelphia" schuf, und den Kameramann Jordan Cronenweth (Blade Runner) in die Tourneecrew. "Stop Making Sense" ist Demmes Dokumentarfilm-Debüt.
Personne, à ma connaissance, ne s'est encore intéressé aux rapports que Rainer Maria Rilke a entretenus avec la revue 'Commerce' qui, à la fin de 1924, fut la première à publier quelquesuns de ses poèmes français. Les nombreuses études consacrées à cet auteur ne s'étendent pas sur cette question et par conséquent, les données qui figurent dans les lettres et les notes des textes édités n’ont pas encore été présentées dans un ensemble cohérent. Dans cet article, je me propose de mettre en lumière les rapports entre Rilke et 'Commerce' en me basant sur seize lettres inédites de Rilke à Marguerite Caetani, la mécène de la revue, conservées dans des archives privées, à Rome. Ceci me permettra d'ajouter quelques éléments à l'image existante de la vie et de l'oeuvre de Rilke à Paris, qui, quoique minutieusement documentée, ne cesse de s'affiner. Pour cela, il faut d'abord que je réponde à la question de savoir quelle est la stratégie suivie par 'Commerce' dans ses rapports avec les auteurs et leurs contributions.
We investigate the performance of forecast-based monetary policy rules using five macroeconomic models that reflect a wide range of views on aggregate dynamics. We identify the key characteristics of rules that are robust to model uncertainty: such rules respond to the one-year-ahead inflation forecast and to the current output gap and incorporate a substantial degree of policy inertia. In contrast, rules with longer forecast horizons are less robust and are prone to generating indeterminacy. Finally, we identify a robust benchmark rule that performs very well in all five models over a wide range of policy preferences.
Atmospheric observation-based global SF6 emissions - comparison of top-down and bottom-up estimates
(2009)
Emissions of sulphur hexafluoride (SF6), one of the strongest greenhouse gases on a per molecule basis, are targeted to be collectively reduced under the Kyoto Protocol. Because of its long atmospheric lifetime (≈3000 years), the accumulation of SF6 in the atmosphere is a direct measure of its global emissions. Examination of our extended data set of globally distributed high-precision SF6 observations shows an increase in SF6 abundance from near zero in the 1970s to a global mean of 6.7 ppt by the end of 2008. In-depth evaluation of our long-term data records shows that the global source of SF6 decreased after 1995, most likely due to SF6 emission reductions in industrialised countries, but increased again after 1998. By subtracting those emissions reported by Annex I countries to the United Nations Framework Convention of Climatic Change (UNFCCC) from our observation-inferred SF6 source leaves a surprisingly large gap of more than 70–80% of non-reported SF6 emissions in the last decade.