cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
An INLA spatio-temporal model for zero-inflated marine plastic litter abundance
Creators: name: Calculli, C.
name: Pollice, A.
name: Paradinas, I.
name: Sion, L.
name: Maiorano, P.
Publisher: name: Universit� degli studi di Bergamo
Year: 2019

description: The marine plastic litter pollution is a worldwide growing environmental concern. Despite its negative effects on marine ecosystems, the phenomenon is still not well-known at global and local scale. This work aims at assessing the spatio-temporal distribution of plastic litter amounts found at the sea-floor in a region on the central Mediterranean (Ionian sea). Inspired by species distribution models, we propose a two-parts model to accommodate the excess of zeros and the spatio-temporal correlation characterizing abundance monitoring data. A common spatial effect that links the plastic abundances and the probabilities of occurrences is impremented with the Stochastic Partial Differential Equation approach extended to a non -stationary barrier model. The INLA methodology allows to efficiently perform Bayesian inference to fit complex spatio-temporal models including effects of environmental covariates and enables to investigate the assemblages of plastic litter over the study region.
Additional file 1 of Predicting chronological age of 14 or 18 in adolescents: integrating dental assessments with machine learning
Creators: name: Shen, Shihui
name: Guo, Yibo
name: Han, Jiaxuan
name: Sui, Meizhi
name: Zhou, Zhuojun
name: Tao, Jiang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 1
Exploring Situation Awareness for Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems
Creators: name: Li, Chengxi
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2021
Subjects: Digital processor architectures
Other information and computing sciences not elsewhere classified
Electrical engineering not elsewhere classified

description: From prehistoric man who needs to be aware of the surrounding situations and hunt for food, to modern industry where machines and robots are programmed to explore the environment and accomplish assignments, situation awareness has always been an essential topic to everyone.
Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS) is one of the modern technologies seeking effective solutions for driving safety. It also utilizes situation awareness model to interpret the driver's state in the environment and provide safe driving advice, with the potential to significantly reduce the traffic accident fatalities.
To enable situation awareness, an intelligent driving system needs to fulfill the following: (1) perceives the traffic elements in the environment, (2) comprehends the spatial-temporal interactions between a driver and other objects, and (3) projects the states of traffic elements to forecast future actions.
However, each level of situation awareness encounters its unique challenges in driving scenarios, for example, how to perceive vehicles in low-illuminated conditions? How to represent the complicated interactive relations in complicated driving situations? And how to anticipate the temporal dynamics of traffic elements and identify the where the potential risk comes from? To answer these questions, we explore situation awareness model for Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems at 3 levels: Perception, Comprehension and Projection. We discuss how to realize situation awareness based on three different computer vision tasks. We demonstrate that our proposed system is able to forecast the driver's operational intentions and identify risk objects to avoid hazards.
On the reliability of some tests on type of non-separability and type of class of covariance models
Creators: name: Cappello, C.
name: De Iaco, S.
name: Palma, M.
name: Posa, D.
Publisher: name: Universit� degli studi di Bergamo
Year: 2019

description: In the literature, various tests for evaluating some characteristics of space-time covariance functions, such as symmetry and separability, are widely used. Recently, in case of rejection of the separability hypothesis, innovative tests have been proposed for evaluating the type of non-separability of space-time covariance functions and testing some well known classes of non-separable positive or negative covariance function models.
In this paper a study on simulated data is proposed in order to assess the performance of the tests on the type of non-separability and on the classes of covariance functions.
sj-pdf-4-sco-10.1177_2050313X211046726 – Supplemental material for Hepatic angiosarcoma: Pitfalls in establishing a diagnosis
Creators: name: Flabouris, Katerina
name: McKeen, Suzanne
name: Chaves Gomes, Deborah
name: Chaudhuri, Debajyoti
name: Russell, Patrick
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 111708 Health and Community Services
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Cardiology
subject: 110599 Dentistry not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110305 Emergency Medicine
subject: 110306 Endocrinology
subject: 110308 Geriatrics and Gerontology
subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified
subject: 111199 Nutrition and Dietetics not elsewhere classified
subject: 111299 Oncology and Carcinogenesis not elsewhere classified
subject: 110314 Orthopaedics
subject: 110604 Sports Medicine
subject: 110315 Otorhinolaryngology
subject: 111702 Aged Health Care
subject: 111403 Paediatrics
subject: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 110319 Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: 110203 Respiratory Diseases
subject: 160807 Sociological Methodology and Research Methods
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 110323 Surgery
subject: 70706 Veterinary Medicine
subject: FOS: Veterinary sciences

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-4-sco-10.1177_2050313X211046726 for Hepatic angiosarcoma: Pitfalls in establishing a diagnosis by Katerina Flabouris, Suzanne McKeen, Deborah Chaves Gomes, Debajyoti Chaudhuri and Patrick Russell in SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
sj-pdf-1-sgo-10.1177_21582440211037303 – Supplemental material for Analysis of the Maturity Level of Business Processes for Science and Technology Parks
Creators: name: Correia, Ana Maria Magalhães
name: Veiga, Claudimar Pereira da
name: Senff, Carlos Otávio
name: Duclós, Luiz Carlos
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 200199 Communication and Media Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Media and communications
subject: 160299 Criminology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Law
subject: Education
subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-sgo-10.1177_21582440211037303 for Analysis of the Maturity Level of Business Processes for Science and Technology Parks by Ana Maria Magalhães Correia, Claudimar Pereira da Veiga, Carlos Otávio Senff and Luiz Carlos Duclós in SAGE Open
title: Experience of Partner Selection and
Relationships for People with
Learning Disabilities
Creators: name: Bates, Claire
Publisher: name: London South Bank University
Year: 2015

description: This original research presents first-hand accounts of intimate aspects of relationships
for people with learning disabilities. Until relatively recently, people with learning
disabilities have been prevented or strongly discouraged from engaging in
relationships. The aim of the research was to understand what adults with learning
disabilities look for in a partner and how these choices influence the relationships they
experience. There has been minimal research which has explored the experiences of
people with learning disabilities in relationships and no studies to date which have
focused on partner section for this group.
A hermeneutic phenomenological study, guided by the theory of Van Manen (1990),
was conducted to directly explore participants’ understandings of relationships. In-depth
interviews were conducted with eleven participants and their interviews were
transcribed to produce written narratives. Their narrative accounts and other
information were utilised to develop participants’ stories in order to enable readers to
understand the experience of being a person with a learning disability in a relationship.
The stories were analysed using an initial exploratory thematic analysis. A second
hermeneutic phenomenological analysis was conducted on the interview transcripts to
identify themes. The findings were examined in relation to attachment theory and
Maslow’s theory of motivation which attribute different levels of significance to love and
relationships.
The analysis revealed that, for people with learning disabilities, love was a ‘basic need’.
Participants wanted a partner to love and to be loved by, someone who treated them
kindly, who was affectionate and who provided companionship. Participants had to
overcome significant barriers such as experiences of abuse and abandonment to
develop relationships. Participants continued to experience other barriers such as a
lack of autonomy due to the influence of staff, family or living environment, as well as
limited social circles and a lack of life opportunities. The research identified that all
participants had been able to overcome the barriers to the development of
relationships. The facilitators to relationships included support from staff, positive role
models within the family, physical affection and companionship. Maslow’s hierarchy
was revised to reflect the value of having a loving relationship with a committed partner
to people with learning disabilities and to identify the support they required to facilitate
and maintain this.
Additional file 2 of Retro-miRs: novel and functional miRNAs originating from mRNA retrotransposition
Creators: name: Mercuri, Rafael L. V.
name: Conceição, Helena B.
name: Guardia, Gabriela D. A.
name: Goldstein, Gabriel
name: Vibranovski, Maria D.
name: Hinske, Ludwig C.
name: Galante, Pedro A. F.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 2: Table S1. Retro-miRs information.
Modeling hydrologic data by means of re-parametrization of Beta-Singh-Maddala distribution
Creators: name: Condino, F.
name: Domma, F.
name: Franceschi, S.
Publisher: name: Universit� degli studi di Bergamo
Year: 2019

description: In this paper we propose a new parametrization of the four-parameters Beta-Singh-Maddala distribution suitable for the context of hydrologic studies. With this aim, we reparameterize the Beta-Singh-Maddala distribution to make its parameters directly interpretable in terms of measures much more relevant for their practical use than the classical shape, location and scale parameters of the parametric families generally used for modeling hydrologic events. Moreover, in order to evaluate how climatic or physic characteristics could affect these measures, we will express them as functions
of a set of covariates that could have an effect separately and/or simultaneously.
title: Investigations Into Incidents Involving The Kindling Chain Of Materials In High-Pressure Oxygen Atmospheres
Creators: name: Benson, Claire Margaret
Publisher: name: London South Bank University
Year: 2015

description: This thesis is a thorough examination of high-pressure enriched oxygen system design
and analysis focussing on material selection and incident investigation. The aims are to
develop a model to predict spontaneous ignition temperatures (SIT), enable the use of
more accessible measurement apparatus, and to devise a scientific methodology to
investigate oxygen incidents.
Chapter 1 contains examples of incidents in high-pressure enriched oxygen and outlines
current methods of material selection and incident investigation. The major flaws with
the current systems are explored and the objectives of this work are identified.
Chapter 2 details the current state of the knowledge in relation to oxygen incidents.
Materials flammability is explored, and the importance of correct material selection is
established. The criteria, standards and test methods currently used to aid this decision
are assessed, and the importance of proper oxygen incident investigation is determined.
Chapter 3 shows a programme of experimental work with details on the use of different
apparatus for the measurement of SITs. Data acquired from the BS 4N 100 bomb test,
and pressurised, and ambient, differential scanning calorimetry are recorded. The use
of Thermal Desorption/Gas Chromatography is explored to identify polymer
evaporation and degradation products.
In Chapter 4 a simple model is developed to adapt SIT allowing calculation of the SIT
of a non-metal in any pressure or oxygen concentration. Data obtained in chapter 3,
and from the literature, is used to validate this model. Data on metals is also collected
from the literature to be incorporated into a methodology demonstrating the kindling
chain.
Chapter 5 covers the development of a ‘tool kit’ for oxygen incident analysis.
Understanding of ignition modes, heat transfer modelling, flow diagrams, and the SIT
model are used to examine past oxygen incidents, and understand kindling chains.
Chapter 6 examines ‘real life’ incidents and applies the Chapter 5 ‘tool kit’ as a clear
scientific methodology, identifying likely incident ignition sources and kindling chains.
Finally Chapter 7 gives conclusions, identifying the successes and limitations of this
work, and points where difficulties were encountered. Areas where further scientific
investigation is required are identified.
Evolution of rural finance in China: institutional "lock in" or gradualism?
Creators: name: JIA, XIANGPING
name: GUO, PEI
Publisher: name: Universit� degli studi di Bergamo
Year: 2008

description: To mobilize savings and credit with earmarked priority to implement development strategies, financial depression and policy-driven financial institutions dominated the rural financial system in China. The ongoing reforms encourage the entry of private capitals into the rural economy to liberalize the rural financial market. By making a retrospective review on the evolution of the rural financial system in China, we find that there has been negligible progress. The policy-led financial institutions ended up as merely a disbursement window and a costly drain on state budget. Institutional changes were blocked by patching up the existing institutions. Current reform faces challenges for a sustainable and pro-poor financial system.
title: Diversity, Inclusion and Equality in
Practice Placements: Experiences of
pre-registration student nurses with
dyslexia
Creators: name: Knowles, Judie
Publisher: name: London South Bank University
Year: 2017

description: The study of the perspectives of student nurses with dyslexia has an
under-represented knowledge base as this is a relatively new branch of
nursing educational research. While researchers have suggested that
those with dyslexia experience deficits of executive functionality within
practice placements, one outstanding area for exploration is the student
nurses’ own lived-experience of the challenges faced in this context.
Using mixed-methods my study investigated this phenomenon. I
replicated some earlier studies examining the students’ perception of the
practice mentor’s provision for learning and student satisfaction with
their clinical learning environment. My study’s data showed that there
was a perception of satisfaction with the quality of practice placements
that were ‘not boring.’ There was apparently little difference in whether
or not students look forward to ‘going to shifts on practice placement’ or
perceive them to be a ‘waste of time’. The environment was perceived to
be ‘very interesting’ for learning. There was a perceived significant
difference in mentor behaviour shown in support of the student’s
learning and toward them as a person the effect of this relationship was
examined further. I also explored interpretations of the students’ own lived-experience of
being a student with dyslexia in the practice placement context. A
probing investigation into the impact of dyslexia within nursing practice
found surprisingly high levels of psychological discriminative abuse (on
issues relating to diversity, inclusion and equality), directed toward this
vulnerable group of students. For the first time pragmatic constraints
around reasonable adjustments were also revealed.
The thesis concludes that there is a role indicated for changes to
normalise diversity, inclusion and equality with reasonable adjustments
in the pedagogy practiced within practice placements. The thesis
strongly suggests future work is needed to further eliminate
discrimination within practice placement education of nurses.
VALUE NOT DUMP
Creators: name: FURIA, SIMONE
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2013

description: ABSTRACT

Introduzione. Riparare il tessuto danneggiato per evitare complicanze postoperatorie e risparmiare il tessuto sano per garantire una buona funzionalit� respiratoria sono due degli obiettivi del chirurgo toracico. Negli anni sono stati introdotti nella pratica clinica numerosi prodotti sintetici che riescono a simulare le caratteristiche meccaniche e fisiologiche del tessuto danneggiato, ma a fronte degli elevati costi, non sempre garantiscono risultati stabili. Il trapianto autologo di cellule staminali adipose (ASC) viene proposto come nuova strategia per promuovere la riparazione dei tessuti dopo l'intervento chirurgico.
Progetto di Ricerca. Il lipocentrifugato con le ASC � stato sottoposto ad una valutazione preclinica mediante saggi in vitro e in vivo per testare il potenziale riparativo sul tessuto polmonare e per chiarire il supposto effetto tumorigenico su eventuali residui neoplastici. Lo studio clinico � stato eseguito su 20 interventi di metastasectomia polmonare eseguita mediante laser di ultima generazione (2010nm wavelength). I principali end-point dello studio erano: 1) la fattibilit� dell?applicazione di cellule staminali nella metastasectomia polmonare mediante laser Thulium (2010nm), 2) incidenza delle perdite aeree postoperatorie prolungate (>7 giorni) 3) fattibilit� del prelievo di cellule staminali a livello della toracotomia sulla base del conteggio delle cellule staminali 4) impatto di questo tipo di procedura sulla funzionalit� polmonare.
Risultati Clinici. Non abbiamo avuto alcun decesso perioperatorio. Dopo rimozione di lesioni centroparenchimali, 4 pazienti hanno sviluppato perdite aeree prolungate. In un paziente il drenaggio pleurico � stato rimosso in POD 13 e 3 pazienti sono stati dimessi con il tubo toracico collegato alla valvola di Heimlich. Non sono stati necessari re interventi per revisione dell?aerostasi. Un paziente ha sviluppato un ematoma nel sito di prelievo del tessuto adiposo. 4 casi di febbre sono stati risolti con terapia antibiotica. Le cellule staminali mesenchimali sono state rilevate in concentrazione> 1% in 13 casi. Et�, sesso chemioterapia preoperatoria e indice di massa corporea non hanno influenzato il numero di cellule staminali. Nessuna significativa riduzione in termini di funzione polmonare � stata rilevata dopo l'intervento chirurgico. In nessun caso sono stati utilizzati materiali sintetici.
Conclusioni. Il nostro studio mostra che il tessuto grasso raccolto a livello dello strato sottocutaneo della toracotomia � una fonte di cellule staminali. I vantaggi portati da questa tecnica combinata possono essere misurati in termini di funzione respiratoria. Con un follow-up di 16 mesi non � stata osservata alcuna recidiva a livello del sito di applicazione del centrifugato adiposo.
Additional file 5 of Retro-miRs: novel and functional miRNAs originating from mRNA retrotransposition
Creators: name: Mercuri, Rafael L. V.
name: Conceição, Helena B.
name: Guardia, Gabriela D. A.
name: Goldstein, Gabriel
name: Vibranovski, Maria D.
name: Hinske, Ludwig C.
name: Galante, Pedro A. F.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 5: Table S4. Conservation of retro-miRs and retrocopies.
sj-docx-1-wmr-10.1177_0734242X211050195 – Supplemental material for WEEE treatment and system management in Italy and Serbia: A comparison
Creators: name: Berežni, Isidora
name: Castro, Francine Duarte
name: Batinić, Bojan
name: Vaccari, Mentore
name: Stanisavljevic, Nemanja
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 99999 Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Other engineering and technologies

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-wmr-10.1177_0734242X211050195 for WEEE treatment and system management in Italy and Serbia: A comparison by Isidora Berežni, Francine Duarte Castro, Bojan Batinić, Mentore Vaccari and Nemanja Stanisavljevic in Waste Management & Research
VALUTAZIONE DI INDICI NON INVASI DI FIBROSI EPATICA NEL CANE
Creators: name: PAGETTI, SILVIA
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: The presence of liver fibrosis should be considered in order to define a correct therapeutical approach in liver diseases of the dog. Histologic evaluation of the liver is considered the gold standard for fibrosis assessment, but tru-cut liver biopsy, even if performed under ultrasound guidance, has some technical limitation and risks. In humans indirect biochemical markers, which reflect alteration in hepatic function, and direct biochemical markers, which reflect extracellular matrix turnover, have been identified.
Objectives: to study the relationship between some non-invasive biochemical markers (AST/ALT ratio, APRI index and Hyaluronic acid HA) and hepatic fibrosis in the dog and to determine their value in the clinical practice.
Methods: 32 blood samples (20 from dogs with chronic hepatitis diagnosed by liver biopsy and 12 from healty dogs) were collected for the study concerning AST/ALT ratio and APRI index.
18 blood samples (6 from pathologic dogs diagnosed by liver biopsy and 12 from healthy dogs) were tested for HA with ELISA immuno-assay.
An histologic staging of liver flogosis and liver fibrosis was set up for this study and the results were compared with non-invasive indexes of liver fibrosis considered.
Results: an AST/ALT ratio of 0.37 has 80% of sensibility and 91.67% of specificity for liver fibrosis in the dog (P< 0,01). No statistic correlation was detected between liver fibrosis and APRI index or HA.
Conclusion: AST/ALT ratio in the dog seems to be correlated with liver fibrosis in the dog. Further studies should be considered to investigate the relation between AST/ALT ratio and the stage of fibrosis in the dog.
VALUTAZIONE DELLA RISPOSTA ALLA TERAPIA CON ANTICOLINESTERASICI NELLA MALATTIA DI ALZHEIMER MEDIANTE STATISTICA SU CASO SINGOLO (N=1)
Creators: name: ZAGO, STEFANO
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2011

description: In the pharmacological treatment of Alzheimer's Disease (AD), evaluation of a cognitive gain or the extinction of some behavioral abnormalities is carried out before and after the pharmacological treatment by means of special tests, scales and/or questionnaires (eg, MMSE, ADAS-cog, NPI, etc.). However, an increase of only a few points in a test or subtest scale has little statistical value per se. Minimal changes in the procedures of carrying out the test or the mood and cognitive state of the patient may account for these differences. Some clinicians also have limited their examinations to subjective impressions rather than real findings of improvement, stability or worsening after treatment. The so-called Clinicians's Interview Based Impression of Change proves to be the a paradigm with a high risk of subjectivity. This work aims to develop a more effective method for evaluating, in AD patients, the effect of therapy cholinesterase inhibitors on mnesic performance through a single case experimental design (N = 1) using the statistical test C. This statistic calculates the probability that the points of a time series are arranged at random or in a statistically significant order, so providing information about the trend of a certain treatment.
Additional file 7 of Retro-miRs: novel and functional miRNAs originating from mRNA retrotransposition
Creators: name: Mercuri, Rafael L. V.
name: Conceição, Helena B.
name: Guardia, Gabriela D. A.
name: Goldstein, Gabriel
name: Vibranovski, Maria D.
name: Hinske, Ludwig C.
name: Galante, Pedro A. F.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 7: Table S6. Average of miRNAs in normal samples.
Investigation of inorganic nanocrystals as electrode material for lithium and sodium ion batteries
Creators: name: CHEN, LIN
Publisher: name: Universit� degli studi di Genova
Year: 2018

description: The worldwide demand for a clean, safe, high specific capacity and high energy rechargeable batteries systems keeps increasing. Li-ion batteries (LIBs) and Na-ion batteries (NIBs) have been proved to be reliable technologies, for a large variety of applications, ranging from portable high-end electronics, stationary.
Next Generation Repositories: Invenio
Creators: name: Yamaji, Kazu
name: Nielsen, Lars Holm
name: Lopez, Jose Benito Gonzalez
name: Hayashi, Yohei
name: Hayashi, Masaharu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Next Generation Repositories
Invenio

description: This work was presented in COAR 2018 Annual Meeting and General Assembly, Hamburg (Germany)
sj-docx-1-rse-10.1177_07419325211047956 – Supplemental material for Examining the Likelihood of Parents’ Homework Involvement With Elementary-Aged Students With Individualized Education Plans
Creators: name: Womack, Tyler A.
name: Johnson, Austin H.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Education
subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 130312 Special Education and Disability
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-rse-10.1177_07419325211047956 for Examining the Likelihood of Parents’ Homework Involvement With Elementary-Aged Students With Individualized Education Plans by Tyler A. Womack and Austin H. Johnson in Remedial and Special Education
Additional file 8 of Retro-miRs: novel and functional miRNAs originating from mRNA retrotransposition
Creators: name: Mercuri, Rafael L. V.
name: Conceição, Helena B.
name: Guardia, Gabriela D. A.
name: Goldstein, Gabriel
name: Vibranovski, Maria D.
name: Hinske, Ludwig C.
name: Galante, Pedro A. F.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 8: Table S7. Experimental validation of retro-miRs.
Multivariate geostatistical tools for time series modeling and prediction
Creators: name: De Iaco, S.
name: Maggio, S.
name: Palma, M.
name: Pellegrino, D.
Publisher: name: Universit� degli studi di Bergamo
Year: 2019

description: Modeling and prediction multivariate geostatistical techniques can be successfully applied to study the temporal behaviour of several correlated time series. In particular, in the time domain, by using variogram-based tools the analyst can easily a) identify trend and periodicity which characterize each time series, b) fit a properly Multivariate Linear Temporal (MLT) model to multiple correlated time series, c) predict the variable of interest (primary variable) at some time points after the last available observation, by taking into account the fitted model as well as the auxiliary information coming from the secondary variables. In this paper the convenience of performing a complete analysis of multiple correlated time series on the basis of geostatistical tools is illustrated through a case study concerning three environmental variables. As regards the computational aspects, a new version of the GSLib Cokb3d routine has been implemented for prediction purposes.
sj-docx-2-cpc-10.1177_10556656211040015 - Supplemental material for Maternal Cigarette Smoking and Cleft Lip and Palate: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Creators: name: Fell, Matthew
name: Dack, Kyle
name: Chummun, Shaheel
name: Sandy, Jonathan
name: Wren, Yvonne
name: Lewis, Sarah
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 110323 Surgery
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-2-cpc-10.1177_10556656211040015 for Maternal Cigarette Smoking and Cleft Lip and Palate: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Matthew Fell, Kyle Dack, Shaheel Chummun, Jonathan Sandy, Yvonne Wren and Sarah Lewis in The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal
Additional file 1 of Retro-miRs: novel and functional miRNAs originating from mRNA retrotransposition
Creators: name: Mercuri, Rafael L. V.
name: Conceição, Helena B.
name: Guardia, Gabriela D. A.
name: Goldstein, Gabriel
name: Vibranovski, Maria D.
name: Hinske, Ludwig C.
name: Galante, Pedro A. F.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. Exonic miRNAs already present in their parental gene sequences. Figure S2. Retro-miRs spanning two exons. Figure S3. Parental genes without exonic miRNA. Figure S4. Regions with and without evidence of a stem loop. Figure S5. Retro-miRs loci are transcribed and have nearby Cis Regulatory Elements. Figure S6. Gene ontology analyses of retro-miRs targets.
Elements of Globally Competent Teaching in Pre-Service and In-Service Agricultural Educators after Participation in a Maymester Study Abroad Program to Jamaica
Creators: name: Grant, Melissia Ann
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2021
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: In today’s evolving classrooms, educators are tasked with going beyond providing the necessary content knowledge to reach the needs of their students. In addition to effectively differentiating instruction, global competency skills have become an increasingly pressing concern as the American society gradually becomes more diverse. In response, recent programs and supports have been created to allow prospective teacher candidates to develop their global competence to better meet the needs of an increasingly diverse and globally connected society.An explanatory sequential mixed methods research design examined how participation in a short-term study abroad can impact teachers’ empathetic dispositions related to globally competent teaching practices. Quantitative data was first collected through an online Qualtrics questionnaire from pre-service, in-service, and other agricultural educators (n=36) who participated in a short-term study abroad experience in Jamaica from 2015-2019. Following the online questionnaire, four virtual follow-up focus groups were conducted via Zoom to further explore the collection and analysis of study participants’ self-rated stage of empathy development along the Globally Complement Teaching and Learning Continuum. Inductive coding revealed themes for both internal and external factors influencing study participants’ rationale and desired movement along the continuum.Overall, participants acknowledged the transformative experience during the short-term study abroad to Jamaica as an external factor for building competence in the dispositions element of empathy and valuing multiple perspectives. Implications for practice and suggestions for future research were provided to help agricultural educators develop globally competent teaching practices.
UN MODELLO PER LA VALUTAZIONE DELLA MULTIFUNZIONALIT� DELL�ATTIVIT� ALPESTRE (MULTIALP)
Creators: name: MORANDA, GIOVANNI
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: A model for the evaluation of the multifunctionality of the alpine pastures
(MULTIALP)

Abstract

Alpine pastures continually decreases in years, despite is recognized to it several intrinsic
positivities of great importance for the entire community.
The model MULTIALP (model for the evaluation of the multifunctionality of the Alpine Pastures) is aimed to analyze the multifunctional aspects of the alpine pastoralism. This is done using three Macro functions: Production, Ecological and Touristic-social-cultural ones, defined
by a series of indexes and components (properly weighed). The observed sample consisting
mainly of alpine pastures laying in the alpine area of Lombardy, especially in the district of the Camonica Valley (province of Brescia) and in the bordering provinces of Sondrio and Bergamo.
With the goal to expanding the model to other situations, pastures (of which we had enough
informations) of the district of Cesen, between the provinces of Treviso and Belluno in the
Region of Veneto, were also sampled.
The used method involved a long and complex phase of harvest and classification of the
information, also using GIS software (Arcgis). Later, pastures have been classified by the values of the three macro-functions and the stability of the ranking was tested using the sensitivity analysis.
The clustering of the pastures defined homogeneous groups where similar practices of
improvement apply, according to the multifunctionality. For the whole sample conflicting situations have emerged. Lacks in the touristic-social and historical aspects have been more frequently, while the productive aspect results the most favorable. This should be in relation with the structural and infrastructural investments made in recent decades, mainly aimed at improving living conditions for staff and animals.
Acute Epiploic Appendagitis
Creators: name: Johal, Kalvin
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: CT
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Acute

description: Clinical History Image Findings Discussion Find Diagnosis Differential Diagnosis
description: female, 54 years
description: Clinical History: 54 y/o female with a background of hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus and previous appendicectomy presented to A&E c/o lower abdominal pain.The patient described a constant sharp pain in the RIF with no radiation. She was afebrile with... Final Diagnosis: Acute Epiploic Appendagitis
The Rigler triad in gallstone ileus
Creators: name: DE WILDE, Charlotte
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biliary Tract / Gallbladder
subject: Small bowel
subject: CT
subject: Plain radiographic studies
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: Education
subject: Calcifications / Calculi
subject: Fistula

description: Clinical History Image Findings Discussion Find Diagnosis Differential Diagnosis
description: female, 82 years
description: Clinical History: An 82-year-old, previously healthy lady presents at the emergency department with acute-onset abdominal pain. She complains of vomiting, cessation of flatus, high pitched bowel sounds and rebound tenderness. Laboratory results revealedelevated gamma... Final Diagnosis: Gallstone ileus
Building A Tensegrity-Based Computational Model to Understand Endothelial Alignment Under Flow
Creators: name: Muhtaseb, Tamara Habes Al
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biomedical engineering not elsewhere classified

description: Endothelial cells form the lining of the walls of blood vessels and are continuously subjected to mechanical stimuli from the blood flow. Microtubule-organizing center (MTOC),
also known as centrosome is a structure found in eukaryotic cells close to the nucleus. MTOC relocates relative to the nucleus when endothelial cells are exposed to shear stress which determines their polarization, thus it plays a critical role in cell migration and wound healing. The nuclear lamina, a mesh-like network that lies underneath the nuclear membrane, is composed of lamins, type V intermediate filament proteins. Mutations in LMNA gene that encodes A-type lamins cause the production of a mutant form of lamin A called progerin and leads to a rare premature aging disease known as Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome
(HGPS). The goal of this study is to investigate how fluid flow affects the cytoskeleton of endothelial cells.
This thesis consists of two main sections; computational mechanical modeling and laboratory experimental work. The mechanical model was implemented using Ansys Workbench software as a tensegrity-based cellular model in order to simulate the state of an endothelial cell under the effects of induced shear stress from the blood fluid flow. This tensegrity-based cellular model - composed of a plasma membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus, microtubules, and
actin filaments - aims to understand the effects of the fluid flow on the mechanics of the cytoskeleton. In addition, the laboratory experiments conducted in this study examined the MTOC-nuclear orientation of endothelial cells under shear stress with the presence of wound healing. Wild-type lamin A and progerin-expressing BAECs were studied under static and sheared conditions.
 Moreover, a custom MATLAB code was utilized to measure the MTOC-nuclear orientationangle and classification. Results demonstrate that shear stress leads to different responses of the MTOC orientation between the wild-type and progerin-expressing cells around the vertical wound edge. Future directions for this study involve additional experimental work together with the improved simulation results to confirm the MTOC orientation
relative to the nucleus under shear stress.
title: Extraterritorial Images: Visual Presence and Absence
in the Representation of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla
Creators: name: Amir, Maayan
Publisher: name: Goldsmiths, University of London
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Extraterritoriality, Extraterritorial Images, Gaza, Gaza Freedom Flotilla, Representation, Presence, Absence, Visual documentation, Legal systems

description: My thesis examines contemporary manifestations of extraterritoriality and the logic of extraterritorial representation by looking at a concrete study case: the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. On May 31, 2010, a convoy of six vessels carrying humanitarian aid and protesting the Israeli seige of Gaza was attacked in the international waters of the Mediteranean. The Israeli attack began with an attempt to shut down all satellite connections to and from a flotilla, and marked the beginning of a conflict of images. On board the largest vessel, the Mavi Marmara, the confrontation resulted in the death of ten activists. After taking control of the ships, the Israeli military confiscated all memory cards of cameras, mobile phones, and hard discs. The flotilla has been the subject of national and international procedures ever since, including a court case brought before the Criminal Court at Istanbul in 2012 against senior Israeli commanders, which has been taking place since in absentia. My dissertation investigates the complex logic of the event and its aftermath, focusing on the notion of extraterritoriality—geographical, legal and political, but also visual—in order to reflect on the effort to control vital visual documentation. Viewed from this perspective, extraterritoriality applies not only to people and spaces, as the concept has traditionally been understood, but also may be applied to images when the latter are excluded or exempted from one law system and subjected to another. In the flotilla case, important visual documentation has been kept at a legal distance precisely in order to keep it away from investigations in which it may potentially serve as vital evidence. My suggestion is that the concept of extraterritoriality may help us understand the way in which these images have been legally excluded from public scrutiny, especially in cases involving a conflict between competing legal systems.
TRAFFICKING OF ALPHA SECRETASE ADAM10: NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF MODULATION
Creators: name: SARACENO, CLAUDIA
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: ADAM10 (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase 10) is the most accredited candidate as alpha-secretase in the amyloid cascade, since it prevents Abeta formation. ADAM10 is synthesized in an inactive form, which is proteolytically activated during its forward transport along the secretory pathway and at the plasma membrane. Therefore, modulation of its trafficking could provide a mechanism to finely tune its activity. We reported that ADAM10 interacts directly with SAP97, a protein involved in trafficking of glutamate receptors, and this interaction is required for ADAM10 localization and enzymatic activity at postsynaptic membranes. It has been shown that PKC activation stimulates alpha-secretase activity and inhibits the secretion of Abeta. In particular, Alzheimer's disease patients have been reported to have lower levels of PKC activity. Moreover, PKC activity may regulate the subcellular localization of ADAM10.
In this framework, the aim of our study is to investigate the involvement of ADAM10/SAP97 complex in the mechanism underlying PKC-induced alpha-secretase activation.
Here we report that 30 minutes in vitro PKC activation via Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate (PDBu) induces an increase of ADAM10 levels in the postsynaptic compartment and a parallel reduction of enzyme level in the microsomal fraction. To evaluate the role of ADAM10/SAP97 complex in ADAM10 secretory trafficking, we took advantage of a cell-permeable peptide, Tat-Pro ADAM10709-729, which mimics the proline-rich region of ADAM10, responsible for its association to SAP97 and consequently interferes with ADAM10/SAP97 interaction. The treatment with the Tat-Pro ADAM10709-729 peptide is able to prevent PDBu-induced ADAM10 trafficking to the postsynaptic compartment, suggesting an involvement of SAP97.
Quantum Geometry of Topological Phases of Matter
Creators: name: Chen, Ying-Kang
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2021
Subjects: Condensed matter physics not elsewhere classified

description: Quantum Hall states are prototypical topological states of matter whose Hall conductance is topologically quantized to an integer or rational fraction multiple of the fundamental conductance quantum. A significant consequence of this quantization is that the Hall conductance value can be made independent of variations from device to device, within acceptable limits. Such topologically quantized properties are thus highly desirable for metrology or industrial purposes. Formulating a microscopic picture of fractional quantum Hall states and the characterization of all topological responses of quantum Hall states are frontier areas of condensed matter research, with far reaching technological consequences such as realizing anyonic topological quantum computation. In this dissertation, I will present my research on these topics.
Additional file 4 of Retro-miRs: novel and functional miRNAs originating from mRNA retrotransposition
Creators: name: Mercuri, Rafael L. V.
name: Conceição, Helena B.
name: Guardia, Gabriela D. A.
name: Goldstein, Gabriel
name: Vibranovski, Maria D.
name: Hinske, Ludwig C.
name: Galante, Pedro A. F.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 4: Table S3. Duplications of protein coding genes containing exonic miRNAs.
La gestion des risques op�rationnels dans les institutions de microfinance. Une approche exploratoire
Creators: name: TCHAKOUTE TCHUIGOUA, HUBERT
name: LAMARQUE, ERIC
Publisher: name: Universit� degli studi di Bergamo
Year: 2009

description: In the microfinance institutions, which foster the approach to financial services by people excluded from the banking sector, the issue of operational risk management is very little explored. Starting from this observation, the research aims to identify operational risk management practices in microfinance institutions through an exploratory approach. The study of three cases of microfinance institutions allows to draw two main conclusions: the system for operational risk management is organized around the regulation of behavior. In addition, differences in operational risk management practices are attributable to the degree of integration of MFIs through networks.
Additional file 6 of Retro-miRs: novel and functional miRNAs originating from mRNA retrotransposition
Creators: name: Mercuri, Rafael L. V.
name: Conceição, Helena B.
name: Guardia, Gabriela D. A.
name: Goldstein, Gabriel
name: Vibranovski, Maria D.
name: Hinske, Ludwig C.
name: Galante, Pedro A. F.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 6: Table S5. Dn/Ds analysis.
SGLT-1: A NEW THERAPEUTIC STRATEGY TO MAINTAINS INTESTINAL EPITHELIAL INTEGRITY AND BARRIER FUNCTION
Creators: name: CARDANI, DIEGO
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2013

description: Previous findings revealed that engagement of SGLT-1 by orally administered D-glucose protects the intestinal mucosa from lipopolysaccharides (LPS)-induced injury. Here, we tested whether engagement of SGLT-1 protected also from doxorubicin (DXR)/5-fluorouracil (5-FU)-induced and DSS-induced intestinal injuries using a new synthetic compound named BLF501 as SGLT-1 agonist.
A large set of experiments was performed in order to assess damages induction and recovery after treatment with DXR/5-FU and DSS with or without co-treatment with BLF501 with particular attention for intestinal epithelial integrity. We evaluated the preservation of correct epithelial structure, correct formation and functionality of junctional systems, electrophisiological properties and physiological functionality of small and large intestine.
In conclusion, oral administration of BLF501 greatly accelerated recovery from mucosal injury induced by DXR (alone or in combination with 5-FU) and DSS. These data suggest a novel therapeutic approach to reduce the severity of chemotherapy-induced mucositis and a new approach for IBDs treatment.
SOCIAL CAPITAL, TRUST AND LEGAL INSTITUTIONS
Creators: name: ZULETA FERRARI, MARIANA
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: During the last decades there has been a growing perception that institutional frameworks, such as political regimes, the welfare state and economic systems, which had once been taken for granted, are now showing their flaws and inefficiencies. Nowadays, it is not surprising to read and feel that modern democracies are undergoing a crisis of trust in the institutions that once would have granted them stability. These circumstances have created a sense of uncertainty, discomfort and reaction from different societies. The implications of this situation on legal theory cannot be disguised. Some scholars have ventured in saying that such declining trust in institutions shows a failure of law, in the sense that the existent legal system has not been able to support or foster the legitimacy framework suitable for the efficient functioning of the public sector. In this sense, the present Ph.D. thesis proposes the social capital theory as an innovative approach to address the described circumstances, with particular focus on the issue of trust in legal institutions. To this end, the present thesis firstly analyzes the theory of social capital and its implications in modern sociology of law. Secondly, the social capital approach is applied to the study of the legal institutions in a concrete case: the Argentina case. In this sense, a specific quantitative survey on social capital, institutions, trust and law was carried out in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. The results obtained provide a better illustration of the main hypothesis proposed in the initial chapters of the present work.