cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Impact of Hospitalization for Acute Myocardial Infarction on Adherence to Statins Among Older Adults
Creators: name: Kronish, Ian M.
name: Ross, Joseph S.
name: Zhao, Hong
name: Muntner, Paul
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Myocardial infarction
Statins (Cardiovascular agents)
Patient compliance
Hospital utilization

description: Background—Little is known about the impact of hospitalization for an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) on subsequent adherence to statins.

Methods and Results—Using administrative claims from a 5% random sample of Medicare beneficiaries, we identified a cohort of Medicare patients aged ≥65 years, hospitalized from 2007 to 2011, taking statins in the year before AMI hospitalization (n=6618). We then determined the proportion of patients nonadherent to statins (proportion of days covered <80%) in the year before AMI hospitalization who became statin adherent (proportion of days covered ≥80%) in the year after AMI hospitalization. The proportion of statin-adherent patients who became nonadherent was also studied. These proportions were compared with patients hospitalized for pneumonia (n=11 471) and patients not hospitalized (n=158 099) in 2010 and 2011. Among patients nonadherent to statins before AMI hospitalization, 37.7% became adherent after discharge. Patients hospitalized for AMI were more likely to become adherent than patients hospitalized for pneumonia (adjusted relative risk: 1.70; 95% confidence interval, 1.57–1.84) or patients not hospitalized (adjusted relative risk: 1.79; 95% confidence interval, 1.68–1.90). Among patients adherent to statins before AMI hospitalization, 32.6% became nonadherent after discharge. Those hospitalized for AMI were less likely to become nonadherent than those hospitalized for pneumonia (adjusted relative risk: 0.93; 95% confidence interval 0.88–0.98) but more likely to become nonadherent than patients without hospitalizations (adjusted relative risk: 1.41; 95% confidence interval, 1.35–1.48).

Conclusions—Among nonadherent patients, hospitalization for AMI was associated with increased likelihood of becoming adherent to statins compared with hospitalization for pneumonia or no hospitalizations. Among adherent patients, hospitalization for AMI was associated with increased likelihood of becoming nonadherent to statins compared with no hospitalizations.
Absence of anomalous negative lattice-expansion for polycrystalline sample of Tb2Ti2O7
Creators: name: Goto, Kazuki
name: Takatsu, Hiroshi
name: Taniguchi, Tomohiro
name: Kadowaki, Hiroaki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: High resolution X-ray powder-diffraction experiments on a well-characterized polycrystalline sample of the spin liquid Tb2Ti2O7 reveal that it shows normal positive thermal-expansion above 4 K, which does not agree with the intriguing anomalous negative thermal-expansion due to a magneto-elastic coupling reported for a single crystal sample below 20 K. We also performed a Rietveld profile refinement of a powder-diffraction pattern taken at a room temperature, and confirmed that it is consistent with the fully ordered cubic pyrochlore structure.
description: 2 pages, 3 figures
Critical influence of target-to-substrate distance on conductive properties of LaGaO3/SrTiO3 interfaces deposited at 10-1 mbar oxygen pressure
Creators: name: Aruta, Carmela
name: Amoruso, Salvarore
name: Ausanio, Giovanni
name: Bruzzese, Riccardo
name: Di Gennaro, Emiliano
name: Lanzano, Marco
name: Granozio, Fabio Miletto
name: Riaz, Muhammad
name: Sambri, Alessia
name: di Uccio, Umberto Scotti
name: Wang, Xuan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate pulsed laser deposition of LaGaO3/SrTiO3 at 10-1 mbar oxygen background pressure, demonstrating the critical effect of the target-to-substrate distance, dTS, on the interface sheet resistance, Rs. The interface turns from insulating to metallic by progressively decreasing dTS. The analysis of the LaGaO3 plume evidences the important role of the plume propagation dynamics on the interface properties. These results demonstrate the growth of conducting interfaces at an oxygen pressure of 10-1 mbar, an experimental condition where a well-oxygenated heterostructures with a reduced content of oxygen defects is expected.
description: 16 pages, 3 figures
title: Security and convenience of a central bank digital currency
Creators: name: Kahn, Charles M.
name: Rivadeneyra, Francisco
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2020

description: An anonymous token-based central bank digital currency (CBDC) would pose certain security risks to users. These risks arise from how balances are aggregated, from their transactional use and from the competition between suppliers of aggregation solutions.

description: Une monnaie numérique de banque centrale (MNBC) anonyme sous forme de jetons présenterait certains risques de sécurité pour les utilisateurs. Ces risques tiennent aux méthodes d’agrégation, au rôle des jetons comme intermédiaire des échanges et à la concurrence entre les fournisseurs de solutions d’agrégation.
Coincidence Problem in Cyclic Phantom Models of the Universe
Creators: name: Chang, Hui-Yiing
name: Scherrer, Robert J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine cyclic phantom models for the universe, in which the universe is dominated sequentially by radiation, matter, and a phantom dark energy field, followed by a standard inflationary phase. Since this cycle repeats endlessly, the Universe spends a substantial portion of its lifetime in a state for which the matter and dark energy densities have comparable magnitudes, thus ameliorating the coincidence problem. We calculate the fraction of time that the universe spends in such a coincidental state and find that it is nearly the same as in the case of a phantom model with a future big rip. In the limit where the dark energy equation of state parameter, w, is close to -1, we show that the fraction of time, f, for which the ratio of the dark energy density to the matter density lies between r_1 and r_2, is f = -(1+w) ln [(\sqrt{r_2} + \sqrt{1+r_2})/(\sqrt{r_1} + \sqrt{1+r_1})].
description: 4 pages, no figures, discussion and references added
title: Dose calibration factor of an OSL dosimeter during CT examination to measure exposure dose of patients taking into consideration proper X-ray quality
Creators: name: Takegami, Kazuki
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Performed at one institution
subject: CT
subject: Radioprotection / Radiation dose
subject: CT
subject: Experimental
subject: Dosimetry
subject: Physics
subject: Dosimetric comparison
subject: Not applicable
subject: Experimental

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: Recently, patients have more opportunities to have CT examinations [1] and the radiation doses to the patients have also increased. It is increasingly important to consider the balance between radiation dose and image quality [2]. In order to...
X-Ray View of the Shock Front in the Merging Cluster Abell 3376 with Suzaku
Creators: name: Akamatsu, Hiroki
name: Takizawa, Motokazu
name: Nakazawa, Kazuhiro
name: Fukazawa, Yasushi
name: Ishisaki, Yoshitaka
name: Ohashi, Takaya
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on a Suzaku measurement of the shock feature associated with the western radio relic in the merging cluster A3376. The temperature profile is characterized by an almost flat radial shape with kT ~ 4 keV within 0.5 r200 and a rise by about 1 keV inside the radio relic. Across the relic region (0.6-0.8 r200), the temperature shows a remarkable drop from about 4.7 keV to 1.3 keV. This is a clear evidence that the radio relic really corresponds to a shock front possibly caused by a past major merger. The observed sharp changes of the temperature and electron density indicate the Mach number M~3. The radial entropy profile is flatter than the prediction (r^1.1) of numerical simulations within 0.5 r200}, and becomes steeper around the relic region. These observed features and time-scale estimation consistently imply that the ICM around the radio relic has experienced a merger shock and is in the middle of the process of dynamical and thermal relaxation.
description: Accepted for publication in PASJ (12 pages, 6 figures)
Role identity: at the intersection of organizational socialization and individual sensemaking of new principals and vice-principals
Creators: name: Grodzki, John S.
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2010

description: Bibliography: p. 236-253
description: There has been an increase in educational leadership research in recent years. This has occurred in the midst of growing concerns for developing better succession, leadership development, and preparedness programs due to an aging workforce and high retirement rates of educational administrators. The primary purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the interactions between the organizational socialization of new administrators, their individual sensemaking and perceptions of self-efficacy, and their subsequent role identity development. This study provides insights into the processes of organizational socialization, and if these align to meet the goals of the organization and the needs individual administrators. This study of one mid-sized Canadian school district employed a case study approach to uncover and document the influences of organizational socialization, sensemaking, and perceptions of self-efficacy on the development of new administrators' role identities. Data sources included in-depth, semi-structured and follow-up interviews with 18 participants. The participants included two administration candidates, eight vice­principals, six principals, and two senior district administrators. Interview data were supplemented by a review of relevant district documents and the researcher's observation field notes. Data collection occurred during the course of the 2009/2010 school year. The findings are presented in three sections: (1) the nature of organizational socialization; (2) the nature of sensemaking and perceptions of self-efficacy; and (3) the nature of role identity. The findings describe formal and informal socialization processes experienced by new and transitioning administrators, how new administrators made sense of their socialization, and how these processes influenced the development of their role identity and subsequent practice. The study revealed that, although new administrators experienced a number of formal and informal socialization processes, the majority felt unprepared upon assuming their new roles. As a result, some questioned their decision to enter into administration and expressed concern about their present and future job satisfaction. A new framework for considering the organizational socialization of new administrators is presented and recommendations are offered for policy makers and for further research. This study will be of interest to those responsible for planning succession, professional development, and administrator preparedness programs.
title: Liquidity Usage and Payment Delay Estimates of the New Canadian High Value Payments System
Creators: name: Rivadeneyra, Francisco
name: Zhang, Nellie
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2020

description: As part of modernizing its core payments infrastructure, Canada will replace the Large Value Transfer System (LVTS) with a new Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system called Lynx. An important question for policy-makers is how Lynx should be designed.

description: Dans le cadre de la modernisation de son infrastructure de systèmes de paiement de base, le Canada remplacera le Système de transfert de paiements de grande valeur (STPGV) par un nouveau système à règlement brut en temps réel (RBTR) nommé Lynx. Une des questions cruciales pour les décideurs concerne la façon dont Lynx devrait être conçu.
title: Is Central Bank Currency Fundamental to the Monetary System?
Creators: name: Armelius, Hanna
name: Claussen, Carl Andreas
name: Hendry, Scott
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2020

description: In this paper, we discuss whether the ability of individuals to convert commercial bank money (i.e., bank deposits) into central bank money is fundamentally important for the monetary system. This is a significant question since the use of cash—the only form of central bank money that the public currently has access to—is declining rapidly in many countries. The question is highly relevant to the discussion around whether central banks need to issue a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC). We conclude that depositors’ need for control could be a reason why cash or a CBDC is essential, even in countries with strong measures safeguarding commercial bank money.

description: Dans cette étude, nous cherchons à déterminer si la capacité des personnes à convertir la monnaie de banque commerciale, soit les dépôts bancaires, en monnaie de banque centrale revêt une importance fondamentale pour le système monétaire. Cette question est importante puisque l’utilisation de l’argent comptant – seule forme de monnaie de banque centrale actuellement accessible au public – diminue rapidement dans de nombreux pays. Elle entre certainement en ligne de compte dans le débat sur la question de savoir si les banques centrales doivent ou non émettre une monnaie numérique de banque centrale (MNBC) de détail. Nous concluons que le besoin de contrôle des déposants pourrait expliquer pourquoi les espèces ou une MNBC sont essentielles, même dans les pays dotés de mesures rigoureuses pour protéger la monnaie de banque commerciale.
title: Facial Fractures in the Geriatric Population
Creators: name: Lin, Chun-Yi
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Performed at one institution
subject: Observational
subject: Retrospective
subject: Trauma
subject: Education and training
subject: Experimental investigations
subject: Education
subject: Decision analysis
subject: CT
subject: Emergency
subject: CNS
subject: Bones
subject: CT

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: An increasing prevalence of facial trauma in elderly people has been reported for the tendency of more active lifestylesand increased life expectancy among geriatric population. To investigate the characteristics of mechanism, pattern and management...
Foraging behaviour and reproductive season habitat selection of northeast pacific porpoises
Creators: name: Hall, Anna Marie
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Behavioural observations are fundamental to understanding and defining the habitat needs of animals. I compiled the behavioural repertoires reported for harbour (Phocoena phocoena) and Dall’s porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) by classifying the life processes of phocoenids into 12 descriptive categories. This range-wide review revealed complex sexual and social behaviours, similar foraging behaviours and breeding site fidelity, as well as differences in habitat selection between these two northern hemisphere species. I also conducted a fine-scale field study of harbour porpoise foraging behaviour at two sites in Juan de Fuca Strait (British Columbia) using point transect survey data (2007–2008), and platforms of opportunity data (1995–1996, 1998–2008) to determine the physical conditions under which harbour porpoise foraged and the extent to which they displayed specialised behaviours. I examined harbour porpoise presence, density and group sizes relative to tidal currents, tidal variation, lunar phase, lunar position, solar position, diurnality, seasonality and presence of conspecifics—and found that greater numbers of harbour porpoise occurred on the ebb current during the spring tides. Numbers of porpoise increased three-fold between April and October, when calves and high-energy behaviours were also more prevalent. To identify porpoise breeding habitat in the inland waters of southern British Columbia and northwestern Washington, I used systematically and opportunistically collected sightings of harbour and Dall’s porpoise (1991–2008), and compared group sizes and frequency of occurrences for both species relative to bathymetry and tidal speeds. Overall, I found that both species selected bathymetrically differentiated habitats that were characterized by high rates of tidal mixing (with harbour porpoise preferring regions ≤100 m, and Dall’s porpoise preferring 151 – 250 m). Spatial analysis identified two separate areas that may be species-specific breeding habitats—the first to be identified for either species in this region. In summary, harbour porpoise maintained stable group sizes and used tidally well-mixed foraging sites on a temporary but predictable basis. Dall’s porpoise were associated with these same areas, but habitat partitioning associated with differences in bathymetry occurred in important breeding areas that may account for the coastal parapatric distribution of these two high trophic level predators.
title: Clinical Feasibility of High-Resolution Contrast-Enhanced Dynamic T1-Weighted MR Imaging of the Upper Abdomen Using Compressed Sensing
Creators: name: Kim, Yeonsoo
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Abdominal Viscera
subject: Liver
subject: MR physics
subject: Pancreas
subject: MR
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: Image compression
subject: Image verification
subject: Retrospective
subject: Case-control study
subject: Performed at one institution

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: MRI is an important imaging modality for noninvasive examination with a lack of radiation hazard [1]. Especially MRI is useful in the evaluation of biliary-pancreatic disease because it provides excellent visualization of anatomic structure...
Comparative Cost-Effectiveness of Conservative or Intensive Blood Pressure Treatment Guidelines in Adults Aged 35-74 Years: The Cardiovascular Disease Policy Model
Creators: name: Moise, Nathalie
name: Huang, Chen
name: Rodgers, Anthony
name: Kohli-Lynch, Ciaran Navin
name: Tzong, Keane Y.
name: Coxson, Pamela G.
name: Bibbins-Domingo, Kirsten
name: Goldman, Lee
name: Moran, Andrew
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Cardiovascular system--Diseases
Blood pressure--Regulation
Medical care--Cost effectiveness
Hypertension--Treatment

description: The population health effect and cost-effectiveness of implementing intensive blood pressure goals in high-cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk adults have not been described. Using the CVD Policy Model, CVD events, treatment costs, quality-adjusted life years, and drug and monitoring costs were simulated over 2016 to 2026 for hypertensive patients aged 35 to 74 years. We projected the effectiveness and costs of hypertension treatment according to the 2003 Joint National Committee (JNC)-7 or 2014 JNC8 guidelines, and then for adults aged ≥50 years, we assessed the cost-effectiveness of adding an intensive goal of systolic blood pressure <120 mm Hg for patients with CVD, chronic kidney disease, or 10-year CVD risk ≥15%. Incremental cost-effectiveness ratios
title: Use of a rock ramp for grade control - Dueñas Bridge case
title: Hydrology days 2004
titleType: AlternativeTitle
title: AGU hydrology days 2004
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Kuroiwa, Julio M.
name: Mansen, Alfredo J.
name: Rodriguez, Edgar
name: Colorado State University, Publisher
Publisher: name: Mountain Scholar
Year: 2004

description: 24th annual AGU hydrology days was held at Colorado State University on March 10-12, 2004.
description: Includes bibliographical references.
description: In October 2001, and inspector from Inversiones Metropolitanas (INVERMET – a Lima city agency) discovered that significant scour had occurred underneath the right abutment of Dueñas Bridge. The bridge designers as well as a team of experts was invited to solve the problem. The authors accepted the invitation to participate in the solution. During the course of the investigation, it was evident that the rive morphology had changed dramatically since the construction of the bridge. A rock ramp was proposed to stabilize the stream at the Dueñas Bridge. This structure has been in service for three years now. This paper deals with the findings of the authors with respect to the evolution of the river morphology and the temporary solution that was adopted for protecting the bridge's foundation.
title: Fournier’s gangrene: An imaging approach
Creators: name: Piqué, Guiomar
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Performed at one institution
subject: Observational
subject: Retrospective
subject: Acute
subject: Abscess
subject: Surgery
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Complications
subject: Ultrasound-Power Doppler
subject: CT
subject: Urinary Tract / Bladder
subject: Genital / Reproductive system male
subject: Emergency
subject: Emergency Imaging

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: The aim of this study is to describe 5 clinical cases of Fournier’s Gangrene and identify the main radiological findings in plain abdominal X-ray, ultrasound and computer tomography (CT), as well as to describe the general differential diagnostic...
title: The Canadian corporate investment gap
Creators: name: D'Souza, Christopher
name: Grieder, Timothy
name: Hyun, Daniel
name: Witmer, Jonathan
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2020

description: Business investment has been lower than expected in Canada and abroad since the financial crisis of 2007–09. This corporate investment gap is mirrored in firms’ other financing decisions, as they have increased cash holdings and dividend payments and decreased issuance of debt and equity.

description: Les investissements des entreprises ont été plus bas que prévu au Canada et à l’étranger depuis la crise financière de 2007-2009. Cet écart se reflète dans les autres décisions financières des sociétés, celles-ci ayant en effet accru leurs liquidités et versements de dividendes et diminué leurs émissions d’obligations et d’actions.
A Biobehavioral Framework to Address the Emerging Challenge of Multimorbidity
Creators: name: Suls, Jerry
name: Green, Paige A.
name: Davidson, Karina W.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Comorbidity
Medicine, Psychosomatic
Medicine
Clinical health psychology

description: Multimorbidity, the co-occurrence of multiple physical or psychological illnesses, is prevalent particularly among older adults. The number of Americans with multiple chronic diseases is projected to increase from 57 million in 2000 to 81 million in 2020. However, behavioral medicine and health psychology, while focusing on the co-occurrence of psychological/psychiatric disorders with primary medical morbidities, have historically tended to ignore the co-occurrence of primary medical comorbidities, such as diabetes and cancer, and their biopsychosocial implications. This approach may hinder our ecologically valid understanding of the etiology, prevention, and treatment for individual patients with multimorbidity. In this selective review, we propose a heuristic biobehavioral framework for the etiology of multimorbidity. More acknowledgment and systematic research on multiple, co-existing disorders in behavioral medicine are consistent with the biopsychosocial model's emphasis on treating the “whole person,” which means not considering any single illness, its symptoms, risk factors, or mechanisms, in isolation. As systems analytics, big data, machine learning, and mixed-model trajectory analyses, among others, come online and become more widely available, we may be able to tackle multimorbidity more holistically, efficiently, and satisfactorily.
QRB-Domains and the Probabilistic Powerdomain
Creators: name: Goubault-Larrecq, Jean
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Programming Languages (cs.PL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: D.3.1, F.1.2, F.3.2

description: Is there any Cartesian-closed category of continuous domains that would be closed under Jones and Plotkin's probabilistic powerdomain construction? This is a major open problem in the area of denotational semantics of probabilistic higher-order languages. We relax the question, and look for quasi-continuous dcpos instead. We introduce a natural class of such quasi-continuous dcpos, the omega-QRB-domains. We show that they form a category omega-QRB with pleasing properties: omega-QRB is closed under the probabilistic powerdomain functor, under finite products, under taking bilimits of expanding sequences, under retracts, and even under so-called quasi-retracts. But... omega-QRB is not Cartesian closed. We conclude by showing that the QRB domains are just one half of an FS-domain, merely lacking control.
description: 32 pages, 7 figures. An extended abstract already appeared in Proc. 25th Annual IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science (LICS'10)
title: Classical Decomposition of Markowitz Portfolio Selection
Creators: name: Demone, Christopher
name: Di Matteo, Olivia
name: Collignon, Barbara
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2020

description: In this study, we enhance Markowitz portfolio selection with graph theory for the analysis of two portfolios composed of either EU or US assets. Using a threshold-based decomposition of their respective covariance matrices, we perturb the level of risk in each portfolio and build the corresponding sets of graphs.

description: Dans la présente étude, nous renforçons la méthode de sélection des actifs de Markowitz au moyen d’une théorie à représentation graphique afin d’analyser deux portefeuilles d’actifs libellés soit en euros, soit en dollars américains. Nous procédons à une décomposition fondée sur des variations ou seuils de la matrice de covariance de chacun de ces portefeuilles. Chaque seuil équivaut à un différent niveau de risque, et la structure de portefeuille correspondante est représentée graphiquement.
Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and risk of hypertension over 22 years in a large cohort of younger and middle-aged women
Creators: name: Sumner, Jennifer A.
name: Kubzansky, Laura D.
name: Roberts, Andrea L.
name: Gilsanz, Paola
name: Chen, Qixuan
name: Winning, Ashley
name: Forman, John P.
name: Rimm, Eric B.
name: Koenen, Karestan C.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Post-traumatic stress disorder
Hypertension--Risk factors
Hypertension in women
Epidemiology
Medicine

description: Background

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been linked to hypertension, but most research on PTSD and hypertension is cross-sectional, and potential mediators have not been clearly identified. Moreover, PTSD is twice as common in women than in men, but understanding of the PTSD-hypertension relation in women is limited. We examined trauma exposure and PTSD symptoms in relation to incident hypertension over 22 years in 47,514 civilian women in the Nurses’ Health Study II.

Methods

We used proportional hazards models to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for new-onset hypertension (N=15,837).

Results

PTSD symptoms assessed with a screen were modestly associated with incident hypertension in a dose-response fashion after adjusting for potential confounders. Compared to women with no trauma exposure, women with 6–7 PTSD symptoms had the highest risk of developing hypertension (HR=1.20 [95% CI, 1.12–1.30]), followed by women with 4–5 symptoms (HR=1.17 [95% CI, 1.10–1.25]), women with 1–3 symptoms (HR=1.12 [95% CI, 1.06–1.18]), and trauma-exposed women with no symptoms (HR=1.04 [95% CI, 1.00–1.09]). Findings were maintained, although attenuated, adjusting for hypertension-relevant medications, medical risk factors, and health behaviors. Higher body mass index and antidepressant use accounted for 30% and 21% of the PTSD symptom-hypertension association.

Conclusions

Screening for hypertension and reducing unhealthy lifestyle factors, particularly obesity, in women with PTSD may hold promise for offsetting cardiovascular risk.
Impact of edge-removal on the centrality betweenness of the best spreaders
Creators: name: Chung, N. N.
name: Chew, L. Y.
name: Zhou, J.
name: Lai, C. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The control of epidemic spreading is essential to avoid potential fatal consequences and also, to lessen unforeseen socio-economic impact. The need for effective control is exemplified during the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003, which has inflicted near to a thousand deaths as well as bankruptcies of airlines and related businesses. In this article, we examine the efficacy of control strategies on the propagation of infectious diseases based on removing connections within real world airline network with the associated economic and social costs taken into account through defining appropriate quantitative measures. We uncover the surprising results that removing less busy connections can be far more effective in hindering the spread of the disease than removing the more popular connections. Since disconnecting the less popular routes tend to incur less socio-economic cost, our finding suggests the possibility of trading minimal reduction in connectivity of an important hub with efficiencies in epidemic control. In particular, we demonstrate the performance of various local epidemic control strategies, and show how our approach can predict their cost effectiveness through the spreading control characteristics.
description: 11 pages, 4 figures
title: Forward Guidance and Expectation Formation: A Narrative Approach
Creators: name: Sutherland, Christopher
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2020

description: "Forward guidance is a central bank statement that provides direct information about the probable state of monetary policy in the future. Its purpose is to influence interest rate expectations. But how exactly does it do so?  

To study this issue, I construct central bank data that includes forward guidance and its attributes, central bank projections and quantitative easing, which I then combine with survey data.  

I find that, in response to a change in forward guidance, forecasters revise their interest rate forecasts in the intended direction by 5 basis points (0.05 percent) on average. The effect is not attributable to central bank information effects. Instead, when forming rate expectations, forecasters place full weight on their own inflation and growth forecasts and zero weight on those of the central bank. I also provide evidence that Odyssean (commitment-based) forward guidance is exceedingly rare but can strongly amplify forward guidance. "

description: "Les indications prospectives des banques centrales sont une déclaration dans laquelle ces dernières donnent des informations directes sur l’orientation probable de la politique monétaire. Elles ont pour objectif d’influencer les anticipations de taux d’intérêt. Mais comment y parviennent-elles au juste? 

Pour étudier cette question, j’ai produit des données comprenant les indications prospectives et leurs attributs, les projections et les assouplissements quantitatifs de banques centrales, que je combine ensuite avec des données d’enquête. 

Je constate qu’en réaction à une modification des indications prospectives, les prévisionnistes modifient en moyenne de 5 points de base (0,05 %) leurs prévisions de taux d’intérêt dans la direction voulue. Le résultat n’est pas attribuable aux effets des informations des banques centrales : pour former leurs anticipations à l’égard des taux, les prévisionnistes ne tiennent compte que de leurs propres prévisions d’inflation et de croissance, négligeant celles de la banque centrale. Je démontre aussi que les indications prospectives odysséennes (avec engagement) sont extrêmement rares, mais qu’elles peuvent beaucoup amplifier les effets sur la formation des anticipations. "
title: CT colonography: Effects of image interpretation training for radiographers using virtual dissection.
Creators: name: Matsuda, Katsuhiko
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Performed at one institution
subject: Education and Training
subject: Colon
subject: Gastrointestinal tract
subject: Radiographers
subject: CT-Colonography
subject: Colonography CT
subject: Computer Applications-Detection, diagnosis
subject: Education and training
subject: Retrospective
subject: Diagnostic or prognostic study

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: In CT colonography, radiographers have been shown to have accuracy of image interpretation comparable to that of radiologists if radiographers undergo sufficient image interpretation training (1,2,3). However, the evaluation of interpretation...
Bioorthogonal chemical imaging of metabolic activities in live mammalian hippocampal tissues with stimulated Raman scattering
Creators: name: Hu, Fanghao
name: Lamprecht, Michael Robert
name: Wei, Lu
name: Morrison, Barclay
name: Min, Wei
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Chemistry
Biomedical engineering
Raman spectroscopy
Cell metabolism
Brain--Imaging

description: Brain is an immensely complex system displaying dynamic and heterogeneous metabolic activities. Visualizing cellular metabolism of nucleic acids, proteins, and lipids in brain with chemical specificity has been a long-standing challenge. Recent development in metabolic labeling of small biomolecules allows the study of these metabolisms at the global level. However, these techniques generally require nonphysiological sample preparation for either destructive mass spectrometry imaging or secondary labeling with relatively bulky fluorescent labels. In this study, we have demonstrated bioorthogonal chemical imaging of DNA, RNA, protein and lipid metabolism in live rat brain hippocampal tissues by coupling stimulated Raman scattering microscopy with integrated deuterium and alkyne labeling. Heterogeneous metabolic incorporations for different molecular species and neurogenesis with newly-incorporated DNA were observed in the dentate gyrus of hippocampus at the single cell level. We further applied this platform to study metabolic responses to traumatic brain injury in hippocampal slice cultures, and observed marked upregulation of protein and lipid metabolism particularly in the hilus region of the hippocampus within days of mechanical injury. Thus, our method paves the way for the study of complex metabolic profiles in live brain tissue under both physiological and pathological conditions with single-cell resolution and minimal perturbation.
title: Average is Good Enough: Average-inflation Targeting and the ELB
Creators: name: Amano, Robert
name: Gnocchi, Stefano
name: Leduc, Sylvain
name: Wagner, Joel
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2020

description: The Great Recession and current pandemic have focused attention on the constraint on nominal interest rates from the effective lower bound. This has renewed interest in monetary policies that embed makeup strategies, such as price-level or average-inflation targeting. This paper examines the properties of average-inflation targeting in a two-agent New Keynesian (TANK) model in which a fraction of firms have adaptive expectations. We examine the optimal degree of history dependence under average-inflation targeting and find it to be relatively short for business cycle shocks of standard magnitude and duration. In this case, we show that the properties of the economy are quantitatively similar to those under a price-level target.

description: La Grande Récession et la pandémie qui sévit présentement ont attiré l’attention sur la contrainte qu’impose la valeur plancher des taux d’intérêt nominaux. Ainsi, on note un intérêt ravivé pour les politiques monétaires comprenant des stratégies de rattrapage, telles que le ciblage du niveau des prix ou de l’inflation moyenne. L’étude traite des propriétés du ciblage de l’inflation moyenne dans un modèle de type nouveau keynésien à deux agents dans lequel une fraction des entreprises a des attentes adaptatives. Nous étudions le degré optimal de dépendance à l’égard du passé en régime de ciblage de l’inflation moyenne, et constatons qu’il est assez faible lors de chocs liés aux cycles économiques dont l’ampleur et la durée sont normales. Dans ce cas, nous montrons que, en termes quantitatifs, les propriétés de l’économie sont comparables à celles en régime de ciblage du niveau des prix.
Deficiency of AXL in Bone Marrow-Derived Cells Does Not Affect Advanced Atherosclerotic Lesion Progression
Creators: name: Subramanian, Manikandan
name: Proto, Jonathan D.
name: Matsushima, Glenn K.
name: Tabas, Ira A.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Atherosclerosis
Pathology
Cytology
Protein-tyrosine kinase

description: AXL, a member of the TAM (Tyro3, Axl, MerTK) family of receptors, plays important roles in cell survival, clearance of dead cells (efferocytosis), and suppression of inflammation, which are processes that critically influence atherosclerosis progression. Whereas MerTK deficiency promotes defective efferocytosis, inflammation, and plaque necrosis in advanced murine atherosclerosis, the role of Axl in advanced atherosclerosis progression is not known. Towards this end, bone marrow cells from Axl−/− or wild-type mice were transplanted into lethally irradiated Ldlr−/− mice. These chimeric mice were then fed the Western-type diet (WD) for 17 weeks. We demonstrate that lesional macrophages in WT mice express Axl but that Axl deficiency in bone marrow-derived cells does not affect lesion size, cellularity, necrosis, or inflammatory parameters in advanced atherosclerotic plaques. Moreover, apoptosis of lesional cells was unaffected, and we found no evidence of defective lesional efferocytosis. In contrast to previously reported findings with MerTK deficiency, hematopoietic cell-Axl deficiency in WD-fed Ldlr−/− mice does not affect the progression of advanced atherosclerosis or lesional processes associated with TAM receptor signaling. These findings suggest a heretofore unappreciated TAM receptor hierarchy in advanced atherosclerosis.
Trogaspidia floralis
Creators: name: Madl, Michael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Mutillidae
Trogaspidia
Trogaspidia floralis

description: Trogaspidia floralis (KLUG, 1829)
Trogaspidia (Trogaspidia) floralis (KLUG, 1829): NONVEILLER & PETERSEN 1994: 183 (tax., descr. ♂ ♀, Djibouti, Obock), 185 (figs 1 a-c, tab. 1: tax.), 187 (figs 2a, b), 188 (map 1), 191 (figs 3a,b, g), 195 (cat. (Djibouti not listed)).
Trogaspidia (Trogaspidia) floralis (KLUG, 1829): NONVEILLER 1995: 353 (fig. 1c), 361 (cat. Afr. reg.).
* Trogaspidia divisa SMITH, 1855: BISCHOFF 1920: 350 (key ♀), 386 (tax., Djibouti, Obock).
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Djibouti, Obock.
Trogaspidia floralis is known from the Afrotropical (Cameroon, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan) and Palaearctic (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Yemen) regions.
description: Published as part of Madl, Michael, 2018, A preliminary catalogue of the Hymenoptera (Insecta) of the Republic of Djibouti, pp. 907-967 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (2) on page 924, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3776452
title: Cash and COVID-19: The impact of the pandemic on demand for and use of cash
Creators: name: Chen, Heng
name: Engert, Walter
name: Huynh, Kim
name: Nicholls, Gradon
name: Nicholson, Mitchell
name: Zhu, Julia
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2020

description: Consumer spending declined significantly during the recent COVID-19 pandemic. This negative shock likely reduced spending across all methods of payment (cash, debit, credit, etc.). The mix of payment methods consumers use could also be affected. We study how the pandemic has influenced the demand for and use of cash. We also offer insights into the use of other payment methods, such as debit and credit cards.

description: Les dépenses de consommation ont beaucoup diminué durant la pandémie de COVID-19. Ce choc négatif a sans doute fait baisser les dépenses effectuées avec chaque mode de paiement (argent comptant, cartes de débit, cartes de crédit, etc.). La combinaison des modes de paiement utilisés par les consommateurs pourrait aussi avoir changé. Nous étudions les effets de la pandémie sur la demande et l’utilisation des espèces, et donnons un aperçu de l’utilisation d’autres modes de paiement, comme les cartes de débit et les cartes de crédit.
Additional file 6 of Human induced-T-to-natural killer cells have potent anti-tumour activities
Creators: name: Jiang, Zhiwu
name: Qin, Le
name: Tang, Yuou
name: Liao, Rui
name: Shi, Jingxuan
name: He, Bingjia
name: Li, Shanglin
name: Zheng, Diwei
name: Cui, Yuanbin
name: Wu, Qiting
name: Long, Youguo
name: Yao, Yao
name: Wei, Zhihui
name: Hong, Qilan
name: Wu, Yi
name: Mai, Yuanbang
name: Gou, Shixue
name: Li, Xiaoping
name: Weinkove, Robert
name: Norton, Sam
name: Luo, Wei
name: Feng, Weineng
name: Zhou, Hongsheng
name: Liu, Qifa
name: Chen, Jiekai
name: Lai, Liangxue
name: Chen, Xinwen
name: Pei, Duanqing
name: Graf, Thomas
name: Liu, Xingguo
name: Li, Yangqiu
name: Liu, Pentao
name: Zhang, Zhenfeng
name: Li, Peng
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Additional file 6: Table S6. Characterizations of patients with autologous ITNK treatment.
title: Endogenous Time Variation in Vector Autoregressions
Creators: name: Leiva-Leon, Danilo
name: Uzeda Garcia, Luis Henrique
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2020

description: We introduce a new class of time-varying parameter vector autoregressions (TVP-VARs) where the identified structural innovations are allowed to influence — contemporaneously and with a lag — the dynamics of the intercept and autoregressive coefficients in these models. An estimation algorithm and a parametrization conducive to model comparison are also provided. We apply our framework to the US economy. Scenario analysis suggests that the effects of monetary policy on economic activity are larger and more persistent in the proposed models than in an otherwise standard TVP-VAR. Our results also indicate that costpush shocks play an important role in understanding historical changes in inflation persistence.

description: Nous présentons une nouvelle classe de modèles vectoriels autorégressifs (VAR) à paramètres variables dans le temps dans laquelle les innovations structurelles désignées explicitement peuvent influer – simultanément et en décalage – sur la dynamique de la constante et des coefficients autorégressifs. Nous fournissons également un algorithme d’estimation et une paramétrisation facilitant la comparaison des modèles. Nous appliquons ensuite ce cadre à l’économie américaine. Selon notre analyse de scénarios, les effets de la politique monétaire sur l’activité économique seraient plus importants et plus persistants dans les modèles proposés que dans un modèle VAR à paramètres variables dans le temps autrement standard. Nos résultats montrent aussi que les chocs d’inflation par les coûts aideraient grandement à expliquer les variations de la persistance de l’inflation au fil du temps.
Motor noise is rich signal in autism research and pharmacological treatments
Creators: name: Torres, E. B.
name: Denisova, Kristina
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Autism spectrum disorders
Autism
Developmental neurobiology
Psychiatry

description: The human body is in constant motion, from every breath that we take, to every visibly purposeful action that we perform. Remaining completely still on command is a major achievement as involuntary fluctuations in our motions are difficult to keep under control. Here we examine the noise-to-signal ratio of micro-movements present in time-series of head motions extracted from resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging scans in 1048 participants. These included individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and healthy-controls in shared data from the Autism Brain Imaging Data Exchange (ABIDE) and the Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD-200) databases. We find excess noise and randomness in the ASD cases, suggesting an uncertain motor-feedback signal. A power-law emerged describing an orderly relation between the dispersion and shape of the probability distribution functions best describing the stochastic properties under consideration with respect to intelligence quotient (IQ-scores). In ASD, deleterious patterns of noise are consistently exacerbated with the presence of secondary (comorbid) neuropsychiatric diagnoses, lower verbal and performance intelligence, and autism severity. Importantly, such patterns in ASD are present whether or not the participant takes psychotropic medication. These data unambiguously establish specific noise-to-signal levels of head micro-movements as a biologically informed core feature of ASD.
A Fortran 90 Hartree-Fock program for one-dimensional periodic $π$-conjugated systems using Pariser-Parr-Pople model
Creators: name: Gundra, Kondayya
name: Shukla, Alok
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Pariser-Parr-Pople (P-P-P) model Hamiltonian is employed frequently to study the electronic structure and optical properties of $π$-conjugated systems. In this paper we describe a Fortran 90 computer program which uses the P-P-P model Hamiltonian to solve the Hartree-Fock (HF) equation for infinitely long, one-dimensional, periodic, $π$-electron systems. The code is capable of computing the band structure, as also the linear optical absorption spectrum, by using the tight-binding (TB) and the HF methods. Furthermore, using our program the user can solve the HF equation in the presence of a finite external electric field, thereby, allowing the simulation of gated systems. We apply our code to compute various properties of polymers such as $trans$-polyacetylene ($t$-PA), poly-\emph{para}-phenylene (PPP), and armchair and zigzag graphene nanoribbons, in the infinite length limit.
description: 33 pages, 11 figures (included), submitted for publication