cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Lydomorphus Fairmaire 1882
Creators: name: Bologna, Marco A.
name: Amore, Valentina
name: Pitzalis, Monica
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Meloidae
Lydomorphus

description: Genus Lydomorphus Fairmaire, 1882
This genus was revised by Kaszab (1955a, 1978, as Cylindrothorax), while Selander (1988a as Cylindrothorax) summarized the distribution of all species. Bologna & Aloisi (1992) described the first instar larva, evidenced the priority of the name Lydomorphus over Cylindrothorax and improved the infrageneric classification by describing two new subgenera. We accept here, with few exceptions, the groups of species proposed by Kaszab (1955a) and the subgenera described by Bologna & Aloisi (1992). Most of the species of this genus, including the Namibian ones, are nocturnal or active also during the day.
Recent research, based on adult (Bologna & Pinto 2002) and larval morphology (Bologna et al. in preparation), and on molecular data (Pitzalis et et al. in preparation), pointed out the polyphyly of Lydomorphus. Actually, some Palaeotropical and Saharan species belong to an undescribed genus (Pitzalis et al. in preparation); one northern Namibian species (L. optatus) and another one from Namaqualand and Karoo (L. mesembryanthemi) are referable to two new genera described below (Dilatilydus and Desertilydus).
description: Published as part of Bologna, Marco A., Amore, Valentina & Pitzalis, Monica, 2018, Meloidae of Namibia (Coleoptera): taxonomy and faunistics with biogeographic and ecological notes, pp. 1-141 in Zootaxa 4373 (1) on page 23, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4373.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1151722
Association of normal body mass index and weight loss with long-term major cardiovascular events after PCI for myocardial infarction
Creators: name: Otterstad, Jan Erik
name: Munkhaugen, John
name: Ruddox, Vidar
name: Edvardsen, Thor
name: Hjelmesæth, Jøran
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Cardiology

description: Objectives: To investigate whether normal body mass index (BMI) shortly after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for myocardial infarction is associated with increased risk of long-term major cardiovascular events (MACE), and to explore potential clinical determinants of long-term weight loss (WL) after PCI. Methods: Single-center cohort study with 5-year follow-up of patients treated with PCI for myocardial infarction between 2016 and 2018. Categorical WL was defined as > 0 kg body weight reduction from baseline to end of follow-up. Results: Of 236 patients (24% women), mean age was 64.9 ± 10.2 years and mean BMI within 4 days after PCI was 27.1 ± 4.3 kg/m2. Seventy-five patients (32%) had at least one MACE, equally distributed between those with normal weight (31%), overweight (32%), and obesity (31%). Patients with overweight or obesity had a lower crude mortality rate than their normal weight counterparts (7.4% vs 16.4%, p = 0.049), but the relative hazard of death did not differ from those with normal weight, HR 0.50, 95% CI 0.22-1.15. Patients with either a long-term WL (n = 112) or no WL (n = 95) had a comparable incidence of non-fatal MACE (27% vs 22%, p = 0.518). The proportion of patients reporting unintentional weight loss was significantly higher in the normal weight group (82%) compared with those with overweight (41%) or obesity (28%), p < 0.001. Conclusion: Our results did not confirm any association between normal BMI after PCI and long-term MACE. However, patients with normal BMI at baseline had a higher incidence of unintentional WL than those with elevated BMI. Trial registration: Current research information system in Norway (CRISTIN): ID 542528
Cardiovascular and kidney benefits of SGLT-2is and GLP-1RAs according to baseline blood pressure in type 2 diabetes: a systematic meta-analysis of cardiovascular outcome trials
Creators: name: Kunutsor, Setor K.
name: Seidu, Samuel
name: Dey, Richard S.
name: Baidoo, Isaac K.
name: Oulhaj, Abderrahim
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Using a systematic meta-analysis, we investigated if patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and with varying baseline blood pressure (BP) differ in the cardiorenal benefits received from sodium–glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT-2is) and glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs). Design: Randomized, placebo-controlled, cardiovascular outcome trials (CVOTs) of SGLT-2is and GLP-1RAs were identified from MEDLINE, Embase, and the Cochrane Library up to April 2024. Hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% CIs were pooled. The differential treatment effect by baseline BP category within each trial was estimated as the ratio of the HR (RHR) and pooled. Results: Seventeen publications based on 9 unique CVOTs (4 SGLT-2is and 5 GLP-1RAs) were eligible. In participants with normal baseline BP, comparing SGLT-2is with placebo, the HRs (95% CIs) were 0.88 (0.79-0.97) for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), 0.73 (0.59-0.91) for heart failure (HF) hospitalization, 0.78 (0.65-0.94) for composite CVD death/HF hospitalization, and 0.55 (0.41-0.73) for composite renal outcome. The corresponding estimates for participants with higher baseline BP were 0.88 (0.81-0.96), 0.67 (0.57-0.79), 0.73 (0.65-0.82), and 0.61 (0.48-0.77), respectively. In participants with normal baseline BP, GLP-RAs had no strong effect on MACE, stroke and nephropathy, but reduced stroke and nephropathy risk in those with higher baseline BP. Estimated RHRs showed no statistical evidence that baseline BP modified the cardiorenal benefits of SGLT-2is and GLP-1RAs. Conclusions: In patients with T2D, the cardiorenal benefits of treatment with SGLT2-Is and GLP1-RAs were similar in patients with normal baseline BP compared to those with a higher baseline BP.
The centrality of the workforce for Diamond OA: Contractual, in-kind and voluntary work
Creators: name: Davidson, Andrea
name: Franczak, Mateusz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: In-kind support
subject: Voluntary support
subject: Sustainability
subject: Open Access Publishing
subject: Inclusion
subject: Funding
subject: Equity
subject: Diversity

description: This short article explains how significant the workforce is to sustaining Diamond Open Access publishing and what challenges these workers face.
Additional file 1: of Tissue-aware RNA-Seq processing and normalization for heterogeneous and sparse data
Creators: name: Paulson, Joseph
name: Cho-Yi Chen
name: Lopes-Ramos, Camila
name: Kuijjer, Marieke
name: Platig, John
name: Abhijeet Sonawane
name: Fagny, Maud
name: Glass, Kimberly
name: Quackenbush, John
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplementary Material for Tissue-aware RNA-Seq processing and normalization for heterogeneous and sparse data. (DOCX 37 kb)
title: In situ concentrations to validate the model. Scientific report on micro- and macroplastic distribution in the study area. PLUXIN Deliverable D4.4 & D4.5
Creators: name: Asselman, Jana
name: Bouwens, Jan
name: Catarino, Ana
name: Everaert, Gert
name: Janssen, Colin
name: Teunkens, Bert
name: Vercauteren, Maaike
Publisher: name: VLIZ/University of Antwerp (UA)/UGent
Year: 2024

description: The WP3 on the plastic dispersal model made a first calibration based on D4.2 & D4.3 data, and this calibration needed validation. To do so, samples have been collected and processed. Stations in the coastal area as well as the Scheldt estuary have been selected. The data obtained served as a validation point of the initial model calibration.
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The impact of social media on intercollegiate athletics
Creators: name: Miller, Katelyn P.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Social media is being used amongst intercollegiate athletic departments, student-athletes and the NCAA. This study seeks to understand the impact of social media on intercollegiate athletics. More precisely, this study looks into the specific policies set-forth by the NCAA and individual athletic departments.  Existing research has established the importance of social media in intercollegiate athletics but there is still some confusion as to how social media can and should be used. Unfortunately, policies do fail to elaborate on the proper tactics student-athletes should be using when engaging in social media platforms.    In order to establish best practices of social media by student-athletes, this study looked into policies that contained social media strategies. Third party consultants in some cases were also used as potential solutions. This study also illustrated examples of how student-athletes and intercollegiate athletic programs have suffered the consequences as a result of their actions on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. There may always be a cause for concern when dealing with social media because of how quickly information is being shared as technological advancements continue to prosper.
Incidence and healing times of postoperative sternal wound infections: a retrospective observational single-centre study
Creators: name: Ivert, Torbjörn
name: Berge, Andreas
name: Bratt, Sorosh
name: Dalén, Magnus
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Objectives: Analyses of incidence and time required to heal sternal wound infections after heart surgery performed via a median sternotomy between 2020 and 2022. Results: Superficial wound infections (SWI) were five times more common (2.7%) than mediastinitis (0.5%) among 2693 patients. The median time between the operation and diagnosis of SWI was 26 (interquartile range [IQR] 15–33) days vs. 16 (IQR 9–25) days for mediastinitis (p = .12). Gram-negative bacteria caused 44% of the 85 infections. Sternal wound infection correlated to higher body mass index, female sex, smoking, diabetes mellitus, previous myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass grafting, use of internal mammary graft, and re-entry for postoperative bleeding. Eight of 59 patients (13.6%) with sternal wound infections had bilateral mammary grafts, compared to 102 of 1191 patients (8.6%) without wound infections (p = .28). Negative pressure wound therapy was always used to treat mediastinitis and applied in 63% of patients with SWI. Two of 13 patients with mediastinitis (15%) and none of 72 patients with SWI died within 90 days after the operation. The median time until the wound healed was 1.9 (IQR 1.3–3.7) months after SWI vs. 1.7 (IQR 1.3–5.3) months after mediastinitis (p = .63). Six patients (7%) required longer than one year to treat the infection. Conclusions: Postoperative sternal wound infections usually appeared several weeks after surgery and were associated with factors as high body mass index, diabetes mellitus and coronary artery bypass. SWI were more common than mediastinitis and often required negative pressure wound therapy and similar treatment time as mediastinitis.
Additional file 3: Figure S2. of Tissue-aware RNA-Seq processing and normalization for heterogeneous and sparse data
Creators: name: Paulson, Joseph
name: Cho-Yi Chen
name: Lopes-Ramos, Camila
name: Kuijjer, Marieke
name: Platig, John
name: Abhijeet Sonawane
name: Fagny, Maud
name: Glass, Kimberly
name: Quackenbush, John
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: PCoA analysis of multiple tissue groups, related to Figs.Â 1, 2 and merging conditions section. Scatterplots of the first and second principal components from principal component analysis on all major tissue groups colored by sampled region. The grouping in these plots led us to either merge regions into a single group or to keep them separate. The final tissue set used for further analysis is summarized in TableÂ 1. (PDF 73 kb)
Additional file 1: of A framework of fuzzy integrated MADM and GMA for maintenance strategy selection based on agile enabler attributes
Creators: name: Priyank Srivastava
name: Khanduja, Dinesh
name: V.P. Agrawal
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Annexure A. (DOCX 24 kb)
Lydomorphus Fairmaire 1882
Creators: name: Bologna, Marco A.
name: Amore, Valentina
name: Pitzalis, Monica
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Meloidae
Lydomorphus

description: Lydomorphus Group VI (sensu Kaszab, 1955)
Lydomorphus (Lydomorphus) chalybaeus (Erichson, 1843) (Fig. 1P)
Lytta chalybea Erichson, 1843
Cantharis seminitens Marseul, 1879 Distribution. Southwestern Angola and northwestern Namibia (new species record for this country).
Material examined. [Omusati] Ruacana: Ruacana, 17.4333°S 14.3500°E (MNB). [Kunene] Epupa: Ovamboland, Okambele, 17.6167°S 14.0500°E (CB; SMWN); 4 km N Omahokwa, 17.7500°S 12.7500°E (SMWN). Kamanjab: Delhi 96, Outjo, 20.3780°S 15.7280°E (SMWN). [Khomas] Windhoek East: Windhoek, 22.5700°S 17.0835°E (MT).
Remarks. Types of this species were not examined.
Together with L. mimus (see below), it belongs to a small group, endemic to S Angola and Namibia (VI group as defined by Kaszab 1955a). Relationships with another Somalian species referred to this group by Kaszab, need clarification.
Lydomorphus (Lydomorphus) mimus (Péringuey, 1909) (Fig. 1Q)
Cantharis mima Péringuey, 1909
Distribution. Namibia (endemic).
Material examined and literature records. [Kunene] Epupa: Kaokoveld, Ombuku, 16.9833°S 13.3667°E (MNB); Hippo Pool on Kunene River 20 km W of Ruacana, 17.4092°S 14.2185°E (CB). Opuwo: Opuwo town, 18.0500°S 13.8333°E (CB); 16 km S Opuwo, 18.1500°S 13.8333°E (MNB); Opuwo, on D3710, 18.2011°S 13.8994°E (CB); 6 km NE Orumana, 18.2167°S 13.9500°E (SMWN). Sesfontein: Hobatere Lodge, 19.3317°S 14.3700°E (MNB). Outjo: C63, Outjo-Kalkfeld 22 km S of Outjo, 20.3240°S 16.1403°E (CB). Kamanjab: Delhi 96, Outjo, 20.3780°S 15.7280°E (SMWN). [Omusati] Ruacana: Ruacana, 17.4333°S 14.3500°E (CB); Outside Ruacana Town, 17.4500°S 14.3667°E (SMWN). Okahao: Kamanjab-Ruacana 25 km NW of Kamanjab on C35, 18.4775°S 14.6977°E (CB). [Oshikoto] Guinas: Tsumeb, Onguma 314, 18.7333°S 17.0500°E (SMWN). [Oshana] Uuvudhiya: W of Wolfsnes, Etosha Nat. Park, 19.0500°S 15.8667°E (SMWN); Ongava Lodge, Row III, Etosha Nat. Park, 19.3324°S 15.8725°E (SMWN). [Otjozondjupa] Otjiwarongo: 2 km N Kalkfeld (road C33), 20.8333°S 16.2000°E (CB). Omatako: 100 km N Okahandja, 21.0920°S 16.8280°E (CP). Okahandja: Ovita, 21.5228°S 16.2539°E (SMWN). [Erongo] Omaruru: C33, 6 km S Omaruru, 21.4824°S 15.9508°E (CB). [Hardap] Mariental Urban: 11 km W Mariental (road C19), 24.6167°S 17.8500°E (CB). Gibeon: Gibeon Siding, 25.1667°S 17.8333°E (SMWN).
Other records: Damaraland (Kaszab, 1955a); Northern Damaraland (Péringuey 1909, type locality; Selander 1988a); Namaqualand (Kaszab 1955a; Selander 1988a); Namib Sand Sea desert (Seely 2012); SW Afrika (MNB); Namibia (Bologna 2000a; Pitzalis et al. 2014).
Remarks. Types of this species were examined at SAMC.
description: Published as part of Bologna, Marco A., Amore, Valentina & Pitzalis, Monica, 2018, Meloidae of Namibia (Coleoptera): taxonomy and faunistics with biogeographic and ecological notes, pp. 1-141 in Zootaxa 4373 (1) on pages 23-24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4373.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1151722
title: Non amo ciò che tramonta. Etica, sacralità, immaginario e arte della cura nella cultura islamica
Creators: name: Romani, Francesca Romana
Publisher: name: Roma Tre University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/05vf0dg29
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description:

A partire dal corpo dell’uomo, l'Islam esprime un sistema giuridico-religioso, politico-sociale e medico-scientifico ove norma giuridica, etica e sacralità si intrecciano indissolubilmente: ogni intervento sul corpo — che reca con sé l’idea di vita e di morte, — fino all’atto estremo dell’espianto degli organi, esprime un microcosmo che riflette la tensione fra concezione universalistica dei diritti e tradizione islamica, giacché la visione del corpo è per eccellenza teatro del confronto fra diverse sensibilità culturali, riflettendo fondamentali aspetti della definizione identitaria delle culture. In questa monografia, la pratica terapeutica dei trapianti d'organo si fa caso esemplare dell’irruzione dell’idea di modernità nel mondo arabo-islamico, chiamato a raccogliere una sfida che lo spinge a elaborare strategie alternative di legittimazione per riformulare in termini islamici, giuridicamente accettabili, una concezione del corpo di matrice occidentale, fondata sull’etica del dono.
Trichomyia hispida Araujo & Bravo, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Araújo, Maíra Xavier
name: Bravo, Freddy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Psychodidae
Trichomyia
Trichomyia hispida

description: Trichomyia hispida Araújo & Bravo sp. nov.
(Figs. 28A–H)
Diagnosis. R4+5 complete at base; r-m present; arm of gonocoxite sinuous, apically with many short and thick bristles; two pairs of projections in the aedeagal complex, the subtriangular dorsal with sharp apex; the ventral, with sharp apex, longer than the dorsal projection, jointed apically by a ventral membrane; ejaculatory apodeme twice the length of gonostylus; cercus with a projection with two apical bristles.
Description. Male. Head subcircular in frontal view. Antenna: scape subcylindrical about as long as the subspherical pedicel; flagellum with 13 flagellomeres, 1st to 12th pyriforms and eccentric (Fig. 28A); 13th flagellomere subcylindrical with terminal apiculus separated by suture (Fig. 28C); pair of digitiform ascoids present in all flagellomeres; basal ascoids 1.3–1.4 times the length of flagellomere (Fig. 28A); apical ascoids 1.2 times the length of flagellomere (Fig. 28C). Palpus three segmented; first segment with sensilla in depressed pit on medial surface; palpus formula 1.0:0.7:0.8 (Fig. 28B). Wing. R4+5 complete at base; r-m present; m-cu absent (Fig. 28D). Male terminalia: Hypandrium fused with gonocoxites narrow. Gonocoxites with posterior sinuous arm, apically with many short and thick bristles. Gonostylus articulated ventrally to gonocoxite, digitiform, bare. Two pairs of projections in the aedeagal complex, the first dorsal pair, subtriangular, with sharp apex and directed to the midline; the second pair of projections, ventral, complex, with sharp apex, longer than the dorsal projections, jointed apically by a ventral membrane. Aedeagus short (Fig. 28H). Ejaculatory apodeme twice the length of gonostylus. Epandrium subrectangular (Figs. 28E, 28G). Cercus bottle-shaped in lateral view with two apical bristles (Fig. 28F). Hypoproct with apical micropilosity (Fig. 28E).
Female. Unknown.
Material examined. Brazil, Bahia, Coração de Maria municipality, 28.I.2004, holotype ♂, F. Bravo leg. (MZFS); 3 paratypes: 1 ♂, same locality, date and collector than holotype (MZFS); 2 ♂, Brazil, Bahia, Cachoeira municipality, Fazenda Villa Rial, 28.VII.2004, F. Bravo leg. (MZFS).
Etymology. From Latim, hispidus, meaning bristly referring to the presence of apical bristles in the cercus.
Distribution. Brazil—Bahia.
description: Published as part of Araújo, Maíra Xavier & Bravo, Freddy, 2016, Description of fourty four new species, taxonomic notes and identification key to Neotropical Trichomyia Haliday in Curtis (Diptera: Psychodidae, Trichomyiinae), pp. 1-76 in Zootaxa 4130 (1) on pages 49-50, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4130.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/262717
Aortic events and relative survival in patients with moderately dilated proximal thoracic aorta
Creators: name: Carlestål, Emelie
name: Franco-Cereceda, Anders
name: Olsson, Christian
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Objectives. This study describes growth, local and remote aortic events, and survival in patients with proximal (root, ascending) aortic diameters just below threshold for operation. Methods. Patients with proximal aortic diameter of 4.5 to 5.4 cm at baseline, were followed with serial computed tomography studies and data collected retrospectively. Aortic growth rate was estimated using mixed effects modelling. Clinical and radiological features associated with outcomes (all-cause death, aortic death, local or remote aortic events (dissection, rupture, intramural hematoma, or intervention)) were assessed with Cox analysis. Survival and freedom from events were estimated using Kaplan-Meier methods. Results. 80 patients underwent 274 CT scans during 265 patient-years. Median proximal aortic growth was 0.2 cm in 3 years. 32 events occurred in 28 patients (35%). Eleven events were local, all elective proximal aortic surgery. Nine events were remote: 5 type B aortic dissections, 3 descending aneurysms undergoing elective repair, and one infrarenal aortic rupture. Twelve patients died, half of type B aortic dissection. Relative survival compared to a matched normal population was 82% (95% confidence limits 55–98%) at 10 years. In Cox analysis, increased descending aortic diameter was an independent predictor of all-cause death (hazard ratio [HR], 1.39) and aortic death (HR 1.96). Conclusions. Descending, but not proximal, aortic growth was predictive of lethal events. The decreased relative survival, the substantial number of remote aortic events and aortic deaths strongly suggest continuous serial CT surveillance of the entire aorta. Other indicators than proximal aortic diameter appear needed to improve management of this patient group.
Additional file 2: Figure S1. of Tissue-aware RNA-Seq processing and normalization for heterogeneous and sparse data
Creators: name: Paulson, Joseph
name: Cho-Yi Chen
name: Lopes-Ramos, Camila
name: Kuijjer, Marieke
name: Platig, John
name: Abhijeet Sonawane
name: Fagny, Maud
name: Glass, Kimberly
name: Quackenbush, John
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: PCoA analysis of multiple tissues on Y-chromosomal genes can highlight poor sex annotation, related to Fig.Â 1 and misannotation section. Scatterplots of the first and second principal components from principal component analysis on all major tissue regions. We plotted data from 13 tissue regions from the GTEx consortium, coloring the annotated sex of each sample. Enlarged is sample GTEX-11ILO that clusters with male samples in every tissue despite being annotated as being from a female; we later learned that this research subject was genetically male. (PDF 240 kb)
Growth, survival and events in patients with aortic arch pathology
Creators: name: Carlestål, Emelie
name: Franco-Cereceda, Anders
name: Olsson, Christian
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: Space Science
Medicine
Biotechnology
Cancer

description: This study describes aortic growth, survival and events in patients with aortic arch pathology. Patients with an index diameter ≥4.5 cm or other pathology of the native aortic arch, were followed with longitudinal computed tomography and clinical data collected retrospectively. Aortic growth was estimated using a linear mixed model. Survival and event rates were estimated using Kaplan-Meier methods. Cox analysis assessed clinical and radiological predictors with outcomes (death, local or remote aortic events (acute aortic syndromes or intervention)). Results. 186 patients underwent 683 CT scans during 638 of patient years. The estimated annual growth was 0.28 (mm/year). 47 (25%) patients had an event and a 66% five-year event-free survival. 29 patients died, of whom 11 suffered an aortic death. 19 events were local and 25 events were remote, mostly primary events were interventions. In Cox analysis, increasing descending aortic diameter was an independent predictor of all cause of death (hazard ratio [HR], 2.16), aortic death (HR 4.81), and local event (HR 1.71). Conclusions. In patients with aortic arch pathology, growth, and aortic events should be expected. Increasing descending aortic diameter could presage an added risk, but other variables appear needed to identify patients at risk, select them for intervention or surveillance.
Lydomorphus (Lydomorphus) strangulatus
Creators: name: Bologna, Marco A.
name: Amore, Valentina
name: Pitzalis, Monica
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Meloidae
Lydomorphus
Lydomorphus strangulatus

description: Lydomorphus (Lydomorphus) strangulatus (Gerstäcker, 1854) (Fig. 1S)
Lytta strangulata Gerstäcker, 1854 Lytta fulvicollis Fåhraeus, 1870
Distribution. Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, and Zaire.
Material examined and literature records. [Caprivi] Katima Mulilo Urban: Katima Mulilo, 17.5000°S 24.2667°E (CB). Kabe: E Caprivi: 30 km SE Katima Mulilo, Zambezi-Altwasserarm, 17.5166°S 24.4167°E (MNB). [Kavango] Rundu Rural: Rundu, 17.9333°S 19.7667°E (CB). Mukwe: Popa Falls, 18.1167°S 21.5833°E (MNB); Mahango Game Res., 18.1500°S 21.7000°E (MNB). [Oshikoto] Guinas: Bezirk Tsumeb, Farm Wildernis, 64 km NW Tsumeb, 18.87330°S 18.0167°E (MNB). [Oshana] Uuvudhiya: Etosha N.P. Okaukuejo, 19.1667°S 15.9167°E (MNB). [Otjozondjupa] Otjiwarongo: D 2430,25 km N Otjiwarongo, 20.2667°S 16.6167°E (CB); Otjiwarongo town, 20.4167°S 16.6000°E (CB). [Khomas] Windhoek Rural: Windhoek Airport, 22.5333°S 17.2500°E (CB).
Other records: Namibia (Bologna, 2000a; Pitzalis et al. 2014).
Remarks. Types of this species were not examined but specimens compared with them were studied at HNHM.
Morhological differences are detectable among western, eastern and southern African populations and the monophyly of the species is uncertain.
description: Published as part of Bologna, Marco A., Amore, Valentina & Pitzalis, Monica, 2018, Meloidae of Namibia (Coleoptera): taxonomy and faunistics with biogeographic and ecological notes, pp. 1-141 in Zootaxa 4373 (1) on pages 25-26, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4373.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1151722
Sauna bathing and mortality risk: unraveling the interaction with systolic blood pressure in a cohort of Finnish men
Creators: name: Kunutsor, Setor K.
name: Jae, Sae Young
name: Kurl, Sudhir
name: Laukkanen, Jari A.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Objectives: This cohort study aimed to investigate the potential interplay between systolic blood pressure (SBP), frequency of sauna bathing (FSB), and all-cause mortality risk among Caucasian men. Design: A prospective study was conducted, involving 2575 men aged 42 to 61 years. Baseline assessments included resting blood pressure measurements and self-reported sauna bathing habits. SBP levels were categorized as normal (<140 mmHg) or high (≥140 mmHg), while FSB was classified as low (≤2 sessions/week) or high (3–7 sessions/week). Hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated using Cox regression analysis, while adjusting for lifestyle factors, lipids, inflammation, and comorbidities. Results: Over a median follow-up of 27.8 years, 1,618 deaths were recorded. In the adjusted analysis, individuals with high SBP versus low SBP showed a 29% increased all-cause mortality risk (HR 1.29, 95% CI 1.16–1.43). Similarly, those with low FSB versus high FSB exhibited a 16% elevated mortality risk (HR 1.16, 95% CI 1.02–1.31). When considering combined effects, participants with high SBP-low FSB had a 47% higher mortality risk (HR 1.47, 95% CI 1.24–1.74) compared to those with normal SBP-high FSB. However, no significant association was observed between individuals with high SBP-high FSB and mortality risk (HR 1.24, 95% CI 0.98–1.57). There were potential additive and multiplicative interactions between SBP and sauna bathing concerning mortality risk. Conclusions: This study reveals a potential interplay between SBP, sauna bathing, and mortality risk in Finnish men. Frequent sauna bathing may mitigate the increased mortality risk associated with elevated SBP.
Additional file 3: Figure S2. of Tissue-aware RNA-Seq processing and normalization for heterogeneous and sparse data
Creators: name: Paulson, Joseph
name: Cho-Yi Chen
name: Lopes-Ramos, Camila
name: Kuijjer, Marieke
name: Platig, John
name: Abhijeet Sonawane
name: Fagny, Maud
name: Glass, Kimberly
name: Quackenbush, John
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: PCoA analysis of multiple tissue groups, related to Figs.Â 1, 2 and merging conditions section. Scatterplots of the first and second principal components from principal component analysis on all major tissue groups colored by sampled region. The grouping in these plots led us to either merge regions into a single group or to keep them separate. The final tissue set used for further analysis is summarized in TableÂ 1. (PDF 73 kb)
In Nordic countries 30-day mortality rate is half that estimated with EuroSCORE II in high-risk adult patients given aprotinin and undergoing mainly complex cardiac procedures
Creators: name: van der Linden, Jan
name: Fux, Thomas
name: Kaakinen, Timo
name: Rutanen, Juha
name: Toivonen, Jenni M.
name: Nyström, Fredrik
name: Wahba, Alexander
name: Hammas, Bengt
name: Parviainen, Maria
name: Cunha-Goncalves, Doris
name: Hiippala, Seppo
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Objectives. To describe current on- (isolated coronary arterty bypass grafting, iCABG) and off-label (non-iCABG) use of aprotinin and associated safety endpoints in adult patients undergoing high-risk cardiac surgery in Nordic countries. Design. Data come from 10 cardiac surgery centres in Finland, Norway and Sweden participating in the European Nordic aprotinin patient registry (NAPaR). Results. 486 patients were given aprotinin between 2016 and 2020. 59 patients (12.1%) underwent iCABG and 427 (87.9%) non-iCABG, including surgery for aortic dissection (16.7%) and endocarditis (36.0%). 89.9% were administered a full aprotinin dosage and 37.0% were re-sternotomies. Dual antiplatelet treatment affected 72.9% of iCABG and 7.0% of non-iCABG patients. 0.6% of patients had anaphylactic reactions associated with aprotinin. 6.4% (95 CI% 4.2%–8.6%) of patients were reoperated for bleeding. Rate of postoperative thromboembolic events, day 1 rise in creatinine >44μmol/L and new dialysis for any reason was 4.7% (95%CI 2.8%–6.6%), 16.7% (95%CI 13.4%–20.0%) and 14.0% (95%CI 10.9%–17.1%), respectively. In-hospital mortality and 30-day mortality was 4.9% (95%CI 2.8%–6.9%) and 6.3% (95%CI 3.7%–7.8%) in all patients versus mean EuroSCORE II 11.4% (95%CI 8.4%–14.0%, p < .01). 30-day mortality in patients undergoing surgery for aortic dissection and endocarditis was 6.2% (95%CI 0.9%–11.4%) and 6.3% (95%CI 2.7%–9.9%) versus mean EuroSCORE II 13.2% (95%CI 6.1%–21.0%, p = .11) and 14.5% (95%CI 12.1%–16.8%, p = .01), respectively. Conclusions. NAPaR data from Nordic countries suggest a favourable safety profile of aprotinin in adult cardiac surgery.
Real time big data mining
Creators: name: Patel, Jimit
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: This thesis presents a parallel implementation of data streaming algorithms for multiple streams. Thousands of data streams are generated in different industries like finance, health, internet, telecommunication, etc. The main problem is to analyze all these streams in real time to find correlation between streams, standard deviation, moving average, etc. There are efficient algorithms available to analyze multiple streams. However, we can still improve the performance of a system to analyze multiple streams through parallel implementation. This thesis specifically focuses on: 1) design and implementation of a parallel system for multiple streams to find Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT), Most Correlated Pair, Singular Value Decomposition, Standard Deviation, Moving Average, and Aggregated Average; 2) performance analysis of multiple threaded application versus single threaded application; and 3) visualization of archived data.
Trichomyia iarae Bravo
Creators: name: Araújo, Maíra Xavier
name: Bravo, Freddy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Psychodidae
Trichomyia
Trichomyia iarae

description: Trichomyia iarae Bravo
Trichomyia iarae Bravo, 2001c: 122 –123, figs. 1–8.
Comments. Males of T. iarae are recognized by elongated bristles in the apex of cercus, 0.6 times the length of gonostylus, two arms of gonocoxite with bristles and ejaculatory apodeme short, 0.2 times the length of lateral arm of gonocoxite.
Material examined. Brazil, Bahia: Serra da Jibóia, holotype ♂, 16.VI.2000, F. Bravo leg. (MZFS) Distribution. Brazil—Bahia.
description: Published as part of Araújo, Maíra Xavier & Bravo, Freddy, 2016, Description of fourty four new species, taxonomic notes and identification key to Neotropical Trichomyia Haliday in Curtis (Diptera: Psychodidae, Trichomyiinae), pp. 1-76 in Zootaxa 4130 (1) on page 51, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4130.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/262717
Hybrid modeling of estrogen receptor binding agents using advanced cheminformatics tools and massive public data
Creators: name: Ribay, Kathryn
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Estrogen receptor-α (ERα) is a critical target for drug design as well as a potential source of toxicity when activated unintentionally. Thus, evaluating potential ERα binding agents is critical in both drug discovery and chemical toxicity areas. Using computational tools, e.g. Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR) models, can predict potential ERα binding agents before chemical synthesis. The purpose of this project was to develop enhanced predictive models of ERα binding agents by utilizing advanced cheminformatics tools that can integrate publicly available bioassay data. The initial ERα binding agent data set, consisting of 446 binders and 8,307 non-binders, was obtained from the Tox21 Challenge project organized by the NIH Chemical Genomics Center (NCGC). After removing the duplicates and inorganic compounds, this data set was used to create a training set (259 binders and 259 non-binders). This training set was used to develop QSAR models using chemical descriptors. The resulting models were then used to predict the binding activity of 264 external compounds, which were available to us after the models were developed. The cross-validation results of training set [Correct Classification Rate (CCR)) = 0.72] were much higher than the external predictivity of the unknown compounds (CCR= 0.59). To improve the conventional QSAR models, all compounds in the training set were used to search PubChem and generate a profile of their biological responses across thousands of bioassays. The most important bioassays were prioritized to generate a similarity index that was used to calculate the biosimilarity score between each two compounds. The nearest neighbors for each compound within the set were then identified and its ERα binding potential was predicted by its nearest neighbors in the training set. The hybrid model performance (CCR=0.94 for cross validation; CCR=0.68 for external prediction) showed significant improvement over the original QSAR models, particularly for the activity cliffs that induce prediction errors in conventional QSAR models. The results of this study indicate that the response profile of chemicals from public data provides useful information for modeling and evaluation purposes. The public big data resources should be considered along with chemical structure information when predicting new compounds, such as unknown ERα binding agents.
Acquiring federal disaster assistance
Creators: name: Rivera, Jason David
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: This dissertation investigates the equitable distribution of disaster recovery resources in New Jersey by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.  Through the administration of focus groups, an online-survey instrument, and key informant interviews, I find no evidence to suggest that FEMA approves individuals’ disaster assistance applications discriminately in reference to race or ethnicity.  However, despite this finding, perceptions of FEMA’s discrimination persist among African American disaster survivors.  Policy recommendations are presented as means for FEMA and other bureaucratic organizations within American society to reduce perceptions of institutional racism among various domestic populations.
Novel GPR52 Agonists for the Treatment of Schizophrenia
Creators: name: Che, Jiyuan
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 520203
subject: Cognitive neuroscience
classificationCode: 321405
subject: Pharmaceutical sciences

description: Schizophrenia is a mental illness that can cause people to lose touch with reality and making it hard for them to live their daily lives. People with schizophrenia often face stigma, discrimination, and even abuse. Unfortunately, there is still no comprehensive treatment available to fully address the condition. This thesis explores the development of a potential new approach to meet this medical need.
Voice activated feminism
Creators: name: White, Jessica
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: The space of confinement provides intimate grounds for identity play. In particular, immured women acquire a deeply close experience of sound and voice in small quarters, granting them opportunities to challenge, query, and trouble the boundaries of gender identity. Stemming from the documented history of medieval anchoresses, a Hegelian architecture of confinement is investigated through the lenses of material feminism and sound theory. An introductory history of medieval anchoresses is given, as well as scholarship regarding female spirituality in the medieval era. Medieval anchoress Julian of Norwich and the Ancrene Wisse provide evidence of sound experience in confinement, while the life of Christina Markyate establishes grounds for choosing enclosure. In using the literary texts of Jane Eyre, A Room of One’s Own, and Antigone, and through application of Julia Kristeva’s abjection and Jeffrey Cohen’s post-humanism, boundaries of the enclosure are investigated and subsequently destabilized, making room for gender inquiry.
Evaluating coastal landscape response to sea-level rise in the northeastern United States, approach and methods
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2015

description: The U.S. Geological Survey is examining effects of future sea-level rise on the coastal landscape from Maine to Virginia by producing spatially explicit, probabilistic predictions using sea-level projections, vertical land movement rates (due to isostacy), elevation data, and land-cover data. Sea-level-rise scenarios used as model inputs are generated by using multiple sources of information, including Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 models following representative concentration pathways 4.5 and 8.5 in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report. A Bayesian network is used to develop a predictive coastal response model that integrates the sea-level, elevation, and land-cover data with assigned probabilities that account for interactions with coastal geomorphology as well as the corresponding ecological and societal systems it supports. The effects of sea-level rise are presented as (1) level of landscape submergence and (2) coastal response type characterized as either static (that is, inundation) or dynamic (that is, landform or landscape change). Results are produced at a spatial scale of 30 meters for four decades (the 2020s, 2030s, 2050s, and 2080s). The probabilistic predictions can be applied to landscape management decisions based on sea-level-rise effects as well as on assessments of the prediction uncertainty and need for improved data or fundamental understanding. This report describes the methods used to produce predictions, including information on input datasets; the modeling approach; model outputs; data-quality-control procedures; and information on how to access the data and metadata online.
The obesity epidemic in humans and canines
Creators: name: Saiegh, Eugenia
name: Fagan, Julie M.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2015

description: The prevalence of obesity has dramatically risen over the last decade in humans and dogs alike.  Obesity can exacerbate other health conditions such as type 2 diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hypertension and heart disease making it imperative for the obesity epidemic to be addressed in both species. Although obesity can be treated through diet and exercise management, many have difficulty sticking to a weight loss regimen. As a management tool, a user run Facebook group “Fit With My K9” is presented that allows users to exercise with each other and their pets, share useful information, and upload photos.. The goal of the group is to motivate individuals to exercise more with their pets and others, in order to decrease the prevalence of obesity.
description: Targeting obesity with "Fit with My K9" Facebook group
Additional file 9: of Ancestors’ dietary patterns and environments could drive positive selection in genes involved in micronutrient metabolism—the case of cofactor transporters
Creators: name: Parolo, Silvia
name: Lacroix, Sébastien
name: Kaput, Jim
name: Marie-Pier Scott-Boyer
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Note 1. (DOCX 32 kb)
Desertilydus mesembryanthemi
Creators: name: Bologna, Marco A.
name: Amore, Valentina
name: Pitzalis, Monica
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Meloidae
Desertilydus
Desertilydus mesembryanthemi

description: Desertilydus mesembryanthemi (Péringuey, 1888) (Fig. 1Y)
Lytta mesembryanthemi Péringuey, 1888
Cylindrothorax mesembryanthemi, Kaszab 1955
Distribution. Southern Namibia (new species for this country) and northwestern South Africa.
Material examined and literature records. [Karas] Lüderitz: near Aus, 26.6667°S 16.2667°E (CB; CP); Klinghardt Mts., 27.3500°S 15.7°E (SMWN); Heioab, 27.4167°S 15.9667°E (SMWN); Namuskluft 88, 27.8000°S 16.8667°E (HNHM). Keetmanshoop Rural: 20 mil SE Keetmanshoop, 26.7212°S 18.8390°E(AMNH); 30 mil SE Keetmanshoop, 26.7718°S 18.5364°E(AMNH); D608, 87 km S Keetmanshoop, 27.32571°S 18.27616°E (CB); D608, 95, 5 km S Keetmanshoop, 27.37944°S 18.22418°E (CB). Berseba: Churutabis 108, Bethanien, 27.4167°S 17.4167°E (HNHM). Karasburg: Geiaus 6, 27.6667°S 17.7333°E (CB; SMWN); Ortmansbaus 120, Warmbad, 28.3000°S 18.7000°E (SMWN; HNHM). Oranjemund: C13, 40km S Rosh Pinah, 115 km N Noordoewer, 28.04668°S 17.039580°E (CB); C13 45 km S Rosh Pinah, 28.07076°S 17.12799°E (CB); C13 25–30 km S Rosh Pinah, 129 km N Noordoewe, 28.07315°S 16.94231°E (CB); Obib Mts./Dunes, 28.0833°S 16.7500°E (SMWN). Other records: Namibia (Pitzalis et al. 2014). The citation from Namaqualand (Kaszab 1955a) probably refers to the South African Namaqualand.
Remarks. The holotype of this species was examined at SAMC.
description: Published as part of Bologna, Marco A., Amore, Valentina & Pitzalis, Monica, 2018, Meloidae of Namibia (Coleoptera): taxonomy and faunistics with biogeographic and ecological notes, pp. 1-141 in Zootaxa 4373 (1) on page 31, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4373.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1151722
Climate change and agriculture, including aquaculture and fisheries in New Jersey
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Longer growing seasons, milder winters, more frequent flooding, heavier rains, and hotter summers are some of the expected impacts that New Jersey farmers and fishers will see more of due to climate change. In order to prepare for these changes, farmers and fishers will gradually need to adopt new or alter certain management practices in their operations, including what kinds of crops they grow, what kinds of fish they catch, and how they care for their livestock. This fact sheet is intended to provide an overview of the various impacts climate change may cause as well as how New Jersey farmers and fishers may adjust to meet these changes.