cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The Rationality of Weakness of Will and the Role Emotions Play in Rational Decision-Making
Creators: name: Sheng, Carrie
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2020

description: Donald Davidson believes that all weak-willed actions are incontinent and irrational actions, and he thinks an agent must have no reason for doing akratic action when she judges doing another is better. This thesis argues against Donald Davidson’s views that all weak-willed actions are irrational. That is, the thesis argues that akrasia can be partially rational, and the reason why an akratic agent has a weak will and cannot persistently carry out her rational decision has a lot to do with the presence of the unavoidable emotional factors.
การพัฒนาสิ่งแวดล้อมการเรียนรู้บนเครือข่ายตามรูปแบบ SSCS เพื่อส่งเสริมการคิดแก้ปัญหาของนักเรียน เรื่อง พีระมิด กรวย และทรงกลม สำหรับนักเรียนชั้นมัธยมศึกษาปีที่ 3
Creators: name: ฐิติกานต์ ภูอาราม
Publisher: name: มหาวิทยาลัยนราธิวาสราชนครินทร์
Year: 2567
Subjects: รูปแบบ SSCS
การคิดแก้ปัญหา
สิ่งแวดล้อมการเรียนรู้

description: วารสารมหาวิทยาลัยนราธิวาสราชนครินทร์ สาขามนุษยศาสตร์และสังคมศาสตร์, 11, 2, 113-126
title: Novel Collocated Social Interactions To Inspire Video Conferencing Design
Creators: name: Mitchell, Robb
Publisher: name: European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (EUSSET)
Year: 2020

description: It is common to speak of video conferencing as opening “windows” between locations. But this neglects how various kinds of “walls” also impact on these connections. This poster offers an initial exploration of these twin qualities of video calls via reflecting on unusual interaction designs. Inspecting digital-bodily play, facilitation stunts, museum events, and social icebreaking installations can spark new ideas to improve video calls.
From awareness to action: exploring the impact of social alliances on consumer behaviour in the sporting context
Creators: name: Rayne, Daniel
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Commonly, professional sports teams proactively engage in corporate social responsibility activities by forming partnerships with not-for-profit organisations. However, both academicians and practitioners are unsure of the effectiveness of such alliances, especially in relation to consumer reactions. This research analysed consumer reactions to both organisations in a social alliance but significantly extended upon current research by analysing such reactions amongst consumers associated with the sports team and consumers associated with the not-for-profit organisation. The positive outcomes towards both organisations by each consumer group can strongly assist practitioners in developing a more efficient and effective social alliance strategy.
Étude de bifurcation de hopf-hopf avec résonance 1:2 pour un système de deux neurones couplés avec délais.
Creators: name: Langlois, Mélanie.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Mathematics.

description: Nous montrons que pour un système de deux neurones couplés avec multiples délais et dont les influences mutuelles et rétroactives sont données par des fonctions non-linéaires, monotones, croissantes ou décroissantes selon le cas, la solution triviale peut subir une bifurcation de Hopf-Hopf, tel qu'il y a une résonance 1:2 entre les deux modes de Hopf. Nous obtenons de l'analyse linéaire du système la famille des valeurs critiques des paramètres pour lesquelles le système subit une bifurcation de Hopf-Hopf avec résonance 1:2. Nous ferons de plus une étude de la stabilité de l'origine afin de montrer que l'origine est toujours instable près des valeurs critiques des paramètres pour lesquelles il y a une bifurcation de Hopf-Hopf avec résonance 1:2. Nous commentons ensuite des simulations numériques qui illustrent une cascade de dédoublements de période rarement observée dans le cas d'équations aux délais. Finalement, nous procédons à la réduction du système à sa variété du centre puis nous ramenons les équations obtenues sous une forme normale pour une bifurcation de Hopf-Hopf avec résonance 1:2.
The effects of PCB 126 on embryotoxicity and beta-adrenoceptors in chicken (Gallus domesticus) embryos.
Creators: name: Katynski, Andrea L.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Toxicology.

description: Halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) comprise some of the most toxic and persistent environmental pollutants associated with various developmental and reproductive effects in mammals, birds and fish. Oxidative stress can modify beta-adrenoceptor (beta-AR) function. This thesis examines the effects PCBs on beta-AR function in an avian model. Injection of 1.6 mug PCB 126/kg egg into the air cell prior to incubation increased the % mortality and the incidence of abnormalities, including liver lesions and subcutaneous edema, in day 19 chicken (Gallus domesticus ) embryos. Hepatic lipid peroxidation and EROD activity were significantly increased in PCB 126-treated embryos. These results indicate that the dose of PCB 126 used in this study induced a significant toxic response in day 19 embryos. Pharmacological characterization of chick embryo hepatic beta-ARs showed that they preferentially bind mammalian beta2-agonists and antagonists. PCB 126 significantly decreased hepatic beta-AR affinity (Kd) compared to vehicle-treated embryos. There were, however, no significant differences between control and PCB 126-treated embryos, or control and vehicle-treated embryos. This suggests there is an effect of the corn oil vehicle. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Social Media and Digital Inequity: Reducing Health Inequities by Closing the Digital Divide
Creators: name: Jafar, Zain
name: Musuka, Godfrey
name: Quick, Jonathan D.
name: Rimányi, Eszter
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Year: 2024

description: As its usage has grown, social media has positively and negatively impacted public health. Although social media presents known harms to mental health and spreads misinformation, it also offers rapid dissemination of public health information, expanded access to health resources, and a robust source of health information. However, these benefits are not equitably shared due in part to the “digital divide” of unequal access and use of information and communication technologies. Measurable inequalities in digital access exist among regions, with an eight-fold difference between Central Africa (9.8% social media penetration) and Northern Europe (80.2% social media penetration). Digital inequalities also differ by gender, age, and socioeconomic classes within countries. Increased digital access has been positively associated with improved health information and outcomes related to chronic diseases, infectious disease outbreaks, and reproductive health. Given the expanding role of social media in public health and the emerging evidence on the health benefits of digital access, we argue for reducing digital inequities by (1) creating an enabling government policy and regulatory environment that views digital health access as a social determinant of health; (2) targeting public and private investments to expand digital access for underserved regions and populations; (3) making digital access and use affordable to low-resource populations; and (4) improving digital competency among these groups through digital literacy programs.
The role of protein kinase C in the stimulus-secretion coupling in rat parotid gland.
Creators: name: Lin, Wei.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: Biology, Anatomy.

description: The role of protein kinase C (PKC) in stimulus-secretion coupling in a number of endocrine and exocrine tissues remains poorly understood. In this study, the activation of a specific PKC isozyme during cAMP-mediated secretion from rat parotid acini has been examined. Hydroxylapatite chromatography and immunoblotting studies, with a specific antibody against PKC-$\beta$ utilizing a sensitive enhanced chemiluminescence detection system, indicated that the $\beta$ form was the major PKC isoenzyme in rat parotid gland. Isoproterenol (ISO, 0.1 $\mu$m), a $\beta$-adrenergic agonist, stimulated the translocation of PKC-$\beta$ from the cytosolic to the particulate fraction. A time-course study with this agonist showed that total particulate PKC increased from 50% (resting level) to about 80% during 30 minutes of stimulation, accompanied by a decrease from 50% to 20% in the cytosolic distribution. At low concentrations (up to 0.1 $\mu$M), ISO caused significant redistribution of PKC-$\beta$ during 30 min of stimulation in a dose-dependent manner (Kd = 10 nM). The rate of amylase release evoked by ISO (0.1$\mu$M) was linear during 30 minutes, in good correlation with the translocation of PKC-$\beta$ from cytosol membrane. A permeant cyclic AMP derivative (dibutyryl cAMP) also caused the translocation of PKC-$\beta$ in a dose-dependent manner (Kd $\leq$ 50 $\mu$M). Stimulation with the phorbol ester PMA (10 nM, 100 nM) resulted in both PKC translocation and amylase secretion. Total PKC activity was assayed using a specific peptide substrate and yielded a similar pattern of stimulation of PKC translocation in response to these secretagogues. The accumulated evidence suggests that PKC-$\beta$ becomes activated and translocates during $\beta$-adrenergic-stimulated amylase secretion from rat parotid acini. Therefore PKC-$\beta$ activation may be the common pathway for synthesis stimulus-secretion coupling during stimulation by agonists that cause cAMP synthesis or PIP$\sb2$ hydrolysis.
Writing Ante/Bellum True Womanhood: Interpretations of the Ideology at Work in Narratives by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Augusta Jane Evans, and Harriet Ann Jacobs
Creators: name: Wilbanks, Carissa
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2024
Subjects: American History

description: In this dissertation, I consider how the ideology of true womanhood functions in three texts written by U.S. women during the late Antebellum and Civil War eras: Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852), Augusta Jane Evans’ Macaria, or, Altars of Sacrifice (1864), and Harriet Ann Jacobs’ Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861). Contrary to the longstanding popular view of true womanhood as a monolithic “cult” which worked to oppress women, my readings prove that it was a living, contested ideology which held many contradictory possibilities within it. In the chapters that follow, I analyze the ways in which Stowe, Evans, and Jacobs use true womanhood in support of their political arguments on the one hand, and, on the other, how they use their political arguments to offer support for their refined interpretations of true womanhood. While their texts all have this interplay in common, the visions of womanhood that they depict have entirely different emotional tenors as well as numerous gradations in their portrayals of the ideology’s primary virtues. In delineating these differences and exploring their origins, I show how factors like race, socioeconomic standing, sectional loyalty, and personal views on familial and romantic relationships can affect interpretations and applications of the ideology. Taken individually, my readings of these narratives show how three female authors from vastly different backgrounds each took true womanhood as a politically meaningful ideology and wielded it in support of their respective textual aims and moral matrices. Taken as a whole, they help to illuminate a series of critical tensions within the definition of true womanhood and give insight into how we might come to a renewed critical conception of the ideology that will allow for a more nuanced approach when studying texts from the era.
Magnetic Resonance Q Mapping Reveals a Decrease in Microvessel Density in the arcAβ Mouse Model of Cerebral Amyloidosis
Creators: name: Ielacqua, Giovanna D.
name: Schlege, Felix
name: Füchtemeier, Martina
name: Xandry, Jael
name: Rudin, Markus
name: Klohs, Jan
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Alzheimer's disease
subject: microvessel density
subject: dynamic susceptibilty contrast MRI
subject: relaxation rate shift index
subject: superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles
subject: cerebral amyloidosis
subject: cerebral amyloid angiopathy
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Alterations in density and morphology of the cerebral microvasculature have been reported to occur in Alzheimer's disease patients and animal models of the disease. In this study we compared magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques for their utility to detect age-dependent changes of the cerebral vasculature in the arcAβ mouse model of cerebral amyloidosis. Dynamic susceptibility contrast (DSC)-MRI was performed by tracking the passage of a superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticle in the brain with dynamic gradient echo planar imaging (EPI). From this measurements relative cerebral blood volume [rCBV(DSC)] and relative cerebral blood flow (rCBF) were estimated. For the same animal maps of the relaxation shift index Q were computed from high resolution gradient echo and spin echo data that were acquired before and after superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) nanoparticle injection. Q-values were used to derive estimates of microvessel density. The change in the relaxation rates ΔR∗2 obtained from pre- and post-contrast gradient echo data was used for the alternative determination of rCBV [rCBV(ΔR∗2)]. Linear mixed effects modeling found no significant association between rCBV(DSC), rCBV(ΔR∗2), rCBF, and Q with genotype in 13-month old mice [compared to age- matched non-transgenic littermates (NTLs)] for any of the evaluated brain regions. In 24-month old mice there was a significant association for rCBV(DSC) with genotype in the cerebral cortex, and for rCBV(ΔR∗2) in the cerebral cortex and cerebellum. For rCBF there was a significant association in the cerebellum but not in other brain regions. Q-values in the olfactory bulb, cerebral cortex, striatum, hippocampus, and cerebellum in 24-month old mice were significantly associated with genotype. In those regions Q-values were reduced between 11 and 26% in arcAβ mice compared to age-matched NTLs. Vessel staining with CD31 immunohistochemistry confirmed a reduction of microvessel density in the old arcAβ mice. We further demonstrated a region- specific association between parenchymal and vascular deposition of β-amyloid and decreased vascular density, without a correlation with the amount of Aβ deposition. We found that Q mapping was more suitable than the hemodynamic read-outs to detect amyloid-related degeneration of the cerebral microvasculature.
Accurate, efficient, and explainable modelling of context-dependent preferences using matrix factorisation
Creators: name: Zafari, Farhad
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Nowadays, consumers are overwhelmed with a large number of products/services available on the web, and recommender systems help them choose the right products/services to buy. They also help businesses match their products/services to the right consumers and hence increase their profits. A dilemma faced in preference modelling in recommender systems is whether to choose an understandable/explainable simple system while sacrificing accuracy, or an accurate complex model while sacrificing explainability. This thesis addresses the problem of making understandable, highly accurate, and efficient recommendations to the users.
CSE1L as a prognostic biomarker associated with pan cancer immune infiltration and drug sensitivity
Creators: name: Li, Haiyang
name: Wang, Lingwa
name: Ruan, Zhaohui
name: Li, Xiaoyan
name: Yang, Yifan
name: Fang, Jugao
name: Wang, Ru
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Rising cancer-related mortality underscores the importance of biomarkers for treatment and prognosis, with Chromosome Segregation 1 Like (CSE1L) linked to various cancers yet its roles remain partially understood. This study investigates CSE1L’s expression and oncogenic mechanisms in solid tumors. We analyzed multi-omics data from 31 solid tumors, measured CSE1L in 41 head and neck carcinoma patients post-chemotherapy via qRT-PCR, and evaluated the impact of CSE1L knockdown on cell proliferation in A549 and HepG2 cells. In this study, we observed significantly elevated levels of CSE1L RNA in 13 tumor tissues and protein levels in 8 tumor tissues compared to their corresponding adjacent normal tissues. Additionally, our investigation unveiled a correlation between heightened CSE1L expression in tumor tissues and worsened patient prognosis, poor response to immunotherapy, and diminished effectiveness of neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Through an analysis of CSE1L mechanisms, we discovered its potential involvement in promoting tumor cell proliferation, enhancing drug resistance, and influencing immune infiltration, thereby impacting patient prognosis and treatment outcomes. Finally, we delved into the potential mechanisms underlying upregulation of CSE1L in tumor tissues. Our findings demonstrate that CSE1L promotes tumor development in various malignancies, highlighting its potential as both a therapeutic target and prognostic indicator.
Maternal immunization : collaborating with Mother Nature
Creators: name: Marchant, Arnaud
name: Sadarangani, Manish
name: Garand, Mathieu
name: Dauby, Nicolas
name: Verhasselt, Valerie
name: Pereira, Lenore
name: Bjornson, Gordean
name: Jones, Christine E.
name: Halperin, Scott A.
name: Edwards, Kathryn M.
name: Heath, Paul
name: Openshaw, Peter J.
name: Scheifele, David W.
name: Kollmann, Tobias
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: Maternal immunization offers much hope to substantially reduce morbidity and mortality from infectious diseases after birth. The success of tetanus, influenza and pertussis immunization during pregnancy has led to consideration of additional maternal immunization strategies to prevent Group B Streptococcus (GBS) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections, among others. However, there remain multiple gaps in our knowledge regarding the immunobiology of maternal immunization that prevent optimal design and application of this successful public health intervention. An innovative landscape analysis was therefore undertaken to identify research priorities. Key topics were delineated through review of the published literature, consultation with vaccine developers and regulatory agencies, and a collaborative workshop gathering experts across several current maternal immunization initiatives - GBS, RSV, pertussis, and influenza. Finally, a global online survey prioritized the identified knowledge gaps based on expert opinion regarding their importance and relevance. This article presents the results of this worldwide landscape analysis and discusses the identified research gaps.
UNLOCKING ACADEMIC SUCCESS: THE CRITICAL ROLE OF READING SKILLS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Creators: name: Tuychibayeva, Mehribon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Good reading skills—including critical thinking, comprehension, and data analysis—are widely recognized as essential components of academic success in higher education. Numerous studies have highlighted the importance of critical reading in fostering intellectual growth and problem-solving abilities. This article explores the advantages of strong reading skills in broadening perspectives, fostering innovation, and enhancing effective communication. As higher education students are expected to develop both soft and hard skills, the role of reading proficiency cannot be overlooked. Additionally, improved reading skills contribute to better information processing, research capabilities, and lifelong learning, ultimately shaping well-rounded professionals in various fields.
Integrated Pest Management, 2020 Quarter 3 Newsletter
Creators: name: Washington State University Extension
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Pest Management

description: Highlights include:
description: 2nd edition pocket hop guide
description: Progress against grape phylloxera
description: Summer season potato and onion IPM
description: Promoting wine grape vineyard health
description: Watermelon grafting in the news
BRP-170 and BRP190 isoforms of Bruchpilot protein differentially contribute to the frequency of synapses and synaptic circadian plasticity in the visual system of Drosophila
Creators: name: WoKznicka, Olga
name: Görlich, Alicja
name: Sigrist, Stephan
name: Pyza, Elżbieta
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: circadian rhythms
subject: lamina
subject: tetrad synapses
subject: feedback synapses
subject: transmission electron microscopy
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: In the first optic neuropil (lamina) of the optic lobe of Drosophila melanogaster, two classes of synapses, tetrad and feedback, show daily rhythms in the number and size of presynaptic profiles examined at the level of transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Number of tetrad presynaptic profiles increases twice a day, once in the morning and again in the evening, and their presynaptic ribbons are largest in the evening. In contrast, feedback synapses peak at night. The frequency of synapses is correlated with size of the presynaptic element measured as the platform size of so-called T-bars, with T-bar platforms being largest with increasing synapse frequency. The large scaffold protein Bruchpilot (BRP) is a major essential constituent of T-bars, with two major isoforms of 190 and 170 kD forming T-bars of the peripheral neuromuscular junctions (NMJ) synapses and in the brain. In addition to the analysis of cyclic plasticity of tetrad and feedback synapses in wild-type flies, we used TEM to examine daily changes in the size and distribution of synapses within isoform-specific BRP mutants, expressing BRP-190 (BRPΔ170) or BRP-170 (BRPΔ190) only. We found that the number and circadian plasticity of synapses depends on both isoforms. In the BRPΔ190 lacking BRP-190 there was almost 50% less tetrad synapses demonstrable than when both isoforms were present. The lack of BRP-170 and BRP-190 increased and decreased, respectively the number of feedback synapses, indicating that BRP-190 forms most of the feedback synapses. In both mutants, the daily plasticity of tetrad and feedback presynaptic profiles was abolished, except for feedback synapses in BRPΔ190. The oscillations in the number and size of presynaptic elements seem to depend on a different contribution of BRP isoforms in a presynaptic element at different time during the day and night and at various synapse types. The participation of both BRP isoforms may vary in different classes of synapses.
Radially extended kinematic analysis of low-mass early-type galaxies
Creators: name: Bellstedt, Sabine
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Galaxy kinematics refers to the internal motions of stars. This thesis develops techniques used to analyse observations of kinematics that extend into the outskirts of galaxies, where the light is much fainter than in the inner regions. It is in these outer regions that the imprint of a galaxy's history is the greatest, so therefore a careful consideration of these regions in kinematic studies is crucial to learning about the formation and evolution of galaxies.
Instrumental ensemble settings of In Nomines composed in England (1550-1650).
Creators: name: Dertinger, Noreen.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1991
Subjects: subject: Music.

description: In Nomine is the Latin title given to English compositions of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries having the Sarum antiphon Gloria tibi Trinitas as their cantus firmus. Many composers, from Taverner to Purcell, composed at least one work based on this cantus firmus. The transition from a primarily vocal style to one for instrumental performance is evident. This study deals with a selected part of the In Nomine complex using methods developed in the scholarship of the L'homme Arme pieces. The purpose of this project is to compile, in one place, an in-depth study of the history of this genre, a description and listing of the sources, and an analysis of selected In Nomines. It is hoped that this will contribute to the understanding of a genre that played an important role in the development of the techniques employed in instrumental ensemble music. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Integrated Pest Management, 2023 Quarter 1 Newsletter
Creators: name: Washington State University Extension
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2023

description: Newsletter contents include: Refrigerated Summer Storage Could Boost Bee Survival; Blog Posts, Timely Topics, and Annual Reports for Small Grains; Onion Storage Evaluated, Potato Seed Trials Underway; IPM Outreach in Hops, Alfalfa Seed, and Wine Grapes; Great Grapes Are Moyer’s Mission; Winter Brings a Blizzard of Tree Fruit Outreach; Sweetpotato Trials, Education, and Small Farm Resources; Could BDMs Play a Role in Perennial Fruit Systems?; New Hortsense Website Goes Live!
Representation of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in the AHA / ACC guidelines
Creators: name: Von Knobelsdorff-Brenkenhoff, Florian
name: Pilz, Guenter
name: Schulz-Menger, Jeanette
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Cardiac magnetic resonance
subject: Guideline
subject: Cardiology
subject: Reimbursement
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background Whereas evidence supporting the diagnostic value of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has increased, there exists significant worldwide variability in the clinical utilization of CMR. A recent study demonstrated that CMR is represented in the majority of European Society for Cardiology (ESC) guidelines, with a large number of specific recommendations in particular regarding coronary artery disease. To further investigate the gap between the evidence and clinical use of CMR, this study analyzed the role of CMR in the guidelines of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA). Methods Twenty-four AHA/ACC original guidelines, updates and new editions, published between 2006 and 2017, were screened for the terms “magnetic”, “MRI”, “CMR”, “MR” and “imaging”. Non-cardiovascular MR examinations were excluded. All CMR-related paragraphs and specific recommendations for CMR including the level of evidence (A, B, C) and the class of recommendation (I, IIa, IIb, III) were extracted. Results Twelve of the 24 guidelines (50.0%) contain specific recommendations regarding CMR. Four guidelines (16.7%) mention CMR in the text only, and 8 (33.3%) do not mention CMR. The 12 guidelines with recommendations for CMR contain in total 65 specific recommendations (31 class-I, 23 class-IIa, 6 class-IIb, 5 class-III). Most recommendations have evidence level C (44/65; 67.7%), followed by level B (21/65; 32.3%). There are no level A recommendations. 22/65 recommendations refer to vascular imaging, 17 to congenital heart disease, 8 to cardiomyopathies, 8 to myocardial stress testing, 5 to left and right ventricular function, 3 to viability, and 2 to valvular heart disease. Conclusions CMR is represented in two thirds of the AHA/ACC guidelines, which contain a number of specific recommendations for the use of CMR. In a simplified comparison with the ESC guidelines, CMR is less represented in the AHA/ACC guidelines in particular in the field of coronary artery disease.
title: Understanding Peer Writing Tutors' Sense of Self and Sense of Job for Improved Tutor Training
title: A Critical Discourse Analysis
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Walter, Brooklyn
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2024
Subjects: critical discourse analysis
peer tutors
tutor training
writing center

description: This study aims to uncover reasons for disconnects between training and job practices in a peer tutoring writing center by investigating peer tutors understanding of themselves in the role of peer tutor. This project—deemed a program evaluation—began with tutorial observations among peer tutors in an undergraduate writing center and an accompanying observational survey; the writing center staff then participated in focus group meetings to discuss the results of the observation survey. Using critical discourse analysis approaches and theories, namely Gee’s (2014) theory of Conversations and Harré and Van Langenhove’s (1999) theory of positioning, the author analyzed transcripts of those focus group conversations. Noteworthy findings include patterns of self-positioning that complicate the already tenuous dynamic of both student and tutor; patterns of positioning of faculty as simultaneously powerful, dangerous, and ultimate authorities in any given tutorial; and regular references to and use of Conversation stances to explain and justify positioning. Based on this study, tutor training in this writing center will acknowledge and honor nuances, conflicts, and pressures experienced by peer tutors and approach critical tutoring practices with attention to the complex identities they embody.
Lymphocyte-C-reactive protein ratio combined with albumin upon admission predicts coronary artery dilation and aneurysm formation in pediatric patients with Kawasaki disease: a retrospective cohort study
Creators: name: Wang, Yajun
name: Lin, Yilu
name: Zhang, Lei
name: Wu, Di
name: Tang, Yujia
name: Meng, Huan
name: Liu, Huiying
name: Jiang, Xiaohui
name: Zhang, Guoli
name: Yang, Yang
name: Li, Fengmei
name: Shu, Yajun
name: Kang, Kai
name: Si, Ligang
name: Gao, Yang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: We aimed to explore simple and effective clinical parameters or combinations to predict coronary artery dilation and aneurysm formation in pediatric patients with Kawasaki disease (KD). This retrospective cohort study included pediatric patients with KD from January, 2013 to December, 2022. Multiple demographic and clinical data were collected, collated, and calculated from the medical records. Then they were divided into the coronary artery dilation and aneurysm formation group or the non-coronary artery dilation and aneurysm formation group. Lymphocyte-C-reactive protein ratio (LCR) was transformed into its natural logarithm and expressed as lnLCR. A total of 64 pediatric patients with KD were enrolled in this cohort study after 1:3 propensity score matching (PSM). For each unit increase in lnLCR, the possibility of coronary artery dilation and aneurysm formation decreased to 0.419 times the original value. The areas under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves of lnLCR combined with albumin (ALB), ALB, and lnLCR to classify pediatric patients with KD into the coronary artery dilation and aneurysm formation group were 0.781, 0.692, and 0.743, respectively. LCR combined with ALB upon admission is a promising predictor of coronary artery dilation and aneurysm formation in pediatric patients with KD.
Partial oxidation of methane over halogen modified palladium catalyst.
Creators: name: Dosi, Mahendra Kumar.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1978
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Organic.

description: The vapor phase air oxidation of methane to formaldehyde was investigated in an isothermal integral flow reactor at atmospheric pressure in a temperature range of 390° to 510°C. The catalyst, 0.5% palladium supported on alumina, was modified by a constant and continuous supply of small amounts of chlorine, bromine and iodine compounds. The effect of various process variables, namely the weight ratio of halogen additive to methane, the feed ratio of air to methane, reaction temperature and the reciprocal of space velocity, on the conversion of methane and the product distribution was determined. The products and reactants were analysed by gas chromatography. It was observed that in the presence of halogen compounds, though the overall conversion of methane decreased, the selectivity of the catalyst for formaldehyde formation significantly increased. The effect of different halogen compounds are compared and discussed. Methylene chloride, which affected in producing relatively high yields of formaldehyde, was used as a modifier for the detailed kinetic study of methane oxidation reaction. The weight ratio of modifier additive to methane in the feed mixture at a given temperature was found to be an important variable in the selectivity of the catalyst. It is suggested that the charged methane and oxygen are selectively adsorbed on the catalyst surface and that the partial oxidation of methane is a p-type reaction and its further oxidation to carbon dioxide is an n-type reaction under the reaction conditions. The results indicate that the promotional effect of the modifier, in the sense of increasing the catalyst selectivity, is mainly due to its successfully suppressing further oxidation of aldehyde to undesired products. The active phase of the catalyst in selective oxidation of methane was found to be palladium oxide. Among the several mechanisms proposed for the oxidation of methane over chlorine modified palladium catalyst, the experimental data were found to be in best correlation with a mechanism involving the surface reaction between charged adsorbed methane and oxygen with surface reaction being the rate controlling step. The rate of reaction is given by the following expression: r=ksKMPM 1+KMPM+KFPF ˙KOPO1+KO PO where ks, KM, KO and K F are temperature dependent constants.
Sociodemographic characteristics, community engagement and stigma among Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) who attend MSM-led versus public sexual health clinics: A cross-sectional survey in China
Creators: name: Wu, Dan
name: Wang, Cheng
name: Wang, Tong
name: Liu, Ye
name: Mu, Rong
name: Tang, Qiwen
name: Huon, Christina
name: Yang, Ligang
name: Tang, Weiming
name: Tucker, Joseph D.
name: Tan, Rayner Kay Jin
name: Marley, Gifty
name: Sheng, Qilei
name: Byrne, Margaret Elizabeth
Publisher: name: Public Library of Science
Year: 2024

description: Community-based sexual health services are recommended to increase sexually transmitted disease (STD) testing among men who have sex with men (MSM). Pilot study data from multiple sites found that MSM in Guangzhou who use public STD clinics were found to have different sociodemographic characteristics, lower community engagement, and increased social cohesion, compared to MSM who use MSM-led clinics.
Academic Performance of Students of Urban Design, Applying Problem-based Learning (PBL)
Creators: name: Ornés Vasquez, Sandra
name: Lara, Luis
Publisher: name: Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education
Year: 2020

description: The urban design courses of the urban planning career in the Universidad Simón Bolívar (USB, 2017) Caracas-Venezuela, are part of the backbone of workshops (4 of 11) and invite to the study of parts of the city whose problems demand to be resolved, according to traditional teaching methods. Considering this precedent and within the framework of the Citylab project (2015-2018), the Problem Based Learning (PBL) is implemented in Workshop VI, during the last quarter of 2017; and then a questionnaire is given to the participating students to know their opinion on the following points: their role in this process of building knowledge, and their appreciation about both the exchange with local guests-actors and this new methodology. The respondents conclude that in the face of the traditional method, the PBL promoted capacity building for critical analysis, teamwork and consensus building against the city’s complex problems.
description: Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, Vol. 8 No. 1 (2020): Special Issue: PBL for Sustainability and Sustainable Cities
Cell Type-Specific Separation of Subicular Principal Neurons during Network Activities
Creators: name: Eller, Joanna
name: Zarnadze, Shota
name: Bäuerle, Peter
name: Dugladze, Tamar
name: Gloveli, Tengis
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: The hippocampal output structure, the subiculum, expresses two major memory relevant network rhythms, sharp wave ripple and gamma frequency oscillations. To this date, it remains unclear how the two distinct types of subicular principal cells, intrinsically bursting and regular spiking neurons, participate in these two network rhythms. Using concomitant local field potential and intracellular recordings in an in vitro mouse model that allows the investigation of both network rhythms, we found a cell type-specific segregation of principal neurons into participating intrinsically bursting and non-participating regular spiking cells. However, if regular spiking cells were kept at a more depolarized level, they did participate in a specific manner, suggesting a potential bimodal working model dependent on the level of excitation. Furthermore, intrinsically bursting and regular spiking cells exhibited divergent intrinsic membrane and synaptic properties in the active network. Thus, our results suggest a cell-type-specific segregation of principal cells into two separate groups during network activities, supporting the idea of two parallel streams of information processing within the subiculum.
Application of a variational method to flow over a flat plate in the entrance region with variable physical properties.
Creators: name: Su, Yi-Lung.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1970
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Mechanical.

description: A variational method has been used to solve the flow over a flat to in the entrance region at constant wall temperature. The physical properties, i.e. thermal conductivity and viscosity, were assumed to be linear functions of temperature in the study. Two coupled equations were derived from the variational formulation and then solved by the analog/hybrid computer. Consequently, momentum boundary layer thickness, thermal boundary layer thickness, local Nusselt number and local friction factor were found for the flow. A comparison of the constant properties case was made between the results from this study and those obtained the exact solution.
Empire, War, and Withdrawal: The End of the British Mandate for Palestine and the 1948 War, August 1947-May 1948
Creators: name: DeBoard, Robert
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2028
Subjects: Empire
Military
Palestine
Security
Strategy
Middle Eastern history
Israel

description: The British role in the 1948 War is often overlooked and misunderstood. This dissertation demystifies the British role in the first stage of the conflict, the civil war which emerged in late 1948 through the end of the Mandate in mid-May 1948. British actions in Palestine throughout early 1948 were guided by Britain’s desire to maintain its strategic dominance of the Middle East, a policy dictated by Britain’s global strategic interests in the nascent Cold War. This dissertation asks how did these larger strategic interests influence British tactical decision making, both in implementing the withdrawal from Palestine and in British intervention between Arab and Jewish forces in the first stage of the 1948 War? The decision to end the Palestine Mandate came amidst a wider reevaluation of the Empire’s role in the post-war world which witnessed the rise of the USA and USSR as global superpowers and the loss of Britain’s imperial prestige. British intelligence and security infrastructure failures exposed in the 1930s and 1940s by subsequent Arab and Jewish insurgencies continued to hinder British operations in early 1948. British reliance on institutional memory led local authorities to perceive the rise in Arab-Jewish violence of late 1947 as a return to the disturbances of the Arab Revolt of 1936-19398, rather than burgeoning civil war. While violence continued to grow, military and civilian authorities enacted the phased withdrawal plan, in which only Gaza and the Negev regions would be evacuated before February 29 to avoid disrupting Palestine’s citrus harvest season, vital for the local economy. This phased withdrawal directly influenced the tactical decision making of Jewish and Arab commanders, who only began conducting sustained operations to control Palestine’s vital roadways once British forces were withdrawn from Palestine’s central district, in mid to late March 1948 as part of the second phase of withdrawal. As the violence between Palestine’s warring factions escalated, the British faced a collapse of both political and security authority in Palestine, a failure which threatened Britain’s ongoing strategic interests in the region. In the Mandate’s final months, British authorities in Palestine took steps to restore a modicum of control to the situation, but the intelligence and security failures which accumulated in prior decades meant these reactionary attempts were ultimately doomed.
title: Simulation of spreading depolarization trajectories in cerebral cortex
title: Correlation of velocity and susceptibility in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Milakara, Denny
name: Grozea, Cristian
name: Dahlem, Markus
name: Major, Sebastian
name: Winkler, Maren K. L.
name: Lückl, Janos
name: Scheel, Michael
name: Kola, Vasilis
name: Schoknecht, Karl
name: Lublinsky, Svetlana
name: Friedman, Alon
name: Martus, Peter
name: Hartings, Jed A.
name: Woitzik, Johannes
name: Dreier, Jens P.
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: In many cerebral grey matter structures including the neocortex, spreading depolarization (SD) is the principal mechanism of the near-complete breakdown of the transcellular ion gradients with abrupt water influx into neurons. Accordingly, SDs are abundantly recorded in patients with traumatic brain injury, spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage, aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) and malignant hemispheric stroke using subdural electrode strips. SD is observed as a large slow potential change, spreading in the cortex at velocities between 2 and 9 mm/min. Velocity and SD susceptibility typically correlate positively in various animal models. In patients monitored in neurocritical care, the Co-Operative Studies on Brain Injury Depolarizations (COSBID) recommends several variables to quantify SD occurrence and susceptibility, although accurate measures of SD velocity have not been possible. Therefore, we developed an algorithm to estimate SD velocities based on reconstructing SD trajectories of the wave-front's curvature center from magnetic resonance imaging scans and time-of-SD-arrival- differences between subdural electrode pairs. We then correlated variables indicating SD susceptibility with algorithm-estimated SD velocities in twelve aSAH patients. Highly significant correlations supported the algorithm's validity. The trajectory search failed significantly more often for SDs recorded directly over emerging focal brain lesions suggesting in humans similar to animals that the complexity of SD propagation paths increase in tissue undergoing injury.
World Café as a Participatory Approach to Facilitate the Implementation Process of Problem-Based Learning
Creators: name: Camacho, Heillyn Nunez
name: Rybels, Stijn
name: Coppens, Tom
name: Valderrama Pineda, Andrés
Publisher: name: Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education
Year: 2020

description: Shifting from a traditional lecture-based teaching approach to a student-centred approach, such as Problem-Based Learning (PBL), demands significant changes in Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs). It requires changes for teachers, students, institutional management, and even the physical learning environment. Once a university is not designed from the beginning to insert this type of pedagogy, it is difficult to promote a change of this nature if the institution is committed to a more traditional pedagogical approach. Therefore, introducing PBL as an important innovation faces problems of conservatism, institutional inertia, path dependency, lack of knowhow and knowledge among teachers, poor institutional support, and poor connection with societal and economic actors. This article presents the World Café technique as a participatory method to identify and overcome some of the challenges when implementing a PBL approach. We confront the results of the Citylab World Café with the challenges identified in the literature. The authors identify three aspects of the implementation process of PBL in HEIs that can be facilitated through the World Café technique: (1) understanding the principles of PBL through engaging in a constructive dialogue, (2) fostering critical reflections about teaching and learning practises, and (3) changing the organisational culture by promoting collective sense-making and the construction of meaning.
description: Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, Vol. 8 No. 1 (2020): Special Issue: PBL for Sustainability and Sustainable Cities
Comprehensive Evaluative Perspective of PBL on the Learning-Teaching Process of Architechture in the Universidad Simón Bolivar
Creators: name: Soonets, Silvia
name: Olaizola, Carlos
name: Mena, Aliz Beatriz
name: Dorbessan, Bernardo
name: Micucci, Franco
Publisher: name: Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education
Year: 2020

description: The learning process in architecture at Universidad Simon Bolivar is based on confronting students with practical or theoretical situations to let them acquire knowledge about the discipline. The core of this process is on design studio courses, and from the early stages of the program they have to discover for themselves the role of architecture in the creation of spaces. Alongside this design methodology, students are exposed to theoretical, historical, and technical knowledge that aims to complement their skills for their professional future. This paper evaluates the general efficiency of the learning process based on solving problems. The first part describes the application of a problem-based situation in a sustainable urban environment for the Architectural professional. The second part explores similarities and differences among Design Studio Learning(DSL), as it is generally applied, and Problem-Based Learning (PBL). Data about methodology, level of student participation, and results were compared using the syllabus. The comparison between title, competences and objectives shows that these aspects should be addressed differently if using PBL.
description: Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, Vol. 8 No. 1 (2020): Special Issue: PBL for Sustainability and Sustainable Cities
СИСТЕМАТИЧЕСКИЙ И ЭКОЛОГИЧЕСКИЙ АНАЛИЗ ЖУКОВ-ДОЛГОНОСИКОВ (CURCULIONIDAE) ЮЖНОГО ПРИАРАЛЬЯ
Creators: name: Отениязов, Р.Б.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Южное Приаралье является одним из наиболее уязвимых регионов Центральной Азии, где экологический кризис, связанный с усыханием Аральского моря, повлиял на флору и фауну. Изучение жуков-долгоносиков (Curculionidae), как вредителей сельского хозяйства и важных биоиндикаторов, имеет большое значение для оценки состояния экосистем региона и разработки мер по их восстановлению.