cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Determining Sex-Specific Differences in Mouse Liver Proteins
Creators: name: Whitley, Jerald
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2023

description: CD73 is a transmembrane protein that converts AMP into adenosine, which can provide a protective or deleterious role in the liver, depending on the injury type. Currently, there is an abundance of research that observe the sex-specific differences in the clinical presentation, onset, progression, and prognosis of liver diseases. For example, chronic liver disease is one of the top leading causes of death in men, but not in women. In terms of human liver diseases, CD73 has been shown to be downregulated in both gene expression and enzymatic activity. Investigating downstream pathways affected by CD73 may provide insight that advances future clinical therapies for liver diseases in a sex-dependent manner. In this presentation, we investigate these sex-specific differences in two proteins: epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and activating transcription factor 2 (ATF2).
Efficient and selective use of functionalized material in the decontamination of water: removal of emerging micro-pollutants from aqueous wastes
Creators: name: Malsawmdawngzela, Ralte
name: Siama, Lalhmunsiama
name: Tiwari, Diwakar
name: Lee, Seung-Mok
name: Kim, Dong-Jin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry

description: The contamination of the aquatic environment with emerging micro-pollutants is a serious global concern. The aim of this investigation was to synthesize novel functionalized material (BNAPTES) precursor to natural bentonite in a single pot facile synthetic route. The material was utilized for efficient and selective removal of tetracycline (TC) and triclosan (TCS) in aqueous wastes. The grafting of silane was confirmed with the FT-IR (Fourier Transform Infra-Red) analysis and the EDX (Energy Dispersive X-ray) analysis showed the incorporation of amino group with the bentonite. The structural changes of clay due to silane grafting were studied with the help of XRD (X-ray Diffraction) and BET (Brunner-Emmett-Teller) surface area analyses. Batch adsorption studies showed that functionalized clay significantly increased the selectivity and adsorption capacity of bentonite for TC and TCS. The Langmuir monolayer adsorption capacity was found to be 15.36 and 17.15 mg/g for TC and TCS, respectively. The rapid uptake of TC and TCS by functionalized material followed pseudo-second-rate kinetics. Further, a total of 78% of TC and 73% of TCS were removed within 5 min of contact and the adsorption equilibrium was achieved within 120 min. The influence of background electrolytes and co-existing ions indicated that TC and TCS were selective towards BNAPTES. The loading capacities of the column packed with BNAPTES were found to be 56.00 and 44.42 mg/g for TC and TCS, respectively. Further, BNAPTES was found efficient even in real water treatment since the attenuation of TC and TCS was not affected significantly in the real water matrix.
Efficient and Selective Use of Functionalized Material in the Decontamination of Water: Removal of Emerging Micro-Pollutants from Aqueous Wastes
Creators: name: Malsawmdawngzela, Ralte
name: Siama, Lalhmun
name: Tiwari, Diwakar
name: Lee, Seung-Mok
name: Kim, Dong-Jin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry

description: The contamination of the aquatic environment with emerging micro-pollutants is a serious global concern. The aim of this investigation was to synthesize novel functionalized material (BNAPTES) precursor to natural bentonite in a single pot facile synthetic route. The material was utilized for efficient and selective removal of tetracycline (TC) and triclosan (TCS) in aqueous wastes. The grafting of silane was confirmed with the FT-IR (Fourier Transform Infra-Red) analysis and the EDX (Energy Dispersive X-ray) analysis showed the incorporation of amino group with the bentonite. The structural changes of clay due to silane grafting were studied with the help of XRD (X-ray Diffraction) and BET (Brunner-Emmett-Teller) surface area analyses. Batch adsorption studies showed that functionalized clay significantly increased the selectivity and adsorption capacity of bentonite for TC and TCS. The Langmuir monolayer adsorption capacity was found to be 15.36 and 17.15 mg/g for TC and TCS, respectively. The rapid uptake of TC and TCS by functionalized material followed pseudo-second-rate kinetics. Further, total of 78% of TC and 73% of TCS were removed within 5 min of contact and the adsorption equilibrium was achieved within 120 min. The influence of background electrolytes and co-existing ions indicated that TC and TCS were selective towards BNAPTES. The loading capacities of the column packed with BNAPTES were found to be 56.00 and 44.42 mg/g for TC and TCS, respectively. Further, BNAPTES was found efficient even in real water treatment since the attenuation of TC and TCS was not affected significantly in the real water matrix.
The Depression Treatment Cascade: Disparities by Alcohol Use, Drug Use, and Panic Symptoms Among Patients in Routine HIV Care in the United States
Creators: name: O’Cleirigh, C.
name: Bengtson, A.M.
name: Moore, R.D.
name: Grelotti, D.J.
name: Pence, B.W.
name: Gaynes, B.N.
name: DiPrete, B.L.
name: Modi, R.
Publisher: name: Springer New York LLC
Year: 2019

description: Little is known about disparities in depression prevalence, treatment, and remission by psychiatric comorbidities and substance use among persons living with HIV (PLWH). We conducted a cross-sectional analysis in a large cohort of PLWH in routine care and analyzed conditional probabilities of having an indication for depression treatment, receiving treatment, receiving indicated treatment adjustments, and achieving remission, stratified by alcohol use, illicit drug use, and panic symptoms. Overall, 34.7% (95% CI 33.9–35.5%) of participants had an indication for depression treatment and of these, 55.3% (53.8–56.8%) were receiving antidepressants. Among patients receiving antidepressants, 33.0% (31.1–34.9%) had evidence of remitted depression. In a subsample of sites with antidepressant dosage data, only 8.8% (6.7–11.5%) of patients received an indicated treatment adjustment. Current drug users (45.8%, 95% CI 43.6–48.1%) and patients reporting full symptoms of panic disorder (75.0%, 95% CI 72.9–77.1%) were most likely to have an indication for antidepressant treatment, least likely to receive treatment given an indication (current drug use: 47.6%, 95% CI 44.3–51.0%; full panic symptoms: 50.8%, 95% CI 48.0–53.6%), or have evidence of remitted depression when treated (22.3%, 95% CI 18.5–26.6%; and 7.3%, 95% CI 5.5–9.6%, respectively). In a multivariable model, drug use and panic symptoms were independently associated with poorer outcomes along the depression treatment cascade. Few differences were evident by alcohol use. Current drug users were most likely to have an indication for depression treatment, but were least likely to be receiving treatment or to have remitted depression. These same disparities were even more starkly evident among patients with co-occurring symptoms of panic disorder compared to those without. Achieving improvements in the depression treatment cascade will likely require attention to substance use and psychiatric comorbidities.
Electrodeposited Ni-based magnetic mesoporous films as smart surfaces for atomic layer deposition: an 'all-chemical' deposition approach toward 3D nanoengineered composite layers
Creators: name: Zhang. Jin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018

description: Mesoporous Ni and Cu-Ni (Cu20Ni80 and Cu45Ni55 in at. %) films, showing a three-dimensional (3D) porous structure and tunable magnetic properties, are prepared by electrodeposition from aqueous surfactant solutions using micelles of P-123 tri-block copolymer as structure-directing entities. Pores between 5 nm and 30 nm and dissimilar space arrangements (continuous interconnected networks, circular pores, corrugated mesophases) are obtained depending on the synthetic conditions. X-ray diffraction studies reveal that the Cu-Ni films have crystallized in the face-centered cubic structure, are textured, and exhibit certain degree of phase separation, particularly those with a higher Cu content. Atomic layer deposition (ALD) is used to conformally coat the mesopores of Cu20Ni80 film with amorphous Al2O3, rendering multiphase “nano-in-meso” metal-ceramic composites without compromising the ferromagnetic response of the metallic scaffold. From a technological viewpoint, these 3D nanoengineered composite films could be appealing for applications like magnetically-actuated micro/nano-electromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS), voltage-driven magneto-electric devices, capacitors or as protective coatings with superior strength and tribological performance.
Additional file 3 of Multilocus sequence typing and phenotypic properties of Streptococcus mutans from Thai children with different caries statuses
Creators: name: Lapirattanakul, Jinthana
name: Nomura, Ryota
name: Okawa, Rena
name: Tantivitayakul, Pornpen
name: Kaypetch, Rattiporn
name: Lehrkinder, Anna
name: Lingström, Peter
name: Birkhed, Dowen
name: Matsumoto-Nakano, Michiyo
name: Nakano, Kazuhiko
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 3: Table S3 Allelic profiles and STs of 270 S. mutans isolated from the kindergarten children in this study.
Continuity and boundary conditions in thermodynamics: From Carnot's efficiency to efficiencies at maximum power
Creators: name: Ouerdane, Henni
name: Apertet, Yann
name: Goupil, Christophe
name: Lecoeur, Philippe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph)
subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: [...] By the beginning of the 20th century, the principles of thermodynamics were summarized into the so-called four laws, which were, as it turns out, definitive negative answers to the doomed quests for perpetual motion machines. As a matter of fact, one result of Sadi Carnot's work was precisely that the heat-to-work conversion process is fundamentally limited; as such, it is considered as a first version of the second law of thermodynamics. Although it was derived from Carnot's unrealistic model, the upper bound on the thermodynamic conversion efficiency, known as the Carnot efficiency, became a paradigm as the next target after the failure of the perpetual motion ideal. In the 1950's, Jacques Yvon published a conference paper containing the necessary ingredients for a new class of models, and even a formula, not so different from that of Carnot's efficiency, which later would become the new efficiency reference. Yvon's first analysis [...] went fairly unnoticed for twenty years, until Frank Curzon and Boye Ahlborn published their pedagogical paper about the effect of finite heat transfer on output power limitation and their derivation of the efficiency at maximum power, now known as the Curzon-Ahlborn (CA) efficiency. The notion of finite rate explicitly introduced time in thermodynamics, and its significance cannot be overlooked as shown by the wealth of works devoted to what is now known as finite-time thermodynamics since the end of the 1970's. [...] The object of the article is thus to cover some of the milestones of thermodynamics, and show through the illustrative case of thermoelectric generators, our model heat engine, that the shift from Carnot's efficiency to efficiencies at maximum power explains itself naturally as one considers continuity and boundary conditions carefully [...].
Orthogonal Representations, Projective Rank, and Fractional Minimum Positive Semidefinite Rank: Connections and New Directions
Creators: name: Hogben, Leslie
name: Palmowski, Kevin F.
name: Roberson, David E.
name: Severini, Simone
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 15B10, 05C72, 05C90, 15A03, 15B57, 81P45

description: Fractional minimum positive semidefinite rank is defined from $r$-fold faithful orthogonal representations and it is shown that the projective rank of any graph equals the fractional minimum positive semidefinite rank of its complement. An $r$-fold version of the traditional definition of minimum positive semidefinite rank of a graph using Hermitian matrices that fit the graph is also presented. This paper also introduces $r$-fold orthogonal representations of graphs and formalizes the understanding of projective rank as fractional orthogonal rank. Connections of these concepts to quantum theory, including Tsirelson's problem, are discussed.
description: 19 pages
Sludge disintegration and phosphorus migration in anaerobic fermentation of waste activated sludge by the addition of EDTA-2Na
Creators: name: Lv, Jinghua
name: Liu, Bingru
name: Gong, Li
name: Chen, Xingyue
name: Tian, Linlin
name: Li, Yunbei
name: Jiang, Jishao
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: The effects of the addition of EDTA-2Na on sludge disintegration and phosphorus (P) migration during anaerobic fermentation (AF) of waste activated sludge (WAS) are investigated. The efficiency of sludge disintegration was positively correlated with the dose of EDTA-2Na from 0.5 to 2.0 g/g SS, and an enormous quantity of P was liberated into the aqueous phase, accompanied by sludge disintegration. The proper dose of EDTA-2Na for P release from WAS was 1.5 g/g SS, with an orthophosphate concentration of 394.72 mg/L. P release was more consistent with the pseudo second-order kinetic model. The migration of P species during AF with EDTA-2Na addition was also studied. Orthophosphate was the main species in both of the liquid phase and in the loosely bound extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), but organic P (OP) was much more abundant in tightly bound EPS. Inorganic P (IP) was the dominant P speciation in the solid and was mainly distributed in the fraction of non-apatite IP, which accounted for more than 62.8% of IP in the presence of EDTA-2Na. In addition, both IP and OP in the solid contributed to the accumulation of P and the former was outperformed. Furthermore, the increased total dissolved P mainly came from cells. However, the fermented sludge tended to be smaller and to have low compressibility, which is detrimental to its further treatment.
Additional file 1 of Probing erythrocytes as sensitive and reliable sensors of metabolic disturbances in the crosstalk between childhood obesity and insulin resistance: findings from an observational study, in vivo challenge tests, and ex vivo incubation assays
Creators: name: González-Domínguez, Álvaro
name: Savolainen, Otto
name: Domínguez-Riscart, Jesús
name: Landberg, Rikard
name: Lechuga-Sancho, Alfonso
name: González-Domínguez, Raúl
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Supplementary Material 1
Acoustic Measurements of the Stripe and the Bubble Quantum Hall Phases
Creators: name: Msall, M. E.
name: Dietsche, W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We launch surface acoustic waves (SAW) along both the $<110>$ and the $<1\bar{1}0>$ directions of a Hall bar and measure the anisotropic conductivity in a high purity GaAs 2-D electron system in the Quantum Hall regime of the stripe and the bubble phases. In the anisotropic stripe phase, SAW propagating along the "easy" $<110>$ direction sense a compressible behavior (finite resistance) which is seen in standard transport measurement only if current flows along the "hard" $<1\bar{1}0>$ direction. In the isotropic bubble phase, the SAW data show compressible behavior in both directions, in marked contrast to the incompressible quantum Hall behavior seen in transport measurements. These results challenge models that assume that both the stripe and the bubble phase consist of incompressible domains and raise important questions about the role of domain boundaries in SAW propagation.
description: Published version from New Journal of Physics
Moringa oleifera seed oil extracted by pressurized n-propane and its effect against Staphylococcus aureus biofilms
Creators: name: de Oliveira, Alessandra Marjorie
name: Szczerepa, Márcia Maria dos Anjos
name: Tognim, Maria Cristina Bronharo
name: de Abreu Filho, Benício Alves
name: Cardozo-Filho, Lúcio
name: Gomes, Raquel Guttierres
name: Bergamasco, Rosângela
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Staphylococcus aureus is often associated worldwide with foodborne illnesses, and the elimination of biofilms formed by this bacterium from industrial surfaces is very challenging. To date, there have been few attempts to investigate plant oils obtained by recent green technologies, applied against biofilms on usual surfaces of the food industry and bacteria isolated from such environment. Therefore, this study evaluated the activity of Moringa oleifera seed oil (MOSO), extracted with pressurized n-propane, against standard and environmental S. aureus biofilms. Additionally, a genotypic and phenotypic study of the environmental S. aureus was proposed. It was found that this bacterium was a MSSA (methicillin-sensitive S. aureus), a carrier of icaA and icaD genes that has strong adhesion (OD550=1.86 ± 0.19) during biofilm formation. The use of pressurized n-propane as a solvent was efficient in obtaining MOSO, achieving a yield of 60.9%. Gas chromatography analyses revealed the presence of a rich source of fatty acids in MOSO, mainly oleic acid (62.47%), behenic acid (10.5%) and palmitic acid (7.32%). On polystyrene surface, MOSO at 0.5% and 1% showed inhibitory and bactericidal activity, respectively, against S. aureus biofilms. MOSO at 1% allowed a maximum reduction of 2.38 log UFC/cm² of S. aureus biofilms formed on PVC (polyvinyl chloride) surface. Scanning electron microscopy showed disturbances on the surface of S. aureus after exposure to MOSO. These unprecedented findings suggest that MOSO extracted with pressurized n-propane is potentially capable of inhibiting biofilms of different S. aureus strains, thus, contributing to microbiological safety during food processing.
Additional file 1: of Prioritizing the sexual andÂ reproductive health and rights of adolescent girls and young women within HIV treatment and care services in emergency settings: a girl-centered agenda
Creators: name: Uchechi Roxo
name: M. Mobula
name: Damilola Walker
name: Ficht, Allison
name: Yeiser, Sarah
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Country Snapshots of HIV Service Gaps and Opportunities in Emergency Setting. (PDF 58 kb)
Nutrient Recovery of the Hydrothermal Carbonization Aqueous Product from Dairy Manure Using Membrane Distillation
Creators: name: Silva, Nicholas A.
name: Hiibel, Sage R.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Phosphorus is a crucial resource for the agricultural industry, but its limited supply requires recovery from waste materials before it is lost and leads to eutrophication. Dairy manure is rich with phosphorus, and the growth and consolidation within the dairy industry has led to dairy manure management becoming a significant concern. Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) and membrane distillation (MD) was investigated as an alternative to treat dairy manure and recover nutrients, specifically phosphorus and nitrogen. HTC is a thermal treatment process that converts organic matter into a hydrochar analogous to a low-grade coal, and MD is a thermally-driven separation process that can utilize low-grade waste heat from HTC, thus the two processes are synergetic. A byproduct of the HTC process is the aqueous product (HAP) that contains the water-soluble nutrients and organic components of dairy manure. In this work, the efficacy of MD to concentrate the nutrients in the presence of dissolved organic carbon was assessed. Samples included synthetic nutrient-rich streams as well as HAP produced at HTC temperatures ranging from 200–260 °C. In each case, the nutrients were successfully concentrated in the feed loop with rejections > 99%. Dissolved carbon was found to foul the MD membrane at levels proportional to its hydrophobicity, with little fouling observed for glucose and substantial fouling observed for HAP solutions created at higher temperatures.
Factors associated with a history of treatment interruption among pregnant women living with HIV in Malawi: A cross-sectional study
Creators: name: Sasse, S.A.
name: Wallie, S.D.
name: DiPrete, B.L.
name: Chagomerana, M.B.
name: Hosseinipour, M.C.
name: S4 Study
name: Hoffman, I.F.
name: Harrington, B.J.
name: Rosenberg, N.E.
name: Tang, J.H.
name: Maliwichi, M.
name: Klyn, L.L.
name: Jumbe, A.N.
Publisher: name: Public Library of Science
Year: 2022

description: Long-term care engagement of women on antiretroviral therapy (ART) is essential to effective HIV public health measures. We sought to explore factors associated with a history of HIV treatment interruption among pregnant women living with HIV presenting to an antenatal clinic in Lilongwe, Malawi. Methods We performed a cross-sectional study of pregnant women living with HIV who had a history of ART interruption presenting for antenatal care. Women were categorized as either retained in HIV treatment or reinitiating care after loss-to-follow up (LTFU). To understand factors associated with treatment interruption, we surveyed socio-demographic and partner relationship characteristics. Crude and adjusted prevalence ratios (aPR) for factors associated with ART interruption were estimated using modified Poisson regression with robust variance. We additionally present patients’ reasons for ART interruption. Results We enrolled 541 pregnant women living with HIV (391 retained and 150 reinitiating). The median age was 30 years (interquartile range (IQR): 25–34). Factors associated with a history of LTFU were age <30 years (aPR 1.46; 95% CI: 1.33–1.63), less than a primary school education (aPR 1.25; CI: 1.08–1.46), initiation of ART during pregnancy or breastfeeding (aPR 1.49, CI: 1.37–1.65), nondisclosure of HIV serostatus to their partner (aPR 1.39, CI: 1.24–1.58), lack of awareness of partner’s HIV status (aPR 1.41, CI: 1.27–1.60), and no contraception use at conception (aPR 1.60, CI 1.40–1.98). Access to care challenges were the most common reasons reported by women for treatment interruption (e.g., relocation, transport costs, or misplacing health documentation). Conclusions Interventions that simplify the ART clinic transfer process, facilitate partner disclosure, and provide counseling about the importance of lifelong ART beyond pregnancy and breastfeeding should be further evaluated for improving retention in ART treatment of women living with HIV in Malawi.
Occurrence and emission of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from water treatment plant sludge in Taiwan
Creators: name: Wang, Ming-Huang
name: Chen, Chiu-Wen
name: Chen, Chih-Feng
name: Wang, Lin-Chi
name: Liu, Ta-Kang
name: Dong, Cheng-Di
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology

description: The concentrations level and distribution of 16 US EPA polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs) from the water treatment plant (WTP), sewage treatment plant (STP), and industrial water treatment plant (ITP) sludge in Taiwan were determined and then assessed the sources, and potential toxicity (carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons [CPAHs] and toxic BaP equivalent [TEQ]). Results indicated that the total concentrations of PAHs ranged between 58 and 16,436 μg/kg dw. Among the 17 samples, the 2-4 ring of total PAHs were the predominant compound in three kinds of treatment plant (> 60%). Especially, ITP1 owns 95.8% of 2-4 ring of total PAHs and ITP3 owns 54% of five- and six-ring of total PAHs. The molecular indices and principal component analysis (PCA) were used to determine the source contributions, with the results showing that the contributions of combustion/grass, coal or wood combustion and combustion/ liquid (oil) fossil fuel combustion. A PAH toxicity indicated by TEQ was 2.5–506 μg TEQ/g dw. Although, the results indicated that these were not recommended for land applications, but analyses are beneficial to develop effective management strategies for controlling PAH discharge in treatment plants and establishing strategies for its reuse in managing pollutants.
Bounds on charge and heat diffusivities in momentum dissipating holography
Creators: name: Amoretti, Andrea
name: Braggio, Alessandro
name: Magnoli, Nicodemo
name: Musso, Daniele
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Inspired by a recently conjectured universal bound for thermo-electric diffusion constants in quantum critical, strongly coupled systems and relying on holographic analytical computations, we investigate the possibility of formulating Planckian bounds in different holographic models featuring momentum dissipation. For a simple massive gravity dilaton model at zero charge density we find robust linear in temperature resistivity and entropy density alongside a constant electric susceptibility. In addition we explicitly find that the sum of the thermo-electric diffusion constants is bounded.
description: 15 pages, 2 figure, arguments improved, references added
Metallic Quantum Ferromagnets
Creators: name: Brando, M.
name: Belitz, D.
name: Grosche, F. M.
name: Kirkpatrick, T. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This review gives an overview of the quantum phase transition (QPT) problem in metallic ferromagnets, discussing both experimental and theoretical aspects. These QPTs can be classified with respect to the presence and strength of quenched disorder: Clean systems generically show a discontinuous, or first-order, QPT from the ferromagnetic state to a paramagnetic one as a function of some control parameter, as predicted by theory. Disordered systems are much more complicated, depending on the disorder strength and the distance from the QPT. In many disordered materials the QPT is continuous, or second order, and Griffiths-phase effects coexist with QPT singularities near the transition. In other systems the transition from the ferromagnetic state at low temperatures is to a different type of long-range order, such as an antiferromagnetic or a spin-density-wave state. In still other materials a transition to a state with glass-like spin dynamics is suspected. The review provides a comprehensive discussion of the current understanding of these various transitions, and of the relation between experimental and theoretical developments.
description: 90 pages, 43 figures, review article
Additional file 4 of Multilocus sequence typing and phenotypic properties of Streptococcus mutans from Thai children with different caries statuses
Creators: name: Lapirattanakul, Jinthana
name: Nomura, Ryota
name: Okawa, Rena
name: Tantivitayakul, Pornpen
name: Kaypetch, Rattiporn
name: Lehrkinder, Anna
name: Lingström, Peter
name: Birkhed, Dowen
name: Matsumoto-Nakano, Michiyo
name: Nakano, Kazuhiko
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 4: Fig. S1 Acid production by S. mutans from Thai children. The comparison was based on caries status: caries-free (CF; n = 90 S. mutans isolates), low severity of caries (LC; n = 90), and high severity of caries (HC; n = 90). The data shown represent the median values of each group. No significant difference in pH values was observed at any time point.
Relativistic Gravothermal Instabilities
Creators: name: Roupas, Zacharias
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The thermodynamic instabilities of the self-gravitating, classical ideal gas are studied in the case of static, spherically symmetric configurations in General Relativity taking into account the Tolman-Ehrenfest effect. One type of instabilities is found at low energies, where thermal energy becomes too weak to halt gravity and another at high energies, where gravitational attraction of thermal pressure overcomes its stabilizing effect. These turning points of stability are found to depend on the total rest mass $\mathcal{M}$ over the radius $R$. The low energy instability is the relativistic generalization of Antonov instability, which is recovered in the limit $G\mathcal{M} \ll R c^2$ and low temperatures, while in the same limit and high temperatures, the high energy instability recovers the instability of the radiation equation of state. In the temperature versus energy diagram of series of equilibria, the two types of gravothermal instabilities make themselves evident as a double spiral! The two energy limits correspond also to radius limits. So that, stable static configurations exist only in between two marginal radii for any fixed energy with negative thermal plus gravitational energy. Ultimate limits of rest mass, as well as total mass-energy, are reported. Applications to neutron cores are discussed.
description: 30 pages, 21 figures; references added; minor changes to match published version
MOESM2 of Birth preparedness as a precursor to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality among pregnant mothers in Medebay Zana District, Northern Ethiopia
Creators: name: Hailay Gebreyesus
name: Tesfay Berhe
name: Mebrahtu Teweldemedhin
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 2: Table S2. Obstetric characteristics related to the previous pregnancy among pregnant women in Medebay Zana district, July 2017.
Anderson localization and topological transition in Chern insulators
Creators: name: Castro, Eduardo V.
name: López-Sancho, M. Pilar
name: Vozmediano, María A. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyse the topological transition and localization evolution of disordered two dimensional systems with non trivial topology based on bipartite lattices. Chern insulators with broken time reversal symmetry show non standard behavior for disorder realizations selectively distributed on only one of the sublattices. The Chern number survives to a much stronger disorder strength (one order of magnitude higher) than in the equally distributed disordered case and the final state in the strongly disordered case is metallic.
description: Minor changes. Published version
Prevalence of antiretroviral therapy treatment failure among HIV-infected pregnant women at first antenatal care: PMTCT option b+ in Malawi
Creators: name: Miller, W.C.
name: Tang, J.H.
name: Wallie, S.
name: DiPrete, B.
name: Hoffman, I.F.
name: Hosseinipour, M.C.
name: Harrington, B.J.
name: Chagomerana, M.B.
name: Limarzi, L.
name: Jumbe, A.
Publisher: name: Public Library of Science
Year: 2018

description: Background In Malawi’s PMTCT Option B+ program, HIV-infected pregnant women who are already receiving ART are continued on their current therapy regimen without testing for treatment failure at the first antenatal care (ANC) visit. HIV RNA screening at ANC May identify women with treatment failure and ensure that viral suppression is maintained throughout the pregnancy. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study of HIV-infected pregnant women who had been receiving ART for at Least 6 months at the first ANC visit under the PMTCT Option B+ program at Bwaila Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi from June 2015 to December 2017. Poisson regression models with robust variance were used to investigate the predictors of ART treatment failure defined as viral load 1000 copies/ml. Results The median age of 864 women tested for ART failure was 31.1 years (interquartile range: 26.9–34.5). The prevalence of treatment failure was 7.6% (95% confidence interval (CI): 6.0–9.6). CD4 cell count (adjusted prevalence ratio (aPR) = 0.57; 95% CI: 0.50–0.65) was strongly associated with treatment failure. Conclusion The low prevalence of treatment failure among women presenting for their first ANC in urban Malawi demonstrates success of Option B+ in maintaining viral suppression and suggests progress towards the last 90% of the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets. Women failing on ART should be identified early for adherence counseling and May require switching to an alternative ART regimen.
Additional file 2: of Prioritizing the sexual andÂ reproductive health and rights of adolescent girls and young women within HIV treatment and care services in emergency settings: a girl-centered agenda
Creators: name: Uchechi Roxo
name: M. Mobula
name: Damilola Walker
name: Ficht, Allison
name: Yeiser, Sarah
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Translation of this article into French. (PDF 312 kb)
Vertex operators arising from Jacobi-Trudi identities
Creators: name: Jing, Naihuan
name: Rozhkovskaya, Natasha
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Primary 05E05, Secondary 17B65, 17B69, 11C20

description: We give an interpretation of the boson-fermion correspondence as a direct consequence of Jacobi-Trudi identity. This viewpoint enables us to construct from a generalized version of the Jacobi-Trudi identity the action of Clifford algebra on polynomial algebras that arrives as analogues of the algebra of symmetric functions. A generalized Giambelli identity is also proved to follow from that identity. As applications, we obtain explicit formulas for vertex operators corresponding to characters of the classical Lie algebras, shifted Schur functions, and generalized Schur symmetric functions associated to linear recurrence relations.
description: 23 pages
Additional file 10 of Tumor-associated neutrophils upregulate Nectin2 expression, creating the immunosuppressive microenvironment in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
Creators: name: Luo, Haizhen
name: Ikenaga, Naoki
name: Nakata, Kohei
name: Higashijima, Nobuhiro
name: Zhong, Pingshan
name: Kubo, Akihiro
name: Wu, Chenyi
name: Tsutsumi, Chikanori
name: Shimada, Yuki
name: Hayashi, Masataka
name: Oyama, Koki
name: Date, Satomi
name: Abe, Toshiya
name: Ideno, Noboru
name: Iwamoto, Chika
name: Shindo, Koji
name: Ohuchida, Kenoki
name: Oda, Yoshinao
name: Nakamura, Masafumi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplementary Material 10
Ngā Wānanga o Hine Kōpū Evaluation Summary Report
Creators: name: Pipi, Kataraina
name: McKegg, Kate
name: Moselen, Huhana
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 420603
subject: Health promotion

description: Evidence is building in support of an antenatal programme from Northland that is setting an example for nationwide maternity care and enduring issues of equity for Māori.Ngā Wānanga o Hine Kōpū reconnects pregnant Māori women and their whānau with mātauranga Māori to explore conception, pregnancy, birth and parenting. The wānanga was designed in, by and for the women of the small, solution-focused communities of Te Tai Tokerau. But its approach has resonance throughout New Zealand.In late 2021 a short film, Ngā Wānanga o Hine Kōpū(link is external) created by Te Hiringa Hauora | Health Promotion Agency in partnership with The Spinoff, featured hapū māmā (pregnant mothers), fathers and whānau as they explored, learned and gained confidence through the wānanga.Now an independent evaluation of the wānanga, echoes the voices of whānau who said Hine Kōpū awoke in them a spirit of self-determination. A summary of the evaluation by Kataraina Pipi, Kate McKegg and Huhana Moselen shows Hine Kōpū is about much more than parents learning information that is deemed clinically important for good birth outcomes.Instead, Hine Kōpū is a shared whānau experience of healing, connecting and exploring. It is about reclaiming Māori identity, cultural confidence and giving rise to tino rangatiratanga in the birthing experience. There is evidence of this confidence flowing through into whānau identifying their own aspirations for their future. The wānanga is transforming lives, far beyond the outcomes expected in the mainstream antenatal education service.
Orbital-selective Band Hybridisation at the Charge Density Wave Transition in Monolayer TiTe$_2$
Creators: name: Antonelli, T.
name: Rahim, W.
name: Watson, M. D.
name: Rajan, A.
name: Clark, O. J.
name: Danilenko, A.
name: Underwood, K.
name: Markovic, I.
name: Abarca-Morales, E.
name: Kavanagh, S. R.
name: Fevre, P.
name: Bertran, F.
name: Rossnagel, K.
name: Scanlon, D. O.
name: King, P. D. C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An anomalous $(2\times2)$ charge density wave (CDW) phase emerges in monolayer 1T-TiTe$_2$ which is absent for the bulk compound, and whose origin is still poorly understood. Here, we investigate the electronic band structure evolution across the CDW transition using temperature-dependent angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. Our study reveals an orbital-selective band hybridisation between the backfolded conduction and valence bands occurring at the CDW phase transition, which in turn leads to a significant electronic energy gain, underpinning the CDW transition. For the bulk compound, we show how this energy gain is almost completely suppressed due to the three-dimensionality of the electronic band structure, including via a $k_z$-dependent band inversion which switches the orbital character of the valence states. Our study thus sheds new light on how control of the electronic dimensionalilty can be used to trigger the emergence of new collective states in 2D materials.
Probable perinatal depression and social support among women enrolled in Malawi's Option B+ Program: A longitudinal analysis
Creators: name: S4 Study Team
name: Gaynes, B.N.
name: Jumbe, A.N.
name: Kulisewa, K.
name: Bhushan, N.L.
name: Hosseinipour, M.C.
name: Harrington, B.J.
name: Stockton, M.A.
name: Pence, B.W.
name: Chagomerana, M.B.
name: DiPrete, B.L.
name: Maliwichi, M.
Publisher: name: Elsevier B.V.
Year: 2022

description: Background: Malawi's PMTCT Option B+ program has expanded the reach of ART services among pregnant and breastfeeding women, but retention in lifelong HIV care remains challenging. Given that depression can undermine retention, it is important to understand how depression changes over the perinatal period, varies across treatment and retention groups, and could be buffered by social support. Methods: Data are from an observational study conducted among women enrolled in Malawi's PMTCT Option B+ program. We used multilevel generalized linear models to estimate the odds of probable depression by time, treatment and retention group, and social support. Probable depression was assessed with the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale and Patient Health Questionnaire-9. Results: Of 468 women, 15% reported probable depression at antenatal enrollment and prevalence differed across newly diagnosed individuals, second line therapy users, and previous defaulters (18%, 21%, 5%, p = 0.001). Odds of probable perinatal depression decreased over time (OR per month: 0.87, 95% CI: 0.82–0.92) but were higher among those newly diagnosed (OR: 3.25, 95% CI: 1.59–6.65) and on second line therapy (OR: 3.39, 95% CI: 1.44–7.99) as compared to previous defaulters. Odds of probable postpartum depression were lower for participants with high social support (OR: 0.19, 95% CI: 0.09–0.39). Limitations: Lack of diagnostic psychiatric evaluation precludes actual diagnosis of depression. Conclusions: Probable depression varied across the perinatal period and across treatment and retention groups. Social support was protective for postpartum depression among all participants. Depression screening and provision of social support should be considered in PMTCT programs.
Additional file 1: of Effectiveness of the implementation project â  Donâ  t forget the mouth!â   of community dwelling older people with dementia: a prospective longitudinal single-blind multicentre study protocol (DFTM!)
Creators: name: Ho, Bach
name: Weijenberg, Roxane
name: Maarel-Wierink, Claar
name: Visscher, Corine
name: Gert-Jan Putten
name: Scherder, Erik
name: Lobbezoo, Frank
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Neuroscience
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology

description: OHAT-NL. (PDF 354 kb)
MARKETING STRATEGIES FOR FAST MOVING CONSUMER GOODS TO SUCCEED IN RURAL MARKET
Creators: name: Mrs. Vaishali V. Jadhav, Dr. Vivek S. Kanade
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: FMCG, Rural Market, Strategies, challenges

description: Abstract:  The foundation of Indian Economy is based on FMCG Sector. It is one of the important contributors of India’s GDP. Since last few decades Indian Fast Moving Consumer Goods industry has begun to excel at rapid rate. It offers incredible growth prospect in food & beverages, health care & personal care sector. As India is country of villages & about 70% of Indian population lives in rural areas & it has great potential for growth, it is almost impossible to succeed in business if we neglect the rural market. So many of the FMCG companies have started to implement innovative & creative strategies to attract the rural consumers & win their trust & to increase goodwill in the rural market. This paper tries to throw light on various innovative tactics used by FMCG companies to attract the rural market. As well as it also aims to highlight the challenges posed in rural market. 
Additional file 1: of MicroRNA suppression of stress-responsive NDRG2 during dexamethasone treatment in skeletal muscle cells
Creators: name: Mir, Bilal
name: Islam, Rabia
name: Kalanon, Ming
name: Russell, Aaron
name: Foletta, Victoria
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Figure S1. miR-23a, -23b and -28 expression levels following miRNA transfection in C2C12 myotubes. Time-course in hours (h) of miR-23a, -23b and -28 expression levels following transfection of (A) miR-23a (dark grey bars), (B) miR-23b (light grey bars), and (C) miR-28 (white bars) compared to negative control (NC) miRNA (black bars) at 12, 24 or 48 h post transfection. Data are representative of two independent experiments with n = 4 per sample group. **p