cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Epidemiology of Surgical Site Infection in a Community Hospital Network
Creators: name: Weber, David J.
name: Moehring, Rebekah W.
name: Sexton, Daniel J.
name: Baker, Arthur W.
name: Durkin, Michael J.
name: Anderson, Deverick J.
name: Dicks, Kristen V.
name: Chen, Luke F.
name: Lewis, Sarah S.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: OBJECTIVE To describe the epidemiology of complex surgical site infection (SSI) following commonly performed surgical procedures in community hospitals and to characterize trends of SSI prevalence rates over time for MRSA and other common pathogens METHODS We prospectively collected SSI data at 29 community hospitals in the southeastern United States from 2008 through 2012. We determined the overall prevalence rates of SSI for commonly performed procedures during this 5-year study period. For each year of the study, we then calculated prevalence rates of SSI stratified by causative organism. We created log-binomial regression models to analyze trends of SSI prevalence over time for all pathogens combined and specifically for MRSA. RESULTS A total of 3,988 complex SSIs occurred following 532,694 procedures (prevalence rate, 0.7 infections per 100 procedures). SSIs occurred most frequently after small bowel surgery, peripheral vascular bypass surgery, and colon surgery. Staphylococcus aureus was the most common pathogen. The prevalence rate of SSI decreased from 0.76 infections per 100 procedures in 2008 to 0.69 infections per 100 procedures in 2012 (prevalence rate ratio [PRR], 0.90; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.82–1.00). A more substantial decrease in MRSA SSI (PRR, 0.69; 95% CI, 0.54–0.89) was largely responsible for this overall trend. CONCLUSIONS The prevalence of MRSA SSI decreased from 2008 to 2012 in our network of community hospitals. This decrease in MRSA SSI prevalence led to an overall decrease in SSI prevalence over the study period. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2016;37:519–526
Additional file 2 of HUSH-mediated HIV silencing is independent of TASOR phosphorylation on threonine 819
Creators: name: Vauthier, Virginie
name: Lasserre, Angélique
name: Morel, Marina
name: Versapuech, Margaux
name: Berlioz-Torrent, Clarisse
name: Zamborlini, Alessia
name: Margottin-Goguet, Florence
name: Matkovic, Roy
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 2: Figure S2. TASOR levels decrease with differentiation of the myeloid THP-1 cell line. A TASOR expression is analyzed by western blot in the indicated cell lines (HeLa, 293T, JLat-A1, Jurkat Tcells, THP-1) and primary cells (CD4: CD4+ activated T cells from one donor, macrophages from the same donor). A THP-1 cells were treated with phorbol-myristate-acetate (PMA) at Day 0 and cell lysates were analyzed by western blot each day following PMA addition.
Hospital Readmissions in Patients With Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae
Creators: name: Messina, Julia A.
name: Richter, Sandra S.
name: Salata, Robert A.
name: Watkins, Richard R.
name: Kaye, Keith S.
name: Evans, Scott
name: Van Duin, David
name: Doi, Yohei
name: Bonomo, Robert A.
name: Fowler, Vance G.
name: Cober, Eric
name: Kalayjian, Robert C.
name: Perez, Federico
name: Scalera, Nikole M.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: BACKGROUND: Various transmission routes contribute to spread of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) in hospitalized patients. Patients with readmissions during which CRKP is again isolated ("CRKP readmission") potentially contribute to transmission of CRKP.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate CRKP readmissions in the Consortium on Resistance against Carbapenems in K. pneumoniae (CRaCKLe).

DESIGN: Cohort study from December 24, 2011, through July 1, 2013.

SETTING: Multicenter consortium of acute care hospitals in the Great Lakes region.

PATIENTS: All patients who were discharged alive during the study period were included. Each patient was included only once at the time of the first CRKP-positive culture.

METHODS: All readmissions within 90 days of discharge from the index hospitalization during which CRKP was again found were analyzed. Risk factors for CRKP readmission were evaluated in multivariable models.

RESULTS: Fifty-six (20%) of 287 patients who were discharged alive had a CRKP readmission. History of malignancy was associated with CRKP readmission (adjusted odds ratio [adjusted OR], 3.00 [95% CI, 1.32-6.65], P<.01). During the index hospitalization, 160 patients (56%) received antibiotic treatment against CRKP; the choice of regimen was associated with CRKP readmission (P=.02). Receipt of tigecycline-based therapy (adjusted OR, 5.13 [95% CI, 1.72-17.44], using aminoglycoside-based therapy as a reference in those treated with anti-CRKP antibiotics) was associated with CRKP readmission.

CONCLUSION: Hospitalized patients with CRKP-specifically those with a history of malignancy-are at high risk of readmission with recurrent CRKP infection or colonization. Treatment during the index hospitalization with a tigecycline-based regimen increases this risk.
Additional file 3 of HUSH-mediated HIV silencing is independent of TASOR phosphorylation on threonine 819
Creators: name: Vauthier, Virginie
name: Lasserre, Angélique
name: Morel, Marina
name: Versapuech, Margaux
name: Berlioz-Torrent, Clarisse
name: Zamborlini, Alessia
name: Margottin-Goguet, Florence
name: Matkovic, Roy
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 3: Figure S3. Overexpressed wt TASOR, T819A or T819E are present in the nucleus, the bar scale represents 10µM.
Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria in the Community
Creators: name: van Duin, David
name: Paterson, David L.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Multidrug resistant (MDR) bacteria are one of the most important current threats to public health. Typically, MDR bacteria are associated with nosocomial infections. However, some MDR bacteria have become quite prevalent causes of community-acquired infections. The spread of MDR bacteria into the community is a crucial development, and is associated with increased morbidity, mortality, healthcare costs and antibiotic use. Factors associated with community dissemination of MDR bacteria overlap but are distinct from those associated with nosocomial spread. Community-associated (CA) MDR bacteria have an antibiotic resistance phenotype that is stable in the absence of antibiotic pressure of the type normally observed in hospitals or nursing homes. An exception to this rule may be those CA-MDR bacteria, of which the prevalence is driven by the presence of antibiotics in the food chain. Additionally, the colonization of otherwise healthy hosts is a common characteristic of CA-MDR bacteria. However, subtle immune deficiencies may still be present in the subjects colonized with specific CA-MDR bacteria. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) is the most prevalent of CA-MDR bacteria. CA-MRSA also has the greatest impact on morbidity and mortality. The main threat on the horizon is represented by Enterobacteriaceae. The production of extended spectrum β-lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae encountered in the community is becoming increasingly prevalent. Of great concern is the potential for the acquisition of carbapenemase genes in CA-Enterobacteriaceae. Prevention of further community spread of MDR bacteria is of the utmost importance, and will require a multi-disciplinary approach involving all stakeholders.
Too dynamic to fail. Empirical support for an autocatalytic model of Minsky's financial instability hypothesis
Creators: name: Golo, Natasa
name: Bree, David S.
name: Kelman, Guy
name: Usher, Leanne
name: Lamieri, Marco
name: Solomon, Sorin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Finance (q-fin.GN)
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: Solomon and Golo [1] have recently proposed an autocatalytic (self-reinforcing) feedback model which couples a macroscopic system parameter (the interest rate), a microscopic parameter that measures the distribution of the states of the individual agents (the number of firms in financial difficulty) and a peer-to-peer network effect (contagion across supply chain financing). In this model, each financial agent is characterized by its resilience to the interest rate. Above a certain rate the interest due on the firm's financial costs exceeds its earnings and the firm becomes susceptible to failure (ponzi). For the interest rate levels under a certain threshold level, the firm loans are smaller then its earnings and the firm becomes 'hedge.' In this paper, we fit the historical data (2002-2009) on interest rate data into our model, in order to predict the number of the ponzi firms. We compare the prediction with the data taken from a large panel of Italian firms over a period of 9 years. We then use trade credit linkages to discuss the connection between the ponzi density and the network percolation. We find that the 'top-down'-'bottom-up' positive feedback loop accounts for most of the Minsky crisis accelerator dynamics. The peer-to-peer ponzi companies contagion becomes significant only in the last stage of the crisis when the ponzi density is above a critical value. Moreover the ponzi contagion is limited only to the companies that were not dynamic enough to substitute their distressed clients with new ones. In this respect the data support a view in which the success of the economy depends on substituting the static 'supply-network' picture with an interacting dynamic agents one.
description: 28 pages, 10 figures. in Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination, 2015
Electrolito solido Universal Para baterías y Otras Aplicaciones
Creators: name: Valdes, Jorge Diaz-Crespo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: electrolito solido
baterias
solid electrolite

description: La presente invención se refiere a un electrolito sólido, que permite el almacenamiento y conducción de energía eléctrica en un medio altamente seguro y, según la realización, flexible y ligero. Se aplica en baterías y otros sistemas de almacenamiento de energía eléctrica.
 El electrolito de la invención tiene la ventaja de ser tan fino como una hoja de papel, haciendo así que las baterías sean mucho más finas, e incluso flexibles según el sustrato utilizado. Estas baterías también son altamente seguras, dado que pueden dañarse (corte, perforación...) sin que pueda producir más que la correspondiente pérdida de capacidad. Igualmente, se evita la formación de puentes 5 cristalinos. Con todo ello, las baterías que contengan la invención podrán lograr una mejor eficiencia y durabilidad, llegando a duplicar sus cualidades, y una carga extremadamente rápida.

 The present invention refers to a solid electrolyte, which allows the storage and conduction of electrical energy in a highly safe and, depending on the embodiment, flexible and light medium. It is applied in batteries and other electrical energy storage systems. The electrolyte of the invention has the advantage of being as thin as a sheet of paper, thus making batteries much thinner, and even flexible depending on the substrate used. These batteries are also highly safe, since they can be damaged (cut, perforation...) without producing more than the corresponding loss of capacity. Likewise, the formation of crystalline bridges is avoided. With all this, the batteries that contain the invention will be able to achieve better efficiency and durability, doubling their qualities, and extremely fast charging.
description: registered patent
Additional file 4 of HUSH-mediated HIV silencing is independent of TASOR phosphorylation on threonine 819
Creators: name: Vauthier, Virginie
name: Lasserre, Angélique
name: Morel, Marina
name: Versapuech, Margaux
name: Berlioz-Torrent, Clarisse
name: Zamborlini, Alessia
name: Margottin-Goguet, Florence
name: Matkovic, Roy
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 4: Figure S4. This figure is complementary to Fig 5. Half of the cell population was analyzed by flow cytometry to monitor the DNA content following propidium iodide staining. The cell distribution in the different cell cycle phases was determined using the Multicycle Software.
title: Cross-Cultural Variations in Identifying Embedded Figures
title: Comparisons from the United States, Germany, Russia, and Malaysia
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Kühnen, Ulrich
name: Hannover, Bettina
name: Roeder, Ute
name: Shah, Ashiq Ali
name: Schubert, Benjamin
name: Upmeyer, Arnold
name: Zakaria, Saliza
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: 150 Psychologie
subject: 390 Bräuche, Etikette, Folklore
subject: field dependence
subject: embedded figures
subject: United States
subject: Germany
subject: Russia
subject: Malaysia
subject: individualism
subject: collectivism

description: Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.
description: This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.
description: Previous studies have found cross-cultural variation in field dependence. In this study, cross-cultural differences were expected depending on the degree of individualism or collectivism of the respective cultures. Samples were taken from two prototypically individualist cultures, the United States and Germany, and two collectivist cultures, Russia and Malaysia. As predicted, field dependence did not differ between those samples that represented the same type of culture, either collectivist or individualist. However, a clear difference could be found between the two types of cultures; that is, U.S. and German participants were more field independent than were Russian and Malaysian participants.
Effects of a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Intervention Trial to Improve Disease Outcomes in Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease:
Creators: name: Van Tilburg, Miranda A.L.
name: Claar, Robyn L.
name: Stoner, Susan A.
name: Whitehead, William E.
name: DuPen, Melissa M.
name: Mancl, Lloyd A.
name: Abdullah, Bisher
name: Feld, Shara I.
name: Murphy, Tasha B.
name: Levy, Rona L.
name: Romano, Joan M.
name: Baker, Melissa D.
name: Walker, Lynn S.
name: Langer, Shelby L.
name: Swanson, Kimberly S.
name: Christie, Dennis L.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Studies testing the efficacy of behavioral interventions to modify psychosocial sequelae of IBD in children are limited. This report presents outcomes through a six month follow up from a large RCT testing the efficacy of a cognitive-behavioral intervention for children with IBD and their parents.
Untersuchungen zur Kombination von Brachy- und Röntgentherapie zur Behandlung von Augentumoren
Creators: name: Stroth, Michelle
Publisher: name: TU Dortmund
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 530

description: Die Brachytherapie mit Ruthenium-106 Applikatoren stellt für intraokulare Tu- moren mit einer Apexhöhe über 6 mm aufgrund der unzureichenden Bestrahlung der Tumorspitze eine Kontraindikation dar. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wird ein integriertes Konzept, das die Kombination der Brachytherapie mit externer Röntgen- bestrahlung beinhaltet, zur Behandlung intraokularer Tumoren untersucht. Hierfür wird die kombinierte Therapiemodalität anhand von Patientenfällen, die bereits mit einem Ruthenium-Applikator bestrahlt wurden, simuliert und die Gewichtung der Strahlungsquellen mittels einer Optimierung durch die differentielle Evolution angepasst, sodass die Dosis in den Risikostrukturen minimiert wird. Der Vergleich der Dosis-Volumen-Histogramme der kombinierten Therapieform mit den Dosis- Volumen-Histogrammen der Brachytherapie bestätigt die Vorteile der Integration der externen Röntgenbestrahlung in die Brachytherapie mit dem Ruthenium-106 Applikator in Bezug auf den Schutz der Risikostrukturen und die Homogenität des Dosisprofils im Tumor. Des Weiteren werden als Grundlage für experimentelle Untersuchungen der kombinierten Therapiemodalität die Unsicherheiten der Ab- solutkalibrierung eines Szintillationsdetektors untersucht. Die Messungen liefern erste Hinweise auf die Ursachen der Unsicherheiten, es werden jedoch detaillierte Analysen mit höherer statistischer Aussagekraft benötigt, um die Ergebnisse zu bestätigen.
description: Brachytherapy with Ru-106 eye applicators is contraindicated for intraocular tumors with an apex height above 6 mm due to insufficient irradiation of the tumor apex. In this work, an integrated concept, consisting of brachytherapy with external X-ray irradiation, is investigated for the treatment of intraocular tumors. For this purpose, the combined therapy modality is simulated using patient cases, which were already irradiated with a ruthenium applicator, and the weights of the radiation sources are adjusted by using optimization through differential evolution so that the dose to the structures at risk is minimized. Comparison of the dose-volume histograms of the combined form of therapy with the dose-volume histograms of brachytherapy only, confirms the advantages of integrating external X-ray irradiation using the ruthenium-106 applicator in terms of protection of the structures at risk and homogeneity of the dose profile in the tumor. Furthermore, as a basis for experimental studies of the combined therapy modality, the uncertainties of the absolute calibration of a scintillation detector are investigated. The measurements provide initial indications of the causes of the uncertainties, but detailed analyses with higher statistical power are needed to confirm the results.
title: Automation in Surgery
title: The Impact of Navigated-Control Assistance on Performance, Workload, Situation Awareness, and Acquisition of Surgical Skills
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Manzey, Dietrich
name: Luz, Maria
name: Müller, Stefan
name: Dietz, Andreas
name: Meixensberger, Jürgen
name: Strauss, Gero
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften
subject: 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
subject: image-guided navigation
subject: human–automation interaction
subject: health care ergonomics

description: Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.
description: This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.
description: Objective: Human performance consequences of a new technology of image-guided navigation (IGN) support for surgeons are investigated. Background: Navigated control (NC) represents an advancement of IGN technology. In contrast to currently available pointer-based systems, it represents a higher degree of automation that supports processes not only of information analysis and integration but also of intraoperative decision making. Method: In the first experiment, 14 surgical novices performed a simulated mastoidectomy with and without NC support. Effects of provision of the system were analyzed with respect to different measures of surgical performance and outcome, workload, and situation awareness. In the second experiment, 21 advanced medical students were trained to perform a mastoidectomy by practicing it either with or without NC support. It was investigated to what extent the provision of the system during practice would affect the acquisition of surgical skills. Results: The results reveal that NC support can reduce both the risk of intraoperative injuries and complications as well as the physiological effort of surgeons. “Cost effects” compared to a conventional (i.e., not supported) surgery emerged with respect to the time needed for the surgery, increased subjective workload, reduced spare capacity, and a reduced level of situation awareness. However, no significant effects on processes of skill acquisition were found. Conclusion: NC systems can contribute to improved patient safety. Most of the cost effects seem to be related not to the basic principle of NC but to its current technological implementation. Application: The results have consequences for the design and clinical use of automated navigation support.
Max Aubs cuentos mexicanos in der contact zone: Eine Perspektive auf den mexikanisch-spanischen Kulturkontakt in „La merced“ und „La verdadera historia de la muerte de Francisco Franco“
Creators: name: Lemcke, Tim Lukas
Publisher: name: Hannover : Institutionelles Repositorium der Leibniz Universität Hannover
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Aub, Max
subject: Roman
subject: Spanien
subject: Mexiko
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::400 | Sprache, Linguistik

description: [no abstract available]
Hormonal Contraception Use is Common Among Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases and an Elevated Risk of Deep Vein Thrombosis:
Creators: name: Baird, Donna
name: Cotton, Cary C.
name: Sandler, Robert S.
name: Long, Millie D.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Persons with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have an increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE). We sought to examine whether self-report of hormonal contraception (HC), as a proxy for exposure to estrogen-based contraception, was less common for women with multiple risk factors for VTE.
Aspects of Modeling Piezoelectric Active Thin-walled Structures
Creators: name: Marinković, Dragan
name: Köppe, Heinz
name: Gabbert, Ulrich
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Technologie
subject: 670 Industrielle Fertigung
subject: piezoelectric composites
subject: electric field modeling
subject: geometrical non-linearities

description: Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.
description: This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.
description: The objective of this article is to reconsider some important aspects of modeling piezoelectric active thin-walled structures. Hence, it is dealt here with thin-walled laminated structures involving piezoelectric patches. A recently developed shell type finite element is used for the purpose. The first aspect is adequate modeling of electric field within the piezoelectric patches polarized in the thickness direction. The influence of higher order functions for the electric field on the accuracy of the model is discussed. The second aspect is related to modeling geometrical non-linearities in the behavior of the considered structures and their significance on the accuracy of the predicted behavior. Both aspects are considered with respect to static and dynamic cases.
QUALITY ASSUR7NCE: About quality assurance systems in the Dutch recycling industry
Creators: name: Hobé, Thomas Ruben
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Quality Assurance
Extended Producer Responsibility
Recycling
Downcycling
EPR
PRO
Management System

description: This thesis describes and analyses quality assurance systems (QASs) in the Dutch recycling industry. Each of five case studies explains how EPR legislation is operationalized for specific product groups. The organization of the QAS is explained by describing the criteria for certification and the procedure that leads to certification. All QASs are assessed on their functioning in terms of how they work towards higher value retention options by increasing the level of cascading, and by assessing the implementation of corporate sustainability including the incentive to improve business practices continuously. Besides, the auditing processes are evaluated on whether they work towards recognized audit principles for good auditing. The companies in the recycling industry are given space to describe their experiences with the QASs as well. The conclusion is that the QASs in the Dutch EPR regulated recycling industry are not working towards higher value retention options and that changes must be made to organize this. Three recommendations are given. The first is to reward eco-efficiency. More must be done to push reuse of products and materials. The second recommendation pledges for a radical change of the tax system to incentivize recycling and the use of secondary materials. Lastly, the QASs must demand environmental management systems to the certified companies to adapt to the current market situation and to ensure companies of continuous improvement.
$h$-Principle for Curves with Prescribed Curvature
Creators: name: Wasem, Micha
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We prove that every immersed $C^2$-curve $γ$ in $\mathbb R^n$, $n\geqslant 3$ with curvature $k_γ$ can be $C^1$-approximated by immersed $C^2$-curves having prescribed curvature $k>k_γ$. The approximating curves satisfy a $C^1$-dense $h$-principle. As an application we obtain the existence of $C^2$-knots of arbitrary positive curvature in each isotopy class, which generalizes a similar result by McAtee for $C^2$-knots of constant curvature.
description: Final version, to appear in Geometriae Dedicata, 9 pages, 1 figure
A divisive spectral method for network community detection
Creators: name: Cheng, Jianjun
name: Li, Longjie
name: Leng, Mingwei
name: Lu, Weiguo
name: Yao, Yukai
name: Chen, Xiaoyun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Community detection is a fundamental problem in the domain of complex-network analysis. It has received great attention, and many community detection methods have been proposed in the last decade. In this paper, we propose a divisive spectral method for identifying community structures from networks, which utilizes a sparsification operation to pre-process the networks first, and then uses a repeated bisection spectral algorithm to partition the networks into communities. The sparsification operation makes the community boundaries more clearer and more sharper, so that the repeated spectral bisection algorithm extract high-quality community structures accurately from the sparsified networks. Experiments show that the combination of network sparsification and spectral bisection algorithm is highly successful, the proposed method is more effective in detecting community structures from networks than the others.
description: 23pages, 10 figures, and 2 tables
Medication Utilization and the Impact of Continued Corticosteroid Use on Patient-reported Outcomes in Older Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease:
Creators: name: Long, Millie D.
name: Kappelman, Michael D.
name: Sandler, Robert S.
name: Ha, Christina
name: Anton, Kristen
name: Geisz, Matthew
name: Chen, Wenli
name: Martin, Christopher F.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Older individuals with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) require ongoing medications. We aimed to describe 1) medication use in older and younger IBD patients and 2) medication associations with patient reported outcomes (PRO’s) in older patients.
Repeating the Case for an Expanded Understanding of Methods in Psychology: Again and Again
Creators: name: Mey, Günter
name: Mruck, Katja
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: 150 Psychologie
subject: psychology
subject: methods

description: Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.
description: This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.
Measuring sustainability in an Austin-based start-up
Creators: name: Wedel, Steven J.
name: 0009-0008-1876-5972
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2023
Subjects: Package
Delivery
Goods
Parcel
Transportation
Sustainability
Emissions
Start-ups
Drones
Tube
Science
Comparative
Analysis
Solution
Technology
CleanTech
ATI
Incubator
Future

description: New technology is key to creating a sustainable future, and start-ups are crucial to creating new technology. Here we examine an Austin based payload transportation start- up, Tubular Network, to determine if it produces less emissions than other payload delivery systems. Delivery drones have been proven in theory as sustainable alternatives to industry standards for first- and last-mile delivery, and Tubular Network is expected to have the same results. Data from independently conducted experiments was used to compare which delivery system, delivery drones or Tubular Network shuttles, is more sustainable, and a better option for the future. Results indicate that while both options are more sustainable than current industry standards, the drones performed slightly more efficiently than the Tubular Network shuttles and had advantages in movement flexibility leading to delivery drones being a better last-mile solution. However, the delivery drones could only carry a fraction of the weight that the Tubular Network shuttle can carry and thus are not as good an option for scaled growth and varying parcel weight, making Tubular Network a better option for first-mile transportation. Both drones and Tubular Network are deemed better delivery solutions option and are expected to decrease emissions.
Investigator-Initiated IBD Trials in the United States: Facts, Obstacles, and Answers
Creators: name: Long, Millie D.
name: Lewis, James D.
name: Schliebe, Barbara G.
name: Higgins, Peter D.
name: Sands, Bruce E.
name: Herfarth, Hans H.
name: Osterman, Mark T.
name: Martin, Christopher
name: Ivanova, Anastasia
name: Isaacs, Kim L.
name: Jackson, Susan
name: Sandler, Robert S.
name: Anton, Kristen
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Investigator initiated randomized clinical trials (IITs) are the backbone of academic clinical research. IITs complement the large clinical studies sponsored by industry and address questions, which are usually not the main focus of a commercially directed research but have the purpose to confirm, improve or refute clinically important questions with regard to diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in patient care. The aim of this review is to illustrate the necessary steps to start and complete an IIT in the field of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) in the US. The initial milestones for an investigator include structuring a protocol, planning and building of the trial infrastructure, accurately estimating the costs of the trial and gauging the time span for recruitment. Once the trial has begun it is important to keep patient recruitment on target, monitor of the data quality, and document treatment emergent adverse events. This article provides a framework for the different phases of an IIT and outlines potential hurdles, which could hinder a successful execution.
The impact of mindful meditation upon healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
Creators: name: Robinson, Akeelah
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2022

description: Purpose of Project:The COVID-19 pandemic has led healthcare workers (HCWs) to face tremendous amounts of stress. Stress negatively impacts HCWs and healthcare organizations. A review of the literature concluded mobile mindful meditation applications reduce stress levels. However, there is a gap in the literature that supports mobile mindful meditation applications for HCWs during a pandemic. This research project utilized a mobile mindful meditation application to decrease HCWs’ perceived stress levels at a large organization during a pandemic. MethodologyThrough quasi-experimental design, researchers assessed the effect of utilizing a mobile mindful meditation application on HCWs’ stress levels. Participants' perceived stress levels were measured with Cohen’s Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10), pre-and post-intervention. Participants listened to a mobile mindful meditation application for 20-30 minutes per day for 30 days.Results106 participants completed the pretest; 100 participants completed the posttest. Six were lost to follow up. Descriptive statistics revealed that all participants' mean pretest perceived stress scores were reduced from moderate to low-stress post-intervention. Medical Assistants, Technologists, and the youngest participants reported the highest preintervention perceived stress scores. Providers and the oldest participants reported the lowest preintervention perceived stress scores. Post-intervention, female HCWs’ perceived stress was reduced more than males. There was a statistically significant difference in stress reduction between the pre-intervention and post-intervention groups across various categories, p< 0.050 according to Independent Sample Mann Whitney U Tests.Implications for PracticeMobile mindful meditation applications should be utilized by HCWs to reduce stress. The reduction of stress in HCWs has the potential to improve the quality-of-care HCWs provide, support policy encouraging organizations to distribute mental health resources to HCWs, and may reduce spending for the healthcare organization. Mobile mindful meditation applications positively impact HCWs and organizations.
Use of different materials as a carrier for plant growth promoting bacteria
Creators: name: Arawan Shutsrirung
Publisher: name: Research and Technology Transfer Affairs Division.Khon Kaen University.
Year: 2017
Subjects: Carrier, Perlite, Vermiculite, Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria

description: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology (APST), 22, 1, 1-7
Additional file 1 of Health-related quality of life among postpartum women with preeclampsia, southern Ethiopia: a prospective cohort study
Creators: name: Jikamo, Birhanu
name: Adefris, Mulat
name: Azale, Telake
name: Alemu, Kassahun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. additional results reported by each item in the supplementary document.
Reimagining Instruction in Special Collections: The Special Case of Haiti
Creators: name: Warren, Kellee
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Library and Information Studies
subject: FOS: Media and communications

description: ABSTRACT A growing body of literature has developed around critical archival instruction and archivists as educators. This development demonstrates the pedagogical evolution beyond show-and-tell sessions to critical approaches in archival instruction and specific standards in archival literacy. This article provides a cross-disciplinary discussion of an approach to archival instruction. Also included is a reimagined instruction session using a fragmentary collection from the Saint-Domingue/Haiti colonial administration. Stories of the enslaved are usually marked by death and brutality. But Haiti's is a story of triumph; though fleeting, a victory nonetheless. When instructors decolonize archival instruction, they bring the past into the present and the future. The Haitian Revolution was a large-scale revolt by enslaved Africans, and it was also directly connected to the expansion of the United States. Archival instructors should encourage students to reimagine the stories told from the Saint-Domingue colonial administration collection and from any colonial collections that may be under their care.
Sample independence of magnetoelastic excitations in the rare earth pyrochlore Tb2Ti2O7
Creators: name: Ruminy, M.
name: Bovo, L.
name: Pomjakushina, E.
name: Haas, M. K.
name: Stuhr, U.
name: Cervellino, A.
name: Cava, R. J.
name: Kenzelmann, M.
name: Fennell, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent experimental results have emphasized two aspects of Tb2Ti2O7 which have not been taken into account in previous attempts to construct theories of Tb2Ti2O7: the role of small levels of structural disorder, which appears to control the formation of a long-range ordered state of as yet unknown nature; and the importance of strong coupling between spin and lattice degrees of freedom, which results in the hybridization of crystal field excitons and transverse acoustic phonons. In this work we examine the juncture of these two phenomena and show that samples with strongly contrasting behavior vis-a-vis the structural disorder (i.e. with and without the transition to the ordered state), develop identical magnetoelastic coupling. We also show that the comparison between single crystal and powder samples is more complicated than previously thought - the correlation between lattice parameter (as a measure of superstoichiometric Tb$^{3+}$) and the existence of a specific heat peak, as observed in powder samples, does not hold for single crystals.
description: 8 pages, 4 figures; resubmitted version
Additional file 2 of Hospital managers’ views on the state of patient safety culture across three regions in Ghana
Creators: name: Tenza, Immaculate Sabelile
name: Attafuah, Priscilla Y. A.
name: Abor, Patience
name: Nketiah-Amponsah, Edward
name: Abuosi, Aaron Asibi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 2: Table S2. Interview guide.
Race Differences in Initial Presentation, Early Treatment, and 1-year Outcomes of Pediatric Crohnʼs Disease: Results from the ImproveCareNow Network
Creators: name: Tomer, Gitit
name: Chisolm, Deena J.
name: Cho, Michele
name: Bricker, Josh
name: Crandall, Wallace V.
name: Kappelman, Michael D.
name: Dotson, Jennifer L.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: BACKGROUND: Racially disparate care has been shown to contribute to suboptimal health care outcomes for minorities. Using the ImproveCareNow network, we investigated differences in management and outcomes of pediatric patients with Crohn's disease at diagnosis and 1-year postdiagnosis.

METHODS: ImproveCareNow is a learning health network for pediatric inflammatory bowel disease. It contains prospective, longitudinal data from outpatient encounters. This retrospective study included all patients with Crohn's disease ≤21 years, September 2006 to October 2014, with the first recorded encounter ≤90 days from date of diagnosis and an encounter 1 year ±60 days. We examined the effect of race on remission rate and treatment at diagnosis and 1 year from diagnosis using t-tests, Wilcoxon rank-sum tests, χ statistic, and Fisher's exact tests, where appropriate, followed by univariate regression models.

RESULTS: Nine hundred seventy-six patients (Black = 118 (12%), White = 858 (88%), mean age = 13 years, 63% male) from 39 sites were included. Black children had a higher percentage of Medicaid insurance (44% versus 11%, P < 0.001). At diagnosis, Black children had more active disease according to physician global assessment (P = 0.027), but not by short Pediatric Crohn's Disease Activity Index (P = 0.67). Race differences in treatment were not identified. Black children had lower hematocrit (34.8 versus 36.7, P < 0.001) and albumin levels (3.6 versus 3.9, P = 0.001). At 1 year, Black children had more active disease according to physician global assessment (P = 0.016), but not by short Pediatric Crohn's Disease Activity Index (P = 0.06).

CONCLUSIONS: Black children with Crohn's disease may have more severe disease than White children based on physician global assessment. Neither disease phenotype differences at diagnosis nor treatment differences at 1-year follow-up were identified.
Prehistoric techniques for enhancing soil fertility in aridisols at the Creekside Village Archaeological Site, New Mexico, and its implications for dryland soil and water management policy
Creators: name: Olivier, Gwen
name: 0009-0009-1960-2152
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2023
Subjects: Geoarchaeology
Aridisols
Jornada Mogollon
Dryland agriculture
New Mexico
Soil

description: Studying a prehistoric culture’s soil management can provide information to modern societies and their relationships with the biophysical environment. The archaeological record illuminates humans' long-term connection with soil, especially the soil taxonomic class of aridisols (dry soils). Prehistoric Indigenous people have practiced dry agriculture in the Southwest United States region for hundreds of years, and by researching past management of soils, it may be possible to understand how to better conserve and protect today’s fragile soil resources. This research examines the prehistoric techniques at the Jornada Mogollon Creekside Village Archaeological Site (CSV) near Tularosa, New Mexico, used to manage soil moisture and fertility in aridisols by integrating water reservoirs. This thesis uses micromorphological and geoarchaeological proxies to analyze how past humans altered CSV’s reservoir starting in the Mid-Mesilla Phase (650–700 A.D.) and its implications for soil health during the occupation and after abandonment. Results trend toward enhanced soil fertility and indicate that the water reservoir was part of the site’s runoff agricultural system. This is the first micromorphological analysis of the site’s reservoir, and more research is needed to complete the story. Many indigenous communities, such as the Jornada Mogollon, who once practiced niche soil management, have moved away from their ancestral sites, resulting in modern communities that lack an understanding of their landscapes. Studying the connection between humans and ecosystems as a symbiotic system is essential to implementing ecocentric resource management, especially in dryland agriculture. The innate challenges of farming in aridisols paired with current poor land-use practices motivate land-use policy research of prehistoric indigenous soil and water management practices, such as those at CSV. Geoarchaeology analyses highlight the unique identities of Southwestern United States prehistoric sites and the importance of niche soil management specific to each soil ecosystem. This ongoing research contributes new micromorphological analyses, stable isotopic analysis, and literature for Jornada Mogollon sites in proximity to CSV.
Amtliche Mitteilungen der Technischen Universität Dortmund Nr. 26/2018
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 080

description: Fächerspezifische Bestimmungen an der Technischen Universität Dortmund für das Unterrichtsfach Informatik für ein Lehramt an Gymnasien und Gesamtschulen zur Prüfungsordnung für die Lehramtsbachelorstudiengänge (FSB-B_GyGe_Inf 2018)
description: Fächerspezifische Bestimmungen an der Technischen Universität Dortmund für das Unterrichtsfach Informatik für ein Lehramt an Gymnasien und Gesamtschulen zur Prüfungsordnung für die Lehramtsmasterstudiengänge (FSB-M_GyGe_Inf 2018)
description: Fächerspezifische Bestimmungen an der Technischen Universität Dortmund für das Unterrichtsfach Informatik für ein Lehramt an Berufskollegs zur Prüfungsordnung für die Lehramtsbachelorstudiengänge (FSB-B_BK_Inf 2018)
description: Fächerspezifische Bestimmungen an der Technischen Universität Dortmund für das Unterrichtsfach Informatik für ein Lehramt an Berufskollegs zur Prüfungsordnung für die Lehramtsmasterstudiengänge (FSB-M_BK_Inf 2018)
description: Dienstvereinbarung über den Einsatz softwaregestützter Tools zur Desktop-Administration
description: Amtliche Mitteilungen der Technischen Universität Dortmund;2018, 26
Uffizi TikTok Analytics - Analisi percentuali
Creators: name: Falorni, Elisabetta
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 470101
subject: Communication studies

description: Tabelle riportanti i le percentuali di diffusione e i rapporti di engagement nell'ambito di un'analisi quantitativa su un campione di video pubblicati sull'account TikTok istituzionale delle Gallerie degli Uffizi.
Few-body precursor of the Higgs mode in a superfluid Fermi gas
Creators: name: Bjerlin, J.
name: Reimann, S. M.
name: Bruun, G. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate that an undamped few-body precursor of the Higgs mode can be investigated in a harmonically trapped Fermi gas. Using exact diagonalisation, the lowest monopole mode frequency is shown to depend non-monotonically on the interaction strength, having a minimum in a crossover region. The minimum deepens with increasing particle number, reflecting that the mode is the few-body analogue of a many-body Higgs mode in the superfluid phase, which has a vanishing frequency at the quantum phase transition point to the normal phase. We show that this mode mainly consists of coherent excitations of time-reversed pairs, and that it can be selectively excited by modulating the interaction strength, using for instance a Feshbach resonance in cold atomic gases.
description: 9 pages, 7 figures
The hidden burden of influenza: A review of the extra-pulmonary complications of influenza infection
Creators: name: Hayden, Frederick G.
name: Hagan, Robert S.
name: Fischer, William A.
name: Sellers, Subhashini A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Severe influenza infection represents a leading cause of global morbidity and mortality. Although influenza is primarily considered a viral infection that results in pathology limited to the respiratory system, clinical reports suggest that influenza infection is frequently associated with a number of clinical syndromes that involve organ systems outside the respiratory tract. A comprehensive MEDLINE literature review of articles pertaining to extra-pulmonary complications of influenza infection, using organ-specific search terms, yielded 218 articles including case reports, epidemiologic investigations, and autopsy studies that were reviewed to determine the clinical involvement of other organs. The most frequently described clinical entities were viral myocarditis and viral encephalitis. Recognition of these extra-pulmonary complications is critical to determining the true burden of influenza infection and initiating organ-specific supportive care.