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UNCHAIN deliverable D3.4 is a collection of twelve reports describing the lessons learned in the twelve UNCHAIN case studies. This report presents the findings of Case Study 3, titled “Economic effects of adapting critical infrastructure in the Mannheim metropolitan area.” It describes how the Impact Chain based Climate Risk and Vulnerability assessment was applied in the case study, characterizes the results, and details the achieved innovations of the Impact Chain based method. Case Study 3 shows how to combine different levels of scale, by starting with relevant parts of existing German national Impact Chains, building regional Impact Chains based on these parts, and pinpointing risk factors from the regional Impact Chains to corporate units, processes, and activities (the corporate Value Chain). Regarding economic effects, the study assessed the impact of more frequent periods of low water of the Rhine River on costs of inland waterway transport of large volume goods for energy production., Also funding: BMBF 01LS1908B

ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 68 (1998): ASIEN (Juli)

Introduction to the UNCHAIN case study n°3 . Brief/internal note issued to the involved local stakeholders in case, produced in the native language (here: German). The note consists of the introductory presentation to the stakeholders involved in the case study "Economic effects of adapting critical infrastructure in the Mannheim metropolitan area"., Also funding: BMBF 01LS1908B

Systems which simulate human visual attention are suited to quickly find regions of interest in images and are an interesting preprocessing method for a variety of applications. However, the scale-invariant computation of features in several feature dimensions is still too time consuming to be applied to video streams at frame rate which is necessary many practical applications. As a consequence, current implementations of attention systems often make compromises between the accuracy and speed of computing a focus of attention in order to reduce the computation time. In this paper, we present a method for achieving fast, real-time capable system performance with high accuracy. The method involves smart feature computation techniques based on integral images. An experimental validation of the speed gain of the attention system VOCUS is provided, too. The real-time capability of the optimized VOCUS system has already been demonstrated in robotic applications., International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings, The 5th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS)

International audience; Im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert wirkten zahlreiche italienische Musiker an europäischen Höfen jenseits der Alpen. Ausgehend von diesen Wanderbewegungen nimmt der vorliegende Sammelband die Migration europäischer Musiker nach Venedig, Rom und Neapel zwischen 1650 und 1750 im Sinne einer „histoire croisée“ in den Blick und präsentiert die Netzwerke, Integrations- und Austauschprozesse, mit denen fremde Instrumentalisten, Sänger, Komponisten und Instrumentenbauer in den drei Städten zwischen musikalischem Alltag und herausragenden Festlichkeiten konfrontiert waren. Dabei eröffnet sich auch die Möglichkeit, musikalische Stile und Gattungen jenseits nationaler Forschungstraditionen zu betrachten.

The article shows that the mythologem associated with the ascension of the soul, despite its very antique origin and its presence as a citation in the writings of the Fathers of the Eastern Church, emerges with time displaying specific connotations, thanks to which it enters the Gnostic imaginary, to be refracted later in Christianized key in the hagiographic-eschatological narrative hinged on S. Basil the Younger. Saint Basil, who lived in the 10th century and died probably circa 950, becomes a protagonist of a hagiographic narration. In fact, although the manuscript tradition received by Acta Sanctorum does not diverges from the canonical elements displayed by the life of a saint, a conspicuous numer of Greek testimonies introduces in the narration attributed to Gregory (a disciple of the saint), an eschatological part that includes a description of the afterworld, of the Hell and the punishments received by the sinners, together with textual inserts, considered to be later than the “life” as such. The narrative begins with the story of Theodora, who describes to Gregory the path of her soul through 21 heavenly customs. The mythologem of Theodora’s heavenly customs is attested by tens of codices from the whole Orthodox area, but it is the Rumanian area only to retransmit and rework, also at folkloric level, the suggestive belief in the heavenly customs. Dualistic memory, oral tradition, and Orthodox hagiography seem to blend, at last, without any contradiction into an extraordinarily vivid and imaginative psychanody.

International audience; Aktuelle Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrisen mit ihrer teils disruptiven Kraft werfen nicht nur Fragen nach der Zukunft des globalisierten Marktes auf, sondern fordern auch dazu auf, das heutige Geschehen in eine langfristige Perspektive der Entwicklung historischer Märkte zu lenken.In dem Vortrag soll das von ANR und DFG gemeinsam finanzierte Projekt CoMOR vorgestellt werden, das darauf abzielt, die Geschichte der europäischen Messen (mit Fokus auf Deutschland, Frankreich und Italien) aus der Perspektive der Marktintegration aufzuarbeiten. Am Ende des Mittelalters bildeten die Messen ein System, das auf zusammenhängenden zeitlichen Abfolgen (dem "Messekalender") basierte, das es den Händlern ermöglichte, sich an vorab bekannten Orten und zu vorher bekannten Terminen zu treffen. Das Projekt untersucht das Messenetzwerk, die Begegnungen der Messehändler sowie ihre Austauschbeziehungen in ihrer räumlichen und zeitlichen Dimension durch den Einsatz einer Datenbank, in der die gesammelten Daten (Messehändler, gehandelte Objekte, Routen und Zeitabläufe) erfasst und in einem GIS kartiert werden

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WOS: 000373160000002, PubMed ID: 26995592, Acute right ventricular (RV) failure is a complex clinical syndrome that results from many causes. Research efforts have disproportionately focused on the failing left ventricle, but recently the need has been recognized to achieve a more comprehensive understanding of RV anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology, and of management approaches. Right ventricular mechanics and function are altered in the setting of either pressure overload or volume overload. Failure may also result from a primary reduction of myocardial contractility owing to ischaemia, cardiomyopathy, or arrhythmia. Dysfunction leads to impaired RV filling and increased right atrial pressures. As dysfunction progresses to overt RV failure, the RV chamber becomes more spherical and tricuspid regurgitation is aggravated, a cascade leading to increasing venous congestion. Ventricular interdependence results in impaired left ventricular filling, a decrease in left ventricular stroke volume, and ultimately low cardiac output and cardiogenic shock. Identification and treatment of the underlying cause of RV failure, such as acute pulmonary embolism, acute respiratory distress syndrome, acute decompensation of chronic pulmonary hypertension, RV infarction, or arrhythmia, is the primary management strategy. Judicious fluid management, use of inotropes and vasopressors, assist devices, and a strategy focusing on RV protection for mechanical ventilation if required all play a role in the clinical care of these patients. Future research should aim to address the remaining areas of uncertainty which result from the complexity of RV haemodynamics and lack of conclusive evidence regarding RV-specific treatment approaches.

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