cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A Brief Targeted Review of Susceptibility Factors, Environmental Exposures, Asthma Incidence, and Recommendations for Future Asthma Incidence Research
Creators: name: Sly, Peter
name: Shore, Stephanie
name: Martinez, Fernando
name: Selgrade, MaryJane
name: Koren, Hillel
name: Enright, Paul
name: Bromberg, Philip
name: Weissman, David
name: Yeatts, Karin
name: Weiss, Scott
name: Geller, Andrew
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2006

description: Relative to research on effects of environmental exposures on exacerbation of existing asthma, little research on incident asthma and environmental exposures has been conducted. However, this research is needed to better devise strategies for the prevention of asthma. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences held a conference in October 2004 to collaboratively discuss a future research agenda in this area. The first three articles in this mini-monograph summarize the discussion on potential putative environmental exposure; they include an overview of asthma and conclusions of the workshop participants with respect to public health actions that could currently be applied to the problem and research needs to better understand and control the induction and incidence of asthma, the potential role of indoor/outdoor air pollutants in the induction of asthma), and biologics in the induction of asthma. Susceptibility is a key concept in the U.S. EPA “Asthma Research Strategy” document and is associated with the U.S. EPA framework of protecting vulnerable populations from potentially harmful environmental exposures. Genetics, age, and lifestyle (obesity, diet) are major susceptibility factors in the induction of asthma and can interact with environmental exposures either synergistically or antagonistically. Therefore, in this fourth and last article we consider a number of “susceptibility factors” that potentially influence the asthmatic response to environmental exposures and propose a framework for developing research hypotheses regarding the effects of environmental exposures on asthma incidence and induction.
Coal Home Heating and Environmental Tobacco Smoke in Relation to Lower Respiratory Illness in Czech Children, from Birth to 3 Years of Age
Creators: name: Keller, Jean A.
name: Loomis, Dana
name: Hertz-Picciotto, Irva
name: Baker, Rebecca J.
name: Šrám, Radim J.
name: Dejmek, Jan
name: Nožička, Jiři
name: Kotìšovec, František
name: Dostál, Miroslav
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2006

description: ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to evaluate how indoor pollution from tobacco and home heating may adversely affect respiratory health in young children.DesignA birth cohort was followed longitudinally for 3 years to determine incidence of lower respiratory illness (LRI).ParticipantsA total of 452 children born 1994–1996 in two districts in the Czech Republic participated.EvaluationsIndoor combustion exposures were home heating and cooking fuel, mother’s smoking during pregnancy, and other adult smokers in the household. Diagnoses of LRI (primarily acute bronchitis) from birth to 3 years of age were abstracted from pediatric records. Questionnaires completed at delivery and at 3-year follow-up provided covariate information. LRI incidence rates were modeled with generalized linear models adjusting for repeated measures and for numerous potential confounders.ResultsLRI diagnoses occurred more frequently in children from homes heated by coal [vs. other energy sources or distant furnaces; rate ratio (RR) = 1.45; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.07–1.97]. Maternal prenatal smoking and other adult smokers also increased LRI rates (respectively: RR = 1.48; 95% CI, 1.10–2.01; and RR = 1.29; 95% CI, 1.01–1.65). Cooking fuels (primarily electricity, natural gas, or propane) were not associated with LRI incidence. For children never breast-fed, coal home heating and mother’s smoking conferred substantially greater risks: RR = 2.77 (95% CI, 1.45–5.27) and RR = 2.52 (95% CI, 1.31–4.85), respectively.ConclusionsMaternal smoking and coal home heating increased risk for LRI in the first 3 years of life, particularly in children not breast-fed.RelevanceFew studies have described effects of coal heating fuel on children’s health in a Western country. Breast-feeding may attenuate adverse effects of prenatal and childhood exposures to combustion products.
XALQ QO'SHIQLARI VA TOPISHMOQLARNING TA'LIM-TARBIYAVIY AHAMIYATI (O'RTA MAXSUS TA'LIM TIZIMI MISOLIDA)
Creators: name: Nurjanova, Yulduz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Ushbu maqolada xalq qo'shiqlari va topishmoqlar haqida nazariy ma'lumotlar keltirilgan. Jumladan, o'rta maxsus taʼlim tizimi akademik litseylarning xorijiy yo'nalishi o'quvchilari uchun xalq qo'shiqlari va topishmoqlarning tarbiyaviy ahamiyati borasida bayon qilingan.
Logarithmic Corrections to the Entropy of Scalar Field in BTZ Black Hole Space-time
Creators: name: Singh, Dharm Veer
name: Sachan, Shobhit
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 entanglement entropy correlates two quantum sub-systems which are the part of the larger system. A logarithmic divergence term present in the entanglement entropy is universal in nature and directly proportional to the conformal anomaly. We study this logarithmic divergence term of entropy for massive scalar field in $(2+1)$ dimension by applying numerical techniques to entanglement entropy approach. This (2+1) dimensional massive theory can be obtained from (3+1) dimensional massless scalar field via dimensional reduction. We also calculated mass corrections to entanglement entropy for scalar field. Finally, we observe that the area law contribution to the entanglement entropy is not affected by this mass term and the universal quantities depends upon the basic properties of the system.
description: 15 pages, 3 figures, Title changed, reference added
Community Health and Socioeconomic Issues Surrounding Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
Creators: name: Hodne, Carol
name: Thorne, Peter S.
name: Thu, Kendall M.
name: Flora, Jan L.
name: Osterberg, David
name: Wing, Steven
name: Donham, Kelley J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2006

description: A consensus of the Workgroup on Community and Socioeconomic Issues was that improving and sustaining healthy rural communities depends on integrating socioeconomic development and environmental protection. The workgroup agreed that the World Health Organization’s definition of health, “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity,” applies to rural communities. These principles are embodied in the following main points agreed upon by this workgroup. Healthy rural communities ensure a) the physical and mental health of individuals, b) financial security for individuals and the greater community, c) social well-being, d ) social and environmental justice, and e) political equity and access. This workgroup evaluated impacts of the proliferation of concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) on sustaining the health of rural communities. Recommended policy changes include a more stringent process for issuing permits for CAFOs, considering bonding for manure storage basins, limiting animal density per watershed, enhancing local control, and mandating environmental impact statements.
Dermal Exposure to Jet Fuel JP-8 Significantly Contributes to the Production of Urinary Naphthols in Fuel-Cell Maintenance Workers
Creators: name: Nylander-French, Leena A.
name: Rappaport, Stephen M.
name: Kupper, Lawrence L.
name: Egeghy, Peter P.
name: Serdar, Berrin
name: Chao, Yi-Chun E.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2006

description: Jet propulsion fuel 8 (JP-8) is the major jet fuel used worldwide and has been recognized as a major source of chemical exposure, both inhalation and dermal, for fuel-cell maintenance workers. We investigated the contributions of dermal and inhalation exposure to JP-8 to the total body dose of U.S. Air Force fuel-cell maintenance workers using naphthalene as a surrogate for JP-8 exposure. Dermal, breathing zone, and exhaled breath measurements of naphthalene were obtained using tape-strip sampling, passive monitoring, and glass bulbs, respectively. Levels of urinary 1- and 2-naphthols were determined in urine samples and used as biomarkers of JP-8 exposure. Multiple linear regression analyses were conducted to investigate the relative contributions of dermal and inhalation exposure to JP-8, and demographic and work-related covariates, to the levels of urinary naphthols. Our results show that both inhalation exposure and smoking significantly contributed to urinary 1-naphthol levels. The contribution of dermal exposure was significantly associated with levels of urinary 2-naphthol but not with urinary 1-naphthol among fuel-cell maintenance workers who wore supplied-air respirators. We conclude that dermal exposure to JP-8 significantly contributes to the systemic dose and affects the levels of urinary naphthalene metabolites. Future work on dermal xenobiotic metabolism and toxicokinetic studies are warranted in order to gain additional knowledge on naphthalene metabolism in the skin and the contribution to systemic exposure.
Schlillebeeckx, E., Autour du célibat du prêtre. Ed. Du Cerf. Vol. de 149 ps. 115x175. Paris 1967
Creators: name: Fonseca, Guilherme Frederico Malvar Da
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 1968

description: Theologica, v. 3 n. 4 (1968)
Fullerene-rare gas mixed plasmas in an electron cyclotron resonance ion source
Creators: name: Asaji, T.
name: Ohba, T.
name: Uchida, T.
name: Minezaki, H.
name: Ishihara, S.
name: Racz, R.
name: Muramatsu, M.
name: Biri, S.
name: Kitagawa, A.
name: Kato, Y.
name: Yoshida, Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A synthesis technology of endohedral fullerenes such as Fe@C60 has developed with an electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) ion source. The production of N@C60 was reported. However, the yield was quite low, since most fullerene molecules were broken in the ECR plasma. We have adopted gas-mixing techniques in order to cool the plasma and then reduce fullerene dissociation. Mass spectra of ion beams extracted from fullerene-He, Ar or Xe mixed plasmas were observed with a Faraday cup. From the results, the He gas mixing technique is effective against fullerene destruction.
Control Flow Duplication for Columnar Arrays in a Dynamic Compiler
Creators: name: Kloibhofer, Sebastian
name: Makor, Lukas
name: Leopoldseder, David
name: Bonetta, Daniele
name: Stadler, Lukas
name: Mössenböck, Hanspeter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Programming Languages (cs.PL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Columnar databases are an established way to speed up online analytical processing (OLAP) queries. Nowadays, data processing (e.g., storage, visualization, and analytics) is often performed at the programming language level, hence it is desirable to also adopt columnar data structures for common language runtimes. While there are frameworks, libraries, and APIs to enable columnar data stores in programming languages, their integration into applications typically requires developer interference. In prior work, researchers implemented an approach for *automated* transformation of arrays into columnar arrays in the GraalVM JavaScript runtime. However, this approach suffers from performance issues on smaller workloads as well as on more complex nested data structures. We find that the key to optimizing accesses to columnar arrays is to identify queries and apply specific optimizations to them. In this paper, we describe novel compiler optimizations in the GraalVM Compiler that optimize queries on columnar arrays. At JIT compile time, we identify loops that access potentially columnar arrays and duplicate them in order to specifically optimize accesses to columnar arrays. Additionally, we describe a new approach for creating columnar arrays from arrays consisting of complex objects by performing **multi-level storage transformation**. We demonstrate our approach via an implementation for JavaScript `Date` objects. [ full abstract at https://doi.org/10.22152/programming-journal.org/2023/7/9 ]
Effect of Heat on the Setting Reaction and Physical Properties of Endodontic Sealers
Creators: name: Swan, Ashley E
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The success of endodontic therapy relies on several factors, including the final obturation and the ability to seal off micro-organisms and to prevent re-contamination of the root canal space. A sealer is used to help fill irregularities and voids between dentin and gutta percha, including accessory canals and multiple foramina, whilst entombing any remaining bacteria. When obturating a root canal, clinicians can choose from several techniques including cold lateral condensation, warm vertical obturation, carrier-based obturation, or single-cone techniques utilizing hydraulic sealer-based obturation techniques. Thermal techniques have been shown to affect not only the setting reaction, but also the physical properties and sealing abilities of endodontics sealers (Chavarria-Bolanos et al., 2022). The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the effect of heat application on the setting time, flow, and film thickness of two pre-mixed bioceramic calcium-silicate based sealers: Endosequence BC Sealer (Brasseler) and AH Plus Bioceramic (Dentsply) compared to an epoxy resin-based sealer, AH Plus (Dentsply). A total of five samples of each sealer were prepared and setting time, flow and film thickness were tested using ISO 6876 recommendations, with and without the application of heat. Data Analysis was performed using SPSS. This study demonstrates that when subjected to heat, statistically significant changes in setting time and flow were observed in the AH Plus epoxy resin-based sealer, however no statistically significant changes were observed in either pre-mixed tricalcium silicate sealers. This finding reveals that tricalcium silicate sealers may be more resistant to changes from heat application compared to epoxy resin-based sealers. Even for short durations, heat applied during thermal obturation techniques may affect the setting of an epoxy resin sealer and could compromise the seal between gutta percha and dentin. Understanding how heat and other factors impact the setting reaction is important for deciding which obturation techniques to utilize and for developing better materials to improve clinical outcomes.
BFS Back From Space , an atmospheric reentry kit for Newspace application
Creators: name:  L. GARCIA MOZOS
name:   S. HEINRICH
name:   C. PIERONNE
Publisher: name: Proceedings of  the 9th European Conference for Aerospace Sciences. Lille, France, 27 June - 1 July, 2022
Year: 2022
Subjects: SPACE DEBRIS MODELING
REENTRY

description: The atmospheric reentry technologies have not evolved significantly since the early days of space exploration. Mostly they were designed for manned spaceflight applications allowing humans to return safely to Earth in a capsule or shuttle-like vehicle. Those applications have all the drawbacks that return vehicles whose shapes were constrained by launch phase restrictions (cross-section of the capsule or of the heat shield under fairing, aerodynamic shape of the shuttle). The next generation of reentry systems intends to disrupt this constraint with the deployment of a larger heatshield via an inflatable or deployable heatshield composed of flexible or textile thermal protection systems. If those concepts are not completely new and have already been intended in the past more than 2 decades ago, their implementation on operational applications seems to be finally underway. (H2020 EFESTO, NASA ADREPT, ). The trends for NEWSPACE and for GREENSPACE for a more industrial and sustainable use of space have reactivated the interest in reusable systems and recovery of elements from space in a more innovative manner (in-orbit manufacturing and production, short-time recovery of experiments out of ISS resupply cargo 6-month routine.). Due to its past experience in reentry topics coming from past activities in Design for Demise in a research entity of the ALTRAN Company, the eNOVA start-up was created by his founder to promote this legacy and top listed this project BFS Back from Space as a main initial objective and initiated a consortium with industrial textile and composite developers, shape memory alloy provider, thermo-mechanical and computational fluid dynamics analysts. This paper intends to present the state of the art on this thematic and the initial progress status of this internal project and the legacy reused in this initiative.
On photonic tunnelling and the possibility of superluminal transport of electromagnetic energy
Creators: name: Nanni, Luca
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: General Physics (physics.gen-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Motivated by increased interest in experiments in which light appears to propagate by tunnelling at superluminal velocity, the Lorentz invariant theory proposed by Partha Ghose to explain these surprising effects is revisited. This theory is based on the Harish-Chandra formalism, which describes the relativistic dynamics of a massless spin-1 boson, like a photon. Via this formalism, the Bohmian average transport velocity of the electromagnetic energy is formulated. It is proved that, if the dielectric making the waveguide is nonabsorptive and nondispersive, this velocity can be superluminal. This result is validated in the framework of quantum electrodynamics, demonstrating that the average velocity of the photon inside the waveguide is given by the contribution of instantaneous superluminal velocities. This theory, therefore, suggests the optimal conditions for designing optical devices capable of locally transporting electromagnetic energy at superluminal velocities mitigating the signal attenuation.
description: 19 pages
Resonant normal form and asymptotic normal form behavior in magnetic bottle Hamiltonians
Creators: name: Efthymiopoulos, C.
name: Harsoula, M.
name: Contopoulos, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider normal forms in `magnetic bottle' type Hamiltonians of the form $H=\frac{1}{2}(ρ^2_ρ+ω^2_1ρ^2) +\frac{1}{2}p^2_z+hot$ (second frequency $ω_2$ equal to zero in the lowest order). Our main results are: i) a novel method to construct the normal form in cases of resonance, and ii) a study of the asymptotic behavior of both the non-resonant and the resonant series. We find that, if we truncate the normal form series at order $r$, the series remainder in both constructions decreases with increasing $r$ down to a minimum, and then it increases with $r$. The computed minimum remainder turns to be exponentially small in $\frac{1}{ΔE}$, where $ΔE$ is the mirror oscillation energy, while the optimal order scales as an inverse power of $ΔE$. We estimate numerically the exponents associated with the optimal order and the remainder's exponential asymptotic behavior. In the resonant case, our novel method allows to compute a `quasi-integral' (i.e. truncated formal integral) valid both for each particular resonance as well as away from all resonances. We applied these results to a specific magnetic bottle Hamiltonian. The non resonant normal form yields theorerical invariant curves on a surface of section which fit well the empirical curves away from resonances. On the other hand the resonant normal form fits very well both the invariant curves inside the islands of a particular resonance as well as the non-resonant invariant curves. Finally, we discuss how normal forms allow to compute a critical threshold for the onset of global chaos in the magnetic bottle.
description: 20 pages, 7 figures
Attachment of Respiratory Pathogens and Candida to Denture Base Materials—A Pilot Study
Creators: name: Schmutzler, Anne
name: Stingu, Catalina Suzana
name: Günther, Elena
name: Lang, Reinhold
name: Fuchs, Florian
name: Koenig, Andreas
name: Rauch, Angelika
name: Hahnel, Sebastian
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: biofilm; PMMA; PEEK; Candida; denture; prosthesis
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Denture prostheses are an ideal and extensive reservoir for microorganisms to attach to their surfaces. The aim of the study was to elucidate interactions between materials for the fabrication of denture bases and the attachment of microorganisms, focusing on respiratory pathogens and Candida species. Specimens (6 mm × 1 mm) with a standardized surface roughness (Sa = 0.1 µm) were prepared from heat-pressed polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), CAD/CAM-processed PMMA, and CAD/CAM-processed polyether ether ketone (PEEK). The specimens were randomly placed in the vestibular areas of complete upper dentures in seven patients and were removed either after 24 h without any oral hygiene measures or after a period of four weeks. The microorganisms adherent to the surface of the specimens were cultivated and subsequently analyzed using mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF). The means and standard deviations were calculated, and the data were analyzed using a two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Tukey post-hoc test where appropriate (α = 0.05). There was a significant increase (p ≤ 0.004) in the total bacterial counts (CFU/mL) between the first (24 h) and the second (four weeks) measurements. Regarding quantitative microbiological analyses, no significant differences between the various materials were identified. Respiratory microorganisms were detected in all samples at both measurement time points, with a large variance between different patients. Only after four weeks, Candida species were identified on all materials but not in all participants. Candida species and respiratory microorganisms accumulate on various denture base resins. While no significant differences were identified between the materials, there was a tendency towards a more pronounced accumulation of microorganisms on conventionally processed PMMA.
Anytime-Valid Confidence Sequences in an Enterprise A/B Testing Platform
Creators: name: Maharaj, Akash V.
name: Sinha, Ritwik
name: Arbour, David
name: Waudby-Smith, Ian
name: Liu, Simon Z.
name: Sinha, Moumita
name: Addanki, Raghavendra
name: Ramdas, Aaditya
name: Garg, Manas
name: Swaminathan, Viswanathan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: G.3

description: A/B tests are the gold standard for evaluating digital experiences on the web. However, traditional "fixed-horizon" statistical methods are often incompatible with the needs of modern industry practitioners as they do not permit continuous monitoring of experiments. Frequent evaluation of fixed-horizon tests ("peeking") leads to inflated type-I error and can result in erroneous conclusions. We have released an experimentation service on the Adobe Experience Platform based on anytime-valid confidence sequences, allowing for continuous monitoring of the A/B test and data-dependent stopping. We demonstrate how we adapted and deployed asymptotic confidence sequences in a full featured A/B testing platform, describe how sample size calculations can be performed, and how alternate test statistics like "lift" can be analyzed. On both simulated data and thousands of real experiments, we show the desirable properties of using anytime-valid methods instead of traditional approaches.
description: 15 pages, 12 figures. Expanded version of ACM Web Conference Proceedings paper
Evaluation of Serum Immunoglobulins among Individuals Living Near Six Superfund Sites
Creators: name: Vogt, Robert
name: Kleinbaum, David
name: White, Mary C.
name: North, Kari
name: Williamson, Dhelia M.
name: Poole, Charles
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2006

description: Residents living in communities near Superfund sites have expressed concern that releases from these facilities affect their health, including adverse effects on their immune systems. We used data from six cross-sectional studies to evaluate whether people who live near several Superfund sites are more likely to have individual immunoglobulin test results (IgA, IgG, and IgM) below or above the reference range than those who live in comparison areas with no Superfund site. Study participants consisted of target-area residents who lived close to a Superfund site and comparison-area residents who were not located near any Superfund or hazardous waste sites. A consistent modeling strategy was used across studies to assess the magnitude of the relationship between area of residence and immunoglobulin test results, adjusting for potential confounders and effect modifiers. In all study areas, the results suggest that people who live near a Superfund site may have been more likely to have IgA test results above the reference range than comparison areas residents regardless of modeling strategy employed. The effect measures were larger for residents who lived in communities near military bases with groundwater contamination. For all analyses the wide confidence intervals reflect uncertainty in the magnitude of these effects. To adequately address the question of whether the immune system is affected by low-level exposures to hazardous substances, we recommend that more functional immunotoxicity tests be conducted in human populations where individual exposure information is available or when it can be reasonably estimated from environmental exposure measurements.
Ramirez, J. M., De episcopatu ut sacramento deque episcoporum collegio. Ed. San Esteban. Biblioteca de Teólogos espanoles. Vol. de 348 ps. 175x250. Salamanca
Creators: name: Santos, Alexandrino Fernandes Dos
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 1968

description: Theologica, v. 3 n. 4 (1968)
Reflection, emission, and polarization properties of surfaces made of hyperfine grains, and implications for the nature of primitive small bodies
Creators: name: Sultana, Robin
name: Poch, Olivier
name: Beck, Pierre
name: Schmitt, Bernard
name: Quirico, Eric
name: Spadaccia, Stefano
name: Patty, Lucas
name: Pommerol, Antoine
name: Maturilli, Alessandro
name: Helbert, Jörn
name: Alemanno, Giulia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: There are various indications that the most primitive small bodies (P, D-type asteroids, comets) have surfaces made of intimate mixtures of opaque minerals and other components (silicates, carbonaceous compounds, etc.) in the form of sub-micrometre-sized grains, smaller than the wavelength at which they are observed, so-called hyperfine grains. Here, we investigate how the Vis-NIR-MIR spectral and V-band polarimetric properties of surfaces made of hyperfine grains are influenced by the relative abundance of such hyperfine materials, having strongly different optical indexes. Mixtures of grains of olivine and iron sulfide (or anthracite), as analogues of silicates and opaque minerals present on small bodies, were prepared at different proportions. The measurements reveal that these mixtures of hyperfine grains have spectral and polarimetric Vis-NIR properties varying in strongly nonlinear ways. When present at even a few percent, opaque components dominate the Vis-NIR spectral and polarimetric properties, and mask the silicate bands at these wavelengths. The Vis-NIR spectral slope ranges from red (positive slope), for pure opaque material, to blue (negative slope) as the proportion of silicates increases, which is reminiscent of the range of spectral slopes observed on P, D, X, C- and B-types asteroids. The spectra of the darkest mixtures in the Vis-NIR exhibit the absorption bands of Si-O in olivine around 10 m in the MIR, which is observed in emission for several small bodies. This work shows that both the contrasted optical indexes of the components, and the dispersion or aggregation (depending on their relative proportions) of their hyperfine grains, induce different light scattering regimes in the Vis-NIR and MIR, as observed for primitive small bodies. The optical separation of hyperfine grains seems to be a major parameter controlling the optical properties of these objects.
description: accepted in Icarus
Francisco Suarez, Lectiones de Fide. Edicion crítica del Dr. Karl Deuringer. Ed. da Faculdad de Teologia de Granada. Vol. de 317 ps. 170x240. Granada 1967
Creators: name: S., C.
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 1968

description: Theologica, v. 3 n. 4 (1968)
GIS Approaches for the Estimation of Residential-Level Ambient PM Concentrations
Creators: name: Chen, Jiu-Chiuan
name: Smith, Richard L.
name: Liao, Duanping
name: Peuquet, Donna J.
name: Dou, Jianwei
name: Whitsel, Eric A.
name: Duan, Yinkang
name: Lin, Hung-Mo
name: Heiss, Gerardo
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2006

description: Spatial estimations are increasingly used to estimate geocoded ambient particulate matter (PM) concentrations in epidemiologic studies because measures of daily PM concentrations are unavailable in most U.S. locations. This study was conducted to a) assess the feasibility of large-scale kriging estimations of daily residential-level ambient PM concentrations, b) perform and compare cross-validations of different kriging models, c) contrast three popular kriging approaches, and d ) calculate SE of the kriging estimations. We used PM data for PM with aerodynamic diameter ≤10 μm (PM10) and aerodynamic diameter ≤ 2.5 μm (PM2.5) from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the year 2000. Kriging estimations were performed at 94,135 geocoded addresses of Women’s Health Initiative study participants using the ArcView geographic information system. We developed a semiautomated program to enable large-scale daily kriging estimation and assessed validity of semivariogram models using prediction error (PE), standardized prediction error (SPE), root mean square standardized (RMSS), and SE of the estimated PM. National- and regional-scale kriging performed satisfactorily, with the former slightly better. The average PE, SPE, and RMSS of daily PM10 semivariograms using regular ordinary kriging with a spherical model were 0.0629, −0.0011, and 1.255 μg/m3, respectively; the average SE of the estimated residential-level PM10 was 27.36 μg/m3. The values for PM2.5 were 0.049, 0.0085, 1.389, and 4.13 μg/m3, respectively. Lognormal ordinary kriging yielded a smaller average SE and effectively eliminated out-of-range predicted values compared to regular ordinary kriging. Semiautomated daily kriging estimations and semivariogram cross-validations are feasible on a national scale. Lognormal ordinary kriging with a spherical model is valid for estimating daily ambient PM at geocoded residential addresses.
title: Abdominal wall actinomycosis
Creators: name: Rueda De Eusebio, Álvaro
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Abdominal imaging
subject: Abdomen
subject: Peritoneum
subject: Soft tissues / Skin
subject: CT
subject: Image manipulation / Reconstruction
subject: Abscess
subject: Foreign bodies
subject: Kv imaging
subject: Clinical Cases

description: Clinical History: 67-year-old woman with history of abdominal surgical procedures (umbilical hernia, cystocele, and cholecystectomy) presents with abdominal pain localized to the left lower quadrant, starting last month and worsening in the past few days. Blood analyses reveal only a slight elevation of acute-phase reactants.

description: 67 years, female
Household Pesticides and the Risk of Wilms Tumor
Creators: name: Cooney, Maureen A.
name: Ross, Julie A.
name: Pollock, Brad H.
name: Olshan, Andrew F.
name: Breslow, Norman E.
name: Daniels, Julie L.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2006

description: BackgroundPrevious epidemiologic studies have suggested that exposure to pesticides in utero and during early childhood may increase the risk for development of childhood cancer, including Wilms tumor, a childhood kidney tumor.ObjectivesIn this analysis we evaluated the role of residential pesticide exposure in relation to the risk of Wilms tumor in children using data from a North American case–control study.MethodsThe National Wilms Tumor Study Group (NWTSG) collected information on exposure to residential pesticides from the month before pregnancy through the diagnosis reference date using detailed phone interviews from 523 case mothers and 517 controls frequency matched on child’s age and geographic region and identified by list-assisted random digit dialing. Pesticides were grouped according to type of pesticide and where they were used.ResultsA slightly increased risk of Wilms tumor was found among children of mothers who reported insecticide use [odds ratio (OR) = 1.4, 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.0–1.8; adjusted for education, income, and the matching variables]. Results from all other categories of pesticides were generally close to the null.ConclusionsThis study is the largest case–control study of Wilms tumor to date. We were unable to confirm earlier reports of an increased risk for Wilms tumor among those exposed to residential pesticides during pregnancy through early childhood.
Book review: From Newton to Boltzmann: Hard Spheres and Short-range Potentials, by Isabelle Gallagher, Laure Saint-Raymond and Benjamin Texier
Creators: name: Simonella, Sergio
name: Spohn, Herbert
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Review of From Newton to Boltzmann: Hard Spheres and Short-range Potentials, by Isabelle Gallagher, Laure Saint-Raymond and Benjamin Texier, European Mathematical Society, Zürich, 2014, xi+135 pp., ISBN 978-3- 03719-129-3.
description: To appear in the Bulletin of the American Mathematical society
Investigation of Apoptotic Biomarkers in Dental Pulp Stem Cells under Hypoxic Condition using RNA-Seq
Creators: name: Cannizzaro, Philip William
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Immature teeth can have halted root development through pathology associated with caries, trauma, or dental anomalies such as dens evaginatus. Pulp tissue under stress induces ischemia and subsequent necrosis. Through regenerative endodontic procedures, proper procedural protocol often leads to revitalization following blood clot formation. The aim of this study is focused on understanding the roles of caspase proteins within the inflammasome reaction leading to pulp necrosis by evaluating expression profile levels through RNA sequencing technology. Human dental pulp tissue was extracted from healthy adult third molars extracted prophylactically and healthy adult premolars extracted for orthodontics collected with IRB exemption. Tissue samples purified for mRNA allows expression analysis evaluation. DESeq2 and Limma analysis promoted statistical analysis of expression profile to determine whether or not significant differences in transcription and likely subsequent translation between diseased and healthy tissue. The study identified 27 genes above six-fold higher expression under hypoxia conditions, these markers include the following: TUBA1B, ACTB, NFKB, CTSD, CTSB, MCL1, JUN, TUBA1C, and others.
On the formal arc space of a reductive monoid
Creators: name: Bouthier, Alexis
name: Chau, Ngo Bao
name: Sakellaridis, Yiannis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Let $X$ be a scheme of finite type over a finite field $k$, and let $\mathcal L X$ denote its arc space; in particular, $\mathcal L X(k) = X(k[[t]])$. Using the theory of Grinberg, Kazhdan, and Drinfeld on the finite-dimensionality of singularities of $\mathcal L X$ in the neighborhood of non-degenerate arcs, we show that a canonical "basic function" can be defined on the non-degenerate locus of $\mathcal L X(k)$, which corresponds to the trace of Frobenius on the stalks of the intersection complex of any finite-dimensional model. We then proceed to compute this function when $X$ is an affine toric variety or an "$L$-monoid". Our computation confirms the expectation that the basic function is a generating function for a local unramified $L$-function; in particular, in the case of an $L$-monoid we prove a conjecture formulated by the second-named author.
description: Erratum added at the end, to account for a shift in the argument of the L-function
How Exposures to Biologics Influence the Induction and Incidence of Asthma
Creators: name: Peden, David
name: Piedimonte, Giovanni
name: Zeldin, Darryl C.
name: Eggleston, Peyton
name: Chapman, Martin
name: Renz, Harard
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2006

description: A number of environmental factors can affect the development and severity of allergy and asthma; however, it can be argued that the most significant inhaled agents that modulate the development of these conditions are biologics. Sensitization to environmental allergens is an important risk factor for the development of asthma. Innate immune responses are often mediated by receptors on mononuclear cells whose primary ligands arise from microorganisms. Many pathogens, especially viruses, target epithelial cells and affect the host immune response to those pathogens. The acquired immune response to an allergen is influenced by the nature of the innate immune system. Products of innate immune responses to microbes promote TH1-acquired responses. In the absence of TH1 responses, TH2 responses can dominate. Central to TH1/TH2 balance is the composition of contaminants that derive from microbes. In this review we examine the biology of the response to allergens, viruses, and bacterial products in the context of the development of allergy and asthma.
Induction of Asthma and the Environment: What We Know and Need to Know
Creators: name: Germolec, Dori R.
name: Selgrade, MaryJane K.
name: Neas, Lucas M.
name: Bromberg, Philip A.
name: Lemanske, Robert F.
name: Henneberger, Paul K.
name: Dietert, Rodney R.
name: Weissman, David N.
name: Hoppin, Jane A.
name: Sly, Peter D.
name: Enright, Paul L.
name: Ward, Marsha D.W.
name: Gilmour, M. Ian
name: Backus, Gillian S.
name: Yeatts, Karin B.
name: Geller, Andrew M.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2006

description: The prevalence of asthma has increased dramatically over the last 25 years in the United States and in other nations as a result of ill-defined changes in living conditions in modern society. On 18 and 19 October 2004 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences sponsored the workshop “Environmental Influences on the Induction and Incidence of Asthma” to review current scientific evidence with respect to factors that may contribute to the induction of asthma. Participants addressed two broad questions: a) What does the science suggest that regulatory and public health agencies could do now to reduce the incidence of asthma? and b) What research is needed to improve our understanding of the factors that contribute to the induction of asthma and our ability to manage this problem? In this article (one of four articles resulting from the workshop), we briefly characterize asthma and its public health and economic impacts, and intervention strategies that have been successfully used to prevent induction of asthma in the workplace. We conclude with the findings of seven working groups that focus on ambient air, indoor pollutants (biologics), occupational exposures, early life stages, older adults, intrinsic susceptibility, and lifestyle. These groups found strong scientific support for public health efforts to limit in utero and postnatal exposure to cigarette smoke. However, with respect to other potential types of interventions, participants noted many scientific questions, which are summarized in this article. Research to address these questions could have a significant public health and economic impact that would be well worth the investment.
McBrien, R., Servante du Royaume et des hommes (L’Église selon John A. T. Robinson, Evêque de Woohvich). Ed. Saint-Paul. Vol. de 188 ps. 140x215. Paris 1968
Creators: name: Arieiro, José
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 1968

description: Theologica, v. 3 n. 4 (1968)
Combes, André., Miscellanea. Edit. Pontifícia Università Lateranense. 3 vol. respectivamente de 394, 500 e 575 ps. 170x340. Roma 1967
Creators: name: Arieiro, José
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 1968

description: Theologica, v. 3 n. 4 (1968)
Intersubject Variability of Risk from Perchlorate in Community Water Supplies
Creators: name: Harrod, Megan
name: Raucher, Bob
name: Crawford-Brown, Doug
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2006

description: This article is a brief review and summary of the estimated incremental risks (increases in hazard quotient or decreases in thyroid uptake of iodine) to pregnant women (and hence their fetuses) associated with perchlorate exposure in community water supplies (CWSs). The analysis draws on the recent health effects review published in 2005 by the National Research Council (NRC). We focus on the potential level of risk borne by the NRC-identified most sensitive subpopulation (pregnant women and hence their fetuses). Other members of the population should be at a level of risk below that calculated here, and so protection of the sensitive subpopulation would protect the general public health. The analysis examines the intersubject distribution of risks to this sensitive subpopulation at various potential drinking water concentrations of perchlorate and also draws on estimates of the national occurrence of perchlorate in U.S. CWSs to estimate the variability of risks under defined regulatory scenarios. Results suggest that maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) of up to 24.5 μg/L should pose little or no incremental risk to the large majority of individuals in the most sensitive subpopulations exposed in the United States at current levels of perchlorate in water. The protectiveness of an MCL of 24.5 μg/L depends, however, on whether the study subjects in the health effects data used here may be assumed to have been exposed to background (non-drinking water) contributions of perchlorate.
Synthesis of endohedral iron-fullerenes by ion implantation
Creators: name: Minezaki, H.
name: Ishihara, S.
name: Uchida, T.
name: Muramatsu, M.
name: Racz, R.
name: Asaji, T.
name: Kitagawa, A.
name: Kato, Y.
name: Biri, S.
name: Yoshida, Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we discuss the results of our study of the synthesis of endohedral iron-fullerenes. A low energy Fe+ ion beam was irradiated to C60 thin film by using a deceleration system. Fe+-irradiated C60 thin film was analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography and laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. We investigated the performance of the deceleration system for using a Fe+ beam with low energy. In addition, we attempted to isolate the synthesized material from a Fe+-irradiated C60 thin film by high performance liquid chromatography.
Lung Radiology and Pulmonary Function of Children Chronically Exposed to Air Pollution
Creators: name: Solt, Anna C.
name: Fordham, Lynn A.
name: Campo, Alberto Gomez-del
name: Henríquez-Roldán, Carlos
name: Reed, William
name: Jardón-Torres, Ricardo
name: Flores-Gómez, Silvia
name: Chung, Charles J.
name: Hazucha, Milan J.
name: Calderón-Garcidueñas, Lilian
name: Mora-Tiscareño, Antonieta
name: Valencia-Salazar, Gildardo
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2006

description: We analyzed the chest radiographs (CXRs) of 249 clinically healthy children, 230 from southwest Mexico City and 19 from Tlaxcala. In contrast to children from Tlaxcala, children from southwest Mexico City were chronically exposed to ozone levels exceeding the U.S. National Ambient Air Quality Standards for an average of 4.7 hr/day and to concentrations of particulate matter (PM) with aerodynamic diameters ≤2.5 μm (PM2.5) above the annual standard. CXRs of Mexico City children demonstrated bilateral hyperinflation (151 of 230) and increased linear markings (121 of 230). Hyperinflation and interstitial markings were significantly more common in Mexico City children (p < 0.0002 and 0.00006 respectively). Mexico City boys had a higher probability of developing interstitial markings with age (p = 0.004). Computed tomography (CT) scans were obtained in 25 selected Mexico City children with abnormal CXRs. Mild bronchial wall thickening was seen in 10 of 25, prominent central airways in 4 of 25, air trapping in 8 of 21, and pulmonary nodules in 2 of 21. Only 7.8% of Mexico City children had abnormal lung function tests based on predicted values. These findings are consistent with bronchiolar, peribronchiolar, and/or alveolar duct inflammation, possibly caused by ozone, PM, and lipopolysaccharide exposure. The epidemiologic implications of these findings are important for children residing in polluted environments, because bronchiolar disease could lead to chronic pulmonary disease later in life.
Prioritizing Environmental Issues around the World: Opinions from an International Central & Eastern European Environmental Health Conference
Creators: name: Anderson, Beth
name: Bruce, Erica
name: Tesarova, Eva
name: Uhnakova, Iveta
name: Gyorffy, Erika
name: Surkova, Irina
name: Craft, Elena S.
name: McCarty, Kathleen M.
name: Neamtiu, Iulia
name: Kim, David
name: Donnelly, Kirby C.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2006

description: BackgroundAs the next generation of scientists enters the field of environmental health, it is imperative that they view their contributions in the context of global environmental stewardship. In this commentary, a group of international graduate students facilitated by three experienced environmental health scientists present their views on what they consider to be the global environmental health concerns of today. This group convened initially in October 2004 at an international health conference in Prague, Czech Republic.ObjectivesIn this report we identify perceived environmental health concerns that exist around the world, with a focus on Central and Eastern Europe. Additionally, we address these perceived problems and offers some potential solutions.DiscussionAt the meeting, students were invited to participate in two panel discussions. One group of young international scientists identified several significant global environmental health concerns, including air pollution, occupational hazards, and risk factors that may exacerbate current environmental health issues. The second panel determined that communication, education, and regulation were the mechanisms for addressing current environmental challenges.ConclusionsIn this commentary we expand on the views presented at the meeting and represent the concerns of young investigators from nine different countries. We provide ideas about and support the exchange of information between developed and developing countries on how to handle the environmental health challenges that face the world today.