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Over at World Books, Bill Marx has a very thoughtful review of two Swiss horror books: The Vampire of Ropraz, by Jacques Chessex, translated by W. Donald Wilson and published by Bitter Lemon (a Best Translated Book nominee) and The Black Spider, by Jeremias Gotthelf, translated by H. M. Waidson and published by Oneworld Classics.
The spanking new The Vampire of Ropraz asserts that, when faced with irrational violence, the forces of ignorance and fear predominate. The classic The Black Spider (which was first published in 1842; this is a reprint of the 1958 English edition) revolves around a reneged deal with the Devil, who wants, but doesn't get, an unbaptized child as payment for his services. The betrayal unleashes the title monster, who can be stopped by goodness, if it is free of moral corruption and hypocrisy. The latter turns out to be a tall order. But at least there's some Paradise around to counterbalance Gotthelf's Hell.
Interestingly, both of these books root their avenging vision of mayhem in the brutal mistreatment of children. Gotthelf appears to wish for a God "Who would avenge Himself terribly for all the injustice that is done to poor children who cannot defend themselves." In a strange way, the Devil is doing the Lord's work by punishing the sadists among the low- and upper classes.
I was pleasantly surprised by The Vampire of Ropraz, and although The Black Spider doesn't sound like my sort of book, it does come with a ringing endorsement by Thomas Mann, who claimed it is "like almost no other piece of world literature."
There's a lot that could be written about John Calder—both good ad bad. He's done a lot for world literature, yet has run into issues at various times involving not making royalty payments, going bankrupt, etc. That said, he's the perfect representative of a classic, old-school publisher who is half-genius and half-crook.
Recently, his list was sold to Oneworld Classics, and the hope was that Oneworld would reissue Calder's stellar backlist, which would be a great service for readers everywhere.
Well, from this note in the recent TLS is sounds like things aren't as clean-cut as they may have seemed:
A curious "Announcement" appeared in the August 16 issue of the London Review of Books. It was paid for by the French publishers Editions Gallimard and Les Editions de Minuit, and referred to an advertisement in the July 19 issue of the same journal, in which Oneworld Classics of Richmond, Surrey, offered "A New Reading Experience". The experience involved the publication of "mainstream and lesser-known European classics", including Canti by Giacomo Leopardi, in a dual-language edition, and the "unexpurgated" Lady Chatterley's Lover. Next to these were advertised Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Moderato Cantabile by Marguerite Duras, Jealousy by Alain Robbe-Grillet, and multiple works by Samuel Beckett and Eugène Ionesco. These were on offer "from the Calder list".
So after this ad appeared highlighting a number of Gallimard and Minuit authors, the two publishers issued the following statement:
Gallimard and Minuit hereby confirm that they recognize no right whatsoever on the part of Oneworld Classics to these authors.
Which is a pretty big deal for a number of reasons.
The issue is complex, but a source at Gallimard tells us that it involves "John Calder Publishers Limited (company number 1227392) which, according to our information – though John Calder did not inform us of this at the time – went into liquidation in 1991 and was dissolved on August 25, 1992". The name of the liquidator is supplied. According to the source, contracts between Calder and the French publishers "were nontransferable and state that bankruptcy automatically invalidates the contracts". The existing stock "should be pulped or, if allowed to be, sold out", but "in no case can the works be reprinted or the rights be sub-licensed or transferred to others, all publication rights having reverted to the Proprietor".
According to the same TLS piece, Gallimard offered Oneworld Classics the opportunity to "offer modest advances and sign new contracts for world-literature masterpieces," but apparently these offers never arrived.
We asked Oneworld for comment. They forwarded a brief message from John Calder: "Gallimard's and Minuit's claims are wrong. The rights are still with Calder Publications."
Founded in 1960 by such creative pioneers as George Perec, Raymond Queneau and Italo Calvino, the Oulipo, shorthand for Ouvroir de littérature potentielle, came about in when a group of writers and mathematicians sought constraints to find new structures and. . .
There's little to say about a series of prose poems that willfully refuse to identify pronoun antecedents. Or perhaps there are a million things. The poems in Morse, My Deaf Friend— the chapbook by Miloš Djurdjević published by Ugly Duckling. . .
The Crimson Thread of Abandon is the first collection of short fiction available in English by the prolific Japanese writer and all-around avant-garde trickster Terayama Shūji, who died in 1983 at the age of 47. This collection would be important. . .
Last year, NYRB Classics introduced English-language readers to Catalan writer Josep Pla with Peter Bush's translation of The Gray Notebook. In that book, Pla wrote about life in Spain during an influenza outbreak soon after World War I, when. . .
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bq. "Isn't melancholy something from previous centuries? Isn't some vaccine against it yet, hasn't medicine taken care of it yet?" I. . .
What to make of Vano and Niko, the English translation of Erlom Akhvlediani's work of the same name, as well as the two other short books that comprise a sort of trilogy? Quick searches will inform the curious reader that. . .
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Corn And Sweet Pepper Risotto
|Ears of fresh corn/1 package, 10 ounce, frozen kernels
|2 Large
|2 Tablespoon
|Finely chopped onion
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|1 Clove (5 gm), minced
|3 Ounce, cut into 1/4 inch dice
|Arborio rice
|2 Cup (32 tbs)
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|1⁄8 Teaspoon
|Hot chicken stock/2 cans, 14 1/2 ounce each broth mixed with 4 cups hot water
|8 Cup (128 tbs)
|Red bell pepper
|1 Small, cored, seeded and cut into 1/4 inch dice
|Chopped fresh basil/1 teaspoon dried basil
|2 Tablespoon
|Grated parmesan cheese
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
1. If using fresh corn, remove leaves from corn and wipe with a damp towel to remove corn silk. Cut off stem end and hold corn upright on flat surface. To remove kernels, use a sharp knife to shave down ear of corn along surface of cob. If using frozen corn, defrost.
2. In a large saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add onion, garlic, and pancetta and cook 2 to 3 minutes, or until onion is softened but not browned. Stir in rice, salt, and pepper to coat evenly. Add 2 cups stock and stir until absorbed, 5 to 6 minutes. Stir in corn and red bell pepper. Continue to add as much stock as needed, 1 cup at a time, stirring, until rice is creamy and tender but still firm in center. The process should take 15 to 18 minutes from time you add first stock. Remove from heat and stir in basil and 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese. Pass remaining Parmesan cheese on the side.


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- Positivstellensatz Certificates for Containment of Polyhedra and Spectrahedra (2015)
- Containment problems belong to the classical problems of (convex) geometry. In the proper sense, a containment problem is the task to decide the set-theoretic inclusion of two given sets, which is hard from both the theoretical and the practical perspective. In a broader sense, this includes, e.g., radii or packing problems, which are even harder. For some classes of convex sets there has been strong interest in containment problems. This includes containment problems of polyhedra and balls, and containment of polyhedra, which have been studied in the late 20th century because of their inherent relevance in linear programming and combinatorics. Since then, there has only been limited progress in understanding containment problems of that type. In recent years, containment problems for spectrahedra, which naturally generalize the class of polyhedra, have seen great interest. This interest is particularly driven by the intrinsic relevance of spectrahedra and their projections in polynomial optimization and convex algebraic geometry. Except for the treatment of special classes or situations, there has been no overall treatment of that kind of problems, though. In this thesis, we provide a comprehensive treatment of containment problems concerning polyhedra, spectrahedra, and their projections from the viewpoint of low-degree semialgebraic problems and study algebraic certificates for containment. This leads to a new and systematic access to studying containment problems of (projections of) polyhedra and spectrahedra, and provides several new and partially unexpected results. The main idea - which is meanwhile common in polynomial optimization, but whose understanding of the particular potential on low-degree geometric problems is still a major challenge - can be explained as follows. One point of view towards linear programming is as an application of Farkas' Lemma which characterizes the (non-)solvability of a system of linear inequalities. The affine form of Farkas' Lemma characterizes linear polynomials which are nonnegative on a given polyhedron. By omitting the linearity condition, one gets a polynomial nonnegativity question on a semialgebraic set, leading to so-called Positivstellensaetze (or, more precisely Nichtnegativstellensaetze). A Positivstellensatz provides a certificate for the positivity of a polynomial function in terms of a polynomial identity. As in the linear case, these Positivstellensaetze are the foundation of polynomial optimization and relaxation methods. The transition from positivity to nonnegativity is still a major challenge in real algebraic geometry and polynomial optimization. With this in mind, several principal questions arise in the context of containment problems: Can the particular containment problem be formulated as a polynomial nonnegativity (or, feasibility) problem in a sophisticated way? If so, how are positivity and nonnegativity related to the containment question in the sense of their geometric meaning? Is there a sophisticated Positivstellensatz for the particular situation, yielding certificates for containment? Concerning the degree of the semialgebraic certificates, which degree is necessary, which degree is sufficient to decide containment? Indeed, (almost) all containment problems studied in this thesis can be formulated as polynomial nonnegativity problems allowing the application of semialgebraic relaxations. Other than this general result, the answer to all the other questions (highly) depends on the specific containment problem, particularly with regard to its underlying geometry. An important point is whether the hierarchies coming from increasing the degree in the polynomial relaxations always decide containment in finitely many steps. We focus on the containment problem of an H-polytope in a V-polytope and of a spectrahedron in a spectrahedron. Moreover, we address containment problems concerning projections of H-polyhedra and spectrahedra. This selection is justified by the fact that the mentioned containment problems are computationally hard and their geometry is not well understood.
- Holocene sedimentary development and event sedimentation of a mid-ocean atoll lagoon, Maldives, Indian Ocean (2014)
- This study describes the Holocene sedimentary lagoonal deposition history, including event sedimentation and benthic foraminiferal analyzes, from about 10 kyrs BP until today. This is the first study describing the sedimentation of a Maldivian atoll lagoon in such detail. Thirty-nine sediment cores have been recovered from the deep Rasdhoo Atoll lagoon of the Maldives (4°N/73°W). Seventeen sediment cores were opened, described, and 296 sediment samples have been collected and analyzed. Different methods have been used to evaluate the coarse- and fine-grained carbonate components and a total of fifty-eight samples have been dated radiometrically by Beta Analytic Inc., Miami, Florida. In general, the Rasdhoo Atoll lagoon sediments can be divided into (1) a Late Pleistocene soil, (2) an early Holocene peat layer composed of mangrove deposits which mark the beginning inundation of the atoll lagoon by the rising Holocene sea-level at 10,320 ± 100 yrs BP, and (3) carbonate sediments starting to fill up the lagoon 7850 ± 140 yrs BP until today. The transition from peat to carbonate is characterized by a considerable hiatus. Six different carbonate sediment facies are classified by statistical analyses, listed in decreasing abundance: (1) mollusk-coral-algal floatstone to rudstone (30%) (2) mollusk-coral-red algae rudstone (23%) (3) mollusk-coral-algal wackestone to floatstone (23%) (4) mollusk-coral wackestone (13%) (5) mollusk-coral mudstone to wackestone (9%) (6) mollusk mudstone (2%) Based on grain-sizes in combination with coral identification, the facies represent both lagoonal background sedimentation (mostly fine-grained sediments (matrix >50%)) and event sedimentation (coarse-grained sediment layers composing reefal components). Six coarser grained layers in muddy background sediments of the Rasdhoo Atoll lagoon were interpreted as Holocene tsunami events, based on the increase of allochthonous skeletal material with shallow-water reef affinity such as fragments of shallow-water coral species, coralline red algae, and reef-dwelling foraminifera in these layers, as well as AMS dating: • Event 1: 420 - 890 yrs BP (655 yrs BP) • Event 2: 890 - 1560 yrs BP (1225 yrs BP) • Event 3: 2040 - 2340 yrs BP (2190 yrs BP) • Event 4: 2420 - 3380 yrs BP (2900 yrs BP) • Event 5: 3890 - 4330 yrs BP (4110 yrs BP) • Event 6: 5480 - 5760 yrs BP (5620 yrs BP) Five of the six layers may be correlated to previously published tsunami events at adjacent coastal research sites. The mid-late Holocene atoll lagoon archive is incomplete though based on the assumption that major earthquakes at the Indonesian subduction zone generated more than six major tsunamis during the past 6.5 kyrs. According to Gischler (2006), the sediments of the Rasdhoo Atoll lagoon can be divided into two areas: (1) a central to marginal deep lagoon with a lateral west-to-east gradient of sediment facies distribution, visible in sections <4 kyrs BP with sedimentary facies of mudstone to wackestone in the western part (e.g., cores 16, 18, and 34) and coarse-grained coral and algal-rich sediments in the eastern part of the lagoon (e.g., cores 30 and 31). (2) A northern enclosed and shallow area between the sand apron and the sand spit accumulating "sandy" sediments of wackestone facies (cores 2, 19, 25, and 26). Comparing the sediment accumulation data of the lagoon with two reconstructed local sea-level curves, three different sequence-stratigraphical systems tracts are visible: (1) a lowstand systems tract (LST) >10 kyrs BP. Pleistocene brownish soil superposing subaerially exposed Pleistocene reef limestone. (2) A transgressive systems tract (TST) 10-6.5 kyrs BP. A peat layer marks the beginning of the inundation, and the carbonate sedimentation starts with very low sedimentation rates of 0.02 m/kyr. (3) A highstand systems tract (HST) 6.5-0 kyrs BP, further divided into three stages (6.5-3, 3-1, 1-0 kyrs BP). The sea-level rise slowed down, sedimentation rates are increasing continuously up to a maximum of 1.4 m/kyr, the sand spit developed some 4 kyrs BP, the lagoonal circulation got restricted, and the lateral west-to-east gradient of grain-size accumulation started. From 1-0 kyrs BP the sedimentation rates slowed down to modern mean sedimentation rates of 0.6 m/kyr. Two cores, one core from the center of the lagoon (core 16) and one core from the northern margin of the lagoon (core 19), have been analyzed on diversity and assemblages of benthic foraminifera in high-resolution. The transitions of Ammonia spp. to a more even and diverse fauna marks a significant environmental change at 7.0 kyrs BP in core 16 (onset of a stable environment in the deep lagoon after the sea-level rise slowed down at HST stage 1) and at 4.0 kyrs BP in core 19. A continuing environmental change after 1.4 kyrs BP in core 16 caused the fauna to become more even, a recovery of diversity and a permanent decline of foraminiferal accumulation rate. The changes in the faunas at 4.0 kyrs BP and at 1.4 kyrs BP could be explained with the sand spit formation in the northwestern and western lagoon. The sand spit has apparently acted as an obstacle in lagoonal circulation and might have caused unstable environmental conditions due to a more rapid circulation at the shallow marine site of core 19 and a slowdown of bottom water circulation in the main lagoon (core 16) leading to higher residence times and to lower oxygen and higher nutrient concentrations.
- Derivation and Characterization of a New Filter for Nonlinear High-Dimensional Data Assimilation (2015)
- Data assimilation (DA) combines model forecasts with real-world observations to achieve an optimal estimate of the state of a dynamical system. The quality of predictions in nonlinear and chaotic systems such as atmospheric or oceanic circulation is strongly sensitive to the initial conditions. Therefore, beyond the consistent reconstruction of past states, a primary relevance of advanced DA methods concerns the proper model initialization. The ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF) and its deterministic variants, mostly square root filters such as the ensemble transform Kalman filter (ETKF), represent a popular alternative to variational DA schemes. They are applied in a wide range of research and operations. Their forecast step employs an ensemble integration that fully respects the nonlinear nature of the analyzed system. In the analysis step, they implicitly assume the prior state and observation errors to be Gaussian. Consequently, in nonlinear systems, the mean and covariance of the analysis ensemble are biased and these filters remain suboptimal. In contrast, the fully nonlinear, non-Gaussian particle filter (PF) relies on Bayes' theorem without further assumptions, which guarantees an exact asymptotic behavior. However, it is exposed to weight collapse, particularly in higher-dimensional settings, known as the curse of dimensionality. This work presents a new method to obtain an analysis ensemble with mean and covariance that exactly match the corresponding Bayesian estimates. This is achieved by a deterministic matrix square root transformation of the forecast ensemble, and subsequently a suitable random rotation that significantly contributes to filter stability while preserving the required second-order statistics. The forecast step remains as in the ETKF. The algorithm, which is fairly easy to implement and computationally efficient, is referred to as the nonlinear ensemble transform filter (NETF). The limitation with respect to fully-nonlinear filtering is that the NETF only considers the mean and covariance of the Bayesian analysis density, neglecting higher-order moments. The properties and performance of the proposed algorithm are investigated via a set of experiments. The results indicate that such a filter formulation can increase the analysis quality, even for relatively small ensemble sizes, compared to other ensemble filters in nonlinear, non-Gaussian scenarios. They also confirm that localization enhances the applicability of this PF-inspired scheme in larger-dimensional systems. Finally, the novel filter is coupled to a large-scale ocean general circulation model with a realistic observation scenario. The NETF remains stable with a small ensemble size and shows a consistent behavior. Additionally, its analyses exhibit low estimation errors, as revealed by a comparison with a free ensemble integration and the ETKF. The results confirm that, in principle, the filter can be applied successfully and as simple as the ETKF in high-dimensional problems. No further modifications are needed, even though the algorithm is only based on the particle weights. Thus, it is able to overcome the curse of dimensionality, even in deterministic systems. This proves that the NETF constitutes a promising and user-friendly method for nonlinear high-dimensional DA.
- Integrative taxonomy and conservation status of amphibians in western Panama with an emphasis on the highlands of the Cordillera Central (2015)
- Amphibians have existed on the planet for over 300 million years and are today one of the most diverse vertebrate classes in the world with over 7000 known species and still many more to be discovered. However, several studies assume that approximately one third of the world´s known living amphibians are directly threatened with extinction, making it the most endangered vertebrate class. In relation to the relatively small land mass that is occupied by the state of Panama, it supports one of the most diverse amphibian faunas. However, in many cases the ecological role of single species in a wider context and their habitat preferences are still poorly understood and subject to ongoing research. Modern taxonomic approaches in other tropical regions have shown that former assumptions of amphibian diversity were distinct underestimations of the actual species diversity; a situation that is probably also true for Panama. Concurrently, the collection of amphibian diversity data and the description of new species is a race against time. The amphibian fauna of the world and that of Panama in particular, has suffered from an unprecedented loss of diversity over the last 30 years. The reasons are manifold and include destruction, alteration, and fragmentation of their natural habitats as the main causes, but also the deadly amphibian disease chytridiomycosis caused by the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). In Panama and Costa Rica, this Emerging Infectious Disease (EID) spread in a wave-like manner from west to east causing mass die-offs and reduced amphibian diversity even in well-preserved habitats. The disease has primarily affected stream-associated highland species. The last large-scale evaluation of the conservation status of Panama´s amphibians through the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2004 concluded that approximately 30% of the known species are acutely threatened with extinction. Furthermore, around 17% of the amphibian species that have been known back then lacked adequate data to be assessed. In view of Panama´s already overwhelming amphibian diversity, as well as the variety of habitats and the large number of sites that have not been examined with regard to amphibians before, I started this study with the conviction that the inventory of Panama´s amphibian diversity is far from being completed. Furthermore, when I started this study, it was uncertain if there would be any surviving amphibian species in areas where chytridiomycosis had emerged. The loss of whole amphibian communities in upland western Panama following Bd arrival led to a shift of amphibian research to lowland sites in central and eastern Panama aiming primarily on pathogen arrival and the documentation of epizootic outbreak and subsequent population decline. The situation of amphibian communities in areas post-decline was therefore largely unknown. Accordingly, the main goals of my study were to add to the taxonomic inventory of amphibians in Panama and to assess the situation of amphibian populations in habitats where chytrid-driven declines have been observed. To address these tasks I conducted fieldwork in western Panama with a focus on mountainous elevations between 1000 and 3475 m asl. Additionally, I visited different lowland sites between sea level and 1000 m asl to collect comparative material. In the period between 2008 and 2013, I conducted five collection trips to Panama that add up to a total of approximately 13 months in the field. I have sampled nine regions in western Panama and collected 767 specimens together with student collaborators, 531 of which were collected under my personal field number. Additional data obtained from those specimens include 68 male anuran call recordings, 102 standardized color descriptions of specimens in life, and 259 tissue samples that to date yielded 185 16S mtDNA sequences. This comprises the most comprehensive data set for amphibians of Panama and the first large-scale DNA barcoding approach for western Panama to date. After a preliminary DNA barcoding and subsequent comparative examination of morphological und bioacoustic data of all specimens collected, the number of taxonomic problems that needed to be addressed was higher than I previously anticipated. For most genetic lineages deeper taxonomic analyses were required to reach conclusive results. A selection had to be made with which lineages to proceed in the analyses, in view of the substantial financial and time expenditure that would be needed for a complete taxonomic revision. Therefore, I chose to run deeper analyses on one genus from each of the three amphibian orders in Panama. The genera selection depended largely on the availability of sufficient material and the scientific relevance of the respective genus. I selected the genus Diasporus from the order Anura. These small frogs are omnipresent in many habitats and thus relatively easy to find. In addition, the genus is underrepresented in taxonomic studies. This is the first taxonomic study on the genus Diasporus to include a molecular phylogeny and the first comparison of advertisement calls between several populations from western Panama. In total, I collected 67 Diasporus specimens throughout western Panama and compared them morphologically with 49 additional specimens from Central America in collections, including the primary types of D. diasporus and D. hylaeformis. Additional comparative data were taken from literature. The DNA barcoding analysis of a fragment of the 16S rRNA gene included 43 own sequences that were complemented with 15 relevant GenBank sequences. In addition, I compared the advertisement calls of 26 male individuals among each other and with call descriptions from the literature. The DNA barcoding approach revealed several unnamed genetic lineages, but in some cases also resulted in the lumping of morphologically and bioacoustically distinct specimens. Generally, the morphological examination of the collected material revealed almost no specific characters that could be used to distinguish between genetic lineages. However, it was possible to identify species using a combination of several morphological characteristics. Which ones are relevant in the individual case depends on the respective species. My extensive collection of call recordings made it possible to test for the first time the intraspecific call variation of D. hylaeformis in dependency of various parameters. This analysis showed that the dominant frequency depends significantly on the body size of the calling male; the smaller the calling male, the higher the frequency of the call. A similar relationship was observed between the call rate and temperature: the lower the temperature during calling, the lower the call rate. I suppose that these general patterns, which have already been observed in other anuran genera, are also true in other Diasporus species that could not be tested in this study. Taking into account the intraspecific variation of Diasporus advertisement calls, I consider comparative call analyses to be the best way to distinguish between species. This is especially true in syntopic species. Integration of the three lines of evidence (i.e., morphology, DNA barcoding, and bioacoustics) led to the identification of four new species, two of which (i.e., D. citrinobapheus and D. igneus) colleagues and I have already formally described. I conducted an integrative taxonomic analysis of the western Panamanian representatives of the genus Bolitoglossa from the order Caudata, the larger of the two Panamanian salamander genera. Bolitoglossa is very species-rich with a centre of diversification in the high mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama. I collected 53 Bolitoglossa specimens and compared them to twelve specimens in collection, including the holotype and one paratype of B. gomezi. The dataset was complemented with information from the literature. Among the sampled specimens were two species considered to be endangered that have not been collected or observed for several decades; B. magnifica has not been seen for 34 years and B. anthracina has not been seen for 22 years. Further, I collected salamanders at several new locations. To date, my 16S mtDNA barcoding analysis represents the densest taxon sampling for Panamanian Bolitoglossa composed of 21 own sequences that were combined in the final alignment with 47 GenBank sequences. Even though the molecular phylogeny is based only on a single marker, the received trees largely coincide with previous studies and the nodes received high statistical support. In these trees, I retrieve all previously defined subgenera and species groups. On the basis of this molecular phylogeny, I placed B. anthracina, here sequenced for the first time, in the B. subpalmata species group. Due to the fact that B. anthracina is a large and dark colored species it had previously been placed by implication in the B. schizodactyla species group along with other large black salamanders of the B. nigrescens species complex. Moreover, I found deep divergent genetic lineages among geographically separated populations of B. minutula. However, until now there were no additional morphological characteristics detectable to distinguish between these lineages. Additionally, my colleagues and I described a new deep divergent lineage in the B. robinsoni species group as B. jugivagans, a species new to science. In contrast, I found only minor genetic differences between specimens of B. sombra and B. nigrescens. After combining morphometric data and tooth counts from literature of both species with additional data from specimens of B. sombra that I collected near the type locality, the distinguishing features blurred. In particular, including much larger specimens of B. sombra, not yet known at the time of its description, showed that the tooth count difference is dependent on the size and age of the specimen examined. Larger specimens have more maxillary and vomerine teeth. Based on this evidence I regard B. sombra as a junior synonym of B. nigrescens. Further, I revised the Panamanian distribution of the two relatively common lowland salamanders, B. colonnea and B. lignicolor. Besides filling the gaps in the fragmentary known distributions of these species, I assessed the molecular and morphological variation of both species among populations in Panama. While there was little variation in B. lignicolor, I found divergent genetic lineages among geographically distinct populations of B. colonnea that require further taxonomic examination. Caecilians (order Gymnophiona) are among the least investigated terrestrial vertebrates. After I received a first specimen of the predominantly South American genus Oscaecilia (family Caeciliidae) in western Panama, I started to work more extensively on the taxonomy of Caeciliidae in Central America. The specimens from western Panama were not readily assignable to a single described species, but shared characters with O. elongata and O. osae. While O. osae was only known from the holotype, the type material of O. elongata was destroyed during World War II. On the basis of the original description, the unique feature in O. elongata within Oscaecilia is the absence of subdermal scales in the posterior part of the body. In a referred specimen of O. elongata mentioned in the original description from eastern Panama, this characteristic cannot be examined as it consists of head and neck only. Therefore, I used non-destructive high-resolution, synchrotron-based X-ray micro CT imaging (HRμCT) to examine cranial characters in the specimens in question and took normal radiographs to count vertebrae and to make subdermal scales visible. I found that the fragmented specimen from eastern Panama likely belongs to the well-sampled species O. ochrocephala and has not much in common with O. osae or the specimens from western Panama. Contrarily, O. osae and the specimens from western Panama share many morphological characters, but also show some differences. Genetic barcoding revealed that both species are close relatives, but the genetic distance could not be finally resolved, because 16S sequences obtained from blood samples of living O. osae were of poor quality. Thus, I compare the Oscaecilia from western Panama to O. osae in this study, but postpone a taxonomic decision until further material becomes available. Further, I designate O. elongata a nomen dubium, because the type material is lost, the type locality is not defined in more detail than "Panama", and the original description does not allow for a definite assignment. Since previous molecular studies only considered O. ochrocephala, the monophyly of Oscaecilia was never tested before. So far, the genus Oscaecilia is based largely on a single cranial character, the eyes covered with bone. Here, I combined two 16S mtDNA sequences of O. osae from Costa Rica and two sequences from O. sp. from western Panama with two sequences of O. ochrocephala and ten sequences of four species of the genus Caecilia, the sister genus of Oscaecilia. The resulted phylogeny contains two well-supported clades, one clade containing two species of Caecilia, one from Panama and one from western Ecuador and all species of Oscaecilia tested. The other clade consists of two species of Caecilia from the Amazon basin. I therefore assume that the split in both clades is due to the rise of the Andes, what led to today's cis-trans-Andean distribution of the two clades. For now, to restore monophyly, I suggest to place Oscaecilia within the synonymy of Caecilia until more taxa have been tested. When assessing the conservation status of the amphibian species in mountainous western Panama, I first compiled a list of known species that I potentially could have found during my fieldwork. Using the IUCN categories, I analyzed how many of the endangered species I actually found and how these are distributed over families and species groups. Surprisingly, my rediscoveries of lost species were not equally distributed among the four families that comprise most endangered amphibian species (i.e., Bufonidae, Craugastoridae, Hylidae, and Plethodontidae). While I discovered ten of eleven endangered hylids and six of nine endangered plethodontids, I found only one of four endangered bufonids and none of the nine endangered craugastorids. I assume that the secretive living plethodontids, for which no Bd related declines have been documented, were just overlooked in the past decades. In contrast, I propose that hylids, in which Bd related population decline is well documented, developed distinct evolutionary solutions permitting coexistence with the pathogen. The situation is obviously different in bufonids and craugastorids, where I found no signs of population recoveries at present. So far, the only surviving populations of species from these families exist in climatic or physiographic niches that have probably shielded them from Bd. My data confirm the current view that the risk for naïve amphibian populations to decline during Bd epizootics is predicted by ecological traits (e.g., aquatic index, vertical distribution) and not dependent on taxonomic affiliation. However, I propose that only certain amphibian families (e.g., hylids and centrolenids) have the ability to acquire immunity solutions to coexist with the pathogen during enzootic stages. This is a very new perspective on the worst infectious disease in amphibians worldwide, allowing for new research approaches to understand the host-pathogen dynamics. Moreover, I examined where the share of surviving endangered amphibian species is particularly high in mountainous western Panama. As was to be expected, most of the endangered species are found within the boundaries of protected areas. One exception is the unprotected Cerro Colorado region in the Comarca Ngöbe-Buglé that provides habitat for a wide variety of endangered and undiscovered amphibian species. Nonetheless, planned open pit mining would destroy the forests in a large part of the area. This demonstrates once again that human activities are the biggest threat to amphibians in Panama and elsewhere.
- Anthropogenic river flow alterations and their impacts on freshwater ecosystems in China (2014)
- In the past sixty years, excessive water consumption and dam construction have significantly influenced natural flow regimes and surface freshwater ecosystems throughout China, and thus resulted in serious environmental problems. In order to balance the competing water demands between human and environment and provide knowledge on sustainable water management, assessments on anthropogenic flow alterations and their impacts on aquatic and riparian ecosystems in China are needed. In this study, the first evaluation on quantitative relationships between anthropogenic flow alterations and ecological responses in eleven river basins and watersheds in China was performed based on the data that could be obtained from published case studies. Quantitative relationships between changes in average annual discharge, seasonal low flow and seasonal high flow and changes in ecological indicators (fish diversity, fish catch and vegetation cover, etc.) were analyzed. The results showed that changes in riparian vegetation cover as well as changes in fish diversity and fish catch were strongly correlated with the changes in flow magnitude (r = 0.77, 0.66), especially with changes in average annual river discharge. In addition, more than half of the variations in vegetation cover could be explained by changes in average annual river discharge (r² = 0.63) and roughly 50 % changes in fish catch in arid and semi-arid region and 60% changes of fish catch in humid region could be related to alterations in average annual river discharge (r² = 0.53, 0.58). In a supplementary analysis of this study, the first estimation on quantitative relationships between decreases in native fish species richness and anthropogenic flow alterations in 34 river basins and sub-basins in China was conducted. Linear relationships between losses of native fish species and five ecologically relevant flow indicators were analyzed by single and multiple regression models. For the single regression analysis, significant linear relationships were detected for the indicators of long-term average annual discharge (ILTA) and statistical low flow Q90 (IQ90). For the multiple regressions, no indicator other than ILTA has significant relationships with changes in number of fish species mainly due to collinearity. Two conclusions emerged from the analysis: 1) losses of fish species were positively correlated with changes in ILTA in China and 2) indicator of ILTA was dominant over other flow indicators included in this research for the given dataset. These results provide a guideline for the sustainable water resources management in rivers with high risk of fish extinction in China.
- The 152Sm(p,n) reaction and its astrophysical importance (2014)
- Within the nucleosynthetic processes of the slow neutron-capture reaction network (called the s process) the so called branching points, unstable isotopes where different nuclear reactions are competing, are important to understand . For modeling and calculating the nucleosynthesis and compare the resulting abundances to the observed ones, it is indispensable to know the branching ratios as well as the corresponding cross sections. A great challenge in measuring those rates in experiments may be the radioactivity of the isotopes involved, which can make it nearly impossible to manufacture the needed targets. In addition, in stellar environments the excited states of isotopes can be in equilibrium with the ground state, affecting the half-lives and the branching ratios significantly. The isotope 152Eu is such a branching point, with neutron captures and β-decays competing. Those challenges were approached in the s405 experiment performed at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH: the challenge the challenge of the radioactivity can be approached by experiments carried out in inverse kinematics with radioactive beams, solving the problem of unstable targets. Also a reversed reaction was used to access the excited states of the studied isotope. The performed 152Sm(p,n)152Eu is a pioneering attempt to use those methods on heavy ions. The (p,n) reaction was used as a substitute for electron capture, the focus lies on reactions with low-momentum transfers, resulting in the emission of low-energy neutrons. The new developed low-energy detector array LENA was put to test for the fist time in the s405 experiment.
- The contribution of spectral and temporal information to vowel length perception in German in children and adults (2015)
- In the present work, mismatch negativity (MMN) was used to examine the contribution of spectral vs. temporal perceptual features to vowel length discrimination in children and adults. Three age groups (adults vs. 9-10 years vs. 10-11 years olds) have been taken to examine developmental effects on vowel length perception. Natural (i.e., spectrotemporal) vowel length differences were compared with (artificially modified) stimulus pairs varying only in temporal or spectral characteristics to contrast spectral, temporal and spectrotemporal processing. The result indicates that, while adults integrate spectral and temporal aspects of the speech signal in an additive way, children of 9-10 years of age sequentially process both features. However, vowel length processing is found to become adultlike at the age of 10-11 years.
- Probabilistic analysis of radix algorithms on Markov sources (2015)
- This thesis covers the analysis of radix sort, radix select and the path length of digital trees under a stochastic input assumption known as the Markov model. The main results are asymptotic expansions of mean and variance as well as a central limit theorem for the complexity of radix sort and the path length of tries, PATRICIA tries and digital search trees. Concerning radix select, a variety of different models for ranks are discussed including a law of large numbers for the worst case behavior, a limit theorem for the grand averages model and the first order asymptotic of the average complexity in the quantile model. Some of the results are achieved by moment transfer techniques, the limit laws are based on a novel use of the contraction method suited for systems of stochastic recurrences.
- Hematopoietic stem cell differentiation and lineage selection control by GADD45G (2015)
- Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) have the unique abilities of life-long self-renewal and multi-lineage differentiation. They are routinely used in BM or stem cell transplantations to reconstitute the blood system of patients suffering from malignant or monogenic blood disorders. For an adequate production of each blood cell lineage in homeostasis and under stress conditions, the fate choice of HSCs to either self-renew or to differentiate must be strictly controlled. The incomplete understanding of the molecular mechanisms that control this balance makes it still impossible to maintain or expand undifferentiated HSCs in culture for advanced regenerative medical purposes. The aim of this thesis was the identification and molecular characterisation of mechanisms that control the decision of HSCs to self-renew or to differentiate, and how they are connected to extrinsic cytokine signaling control. Prior to this thesis, a screening for genes upregulated under self-renewal promoting thrombopoietin (TPO) signaling via the transcription factors STAT5A/B in HSCs was conducted, and Growth arrest and DNA damage inducible 45 gamma (Gadd45g) was one of the regulated genes. GADD45G was described as stress sensor, DNA-damage response and tumor suppressor gene, that is epigenetically silenced in many solid tumors and leukemia. Furthermore, Gadd45g is upregulated in aged HSCs with impaired multi-lineage reconstitution abilities, and it is induced by differentiation promoting cytokines in GM-committed cells. However, the function of GADD45G in LT-HSCs was unknown. All these points warrant further investigation to unravel the function of GADD45G on early cell fate decisions of HSCs in hematopoiesis. The expression of Gadd45g was stimulated by hematopoietic cytokines TPO, IL3 and IL6 both in HSCs and MPPs, making GADD45G an interesting target to focus on. To simulate the cytokine-induced expression GADD45G was lentivirally transduced in HSCs. Surprisingly, GADD45G did not induce cell cycle arrest or cell death in hematopoietic cells neither in vitro nor in vivo, as reported in many cell lines. Instead GADD45G revealed an enhanced and markedly accelerated differentiation of HSCs into mainly myelomonocytic cells, similar as observed for IL3 and IL6 containing cultures. Also in vivo, GADD45G rapidly initiates the differentiation program in HSCs at the expense of self-renewal and long-term engraftment, as shown by serial HSC transplantation experiments. Along the same line, HSCs from Gadd45g-knock out mice exhibited an increased self-renewal. In vitro, Gadd45g-/- progenitors showed higher and prolonged colony formation potential and slower expansion after cytokine stimulation. The loss of Gadd45g increased HSC self-renewal and improved repopulation in secondary recipients, determined by serial competitive transplantations. Taken together, GADD45G could be identified as molecular link between differentiation-promoting cytokine signaling and rapid differentiation induction in murine LT-HSCs. As presented in this thesis the differentiation induction of GADD45G was mediated by the activation of the cascade of MAP3K4 – MKK6 –p38 MAPK. Small molecule inhibition of p38, but not JNK, blocked the GADD45G-induced differentiation. GADD45G binds to MAP3K4 and releases its auto-inhibitory loop by a change in confirmation, initiating this cascade. Phosphoflow cytometry demonstrated the activation of p38 and a downstream kinase MK2 by GADD45G expression in MPPs. Furthermore, the expression of constitutive active MAP3K4 and MKK6 were able to phenocopy GADD45G-induced differentiation, which could be blocked by p38 inhibition. The other two family members GADD45A and B also induced accelerated differentiation in LT-HSCs. Interestingly, only GADD45G suppressed the differentiation into megakaryocyte and erythrocyte (Mek/E) lineage cells suggesting a role of GADD45G in lineage choice. Long-term time-lapse microscopy-based cell tracking of single LT-HSCs and their progeny revealed that, once GADD45G is expressed, the development of LT-HSCs into granulocyte-macrophage-committed progeny occurred within 36 hours, and uncovered a selective lineage choice with a severe reduction in Mek/E cells. Furthermore, no megakaryocytic-erythroid progenitors (MEPs) could develop from HSPCs in BM 2 weeks after transplantation suggesting a very early selection against Mek/E cell fates. In line with these findings, GADD45G-transduced MEPs could not expand or form colonies in vitro, demonstrating that the differentiation program induced by GADD45G is not compatible with Mek/E lineage fate. Gene expression profiling of HSCs indicated that GADD45G promotes myelomonocytic differentiation programs over programs for self-renewal or megakaryo-/ erythropoiesis. The here identified differentiation induction potential of GADD45G is so strong that the expression of GADD45G in primary acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells inhibited their expansion accompanied by enhanced differentiation and increased apoptosis. The here presented work shows that IL3 and IL6 induce a differentiation program in HSCs via GADD45G and p38 closing the link of extrinsic cytokine signaling and differentiation induction. Since the loss of Gadd45g increased the self-renewal and slowed HSC differentiation, this may be utilized, i.e. by p38 inhibition, to ex vivo maintain and expand HSCs by preventing cytokine-induced differentiation. Furthermore, Re-expression of GADD45G may overcome the differentiation block in leukemia to eliminate these cells by driving them into terminal differentiation and apoptosis.
- Influence of endocannabinoids on the function of the pituitary gland with focus on folliculo-stellate, corticotroph, and lactotroph cell lines (2015)
- The endocannabinoids (EC), their synthetizing and metabolizing enzymes, and the cannabinoid (CB) receptors comprise the endocannabinoid system (ECS) that has been detected by Yasuo et al. (2010) in rodent and human brain areas essential for circadian rhythmic control and hormone secretion. The EC are secreted in the pars tuberalis formation (PT) of the pituitary gland and unfold their effect as ligands on cannabinoid receptors type 1 (CB1) in the pars distalis (PD). The CB1 is mostly expressed on folliculo-stellate (fs) cells of the PD. The fs cells execute regulative and supportive functions to adjacent hormone-producing cells (Allaerts and Venkelecom, 2005; Mitsuishi et al., 2013). The lipid and calcium binding protein Annexin A1 (Anx A1) and the cell membrane permeable compound nitric oxide (NO) have been detected in the fs cells (Woods et al., 1990; Devnath and Inoue, 2008). There are published findings indicating strong influence of Anx A1 and NO on hormone production (Taylor et al. 1993; Venkelecom et al, 1997). The hypothesis of this study is that the EC influence hormonal secretion by acting upon CB1 receptors on fs cells and thus activating or inhibiting Anx A1 and NO that directly affect adjacent glandular cells. Prevalently cell models were used to carry out the experimental work. The TtT/GF and Tpit/F1 cell lines represent the fs cells, the AtT20/D16v stand for the ACTH-producing corticotroph (C) cells, and GH4C1 for the PRL-producing lactotroph (L) cells. Whenever comparison with an integrity model was possible tissue from C3H mice was used. Chemoluminescent and photometrical detection, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS), immunoblot (IB), immunocyto- and immunohisto-chemical analysis (ICC, IHC), in situ hybridization (ISH), and (q) PCR methods were used as assaying tools to investigate CB1, Anx A1, the Anx A1 receptor - Fpr-rs1, NO, ACTH, and PRL. CB1 was detected on the fs, C, and L cell models. The presence of fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH, an EC degrading enzyme) was confirmed in the fs cells. Incubations of the fs cells with CB1 agonists (2-AG, AEA, WIN) and antagonist (otenabant) were performed and resulting increase of Anx A1, and inhibition of NO were detected. Anx A1 binding sites, known as formyl peptide like receptor – related sequence 1 (Fpr-rs1) were identified on the C and L cells. The hormone-producing cells were treated with a 2-AG, Anx A1, and NO and the resulting changes in the levels of ACTH and PRL were detected. Anx A1 acted stimulatory on ACTH in the C AtT20/D16v cell and inhibitory on PRL in the L GH4C1 cell. NO inhibited both ACTH and PRL release. Additional analysis of the levels of expression of mRNA for Anx A1 and Fpr-rs1 in murine PD tissue demonstrated that while the expression of the first was not influenced by time, the expression of the latter was activated during the subjective day. The here presented study shows that EC influence the ACTH release stimulatory through activating Anx A1 and inhibiting NO. As for PRL, the EC unfold an inhibition through activating Anx A1, and stimulation through inhibiting NO. A clear regulatory linkeage between the EC and ACTH and PRL control is revealed, involving the fs cells with possible time-dependence.


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To suppress noise amplitude modulation jamming in a single-antenna radar system, a new method based on weighted-matching pursuit (WMP) algorithm is proposed, which can achieve underdetermined blind sources separation of the jamming and the target echo from the jammed mixture in the single channel of the receiver. Firstly, the presented method utilizes a prior information about the differences between the jamming component and the radar transmitted signal to construct two signal-adapted sub-dictionaries and to determine the weights. Then the WMP algorithm is applied to remove the jamming component from the mixture. Experimental results verify the validity of the presented method. By comparison of the pulse compression performance, the simulation results shows that the presented method is superior to the method of frequency domain cancellation (FDC) when the jamming-to-signal ratio (JSR) is lower than 15 dB.


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"Today, more than ever, the emphasis in health care is on patient safety and quality improvement," said James B. Becker, M.D., senior associate dean for clinical affairs at the School of Medicine. "This program will enable us to promote those elements across the full range of our educational mission. The work we do will benefit patients most, but it will also add to our research activities."
As part of the Te4Q certification process, participants must develop and present an educational project plan. The plan must address an identified gap in the education of students, residents, and/or practicing clinicians regarding quality improvement and patient safety, design an educational innovation to fill that gap, and implement and assess the impact of the innovation.
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|Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley will be paired again for fourballs on Friday afternoon at the Ryder Cup. (Getty Images)
The afternoon fourball matches are set for Friday at the Ryder Cup, so let's jump right into the action.
Match #1 -- Bubba Watson and Webb Simpson vs. Paul Lawrie and Peter Hanson -- This American pairing had some success at the Presidents Cup and seemed like a no-brainer for this format for Davis Love III. All four of these players sat out the morning foursomes. I'll give this one to the major championship duo from the United States.
Match #2 -- Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley vs. Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell -- The battle of winning teams - both teams won their morning matches against solid groups from the other side. Both Love and Jose Maria Olazabal had to play these four again, and it is the match of the week so far at Medinah. I love the passion that the Americans bring, but I feel the Northern Irish duo will catch fire and snag this point.
Match #3 -- Dustin Johnson and Matt Kuchar vs. Justin Rose and Martin Kaymer -- Another American group that sat out the morning matches, Johnson and Kuchar will look to improve on their Ryder Cup records with probably the most brittle golfer on the European team in Kaymer. Rose looked solid early with Ian Poulter, but I think the Americans are the favorite in this match.
Match #4 -- Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker vs. Lee Westwood and Nicolas Colsaerts -- Probably the strangest group of them all with the way that Tiger hit the ball and Westwood putted; this one could get ugly. While I think the Americans are the more talented bunch, I give the Euros a slight advantage here because Colsaerts, the only rookie on the European team, could be fired up to get on a golf course with no rough going up against Tiger and company.


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Did you pray in the last 24 hours? To what extent are you feeling nurtured or angry with God? Do you feel a sense of purpose right now?
And he'd like the answers in real time, so he's launching a website. He'll send text messages to participants' smartphones twice each day, reminding them that it's time to take the survey.
It's part of an ambitious look by Professor Wright and other researchers into the role of spirituality in the daily lives of Americans and how that links to well-being.
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"Somebody said early in the season this could be a year -- because of the parity in the conference -- that the conference champion could lose two football games," DeBerry said. "And I think that's very, very possible."
Utah and Air Force have identical records of 6-2 overall and 3-1 in the conference. Defending champion Colorado State and New Mexico are both 5-3 overall and 2-1 in the MWC.
Utah suffered its first conference loss last week, bowing to New Mexico 47-35 and dropping from the Associated Press' Top 25.
After a 5-0 start, Air Force has lost two of its last three games, so last week's bye might have come at an ideal time.
"The open date has probably enhanced our football team a little bit," DeBerry said. "Our team will be rested."
That's a concern for Utah coach Urban Meyer, since his opponent hasn't played since Oct. 16.
"We have to go to their home course when they've had 16 days to prepare," Meyer said. "And we have a tailback that's injured."
Brandon Warfield, who led the conference in rushing through the first seven games, sprained his left knee against New Mexico and will be out two to three weeks.
"We'll be lucky if we get him back this season," Meyer said.
That should put additional pressure on Ute quarterback Alex Smith, who withstood New Mexico's relentless blitzing last week to throw for 220 yards and four touchdowns.
"They're tied for the conference lead with us," Smith said. "There's a little more of a sense of urgency. We can still accomplish all of our goals that we had at the beginning of the season, and winning this game is the key to that."
Last year's loss to the Falcons still eats at Utah. The Utes blew a 26-6 halftime lead, committing six turnovers in a 30-26 loss. Chance Harridge threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Don Clark with 17 seconds left for the clincher.
It was the third of what would eventually be six straight losses for Utah.
"That game is what I think of when I think of last season," Smith said. "We were up by 20 at halftime, and somehow with under a minute left they ended up beating us. It seemed like the Air Force game was the start of the ball rolling downhill."
Smith, taking over for the injured Brett Elliott, has led the Utes to five wins in his six starts. Air Force's triple option ranks second in the nation in rushing, averaging 294.8 yards per game.
Five of the last six meetings have been decided by seven or fewer points. Air Force has won the last three meetings.
"We've been fortunate to beat this team the last three years," DeBerry said, "but it's always been a dogfight."
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Oops, just bought a DSP unexpectedly, lol...more questions
Well I'm sure most of you have read and maybe replied to my recent threads about considering a tuner. Just thought I would share what just happened. I was watching a used (but guaranteed not VIN locked) DSP on ebay. Long story short, I popped in a bid expecting it to be under the reserve and ended up winning it for $192 including shipping. I wasn't really planning to buy one for a little while but at least I got a good deal in it!! Plus, at that price I can probably get my money back if the wife throws a tantrum, lol.
So another question. I don't really care about gas mileage. I just bought this thing for performance and plan to run the max performance preset tune. Should I program the 91 octane tune and run 93 octane in the truck as a safety net against detonation? Or is it safe to go ahead and program the 93 octane tune?
You should be just fine running the 93 tune. Some folks have reported back that they liked it but actually felt that the truck was faster with the 91 tune.
As for me, I can't get anything higher than 92 octane here so I stick with the 91 and it does just fine.
So, why not try the 91, fill up with 91 or better and try it out.
Then, swap over to the 93 and see how that goes.
Each truck is different and differing local ambient conditions do have an affect on how a truck runs.
Good luck and let us know how it goes!
Looks like you found a great deal. I have run 93 with 93 and it has been a blast. When I go on some trips I continue to put in 93 but I set the tune to 91 and get a couple extra miles per gallon but play time is 93/93. Been over a year since I had mine and I still smile every time I drive the truck.
Thanks guys. I'm really excited about it but I've managed to freak myself out a little too by reading more junk after I bought it. I've seen a few comments about people crapping their auto trannies while using the DSP. I feel like this is probably a very small percentage or more likely related to abuse or something besides the DSP but I'm a worrier. Any thoughts?
Very cool and what a deal! I just replied to another thread of yours I think and was stating that I used to run the 93 tune on superchips, and it was fine, but with any load and alot of gas pedal it would detonate, so lately I've been running the 91 tune, and it seems just as fast and no problems when hauling a load. They told me the 93 tune only makes 3 to 6 hp over the 91 tune, and its all in advancing the timing more. I'd love to compare the dsp vs the flashpaq side by side....anyone in the orlando area with a dsp that would be interested :) ??? lol Let us know your results!
Yeah, I think that is exactly what I will do. I don't really do a lot of hauling or hardly any towing but I like a safety margin. Thanks for the response.
I have the same opinion, 3 to 6 hp isn't worth a damaged engine. Funny, I just realized we have similar trucks/mods....I have cooper zeon ltz's, an airaid drop in, airaid MIT, and a superchips..... This may be a stupid question, but how do you add that stuff at the bottom of the screen...?
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this is gonna be a REALLY stupid question but what is DSP? and what do you think about a diablo trinity? im going on a trip from central kansas to san antonio, texas would it be worth it to buy it before i go?
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The first author is at the Department of Finance, Yuan Ze University, Chung-Li, Taiwan, and the University of Adelaide Business School, Australia. The second author is at the School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Deakin University, Australia. The third author is at the Institute of Finance, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. The authors would like to thank Peter F. Pope (the Editor) and most especially an anonymous referee for comments and suggestions that have greatly improved the paper. (Paper received August, 2011, revised version accepted March, 2013).
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