cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Kupffer cells are protective in alcoholic steatosis
Creators: name: Köhler, Nikolai
name: Höring, Marcus
name: Czepukojc, Beate
name: Rose, Tim Daniel
name: Büchler, Christa
name: Kröhler, Tarek
name: Haybäck, Johannes
name: Liebisch, Gerhard
name: Pauling, Josch K.
name: Keßler, Sonja
name: Kiemer, Alexandra Kathrin
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 615

description: Massive accumulation of lipids is a characteristic of alcoholic liver disease. Excess of hepatic fat activates Kupffer cells (KCs), which affect disease progression. Yet, KCs contribute to the resolution and advancement of liver injury. Aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of KC depletion on markers of liver injury and the hepatic lipidome in liver steatosis (Lieber-DeCarli diet, LDC, female mice, mixed C57BL/6J and DBA/2J background). LDC increased the number of dead hepatocytes without changing the mRNA levels of inflammatory cytokines in the liver. Animals fed LDC accumulated elevated levels of almost all lipid classes. KC ablation normalized phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylinositol levels in LDC livers, but had no effect in the controls. A modest decline of trigylceride and diglyceride levels upon KC loss was observed in both groups. Serum aminotransferases and hepatic ceramide were elevated in all animals upon KC depletion, and in particular, cytotoxic very long-chain ceramides increased in the LDC livers. Meta-biclustering revealed that eight lipid species occurred in more than 40% of the biclusters, and four of them were very long-chain ceramides. KC loss was further associated with excess free cholesterol levels in LDC livers. Expression of inflammatory cytokines did, however, not increase in parallel. In summary, the current study described a function of KCs in hepatic ceramide and cholesterol metabolism in an animal model of LDC liver steatosis. High abundance of cytotoxic ceramides and free cholesterol predispose the liver to disease progression suggesting a protective role of KCs in alcoholic liver diseases.
Additional file 1 of TOMAS-R: A template to identify and plan analysis for clinically important variation and multiplicity in diagnostic test accuracy systematic reviews
Creators: name: Mallett, Sue
name: Dinnes, Jacqueline
name: Takwoingi, Yemisi
name: de Ruffano, Lavinia Ferrante
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. TOMAS-R template to identify clinically important variation and multiplicity
The Essence of Verilog: A Tractable and Tested Operational Semantics for Verilog (Supplementary Material)
Creators: name: Chen, Qinlin
name: Zhang, Nairen
name: Wang, Jinpeng
name: Tan, Tian
name: Xu, Chang
name: Ma, Xiaoxing
name: Li, Yue
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: formal semantics

description: This is the supplementary material of the paper "The Essence of Verilog: A Tractable and Tested Operational Semantics for Verilog".
Optimal Body Temperature in Transitional Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants Using Heart Rate and Temperature as Indicators
Creators: name: Schwartz, Todd A.
name: Knobel, Robin B.
name: Holditch-Davis, Diane
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: ABSTRACT: Objective: To explore body temperature in relationship to heart rate in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants during their first 12 hours to help identify the ideal set point for incubator control of body temperature. Design: Within subject, multiple-case design. Setting: A tertiary neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in North Carolina. Participants: Ten infants born at fewer than 29 weeks gestation and weighing 400 to 1,000g. Methods: Heart rate and abdominal body temperature were measured at 1-minute intervals for 12 hours. Heart rates were considered normal if they were between the 25th and 75th percentile for each infant. Results: Abdominal temperatures were low throughout the 12-hour study period (mean 35.17-36.68°C). Seven of 10 infants had significant correlations between abdominal temperature and heart rate. Heart rates above the 75th percentile were associated with low and high abdominal temperatures; heart rates less than the 25th percentile were associated with very low abdominal temperatures. The extent to which abdominal temperature was abnormally low was related to the extent to which the heart rate trended away from normal in 6 of the 10 infants. Optimal temperature control point that maximized normal heart rate observations for each infant was between 36.8°C and 37°C. Conclusions: Hypothermia was associated with abnormal heart rates in transitional ELBW infants. We suggest nurses set incubator servo between 36.8°C and 36.9°C to optimally control body temperature for ELBW infants.
Changer les attitudes contre la violence de genre: culture, éducation et apprentissage mutuels
Creators: name: Novello Paglianti, Nanta
name: Truda, Giovanna
Publisher: name: Fisciano: ICSR Mediterranean Knowledge
Year: 2017
Subjects: Communication
Gender
Education
Prevention
Violence
Éducation
Genre
Prévention

description: Cet article interroge la notion de genre et ses acceptions multiples. Nous allons d’abord nous interroger sur cette notion pour comprendre les dynamiques de sa construction et de son évolution. Ensuite nous allons la lier avec le terme de «violence» et de ses différentes déclinaisons qui seront expliquées à travers l’élucidation des cas particuliers comme les centres antiviolence dans le Sud de l’Italie.
description: This article examines the concept of gender and its multiple meanings. First we will ask what that concept for understanding the dynamics of its construction and its evolution. Then we will link it with the term "violence" and its different mean-ings that will be explained through the elucidation of special cases such as anti-violence centers in southern Italy.
Differential effects of anodal and dual tDCS on sensorimotor functions in chronic hemiparetic stroke patients
Creators: name: Muffel, Toni
name: Shih, Pei-Cheng
name: Kalloch, Benjamin
name: Nikulin, Vadim
name: Villringer, Arno
name: Sehm, Carl Bernhard Siegfried
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 610

description: Background and purpose: Previous tDCS studies in chronic stroke patients reported highly inconsistent effects on sensorimotor functions. Underlying reasons could be the selection of different kinematic parameters across studies and for different tDCS setups. We reasoned that tDCS may not simply induce global changes in a beneficial-adverse dichotomy, but rather that different sensorimotor kinematics are differentially affected. Furthermore, the often-postulated higher efficacy of bilateral-dual (bi-tDCS) over unilateral-anodal (ua-tDCS) could not yet be demonstrated consistently either. We investigated the effects of both setups on a wider range of kinematic parameters from standardized robotic tasks in patients with chronic stroke. Methods: Twenty-four patients with arm hemiparesis received tDCS (20min, 1 mA) concurrent to kinematic assessments in a sham-controlled, cross-over and double-blind clinical trial. Performance was measured on four sensorimotor tasks (reaching, proprioception, cooperative and independent bimanual coordination) from which 30 parameters were extracted. On the group-level, the patterns of changes relative to sham were assessed using paired-samples t-tests and classified as (1) performance increases, (2) decreases and (3) non-significant differences. Correlations between parametric change scores were calculated for each task to assess effects on the individual-level. Results: Both setups induced complex effect patterns with varying proportions of performance increases and decreases. On the group-level, more increases were induced in the reaching and coordination tasks while proprioception and bimanual cooperation were overall negatively affected. Bi-tDCS induced more performance increases and less decreases compared to ua-tDCS. Changes across parameters occurred more homogeneously under bi-tDCS than ua-tDCS, which induced a larger proportion of performance trade-offs. Conclusions: Our data demonstrate profound tDCS effects on sensorimotor functions post-stroke, lending support for more pronounced and favorable effects of bi-tDCS compared to ua-tDCS. However, no uniformly beneficial pattern was identified. Instead, the modulations varied depending on the task and electrode setup, with increases in certain parameters occurring at the expense of decreases in others.
title: Missed lung cancer: You can catch it in radiologic blind spots
Creators: name: Choi, Goun
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Cancer
subject: Education
subject: Digital radiography
subject: CT
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: Thorax
subject: Lung

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: To review pitfalls in radiologic diagnosis of lung cancer To be familiar with radiologic blind spots and uncommon manifestations of lung...
Shadow of five-dimensional rotating Myers-Perry black hole
Creators: name: Papnoi, Uma
name: Atamurotov, Farruh
name: Ghosh, Sushant G.
name: Ahmedov, Bobomurat
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A black hole casts a shadow as an optical appearance because of its strong gravitational field. We study the shadow cast by the five-dimensional Myers-Perry black hole with equal rotation parameters. We demonstrate that the null geodesic equations can be integrated that allows us to investigate the shadow cast by a black hole. The shadow of a black hole is found to be a dark zone covered by deformed circle. Interestingly, the shapes of the black hole shadow are more distorted and size decreases for larger black hole spins. Interestingly, it turns out that, for fixed values of rotation parameter, the shadow is slightly smaller and less deformed than for its four-dimensional Kerr black counterpart. Further, the shadow of the five-dimensional Kerr black hole is concentric deformed circles. The effect of rotation parameter on the shape and size of a naked singularity shadow is also analyzed.
description: 11 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in Physical Review D
Emotional Responses of Mothers of Late‐Preterm and Term Infants
Creators: name: Malcolm, William F.
name: Silva, Susan G.
name: Brandon, Debra H.
name: Holditch‐Davis, Diane
name: Turner, Barbara S.
name: Murtha, Amy P.
name: Tully, Kristin P.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: To compare the emotional responses of mothers of late-preterm infants "(34 0/7 to 36 6/7 weeks gestation) with those of mothers of full-term infants.
A case study exploration of patient safety culture within an Acute NHS Trust, utilising Open Systems Theory
Creators: name: Culloty, Anna Marie
Publisher: name: London South Bank University
Year: 2022

description: Background: The prevention of errors and adverse effects from healthcare in hospitals is a global priority. The beliefs, values, and norms of an organisation can support patient safety and influence staff behaviours. Aim: To understand perceptions of, and influences on, patient safety culture within an Acute NHS Trust in England. Method: A case study of one acute NHS hospital Trust with embedded units of analysis (two medical wards). Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 staff at different levels of the Trust. Documentary analysis included patient safety metrics and organisational safety documents. Theoretical framework: Open Systems Theory. Findings: There were differing perceptions at the different levels about acceptable levels of risk and the compromises needed to manage pressures. There was a lack of opportunities for interaction and dialogue to establish common values around patient safety. Micro level staff perceived that a balance had to be struck between maintaining quality of care and reporting patient safety. There was little internal or externally facing examination and interrogation of safety metrics that would convey a commitment to a positive patient safety culture. Conclusions: A more nuanced understanding of how a system contributes to patient safety has emerged and some of the factors that act as enablers of, or barriers to, a positive patient safety culture. Staff at all levels believed that patient safety was important but patient safety culture was more about measurement of events and avoidance of specific measurable harms than a clearly articulated set of values about safety. Recommendations: Organisations should regularly evaluate the effectiveness of patient safety feedback loops so clinical staff voices, including healthcare assistants, become part of meso/macro level decision-making regarding how safe patient throughput can be managed. Healthcare organisations should recognise the role that shift co-ordinators play in keeping patients safe at ward level by providing training for junior nurses to step into this role. Safety training at all levels is necessary to create a shared dialogue about risk, safety, reporting and learning so organisations should embrace the safety syllabus and training for NHS staff that was introduced in May 2021 and ensure staff have protected time for this training.
title: Quantitative comparison between Bayesian and standard deconvolution algorithms for low-dose cerebral computed tomography perfusion
Creators: name: Suzuki, Kazufumi
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: CT-Quantitative
subject: Computer Applications-Detection, diagnosis
subject: Haemodynamics / Flow dynamics
subject: Ischaemia / Infarction

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Computed tomography perfusion (CTP) plays an important role in the diagnosis of cerebral ischemic stroke [1-3], but quantitative stability and variation among algorithms have been discussed [4]. Newly introduced Bayesian algorithm is expected to...
Understanding efficient phosphorus-functionalization of graphite for vanadium flow batteries
Creators: name: Radinger, Hannes
name: Hartmann, Mark
name: Ast, Marius
name: Pfisterer, Jessica
name: Bron, Michael
name: Ehrenberg, Helmut
name: Scheiba, Frieder
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 540

description: Numerous surface treatment methods are known to enhance the electrochemical activity of graphite felt (GF), such as thermal activation or attachment of nanoparticulate catalysts. The integration of heteroatoms into the graphite lattice at the surface could be a promising technique for reliable and efficient electrode activation. However, these functionalization techniques are based on thermochemical activation, which makes it difficult to distinguish between activity effects other than foreign atom integration, such as defects and other surface groups that must be considered. In this work, we analyzed commercial and synthetic phosphorus-doped graphene and GF using different electrochemical and physicochemical techniques. Despite a high doping concentration, the activity of the commercial powder bonded to GF and coated on glassy carbon remained limited due to the low degree of graphitization and high oxygen content. Instead, a low phosphorus concentration of <1 at% combined with a high degree of graphitization increased the catalytic activity. Building on these findings, GF was rationally modified, resulting in twice the power density compared to the original material in full cell tests.
DAVLAT BYUDJETI MABLAG'LARIDAN FOYDALANISHNI TAKOMILLASHTIRISH YO'LLARI
Creators: name: Sultanov, Otamurod
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Ushbu tezisda, davlat byudjeti mablag‘laridan samarali foydalanishni takomillashtirish yo‘llari tahlil qilinadi. Asosiy e’tibor moliyaviy nazorat tizimining samaradorligini oshirish, byudjet mablag‘larini maqsadli ravishda sarflash, shaffoflikni ta’minlash va xalqaro tajribalardan foydalanishga qaratilgan. Tezisda innovatsion texnologiyalarni joriy etish, byudjet jarayonidagi monitoring tizimlarini kuchaytirish, shuningdek, huquqiy va normativ asoslarni takomillashtirish zarurligi ko‘rsatilgan. Mazkur tadqiqot davlat byudjeti tizimini yanada samarali boshqarish uchun amaliy tavsiyalar va takliflar taqdim etadi, shu bilan birga, byudjet mablag‘laridan foydalanish samaradorligini oshirishga qaratilgan yangi yondashuvlar ishlab chiqiladi.
Exploring Modifiable Risk Factors for Wheezing in African American Premature Infants
Creators: name: Brooks, Jada L.
name: Holditch‐Davis, Diane.
name: Landerman, Lawrence R.
name: Engelke, Stephen C.
name: Miles, Margaret Shandor
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: To examine the degree to which obesity during infancy, consistent exposure to secondhand smoke, and parenting (positive attention, maternal involvement, and negative control) were related to early development of wheezing in a cohort of African American premature infants at 2, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months corrected age.
title: High signal foci of bone marrow on fluid sensitive sequences of the feet and ankle MRI of children and it's clinical relevance
Creators: name: Goren, Vinil
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Oedema
subject: Athletic injuries
subject: Normal variants
subject: Comparative studies
subject: MR
subject: Paediatric
subject: Extremities

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Diagnosis of marrow disorders of the foot and ankle is among the challenging aspects of MR interpretation. Evaluation of normal and abnormal bone marrow with regard to pattern, distribution, and signal characteristics on different sequences often...
title: Negotiating a bumpy terrain. Lumps and Bumps of Ankle and Foot.
Creators: name: Dutta, Rupak
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Tissue characterisation
subject: Neoplasia
subject: Imaging sequences
subject: MR
subject: Musculoskeletal soft tissue

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: Soft tissue tumours of the ankle and foot are not uncommon. Most lesions are benign with pseudotumours the commonest, followed by benign tumors with malignant lesions rarely encountered. MRI is the modality of choice in characterizing these...
A Pilot Study to Examine Maturation of Body Temperature Control in Preterm Infants
Creators: name: Levy, Janet
name: Holditch‐Davis, Diane
name: Katz, Laurence
name: Knobel, Robin B.
name: Guenther, Bob
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: To test instrumentation and develop analytic models to use in a larger study to examine developmental trajectories of body temperature and peripheral perfusion from birth in extremely low birth weight (EBLW) infants.
title: Texture Analysis on Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Maps in discriminating different Histologic Subtype of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: Preliminary Results
Creators: name: Barabino, Emanuele
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Tissue characterisation
subject: Computer Applications-Detection, diagnosis
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: MR
subject: Thorax
subject: Computer applications

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare tumor arising from pleural mesothelial cells, usually related to asbestos exposure. MPMs are divided into three histologic subtypes: epithelioid, sarcomatoid, and biphasic that harbor characteristics of...
Towards a mechanistic understanding of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) using an RCT neuroimaging approach: Effects on regulating own stress in social and non-social situations
Creators: name: Guendelman, Simón
name: Bayer, Mareike
name: Prehn, Kristin
name: Dziobek, Isabel
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Mindfulness based interventions (MBI)
subject: Self emotion regulation
subject: Social/other emotion regulation
subject: Cognitive reappraisal
subject: Acceptance
subject: Empathy
subject: Neuroplasticity
subject: Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
subject: 150 Psychologie
subject: 610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Although much research has shown that mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) can reduce psychological stress, it is less clear if effects generalize to everyday social situations, which range among the largest stress triggers. Furthermore, mechanisms of MBIs have not been fully established. Emotion regulation (ER) has been suggested as one key mechanism, yet the role of cognitive reappraisal and acceptance strategies is still under debate. To address these questions, a neuroimaging-based randomized controlled trial (RCT) was performed (n=68), comparing mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) with a reading/listening intervention (READ), using a novel dyadic paradigm for self and other emotion regulation under stress as primary outcome on behavior and brain levels and established empathy measures (clinicatrials.gov NCT03035669). Compared to READ, MBSR led to self-reported stress reduction through both cognitive reappraisal and acceptance only when regulating self and not when regulating others’ distress. In addition, MBSR led to increased brain activation over time for regulating own (parietal cortex) and others’ (precuneus, TPJ) emotions through cognitive reappraisal and acceptance, albeit this effect was also seen for the reading intervention for regulating own stress via reappraisal. Brain changes did not scale with subjective stress reduction and amount of meditation practice. More distant generalization effects of MBSR on socio-emotional functioning (cognitive empathy and compassion) could also not be shown. This study identified both cognitive reappraisal and acceptance as two ER mechanisms of MBSR, but indicates that effects do not extend to social settings.
Supplementary information from Social disappointment and partner presence affect long-tailed macaque refusal behaviour in an ‘inequity aversion’ experiment
Creators: name: Titchener, Rowan
name: Thiriau, Constance
name: Hüser, Timo
name: Scherberger, Hansjörg
name: Fischer, Julia
name: Keupp, Stefanie
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 170299 Cognitive Science not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 60801 Animal Behaviour
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Protest in response to unequal reward distribution is thought to have played a central role in the evolution of human cooperation. Some animals refuse food and become demotivated when rewarded more poorly than a conspecific, and this has been taken as evidence that non-human animals, like humans, protest in the face of inequity. An alternative explanation—social disappointment—shifts the cause of this discontent away from the unequal reward, to the human experimenter who could—but elects not to—treat the subject well. This study investigates whether social disappointment could explain frustration behaviour in long-tailed macaques, Macaca fascicularis. We tested 12 monkeys in a novel ‘inequity aversion’ paradigm. Subjects had to pull a lever and were rewarded with low-value food; in half of the trials, a partner worked alongside the subjects receiving high-value food. Rewards were distributed either by a human or a machine. In line with the social disappointment hypothesis, monkeys rewarded by the human refused food more often than monkeys rewarded by the machine. Our study extends previous findings in chimpanzees and suggests that social disappointment plus social facilitation or food competition effects drive food refusal patterns.
title: An optimal radiological technique of diagnostic of spondylodiscitis.
Creators: name: Vinokurov, Anton
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Musculoskeletal spine
subject: Neuroradiology spine
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: Imaging sequences
subject: Infection
subject: Inflammation
subject: Pelvic floor dysfunction

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: The choice of an optimum algorithm and technique of a radiology diagnostics of spondylodiscitis (SD) using CT and...
The Effects of a Peaceful End- of-Life-CareProgram on Peaceful Death as Perceived byEnd-Stage Cancer Patients ReceivingChemotherapy
Creators: name: Waraporn Onanong
Publisher: name: กองบริหารการวิจัย
Year: 2020
Subjects: Peaceful death
Peaceful end-of-life care program
End-stage cancer patientsreceiving chemotherapy

description: Science & Technology Asia, 25, 3, 131-140
Artifact for "When Concurrency Matters: Behaviour Oriented Concurrency"
Creators: name: Cheeseman, Luke
name: Parkinson, Matthew
name: Slyvan Clebsch
name: Kogias, Marios
name: Drossopoulou, Sophia
name: Chisnall, David
name: Wrigstad, Tobias
name: Liétar, Paul
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: This contains the docker image to support the OOPSLA 2023 paper "When Concurrency Matters: Behavioural Oriented Concurrency". There is a script to build the docker image, and a pre-built image that can be loaded with ``` unzip verona-when-docker-image.zip docker load --input verona-when-docker-image ```
title: Has the expiratory radiograph passed its expiry date?
Creators: name: Hall, Mark
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Trauma
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Digital radiography
subject: Trauma
subject: Thorax
subject: Respiratory system

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: All patients with a suspected pneumothorax, at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, are investigated with both inspiratory and expiratory radiographs. Our experience is that expiratory radiographs provide little additional benefit to the patient and ensue...
Effect of Haptic Assistance Strategy on Mental Engagement in Fine Motor Tasks
Creators: name: Manjunatha, Hemanth
name: Pareek, Shrey
name: Memar, Amirhossein H.
name: Kesavadas, Thenkurussi
name: Esfahani, Ehsan T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This study investigates the effect of haptic control strategies on a subject's mental engagement during a fine motor handwriting rehabilitation task. The considered control strategies include an error-reduction (ER) and an error-augmentation (EA), which are tested on both dominant and non-dominant hand. A non-invasive brain-computer interface is used to monitor the electroencephalogram (EEG) activities of the subjects and evaluate the subject's mental engagement using the power of multiple frequency bands (theta, alpha, and beta). Statistical analysis of the effect of the control strategy on mental engagement revealed that the choice of the haptic control strategy has a significant effect (p < 0.001) on mental engagement depending on the type of hand (dominant or non-dominant). Among the evaluated strategies, EA is shown to be more mentally engaging when compared with the ER under the non-dominant hand.
description: 18 Pages, 11 Figures, Journal Pre-print
Interactive Behaviors of Ethnic Minority Mothers and their Premature Infants
Creators: name: Holditch‐Davis, Diane
name: Landerman, Lawrence R.
name: Brooks, Jada L.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: To compare the interactive behaviors of American Indian mothers and their premature infants with those of African American mothers and their premature infants.
title: Image guided polidocanol foam injection sclerotherapy of venous malformations
Creators: name: Kumar, Subhash
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Interventional vascular
subject: Musculoskeletal soft tissue
subject: Interventional non-vascular
subject: Fluoroscopy
subject: Percutaneous
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Puncture
subject: Sclerosis

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Venous malformations (VMs) are the commonest type of vascular malformations, having different clinical presentations like disfigurement, pain, swelling, etc. [1] Injection sclerotherapy is an effective treatment modality for slow flow malformations...
Jaggermeryx Miller, Gunnell, Gawad, Hamdan, El-Barkooky, Clementz & Hassan, 1914, new genus
Creators: name: Miller, Ellen R.
name: Gunnell, Gregg F.
name: Gawad, Mohammad Abdel
name: Hamdan, Mohamad
name: El-Barkooky, Ahmed N.
name: Clementz, Mark T.
name: Hassan, Safiya M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1914
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Artiodactyla
Anthracotheriidae
Jaggermeryx

description: Jaggermeryx new genus Type species.-Jaggermeryx naida new species by monotypy. Diagnosis.-As for species. Etymology.- ‘‘Jagger’’ for Sir Mick Jagger, in recognition of his famous lips, and meryx’’ Gr. ‘‘ruminant,’’ a common suffix for artiodactyls. Occurrence.-Early Miocene, Wadi Moghra, Egypt.
description: Published as part of Miller, Ellen R., Gunnell, Gregg F., Gawad, Mohammad Abdel, Hamdan, Mohamad, El-Barkooky, Ahmed N., Clementz, Mark T. & Hassan, Safiya M., 1914, Anthracotheres from Wadi Moghra, early Miocene, Egypt, pp. 967-981 in Journal of Paleontology 88 (5) on page 977, DOI: 10.1666/13-122
Airborne Isocyanate Exposures in the Collision Repair Industry and a Comparison to Occupational Exposure Limits
Creators: name: Nylander-French, Leena A.
name: Trelles Gaines, Linda G.
name: Ceballos, Diana M.
name: Weiland, Elisa C.
name: Thomasen, Jennifer M.
name: Reeb-Whitaker, Carolyn
name: Fent, Kenneth W.
name: Flack, Sheila L.
name: Whittaker, Stephen G.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: Isocyanate exposure was evaluated in 33 spray painters from 25 Washington State autobody shops. Personal breathing zone samples (n = 228) were analyzed for isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI) monomer, 1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) monomer, IPDI polyisocyanate, and three polyisocyanate forms of HDI. The objective was to describe exposures to isocyanates while spray painting, compare them with short-term exposure limits (STELs), and describe the isocyanate composition in the samples. The composition of polyisocyanates (IPDI and HDI) in the samples varied greatly, with maximum amounts ranging from up to 58% for HDI biuret to 96% for HDI isocyanurate. There was a significant inverse relationship between the percentage composition of HDI isocyanurate to IPDI and to HDI uretdione. Two 15-min STELs were compared: (1) Oregon's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OR-OSHA) STEL of 1000 μg/m3 for HDI polyisocyanate, and (2) the United Kingdom's Health and Safety Executive (UK-HSE) STEL of 70 μg NCO/m3 for all isocyanates. Eighty percent of samples containing HDI polyisocyanate exceeded the OR-OSHA STEL while 98% of samples exceeded the UKHSE STEL. The majority of painters (67%) wore half-face air-purifying respirators while spray painting. Using the OROSHA and the UK-HSE STELs as benchmarks, 21% and 67% of painters, respectively, had at least one exposure that exceeded the respirator's OSHA-assigned protection factor. A critical review of the STELs revealed the following limitations: (1) the OR-OSHA STEL does not include all polyisocyanates, and (2) the UK-HSE STEL is derived from monomeric isocyanates, whereas the species present in typical spray coatings are polyisocyanates. In conclusion, the variable mixtures of isocyanates used by autobody painters suggest that an occupational exposure limit is required that includes all polyisocyanates. Despite the limitations of the STELs, we determined that a respirator with an assigned protection factor of 25 or greater is required to protect against isocyanate exposures during spray painting. Consequently, half-face air-purifying respirators, which are most commonly used and have an assigned protection factor of 10, do not afford adequate respiratory protection.
title: A Case Series of Peritoneal Tuberculosis Mimicking Ovarian Cancer
Creators: name: Mardiyana, Lies
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Genital / Reproductive system female
subject: Abdomen
subject: CT
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Surgery
subject: Biopsy
subject: Cancer
subject: Infection
subject: Peritoneum

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: Learning objectives To review the imaging findings in suspected ovarian cancer that has already proven as peritoneal tuberculosis (TB) To perform a proper differential diagnosis in suspected ovarian cancer especially in country with high incidence...
A Longitudinal Study on the Relationship Between Weight Loss, Medical Expenditures, and Absenteeism Among Overweight Employees in the WAY to Health Study
Creators: name: Finkelstein, Eric A.
name: Leese, Peter J.
name: Tate, Deborah F.
name: Linnan, Laura A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2009

description: To quantify the extent to which successful weight loss among overweight/obese employees translates into subsequent savings in medical expenditures and absenteeism.
Radio emissions from pulsar companions : a refutable explanation for galactic transients and fast radio bursts
Creators: name: Mottez, Fabrice
name: Zarka, Philippe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The six known highly dispersed fast radio bursts are attributed to extragalactic radio sources, of unknown origin but extremely energetic. We propose here a new explanation - not requiring an extreme release of energy - involving a body (planet, asteroid, white dwarf) orbiting an extragalactic pulsar. We investigate a theory of radio waves associated to such pulsar-orbiting bodies. We focus our analysis on the waves emitted from the magnetic wake of the body in the pulsar wind. After deriving their properties, we compare them with the observations of various transient radio signals in order to see if they could originate from pulsar-orbiting bodies. The analysis is based on the theory of Alfvén wings: for a body immersed in a pulsar wind, a system of two stationary Alfvén waves is attached to the body, provided that the wind is highly magnetized. When destabilized through plasma instabilities, Alfvén wings can be the locus of strong radio sources convected with the pulsar wind. Assuming a cyclotron maser instability operating in the Alfvén wings, we make predictions about the shape, frequencies and brightness of the resulting radio emissions. Because of the beaming by relativistic aberration, the signal is seen only when the companion is perfectly aligned between its parent pulsar and the observer, as for occultations. For pulsar winds with a high Lorentz factor, the whole duration of the radio event does not exceed a few seconds, and it is composed of one to four peaks lasting a few milliseconds each, detectable up to distances of several Mpc. The Lorimer burst, the three isolated pulses of PSR J1928+15, and the recently detected fast radio bursts are all compatible with our model. According to it, these transient signals should repeat periodically with the companion's orbital period. The search of pulsar-orbiting bodies could be an exploration theme for new- or next-generation radio telescopes.
description: Accepeted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics
A Survey of Bandwidth Optimization Techniques and Patterns in VoIP Services and Applications
Creators: name: Daniel, Uchenna Peter
name: Agbanusi, Nneka Chikazo
name: Danjuma, Kwetishe Joro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This article surveys the various techniques adopted for optimising bandwidth for VoIP services over the period 1999-2014. The improvement of bandwidth can be realized through; silence suppression measure of repressing the silent portions (packets) in a voice conversation using Voice Activity Detection algorithm; by so doing, the transmission rate during the inactive periods of speech is reduced, and thus, the mean transmission rate can be reduced. A second measure is packet header reduction which defines a process of multiplexing and de-multiplexing packet headers to curb excesses. Voice/ Packet Header compression is considered the most productive of all the techniques, offering a scheme where VoIP packets are compressed from the 40 bytes of size to a smaller byte size of 2 bytes. When combined with aggregation, compression potentially yields a compressed size of up to 1 byte. In either case, bandwidth save is reached using compression and decompression codecs of varying data and bit rates. It is envisaged that an improvement in the performance of codecs would yield a better result in terms of enhancing results favourably in Voice over broadband networks
description: 8 pages, 7 figures. ISSN (Print): 1694-0814 | ISSN (Online): 1694-0784
Il Nuovo Patto sulla migrazione e l’asilo ed i migranti ambientali: una categoria “dimenticata”?
Creators: name: Perrini, Francesca
Publisher: name: Universita' degli Studi di Salerno
Year: 2021
Subjects: Environmental migrants
Human rights
Pact on Migration and Asylum
Climate change
CEAS

description: After analyzing the characteristics of climate change-related migration and highlighting the lack of protection for environmental migrants in international law, the article addresses the similar gap in the Common European Asylum System. This shortcoming is not remedied by the current proposals to amend the existing legislation contained in the Pact on Migration and Asylum, as the Pact does not provide specific protection for environmental migrants. Therefore, at the moment, only the set of international human rights standards has to be resorted to in order to ensure protection for environmental migrants, as shown by the recent monitoring activity carried out by the Human Rights Committee and the recent orientation of the Italian Court of Cassation.
Development of an adaptive hierarchical multi-scale approach for the assessment, planning and prevention of the impact on anthropic and natural environments due to the exceeding of radon gas concentrations above threshold values and the corresponding risk associated to indoor radon exposures
Creators: name: Mancini, Simona
Publisher: name: Universita degli studi di Salerno
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: FIS/01 FISICA SPERIMENTALE
subject: Radon
subject: Risk

description: 2016 - 2017
description: Human exposure to natural Naturally Occurring Ionizing Radiation (NOIR), as that one related to Radon and its progeny, has been established as harmful by the worldwide scientific community and acknowledged by many international institutions (UNSCEAR, WHO, IAEA..). There is sufficient evidence that the long exposure to Radon in confined spaces, increase the risk of lung cancer. In the last decades, some studies reported a suggestive evidence of positive association with leukemia, cancers of the extra-thoracic airways and Alzheimer, too. Therefore, in order to protect the health of population, many countries adopted specific legislations, in the form of suitable programs for radon measurement and rational interventions, to limit radon exposure in residential buildings and workplaces. The last European directive on the matter, published on December 5, 2013, acquiring the most recent epidemiological studies, has introduced, for the first time, the management of the problem of human exposure to ionizing radiations of natural and artificial origin, in the most complete and general way. In particular, concerning Radon, Member States are required to provide: 1. the reduction of the past adopted reference value of Indoor Radon Activity Concentration (IRAC) (art.74); 2. the assessment of the External Exposure (EXEX) from some building materials (art.75); 3. the adoption of an approach able to identify areas where indoor Radon activity concentrations are expected to overcome the new reference values, and to provide measures for the prevention of Radon entry into buildings (art.103). .. [edited by Author]
Young Adults, Mortality, and Employment
Creators: name: Christ, Sharon L.
name: Fleming, Lora E.
name: Muntaner, Carles
name: Zimmerman, Frederick
name: Davila, Evelyn P.
name: Lee, David J.
name: Goodman, Elizabeth
name: Clarke, Tainya
name: LeBlanc, William G.
name: McCollister, Kathryn E.
name: Arheart, Kristopher L.
name: Caban-Martinez, Alberto J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: This study assessed the relationship between employment status and mortality over a two-year period among a nationally representative sample of young adults aged 18–24 years (n=121,478, representing over 21 million US young adults).
title: Cardiac Masses
Creators: name: Dragonetti, Laura
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Cardiac
subject: MR
subject: PET-CT
subject: CT
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Cancer
subject: Embolism / Thrombosis

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: Highlight the importance of structured radiological reports for rare conditions such as cardiac masses, so that they are not underdiagnosed. Emphasize the importance of identifying these lesions because their presence can change the course and...
Health Indicators Among Unemployed and Employed Young Adults
Creators: name: Arheart, Kristopher L.
name: McCollister, Kathryn E.
name: Hollenbeck, Julie A.
name: Davila, Evelyn P.
name: Caban-Martinez, Alberto J.
name: LeBlanc, William G.
name: Zimmerman, Frederick J.
name: Christ, Sharon L.
name: Fleming, Lora E.
name: Goodman, Elizabeth
name: Muntaner, Carles
name: Lee, David J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: Research on the prevalence of health indicators by employment status among young US adults is limited. We analyzed data from a nationally representative sample of young adults aged 18 to 24 years to document the prevalence of five health behaviors (cigarette smoking, risky drinking, leisure-time physical activity, and fruit and French fries consumption) by employment status.
title: Flat-panel detector computed tomography vs multi-slice computed tomography for visualisation of intracranial low contrast lesions: a phantom study
Creators: name: Olerud, Hilde
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Radiographers
subject: Emergency
subject: Interventional vascular
subject: Cone beam CT
subject: CT
subject: CT-Quantitative
subject: Computer Applications-Detection, diagnosis
subject: Comparative studies
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Haemorrhage
subject: Trauma
subject: Dosimetric comparison

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) refers to an injury to the intracranial structures following physical trauma to the head. Clinical classification of head injuries is usually based on Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) [1]. For the outcome of the patient it is...
title: The value of CT signs in patients with internal hernia / Petersen’s hernia after gastric bypass surgery
Creators: name: Cieciera, Matthäus
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Outcomes
subject: Hernia
subject: Surgery
subject: Localisation
subject: Complications
subject: CT
subject: Small bowel
subject: Emergency
subject: Abdomen

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Introduction: Rising incidence of bariatric surgery Rising incidence of emergency presentations after bariatric surgery CT modality of choice for suspected internal hernia and other complications Challenging diagnosis: complex anatomy, variable...
The Effect of Water Disinfection By-products on Pregnancy Outcomes in Two Southeastern US Communities
Creators: name: Herring, Amy H.
name: Horton, Bethany Jablonski
name: Luben, Thomas J.
name: Singer, Philip C.
name: Weinberg, Howard S.
name: Savitz, David A.
name: Hartmann, Katherine E.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: To determine if exposure to DBPs during gestation increases the risk of adverse birth outcomes, specifically term small for gestational age (SGA) birth, preterm birth (PTB), and very PTB (<32 weeks gestation).
title: Early maturation of primary cortex regions in the neonatal brain
Creators: name: Negrao de Figueiredo, Giovanna
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Paediatric
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: MR
subject: Imaging sequences

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Preterm birth may affect cortical maturation, which might be related to neurodevelopmental outcomes. Cortical maturation processes like growth of dendrites, differentiation of glia cells and increase of myelin lead to a decrease of the cortical...