The article provides information on the finding of a previously unknown Czech-language printed book from 1623, the work of the Prague typographer Pavel Sessius and an unknown Czech translator, who used the initials M.W.S. The unique printed book was discovered in the collections of the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek in Vienna. Besides the textual part, comprising quotations from the Bible and short prayers, it includes a title border with the motif of Calvary, inspired by earlier domestic sources, and above all sixteen woodcut copies of selected scenes from the graphic cycle The Small Passion by the German painter and graphic artist Albrecht Dürer. The article describes the typography and illustration aspects of the printed book in detail. The author also tries to identify any foreign models for it., David Mach., and Obsahuje bibliografické odkazy
The article deals with the printer and Briefmaler (letter painter) Michael Peterle (1537-1588), who is also considered to be a woodcutter by Czech book scientists. It focuses on his pictorial broadsides and illustrated books and analyses the morphological features of the extant woodcuts. It has reached the conclusion that Peterle’s woodcutting activities cannot be proved. Apart from the art-historical perspective, it brings a number of new facts associated with Peterle’s printing activities: for instance, it documents the financial background of Prague printers in the 1570s and 1580s., Jana Tvrzníková., Obsahuje anglický abstrakt a shrnutí., and Obsahuje bibliografii
a1_The tissue factor plays a crucial role in initiating blood coagulation after plaque rupture in patients with acute coronary syndrome. It is abundant in atherosclerotic plaques. Moreover, P-selectin, some cytokines, endotoxin and immune complexes can stimulate monocytes and induce the tissue factor expression on their surface. The aim of the study was to compare plasma levels of the tissue factor, tissue factor pathway inhibitor, P-selectin, E-selectin and ICAM-1 in patients with acute myocardial infarction, unstable angina pectoris, stable coronary artery disease and normal control subjects. In addition, plasma levels of the tissue factor, tissue factor pathway inhibitor, P-selectin, E-selectin and ICAM-1 were measured in the blood withdrawn from the coronary sinus in a subgroup of patients with unstable angina pectoris and stable coronary artery disease in which the difference between concentrations in the coronary sinus and systemic blood was calculated. A significant increase in tissue factor pathway inhibitor plasma levels was detected in patients with acute myocardial infarction (373.3±135.1 ng/ml, p<0.01) and unstable angina pectoris (119.6±86.9 ng/ml, p<0.05) in contrast to the patients with stable coronary artery disease (46.3±37.5 ng/ml) and normal subjects (45.1±14.3 ng/ml). The plasma levels of tissue factor pathway inhibitor were significantly increased both in the coronary sinus and systemic blood in the patients with unstable angina pectoris. There was only a non-significant trend to higher plasma levels of the tissue factor in patients with acute myocardial infarction and unstable angina pectoris as compared to the patients with stable coronary artery disease and normal subjects, the values being 129.1±30.2 pg/ml, 130.5±57.8 pg/ml, 120.2±45.1 pg/ml and 124.9±31.8 pg/ml, respectively., a2_Plasma levels of soluble P-selectin was only slightly, but non-significantly higher in patients with unstable angina pectoris and stable coronary artery disease (184.2±85.4 ng/ml and 201.6±67.9 ng/ml, respectively) than in patients with the acute myocardial infarction (157.4±88.4 ng/ml) or normal subjects (151.4±47.1 ng/ml). The difference in plasma levels of soluble ICAM-1 between the blood withdrawn from the coronary sinus and systemic circulation correlated significantly with the corresponding difference in plasma levels of soluble P-selectin and E-selectin. In conclusion, the tissue factor and the tissue factor pathway inhibitor play a crucial role in the initiation of arterial thrombosis. The tissue factor pathway inhibitor levels are increased both in the systemic blood and in the coronary sinus of patients with the acute coronary syndrome., M. Malý, J. Vojáček, V. Hraboš, M. Semrád, M. Mates, J. Kvasnička, P. Salaj, V. Durdil., and Obsahuje bibliografii
An assemblage of Al-low titanite and ilmenite is present in Ti-rich microgranodiorites intruded in the Moldanubian Zone of the Bohemian Massif. Titanite is characterized by coupled substitution (Al, Fe3+) + (F, OH) ⇔ Ti +O, with a slight excess of (Al, Fe3+)-OH component over of (Al, Fe3+)-F component. Ilmenites have FeTiO3 amount between 86 and 95 mol. % and are partly enriched in the MnTiO3 (pyrophanite) component (4-10 mol. %). The relatively low content of MnTiO3 component in ilmenite, together with absence of magnetite suggests that first crystallization phase of microgranodiorites connected with origin of ilmenite started in conditions of low fO2. However, titanite together with ferroactinolite originated in late-magmatic stage most likely due to hydration reaction such as clinopyroxene + ilmenite + quartz + H2O = titanite + amphibole during some increasing of fO2 and fH2O., Miloš René., and Obsahuje bibliografii
Titanium-rich biotite from granodiorite belonging to redwitzite suite of the Slavkovský les Mts. alters to mixture of low-Al titanite, Mn-enriched ilmenite, REE-fluorocarbonate (parisite) and very fine-grained mixture of chlorite and clay minerals. Titanite consists from 1.1 to 2.3 wt. % Al2O3 and from 0.4 to 1.0 wt. % Fe2O3. Titanite shows some Al+Fe3+ excess over F with significant amount of (Al+Fe3+)-OH titanite component (4-9 mol. %). Ilmenite contains considerable amount of pyrophanite component (5-8 mol. %). The retrograde assemblage of titanite with considerable amount of (Al+Fe3+)-OH titanite component and presence of ilmenite, together with chlorite, argued for low-temperature breakdown of biotite in reducing conditions., Miloš René., and Obsahuje bibliografii
An assemblage of Al-bearing titanite, ilmenite and magnetite is present in polymetamorphic metabasite environment of the Varied group of the Moldanubian Zone. Titanite is characterized by coupled substitution (Al, Fe3+)+ (F, OH) - Ti + O, with a slight excess of (Al, Fe3+)-F component. Complex reaction rims of titanite around ilmenite occur in some cases. Ilmenites have FeTiO3 amounts usually above 96 mol.%, with some enrichment by MnTiO3 component (max. 8 mol.%). Magnetite has a negligible ulvöspinel component (max. 1 mol.%)., Miloš René., and Obsahuje bibliografii