cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Research Design to Mitigate the Adverse Effect on NM 0:3:1:11 (LA 87432), Kirtland Air Force Base
Creators: name: Rodgers, James B.
Publisher: name: Center for Anthropological Studies, Albuquerque, NM
Year: 1981
Subjects: subject: Bernalillo (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3646/bernalillo-county
subject: Albuquerque, New Mexico
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/84765/albuquerque-new-mexico
subject: Kirtland Air Force Base
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/17943/kirtland-air-force-base
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5728/historic
subject: Prehistoric
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/53/prehistoric
subject: Anasazi
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/84/anasazi
subject: RIO GRANDE
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/6680/rio-grande
subject: LA 87432
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/126678/la-87432
subject: NM 0:3:1:11
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/126677/nm-03111
subject: Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/256/domestic-structures
subject: Burial Pit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/307/burial-pit
subject: Artifact Scatter
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/340/artifact-scatter
subject: Dwelling
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/4389/dwelling
subject: Hearth
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/343/hearth
subject: Habitation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/858/habitation
subject: Ceramic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/1/ceramic
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Human Remains
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/9/human-remains
subject: Erosion
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/1533/erosion
subject: Mitigation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/1291/mitigation
subject: Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/9/research-design-data-recovery-plan

description: At the request of the U.S. Air Force, the Center for Anthropological Studies has completed a research design to mitigate the ongoing natural erosion of NM 0:3:1:11 (LA 87432). This is a prehistoric Rio Grande Anasazi habitation site believed to have been used during A.D. 1100-1200. The acceptance and use of this research design to guide the recovery of this site's archaeological data is considered justification for making a determination of no adverse effect upon it.
Falsafah Dan Kurikulum Pendidikan Islam Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali
Creators: name: Mohd Nawi, Muhammad Zulazizi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: Education

description: Kertas penyelidikan ini membincangkan kefalsafahan dan kurikulum kependidikan Islam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali dan beberapa korpus metodologi yang wajar digunapakai bagi mencorakkan warna-warni pengajaran dan pembelajaran dalam bidang pendidikan. Konsep pendidikan yang berteraskan Islam oleh Abu Hamid al-Ghazali mengandungi banyak faedah dan manfaat yang boleh diaplikasikan supaya moral dan akhlak seseorang manusia bertambah mantap dan holistik. Penyelidikan ini dijalankan menggunakan metode kualitatif yang berbentuk kepustakaan. Proses pengumpulan data pula adalah melalui sorotan ilmiah seperti jurnal, prosiding, buku, artikel, ensiklopedia dan lain-lain lagi yang mana dikenali sebagai analisis dokumen. Hasil kajian mendapati bahawa, beberapa komponen, model dan teori berdasarkan pemikiran Abu Hamid al-Ghazali dapat memberikan sumbangan yang besar kepada kemajuan bidang pendidikan Islam selain menggambarkan kriteria sebenar sesebuah masyarakat bertamadun
Prospective-gated cardiac micro-CT imaging of free-breathing mice using carbon nanotube field emission x-ray: Cardiac micro-CT using carbon nanotube x-ray
Creators: name: Lu, Jianping
name: Zhou, Otto
name: Sultana, Shabana
name: Calderon-Colon, Xiomara
name: Cao, Guohua
name: Burk, Laurel M.
name: Lee, Yueh Z.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: Purpose: Carbon nanotube (CNT) based field emission x-ray source technology has recently been investigated for diagnostic imaging applications because of its attractive characteristics including electronic programmability, fast switching, distributed source, and multiplexing. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the potential of this technology for high-resolution prospective-gated cardiac micro-CT imaging.
Additional file 1 of Effective maNagement of depression among patients witH cANCEr (ENHANCE): a protocol for a hybrid systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials of interventions for depressive symptoms
Creators: name: Pertl, Maria M.
name: Perez, Sergio
name: Collier, Sonya
name: Guinan, Emer
name: Monahan, Garret
name: Verling, Katie
name: Wallace, Emma
name: Walsh, Aisling
name: Doyle, Frank
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1.. PRISMA-P 2015 Checklist: ENHANCE Project.
The SAMI Galaxy Survey: first 1000 galaxies
Creators: name: Allen, J. T.
name: Team, the SAMI Galaxy Survey
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Sydney-AAO Multi-object Integral field spectrograph (SAMI) Galaxy Survey is an ongoing project to obtain integral field spectroscopic observations of ~3400 galaxies by mid-2016. Including the pilot survey, a total of ~1000 galaxies have been observed to date, making the SAMI Galaxy Survey the largest of its kind in existence. This unique dataset allows a wide range of investigations into different aspects of galaxy evolution. The first public data from the SAMI Galaxy Survey, consisting of 107 galaxies drawn from the full sample, has now been released. By giving early access to SAMI data for the entire research community, we aim to stimulate research across a broad range of topics in galaxy evolution. As the sample continues to grow, the survey will open up a new and unique parameter space for galaxy evolution studies.
description: 4 pages, 2 figures. To appear in the proceedings of IAUS309: Galaxies in 3D across the universe. Brief summary of work presented in arXiv:1407.6068, arXiv:1407.5237 and arXiv:1407.7335
Segmenting CT prostate images using population and patient-specific statistics for radiotherapy: Segmenting CT prostate images for radiotherapy
Creators: name: Foskey, Mark
name: Shen, Dinggang
name: Feng, Qianjin
name: Chen, Wufan
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: Purpose: In the segmentation of sequential treatment-time CT prostate images acquired in image-guided radiotherapy, accurately capturing the intrapatient variation of the patient under therapy is more important than capturing interpatient variation. However, using the traditional deformable-model-based segmentation methods, it is difficult to capture intrapatient variation when the number of samples from the same patient is limited. This article presents a new deformable model, designed specifically for segmenting sequential CT images of the prostate, which leverages both population and patient-specific statistics to accurately capture the intrapatient variation of the patient under therapy.
Quorum-sensing- and type VI secretion-mediated spatio-temporal cell death drives genetic diversity in Vibrio cholerae
Creators: name: Mashruwala, Ameya
name: Qin, Boyang
name: Bassler, Bonnie
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: Custom scripts used to analyze images and representative images for the manuscript titled: Quorum-sensing- and type VI secretion-mediated spatio-temporal cell death drives genetic diversity in Vibrio cholerae 
Myths, Ceremonies, and Power-Dependence Relationships: Organizational Theory and Charter School Autonomy
Creators: name: Fanning, John J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008

description: Public school systems grant charter schools significant autonomy from public school system oversight. This article employs organizational theory and a case study to argue that this autonomy is compromised by school and school system activities as well as by dynamics between the school and external organizations, including school system governing bodies. Furthermore, it suggests that this autonomy exists as a dynamic (rather than static) state and affects strategic choices made by leaders at both the school and school system levels, thereby altering the nature of the autonomy itself.
Hierarchical alignment of breast DCE-MR images by groupwise registration and robust feature matching: Breast DCE-MR image registration
Creators: name: Kim, Minjeong
name: Shen, Dinggang
name: Wu, Guorong
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: Purpose: Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) shows high sensitivity in detecting breast cancer. However, its performance could be affected by patient motion during the imaging. To overcome this problem, it is necessary to correct patient motion by deformable registration, before using the DCE-MRI to detect breast cancer. However, deformable registration of DCE-MR images is challenging due to the dramatic contrast change over time (especially between the precontrast and postcontrast images). Most existing methods typically register each postcontrast image onto the precontrast image independently, without considering the dynamic contrast change after agent uptake. This could lead to the inconsistency among the aligned postcontrast images in the precontrast image space, which will eventually result in worse performance in cancer detection. In this paper, the authors present a novel hierarchical registration framework to address this problem.
Learning statistical correlation for fast prostate registration in image-guided radiotherapy: Learning statistical correlation for radiotherapy
Creators: name: Liao, Shu
name: Shen, Dinggang
name: Shi, Yonghong
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: Purpose: In adaptive radiation therapy of prostate cancer, fast and accurate registration between the planning image and treatment images of the patient is of essential importance. With the authors’ recently developed deformable surface model, prostate boundaries in each treatment image can be rapidly segmented and their correspondences (or relative deformations) to the prostate boundaries in the planning image are also established automatically. However, the dense correspondences on the nonboundary regions, which are important especially for transforming the treatment plan designed in the planning image space to each treatment image space, are remained unresolved. This paper presents a novel approach to learn the statistical correlation between deformations of prostate boundary and nonboundary regions, for rapidly estimating deformations of the nonboundary regions when given the deformations of the prostate boundary at a new treatment image.
A computerized scheme for lung nodule detection in multiprojection chest radiography: Lung nodule detection in multiprojection chest radiography
Creators: name: Guo, Wei
name: Li, Qiang
name: McAdams, H. Page
name: Shiraishi, Junji
name: Boyce, Sarah J.
name: Samei, Ehsan
name: Doi, Kunio
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: Purpose: Our previous study indicated that multiprojection chest radiography could significantly improve radiologists’ performance for lung nodule detection in clinical practice. In this study, the authors further verify that multiprojection chest radiography can greatly improve the performance of a computer-aided diagnostic (CAD) scheme.
Additional file 2 of Effective maNagement of depression among patients witH cANCEr (ENHANCE): a protocol for a hybrid systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials of interventions for depressive symptoms
Creators: name: Pertl, Maria M.
name: Perez, Sergio
name: Collier, Sonya
name: Guinan, Emer
name: Monahan, Garret
name: Verling, Katie
name: Wallace, Emma
name: Walsh, Aisling
name: Doyle, Frank
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 2: Table 1. ENHANCE project Public and Patient Involvement: GRIPP2 short form.
Automated lung segmentation in digital chest tomosynthesis: Lung segmentation in tomosynthesis
Creators: name: Wang, Jiahui
name: Li, Qiang
name: Dobbins, James T.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop an automated lung segmentation method for computerized detection of lung nodules in digital chest tomosynthesis.
Decoupling and non-decoupling dynamics of large D black holes
Creators: name: Emparan, Roberto
name: Suzuki, Ryotaku
name: Tanabe, Kentaro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The limit of large number of dimensions localizes the gravitational field of a black hole in a well-defined region near the horizon. The perturbative dynamics of the black hole can then be characterized in terms of states in the near-horizon geometry. We investigate this by computing the spectrum of quasinormal modes of the Schwarzschild black hole in the 1/D expansion, which we find splits into two classes. Most modes are non-decoupled modes: non-normalizable states of the near-horizon geometry that straddle between the near-horizon zone and the asymptotic zone. They have frequency of order D/r_0 (with r_0 the horizon radius), and are also present in a large class of other black holes. There also exist a much smaller number of decoupled modes: normalizable states of the near-horizon geometry that are strongly suppressed in the asymptotic region. They have frequency of order 1/r_0, and are specific of each black hole. Our results for their frequencies are in excellent agreement with numerical calculations, in some cases even in D=4.
description: 30 pages, 13 figures; v2: minor corrections
High resolution stationary digital breast tomosynthesis using distributed carbon nanotube x-ray source array: High resolution stationary digital breast tomosynthesis
Creators: name: Calderon-Colon, Xiomara
name: Sultana, Shabana
name: Sprenger, Frank
name: Zhou, Otto
name: Kennedy, Don
name: Yang, Guang
name: Farbizio, Tom
name: Lu, Jianping
name: Gidcumb, Emily
name: Tucker, Andrew
name: Jing, Zhenxue
name: Qian, Xin
name: Spronk, Derrek
name: Zhang, Yiheng
name: Shan, Jing
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the feasibility of increasing the system spatial resolution and scanning speed of Hologic Selenia Dimensions digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) scanner by replacing the rotating mammography x-ray tube with a specially designed carbon nanotube (CNT) x-ray source array, which generates all the projection images needed for tomosynthesis reconstruction by electronically activating individual x-ray sources without any mechanical motion. The stationary digital breast tomosynthesis (s-DBT) design aims to (i) increase the system spatial resolution by eliminating image blurring due to x-ray tube motion and (ii) reduce the scanning time. Low spatial resolution and long scanning time are the two main technical limitations of current DBT technology.
USDA Forest Service Inventory Standards and Accounting Form: Department of Defense Range Complex (M-60 Range Expansion)
Creators: name: Hayden, John S.
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Bernalillo (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3646/bernalillo-county
subject: Albuquerque, New Mexico
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/84765/albuquerque-new-mexico
subject: Kirtland Air Force Base
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/17943/kirtland-air-force-base
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5728/historic
subject: Prehistoric
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/53/prehistoric
subject: Management Area 17
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/4675/management-area-17
subject: Negative Result
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/76495/negative-result
subject: Cultural Resources Clearance
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/168090/cultural-resources-clearance
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey

description: Survey was conducted of an area 57.3 acres in size on Sandia RD, Cibola National Forest for construction of additional facilities at the M-60 Range in SW/4, Sec 29 and the central portion of Sec 32; T9N, R5E, NMPM, Bernalillo Co. NM, (Mount Washington 7 1/2 min Quad.) Two separate areas were surveyed. No evidence of cultural resources was found. Cultural clearance is recommended.
Image Fusion Using LEP Filtering and Bilinear Interpolation
Creators: name: Raveendran, Haritha
name: Thomas, Deepa
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Image Fusion is the process in which core information from a set of component images is merged to form a single image, which is more informative and complete than the component input images in quality and appearance. This paper presents a fast and effective image fusion method for creating high quality fused images by merging component images. In the proposed method, the input image is broken down to a two-scale image representation with a base layer having large scale variations in intensity, and a detail layer containing small scale details. Here fusion of the base and detail layers is implemented by means of a Local Edge preserving filtering based technique. The proposed method is an efficient image fusion technique in which the noise component is very low and quality of the resultant image is high so that it can be used for applications like medical image processing, requiring very accurate edge preserved images. Performance is tested by calculating PSNR and SSIM of images. The benefit of the proposed method is that it removes noise without altering the underlying structures of the image. This paper also presents an image zooming technique using bilinear interpolation in which a portion of the input image is cropped and bilinear interpolation is applied. Experimental results showed that the when PSNR value is calculated, the noise is found to be very low for the resultant image portion.
description: 5 pages. 4 figures, Published with International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT)
Photoluminescence and Stability of Sputtered SiOx Layers
Creators: name: Hosseini-Saber, Seyed Mohammad Ali
name: Muydinov, Ruslan
name: Ahmadi, Najme
name: Ibaceta-Jaña, Josefa
name: Kazemi, Zainab
name: Seeger, Stefan
name: Gundlach, Heiko
name: Gernert, Ulrich
name: Szyszka, Bernd
name: Eichler, Hans Joachim
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::530 Physik::530 Physik
subject: flash lamp annealing
subject: photoluminescence
subject: Raman spectroscopy
subject: Si nanocrystals
subject: SiOx layers

description: SiOx layers with thicknesses of about 300–1000 nm are produced by sputtering silicon onto glass and quartz substrates. Silicon is oxidized during deposition, and the refractive index of the sputtered layers vary from 1.63 to 1.86. Oxygen atomic concentration in SiOx is in the range of 1 < x < 1.54 Photoluminescence of SiOx layers is observed and assumed to originate from silicon nanocrystals embedded in a SiOx matrix that is formed after thermal treatment by a Xe flash-lamp. A layer on quartz substrate exhibits the strongest emission and shows Raman spectral peak at 507 cm-1, which is smaller than the value of 521 cm-1 of bulk silicon crystal. Based on this difference, the size of silicon nanocrystals is estimated to be equal to 1.2 nm. The photoluminescence spectrum consists of overlapping Gaussian functions indicating the size distribution of the silicon nanocrystals. Mean silicon nanocrystals size in the layer on a quartz substrate is estimated at 1.4 nm from the photoluminescence peak datasets reported in previous researches. Thus, sputtering of silicon in a low-pressure air and subsequent flash-heating seems to be a convenient method to produce silicon nanocrystals in SiOx layers. These could be useful to realize Si-LEDs or even silicon lasers. In addition, the aging of SiOx layers during 6 months is evaluated.
Improving image-guided radiation therapy of lung cancer by reconstructing 4D-CT from a single free-breathing 3D-CT on the treatment day: Treatment day 4D-CT reconstruction
Creators: name: Lian, Jun
name: Shen, Dinggang
name: Wu, Guorong
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: Purpose: One of the major challenges of lung cancer radiation therapy is how to reduce the margin of treatment field but also manage geometric uncertainty from respiratory motion. To this end, 4D-CT imaging has been widely used for treatment planning by providing a full range of respiratory motion for both tumor and normal structures. However, due to the considerable radiation dose and the limit of resource and time, typically only a free-breathing 3D-CT image is acquired on the treatment day for image-guided patient setup, which is often determined by the image fusion of the free-breathing treatment and planning day 3D-CT images. Since individual slices of two free breathing 3D-CTs are possibly acquired at different phases, two 3D-CTs often look different, which makes the image registration very challenging. This uncertainty of pretreatment patient setup requires a generous margin of radiation field in order to cover the tumor sufficiently during the treatment. In order to solve this problem, our main idea is to reconstruct the 4D-CT (with full range of tumor motion) from a single free-breathing 3D-CT acquired on the treatment day.
The Childhood Obesity Epidemic as a Burgeoning Site of Social Stratification
Creators: name: Fitzgerald, Charity Samantha
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008

description: This article deconstructs the childhood obesity epidemic, examining the anthropological, social, and political meanings of the constructs of fatness, obesity, and epidemic. It chronicles the emergence of a speciously objective obesity construct that preserves the underlying moral significance of a fatness construct. The political deployment of the obesity construct marginalizes certain groups, such as low socioeconomic-status (SES), racial-minority, and ethnic-minority families, in ostensibly scientific terms. So too, the political deployment of the epidemic construct secures the ascendancy of childhood obesity on the policy agenda. The article argues that social workers are obligated to deconstruct the constructs of obesity and epidemic.
Monte Carlo simulation of a compact microbeam radiotherapy system based on carbon nanotube field emission technology
Creators: name: Chang, Sha X.
name: Schreiber, Eric C.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: Purpose: Microbeam radiation therapy (MRT) is an experimental radiotherapy technique that has shown potent antitumor effects with minimal damage to normal tissue in animal studies. This unique form of radiation is currently only produced in a few large synchrotron accelerator research facilities in the world. To promote widespread translational research on this promising treatment technology we have proposed and are in the initial development stages of a compact MRT system that is based on carbon nanotube field emission x-ray technology. We report on a Monte Carlo based feasibility study of the compact MRT system design.
Metabolic control of FoxP3 expression in human regulatory T cells
Creators: name: Colamatteo, Alessandra
Publisher: name: Universita degli studi di Salerno
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: MED/04 PATOLOGIA GENERALE
subject: FoxP3
subject: Metabolism
subject: Autoimmunity

description: 2015 - 2016
description: Regulatory CD4+CD25+ T (Treg) cells play a central role in the maintenance of immune self-tolerance and homeostasis. Although Treg cells operate through multiple mechanisms, it appears that the expression of the transcription factor Forkhead-box-P3 (FoxP3) is crucial for their function. Here we describe human peripheral Treg (pTreg) cells that develop from CD4+CD25- T (Tconv) cells following suboptimal stimulation via the T cell antigen receptor (TCR). This population of pTreg cells, which we call inducible Treg (iTreg) cells, is characterized by high FoxP3 expression, strong suppressive capacity and an active proliferative and metabolic state. The development of iTreg cells tightly depends on glycolysis, which controls FoxP3 splicing variants containing exon 2 (FoxP3-E2), through the glycolytic enzyme enolase-1. Remarkably, iTreg cells suppressive activity is impaired in autoimmune diseases such as relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RR-MS), and associates with the reduction of FoxP3-E2 expression, secondarily to impaired glycolysis and IL-2/IL-2R/STAT-5 signalling. These results suggest a novel mechanism that links glucose metabolism to the induction of specific FoxP3 splicing variants, via enolase-1, that directly impact on human Treg cell function, in health and in autoimmunity. [edited by author]
description: Le cellule T regolatorie CD4+CD25+ (Treg) svolgono un ruolo centrale nel mantenimento dell’omeostasi e della tolleranza immunitaria. Sebbene le cellule Treg operino attraverso diversi meccanismi, sembra che l'espressione del fattore di trascrizione Forkhead-box-P3 (FoxP3) è fondamentale per la loro funzione. Qui descriviamo le cellule Treg periferiche (pTreg) umane che si sviluppano dalle cellule T CD4+CD25- (Tconv) dopo stimolazione subottimale del recettore delle cellule T (TCR). Questa popolazione di cellule pTreg, chiamata cellule Treg indotte (iTreg), è caratterizzata da un'elevata espressione di FoxP3, da una forte capacità soppressoria e da uno stato proliferativo e metabolico attivo. Lo sviluppo delle cellule iTreg dipende fortemente dalla glicolisi, che controlla le varianti di splicing di FoxP3 contenenti l'esone 2 (FoxP3-E2), attraverso l'enzima glicolico enolasi-1. In particolare, l’attività soppressoria delle cellule iTreg è compromessa nelle malattie autoimmuni come la sclerosi multipla recidivante-remittente (RR-MS) e si associa alla riduzione dell'espressione di FoxP3-E2, secondariamente alla compromissione della glicolisi e della via di segnalazione IL-2 / IL-2R / STAT-5. Questi risultati suggeriscono un nuovo meccanismo che collega il metabolismo del glucosio all'induzione di specifiche varianti di splicing di FoxP3, attraverso l'enolasi-1, che ha un impatto diretto sulla funzionalità delle cellule Treg, sia in condizioni fisiologiche che in corso di autoimmunità. [a cura dell'autore]
MegaMorph -- multi-wavelength measurement of galaxy structure: physically meaningful bulge-disc decomposition of galaxies near and far
Creators: name: Vika, Marina
name: Bamford, Steven P.
name: Häußler, Boris
name: Rojas, Alex L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Bulge-disc decomposition is a valuable tool for understanding galaxies. However, achieving robust measurements of component properties is difficult, even with high quality imaging, and it becomes even more so with the imaging typical of large surveys. In this paper we consider the advantages of a new, multi-band approach to galaxy fitting. We perform automated bulge-disc decompositions for 163 nearby galaxies, by simultaneously fitting multiple images taken in five photometric filters. We show that we are able to recover structural measurements that agree well with various other works, and confirm a number of key results. We additionally use our results to illustrate the link between total Sérsic index and bulge-disc structure, and demonstrate that the visually classification of lenticular galaxies is strongly dependent on the inclination of their disc component. By simulating the same set of galaxies as they would appear if observed at a range of redshifts, we are able to study the behaviour of bulge-disc decompositions as data quality diminishes. We examine how our multi-band fits perform, and compare to the results of more conventional, single-band methods. Multi-band fitting improves the measurement of all parameters, but particularly the bulge-to total flux ratio and component colours. We therefore encourage the use of this approach with future surveys.
description: 20 pages, 22 figures, Accepted for publication in MNRAS
Additional file 3 of Effective maNagement of depression among patients witH cANCEr (ENHANCE): a protocol for a hybrid systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials of interventions for depressive symptoms
Creators: name: Pertl, Maria M.
name: Perez, Sergio
name: Collier, Sonya
name: Guinan, Emer
name: Monahan, Garret
name: Verling, Katie
name: Wallace, Emma
name: Walsh, Aisling
name: Doyle, Frank
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 3.. Sample Search Strategy for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses. Sample Search Strategy for Randomized Controlled Trials.
Prostate segmentation by sparse representation based classification: Prostate segmentation by SRC
Creators: name: Liao, Shu
name: Gao, Yaozong
name: Shen, Dinggang
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: Purpose: The segmentation of prostate in CT images is of essential importance to external beam radiotherapy, which is one of the major treatments for prostate cancer nowadays. During the radiotherapy, the prostate is radiated by high-energy x rays from different directions. In order to maximize the dose to the cancer and minimize the dose to the surrounding healthy tissues (e.g., bladder and rectum), the prostate in the new treatment image needs to be accurately localized. Therefore, the effectiveness and efficiency of external beam radiotherapy highly depend on the accurate localization of the prostate. However, due to the low contrast of the prostate with its surrounding tissues (e.g., bladder), the unpredicted prostate motion, and the large appearance variations across different treatment days, it is challenging to segment the prostate in CT images. In this paper, the authors present a novel classification based segmentation method to address these problems.
An active contour model for medical image segmentation with application to brain CT image
Creators: name: Li, Qiang
name: Guo, Shuxu
name: Qian, Xiaohua
name: Wang, Jiahui
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) segmentation in computed tomography (CT) is a key step in computer-aided detection (CAD) of acute ischemic stroke. Because of image noise, low contrast and intensity inhomogeneity, CSF segmentation has been a challenging task. A region-based active contour model, which is insensitive to contour initialization and robust to intensity inhomogeneity, was developed for segmenting CSF in brain CT images.
2-supertransitive subfactors at index $3+\sqrt{5}$
Creators: name: Morrison, Scott
name: Penneys, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Operator Algebras (math.OA)
subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 46L37 (Primary), 18D05, 57M20 (Secondary)

description: This article proves the existence and uniqueness of a subfactor planar algebra with principal graph consisting of a diamond with arms of length 2 at opposite sides, which we call 2D2. We also prove the uniqueness of the subfactor planar algebra with principal graph 4442. We conjecture this will complete the list of subfactor planar algebras at index $3+\sqrt{5}$.
description: 22 pages
Dedicated 3D photoacoustic breast imaging
Creators: name: Del Rio, Stephen P.
name: Kuzmiak, Cherie M.
name: Reinecke, Daniel R.
name: Steed, Doreen
name: Lam, Richard B.
name: Kruger, Robert A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: Purpose: To report the design and imaging methodology of a photoacoustic scanner dedicated to imaging hemoglobin distribution throughout a human breast.
Optimal control of affine connection control systems from the point of view of Lie algebroids
Creators: name: Abrunheiro, L.
name: Camarinha, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: Symplectic Geometry (math.SG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 49J15, 70H05, 70G65, 70E60, 22A22, 53C30, 53B21

description: The purpose of this paper is to use the framework of Lie algebroids to study optimal control problems for affine connection control systems on Lie groups. In this context, the equations for critical trajectories of the problem are geometrically characterized as a Hamiltonian vector field.
description: 7 pages
NFV: State of the Art, Challenges and Implementation in Next Generation Mobile Networks (vEPC)
Creators: name: Hawilo, Hassan
name: Shami, Abdallah
name: Mirahmadi, Maysam
name: Asal, Rasool
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: As mobile network users look forward to the connectivity speeds of 5G networks, service providers are facing challenges in complying with connectivity demands without substantial financial investments. Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is introduced as a new methodology that offers a way out of this bottleneck. NFV is poised to change the core structure of telecommunications infrastructure to be more cost-efficient. In this paper, we introduce a Network Function Virtualization framework, and discuss the challenges and requirements of its use in mobile networks. In particular, an NFV framework in the virtual environment is proposed. Moreover, in order to reduce signaling traffic and achieve better performance, this paper proposes a criterion to bundle multiple functions of virtualized evolved packet-core in a single physical device or a group of adjacent devices. The analysis shows that the proposed grouping can reduce the network control traffic by 70 percent.
description: To appear in IEEE Network Mag., November 2014 Issue
Estimating the 4D respiratory lung motion by spatiotemporal registration and super-resolution image reconstruction
Creators: name: Wu, Guorong
name: Shen, Dinggang
name: Wang, Qian
name: Lian, Jun
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: One of the main challenges in lung cancer radiation therapy is how to reduce the treatment margin but accommodate the geometric uncertainty of moving tumor. 4D-CT is able to provide the full range of motion information for the lung and tumor. However, accurate estimation of lung motion with respect to the respiratory phase is difficult due to various challenges in image registration, e.g., motion artifacts and large interslice thickness in 4D-CT. Meanwhile, the temporal coherence across respiration phases is usually not guaranteed in the conventional registration methods which consider each phase image in 4D-CT independently. To address these challenges, the authors present a unified approach to estimate the respiratory lung motion with two iterative steps.
A search for weak or complex magnetic fields in the the B3V star iota Herculis
Creators: name: Wade, G. A.
name: Folsom, C. P.
name: Petit, P.
name: Petit, V.
name: Lignieres, F.
name: Auriere, M.
name: Bohm, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We obtained 128 high signal-to-noise ratio Stokes $V$ spectra of the B3V star $ι$~Her on 5 consecutive nights in 2012 with the ESPaDOnS spectropolarimeter at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, with the aim of searching for the presence of weak and/or complex magnetic fields. Least-Squares Deconvolution mean profiles were computed from individual spectra, averaged over individual nights and over the entire run. No Zeeman signatures are detected in any of the profiles. The longitudinal magnetic field in the grand average profile was measured to be $-0.24 \pm 0.32 $ G, as compared to $-0.22 \pm 0.32$ G in the null profile. Our observations therefore provide no evidence for the presence of Zeeman signatures analogous to those observed in the A0V star Vega by Lignieres et al. (2009). We interpret these observations in three ways. First, we compare the LSD profiles with synthetic Stokes $V$ profiles corresponding to organised (dipolar) magnetic fields, for which we find an upper limit of about 8~G on the polar strength of any surface dipole present. Secondly, we compare the grand average profile with calculations corresponding to the random magnetic spot topologies of Kochukhov & Sudnik (2013), inferring that spots, if present, of 2 degrees radius with strengths of 2-4 G and a filling factor of 50% should have been detected in our data. Finally, we compare the observations with synthetic $V$ profiles corresponding to the surface magnetic maps of Vega (Petit et al. 2010) computed for the spectral characteristics of $ι$ Her. We conclude that while it is unlikely we would have detected a magnetic field identical to Vega's, we would have likely detected one with a peak strength of about 30 G, i.e. approximately four times as strong as that of Vega.
description: 12 pages. MNRAS, accepted and in press
Resolution enhancement of lung 4D-CT via group-sparsity
Creators: name: Shen, Dinggang
name: Bhavsar, Arnav
name: Lian, Jun
name: Wu, Guorong
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: 4D-CT typically delivers more accurate information about anatomical structures in the lung, over 3D-CT, due to its ability to capture visual information of the lung motion across different respiratory phases. This helps to better determine the dose during radiation therapy for lung cancer. However, a critical concern with 4D-CT that substantially compromises this advantage is the low superior-inferior resolution due to less number of acquired slices, in order to control the CT radiation dose. To address this limitation, the authors propose an approach to reconstruct missing intermediate slices, so as to improve the superior-inferior resolution.
Kirtland Air Force Base 1981B Archaeological Survey Project
Creators: name: Franklin, Hayward H.
name: Neal, William R.
Publisher: name: Center for Anthropological Studies, Albuquerque, NM
Year: 1981
Subjects: subject: Bernalillo (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3646/bernalillo-county
subject: Albuquerque, New Mexico
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/84765/albuquerque-new-mexico
subject: Kirtland Air Force Base
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/17943/kirtland-air-force-base
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5728/historic
subject: Early Statehood period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5875/early-statehood-period
subject: Prehistoric
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/53/prehistoric
subject: LA 47886
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/126669/la-47886
subject: NM 0:3:1:35
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/126666/nm-03135
subject: LA 47885
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/126668/la-47885
subject: NM 0:3:1:36
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/126667/nm-03136
subject: Mine
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/290/mine
subject: Mine-Related Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/292/mine-related-structures
subject: Ranch
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/1145/ranch
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Glass
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/6/glass
subject: Bottle
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/3416/bottle
subject: Lithic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/698/lithic
subject: Metal
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/11/metal
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey

description: The Center for Anthropological Studies has just completed an intensive archaeological survey of 256 acres of Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. Twenty-eight prehistoric and historic artifacts were recorded and collected from 27 isolated loci. Two historic sites of the early twentieth century include a possible field boundary or livestock enclosure and a 1916 mining claim marker. The prehistoric archaeological resources of the project area indicate usage for lithic tool manufacture and hunting-gathering activities. Historic sites are related to the wider pattern of mining and ranching activity undertaken across the general Kirtland Air Force Base area.
Additional file 6 of Social media ostracism and creativity: moderating role of emotional intelligence
Creators: name: Amin, Muhammad Waqas
name: Wang, Jiuhe
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Supplementary Material 6
Automated bone segmentation from dental CBCT images using patch-based sparse representation and convex optimization: Segmentation of CBCT image
Creators: name: Liu, Nancy X.
name: Lee, Philip K. M.
name: Chen, Ken Chung
name: Li, Gang
name: Chow, Ben
name: Yan, Jin
name: Shen, Steve G. F.
name: Wang, Li
name: Gao, Yaozong
name: Shen, Dinggang
name: Liao, Shu
name: Shi, Feng
name: Xia, James J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Purpose: Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) is an increasingly utilized imaging modality for the diagnosis and treatment planning of the patients with craniomaxillofacial (CMF) deformities. Accurate segmentation of CBCT image is an essential step to generate three-dimensional (3D) models for the diagnosis and treatment planning of the patients with CMF deformities. However, due to the poor image quality, including very low signal-to-noise ratio and the widespread image artifacts such as noise, beam hardening, and inhomogeneity, it is challenging to segment the CBCT images. In this paper, the authors present a new automatic segmentation method to address these problems.
Η δωροδοκία ως βασικό αδίκημα νομιμοποίησης παράνομων εσόδων και η σύνδεση μεταξύ των δύο εγκλημάτων
Creators: name: Βαρής, Αργύρης Νικολάου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2023
Subjects: Δωροδοκία
Νομιμοποίηση παράνομων εσόδων
Διαφθορά
Bribery
Money laundering
Corruption

description: Σκοπός της παρούσας διπλωματικής εργασίας ήταν η μελέτη του διαχρονικού εγκλήματος της δωροδοκίας, όταν αυτό απαντάται ως βασικό αδίκημα της καθ’ όλα επίκαιρης νομιμοποίησης παράνομων εσόδων. Εξετάσαμε την ορολογία που χρησιμοποιείται για τη διαφθορά και το ξέπλυμα και τους ορισμούς που αποδίδονται στο οικονομικό και στο οργανωμένο έγκλημα, στο μέτρο που απαιτείται, προκειμένου να διαγνωσθεί η συνάφεια που υπάρχει μεταξύ των αναφερθέντων εγκλημάτων. Στη συνέχεια, παραθέσαμε διεθνείς και ευρωπαϊκές συμβάσεις, οι οποίες συνιστούν το υπερνομοθετικό πλαίσιο για την ποινικοποίηση, την πρόληψη και την καταστολή των αδικημάτων διαφθοράς και νομιμοποίησης εγκληματικών εσόδων. Επιπλέον, παρουσιάσαμε το εθνικό νομικό πλαίσιο που διέπει τα εγκλήματα διαφθοράς και του ξεπλύματος, όπως αυτό έχει διαμορφωθεί, κατόπιν της υποχρέωσης περί ενσωμάτωσης που υπέχει η Ελλάδα ως κράτος-μέλος υπερεθνικών οργανισμών. Ακολούθως, αναφερθήκαμε αναλυτικά στα αδικήματα δωροδοκίας και δωροληψίας στο δημόσιο τομέα, αλλά και σε συναφή αδικήματα διαφθοράς, όταν αυτά αποτελούν προηγούμενη δραστηριότητα ξεπλύματος βρώμικου χρήματος και οδηγηθήκαμε σε κρίσιμες διαπιστώσεις, που αφορούν στην αδιαμφισβήτητη σύνδεση που ενυπάρχει μεταξύ των φαινομένων της διαφθοράς και της νομιμοποίησης παράνομων εσόδων. Καταληκτικά, διατυπώσαμε ορισμένα συμπεράσματα που ανέκυψαν έπειτα από την ενασχόληση με το θέμα του παρόντος πονήματος, καθώς και ορισμένες σκέψεις που, ενδεχομένως, θα συνέτειναν στην πάταξη των εν λόγω παθογενειών.
description: The aim of the present thesis was the study of the intertemporal crime of bribery, specifically when it is considered a predicate offense for money laundering. We examined the proposed terminology of corruption and money laundering, as well as the definitions provided for financial and organized crime. This analysis was necessary to establish the connection between these crimes. Additionally, we presented international and European conventions that form the transnational legislative framework for criminalizing, preventing and combating corruption and money laundering. Furthermore, we discussed the national legal framework governing corruption and money laundering, which Greece, as a member state of multinational organizations, is obligated to incorporate according to European directives and international agreements. We also performed an analysis of bribery in the public sector and other corruption-related crimes, focusing on their status as predicate offenses for money laundering, due to their interconnected and incestuous relationship. In conclusion, we derived key findings regarding the subject of the study and we proposed indicative solutions that could contribute to the fight against corruption and money laundering.