cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Measurement of event background fluctuations for charged particle jet reconstruction in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}} = 2.76$ TeV
Creators: name: ALICE Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The effect of event background fluctuations on charged particle jet reconstruction in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}} = 2.76$ TeV has been measured with the ALICE experiment. The main sources of non-statistical fluctuations are characterized based purely on experimental data with an unbiased method, as well as by using single high $p_{\rm T}$ particles and simulated jets embedded into real Pb-Pb events and reconstructed with the anti-$k_{\rm T}$ jet finder. The influence of a low transverse momentum cut-off on particles used in the jet reconstruction is quantified by varying the minimum track $p_{\rm T}$ between 0.15 GeV/$c$ and 2 GeV/$c$. For embedded jets reconstructed from charged particles with $p_{\rm T} > 0.15$ GeV/$c$, the uncertainty in the reconstructed jet transverse momentum due to the heavy-ion background is measured to be 11.3 GeV/$c$ (standard deviation) for the 10% most central Pb-Pb collisions, slightly larger than the value of 11.0 GeV/$c$ measured using the unbiased method. For a higher particle transverse momentum threshold of 2 GeV/$c$, which will generate a stronger bias towards hard fragmentation in the jet finding process, the standard deviation of the fluctuations in the reconstructed jet transverse momentum is reduced to 4.8-5.0 GeV/$c$ for the 10% most central events. A non-Gaussian tail of the momentum uncertainty is observed and its impact on the reconstructed jet spectrum is evaluated for varying particle momentum thresholds, by folding the measured fluctuations with steeply falling spectra.
description: 21 pages, 5 captioned figures, 3 tables, authors from page 16, published version, figures at http://aliceinfo.cern.ch/ArtSubmission/node/3507
Addressing the Challenges of Chronic Disease Management in a Resource-Constrained Health System: The Role of Nurse-Led Shared Care Models for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Creators: name: Lopatina, Elena
Publisher: name: Cumming School of Medicine
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Health Economics
subject: Health System Capacity
subject: Quality of Care
subject: Health Sciences--General

description: Background:The limited capacity of and increasing demand in care created two major challenges in addressing the needs of patients with Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): i) long waiting times for new patients; and, ii) unmet standards of care for patients with stable disease. Nurse-led care (NLC) models are one proposed approach to improving access to and quality of care.Objectives:The objectives were to i) compare the quality of care for patients with stable RA in the NLC and rheumatologist-led care (RLC) models; ii) estimate the resource utilization and costs in patients followed in those models; and, iii) explore effects of the implementation of NLC clinics for the follow-up of patients with stable RA on the capacity for the delivery of care for patients with a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of RA, who had been referred to and followed at a single academic rheumatology center, as compared to RLC only.Methods:Three studies were conducted: i) a non-inferiority retrospective cohort study with a review of clinical charts; ii) an analysis of the utilization of physician visits; emergency department visits; hospital admissions, and disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs using linked chart review and health administrative data and a costing analysis; and iii) discrete event simulation (DES) modeling.Results:Compared to the RLC model, the NLC model provided at least as effective disease monitoring for patients with stable RA and offered better documentation of comorbidity screening and provision of patient education. The NLC follow-up was not associated with increases in healthcare resource utilization or cost as compared to the RLC follow-up. The DES model’s Base Case representing the practice of a rheumatologist in an academic center after the implementation of NLC clinics showed higher numbers of appointments offered and new patients accepted, and lower waiting times for new urgent and moderate/routine patients as compared to a scenario with no NLC clinics available.Conclusions:The NLC model for patients with stable RA was an effective strategy to address patients’ needs for ongoing disease monitoring, chronic disease management, education, support, and increase health system capacity.
Development of a Cyanobacterial Biorefinery:Integration of Autofermentation and AnaerobicDigestion for Maximal Value Generation and Reduced Energy Inputs
Creators: name: Demirkaya, Cigdem
Publisher: name: Schulich School of Engineering
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biorefinery
subject: Autofermentation
subject: Anaerobic Digestion
subject: Alkaliphiles
subject: Cyanobacteria
subject: Hydrogen
subject: Organic acids
subject: Carbon Capture
subject: Engineering--Chemical
subject: Engineering--Environmental
subject: Energy

description: Cyanobacteria are ideal bio-factories for diverse biotechnological applications owing to their capacity to use solar energy and fix carbon dioxide into valuable bioactive compounds such as proteins and pigments. However, the economic viability of large-scale cyanobacteria cultivation is hindered by low volumetric productivity due to the slow mass transfer rate of CO2 into the culture media and significant CO2 losses. High pH (>10) and high alkalinity (>>10000 ?Eq L-1) can be used to improve CO2 delivery efficiency, as alkalinity enhances buffering capacity and improves CO2 mass transfer rates. Another important factor is the high cost associated with harvesting and energy intensive downstream processing methods. Thus, there is a need to develop integrated biorefinery strategies to maximize product recovery and value creation. To develop an economically viable cyanobacterial biorefinery, an alkaline cyanobacterial biomass production system was integrated with an autofermentation step, and a low temperature anaerobic digestion. Integration of these processes increase biomass productivity, trigger the release of valuable products, and enable multiple product recovery, nutrient recycling, and maximum energy production.Autofermentation was investigated as an energy-efficient and low-cost method to reduce pH to an optimal level (6.8–7.2) for the successful conversion of biomass to biogas and enable the production of hydrogen and organic acids simultaneously. High value-added products, hydrogen, and phycocyanin were also recovered from the process. Maximum total organic acid yield (60 % C mol/ C mol biomass) and hydrogen yield (326.1 ?mol/g AFDM) were obtained at the lowest biomass concentration after natural settling with no additional energy requirement.Three different inocula including digested manure, digested sewage sludge, and soda lake sediment were evaluated for energy efficient anaerobic digestion of cyanobacterial biomass at a low temperature (21 °C). Low temperature semi-continuous anaerobic digestion of fermented cyanobacterial biomass was carried successfully over 800 days with an average methane yield of 476 ml/ g VS by using soda lake sediment in duplicate 2 L digesters operating at 21 °C. Techno-economic assessment of the integrated process showed that phycocyanin is an important parameter for the economic value of this proposed alkaline cyanobacterial based biorefinery.
If you give an elephant a forest: the behavioural ecology of rewilded Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in northern Thailand
Creators: name: Greer, Chelsea E.
Publisher: name: Arts
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Activity budgets
subject: Animal welfare
subject: Behaviour
subject: Captivity
subject: Compassionate conservation
subject: Critical animal geography
subject: Elephants
subject: Foraging
subject: Rewilding
subject: Biology--Ecology
subject: Behavioral
subject: Geography

description: Thailand has under 8,000 elephants (Elephas maximus), with more living in captivity to profit tourism than are free-living in natural habitat. Given the entangled lives of humans and elephants in Thailand today, the captive Asian elephant population presents an important conservation opportunity. More recently, experts have advocated for focused efforts on rewilding elephants who have enduring relationships with humans, providing captive animals the opportunity to regain meaningful, autonomous lives. This model of repopulation is underway in regions of Thailand, but more information is required to better understand the rehabilitative and ecological needs of elephants transitioning from captive to free-living settings. Using the approach of bridging animal conservation and welfare, I collected behavioural data to determine and assess the activity budgets and foraging behaviour of a rewilded family living in northern Thailand. Continuous focal sampling of individual behaviour was collected daily in 30–50-minute sessions. Behaviour categories included, for example foraging, comfort, play, affiliative, exploration, movement, and rest. Rewilded elephants were observed to spend over 60% of their time in foraging-related activities. Differences among individuals were also observed (i.e., time proportion spent alert, foraging, playing, interacting with others). Spatial association varied between elephant dyads and many of the observed behaviours were expressed at a higher time proportion when in proximity to other elephant(s). All elephants expressed foraging complexity (i.e., exploring, interacting with others, maintaining comfort adjacent to collecting, selecting and manipulating food). In summary, rewilded elephants expressed an activity budget and foraging behaviour similar to lifelong wild elephants. Approaching foraging research with the appropriate level of complexity contributes to the detailed understanding of cognitive and behavioural opportunities associated with the exploration, selection, and processing of food. The rewilding of captive Asian elephants offers a compassionate model of conservation that might provide psychosocial benefits, in addition to boosting populations of free-living elephants; in this manner, rewilding might address both welfare and conservation priorities, further highlighting the need to address threats facing all members of Elephas maximus, captive and free.
And then the Water
Creators: name: Stearne, Christopher Ryan
Publisher: name: Arts
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Creative Writing
subject: Prose
subject: Fiction
subject: Anthropocene
subject: Capitalocene
subject: Chthulucene
subject: Alberta
subject: Oil and Gas
subject: Posthumanism
subject: Speculative Fiction
subject: Science Fiction
subject: Infertility
subject: Fertility
subject: Reproduction
subject: FOS: Medical biotechnology
subject: Grief
subject: Literature
subject: Literature--Classical
subject: Literature--Canadian (English)
subject: Literature--English
subject: Literature--General

description: And then the Water is a work of fiction in the form of a novel. The work presents a near future set on Vancouver Island in a Canada that is in the final stages of transitioning to a post-petroleum economy. The move away from hydrocarbons as fuel is evident as all vehicles are electric and non-durable plastics are absent. Along with the technologies displacing petroleum, humans have also made advancements in the biomedical field that allow for bioartificial replacement of the body through a series of surgeries colloquially known as “procedures.” These procedures create a body with an interminable lifespan, but are available only to the wealthy few. And then the Water centres on the experiences of a widower, Vic, who wins the lottery and must decide whether or not to pursue his own procedures. My novel seeks to explore grief as a central motivating factor in how Vic comes to his final decision. The story is told using two distinct timelines. The first is the present day of the novel, in which Vic works as a truck driver that hauls amputate from the procedures to a bio-waste incineration facility. The second focuses on Vic’s relationship with his late wife, Kate, from inception through challenges with infertility and until her death in an earthquake-caused tsunami in Tofino. Having two timelines allows for an exploration of multiple facets of grief, as well as multiple modes of reproduction (biological and bioartificial).
Mass growth and mergers: direct observations of the luminosity function of LRG satellite galaxies out to z=0.7 from SDSS and BOSS images
Creators: name: Tal, Tomer
name: Wake, David A.
name: van Dokkum, Pieter G.
name: Bosch, Frank C. van den
name: Schneider, Donald P.
name: Brinkmann, Jon
name: Weaver, Benjamin A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a statistical study of the luminosity functions of galaxies surrounding luminous red galaxies (LRGs) at average redshifts =0.34 and =0.65. The luminosity functions are derived by extracting source photometry around more than 40,000 LRGs and subtracting foreground and background contamination using randomly selected control fields. We show that at both studied redshifts the average luminosity functions of the LRGs and their satellite galaxies are poorly fitted by a Schechter function due to a luminosity gap between the centrals and their most luminous satellites. We utilize a two-component fit of a Schechter function plus a log-normal distribution to demonstrate that LRGs are typically brighter than their most luminous satellite by roughly 1.3 magnitudes. This luminosity gap implies that interactions within LRG environments are typically restricted to minor mergers with mass ratios of 1:4 or lower. The luminosity functions further imply that roughly 35% of the mass in the environment is locked in the LRG itself, supporting the idea that mass growth through major mergers within the environment is unlikely. Lastly, we show that the luminosity gap may be at least partially explained by the selection of LRGs as the gap can be reproduced by sparsely sampling a Schechter function. In that case LRGs may represent only a small fraction of central galaxies in similar mass halos.
description: ApJ accepted version
A Sharp Comparison Theorem for Compact Manifolds with Mean Convex Boundary
Creators: name: Li, Martin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Let $M$ be a compact $n$-dimensional Riemannian manifold with nonnegative Ricci curvature and mean convex boundary $\partial M$. Assume that the mean curvature $H$ of the boundary $\partial M$ satisfies $H \geq (n-1) k >0$ for some positive constant $k$. In this paper, we prove that the distance function $d$ to the boundary $\partial M$ is bounded from above by $\frac{1}{k}$ and the upper bound is achieved if and only if $M$ is isometric to an $n$-dimensional Euclidean ball of radius $\frac{1}{k}$.
description: 6 pages; published in Journal of Geometric Analysis
title: Wise Gadolinium administration in MR Imaging of Brain Vestibular Schwannomas
Creators: name: Pizzini, Francesca
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Neoplasia
subject: Imaging sequences
subject: Comparative studies
subject: MR
subject: Head and neck

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: MRI has a central role in the evaluation of VS (Vestibular Schwannoma). In particular, MRI could be used for the first diagnosis of VS, for the follow up andfor post-treatment imaging studies. [1, 2] Gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted image (Gd T1-WI)...
Vanishing results for the cohomology of complex toric hyperplane complements
Creators: name: Davis, M. W.
name: Settepanella, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Topology (math.AT)
subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 52B30 52B30, 32S22, 52C35, 57N65, 58J22

description: Suppose $\Cal R$ is the complement of an essential arrangement of toric hyperlanes in the complex torus $(\C^*)^n$ and $π=π_1(\Cal R)$. We show that $H^*(\Cal R;A)$ vanishes except in the top degree $n$ when $A$ is one of the following systems of local coefficients: (a) a system of nonresonant coefficients in a complex line bundle, (b) the von Neumann algebra $\cnπ$, or (c) the group ring $\zz π$. In case (a) the dimension of $H^n$ is $|e(\Cal R)|$ where $e(\Cal R)$ denotes the Euler characteristic, and in case (b) the $n^{\mathrm{th}}$ $\eltwo$ Betti number is also $|e(\Cal R)|$.
description: 14 pages. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:math/0612404
title: Getting to know retroperitoneal liposarcoma
Creators: name: Rodríguez Martín, José Ignacio
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Pathology
subject: Neoplasia
subject: Cancer
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Biopsy
subject: CT
subject: Soft tissues / Skin
subject: Retroperitoneum
subject: Abdomen

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: Review WHO 2013 pathologic classification and AJCC 8th TNM edition for retroperitoneal aggressive liposarcomas. Revise imaging findings of these tumors with special emphasis on diagnosis and follow up to detect local recurrences. P resent several...
Plasma Relaxation and Topological Aspects in Hall Magnetohydrodynamics
Creators: name: Shivamoggi, B. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Parker's formulation of isotopological plasma relaxation process in magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) is extended to Hall MHD. The torsion coefficient alpha in the Hall MHD Beltrami condition turns out now to be proportional to the "potential vorticity." The Hall MHD Beltrami condition becomes equivalent to the "potential vorticity" conservation equation in two-dimensional (2D) hydrodynamics if the Hall MHD Lagrange multiplier beta is taken to be proportional to the "potential vorticity" as well. The winding pattern of the magnetic field lines in Hall MHD then appears to evolve in the same way as "potential vorticity" lines in 2D hydrodynamics.
title: Sacroiliac joint MRI as a biomarker of axial spondyloarthritis: typical findings and clues for differential diagnosis
Creators: name: Piasentier, Alberto
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Imaging sequences
subject: Education
subject: MR
subject: Musculoskeletal bone
subject: Musculoskeletal joint
subject: Bones
subject: Arthritides
subject: Inflammation

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: 1) To describe typical MRI findings of active sacroiliitis in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), with emphasis on ancillary findings supporting the diagnosis. 2) To review the spectrum of abnormalities mimicking active sacroiliitis in axSpA, with...
National Surgical Quality Improvement Program: A Scoping Review of the Literature and Real-World Application Among Radical Cystectomy Patients
Creators: name: Mardinger, Cynthia
Publisher: name: Cumming School of Medicine
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Surgery
subject: Quality Improvement
subject: Health Sciences--Medicine and Surgery

description: Introduction: The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) is a validated database designed to measure risk-adjusted 30-day surgical outcomes for national and international benchmarking. De-identified, anonymized datasets can be abstracted from submitting NSQIP hospitals. The purpose of this scoping review is to describe the breadth of studies in the NSQIP literature. Methods: A comprehensive electronic literature search was performed using PubMed, MEDLINE, Web of Knowledge and Scopus to capture all NSQIP articles published between January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2020. Two reviewers independently reviewed articles to determine their relevance using predefined inclusion criteria. Articles were included if they were about NSQIP or used NSQIP data. References were imported into a literature review application, Synthesis®, to semi-automate data management. Extracted data included the domain of surgery, study type, and year of publication. Results: Of the 4,661 NSQIP articles included, 77.9% were published within the last 5 years. Outcomes (46.7%) and Association (41.7%) were the most common types of NSQIP-related articles. The most common surgical domains of NSQIP articles were general surgery and orthopedic surgery, representing 35.7% and 24.0% of the articles, respectively. Overall, 52 (1.1%) articles could not be categorized. Conclusion: This scoping review provides an overview of the diversity of articles in the NSQIP literature. Mapping the NSQIP database identified areas where systematic reviews might be feasible or relevant and identified opportunities for future research.
The Presence and Priority of Nutrition in Family Medicine and Internal Medicine Residency Programs
Creators: name: Timmins, Dianne
Publisher: name: Cumming School of Medicine
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Nutrition
subject: Medical Education
subject: Residency
subject: Physician
subject: Health Sciences--Education

description: Problem: Nutrition and diet are key contributors to a healthy lifestyle, to the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases, and to positive medical and surgical outcomes in acute care. Although many physicians believe that nutrition care is part of their role, there is a longstanding nutrition deficit in medical education which impacts physician effectiveness in managing their patients’ nutrition-related concerns. Many physicians do not feel confident or competent in providing nutrition education or care to their patients, and recommendations on addressing this issue in Canadian medical schools and residency programs remain unclear. This study explored residents’ and preceptors’ perceptions and experiences of the family medicine (FM) and internal medicine (IM) residency programs at the University of Calgary to better understand the program’s barriers to nutrition education and nutrition care.Methods: Realist inquiry was used as a methodological framework, and a combination of realist inquiry and constructivist grounded theory techniques were used to collect, analyze, and synthesize data. Morphogenesis was used as a sensitizing concept to explain the findings of this study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with FM and IM preceptors (n=11) and residents (n=9) to explore their attitudes, perceptions, and experiences with nutrition at the University of Calgary in 2020. Results & Conclusions: Participants believed nutrition care was relevant to their clinical practices, yet most were unequipped to address nutrition concerns. Confidence was a key mechanism that influenced the participants’ attitudes and behaviours around nutrition and shaped the overall presence and priority of nutrition in participants’ education and practices. Most participants reported low internal confidence in their nutrition knowledge which seemed to stem from a lack of education. Additionally, participants expressed a desire for clarity around their role in nutrition care. Other factors that influenced confidence included perceived culture, need, reward and perceived competence, which were reinforced by the settings that participants were exposed to. The interplay between these factors ultimately shaped the pervasive low presence and low priority of nutrition within the FM and IM residency programs. An empirically derived program theory described the material conditions and network of mechanisms that shaped the presence and priority of nutrition in medicine.
Positron attachment to the He doubly excited states
Creators: name: Bromley, M. W. J.
name: Mitroy, J.
name: Varga, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The projection method is used to demonstrate the existence of positron attachment to three doubly excited states of helium. The e^+He(2s^2 1Se), e^+He(3s^2 1Se), and the e^+He(2s2p 3Po) states have binding energies of 0.447eV, 0.256eV and 0.486eV respectively. These energies were computed with the stochastic variational method and the configuration interaction method. These states will exist as resonances in the e^+ + He continuum and the e^+He(2s^2 1Se) state could be detectable in the e^+ + He collision spectrum. A resonance width of 0.068eV was computed for the e^+He(2s^2 1Se), state by using the complex rotation method. The existence of a series of e^+He(ns^2 1Se) resonances associated with the He(ns^2) double Rydberg series is also predicted and an explicit calculation demonstrating the existence of the e^+He(3s^2 1Se) state is reported.
description: 4+bit pages, 1 figure. Version as accepted at PRL. Added K.Varga along with computation of resonance width. With thanks to the (anonymous) referees for help improving the manuscript
title: Paediatric Radiological Protection Campaign in Brazil: a successful experience.
Creators: name: Bernardo, Monica
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Radioprotection / Radiation dose
subject: Paediatric
subject: Professional issues
subject: CT
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: Digital radiography
subject: Education
subject: Radiation safety
subject: Safety
subject: Education and training
subject: Patterns of Care
subject: Quality assurance

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: To demonstrate that The Image Gently® radioprotection program is applicable to practice and effective in other countries, particularly in...
title: ABDOMINAL IMAGING: a guide for preparations, medication and contrast media.
Creators: name: Rodríguez Martín, José Ignacio
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Quality assurance
subject: Education and training
subject: Drugs / Reactions
subject: Medico-legal issues
subject: Health policy and practice
subject: Audit and standards
subject: Ultrasound
subject: MR
subject: CT
subject: eHealth
subject: Contrast agents
subject: Abdomen

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: Review recommended preparations that patients must perform for requested exams. Revise the characteristics of medication and contrast media used in abdominal radiology section and their indications. Present the available guide at our...
Conditionally immortalizing porcine hematopoietic stem cells using a Hox-B8 retrovirus and characterizing the porcine bone marrow niche
Creators: name: Chiriboga Proano, Jose A
Publisher: name: Veterinary Medicine
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: hematopoiesis
subject: hematopoietic stem cells
subject: quiescence
subject: porcine
subject: transduction
subject: Hox-B8
subject: conditional immortalization
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Agriculture--Animal Culture and Nutrition
subject: Health Sciences--Immunology

description: Studies in the field of veterinary immunology have been hampered by the availability of species-specific research tools that yield more reliable and accurate experimental planning and results. Limited resources exist to study and understand immune cells, such as macrophages, in pigs and other domestic species. Porcine immune cells are often derived in vitro and require isolation from the blood or bone marrow of live animals. The goal of this research project was to conditionally immortalized hematopoietic stem cells in pigs that can produce all immune cells by using an estrogen-controlled Hox-B8 lentivirus. In the presence of estrogen and expression of HoxB8, hematopoietic stem cells would remain in a conditionally immortalized progenitor stage. With removal of estrogen and addition of appropriate cytokines, hematopoietic stem cells would differentiate into a spectrum of common porcine immune cells. To be able to conditionally immortalize the hematopoietic stem cells and prime these cells to differentiate into in vitro, we first had to develop mammalian cell lines capable of expressing and secreting porcine recombinant cytokines - the second aim of this thesis. Methods to isolate porcine bone marrow and create media and conditions to culture bone marrow in the lab were also created in this project, which further allowed us to gain insight into hematopoiesis and the niche microenvironment in pigs.
title: Normal Findings and Complications in Median Sternotomy and Thoracotomy.
Creators: name: Rodríguez Martín, José Ignacio
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Thorax
subject: Emergency
subject: CT
subject: CT-Angiography
subject: Complications
subject: Surgery
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Acute
subject: Haemorrhage
subject: Inflammation

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: Review anatomy and normal findings in the main approaches of cardiopulmonary surgery ( thoracotomy and median sternotomy ). Detail the main direct acute complications that may arise in relation to the surgical approach accompanying with visual...
title: Use of Immersive Visualization for the Control of Dental Anxiety During Dental Hygiene Treatment
Creators: name: Padrino-Barrios, Carmelo
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of immersive visualization (IV) therapy, a technique that provides visual and stereoscopic display through the use of eyewear, in anxious patients during an oral prophylaxis. Methods: A convenience sample of thirty adults was enrolled. A split mouth design was utilized. Subjects were randomly divided into two groups: group A (use of IV for the right side of the mouth), and group B (use of IV for the left side of the mouth). Subjects received a full mouth oral prophylaxis (removal of supra and subgingival calculus and selective polishing), always starting with the right side. Medical and dental histories and oral examinations were performed during the screening appointment. At screening, the Corah's Dental Anxiety Scale- Revised (DAS-R) was scored. In order to qualify for the study, individuals were required to score 9 or higher on the Corah's DAS-R, present with no severe dental calculus, severe periodontal disease, or severe dental caries. At baseline the Corah's DAS-R was validated, and the Calmness Scale was scored pre- and post IV treatment. During treatment, subjects had the opportunity to select one of three IV videos: (1) documentary, (2) music videos, or (3) TV show. After the completion of the full mouth prophylaxis, subjects completed a Post IV Opinion Survey. Results: Twenty-three females and 7 males participated in the study (x̄ age 29.96 ± 7.8). The results showed no statistically significant difference at the level of 0.05, between groups with regard to the anxiety level at baseline based on Corah's DAS-R (p = 0.69). There was a statistically significant correlation between Calmness Scale and gender (p = 0.01 ), females report higher levels of anxiety than men. Ninety seven percent of the subjects responded positively to the use of IV eyewear during the treatment. Conclusion: The use of IV eyewear during oral prophylaxis can be an effective method to control anxiety.
The (2+1)-dimensional charged gravastars
Creators: name: Rahaman, Farook
name: Usmani, A. A.
name: Ray, Saibal
name: Islam, Safiqul
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: General Physics (physics.gen-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This is a continuation and generalization of our earlier work on {\it gravastar} in (2+1) anti-de Sitter space-time to 2+1 dimensional solution of charged gravastar. Morphologically this gravastar contains three regions namely: (i) charged interior, (ii) charged shell and (iii) electrovacuum exterior. We have studied different characteristics in terms of Length and Energy, Entropy, and Junction conditions of the spherical charged distribution. It is shown that the present model of charged gravastar is non-singular and represents itself an alternative of Black Hole.
description: 14 pages, Accepted in Phys. Lett. B
Two case-based reasoning strategies of automatically selecting terrain covariates for geographical variable mapping
Creators: name: QIN, Cheng-Zhi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021

description: My presentation for Geomorphometry'2021, with a little bit changed title from the original one in the corresponding extended abstract (Qin C-Z, Liang P, Zhu A-X. A case-based classification strategy of automatically selecting terrain covariates for modeling geographic variable-environment relationship. In: M Alvioli, I Marchesini, L Melelli, P Guth, eds., Proceedings of the Geomorphometry 2020 Conference, p. 33-36. doi:10.30437/GEOMORPHOMETRY2020_9. (extended abstract).
Quantum fluctuations around black hole horizons in Bose-Einstein condensates
Creators: name: Larré, P. -É.
name: Recati, A.
name: Carusotto, I.
name: Pavloff, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study several realistic configurations allowing to realize an acoustic horizon in the flow of a one dimensional Bose-Einstein condensate. In each case we give an analytical description of the flow pattern, of the spectrum of Hawking radiation and of the associated quantum fluctuations. Our calculations confirm that the non local correlations of the density fluctuations previously studied in a simplified model provide a clear signature of Hawking radiation also in realistic configurations. In addition we explain by direct computation how this non local signal relates to short range modifications of the density correlations.
Regulation of HIV-1 latency by basal transcription
Creators: name: Dahabieh, Matthew Solomon
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2013

description: HIV/AIDS is undoubtedly one of mankind’s most pressing health concerns. Currently, there are ~34 million people infected worldwide, with ~3 million new infections and ~2 million deaths every year. Despite 30 years of research and the development of potent antiretroviral drugs, a cure for HIV-1 remains elusive. This is largely due to viral latency, a phenomenon that makes lifelong HAART therapy essential. While proviral DNA is usually transcribed, the integrated HIV-1 LTR promoter may also exist in a transcriptionally inactive latent state. Current models indicate that latency results primarily from the progressive epigenetic silencing of otherwise active infections. However, the majority of latency models utilize single reporters and selection/culturing to establish latency; therefore, they cannot differentiate between direct and progressive silencing. We hypothesize that direct LTR-silent infections are underappreciated because current models may poorly represent the entire spectrum of HIV-1 latency. In this thesis we aim to characterize a novel double-labeled Red-Green-HIV-1 vector (RGH) to comprehensively study latency. Our results show that, contrary to current dogma, the majority of RGH infections in Jurkat T cells are directly silenced. Moreover, direct silent infections are observed in several cell types and are transcriptionally competent, as known HIV-1 agonists can efficiently reactivate them. We observe that direct silencing occurs at all sites of viral integration and that cellular NFκB levels at the time of infection mediate direct LTR-silencing. Additionally, we aim to characterize the cellular transcription factor RBF-2 with respect to RGH latency and basal transcription. Our results show that RBF-2 binds two conserved sites on the HIV-1 LTR, and that this organization is necessary for mediating proper transcriptional activation. Consequently, this interaction also modulates RGH latency, as RBF-2 mutants displayed higher levels of latency relative to wild type. Collectively, our results shed new light on the previously underappreciated and immeasurable contribution of direct silent infections to HIV-1 latency. Considering these infections make up the majority of total infections in vitro, direct silencing is likely a major component of the latent reservoir in vivo. Fully understanding the entire spectrum of latency, including both direct and progressive mechanisms, will undoubtedly aid HIV-1 eradication strategies.
Heavy flavour decay muon production at forward rapidity in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 7$ TeV
Creators: name: ALICE Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The production of muons from heavy flavour decays is measured at forward rapidity in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 7$ TeV collected with the ALICE experiment at the LHC. The analysis is carried out on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity $L_{\rm int} = 16.5$ nb$^{-1}$. The transverse momentum and rapidity differential production cross sections of muons from heavy flavour decays are measured in the rapidity range 2.5 < y < 4, over the transverse momentum range 2 < $p_{\rm T}$ < 12 GeV/$c$. The results are compared to predictions based on perturbative QCD calculations.
description: 19 pages, 4 figures, 1 table, authors from page 14, published version, figures at http://aliceinfo.cern.ch/ArtSubmission/node/3505
Embodied Experiences of Spatial Capability
Creators: name: Markle, Joshua
Publisher: name: Werklund School of Education
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Spatial Reasoning
subject: Embodiment
subject: Enactivism
subject: Sense
subject: Mathematics Education
subject: Phenomenology
subject: Carnal Hermeneutics
subject: Education
subject: Education--Mathematics

description: Spatial reasoning has been identified as integral to general mathematical capability and the potential for individuals to flourish in life beyond formal mathematics education. Specifically, the ability to visualize shape and space is an aspect of spatial reasoning that is consistently associated with achievement in mathematics. There is also a considerable literature supporting the idea that the body plays a constitutive role in developing mathematical understanding. In this work, I develop and use an enactive hermeneutic framework to describe and interpret students’ embodied experiences of spatial visualization. Enactive hermeneutics draws on a theoretical framework of enactivism, in which cognition is viewed as a complex phenomenon emerging out of the interactions between an organism and the environment, and carnal hermeneutics, which posits that the body is both interpretive and interpretable. Data were generated through my work with students in grade 12 pre-calculus and calculus courses as they took part in a series of lessons designed to foreground spatial visualization in their problem posing and solving, and included video recordings of lessons, written work (e.g., problem solving and reflection), and classroom observation. Results from this study are presented in a manuscript-based format. They include the development of a theoretical framework for interpreting students’ experiences in the mathematics classroom, with a particular focus on visualization, a phenomenon that is often difficult to observe and interpret in a classroom context; a conceptualization and analysis of tentativeness as a both a strategy and affordance in problem solving in spatial contexts; and the development and application of a novel tool for visualizing how students make sense of mathematics through the body, in particular through sensation (e.g., touch) and orientation, in the context of a spatial reasoning exercise.
Рецензія: Б.А.Рыбаков. Русское прикладное искусство X-XIII веков
Creators: name: Орлов, Руслан
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 430101
subject: Archaeological science

description: Орлов Р.С. Рецензія: Б.А.Рыбаков. Русское прикладное искусство X-XIII веков. Археологія №10. 1973 Київ с.87-89Review: BA Rybakov. Russian applied art of the X-XIII centuries
Brevi note in teme di vigenza delle leggi italiane nello Stato della Città del Vaticano
Creators: name: Colella, Pasquale
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2013
Subjects: Santa Sede e Città del Vaticano

description: già ordinario di Diritto ecclesiastico nella Facoltà di Giurisprudenza dell’Università degli Studi di Salerno
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2009: 12 gennaio
title: Unexpected Findings in Cardiac Imaging of Pediatric Patients With Congenital Heart Disease Using 64 Detector Computed Tomography
Creators: name: Rodríguez Martín, José Ignacio
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Quality assurance
subject: Congenital
subject: Statistics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: CT-Angiography
subject: CT
subject: Paediatric
subject: Cardiovascular system
subject: Cardiac

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: As the number of cardiac imaging tests in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) has increased, so have the unexpected or incidental findings (IFs) in these exams. Extracardiac structures should be routinely analyzed to detect asymptomatic...
Il ruolo di Betlemme nella storia cristiana e nella posizione della Santa Sede
Creators: name: Coppola, Raffaele
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2013
Subjects: Varie

description: Relazione al II Seminario “L'Étoile de Bethléem”, Bethléem et le rôle international des villes pour la paix (Centre de la Paix, Bethléem, 20-22 dicembre 2008), organizzato dall'ISPROM - Istituto di Studi e Programmi per il Mediterraneo, dalla Conférence permanente des Villes historiques de la Méditerranée, nonché dall'Unità di ricerca “Giorgio La Pira”del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
SOMMARIO: 1. Osservazioni introduttive e metodologiche - 2. Betlemme nella Bibbia - 3. Politica, cultura e religione: dalla dominazione romana alla disfatta dei mamelucchi - 4. Dall'occupazione turca ai nostri giorni; il predominio della storia politica - 5. La “nouvelle histoire” e la posizione della Santa Sede - 6. L'assedio israeliano alla Basilica della Natività - 7. Il “paradosso cristiano” e la città nascosta. Il muro della vergogna.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2009: 12 gennaio
Improvement of UV-curable ink adhesion onto melamine faced board using dual silane treatments
Creators: name: Liu, Wenhao
name: Hu, Chuanshuang
name: Zhang, Weiwei
name: Yun, Hong
name: Shu, Jianping
name: Gu, Jin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Medicine
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: The application of UV digital inkjet printing onto melamine-faced board (MF) has attracted increasing attention as an efficient and environmentally benign surface decoration method. However, the interface bonding between UV coating and melamine-formaldehyde surface is weak, resulting in poor printing durability. In this study, the MF surface is grafted with 3-(triethoxysilyl) propyl isocyanate (ICPTES) via a urea cross-linking process, and then condensed with γ-methacryloxypropyl trimethoxy silane (KH570) to improve its compatibility with the polyacrylate-based UV ink. A combination of physical (surface polishing) and chemical (dual-silane treatments) activations of MF surface enhances its interface bonding strength with UV coating up to 2.24 MPa, 966.7% and 119.6% higher than those of the untreated and the conventional adhesion promotor treated surface, respectively. FTIR results confirm that effectual chemical bonds are established between MF surface and UV coating by the ICPTES and KH570 dual-silane treatments. SEM imaging shows that a seamless connection between MF and UV coating forms. Thus, MF surface modified by silane is a facile and effective strategy to enhance the adhesion of UV digital ink and this printing method shows enormous potentials in a wide range of applications.
Un nouvel équilibre européen dans l’appréhension des convictions religieuses au travail
Creators: name: Hervieu, Nicolas
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2013
Subjects: Lavoro

description: * Le texte, déjà publié dans la Revue des Droits de l'Homme (Lettre “Actualités Droits-Libertés” du CREDOF, 24 janvier 2013), est reproduit avec l'aimable autorisation de l'auteur et l'éditeur
SOMMAIRE: 1. Introduction – 2. Une évolution conceptuelle favorable aux employés: D’une logique d’exclusion à une logique de mise en balance – 3. Se vêtir au travail conformément à ses convictions religieuses: Un renforcement du droit des employés de manifester leur religion – 4. Agir au travail conformément à ses convictions religieux: Les oscillations européennes face à l’objection de conscience – 5. Conclusion – 6. Appendice. Jurisprudence liée.
 ABSTRACT: In a landmark decision impatiently awaited across the Channel, the European Court of Human Rights provided clarifications on the employee right to manifest religious beliefs at work. The balance between employee rights and requirements of employers is not completely upset. But there has been an important new trend in the european reasoning, in regard to the free expression of religious belief. This will not be without consequence, especially in France where many contemporary debate echo the european solution.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2013: 11 febbraio
Dielectric Response of Nanoscopic Spherical Colloids in Alternating Electric Fields: A Dissipative Particle Dynamics Simulation
Creators: name: Zhou, Jiajia
name: Schmid, Friederike
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the response of single nanosized spherical colloids in electrolyte solution to an alternating electric field (AC field) by computer simulations. We use a coarse-grained mesoscopic simulation approach that accounts in full for hydrodynamic and electrostatic interactions as well as for thermal fluctuations. The solvent is modeled as a fluid of single Dissipative Particle Dynamics (DPD) beads, and the colloidal particle is modeled as a rigid body made of DPD beads. We compute the mobility and the polarizability of a single colloid and investigate systematically the effect of amplitude and frequency of the AC-fields. Even though the thickness of the Debye layer is not "thin" compared to the radius of the colloid, and the thermal fluctuations are significant, the results are in good agreement with the theoretical prediction of the Maxwell-Wagner-O'Konski theory, especially for uncharged colloids.
description: 22 pages, 11 figure, for proceedings of CODEF III conference
I “bancomat” vaticani e la nuova “questione romana” in materia finanziaria
Creators: name: Fuccillo, Antonio
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2013
Subjects: Santa Sede e Città del Vaticano

description: Contributo sottoposto a valutazione
SOMMARIO: 1. La recente vicenda dei “bancomat” vaticani bloccati dalla Procura della Repubblica di Roma - 2. Trasparenza finanziaria Vs. indipendenza della Santa Sede - 3. La normativa in materia di misure per il contrasto al riciclaggio e i riflessi sulla libertà religiosa dei fedeli nello Stato Città del Vaticano.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2013: 19 febbraio