cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
First record of Brachyuran crab Eurycarcinus integrifrons de Man, 1879 from the Egyptian Mediterranean Sea
Creators: name: ABDELSALAM, Khaled M.
name: MONA, Mohamed H.
name: EL GAMAL, Mona M.
name: SHOUKR, Fayez M.
name: NOUR ELDEEN, Mohamed F.
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 2018

description: The present study deals with the first record of alien crab Eurycarcinus integrifrons de Man, 1879 collected from the Egyptian coasts of the Mediterranean Sea during May 2016. It is the first work describing the male specimen in the Mediterranean Sea. This crab species affiliates to family Pilumnidae, under the Decapoda infra-order Brachyura. A re-description compiled with more detailed taxonomical information as well as a distribution of the recorded species are provided.
Inverse Association between Fruit and Vegetable Intake and BMI even after Controlling for Demographic, Socioeconomic and Lifestyle Factors
Creators: name: Heo, Moonseong
name: Faith, Myles S.
name: Heymsfield, Steve B.
name: Wylie-Rosett, Judith
name: Allison, David B.
name: Kim, Ryung S.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: To estimate fruit and vegetable (FV) intake levels of US adult population and evaluate the association between FV intake and BMI status after controlling for confounding demographic, socioeconomic and lifestyle factors. We also sought to identify moderating factors.
Interdecadal growth variability of Atlantic horse mackerel Trachurus trachurus (Linnaeus, 1758) off the Atlantic Coast of Northwest Africa (21-26°N)
Creators: name: WAHBI, Fatima
name: ERRHIF, Ahmed
name: ZOUBAI, Abdelaziz
name: BENSBAI, Jilali
name: MANCHIH, Khalid
name: BERRAHO, Amina
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 2018

description: Trachurus trachurus is a Carangidae exploited by different gears along Northwestern Atlantic coast of Africa. In this work, we studied the age and growth of this species based on the length frequency distribution. Samples were collected during the Russian commercial and acoustic surveys of the pelagic fish, between 21°00' and 26°30'N. These surveys covered the period from 1962 to 2010 and specimens examined ranged from 5 to 45 cm. Length-frequency data collected were analyzed by decade. Length and weight growth equations were established according to Von Bertalanffy model. Periods retained for growth study are characterized by variability of size structures who indicate the presence of fluctuations more or less marked of the average size. Linear and weight growth fluctuations of the T. trachurus are marked and pronounced, justified by an interdecadal fluctuation of the estimated growth parameters with a variability of allometry coefficient (b). These fluctuations could be due to the environmental conditions and the migratory character of the species within its distribution area along the North West African coast. This feature could induce a variability of the size ranges sampled during each period, what did not highlight a clear trend of growth parameters over the five decades studied .
(401097) Frances Thomas
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Walking for prevention of cardiovascular disease in men and women: A systematic review of observational studies: Obesity Prevention
Creators: name: Taber, D. R.
name: Boone-Heinonen, J.
name: Evenson, K. R.
name: Gordon-Larsen, P.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2009

description: In this systematic review, walking (a generally accessible activity for a largely sedentary population), was assessed as a preventive risk factor for development of fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular disease (CVD). PubMed, CINHAL, and reference list searches identified 21 peer reviewed publications examining walking in relation to CVD; studies assessing active transportation were excluded. Generally, there were dose-dependent reductions in CVD risk with higher walking duration, distance, energy expenditure, and pace. Associations appeared to be stronger for ischemic stroke than other CVD outcomes such as CHD or hemorrhagic stroke. Adjustment for clinical CVD risk factors, obesity, or other types of physical activity generally attenuated but did not eliminate associations. Because functional status may be an important determinant of walking behavior in adults, potential bias due to pre-existing illness is of concern in all studies reviewed, particularly in case-control studies which ascertain walking retrospectively and yielded the strongest associations. Study findings were consistent with current physical activity recommendations, but opportunities for future research include improvements in measurement of walking and other CVD risk factors, more thorough control for pre-existing illness, examination of mediating or moderating conditions such as obesity, and other analytical issues.
(401096) John Thomas
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Drinking to our health: can beverage companies cut calories while maintaining profits?: Global beverage sales dynamics
Creators: name: Ng, S. W.
name: Kleiman, S.
name: Popkin, B.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: Carbonated soft drinks (CSD) and other beverages make up an increasing percentage of energy intake, and there are rising public health concerns about the links between consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and weight gain, obesity, and other cardio-metabolic problems. In response, the food and beverage industry claims to be reformulating products, reducing package or portion sizes, and introducing healthier options. Comparative analysis on various changes and their potential effects on public health are needed.
Resonance widths for general Helmholtz Resonators with straight neck
Creators: name: Duyckaerts, Thomas
name: Grigis, Alain
name: Martinez, André
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We prove an optimal exponential lower bound on the width of the resonance associated to the first eigenvalue of the cavity for a general Helmholtz resonator with straight neck, in any dimension.
(401095) David [George] Taylor
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Citizen scientists monitoring the establishment and expansion of Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828) in the Aegean Sea, Greece
Creators: name: GIOVOS, Ioannis
name: KLEITOU, Periklis
name: PARAVAS, Vangelis
name: MARMARA, Dimitra
name: ROMANIDIS-KYRIAKIDIS, Georgios
name: POURSANIDIS, Dimitris
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 2018

description: The introduction of the lionfish in the western Atlantic has been considered as one of the world's most detrimental invasions. However, in the Mediterranean Sea, the devil firefish Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828) long after its first record in 1991, has only recently shown a rapid expansion. Citizen scientists have played a significant role in reporting the presence and monitoring the expansion of several invasive species around the world. In 2016 the environmental non- governmental Greek organisation "iSea", initiated the citizen science project "Is it alien to you…Share it", for the monitoring of alien species in the Greek waters. Between May 2016-Septeber 2017, 37 records of the devil firefish have been reported, documenting the establishment and a northward expansion of the species in the Mediterranean. We discuss the importance of citizen scientists in the collection of information regarding invasive species and the potential of suggested conservation measures.
Television viewing associated with adverse dietary outcomes in children ages 2-6: Television and diet, 2-6-year-olds
Creators: name: White, M.
name: Ford, C.
name: Ward, D.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: The aim of this paper was to systematically review the evidence for the association between television viewing and diet in children ages 2-6. Data sources included PubMed, PsychINFO, EMBASE, ERIC, SportDISCUS, Sociological Abstracts, Web of Science, and hand searches of reference lists of relevant articles. Twelve studies were reviewed in which the relationship between television viewing and diet was assessed in children between the ages of two and six. All but one study reported significant relationship between television viewing time and adverse dietary outcomes. Parent-reported television viewing time was used to assay child television viewing in all included studies. Food frequency survey was the most frequent method of dietary assessment, and parent served as proxies for children in all studies. Lower fruit and/or vegetable intake was the most frequently reported dietary outcome, followed by increased energy intake with increased television viewing. The majority of studies reported adverse dietary outcomes with as little as 1 hours of daily television exposure. While these results are consistent with recommendations from child health advocates to limit television viewing in young children, they also suggest that further efforts to limit television viewing in young children may be needed to aid in obesity prevention.
Accurate encoding and decoding by single cells: amplitude versus frequency modulation
Creators: name: Micali, Gabriele
name: Aquino, Gerardo
name: Richards, David M.
name: Endres, Robert G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Subcellular Processes (q-bio.SC)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Cells sense external concentrations and, via biochemical signaling, respond by regulating the expression of target proteins. Both in signaling networks and gene regulation there are two main mechanisms by which the concentration can be encoded internally: amplitude modulation (AM), where the absolute concentration of an internal signaling molecule encodes the stimulus, and frequency modulation (FM), where the period between successive bursts represents the stimulus. Although both mechanisms have been observed in biological systems, the question of when it is beneficial for cells to use either AM or FM is largely unanswered. Here, we first consider a simple model for a single receptor (or ion channel), which can either signal continuously whenever a ligand is bound, or produce a burst in signaling molecule upon receptor binding. We find that bursty signaling is more accurate than continuous signaling only for sufficiently fast dynamics. This suggests that modulation based on bursts may be more common in signaling networks than in gene regulation. We then extend our model to multiple receptors, where continuous and bursty signaling are equivalent to AM and FM respectively, finding that AM is always more accurate. This implies that the reason some cells use FM is related to factors other than accuracy, such as the ability to coordinate expression of multiple genes or to implement threshold crossing mechanisms.
Perceptions of airway gene therapy for cystic fibrosis
Creators: name: Donnelley, Martin
name: Parsons, David
name: Prichard, Ivanka
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Hematology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Airway gene therapy could produce lasting benefit for cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease, however patient and public support is critical for successful adoption. Two separate quantitative online surveys were conducted to examine perceptions towards airway gene therapy for CF among people with CF, their families, and members of the public. Data was collected from a total of 213 participants across both studies, with 43 having a diagnosis of CF, 122 having a family member with CF, and 135 knowing someone with CF. Participants in both studies displayed positive perceptions towards gene therapy and were supportive of involvement in CF gene therapy trials. Around 50% hoped gene therapy could provide a cure. In Study 1 gene therapy was the most important research area, but in Study 2 this was new daily drugs. Almost all thought gene therapy was still required even if modulators already improved quality of life. The factors that influence acceptance, whether trials would be positively viewed, and whether individuals with CF are receptive to gene therapy, are essential to determine prior to clinical trials. Our findings indicate people have positive opinions about airway gene therapy for CF, but further education is vital.
Genetic and morphometric variations among Egyptian Penaeid prawn species on the Mediterranean coast
Creators: name: IBRAHIM, Nermin A.
name: HELMY, Zeinab A.
name: EL SAWY, Naglaa M.
name: EL DEEB, Safaa I.
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 2018

description: Variations of morphometric, biochemical and nuclear DNA markers were examined in three Egyptian Mediterranean Penaeid prawns, Meliceratus kerathurus, Meliceratus latisulcatus and Marsopenaeus japonicus. 15 specimens were collected at the same time from Abu Qir Bay on the Mediterranean S ea (Alexandria, Egypt). The morphometric measurements were carried out using truss network system. S amples of muscle and eye tissues were used for protein extraction and S DS -PAGE analysis. Muscle, hepatopancreas, and eye tissues were used for esterase allozyme. UPGMA method was used for evaluating morphological variables and RAPD-PCR analysis. Results indicated that the morphometric distance between M. kerathurus and M. latisulcatus is 0.1, while it is 0.07 between M. kerathurus and M. japonicus. Esterase allozyme analysis showed that the coefficient of similarity was 98% between M. japonicus and M. kerathurus, 88% between M. kerathurus and M. latisulcatus, and 80% between M. japonicus and M. latisulcatus. RAPD similarity was 0.70 between M .japonicus and M. kerathurus, 0.25 between M . Japonicus and M. latisulcatus, and 0.28 between M. kerathurus and M. latisulcatus. Genetic similarity based on RAPD and allozyme (esterase) are in agreement with morphometric analysis based on truss network system among the three studied species, and M. japonicus and M. kerathurus are more phylogenetic related to each other than M. latisulcatus.
(401094) John [William] Taylor
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Evolving diagnosis of the specific diversity of the macrozoobenthos of Bouregreg Estuary (Moroccan Atlantic coast)
Creators: name: EL HARIM, Asmae
name: CHERKAOUI, Essediya
name: KHAMAR, Mohamed
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 2018

description: Bouregreg estuary has undergone numerous modifications over time (SMBA dam in 1974, development project in 2006), which has indeed affected the ecological balance of this ecosystem, especially in terms of macrozoobenthic populations. This study presents an initial diagnosis of the specific diversity and the new edaphic conditions (granulometry and organic load) established in this inlet after the development project. Six samplings were carried out bimonthly in the intertidal zone of this estuary between February 2014 and February 2015. A comparison of this research with earlier ones carried out on the same study site enabled us to better understand the evolution of this ecosystem and to highlight the impact of the development project on this estuary. The present study revealed a species richness of 90 species, which represents a 55% increase in species richness, with a relative dominance of mollusks (52%) over polychaetes. The macrozoobenthic community of this estuary varied spatially according to a decreasing gradient from downstream to upstream. The maximum abundance (n = 2390 ind.m-2) and the diversity indices recorded in the downstream part showed that this zone is the most diversified thus testifying to the improvement of its environmental conditions after the depollution project. What has differentiated it from others parts of the Bouregreg estuary: intermediate and upstream.
The expanding burden of cardiometabolic risk in China: the China Health and Nutrition Survey: Cardiometabolic risk in China
Creators: name: Adair, L.
name: Li, S.
name: Popkin, B.
name: Zhang, B.
name: Yan, S.
name: Gordon-Larsen, P.
name: Li, J.
name: Du, S.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: China faces a major increase in cardiovascular disease, yet there is limited population-based data on risk factors, particularly in children.
Evisceration induction and gut regeneration of Holothuria polii (Delle Chiaje, 1824)
Creators: name: MOUSSA MOUSSA, Ragia
name: EL-SAIED NASEF, Lobna
name: ABDEL-LATIF, Hassan Abdel-Aziz
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 2018

description: Holothurian evisceration is a unique defense mechanism that involves internal organ expulsion followed by a regeneration period. The present study describes for the firdt time the evisceration process and the subsequent gut regeneration of Holothuria poliii. Evisceration was chemically induced through injection of 0.5 ml of 0.45M KCl into the perivisceral coelomic cavity. The internal organs were expelled posteriorly through anus within 7-15 minutes depending on holothurian size. Thereinafter, survival, growth and gut regeneration rates were weekly monitored over three months rearing period. Post evisceration, it was noticed that H. poliii has the ability to regenerate its gut by the 6th week; gaining little weight between 9th and 12th week. Gut was observed to be formed from two portions. Further histological study of gut formation defined five stages of regeneration.
Time use and physical activity: a shift away from movement across the globe: Declines in movement across the globe
Creators: name: Popkin, B. M.
name: Ng, S. W.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: Technology linked with reduced physical activity (PA) in occupational work, home/domestic work, and travel and increased sedentary activities, especially television viewing, dominates the globe. Using detailed historical data on time allocation, occupational distributions, energy expenditures data by activity, and time-varying measures of metabolic equivalents of task (MET) for activities when available, we measure historical and current MET by four major PA domains (occupation, home production, travel, and active leisure) and sedentary time among adults (> 18 years). Trends by domain for the United States (1965–2009), the United Kingdom (1961–2005), Brazil (2002–2007), China (1991–2009), and India (2000–2005) are presented. We also project changes in energy expenditure by domain and sedentary time (excluding sleep and personal care) to 2020 and 2030 for each of these countries. The use of previously unexplored detailed time allocation and energy expenditures and other datasets represents a useful addition to our ability to document activity and inactivity globally. Given the potential impact on weight gain and other cardiometabolic health risks, the differential declines in MET of activity and increases in sedentary time across the globe represents a major threat to global health.
Range extension of the tanaidid Zeuxo holdichi (Bamber, 1990) along the northern coasts of France?
Creators: name: FOVEAU, Aurélie
name: PEZY, Jean-Philippe
name: BAUX, Noémie
name: BAFFREAU, Alexandrine
name: BACHELET, Quentin
name: CHOUQUET, Bastien
name: DANCIE, Chloé
name: RUELLET, Thierry
name: DAUVIN, Jean-Claude
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 2018

description: The tanaidacean crustacean, Zeuxo holdichi was first described from Arcachon Bay, France, by Bamber in 1990. Since then, this species has been recorded several times in Europe, from Iberian Peninsula to Germany. In this present study, we report new records of this species along the northern coasts of France bordering the English Channel. It is hypothesized that Z. holdichi is being spread because of aquaculture activities.
China in the period of transition from scarcity and extensive undernutrition to emerging nutrition-related non-communicable diseases, 1949-1992: Changes in China's diet, 1949-92
Creators: name: Du, S. F.
name: Zhang, B.
name: Zhai, F. Y.
name: Popkin, B. M.
name: Wang, H. J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: This study uses unique official data to document nutritional changes in the 1949–1992 period. In 1949 widespread famine, high mortality, and low life expectancy dominated. Economic progress was uneven, however, the longer-term food supply changed greatly, and hunger was conquered. Diet composition shifted greatly over this period. Cereal consumption, already high, increased from 541.2 grams per day (70.0% coarse grains) in 1952 to 645.9 grams per day (15.9% coarse grains) in 1992. Consumption of animal-source foods, half of which were pork and pork products, tripled from 30.0 grams per day to 103.0 grams per day. The proportion of energy intake from fat tripled from 7.6% to 22.5%, and that from carbohydrates decreased from 83.0% to 65.8% over the same period. Physical activity was high in all domains, but shifts were beginning to occur (e.g., the initial mechanization of work and the expansion of biking). Nutritional improvement was uneven, including increased undernutrition in the 1959–1962 period and a remarkable rebound and continued improvement thereafter. Overweight emerged only after 1982. Shifts in diet, activity, and body composition in 1949–1992 set the stage for major shifts in nutrition in the subsequent decades.
Dynamics of the Chinese diet and the role of urbanicity, 1991-2011: Chinese diet's, 1991-2011
Creators: name: Wang, Z. H.
name: Zhai, F. Y.
name: Zhang, J. G.
name: Popkin, B. M.
name: Du, W. W.
name: Du, S. F.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: China's food consumption patterns and eating and cooking behaviours changed dramatically between 1991 and 2011. Macronutrient composition has shifted towards fats, and protein and sodium intakes remain high and potassium intake low. The rapid decline in intake of coarse grains and, later, of refined grains and increases in intake of edible oils and animal‐source foods accompanied by major eating and cooking behaviour shifts are leading to what might be characterized as an unhealthy Western type of diet, often based on traditional recipes with major additions and changes. The most popular animal‐source food is pork, and consumption of poultry and eggs is increasing. The changes in cooking and eating styles include a decrease in the proportion of food steamed, baked, or boiled, and an increase in snacking and eating away from home. Prior to the last decade, there was essentially no snacking in China except for hot water or green tea. Most recently, the intake of foods high in added sugar has increased. The dietary shifts are affected greatly by the country's urbanization. The future, as exemplified by the diet of the three mega cities, promises major growth in consumption of processed foods and beverages.
Finite-dimensional pointed Hopf algebras over finite simple groups of Lie type III. Semisimple classes in PSL(n,q)
Creators: name: Andruskiewitsch, Nicolás
name: Carnovale, Giovanna
name: García, Gastón Andrés
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 16T05

description: We show that Nichols algebras of most simple Yetter-Drinfeld modules over the projective special linear group over a finite field, corresponding to semisimple orbits, have infinite dimension. We introduce a new criterium to determine when a conjugacy class collapses and prove that for infinitely many pairs (n,q), any finite-dimensional pointed Hopf algebra H with G(H) = PSL(n,q) or SL(n,q) is isomorphic to a group algebra.
description: Postprint version: Minor changes in Table 1 of Theorem 1.1 and Corollary 3.5
First record of Felimida purpurea (Risso, 1831) and Dondice banyulensis Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960 for the Algerian marine fauna (Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia)
Creators: name: TAMSOURI, Mohamed Naoufal
name: BENABDI, Mouloud
name: CERVERA, Juan Lucas
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 2018

description: T he present paper reports the Srst record of the nudibranch species Felimida purpurea (Risso, 1831) and Dondice banyulensis Portmann & Sandmeier 1960 for the marine Algerian fauna. T he specimens of both species were found in September 2015 and April 2016 in the artificial reef of Oran, Algeria.
Overweight dynamics in Chinese children and adults: Chinese obesity dynamics
Creators: name: Popkin, B. M.
name: Wang, H.
name: Gordon-Larsen, P.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: China has experienced a transition from a history of undernutrition to a rapid increase in obesity. The China Health and Nutrition Survey, an ongoing longitudinal, household-based survey of urban and rural residents of nine provinces, documents these changes using measured height and weight across 53,298 observations from 18,059 participants collected from 1991 to 2011. Adult overweight (body mass index [BMI] ≥ 25 kilograms per square meter [kg/m2]) prevalence nearly tripled from 1991 (11.7%) to 2009 (29.2%), with significant cohort and age-related effects (stronger in males). Among youth, quantile regression reveals changes across the BMI distribution. By 2009 approximately 12% of children and adolescents were overweight, and 3% of 7–11 years old and 1% of 12–17 years old were obese (International Obesity Taskforce [IOTF] BMI 25 and 30 kg/m2 equivalents, respectively). In 1991–2000 urbanicity was strongly and positively associated with BMI, but in 2000–2011 trends were more similar across rural and urban areas. Among women, the burden has shifted to lower-educated women (the reverse is true for males, as overweight was higher in higher-educated men). Our findings highlight the importance of preventive measures early in the life cycle to reduce weight gain.
Pointwise-recurrent maps on uniquely arcwise connected locally arcwise connected spaces
Creators: name: Blokh, Alexander M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Primary 37B45, 37E25, 54H20, Secondary 37C25, 37E05

description: We prove that self-mappings of uniquely arcwise connected locally arcwise connected spaces are pointwise-recurrent if and only if all their cutpoints are periodic while all endpoints are either periodic or belong to what we call "topological weak adding machines". We also introduce the notion of a \emph{ray complete} uniquely arcwise connected locally arcwise connected space and show that for them the above "topological weak adding machines" coincide with classical adding machines (e.g., this holds if the entire space is compact).
description: 16 pages
(401093) Elizabeth Lees
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Synthesis and implications: China's nutrition transition in the context of changes across other low- and middle-income countries: The nutrition transition and the CHNS
Creators: name: Popkin, B. M.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: The China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) is important for its insights into current and future diet, physical activity, and obesity‐related changes in China and for understanding underlying processes common across low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). While China modernized later than Latin American countries, many changes seen in China echo those in Latin America and in other LMICs. In general, changes in physical activity and diet behaviours in China have occurred at a faster pace relative to other LMICs. Modernization of the overall Chinese food system has lagged behind most other LMICs, yet the now‐rapid changes in the Chinese food system are similar to what has been seen in other LMICs. Further, there is variation in these changes across social and geographic space. The incidence of obesity and non‐communicable diseases has increased as the major health burden has shifted towards the poor. This paper examines changes in China and addresses the literature and issues that link these changes with those in other LMICs. In many ways, the detailed 20‐year CHNS, with nine repeated measures, provides a remarkable window through which to understand nutrition‐related changes in other LMICs.
Testing and implementation of teaching non-language subjects in English, supported by online training
Creators: name: Feola, Elvia
Publisher: name: Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete
Year: 2017

description: The work aims to use English as a foreign language to convey contents of other subjects. The purposes of the trial were: developing in teachers subject, cross-cultural, linguistic, communicative and teaching skills, as required by European guidelines, and transmission competence of the acquired knowledge; generating an experiential learning, through which the student processes the input into deeper levels, that leads to an effective learning; understanding that the use of a foreign language allows you to learn and give knowledge. Furthermore the language, used as a tool, is no longer an abstract entity regulated by grammar and syntax. Sperimentazione e implementazione dell’insegnamento di discipline non linguistiche in lingua inglese, supportato dalla formazione online Il lavoro mira ad impiegare la lingua straniera inglese per veicolare altri contenuti disciplinari. Le finalità perseguite dalla sperimentazione sono state: sviluppare nei docenti competenze disciplinari, interculturali, linguistico-comunicative e metodologico-didattiche, così come richiesto dalle indicazioni europee, e capacità di trasmissione delle conoscenze acquisite; generare un apprendimento esperienziale, grazie al quale il soggetto elabora gli input a livelli più profondi, dando luogo ad un’effettiva acquisizione delle informazioni; far comprendere che l’utilizzo di una lingua straniera consente di acquisire e trasmettere sapere e, di rimando, impiegata come mezzo/strumento, non è più un’astratta entità regolata da grammatica e sintassi.
description: Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete, Vol. 17 No. 1 (2017): Learning and school technologies. Critical issues and potentiality
Corrigendum: The role of storage dynamics in annual wheat prices (2017 Environ. Res. Lett. 12 054005)
Creators: name: Schewe, Jacob
name: Otto, Christian
name: Frieler, Katja
Publisher: name: Bristol : IOP Publ.
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Triticum aestivum
subject: 690
subject: 333.7

description: [no abstract available]
Including parameter dependence in the data and covariance for cosmological inference
Creators: name: White, Martin
name: Padmanabhan, Nikhil
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The final step of most large-scale structure analyses involves the comparison of power spectra or correlation functions to theoretical models. It is clear that the theoretical models have parameter dependence, but frequently the measurements and the covariance matrix depend upon some of the parameters as well. We show that a very simple interpolation scheme from an unstructured mesh allows for an efficient way to include this parameter dependence self-consistently in the analysis at modest computational expense. We describe two schemes for covariance matrices. The scheme which uses the geometric structure of such matrices performs roughly twice as well as the simplest scheme, though both perform very well.
description: 17 pages, 4 figures, matches version published in JCAP
(401092) Adam Taylor
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Creating technology-enhanced scenarios to promote observation skills of fashion-design students
Creators: name: Caruso, Valentina
name: Cattaneo, Alberto
name: Gurtner, Jean-Luc
Publisher: name: Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete
Year: 2017

description: Observation is an important skill for professionals in many fields. However, so far, little pedagogical attention has been paid to instructional methods that promote the acquisition of this skill in initial Vocational Education and Training (VET) systems. In this study, we suggest two instructional scenarios to foster the development of observational skills in schools of fashion design. Each of the two scenarios was implemented first in a paper-based version and then in a technology-enhanced one in order to investigate to what extent technology can contribute to the promotion of observation. Twenty-eight learning activities were run in two fashion designer schools over one semester; they involved six teachers and 71 students. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and focus groups. All activities were video recorded. The data were analysed using a structuring content analysis approach. The findings show that the use of technology is perceived as an added value that increases the quality of teaching and triggers student participation in classroom discussions. Creare scenari pedagogico-didattici che sfruttino la tecnologia per promuovere le competenze di osservazione delle apprendiste sarte Saper osservare è una competenza rilevante per i professionisti in diversi settori. Tuttavia, allo stato attuale, si è dedicata poca attenzione alle modalità pedagogico-didattiche con cui promuovere l’acquisizione di questa competenza nella formazione professionale di base. In questo studio, vengono proposti due scenari didattici per favorire l’acquisizione di competenze di osservazione nelle scuole di sartoria. Ciascuno dei due scenari è stato implementato prima in versione cartacea e poi ricorrendo alla tecnologia, in modo da indagare in che misura quest’ultima possa contribuire alla promozione dell’osservazione. Ventotto attività didattiche sono state monitorate in due scuole di sartoria per un intero semestre; le attività hanno coinvolto sei insegnanti e 71 studenti. La raccolta dei dati è stata effettuata attraverso interviste semi-strutturate, focus group e video-registrazioni delle attività. I dati sono stati analizzati utilizzando un approccio di analisi del contenuto. I risultati mostrano che l’uso della tecnologia è percepito come un valore aggiunto nell’aumentare la qualità dell’insegnamento e nell’attivare gli interventi degli studenti in seno alla discussione di classe.
description: Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete, Vol. 17 No. 1 (2017): Learning and school technologies. Critical issues and potentiality
(401091) James Yool Taylor
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
The emergence of cardiometabolic disease risk in Chinese children and adults: consequences of changes in diet, physical activity and obesity: Cardiometabolic disease risk in China
Creators: name: Adair, L. S.
name: Popkin, B. M.
name: Du, S. F.
name: Gordon-Larsen, P.
name: Zhang, B.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Strong secular declines in physical activity, increased fat and salt intake, and increased obesity, especially abdominal obesity, mark China's recent nutrition transition. The China Health and Nutrition 2009 Survey collected anthropometry, blood pressure, and fasting blood samples from more than 9,000 individuals ≥ seven years of age. We focus on elevated blood pressure and plasma markers of diabetes, inflammation, and dyslipidemia. We used international definitions of cardiometabolic risk and estimated age- and sex-specific prevalence ratios for each outcome for high waist circumference or overweight. We used logistic regression to assess each risk factor's association with diet, physical activity, overweight, and abdominal obesity. Cardiometabolic risk prevalence was high in all age groups Prevalence ratios for most risk factors were nearly doubled for overweight or high waist circumference groups. Prevalence ratios were higher in younger than older adults. Low physical activity consistently predicted higher cardiometabolic risk across most outcomes and age-sex groups. The co-occurrence of overweight and high waist circumference was highly predictive of dyslipidemia, elevated glycated hemoglobin, and diabetes. High prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors and their strong association with weight status and abdominal obesity in young adults portend increases in cardiometabolic morbidity and mortality. Early interventions will be required to reverse trends.
First record of the genus Lissothuria (Holothuroidea: Psolidae) in the eastern North Atlantic
Creators: name: FERNÁNDEZ-RODRÍGUEZ, Irene
name: ANADÓN, Nuria
name: MANJÓN-CABEZA, M. Eugenia
name: ARIAS, Andrés
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 2018

description: The holothurian Lissothuria braziliensis is herein reported for the first time from the intertidal rocky shore of Gran Canaria Island (Canary Islands). This constitutes the first record of the genus Lissothuria in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. We present a detailed diagnosis and illustrations of the species and its ossicles, together with brief notes about its ecology at the new locality and an updated key of the genus. Furthermore, we discuss about the occurrence of L. braziliensis in the Canary Islands and consider that the species should be threated as cryptogenic.
Use of fatty acid composition, neurotoxic and oxidative stress biomarkers to assess the effect of permethrin exposure in the gills of Donax trunculus from Tunisian coast
Creators: name: AOUINI, Fatma
name: BOUSSOUFA, Dhouha
name: GHRIBI, Feriel
name: BEJAOUI, Safa
name: ELCAFSI, Mhamed
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 2018

description: Permethrin (PER) is a pyrethroid insecticide widely used in Tunisia for agricultural activities. The present investigation tried to assess the impact of PER exposure (150 Tg.L-1) on the biochemical composition of two different size classes (adults and juveniles) of Donax trunculus. Results have shown a significant decrease in total lipid and fatty acid contents in both treated size classes with more sensitivity of juveniles to the toxin than adults. Generally, saturated (SFA) and monounsaturated (MUFA) fatty acids decreased in the gills of adult specimens with PER contamination, while, polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) were the most affected in both size classes' expressed by significant decrease in n-3 and n-6 PUFAs. EPA/DHA and n-3/n-6 ratios increased significantly in the gills of both size classes after PER exposure. However, changes in EPA+DHA contents are reduced only in juveniles. The activity of the neurotoxic biomarker, acetylcholinesterase, decreased significantly in the gills of both adults and juveniles after PER exposure showing high activity in juveniles compared to adults. However, catalase activity, lipid peroxidation levels and glutathione contents increased significantly with the exposure to PER.
Saddleback syndrome in the lionfish, Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Scorpaenidae), in the southern Gulf of Mexico
Creators: name: AGUILAR-PERERA, Alfonso
name: QUIJANO-PUERTO, Luis
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 2018

description: A single specimen of the invasive lionfish, Pterois volitans (Linnaeus 1758) (Scorpaenidae), taken in the southern Gulf of Mexico, had saddleback syndrome in which spines and associated pterygiophores are lacking from the dorsal fin. This is the first record of saddleback syndrome in lionfish. It is unlikely such deformity was associated with water pollution in this case, because the specimen was taken well offshore. The most likely cause in this instance is physical injury.
(401090) Andrew Taylor
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Solar wind turbulence at 0.72 AU and solar minimum
Creators: name: Teodorescu, Eliza
name: Echim, Marius
name: Munteanu, Costel
name: Zhang, Tielong
name: Bruno, Roberto
name: Kovacs, Peter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Space Physics (physics.space-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate Venus Express (VEX) observations of magnetic field fluctuations performed systematically in the solar wind at 0.72 Astronomical Units (AU), between 2007 and 2009, during the deep minimum of the solar cycle 24. The Power Spectral Densities (PSD) of the magnetic field components have been computed for the time intervals that satisfy data integrity criteria and have been grouped according to the type of wind, fast and slow defined for speeds larger and respectively smaller than 450 km/s. The PSDs show higher levels of power for the fast than for the slow wind. The spectral slopes estimated for all PSDs in the frequency range 0.005-0.1 Hz exhibit a normal distribution. The average value of the trace of the spectral matrix is -1.60 for fast solar wind and -1.65 for slow wind. Compared to the corresponding average slopes at 1 AU, the PSDs are shallower at 0.72 AU for slow wind conditions suggesting a steepening of the solar wind spectra between Venus and Earth. No significant time variation trend is observed for the spectral behavior of both slow and fast wind.