The dates displayed for an article provide information on when various publication milestones were reached at the journal that has published the article activities on preceding journals at which the article was previously under consideration are not shown (for instance submission All content on this site: Copyright © 2025 Elsevier B.V. Sponsored link Chinese Culture Center converted Ross Alley into a buzzing independent publisher's showcase full of local marvels Ho Tam, founder of Vancouver’s Hotam Press and artist-in-residence at the Chinese Culture Center’s 41 Ross gallery since September 20 and studio for his time there through the end of November On Saturday, November 9, Tam, along with 10 other presses set up tables in the alley for the first-ever Chinatown Ross Alley Zine Festival.  Tam started making books as a kid and started his own independent press about 12 years ago. With a book or a zine, you can express a complete idea, he says. As an example, he talked about his The Yellow Pages.  “It’s a book that investigate sort of racial stereotypes and culture and things like that from A to Z it would be difficult to have that narrative.” The Yellow Pages is inside the gallery along with other books of Tam’s including The Greatest Story Ever Told, a collection of stories written in the style of fables, and Fine China showing porcelain objects printed with images such as Hello Kitty and Chairman Mao.  who lives in the Marina and leads environmental education programs for National Parks so I wanted to check it out and see who was in attendance and what kind of materials and artwork was being shown,” she said Paul Bothwell was also looking around the studio. He came to the festival with his mother, Cathy Bothwell. Their father and grandfather (respectively) lived on Ross Alley when he first immigrated from China, so it’s a place familiar to both. Paul, a photographer and videographer, says he likes zines, particularly Mixed Rice “It’s created by an East Bay queer community that highlights multiracial Asians in the Bay Area,” he said “I think independent publications can be a more organic expression because there isn’t a sort of gatekeeper telling you that you can or cannot say something.” Sming continues to be surprised by the possibilities of the book form “Most people in the world know what a book is and know how to be in relationship to a book,” she said is a form that is actually pretty brilliant.” who knows Tam from the Vancouver Art Book Fair she was glad to join him and others in San Francisco’s Chinatown.  “It’s really wonderful to see him here at 41 Ross, and it’s exciting because I think a lot of people are here who maybe aren’t familiar with what an art book is, or a zine. They’re here to pick up some fortune cookies [Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory is on Ross] It’s like we’re all here to do our grocery shopping or take a look at these shops here wanted to attend Chinatown’s first zine festival Having just started his stroll along the alley he said he was looking forward to what he would find and glad to see so many people out so sometimes it’s super interesting,” he said “Other times it’s just not my cup of tea Yoran Yang, who goes by Yo, was standing by a table with postcards and some small books and zines from Everything Matters Press who is getting a PhD in philosophy from Georgetown University describes himself as the words person and his best friend and partner in the press Yang points to a couple small books on the table that he wrote one about mourning and one of essays about the Chinese democracy movement in the 1980s and ’90s.  “We like to say that our stuff gets divided into void shit and trivialities,” he said Under trivialities, there is a neighborhood newsletter with submissions of things like missed connections, a project playing with something called vowel drifting (I never heard of it) in the fairy tale Rumpelstiltskin, and a folio of images, A Different Moon by collage artist and poet Sarah Mikula.  Yang has lots of experience with these festivals “A lot of my stuff is rooted in Asian culture and my heritage so it’s a pretty cool opportunity to do a zine fest in an Asian community,” he said “We do book fairs and zine fests all the time But this is unique in that we have an audience that might get some of this stuff a little bit more directly.” Down the alley right next to the line for the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie, Webster Quoc Nguyen, a member of art collective Inky Fingers Printshop and I love the community that’s fostered here “The cultural gathering that’s here is such a wonderful mix of cultural roots and tradition as well as a lot of new folks coming into the space and it’s always wonderful to see that.” Hotam Press will be in residency at 41 Ross through November 30. 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Volume 8 - 2017 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2017.00802 mixing organ and absorption area for certain substances while continually varying its position and size Large dimensional changes during ingestion and gastric emptying of the stomach are associated with large changes in smooth muscle length These length changes might induce history-effects namely force depression (FD) following active muscle shortening and force enhancement (FE) following active muscle stretch Both effects have impact on the force generating capacity of the stomach less is known about history-effects and active smooth muscle properties of stomach smooth muscle the aim of this study was to investigate biomechanical muscle properties as force-length and force-velocity relations (FVR) of porcine stomach smooth muscle strips extended by the analysis of history-effects on smooth muscle force in total n = 54 tissue strips were dissected in longitudinal direction from the ventral fundus of porcine stomachs and isokinetic contraction protocols were performed during electrical muscle stimulation Cross-sectional areas (CSA) of smooth muscles were determined from cryo-histological sections stained with Picrosirius Red Results revealed that maximum smooth muscle tension was 10.4 ± 2.6 N/cm2 Maximum shortening velocity (Vmax) and curvature factor (curv) of the FVR were 0.04 ± 0.01 [optimum muscle length/s] and 0.36 ± 0.15 The findings of the present study demonstrated significant (P < 0.05) FD [up to 32% maximum muscle force (Fim)] and FE (up to 16% Fim) of gastric muscle tissue The FE- and FD-values increased with increasing ramp amplitude This outstanding muscle behavior is not accounted for in existing models so far and strongly supports the idea of a holistic reflection of distinct stomach structure and function For the first time this study provides a comprehensive set of stomach smooth muscle parameters including classic biomechanical muscle properties and history-dependent effects offering the possibility for the development and validation of computational stomach models this data set facilitates novel insights in gastric motility and contraction behavior based on the re-evaluation of existing contractile mechanisms That will likely help to understand physiological functions or dysfunctions in terms of gastric accommodation and emptying there are no studies of history-effects in the porcine stomach the aims of this study were the determination and analysis of biomechanical muscle properties (force-length and FVRs) of intact activated smooth muscle tissue from porcine stomach this study represents the first in-vitro approach to examine the influence of history-dependent effects on gastric smooth muscle force and the functional interpretation thereof Fresh porcine stomachs were chosen for this study due to their structural and mechanical similarity to the human stomach (Zhao et al., 2008; Jia et al., 2015). The stomachs were taken from 41 freshly killed female pigs (~6 months and 100 kg) of a local slaughterhouse. The experimental set-up, handling, and preparation of gastric smooth muscle tissue have been described earlier (Menzel et al., 2017) Ventral view of external anatomy of a porcine stomach Black rectangle indicates longitudinal muscle strip dissected from the fundus Longitudinal direction is marked by the black arrow The gastric strips were mounted vertically in an Aurora 805A in-vitro muscle apparatus between an alligator clip and two flexible cannula hooks on the bottom The clamp was attached to a dual mode lever arm system (Aurora Scientific 305C-LR An initial passive baseline force of 5–10 mN was set by the test apparatus and the tissue strip length at this force measured between clamp and hooks with a digital sliding caliper The mean slack length was 13.42 ± 1.42 mm a series of 18–19 isometric contractions (with length increments of 0.1 Ls in ascending order) starting from an initial sample length of 0.8 Ls Tissue strips were stretched up to passive forces of about 50% Fim to avoid muscle damage induced by excessive lengthening the passive and maximum active muscle force were determined as the maximum force value and the passive force at the instant before muscle activation Linear regression models following the equationf(x) = mx +b were used to fit the ascending- and descending limb of the FLR The muscle length at Fim was defined as the optimal muscle length (L0) Categorization of observed muscle properties from smooth porcine tissue strips The FVR was identified by a series of about six isotonic contractions starting from L0 against forces in the range of 0.10–0.90 Fim (Till et al., 2008) in ascending order. The FVR followed the typical hyperbolic Hill equation (Hill, 1938) f(v)=(vmax-v)/(vmax+vcurv), v < 0 for concentric contractions, with νmax defined as maximum shortening velocity and curv=aFim (where a is the asymptote of force; Hill, 1938) A recovery phase of 7 min between the experiments has been conducted over the entire experimental protocol for determination of force-length and FVRs Examination of varying ramp parameters followed a pseudorandomised block design (upper trace) The applied ramp-velocity and ramp-length are normalized to the maximum shortening velocity (νmax) and optimum muscle length (L0) The lower trace illustrates the fixed protocol of muscle contractions consisting of isokinetic ramp experiments (FE: force enhancement and isometric reference contractions (Isometric_Ref) as the time period between the reference contractions was much shorter and muscle strips were held at a constant length (L0) during the experiments the isometric force in successive activations decreased at an average rate of 1.1% per activation Data from preparations that produced an isometric force <6 N/cm2 have been rejected The CSA was calculated by assuming a rectangular cross-section The muscle tension (Pim) of a smooth gastric tissue sample was determined with Pim = (Fim/CSA)/p (where p describes the percentage of the longitudinal muscle layer from the total CSA) Section of a characteristic smooth tissue sample from porcine stomach Representative picture from histological staining of samples from the proximal stomach (fundus) at 200% slack length (LS) in longitudinal direction Four distinct layers can be identified: (1) tunica serosa (2) longitudinal muscle layer (tunica muscularis) (3) transversal (circumferential) muscle layer (tunica muscularis) The length- and force-signals from the dual-mode muscle lever were recorded at 100 Hz with an A/D interface (604A A real-time software package (610A Dynamic Muscle Analysis Aurora Scientific) was used for data acquisition A program written in Matlab (The Mathworks Data were expressed as mean ± standard deviation (s.d.) Force values were divided by individual Fim Length data were divided by Ls and L0 and velocity data were expressed in absolute values [mm/s] and normalized to optimum muscle length [L0/s] A Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test with P > 0.05 indicated no deviation from normality To test significant differences of history-effects in dependence of ramp amplitude and velocity a one-way ANOVA with repeated measures was used post-hoc analyses were performed using the Tukey-HSD test A significance level of P < 0.05 was used for all analyses Statistical analyses were carried out using SPSS 23 (IBM Corp Picrosirius staining also revealed a continuous intermeshing network of collagen throughout the entire stomach wall The CSA of the longitudinal tissue strip is 30.01 ± 5.66 mm2 (n = 53) whereas the percentage of the longitudinal muscle layer from the total CSA is 36.6 ± 2.6% The length is normalized to optimum muscle length (L0 The force is normalized to maximum isometric force (Fim) Filled triangles and open circles indicate mean values of active and passive isometric smooth muscle forces Bars indicate corresponding standard deviations The ascending limb (f1(x); indicated by the solid black line) and descending limb (f2(x); indicated by the solid gray line) of the force-length relation (FLR) were fitted by linear regression models following the equations:f1(x) = 0.74x−0.47 and f2(x) = −0.51x+2.2 Isometric force-length measurements comprise n = 20 tissue samples up to lengths of 2.5 LS (corresponding to around 50% Fim) For determining the descending limb of the FLR for lengths longer than 2.5 LS varying sample sizes were investigated (labeled with gray numbers below standard deviation- (s.d.) bars on the descending limb of the FLR) Figure 5. Force-velocity relationship. Based on a series of isotonic contractions, the normalized force (means ± standard deviations are indicated by black bars) was determined as function of the velocity. The gray curve shows the typical hyperbolic shape observed by Hill (1938) with aFim=curv=0.36 (a describes the force asymptote) and νmax = 1.08 mm/s (the intersection of the fitted hyperbolic curve with the velocity-axis) Isotonic force-velocity measurements comprise n = 25 tissue samples The force is normalized to maximum isometric force (Fim) and the velocity is expressed in absolute values [mm/s] Mean and standard deviation of enhanced forces (FE) and depressed forces (FD) determined 10 s after the end of the ramp History-effects with varying ramp amplitudes Representative force-time (upper graph) and length-time traces (lower graph) with isokinetic length changes comprising three different ramp amplitudes (5 10% L0) at constant velocity of 40% νmax (strip number S40) The force is normalized to maximum isometric force (Fim) and length to optimum muscle length (L0) difference between black arrows) and force depression (FD difference between white arrows) are the force difference between ramp experiments (solid lines) and isometric reference contraction (dotted line) determined 10 s after the end of the ramp shown exemplarily for the longest (10% L0) ramp History-effects with varying ramp velocities Representative force-time- (upper graph) and length-time traces (lower graph) with isokinetic length changes comprising three different ramp velocities (20 70% νmax) at constant ramp amplitude of 7% L0 (strip number S38); numbers without units indicate velocity in percent of maximum shortening velocity [% νmax] shown exemplarily for the fastest (70% νmax) ramp Dependency of history-effects (FE and FD) on ramp length (A) and on ramp velocity (B) Mean forces ± standard deviations are given Forces are normalized to the forces obtained during purely isometric reference contraction (in percent of maximum isometric force [% F/Fim]) at optimum muscle length [L0] (indicated by horizontal black solid lines) light gray: 10% L0) at constant ramp velocity (40% νmax) (B) Ramp velocity was varied (black: 20% νmax light gray: 70% νmax) at constant ramp length (7% L0) Brackets and asterisks (*) mark differences in forces after stretch (eccentric) and shortening (concentric) in the intergroup comparison Significance levels are marked as follows:*P < 0.05 A comprehensive data set consisting of histological as well as specific biomechanical muscle properties (such as force-length and FVRs has been investigated within this study this study represents the first in-vitro approach that examined the influence of history-dependent effects induced by ramps with various lengths and velocities on stomach smooth muscle force FD decreased by trend (but not significantly) with increasing ramp velocity further experimental and modeling evidence is required to demonstrate conclusive explanatory approaches of underlying mechanisms of history-dependent effects of force production in smooth muscle tissue (see Supplementary Material for further information) we expect enhanced forces following active muscle stretch which might subsequently support gastric emptying This potentially explains the functional relevance of significantly enhanced forces during and after lengthening as observed in this study a protective and supportive function of FE prior to gastric emptying to avoid excessive distension of the stomach might represent specific adaptations to gastric functionality FE might counteract rapid extension of gastric tissue due to acceleration of gastric contents in impact situations e.g. at ground contact during jumping or tumbling high muscle tension of smooth gastric tissue as well as the ability to withstand large eccentric forces enables the fundus to operate suitably during filling the observed muscle properties of the fundus muscle tissue might represent functional adaptations to cover prevailing conditions to verify the hypothesized relation between contractile properties and stomach function structural reasons for history-dependent effects in 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This year, thanks to the Chinese Culture Center’s 41 Ross Artist-in-Residence program Tam’s own interest in zine and bookmaking spans decades I was interested in making my own magazines,” says Tam “I didn’t even know it was [called] zines at the time He published his first art book in the early ’90s that Tam found himself back in the world of zines helping other artists learn to make and distribute their own works He realized he still had plenty of his own ideas and established Hotam Press to continue his work in the medium creating art through books and zines just made sense “I like using text and images in my work,” says Tam “I think it’s … a logical direction to make them into books because the book itself can contain some sort of narrative and could also be complete in itself as an object.” Tam says he finds inspiration for his zines and books from all sorts of subject matter including his own personal stories and interests social justice issues and political topics Tam’s biggest source of inspiration is his family tree His father always told Tam if he traveled a little further toward Sacramento he might be able to find details about his great-grandfather was able to trace some of their shared lineage back to Marysville “I only wish when my father was around I had asked him more questions,” Tam says “But now I’m finding out about my family through others through these towns … so it’s very rewarding too.” Tam hopes to create a piece related to his time in San Francisco and the experience of connecting with newly found relatives Just like old times: “I’m hoping to make a zine out of it,” he says The Chinatown Ross Alley Zine Festival takes place 12–4 p.m Joe grew up with a passion for agriculture and a love for the land He graduated from Southern Illinois University in 1971 with a Bachelor’s degree of Science in Agriculture He founded or was the proprietor of several area agri-businesses He also served as a former president of the Chamber of Commerce and was a member of Kiwanis Joe was preceded in death by his parents and one sister Joe enjoyed spending time on his farm and working his two favorite horses and enjoyed playing golf and traveling to the Gulf Shores A celebration of life will be held from 4 to 7 p.m a memorial fund has been established for FHN Memorial Hospital and the Freeport School District Community Fund Please sign the guestbook at www.burketubbs.com Home » Home » Arrests In Brevard County: April 12 2021 – Suspects Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty By  //  April 12 FLORIDA – The suspects below were arrested by various law enforcement agencies on the Space Coast PLEASE NOTE: All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law The mugshots and arrest records published on SpaceCoastDaily.com are not an indication of guilt or evidence that an actual crime has been committed Click Here to Sign Up for Text Alerts Wisconsin passed away with his family by his side on Wednesday 2020 at Monroe Clinic Hospital after a hard-fought battle with cancer Steve graduated from Monroe High School in 1968 and worked for United Telephone Company/TDS for 37 years in various departments Steve had a life-long passion for woodworking and was a Master Woodturner drop spindles and award-winning turkey calls Steve & Carla enjoyed spending many summers fishing at Lake Holcombe Steve is survived by his life-long partner Steve was preceded in death by his parents Funeral Visitation will be held from 9AM-11AM on Saturday A Private Family Service will be held at 11AM with Chaplain Shirley Kelter officiating; a Private Graveside Service will also be held Condolences may be sent to the family at: shriner111.com Home » Home » Arrests In Brevard County: October 20 By  //  October 20 the glaciologist and mountain researcher Prof He was a supporter of the mountain research focus in Innsbruck and also visited the IGF in 2011 He is considered the founder of the concept of montology intercontinental and intersectoral" field of research Together they prepared Chapter 13 of the 1997 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro Jack Ives has been involved in UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) since its inception studied geography at the University of Nottingham and was Field Director of the McGill Subarctic Research Station from 1957 to 1960 “Arctic and Alpine Research” (1969) and “Mountain Research and Development” (1981) His major books are 'The Himalayan Dilemma” (1997) “Mountains of the World: A Global Priority” (1997 both with Bruno Messerli) and “Sustainable Mountain Development: Getting the Facts Right” (2013) His friends and colleagues dedicated a commemorative publication to him in 2016: “Jack D Montologist: Festschrift for a Mountain Advocate” Jack Ives was the recipient of numerous awards including the King Albert Mountain Award (2002) the Patron’s Medal of the Royal Geographical Society (2006) the Knight’s Cross of the Order of the Falcon (2007) and the Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal (2015) he was made an honorary member of the Commission for Mountain Studies of the International Geographical Society Barbara Hechenleitner Annemarie Polderman +43-512-507-49410igf-office(at)oeaw.ac.at BOKU-University Institute of Botany Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33 1180 Vienna Austria office(at)gloria.ac.at and Glenn Roberts already has sat through grueling classes in English literature his head is spinning a little — and as project manager for a construction company Roberts is no slouch in the brains department It’s just that the classes his 17-year-old daughter like the one being conducted completely in French by Paris transplant Danielle Lopez-Groll are among the most challenging in the world Spend a day peeking in on a lively debate over the 1815 Congress of Vienna or a literary circle tackling a critically acclaimed novel and you’d swear you were in some elite prep academy costing tens of thousands of dollars the dozens of parents trying to wrap their minds around just a single day’s worth of the rigorous curriculum were shadowing their children at Franklin High School Tucked in a modest southeast Stockton neighborhood where most of the students qualify for free or reduced prices lunches and one out of five students is an English learner Franklin offers Stockton Unified’s only middle- and high-school-level International Baccalaureate program aimed at giving students not just a world-class education but a global perspective and wider cultural understanding “It’s kind of a hidden gem,” Armida Manabat president of the IB parent booster club at Franklin “People don’t realize the opportunity that’s there I can get it for free when everybody else is paying for it.” was her family’s first “guinea pig” in the program and is studying civil engineering at the University of California Arianna was able to enter college with credit in several classes saving time and potentially thousands of dollars in tuition plans to enter when she finishes at Hazelton joining some 650 other IB students at Franklin An additional 300 IB students attend the K-5 Primary Years Academy of International Education scores of parents shadowed their young learners in classes taking notes and participating in discussions to get an appreciation of how rigorous the curriculum is coordinator of the Middle Years program and herself a Franklin IB grad who has been teaching English in the program since 2007 “What parents are saying is the level of mastery that they’re seeing from the teachers and from the students that’s really individualized to have your entire day taught by teachers who are masters of their content and then passing that on to the students,” James said “I couldn’t be happier with the program,” said Robert Borsdorf whose son Robert IV graduated last year and attends University of California Berkeley and who was shadowing daughter Natalie at the event I think my daughter is even going to outperform him I highly recommend it; I think this is the best curriculum in the country.” students and parents are a tight-knit and committed group “You become very invested in the individuals,” James said noting that IB teachers go through rigorous additional training and frequently give up weekends to meet the extra demand “This sort of thing doesn’t work if it’s not a family.” “It’s such a small program that they establish relationships with the students and the students continue to be mentored by them three generations of McKinneys sat in the IB English literature class of Bill James but eighth-grader Amarey McKinney’s great-grandmother couldn’t make it this time “Education is a big thing in our family,” said Kim McKinney “This is something they’d teach in a writing class at Delta,” said Amarey’s mother IB students are ahead of the game when it comes to Common Core already having engaged in that type of inquiry-based students emerge with a globally minded set of skills not just in academics but in their personal whose IB program was certified more than two decades ago and started out with roughly 40 participants students have the added benefit of a comprehensive high school campus that offers sports and social activities such as prom and clubs that serve to make a student more well-rounded That’s something not every IB program offers “The whole part about being on a comprehensive campus is the ability to have the holistic high school experience; that’s something every IB program doesn’t get a chance to offer,” he said Franklin overall did not meet its 2013 Academic Performance Index growth target and ranks near the bottom compared with similar schools California High School Exit Examination passage rates hover at roughly 50 percent One-hundred percent of IB students pass on their first try and though 80 percent of them qualify for free or reduced-priced lunches and half of their parents did not complete high school 100 percent of them graduate; 98 percent are accepted to four-year universities “These are east Stockton neighborhood kids taking on this amazing program,” James said “I think that this shows that if given the proper support from teachers … it’s a big thing in education how to fix it the ‘magic bullet,’ but it’s a combination of not lowering your standards you just figure out how to get people up to the bar.” — Contact reporter Elizabeth Roberts at (209) 546-8268 or eroberts@recordnet.com Applications will be accepted through spring for Franklin’s International Baccalaureate programs or visit franklinhighib.weebly.com for more information The Primary Years Academy of International Education is hosting an open house from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m Diese Webseite ist archiviert. 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