cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Skewed risk perceptions in pregnant women: the case of influenza vaccination
Creators: name: Bödeker, Birte
name: Betsch, Cornelia
name: Wichmann, Ole
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionsepidemiologie
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Attitudes
subject: Influenza
subject: Germany
subject: Pregnancy
subject: Vaccination
subject: Risk perception
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Background: Pregnant women and their newborns have an increased risk of developing severe influenza and influenza-related complications. In Germany, seasonal influenza vaccination is recommended for pregnant women since 2010. However, little is known about pregnant women’s vaccination-related knowledge and attitudes, as well as their risk perceptions. This study therefore assessed pregnant women’s vaccination-related knowledge, risk perceptions related to influenza disease and influenza vaccination during pregnancy, and aimed to identify determinants of influenza vaccination uptake during pregnancy in Germany. Methods: Between 2012 and 2014, a nationwide web-based prospective cohort study with follow-up interviews was conducted in initially pregnant women who gave birth over the study period. Control groups were set up in a cross-sectional fashion during the follow-up interviews. Women who participated in both, the baseline interview before giving birth and in the 1st interview after giving birth were included in the analysis. Univariate and multiple logistic regression were used to identify associations between influenza vaccination uptake and sociodemographic characteristics as well as items assessing attitude and knowledge. Results: In total, 838 women were included in the analyses. Pregnant women had a positive attitude towards vaccination in general, but only modest vaccination knowledge. Overall, 10.9 % of women were vaccinated against seasonal influenza during pregnancy. While pregnant women perceived classical childhood diseases to be more risky than the respective vaccinations, this relation reversed for influenza: The risk of vaccination was perceived higher than the risk of the disease. These two types of risk perceptions independently determined influenza vaccination uptake—higher perception of disease risk and lower perceptions of vaccination-related risks increased uptake. Additionally, knowledge about the vaccination recommendation for pregnant women and a positive gynaecologist’s attitude towards vaccination during pregnancy influenced the uptake significantly. Conclusions: Influenza vaccination uptake in pregnant women is low in Germany. Tailored communication strategies for pregnant women should focus especially on changing the perceptions of personal risks regarding influenza and influenza vaccination during pregnancy. Gynaecologists should be made aware about their crucial role in supporting vaccination decision-making of pregnant women and the need to provide relevant information to counteract misconceptions.
The Bead Assay for Biofilms: A Quick, Easy and Robust Method for Testing Disinfectants
Creators: name: Konrat, Katharina
name: Schwebke, Ingeborg
name: Laue, Michael
name: Dittmann, Christin
name: Levin, Katja
name: Andrich, Ricarda
name: Arvand, Mardjan
name: Schaudinn, Christoph
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionskrankheiten / Erreger
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin

description: Bacteria live primarily in microbial communities (biofilms), where they exhibit considerably higher biocide tolerance than their planktonic counterparts. Current standardized efficacy testing protocols of disinfectants, however, employ predominantly planktonic bacteria. In order to test the efficacy of biocides on biofilms in a standardized manner, a new assay was developed and optimized for easy-handling, quickness, low running costs, and above all—repeatability. In this assay, 5 mm glass- or polytetrafluoroethylene beads in 24 well microtiter plates served as substrate for Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms. After optimizing result-relevant steps, the actual performance of the assay was explored by treating P. aeruginosa biofilms with glutaraldehyde, isopropanol, or peracetic acid in predefined concentrations. The aspired 5 log10 reduction in CFU counts was achieved by glutaraldehyde at 5% (30 min), and by peracetic acid at 0.3% (10 min). In contrast, 80% isopropanol (30 min) failed to meet the reduction goal. However, the main accomplishment of this study was to unveil the potential of the array itself; most noteworthy here, a reliable repeatability of the results. The new bead assay for biofilms is a robust, quick and cost-effective method for assessing the efficacy of biocides against biofilms.
Building typology in the vernacular architecture of Beirã
Creators: name: García Hermida, Alejandro
name: P. Palazzo, Pedro
Publisher: name: Fundação Serra Henriques
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Architecture
subject: FOS: Civil engineering
subject: History

description: The morphology of the traditional Portuguese town arises in the Middle Ages and is similar, in its formation, to most Western European town-making processes spurred by defensive and commercial needs. The traditional Portuguese town supports a single base building typology for private use, which remained relatively stable from the sixteenth to the early twentieth century. The morada de duas casas (two-house dwelling) thus formed is also known as habitação de frente estreita (narrow-frontage housing). The habitação de frente estreita is subsequently developed into the morada de casas altas (tall-house dwelling) as well as into the habitação de frente larga (broad- frontage housing). As a railway town, the initial urban and architectural growth of Beirã is rapid and homogeneous. A few pre-existing rural storage buildings, known locally as furdões, have survived as ruins. A minimal street network articulates a regular parcel pattern that has evolved in the same way as the medieval Portuguese town, with alleys being upgraded to streets with frontage. Regional typology breaks down in the town extension towards the highway, in the south, as well as in some infill built near the railway and on the hill after the 1950s.
HIV risk perception and testing behaviours among men having sex with men (MSM) reporting potential transmission risks in the previous 12 months from a large online sample of MSM living in Germany
Creators: name: Marcus, Ulrich
name: Gassowski, Martyna
name: Drewes, Jochen
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionsepidemiologie
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Men having sex with men (MSM)
subject: Risk perception
subject: HIV testing
subject: Risk behaviour
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Background: HIV testing and serostatus awareness are essential to implement biomedical strategies (treatment as prevention; oral chemoprophylaxis), and for effective serostatus-based behaviours (HIV serosorting; strategic positioning). The analysis focuses on the associations between reported sexual risks, the perceived risk for HIV infection, and HIV testing behaviour in order to identify the most relevant barriers for HIV test uptake among MSM living in Germany. Methods: MSM were recruited to a nationwide anonymous online-survey in 2013 on MSM social networking/dating sites. Questions covered testing behaviours, reasons for testing decisions, and HIV risk perception (5-point scale). Additional questions addressed arguments in favour of home/ home collection testing (HT). Using descriptive statistics and logistic regression we compared men reporting recent HIV testing (RT; previous 12 month) with men never tested (NT) in a subsample not previously diagnosed with HIV and reporting ≥2 episodes of condomless anal intercourse (CLAI) with a non-steady partner of unknown HIV serostatus in the previous 12 months. Results: The subsample consisted of 775 RT (13 % of RT) and 396 NT (7 % of NT). The number of CLAI episodes in the last 12 months with non-steady partners of unknown HIV status did not differ significantly between the groups, but RT reported significantly higher numbers of partners (>5 AI partners: 65 vs. 44 %). While perceived risks regarding last AI were comparable between the groups, 49vs. 30 % NT were
Supplemental Material, sj-docx-1-teu-10.1177_13548166211015512 - Do countries’ geographical locations moderate the tourism-led economic growth nexus in sub-Saharan Africa?
Creators: name: Baidoo, Francis
name: Agbloyor, Elikplimi Komla
name: Fiador, Vera Ogeh Lassey
name: Marfo, Nana Amaniampong
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Economics
subject: 150402 Hospitality Management
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: Supplemental Material, sj-docx-1-teu-10.1177_13548166211015512 for Do countries’ geographical locations moderate the tourism-led economic growth nexus in sub-Saharan Africa? by Francis Baidoo, Elikplimi Komla Agbloyor, Vera Ogeh Lassey Fiador and Nana Amaniampong Marfo in Tourism Economics
Acinetobacter equi sp. nov., isolated from horse faeces
Creators: name: Poppel, Marie T.
name: Skiebe, Evelyn
name: Laue, Michael
name: Bergmann, Holger
name: Ebersberger, Ingo
name: Garn, Thomas
name: Fruth, Angelika
name: Baumgardt, Sandra
name: Busse, Hans-Jürgen
name: Wilharm, Gottfried
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionskrankheiten / Erreger
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin

description: The taxonomic position of five strains isolated from horse faeces, and which shared identical 16S rRNA gene sequences, were studied. Cells of all isolates are Gram-stain-negative, obligately aerobic and have a rod-shaped appearance. The strains show highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities to Acinetobacter lwoffii (98.3 %), Acinetobacter haemolyticus (98.0 %), Acienetobacter johnsonii (97.9 %) and Acinetobacter brisouii (97.9 %). Whole-genome sequencing of strain 114T and phylogeny reconstruction based on a core set of 1061 Acinetobacter genes indicated that A. bouvetii CIP 107468T was the closest relative among species of the genus Acinetobacter for which whole genome sequences are available. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain 114T is 34.9 mol%, which is lower than any other value reported for the genus Acinetobacter. The predominant polyamine is 1,3-diaminopropane, which is typical for the genus Acinetobacter. The most abundant fatty acids are C16 : 1ω7c and/or iso-C15 : 0 2-OH (36 %) and C16 : 0 (28 %). The proportion of C18 : 1ω9c (7 %) is distinctively low compared to most species of the genus. The major ubiquinone of strain 114T is Q-9. Microscopic studies revealed the presence of pili and the absence of flagella. The capability of all five strains to utilize l-arabinose and gentisate as well as their lack of growth at temperatures of 41 °C and above provide sufficient criteria to distinguish the isolates from all species of the genus Acinetobacter with validly published names. Based on these combined data, the five isolates represent a novel species of the genus Acinetobacter, for which the name Acinetobacter equi sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is 114T ( = DSM 27228T = CCUG 65204T).
Supplemental Material, sj-docx-2-teu-10.1177_13548166211015512 - Do countries’ geographical locations moderate the tourism-led economic growth nexus in sub-Saharan Africa?
Creators: name: Baidoo, Francis
name: Agbloyor, Elikplimi Komla
name: Fiador, Vera Ogeh Lassey
name: Marfo, Nana Amaniampong
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Economics
subject: 150402 Hospitality Management
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: Supplemental Material, sj-docx-2-teu-10.1177_13548166211015512 for Do countries’ geographical locations moderate the tourism-led economic growth nexus in sub-Saharan Africa? by Francis Baidoo, Elikplimi Komla Agbloyor, Vera Ogeh Lassey Fiador and Nana Amaniampong Marfo in Tourism Economics
Reoccurrence of botulinum neurotoxin subtype A3 inducing food-borne botulism, Slovakia, 2015
Creators: name: Mad’arová, L.
name: Dorner, Brigitte
name: Schaade, Lars
name: Donáth, V.
name: Avdičová, M.
name: Fatkulinová, M.
name: Strhársky, J.
name: Sedliačiková, I.
name: Klement, C.
name: Dorner, Martin
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Biologische Sicherheit
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin

description: A case of food-borne botulism occurred in Slovakia in 2015. Clostridium botulinum type A was isolated from three nearly empty commercial hummus tubes. The product, which was sold in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, was withdrawn from the market and a warning was issued immediately through the European Commission’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF). Further investigation revealed the presence of botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) subtype BoNT/A3, a very rare subtype implicated in only one previous outbreak (Loch Maree in Scotland, 1922). It is the most divergent subtype of BoNT/A with 15.4% difference at the amino acid level compared with the prototype BoNT/A1. This makes it more prone to evading immunological and PCR-based detection. It is recommended that testing laboratories are advised that this subtype has been associated with food-borne botulism for the second time since the first outbreak almost 100 years ago, and to validate their immunological or PCR-based methods against this divergent subtype.
The effect of low donor-to-recipient body weight ratio on graft survival after dual kidney transplantation from pediatric deceased donors
Creators: name: Huang, Mingchuan
name: Wu, Shenghui
name: Gao, Pengfei
name: Zhou, Li
name: Fu, Qian
name: Wu, Chenglin
name: Zhang, Huanxi
name: Zheng, Yitao
name: Su, Xiaojun
name: Wu, Wenrui
name: Tan, Jinghong
name: Zhang, Qiang
name: Xia, Pei
name: Xu, Zhe
name: Liu, Longshan
name: Li, Jun
name: Wang, Changxi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Hematology

description: Dual kidney transplantation (DKT) from small pediatric donors, either en-bloc or split dual kidney transplantation, contributes to mitigating organ scarcity. This study investigates the prognosis of DKT from pediatric deceased donors, and influencing factors. A retrospective study included recipients who underwent DKT from pediatric donors between 2012 and 2022. Recipients were categorized into low mismatch (BWLM, n = 30) and high mismatch (BWHM, n = 10) groups based on donor-recipient weight ratio of 1:10. Outcome encompassed recipient and graft survival, renal function, and adverse events. Forty recipients were included. The average follow-up period was 54.6 months. The 1, 3, and 5-year patient survival were 97.4%, with no significant differences between en-bloc and split dual kidney transplantation or between BWLM and BWHM groups. The graft survival at 1, 3, and 5 years were 89.9%, the graft survival of BWHM group was lower than BWLM group (70% vs 96.7%, p = 0.039). The average eGFR at 1, 3, and 5 years postoperatively were (78.93 ± 25.23), (83.82 ± 32.4), and (85.92 ± 37.08) mL/min/1.73 m2, respectively. The BWHM group also experienced higher rates of graft-related surgical complications (p = 0.006) and urinary tract surgical complications (p = 0.042). DKT from pediatric donors yields favorable outcomes, with similar graft survival and complication rates across surgical subgroups. However, significant donor-recipient weight mismatch, particularly when the ratio is less than 1:10, may contribute to increased surgical complications and poorer graft survival. Efforts to minimize extreme weight mismatch are recommended to optimize outcomes.
Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-teu-10.1177_13548166211015512 - Do countries’ geographical locations moderate the tourism-led economic growth nexus in sub-Saharan Africa?
Creators: name: Baidoo, Francis
name: Agbloyor, Elikplimi Komla
name: Fiador, Vera Ogeh Lassey
name: Marfo, Nana Amaniampong
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Economics
subject: 150402 Hospitality Management
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-teu-10.1177_13548166211015512 for Do countries’ geographical locations moderate the tourism-led economic growth nexus in sub-Saharan Africa? by Francis Baidoo, Elikplimi Komla Agbloyor, Vera Ogeh Lassey Fiador and Nana Amaniampong Marfo in Tourism Economics
Neuerungen in den Empfehlungen der Ständigen Impfkommission (STIKO) am RKI für 2017/2018
Creators: name: Koch-Institut, Robert
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsberichterstattung
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin

description: Die STIKO hat im Epidemiologischen Bulletin (Epid. Bull.) 34/2017 ihre aktualisierten Impfempfehlungen für 2017/2018 veröffentlicht. Die ausführlichen wissenschaftlichen Begründungen zu den geänderten Empfehlungen werden in dieser und der folgenden Ausgabe des Epid. Bull. publiziert. Im Folgenden gibt die Geschäftsstelle der STIKO einen Überblick über die wichtigsten Änderungen in den STIKO-Empfehlungen.
Image based Computational Hemodynamics for Non-invasive and Patient-Specific Assessment of Arterial Stenosis
Creators: name: Khan, Md Monsurul Islam
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2019
Subjects: Mechanical engineering not elsewhere classified

description: While computed tomographic angiography (CTA) has emerged as a powerful noninvasive option that allows for direct visualization of arterial stenosis(AS), it cant assess the hemodynamic abnormality caused by an AS. Alternatively, trans-stenotic pressure gradient (TSPG) and fractional flow reserve (FFR) are well-validated hemodynamic indices to assess the ischemic severity of an AS. However, they have significant restriction in practice due to invasiveness and high cost. To fill the gap, a new computational modality, called InVascular has been developed for non-invasive quantification TSPG and/or FFR based on patient's CTA, aiming to quantify the hemodynamic abnormality of the stenosis and help to assess the therapeutic/surgical benefits of treatment for the patient. Such a new capability gives rise to a potential of computation aided diagnostics and therapeutics in a patient-specific environment for ASs, which is expected to contribute to precision planning for cardiovascular disease treatment. InVascular integrates a computational modeling of diseases arteries based on CTA and Doppler ultrasonography data, with cutting-edge Graphic Processing Unit (GPU) parallel-computing technology. Revolutionary fast computing speed enables noninvasive quantification of TSPG and/or FFR for an AS within a clinic permissible time frame. In this work, we focus on the implementation of inlet and outlet boundary condition (BC) based on physiological image date and and 3-element Windkessel model as well as lumped parameter network in volumetric lattice Boltzmann method. The application study in real human coronary and renal arterial system demonstrates the reliability of the in vivo pressure quantification through the comparisons of pressure waves between noninvasive computational and invasive measurement. In addition, parametrization of worsening renal arterial stenosis (RAS) and coronary arterial stenosis (CAS) characterized by volumetric lumen reduction (S) enables establishing the correlation between TSPG/FFR and S, from which the ischemic severity of the AS (mild, moderate, or severe) can be identified. In this study, we quantify TSPG and/or FFR for five patient cases with visualized stenosis in coronary and renal arteries and compare the non-invasive computational results with invasive measurement through catheterization. The ischemic severity of each AS is predicted. The results of this study demonstrate the reliability and clinical applicability of InVascular.
The porcine virome and xenotransplantation
Creators: name: Denner, Joachim
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionskrankheiten / Erreger
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Hepatitis E virus
subject: Xenotransplantation
subject: Porcine viruses
subject: Virome
subject: Porcine endogenous retroviruses
subject: Porcine cytomegalovirus
subject: Porcine circoviruses
subject: 610 Medizin

description: The composition of the porcine virome includes viruses that infect pig cells, ancient virus-derived elements including endogenous retroviruses inserted in the pig chromosomes, and bacteriophages that infect a broad array of bacteria that inhabit pigs. Viruses infecting pigs, among them viruses also infecting human cells, as well as porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERVs) are of importance when evaluating the virus safety of xenotransplantation. Bacteriophages associated with bacteria mainly in the gut are not relevant in this context. Xenotransplantation using pig cells, tissues or organs is under development in order to alleviate the shortage of human transplants. Here for the first time published data describing the viromes in different pigs and their relevance for the virus safety of xenotransplantation is analysed. In conclusion, the analysis of the porcine virome has resulted in numerous new viruses being described, although their impact on xenotransplantation is unclear. Most importantly, viruses with known or suspected zoonotic potential were often not detected by next generation sequencing, but were revealed by more sensitive methods.
Global Connectivity and the Spread of Infectious Diseases
Creators: name: Brockmann, Dirk
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin

description: The spread of infectious diseases has become a global concern. In light of the recent outbreaks of Zika in South America and MERS in the Middle East as well as the 2013 Ebola crisis, researchers are developing a range of methods and strategies to mitigate disease spread. One of the key challenges is to understand the key features that shape patterns of global disease spread. The complexity and redundancy of global transport networks suggests that the systematic identification of hidden patterns in spatially incoherent disease dynamics is next to impossible. Here, we will discuss how the concept of effective distance, as a replacement for conventional geographical distance, helps us understand global disease dynamics and how it can be employed as a new technique for developing predictive tools and means for testing effective containment strategies.
ESSAYS ON INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION
Creators: name: Das, Somnath
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2019
Subjects: Other economics not elsewhere classified
Industry economics and industrial organisation
Financial economics
Transport economics
Econometric and statistical methods

description: My dissertation consists of three chapters. In the first chapter, I analyze theeffect of the merger between American Airlines (AA) & US Airways (US) on market price and product quality. I use two complementary methodologies: difference-in-differences (DID) and merger simulation. Contrary to other results in the airline literature, the DID analysis shows that, overall, price has decreased as a result of themerger. While divestitures required as part of the merger had a strong price-reducing effect, the overall decrease involves non-divestiture markets as well. Interestingly, the decrease appears only in large airport-pair markets, whereas prices rose considerably in smaller ones. Effects on quality are mixed. The DID analysis shows that the merger reduced flight cancellations, increased flight delays, and had no effect on flight frequency or capacity overall. Using merger simulation, I find that the change in ownership leads to a 3% increase in price. The structural model performs betterin predicting the post-merger price if I allow the model to deviate from the Bertrand-Nash conduct. A 10% cost reduction due to the merger is able to predict the post-merger price quite well. When I incorporate a conduct parameter into the model, the required percentage of cost savings is lower. Given the divestiture and the subsequententry of low-cost carriers (LCCs), tacit collusion may break down. Thus both cost savings and reduced cooperation could explain a reduction in the price in the post-merger period.
In my second chapter, I analyze possible reasons why airline prices are higher inthe smaller markets compared to larger markets. In the literature, most of the studies ignore the fact that the smaller markets are different compared to larger markets in terms of the nature of competition. I find that a combination of lower competition, and lack of entry from low cost carriers (LCCs) are the reasons behind higher prices in the smaller city-pair markets. I show that price is substantially higher in a market with a fewer number of firms controlling for several other factors. My paper estimates the modified critical number of firms to be 5 and the critical value of the HHI to be .6.

In my third chapter, I study the effect of announcement of investment in research & development (R&D) on the value of a firm in the pharmaceutical industry. Three types of R&D by the pharmaceutical firms are considered for the analysis: acquisition of other smaller firms, internal investment in R&D, and collaborative investment in R&D. This chapter finds that few target specific characteristics and financial charac-teristics of the acquiring firm are important drivers of the abnormal returns around the announcement period.
Association of geriatric nutritional risk index with renal prognosis and all-cause mortality among older patients with chronic kidney disease: a secondary analysis of CKD-ROUTE study
Creators: name: Chen, Lei
name: Yan, Mengyao
name: Li, Jie
name: Zhao, Xue
name: Zeng, Lu
name: Gao, Zhumei
name: Jiang, Hongli
name: Wei, Limin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: The aim of the study was to assess the association between the geriatric nutritional risk index (GNRI) and incidence of CKD progression, all-cause mortality, and cardiovascular events in the elderly patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) before dialysis initiation. We performed a post hoc analysis of the CKD-ROUTE database, which included 538 pre-dialysis CKD patients aged ≥65 years in this prospective cohort study. Associations between GNRI and clinical outcomes were estimated using Cox proportional hazards model analysis. Multivariable linear mixed regression models with random intercepts were used to assess the association between GNRI and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) decline per year. During the median follow-up period of 2.92 years, there were 123 (22.86%) CKD progression events, 44 (8.18%) deaths, and 76 (14.13%) cardiovascular events. After adjusting for multiple confounding factors, the hazard ratios (HRs) for CKD progression in patients with GNRI <92 were 1.99 (95% CI, 1.34–2.97; p < 0.001), when compared with a GNRI of ≥92. Patients with a lower GNRI also had a significantly greater rate of eGFR decline over time than well-nourished patients (mean annual difference, −1.69; 95% CI, −2.62 to −0.77; p < 0.001). In the secondary outcomes, this association was consistent for all-cause mortality. Moreover, the associations were generally consistent across several subgroup and sensitivity analyses. The lower GNRI is significantly associated with higher risks of renal prognosis and all-cause mortality in elderly patients with CKD.
sj-docx-9-tam-10.1177_17588359211022905 – Supplemental material for Oral vinorelbine and cisplatin as first-line therapy for advanced squamous NSCLC patients: a prospective randomized international phase II study (NAVoTrial 03)
Creators: name: Grossi, Francesco
name: Jaśkiewicz, Piotr
name: Ferreira, Marion
name: Czyżewicz, Grzegorz
name: Kowalski, Dariusz
name: Ciuffreda, Libero
name: Garcia-Gomez, Ramon
name: Caruso, Salvatore
name: Bosch-Barrera, Joaquim
name: Gautier, Stéphanie
name: Ta Thanh Minh, Christine
name: Henriet, Sébastien
name: de Castro, Gilberto
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 111299 Oncology and Carcinogenesis not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111702 Aged Health Care
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110203 Respiratory Diseases

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-9-tam-10.1177_17588359211022905 for Oral vinorelbine and cisplatin as first-line therapy for advanced squamous NSCLC patients: a prospective randomized international phase II study (NAVoTrial 03) by Francesco Grossi, Piotr Jaśkiewicz, Marion Ferreira, Grzegorz Czyżewicz, Dariusz Kowalski, Libero Ciuffreda, Ramon Garcia-Gomez, Salvatore Caruso, Joaquim Bosch-Barrera, Stéphanie Gautier, Christine Ta Thanh Minh, Sébastien Henriet and Gilberto de Castro in Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology
Additional file 1 of The early negative bias of social semantics: evidence from behavioral and ERP studies
Creators: name: Fan, Xinfang
name: Xu, Qiang
name: Liu, Juan
name: Xing, Hongwei
name: Ning, Liangyu
name: Chen, Qingwei
name: Yang, Yaping
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Neuroscience
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Additional file 1: Appendix 1. The Primes and Targets stimuli across different experiment conditions (Partial).
sj-DOCX-1-aut-10.1177_13623613211029116 – Supplemental material for Adapting and validating the Autism Diagnostic Interview - Revised for use with deaf children and young people
Creators: name: Wright, Barry
name: Phillips, Helen
name: Allgar, Victoria
name: Sweetman, Jennifer
name: Hodkinson, Rachel
name: Hayward, Emily
name: Ralph-Lewis, Amelia
name: Teige, Catarina
name: Bland, Martin
name: Le Couteur, Ann
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 110319 Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Education
subject: 130312 Special Education and Disability
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: Supplemental material, sj-DOCX-1-aut-10.1177_13623613211029116 for Adapting and validating the Autism Diagnostic Interview - Revised for use with deaf children and young people by Barry Wright, Helen Phillips, Victoria Allgar, Jennifer Sweetman, Rachel Hodkinson, Emily Hayward, Amelia Ralph-Lewis, Catarina Teige, Martin Bland and Ann Le Couteur in Autism
sj-pdf-1-apy-10.1177_10398562211028646 – Supplemental material for Engagement of mental health service users and carers in care planning – Is it meaningful and adding value?
Creators: name: Scott, Russ
name: Aboud, Andrew
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 110319 Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Neuroscience

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-apy-10.1177_10398562211028646 for Engagement of mental health service users and carers in care planning – Is it meaningful and adding value? by Russ Scott and Andrew Aboud in Australasian Psychiatry
Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-7-tva-10.1177_15248380211030502 - Population-Based Estimates of Associations Between Child Maltreatment Types: A Meta-Analysis
Creators: name: Matsumoto, Maya
name: Piersiak, Hannah A.
name: Letterie, Mia C.
name: Humphreys, Kathryn L.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 160299 Criminology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Law

description: Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-7-tva-10.1177_15248380211030502 for Population-Based Estimates of Associations Between Child Maltreatment Types: A Meta-Analysis by Maya Matsumoto, Hannah A. Piersiak, Mia C. Letterie and Kathryn L. Humphreys in Trauma, Violence, & Abuse
Analysis Plan: Metacognitive Mechanisms of Control over Bodily States
Creators: name: Hess, Alexander J.
name: Mellor, Stephanie
name: Heinzle, Jakob
name: Iglesias, Sandra
name: Stephan, Klaas Enno
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This analysis plan describes the analysis of a study on "Metacognitive Mechanisms of Control over Bodily States" (METAC).
mRNA display in cell lysates enables identification of cyclic peptides targeting the BRD3 extraterminal domain.
Creators: name: Hurd, Catherine A
name: Bush, Jacob T
name: Powell, Andrew J
name: Walport, Louise J
Publisher: name: The Francis Crick Institute
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: Chemical Biology & High Throughput
subject: Chemical Biology & High Throughput
classificationCode: Gene Expression
subject: Gene Expression
classificationCode: Immunology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
classificationCode: Biochemistry & Proteomics
subject: Biochemistry & Proteomics
classificationCode: Structural Biology & Biophysics
subject: Structural Biology & Biophysics
classificationCode: Cell Biology
subject: Cell Biology

description: mRNA display is a powerful technology to screen libraries of >1012 cyclic peptides against a protein target, enabling the rapid discovery of high affinity ligands. These cyclic peptides are particularly well suited to challenging protein targets that have been difficult to drug with small molecules. However, target choice can still be limited as screens are typically performed against purified proteins which often demands the use of isolated domains and precludes the use of aggregation-prone targets. Here, we report a method to perform mRNA display selections in mammalian cell lysates without the need for prior target purification, vastly expanding the potential target scope of mRNA display. We have applied the methodology to identify low to sub-nanomolar peptide binders for two targets: a NanoLuc subunit (LgBiT) and full-length bromodomain-containing protein 3 (BRD3). Our cyclic peptides for BRD3 were found to bind to the extraterminal (ET) domain of BRD3 and the closely related BRD proteins, BRD2 and BRD4. While many chemical probes exist for the bromodomains of BRD proteins, the ET domain is relatively underexplored, making these peptides valuable additions to the BRD toolbox.
Vernacular Patterns in Portugal and Brazil: Evolution and Adaptations
Creators: name: P. Palazzo, Pedro
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: City planning
subject: Cities and towns--Study and teaching
subject: Portugal
subject: Portuguese colonies
subject: Architecture
subject: FOS: Civil engineering
subject: History
subject: Eighteenth century
subject: Nineteenth century

description: Traditional towns in Portugal and Brazil have evolved a finely tuned coordination between, on the one hand, modular dimensions for street widths and lot sizes, and on the other, a typology of room shapes and layouts within houses. Despite being well documented in urban history, this coordination was in the last century often interpreted as contingent, a result of the limited material means of pre-industrial societies. But the continued application and gradual adaptation of these urban and architectural patterns through periods of industrialization and economic development suggests that they respond both to enduring housing requirements and to piecemeal urban growth. This article surveys the persistence of urban and architectural patterns up to the early 20th century, showing their resilience in addressing modern housing and urbanization requirements.
Association of insulin resistance indices with kidney stones and their recurrence in a non-diabetic population: an analysis based on NHANES data from 2007–2018
Creators: name: Yang, Yu-Xuan
name: Xiang, Jia-Cheng
name: Ye, Gui-Chen
name: Luo, Kuang-Di
name: Wang, Shao-Gang
name: Xia, Qi-Dong
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology

description: To systematically evaluate the association between insulin resistance indices and the risk of kidney stones and their recurrence in U.S. non-diabetic individuals, while identifying predictive indicators. This cross-sectional study analyzed data from the 2007–2018 NHANES. Five IR indices were calculated. Weighted logistic regression, restricted cubic spline, and mediation analyses were used to assess the independent associations between these indices and the risk of kidney stones and recurrence in non-diabetic individuals. This study of 9,605 non-diabetic participants showed an overall kidney stones incidence of 8.63% and a recurrence rate of 2.70%. Weighted logistic regression and RCS analyses revealed significant positive associations between METs-IR, HOMA-IR, TyG-BMI, and the risk of kidney stones and their recurrence. Every unit increase in METs-IR was linked to a 2% rise in the incidence of kidney stones (95% CI: 1.014–1.027, p < 0.001) and a 3.3% rise in recurrence (95% CI: 1.018–1.048, p < 0.001); each unit increase in HOMA-IR raised incidence by 5% (95% CI: 1.025–1.078, p < 0.001) and recurrence by 7.9% (95% CI: 1.041–1.118, p < 0.001). Adjusting for confounders shifted these relationships from nonlinear to linear (p > 0.05). METs-IR demonstrated the strongest diagnostic accuracy for predicting recurrence, with uric acid and vitamin D mediating associations between IR indices and the risk of kidney stones and their recurrence in non-diabetic individuals. This study found that elevated IR indices (METs-IR, HOMA-IR, TyG-BMI) significantly increased kidney stone risk in a non-diabetic population. Serum uric acid and vitamin D mediated this association, with METs-IR best predicting kidney stones incidence and recurrence.
Crash Prediction and Collision Avoidance using Hidden Markov Model
Creators: name: Prabu, Avinash
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2019
Subjects: Control engineering, mechatronics and robotics not elsewhere classified
Automotive safety engineering

description: Automotive technology has grown from strength to strength in the recent years. The main focus of research in the near past and the immediate future are autonomous vehicles. Autonomous vehicles range from level 1 to level 5, depending on the percentage of machine intervention while driving. To make a smooth transition from human driving and machine intervention, the prediction of human driving behavior is critical. This thesis is a subset of driving behavior prediction. The objective of this thesis is to predict the possibility of crash and implement an appropriate active safety system to prevent the same. The prediction of crash requires data of transition between lanes, and speed ranges. This is achieved through a variation of hidden Markov model. With the crash prediction and analysis of the Markov models, the required ADAS system is activated. The above concept is divided into sections and an algorithm was developed. The algorithm is then scripted into MATLAB for simulation. The results of the simulation is recorded and analyzed to prove the idea.
Catetinho: patrimonialização e arquitetura efêmera
Creators: name: Mennucci, Marina Martins
name: P. Palazzo, Pedro
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Brazilians--Social life and customs
subject: Architecture
subject: FOS: Civil engineering
subject: History
subject: Historic preservation

description: Among the monuments of Brazilian modernist architecture, the Catetinho, built in 1956 near the construction site of Brasília, is one of a kind. The only surviving work by Oscar Niemeyer built out of wood, it was intended to be a temporary office for the President of the Republic during the construction of the new capital city. This work discusses the current state of conservation of the Catetinho, how its design and construction techniques affect conventional wisdom on the preservation of both modernist and wooden buildings, and recommended strategies to protect material integrity and the legibility of its original design. The research points out that, while the hastily detailed structural system is itself a risk factor to the Catetinho’s durability, conservation efforts can be helped by a clear vision as to which among the existing materials and techniques are essential to the building’s identity.
Additional file 1 of Construction of a bacteriophage-derived recombinase system in Bacillus licheniformis for gene deletion
Creators: name: Xue, Fang
name: Ma, Xufan
name: Luo, Cheng
name: Li, Dongliang
name: Shi, Guiyang
name: Li, Youran
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Supplementary Figure 1. Amino acid sequence alignment of the putative recombinases (a). Phylogenetic tree of the recombinases (b). Supplementary Figure 2. Total RNA extracted from B. licheniformis cultured in LBG (a) and LBR (b) media. Supplementary Figure 3. Construction scheme of genome editing plasmid pKAR (a). Gel analysis of the plasmid pKA digested by EcoRI and HindIII (b). Gel analysis of the plasmid pKAR1-5 digested by EcoRI (c).
Additional file 1 of Evaluation of the pooled sample method in Infinium MethylationEPIC BeadChip array by comparison with individual samples
Creators: name: Nishitani, Shota
name: Fujisawa, Takashi X.
name: Yao, Akiko
name: Takiguchi, Shinichiro
name: Tomoda, Akemi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Statistics
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Additional file 1. Supplementary Table S1, Supplementary Figure S1, Supplementary Figure S2, Supplementary Figure S3, Supplementary Table S2
Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-spr-10.1177_02654075211031294 - Spanish-speaking family members and non-Spanish speakers’ supportive and unsupportive communication for Latina/o/x language brokers
Creators: name: Murillo, Roselia Mendez
name: Kam, Jennifer A.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 200199 Communication and Media Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Media and communications
subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-spr-10.1177_02654075211031294 for Spanish-speaking family members and non-Spanish speakers’ supportive and unsupportive communication for Latina/o/x language brokers by Roselia Mendez Murillo and Jennifer A. Kam in Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
Patrimônio edificado e ideologia modernista: problemas de intervenção em sítios históricos degradados
Creators: name: P. Palazzo, Pedro
Publisher: name: Mauad
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Historic preservation

description: A prática de preservação patrimonial no Brasil representa um recorte parcial da teoria patrimonial tal como esta foi constituída nas convenções internacionais e nas práticas européias e norte-americanas, com forte ênfase numa teleologia histórica. Partindo desses precedentes, estudaram-se os marcos teóricos que têm informado a preservação do patrimônio material imóvel, com conseqüências para as identidades profissionais que se constituem em torno da prática de preservação e do patrimônio preservado. As cartas patrimoniais, bem como as boas práticas da preservação do patrimônio, devem ser mais amplamente discutidas no que se refere a diferentes graus de deterioração de sítios urbanos e ao conceito de autenticidade histórica. Questiona-se uma interpretação abusiva da Carta de Veneza, contrapondo-se a esta as disposições de outras cartas patrimoniais mais recentes.
sj-pdf-1-cre-10.1177_02692155211031081 – Supplemental material for Effect of patient education on quality-of-life, pain and fatigue in breast cancer survivors: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Martínez-Miranda, Patricia
name: Casuso-Holgado, Maria Jesús
name: Jesús Jiménez-Rejano, José
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110314 Orthopaedics
subject: 110604 Sports Medicine
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-cre-10.1177_02692155211031081 for Effect of patient education on quality-of-life, pain and fatigue in breast cancer survivors: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Patricia Martínez-Miranda, Maria Jesús Casuso-Holgado and José Jesús Jiménez-Rejano in Clinical Rehabilitation
The Role of Auction Revenue Rights in Markets for Financial Transmission Rights
Creators: name: II, Jeffrey J Opgrand
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2019
Subjects: Agricultural economics

description: Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) have been a feature of competitive electricity markets for nearly 20 years. FTRs are financial derivatives sold in periodic auctions. Revenues from the sale of these derivatives are passed through to electricity ratepayers to compensate them for transmission congestion payments they make in the spot energy market. FTR purchasers are effectively swapping their auction payment for an uncertain revenue stream over the life of the FTR. In recent years, industry market monitors have become concerned with the auctions’ performance in adequately compensating ratepayers – FTRs sell, on average, for a price less than the revenue they generate for the purchaser. This dissertation contributes to our understanding of FTR market functioning by studying the Auction Revenue Rights (ARR) management process, which is the predominate mechanism used in U.S. electricity markets to distribute FTR auction revenue to electricity ratepayers. This dissertation is organized into three essays, detailed below. The first essay demonstrates how the ARR process influences fundamental supply conditions in the FTR auction market and show how divergent auction equilibria emerge under different ARR decision-making regimes. Using market data from the PJM Interconnection, this essay finds empirical evidence that variation in ARR management strategies helps explain differences between an FTR’s auction price and its realized ex post value. The second essay studies the interaction of affiliated subsidiaries in auctions for FTRs. The essay documents a setting where a regulated utility routinely sells FTRs (through the ARR process) to an affiliated generation company in an auction where a portion of the revenue is passed through to the regulated utility’s retail customers. It appears that the affiliated generator may be placing strategic bids in the auction to minimize the price they pay for the derivatives, which would also minimize the revenue passed through to the regulated utility’s retail customers. The third essay studies the relationship between the long-term FTR auction market and the annual auction market in terms of ARR prices. Long-term auction clearing prices systematically overvalue FTRs that are along the paths of an ARR, thus providing electricity ratepayers with a biased signal of the potential value of their ARR allocations. Collectively, these three essays demonstrate the role of the ARR process in determining equilibrium FTR auction prices. Not only do ARR management decisions directly affect equilibrium prices, but ARRs constitute the mechanism by which auction revenues are passed through to ratepayers. Thus, any analysis of FTR auction revenue deficiency must include a thorough understanding and empirical incorporation of the ARR process into the analysis.
sj-docx-2-hol-10.1177_09596836211033201 – Supplemental material for Agricultural adaptations to topography and climate changes in Central China during the mid- to late-Holocene
Creators: name: Jia, Xin
name: Li, Haiming
name: Lee, Harry F
name: Liu, Zhen
name: Lu, Yong
name: Hu, Zhujun
name: Sun, Xueqiang
name: Zhao, Zhijun
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: Geography
History

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-2-hol-10.1177_09596836211033201 for Agricultural adaptations to topography and climate changes in Central China during the mid- to late-Holocene by Xin Jia, Haiming Li, Harry F Lee, Zhen Liu, Yong Lu, Zhujun Hu, Xueqiang Sun and Zhijun Zhao in The Holocene