cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Supplementary_Figure_1 – Supplemental material for Comparison of real-world treatment outcomes of femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery and phacoemulsification cataract surgery: A retrospective, observational study from an outpatient clinic in France
Creators: name: Crozafon, Philippe Charles
name: Bouchet, Christine
name: Zignani, Monia
name: Griner, Ray
name: Foster, Samuel D
name: Zou, Ming
name: Dhariwal, Mukesh
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: Medicine

description: Supplemental material, Supplementary_Figure_1 for Comparison of real-world treatment outcomes of femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery and phacoemulsification cataract surgery: A retrospective, observational study from an outpatient clinic in France by Philippe Charles Crozafon, Christine Bouchet, Monia Zignani, Ray Griner, Samuel D Foster, Ming Zou and Mukesh Dhariwal in European Journal of Ophthalmology
Lu_OpenPracticesDisclosure_rev – Supplemental material for Air Pollution, State Anxiety, and Unethical Behavior: A Meta-Analytic Review
Creators: name: Lu, Jackson G.
name: Lee, Julia J.
name: Gino, Francesca
name: Galinsky, Adam D.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 110319 Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)
subject: Neuroscience

description: Supplemental material, Lu_OpenPracticesDisclosure_rev for Air Pollution, State Anxiety, and Unethical Behavior: A Meta-Analytic Review by Jackson G. Lu, Julia J. Lee, Francesca Gino and Adam D. Galinsky in Psychological Science
title: The Politics of Neglect: the Egyptian State in Cairo, 1974-98
Creators: name: Dorman, W. J.
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 2007

description: This thesis examines state-society relations in Egypt, and the logic of durable authoritarianism since 1952. It does so through an examination of the Egyptian state’s neglectful rule, from the 1970s through the 1990s, of its capital Cairo. In particular, the thesis focuses on state inaction vis-à-vis Cairo’s informal housing sector: those neighbourhoods established on land not officially sanctioned for urbanization. The central research question of the thesis is to explain why the Egyptian state has been unable to intervene effectively in these informal neighbourhoods—despite their stigmatization in Egyptian public discourse as threats to the nation’s social, moral and political health; the authoritarian state’s considerable unilateral power; and the availability of western assistance for development interventions. The short answer to the question, is that the very factors which sustain the authoritarian political order constrain the Egyptian state’s ability to intervene in its capital. Neglectful rule is a consequence of the autocratic post-1952 dispensation of power. That this neglect is not simply the result of structural resource constraints, is demonstrated through the examination of donor-funded urban-development projects—aimed at fostering an administratively competent Egyptian state able to intervene in its capital—none of which were successful or sustainable. The failure of these reform initiatives, which could have allowed Egyptian state agencies to upgrade informal Cairo and re-orient its growth, can be plausibly explained in terms of the challenges they posed to the logic of autocratic rule. Thus the reproduction of the informal city is, in part, a consequence of the post-1952 dispensation.
Immune phenotypes and checkpoint molecule expression of clonally expanded lymph node-infiltrating T cells in classical Hodgkin lymphoma
Creators: name: Ballhausen, Alexej
name: Ben Hamza, Amin
name: Welters, Carlotta
name: Dietze, Kerstin
name: Bullinger, Lars
name: Rahn, Hans-Peter
name: Hartmann, Sylvia
name: Hansmann, Martin-Leo
name: Hansmann, Leo
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Hodgkin lymphoma
subject: Lymph node-infiltrating T cells
subject: Immune checkpoint blockade
subject: Lymphoma immunology
subject: Single cell technologies
subject: T cell receptor sequencing
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Lymph node-infiltrating T cells have been of particular interest in classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL). High rates of complete therapeutic responses to antibody-mediated immune checkpoint blockade, even in relapsed/refractory patients, suggest the existence of a T cell-dominated, antigen-experienced, functionally inhibited and lymphoma-directed immune microenvironment. We asked whether clonally expanded T cells (1) were detectable in cHL lymph nodes, (2) showed characteristic immune phenotypes, and (3) were inhibited by immune checkpoint molecule expression. We applied high-dimensional FACS index sorting and single cell T cell receptor alpha beta sequencing to lymph node-infiltrating T cells from 10 treatment-naive patients. T cells were predominantly CD4(+) and showed memory differentiation. Expression of classical immune checkpoint molecules (CTLA-4, PD-1, TIM-3) was generally low (< 12.0% of T cells) and not different between CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells. Degrees of clonal T cell expansion varied between patients (range: 1-18 expanded clones per patient) and was almost exclusively restricted to CD8(+) T cells. Clonally expanded T cells showed non-naive phenotypes and low checkpoint molecule expression similar to non-expanded T cells. Our data suggest that the therapeutic effects of immune checkpoint blockade require mechanisms in addition to dis-inhibition of pre-existing lymphoma-directed T cell responses. Future studies on immune checkpoint blockade-associated effects will identify molecular T cell targets, address dynamic aspects of cell compositions over time, and extend their focus beyond lymph node-infiltrating T cells.
Appendix_B_online_supp – Supplemental material for How Do Subjective Health Literacy Measures Work in Young Adults? Specifying “Online” or “Paper-Based” Forms Impacts Results
Creators: name: Politi, Mary C.
name: Goodwin, Courtney M.
name: Kaphingst, Kimberly A.
name: Xuechen Wang
name: Fagerlin, Angela
name: Fuzzell, Lindsay N.
name: Philpott-Streiff, Sydney E.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplemental material, Appendix_B_online_supp for How Do Subjective Health Literacy Measures Work in Young Adults?: Specifying “Online” or “Paper-Based” Forms Impacts Results by Mary C. Politi, Courtney M. Goodwin, Kimberly A. Kaphingst, Xuechen Wang, Angela Fagerlin, Lindsay N. Fuzzell and Sydney E. Philpott-Streiff in MDM Policy & Practice
Using DNA Metabarcoding to Understand Individual Variation in Diets of Wild Baboons
Creators: name: Andreasen, Gretchen Lorraine
Publisher: name: University of Notre Dame
Year: 2024

description: Individual variation in diet composition is thought to play a causal role in organism health and fitness. Yet to date, research on individual diets is limited by observation and identification constraints. DNA metabarcoding offers a solution. In this thesis, I use DNA metabarcoding to identify plant species in fecal samples from baboons living in the Amboseli ecosystem, Kenya. Leveraging public databases, I characterize diet species composition of 84 fecal samples from 66 individuals living in two neighboring social groups over two different seasons in the same year. As expected, diet composition differed significantly for baboons sampled in different groups and seasons. However, the predictive power of other social variables was mixed: diet sometimes differs by rank, but not by social network proximity. These data represent an important contribution to the field of metabarcoding, and a new approach to measuring individual diet composition for the long-term Amboseli project. My research will lend new insights into baboon foraging ecology, and the relationship between diet and the social environment.
prk1800762_esi – Supplemental material for Methane–propane hydrate formation and memory effect study with a reaction kinetics model
Creators: name: Ke, Wei
name: Chen, Guang-Jin
name: Daoyi Chen
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 91299 Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Materials engineering

description: Supplemental material, prk1800762_esi for Methane–propane hydrate formation and memory effect study with a reaction kinetics model by Wei Ke, Guang-Jin Chen and Daoyi Chen in Progress in Reaction Kinetics and Mechanism
title: The Inculturation of Christianity in Late Imperial China, 1724-1840
Creators: name: Laamann, Lars Peter
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 2000

description: The thesis argues that Christianity underwent a profound process of inculturation during the "long eighteenth century", which was caused by the absence of foreign missionaries after the edict of 1724 and by the fact that the Christian centres moved from China's cities into the countryside and wilderness.
Frequency and associated symptoms of isthmoceles in women 6 months after caesarean section: a prospective cohort study
Creators: name: Gozzi, P.
name: Hees, K. A.
name: Berg, C.
name: David, M.
name: Wernecke, K.-D.
name: Hellmeyer, L.
name: Schlembach, D.
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Isthmocele
subject: Myometrial niche
subject: Caesarean scar defect
subject: Postpartum
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of detection of isthmoceles by ultrasound 6 months after caesarean section (CS) and which symptoms associated with isthmocele formation occur after CS. Subsequently, it was determined how often the ultrasound finding "isthmocele" coincided with the presence of complaints. Methods A prospective multicentre cohort study was conducted with 546 patients from four obstetric centres in Berlin, who gave birth by primary or secondary CS from October 2019 to June 2020. 461 participants were questioned on symptoms 3 months after CS; 329 participants were included in the final follow-up 6 months after CS. The presence of isthmoceles was determined by transvaginal sonography (TVS) 6 months after CS, while symptoms were identified by questionnaire. Results Of the 329 women, 146 (44.4%) displayed an isthmocele in the TVS. There was no statistically significant difference in the manifestation of symptoms between the two groups of women with and without isthmocele; however, when expressed on a scale from 1 to 10 the intensity of both scar pain and lower abdominal pain was significantly higher in the set of women that had shown to have developed an isthmocele (p = 0.014 and p = 0.031, respectively). Conclusion The prevalence of isthmoceles 6 months after CS was 44.4%. Additionally, scar pain and lower abdominal pain were more pronounced when an isthmocele was also observed in the TVS.
Surgical treatment of a symptomatic os acromiale by arthroscopy-assisted double-button fixation: a case report
Creators: name: Eckl, Larissa
name: Scheibel, Markus
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Acromion
subject: Double-button fixation
subject: Case report
subject: Arthroscopy
subject: Shoulder
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Case We present the case of a symptomatic os acromiale in a 51-year-old female patient. Arthroscopy-assisted treatment was performed using a double-button fixation system and additional suture cerclage. The patient presented with complete radiographic bone union, pain relief, improved range of motion and did not require hardware removal at the 12-month follow-up. Conclusion The achievement of persistent consolidation between the two fragmented bone surfaces, without further need for hardware removal and improved clinical outcome, suggests that our minimally invasive technique is appropriate for this specific indication. To our knowledge, this technique has not been described in the literature yet.
Table_5_with_all_variables_and_effect_size – Supplemental material for Moderate intensity exercise in hypoxia increases IGF-1 bioavailability and serum irisin in individuals with type 1 diabetes
Creators: name: Żebrowska, Aleksandra
name: Sikora, Marcin
name: Konarska, Anna
name: Zwierzchowska, Anna
name: Kamiński, Tomasz
name: Robins, Anna
name: Hall, Barbara
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 110306 Endocrinology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111403 Paediatrics
subject: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental material, Table_5_with_all_variables_and_effect_size for Moderate intensity exercise in hypoxia increases IGF-1 bioavailability and serum irisin in individuals with type 1 diabetes by Aleksandra Żebrowska, Marcin Sikora, Anna Konarska, Anna Zwierzchowska, Tomasz Kamiński, Anna Robins and Barbara Hall in Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism
Bluegill Life History Parameters Respond to Natural and Anthropogenic Environmental Gradients
Creators: name: Wolf, Greyson Lane
Publisher: name: University of Notre Dame
Year: 2024

description: Recreational fisheries are characterized by their complex interactions amongst natural systems, those who use them, and those who manage them (Ward et al. 2016). Fisheries provide an opportunity for individuals to interact with the natural world and generate direct economic benefits through the utilization of these systems. To maintain healthy populations, and have continued angler engagement, management decisions need to weigh the health of fisheries currently with the potential for impact of global change over time. The resilience and self-regulation of fisheries are influenced by outside forces interacting with them, such as anthropogenic and environmental changes to the ecosystem (Embke et al. 2019). Systems are subject to change naturally but can be hastened via changes in climate and external anthropogenic interactions (Drake et. al. 1997, Jacobson 2005, White, Colombo & Wahl 2020). Variation in life history can be a source of resiliency for inland fisheries. Given the potential for life history to act as source of resiliency for populations of fishes targeted in recreational fisheries, I investigated how environmental gradients can impact life history and energy allocation in a popular sport fish. I used a comparative study to address my central goals of 1. quantifying the extent of life history variation amongst Bluegill populations and 2. testing whether Bluegill life histories vary along environmental gradients, including harvest, productivity, and habitat.
Supplementary_Table_1 – Supplemental material for Anticholinergic burden in middle-aged women and recurrent falls in later life: findings from the Aberdeen prospective osteoporosis screening study (APOSS)
Creators: name: Neal, Samuel R.
name: Wood, Adrian D.
name: Ablett, Andrew D.
name: Gregory, Jenny S.
name: Guillot, Jordan
name: Macdonald, Helen M.
name: Reid, David M.
name: Phyo K. Myint
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111299 Oncology and Carcinogenesis not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental material, Supplementary_Table_1 for Anticholinergic burden in middle-aged women and recurrent falls in later life: findings from the Aberdeen prospective osteoporosis screening study (APOSS) by Samuel R. Neal, Adrian D. Wood, Andrew D. Ablett, Jenny S. Gregory, Jordan Guillot, Helen M. Macdonald, David M. Reid and Phyo K. Myint in Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety
Two-stage exchange for PJI with co-existing cerclages for fracture: higher rates of early re-infections and difficult to treat microbes
Creators: name: Karczewski, Daniel
name: Müllner, Maximilian
name: Hipfl, Christian
name: Perka, Carsten
name: Müller, Michael
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Periprosthetic joint infection
subject: Fracture
subject: Cerclage
subject: Two-stage exchange
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Introduction Periprosthetic joint infections (PJI) with osteosynthesis material for contemporaneous fractures are a challenging, yet poorly described condition. This study will analyze PJI with co-existing fractures treated with cerclages and two-stage exchange. Materials and methods Patients with and without cerclages for coexisting periprosthetic fractures, undergoing two-stage exchange for PJI of hip or knee, between 06/2013 and 02/2016, were compared concerning baseline characteristics and re-infection rate in the course of a 2 year follow-up. All patients were treated with a standardized two-stage protocol. A PJI was defined according to the EBJIS criteria. All foreign material, including cerclages, was sent in for sonication for microbiological analysis. Results Ninety-six patients treated with two-stage exchange for PJI could be included. Co-existing fractures treated with cerclage were identified in nine patients (9.3%, study group). Diaphyseal femoral simple in five cases (AO2A3) and proximal intertrochanteric in three cases (AO1A3) were the leading fracture locations. In one patient, cerclage implantation was performed prior to prosthesis explantation, in six, during prosthesis explantation, and in two, in the course of prosthesis reimplantation. The study group showed a significantly higher rate of difficult to treat microbes (44.4%; 8.0%; p = .001), Charlson Comorbidity Index (5.4; 3.7; p = .033), relapse infections with the same microbe (22.2%; 1.1%; p = .001), and early-onset infections (< 30 days) (11.1%; 1.1%; p = .046), than the comparison two-stage exchange group without fractures. In contrast, age (72.5 study group; 68.2 comparison group; p = .224), rate of revisions for PJI in the past (55.5%; 51.7%; p = .827), and total re-infection rate (22.2%; 10.3%; p = .287) did not show a difference. Conclusion PJI with co-existing cerclages for fractures were associated with multi-resistant microbes, relapse by the same microbe and early-onset re-infections. Cerclages might be considered a potential source of re-infection during a two-stage exchange. However, statistical weaknesses and a small study group must be considered limitations of the study.
title: Monks, meditation and missing links: continuity, “orthodoxy” and the vijj dhammakya in Thai Buddhism
Creators: name: Newell, Catherine
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 2008

description: This thesis examines the pervasiveness of dhammakaya meditation practices in modern Thailand. It identifies the precursors of dhammakaya meditation used by the Dhammakaya temples internationally, and explores its history in relation to royal-led reforms of Buddhism, Thai forest monks and expectations of Theravadin orthodoxy. Chapter 1 explores the early Bangkok period in which Buddhism played a central role in discrediting and legitimating new rulers, and the lifetime of King Mongkut (1804-1868), in whom we may perceive a microcosmic representation of the effects of reform. Chapter 2 introduces the founding father of the Dhammakaya temples and “rediscoverer” of dhammakaya meditation, Sot Chandassaro Bhikkhu (1885-1959). This chapter explores the broader significance of Sot’s work, and the legacy of his teachings in Thailand and the United Kingdom. In Chapter 3, the broader history of the Dhammakaya temples is considered. Chapters 4 and 5 offer an overview of the history of meditation in Thailand, and assess the impact of 19th- and 20th-century reforms upon meditation traditions. It also considers the way in which this climate of reform, and academic approaches to the study of meditation, have introduced and perpetuated certain ideas about “orthodoxy” and the functions of meditation practice. Chapter 6 focuses upon dhammakaya meditation and assesses its possible precursors. In conclusion, the thesis argues that dhammakaya meditation represents a longer tradition of pre-reform Thai Buddhism, preserved and promoted by Sot through the narrative of “rediscovery”.
MACTI: plataforma educativa para áreas STEM
Creators: name: de la Cruz, Luis Miguel
name: PEREZ LEON, MIGUEL ANGEL
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Python, Jupyter Notebooks, Computational Thinking, Moodle, NBgrader, Macti

description:  

Presentación de una plataforma educativa para realizar ejercicios computacionales en un laboratorio de cómputo virtual. El acceso es a través de un navegador web, sin la necesidad de instalación alguna por parte del alumnado ni de los docentes. En esta plataforma es posible elaborar y documentar ejercicios usando Python y Jupyter Notebooks, en los cuales se promueve el Pensamiento Computacional y se proporciona realimentación inmediata a los estudiantes mediante una evaluación formativa usando las bibliotecas NBgrader y MACTI_LIB.
Reviewer_2_v.1 – Supplemental material for Early and sustained symptom improvement with umeclidinium/vilanterol versus monotherapy in COPD: a post hoc analysis of the EMAX randomised controlled trial
Creators: name: Kerwin, Edward M
name: Boucot, Isabelle H
name: Vogelmeier, Claus F
name: Francois Maltais
name: Naya, Ian P
name: Tombs, Lee
name: Jones, Paul W
name: Lipson, David A
name: Keeley, Tom
name: Bjermer, Leif
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111702 Aged Health Care
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110203 Respiratory Diseases

description: Supplemental material, Reviewer_2_v.1 for Early and sustained symptom improvement with umeclidinium/vilanterol versus monotherapy in COPD: a post hoc analysis of the EMAX randomised controlled trial by Edward M Kerwin, Isabelle H Boucot, Claus F Vogelmeier, Francois Maltais, Ian P Naya, Lee Tombs, Paul W Jones, David A Lipson, Tom Keeley and Leif Bjermer in Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease
Living marine resources of the Hope Basin : a resource assessment for the Hope Basin oil and gas lease sale number 86
Creators: name: Morris, Byron F.
Publisher: name: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Regional Office
Year: 1981
Subjects: subject: Marine resources--Chukchi Sea.

description: This report addresses the living marine resources and their habitats that are within the purview of the National Marine Fisheries Service. The report covers the following subjects: (1) a general description of the environment and habitats encompassed by the proposed sale area; (2) a review of the fish and invertebrate resources of the southeastern Chukchi Sea; (3) the status of knowledge of marine mammal populations of the area; (4) the commercial and subsistence uses of these resources by coastal residents; and (5) potential effects of oil and gas development on these fish and marine mammal populations and their habitats.
The role of serum D-Dimer for the diagnosis of periprosthetic shoulder infection
Creators: name: Akgün, Doruk
name: Al-Muhtaresh, Faisal
name: Paksoy, Alp
name: Lacheta, Lucca
name: Minkus, Marvin
name: Karczewski, Daniel
name: Moroder, Philipp
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Periprosthetic shoulder infection
subject: D-Dimer
subject: Validity
subject: Diagnostics
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Introduction D-Dimer was recently identified as an additional biomarker in the diagnosis of hip and knee periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). Currently, there is only one study in literature dealing with the role of D-Dimer in the diagnosis of shoulder PJI. The purpose of this study was, therefore, to validate the sensitivity and specificity of D-Dimer in detecting shoulder PJI. Materials and methods All patients, who underwent septic or aseptic revision shoulder arthroplasty in our institution between November 2018 und March 2021, were analyzed. Our cohort consisted of 30 patients, of that 14 (47%) had a shoulder PJI according the last proposed criteria of the International Consensus Meeting. The diagnostic validity of serum D-Dimer regarding the detection of PJI was analyzed. Results The mean D-Dimer level was significantly higher for the patients with shoulder PJI compared to patients with aseptic failure (1.44 +/- 1 mg/l vs. 0.76 +/- 0.6 mg/l, p = 0.025). Coagulase-negative staphylococci were the most commonly isolated pathogens, in 9/14 patients (64%), followed by Cutibacterium acnes in 5/14 patients (36%). According to the ROC analysis, a serum D-Dimer threshold of 0.75 mg/l had a sensitivity of 86% and a specificity of 56% for detection of a shoulder PJI. The area under curve was 0.74. A serum C-reactive protein (CRP) cutoff of 10 mg/l showed a sensitivity of 69% and a specificity of 88%. When both serum D-Dimer and CRP above the thresholds of 0.75 mg/l and 10 mg/l, respectively, were used to identify a PJI the sensitivity and specificity were 57% and 100%, respectively. Conclusions Serum D-Dimer showed a good sensitivity but a poor specificity for the diagnosis of shoulder PJI. Combination D-Dimer and CRP led to improvement of the specificity, however, at the cost of sensitivity. Thus, combination of both methods may be used as a confirmatory test in the diagnosis of shoulder PJI but not to rule out infection.
title: Textuality & the Land: Reading 'White Writing' and the Fiction of J. M. Coetzee
Creators: name: Easton, Kai
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 2000

description: This thesis examines the formative fiction of J. M. Coetzee and his first book of essays, White Writing: On the Culture of Letters in South Africa (1988). His latest novel Disgrace (1999), has already made literary history, winning Coetzee his second Booker Prize. It certainly invites new readings and links with his earlier work, which I discuss in my Introduction. I have tried to range across Coetzee’s work while heeding the structure that has emerged out of my research: long (sequential) chapters, divided into three or more sections, which discuss issues around the writing and reading of four novels - including the processes of production, publishing and reception in local South African and international terms; questions of intertextuality, authorship and colonial representations of the South African landscape - before finally closing with a reading of each novel. My scope thus more widely looks at textual proliferations, comparative ‘colonial encounters’, the imaging of the land, and what Coetzee has called the ‘Discourse of the Cape’. While the chapters on ‘The Narrative of Jacobus Coetzee’ in Dusklands (1974), In the Heart of the Country (1977) and Foe (1986) focus on colonial discourse and colonial space (on explorer narratives and travel writing, on gender and the genre of colonial pastoral), the chapter on Coetzee's 1983 Booker Prize-winner Life & Times of Michael K, like Disgrace, encompasses a more contemporary Cape landscape. Here I discuss Coetzee’s notion of the ‘provincial’ in the context of debates on the ‘national’ and ‘postcolonial’ novel in South Africa. The final chapter on Foe equally offers a balance to the South African emphasis of my thesis by looking back more broadly to British imperialism and a canon of colonial texts - from castaway and captivity narratives to the journals of Columbus, Shakespeare’s The Tempest, and the novels of Defoe.
title: Tone in the phonology, lexicon and grammar of Ikaan
Creators: name: Salffner, Sophie
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 2010

description: This thesis investigates the forms, functions and behaviour of tone in the phonology,lexicon, morphosyntax and the phonology-grammar interfaces in Ikaan (Benue-Congo, Nigeria). The analysis is based on an annotated audio corpus of recordings from 29 speakers collected during ten months of fieldwork complemented with participant observation and informally collected data. The study demonstrates that tone operates at a wide range of levels of linguistic analysis in Ikaan. As phonemes, tones distinguish meaning in minimal pairs and are subject to phonological rules. As morphemes, tones and tonal melodies bear meaning in inflection, derivation and reduplication. In the syntax, tones mark phrase boundaries. At the phonology-semantics interface, constructionspecific constraints on the tonal representation distinguish between predicating and referential nominal modifiers. Combined with intonation and voicing, tones distinguish between statements and morphosyntactically identical yes/no questions. The research identifies a range of unusual tonal behaviours in Ikaan. The two tones H and L follow markedly different phonologies. In the association of lexical and grammatical tonal melodies, H must be realised whereas non-associated L are deleted. Formerly associated but de-linked L however are not deleted but remain floating. The OCP is found to apply to L but not to H. H is downstepped after floating L but not after overt L. In addition, three different locations of downstep are attested which correlate with different syntactic and semantic properties of the respective constructions. In two of these downstep locations, a leftward copying process occurs in addition to a generally applicable rightward copying process so that two directions of copying occur. The thesis concludes by discussing the implications of the Ikaan findings for the wider theoretical discourse with respect to the status of the OCP, the directionality of spreading and the modelling of downstep.
Validation of the TLICS and AOSpine injury score for surgical management of paediatric traumatic spinal injuries
Creators: name: Schömig, Friederike
name: Taheri, Nima
name: Kalaf, Hussein
name: Muellner, Maximilian
name: Becker, Luis
name: Pumberger, Matthias
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Thoracolumbar fracture
subject: Paediatric trauma
subject: Polytrauma
subject: Spine surgery
subject: AOSpine
subject: TLICS
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Introduction Fractures of the thoracolumbar spine in children are rare. Consequently, classification systems providing detailed treatment recommendations as already established in adults are still lacking in the paediatric population. We aimed to evaluate the validity and reliability of the thoracolumbar injury classification and severity score system (TLICS) and the AOSpine injury score in paediatric patients presenting with a traumatic fracture of the thoracolumbar spine. Materials and methods Patients younger than 18 years presenting with a traumatic thoracolumbar fracture at a large academic trauma centre between 2010 and 2020 were included retrospectively. Demographic and clinical data were retrieved from electronic medical reports. The AOSpine injury score and TLICS were calculated using plain radiography, magnetic resonance imaging, and/or computed tomography. Results Sixty patients with 167 fractures were included. Surgical treatment was performed in 14 patients. The mean AOSpine injury score was 1.49 +/- 2.0, the mean TLICS was 1.32 +/- 1.65. A significant correlation between the classification systems was found (Spearman r = 0.975, p < 0.001). Interrater reliability analysis revealed Kappa values of 0.868 for the TLICS and 0.860 for the AOSpine injury score (p < 0.001). Contingency table analysis showed a sensitivity of 1.00 and specificity of 0.94 for the AOSpine injury score and a sensitivity of 0.90 and specificity of 0.90 for the TLICS in predicting the performed treatment. Conclusions Our results confirm that the TLICS is a valid classification system for determining treatment decisions in paediatric patients and show slightly higher accuracy of the AOSpine injury score as well as high interrater reliabilities for both classification systems.
title: A Computational Approach to the Phonology of Connected Speech
Creators: name: Jensen, Sean
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 2000

description: This thesis attempts to answer the question "How do we store and retrieve linguistic information?", and to show how this is intimately related to the question of connected speech phonology. The main discussion begins in Chapter One with a non-linguistic introduction to the problem of looking things up, and considers in particular the hashtable and its properties. The theme is developed directly in the latter part of the chapter, and further in Chapter Two, where it is proposed not only that the hashtable is the mechanism actually used by the language faculty, but also that phonology is that mechanism. Chapter Two develops in detail a radically new theory of phonology based on this hypothesis, and examines at length its ramifications. As a foundation for understanding how the phonological and the conceptual-semantic forms of utterances are related, we undertake a detailed study of the relationship between "form" and "meaning" in Chapter Three. We propose a general algorithm, which we claim is a real mechanism driving the acquisition of morphological knowledge, that can abstract and generalise these sorts of morphological relationships. We examine its computational properties, which are surprisingly favourable, and provide a detailed quasi-experimental case-study. By Chapter Four, all the theoretical necessities for describing and ex- plaining what are traditionally believed to be phonological processes operating at the level of the sentence have been introduced. The chapter is used to show how the pieces of Chapters One, Two and Three fit together to tell this story. The chapter also offers some well-motivated speculation on new lines research suggested by some of the computational results obtained throughout this work, and provides a meta-level framework for the future development of a full-scale theory of syntactic function and its acquisition.
Supplemental Material, Appendix_III - A systematic review of ethical and legal issues in elder care
Creators: name: Podgorica, Nertila
name: Flatscher-Thöni, Magdalena
name: Deufert, Daniela
name: Siebert, Uwe
name: Ganner, Michael
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplemental Material, Appendix_III for A systematic review of ethical and legal issues in elder care by Nertila Podgorica, Magdalena Flatscher-Thöni, Daniela Deufert, Uwe Siebert and Michael Ganner in Nursing Ethics
Is a preoperative pathogen detection a prerequisite before undergoing one-stage exchange for prosthetic joint infection of the hip?
Creators: name: Karczewski, Daniel
name: Seutz, Yannick
name: Hipfl, Christian
name: Akgün, Doruk
name: Andronic, Octavian
name: Perka, Carsten
name: Hardt, Sebastian
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: One-stage exchange
subject: PJI
subject: Culture negative
subject: Pathogen detection
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background A preoperative pathogen detection is considered a prerequisite before undergoing one-stage exchange for prosthetic joint infection (PJI) according to most guidelines. This study compares patients with and without preoperative pathogen detection undergoing one-stage exchange for PJI of the hip. The authors put up the hypothesis that a preoperative pathogen detection is no prerequisite in selected cases undergoing one-stage exchange. Methods 30 consecutive patients with PJI of the hip, treated with one-stage exchange, between 2011 and 2021, were retrospectively included. Mean age was 70 years and mean follow-up 2.1 +/- 1.8 years. PJI was defined according to the European Bone and Joint Infection Society. One-stage exchange was performed in (1) chronic PJI longer than 4 weeks, (2) well-retained bone condition, (3) absence of multiple prior revisions for PJI (<= 2) with absence of difficult-to-treat pathogens in the past, and (4) necessity/preference for early mobility due to comorbidities/age. Results One-stage exchange was performed in 20 patients with and in 10 without a preoperative pathogen detection. Age (71 years, 68 years, p = 0.519), sex (50% and 30% males, p = 0.440), American Society of Anesthesiologists Score (2.2, 2.4, p = 0.502), and Charlson Comorbidity Index (3, 4, p = 0.530) did not differ among the two groups. No significant differences were noted concerning preoperative CRP (15 mg/l, 43 mg/l, p = 0.228), synovial cell count (15.990/nl, 5.308/nl, p = 0.887), radiological signs of loosening (55%, 50%, p = 0.999), and intraoperative histopathology. Except a higher rate of coagulase-negative staphylococci (70%, 20%, p = 0.019) in patients with a preoperative pathogen detection, no significant differences in pathogen spectrum were identified among groups. Revision for PJI recurrence was performed in one patient with an initial preoperative pathogen detection (3.3%). Additional revisions were performed for dislocation in two and postoperative hematoma in one patient. Revision rate for both septic and aseptic causes (p = 0.999), stay in hospital (16 and 15 days, p = 0.373) and modified Harris Hip Score (60, 71, p = 0.350) did not differ between groups. Conclusion Patients with and without a preoperative pathogen detection did not show significant differences concerning baseline characteristics, clinical and functional outcomes at 2 years. An absent preoperative pathogen detection is no absolute contraindication for one-stage exchange in chronic PJI, if involving good bone quality and absence of multiple prior revisions.
Cure rate of infections is not an argument for spacer in two-stage revision arthroplasty of the hip
Creators: name: Adl Amini, Dominik
name: Wu, Chia H.
name: Perka, Carsten
name: Bäcker, Henrik C.
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Infection
subject: Total hip arthroplasty
subject: Girdlestone
subject: Complications
subject: Spacer
subject: Cure rate
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Introduction A devastating complication after total hip arthroplasty (THA) is chronic periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). Most frequently spacers (Sp) with or without antibiotics are implanted in a two-stage procedure even though not always indicated due to unknown pathogen, femoral and acetabular defects or muscular insufficiency. Materials and methods A retrospective analysis of a prospectively collected database was conducted, analyzing the treatment of 44 consecutive cases with chronic PJI undergoing two-stage revision using a Girdlestone situation (GS) in the interim period between 01/2015 and 12/2018. Diagnostics included intraoperative microbiological cultures, histological analysis, sonication of the initial implant, analysis of hip aspiration, as well as laboratory diagnostics and blood cultures. We analyzed the general and age-group-specific success rate of treatment using GS. Furthermore, we compared our data with the current literature on spacer implantation regarding common complications. Results In total, 21 female and 23 male patients at a mean age of 59.3 +/- 9.6 years were included. Age groups were divided into young, mid-age, and elderly. In most patients, microbiology revealed Staphylococcus epidermidis in 39.1% of cases, following Staphylococcus lugdunensis and Staphylococcus aureus in 10.9% after THA explantation. For histology, Krenn and Morawietz type 2 (infectious type) was diagnosed in 40.9%, type 3 (infectious and abrade-induced type) in 25.0%. With GS, the total cure rate was 84.1% compared to 90.1% (range 61-100%) using Sp as described in the literature. Among age-groups, cure rate varied between 77.8 and 100%. Other complications, which only occurred in the mid-age and elderly group, included the necessity of transfusion in 31.1%, and in total, one periprosthetic fracture was identified (2.3%). Conclusion GS shows an acceptable cure rate at a minimum of 2 years when compared to the cure rate reported in the literature for Sp without major complications. For patients with increased risks for treatment failure using spacer, GS seems to be an alternative for chronic PJI when looking at the success rate of treatment.
Bilateral glenohumeral internal rotation deficit (GIRD) in elite gymnasts
Creators: name: Doyscher, Ralf J
name: Rühl, Leopold
name: Czichy, Benjamin
name: Neumann, Konrad
name: Denecke, Timm
name: Wolfarth, Bernd
name: Rodeo, Scott A
name: Scheibel, Markus
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Gymnasts
subject: GIRD
subject: Capsular thickening
subject: Humeral retrotorsion
subject: Periscapular muscle hypertrophy
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Introduction The "Glenohumeral Internal Rotation Deficit (GIRD)" is known as the difference in internal rotation range of motion (IRRM) between the dominant and non-dominant shoulder of overhead athletes as a result of asymmetric loading. As in contrast loading pattern in gymnastics are quite symmetric and structural changes often occur bilaterally, the question arises if GIRD might develop bilaterally in gymnasts as one source of common bilateral shoulder pathologies and to search for underlying structural adaptations. Materials and methods A group of 35 elite gymnasts (8-24 years) were recruited from a local Olympic Training Centre and compared to a paired cohort of 28 non-overhead athletes. Clinical examinations, digital range of motion (ROM)-measurement, ultrasonographic humeral torsion measurement, and standardized MRI scans of both shoulders were obtained and examined for structural pathologies, cross-sectional areas (CSA) of the rotator cuff muscles and capsular thickness. Results ROM-measurements showed significant decrease in IRRM in the gymnasts groups by age, with IRRM of 48.6 degrees (SD: 8.4 degrees, CI 95%: 43.0-54.3 degrees) at age group 1 (8-10 years) and IRRM of 10 degrees (SD: 11.4 degrees; CI 95%: 0-22.0 degrees) at age group 4 (18-26 years), that was statistically significant for the entire cohort (p = 0.017) compared to the controls. CSA were not significantly different between the cohorts, while there was a slightly increased humeral retrotorsion in the gymnasts as well as a statistically significant posterior capsular thickening. Conclusion A new bilateral form of GIRD was identified in higher age groups of youth and senior elite gymnasts enrolled in this study. Despite to former definition of GIRD there was no compensatory increase in external rotation range of motion (ERRM) but an association with posterior capsular thickening, while there was no periscapular muscle hypertrophy. Humeral retrotorsion was also slightly increased in the gymnasts group.
Supplemental_Table_1 - Head-to-Head Comparison of p63 and p40 in Non-Neuroendocrine Carcinomas of the Tubal Gut
Creators: name: Bakhshwin, Ahmed M.
name: Ilyssa O. Gordon
name: Brown, Kathryn Bock
name: Xiuli Liu
name: Allende, Daniela S.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110323 Surgery

description: Supplemental_Table_1 for Head-to-Head Comparison of p63 and p40 in Non-Neuroendocrine Carcinomas of the Tubal Gut by Ahmed M. Bakhshwin, Ilyssa O. Gordon, Kathryn Bock Brown, Xiuli Liu and Daniela S. Allende in International Journal of Surgical Pathology
SJP920412_Supplemental_Tables – Supplemental material for The Norwegian Armed Forces Health Registry conscription board health examinations 1968–2018
Creators: name: Fadum, Elin A.
name: Strand, Leif AA.
name: Rudvin, Inger
name: Hæreid, Mari L.
name: Borud, Einar K.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplemental material, SJP920412_Supplemental_Tables for The Norwegian Armed Forces Health Registry conscription board health examinations 1968–2018 by Elin A. Fadum, Leif AA. Strand, Inger Rudvin, Mari L. Hæreid and Einar K. Borud in Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
New advances in prediction and surveillance of preeclampsia: role of machine learning approaches and remote monitoring
Creators: name: Hackelöer, Max
name: Schmidt, Leon
name: Verlohren, Stefan
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Artificial intelligence
subject: Machine learning
subject: Remote monitoring
subject: Preeclampsia
subject: Hypertensive pregnancy disorders
subject: Angiogenic factors
subject: Multivariable modeling
subject: Decision trees
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Preeclampsia, a multisystem disorder in pregnancy, is still one of the main causes of maternal morbidity and mortality. Due to a lack of a causative therapy, an accurate prediction of women at risk for the disease and its associated adverse outcomes is of utmost importance to tailor care. In the past two decades, there have been successful improvements in screening as well as in the prediction of the disease in high-risk women. This is due to, among other things, the introduction of biomarkers such as the sFlt-1/PlGF ratio. Recently, the traditional definition of preeclampsia has been expanded based on new insights into the pathophysiology and conclusive evidence on the ability of angiogenic biomarkers to improve detection of preeclampsiaassociated maternal and fetal adverse events. However, with the widespread availability of digital solutions, such as decision support algorithms and remote monitoring devices, a chance for a further improvement of care arises. Two lines of research and application are promising: First, on the patient side, home monitoring has the potential to transform the traditional care pathway. The importance of the ability to input and access data remotely is a key learning from the COVID-19 pandemic. Second, on the physician side, machine learning-based decision support algorithms have been shown to improve precision in clinical decision-making. The integration of signals from patient-side remote monitoring devices into predictive algorithms that power physician-side decision support tools offers a chance to further improve care. The purpose of this review is to summarize the recent advances in prediction, diagnosis and monitoring of preeclampsia and its associated adverse outcomes. We will review the potential impact of the ability to access to clinical data via remote monitoring. In the combination of advanced, machine learning-based risk calculation and remote monitoring lies an unused potential that allows for a truly patient-centered care.
2020.01.24_Alc_and_Emo_supplementary_materials – Supplemental material for Effects of acute alcohol consumption on emotion recognition in high and low trait aggressive drinkers
Creators: name: Andrew PR Eastwood
name: Penton-Voak, Ian S
name: Munafò, Marcus R
name: Attwood, Angela S
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 110319 Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)

description: Supplemental material, 2020.01.24_Alc_and_Emo_supplementary_materials for Effects of acute alcohol consumption on emotion recognition in high and low trait aggressive drinkers by Andrew PR Eastwood, Ian S Penton-Voak, Marcus R Munafò and Angela S Attwood in Journal of Psychopharmacology