cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Relationship between 17-alpha hydroxyprogesterone caproate concentration and spontaneous preterm birth
Creators: name: Mercer, Brian M.
name: Venkataramanan, Raman
name: Wapner, Ronald J.
name: Caritis, Steve N.
name: Iams, Jay D.
name: Varner, Michael W.
name: Sorokin, Yoram
name: Klebanoff, Mark A.
name: Thom, Elizabeth
name: Thorp, John M.
name: Rouse, Dwight J.
name: Harper, Margaret
name: Sciscione, Anthony
name: Grobman, William A.
name: Carpenter, Marshall W.
name: Ramin, Susan
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: 17-alpha hydroxyprogesterone caproate (17-OHPC) 250 mg weekly reduces recurrent spontaneous preterm birth (SPTB) in women with a prior SPTB by 33%. The dose is not based on pharmacological considerations. A therapeutic concentration has not been determined hampering any attempt to optimize treatment. This study evaluated the relationship between 17-OHPC plasma concentrations and the rate of SPTB in women with singleton gestation.
On the perturbation of the luminosity distance by peculiar motions
Creators: name: Kaiser, Nick
name: Hudson, Michael J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider some aspects of the perturbation to the luminosity distance $d(z)$ that are of relevance for SN1a cosmology and for future peculiar velocity surveys at non-negligible redshifts. 1) Previous work has shown that the correction to the lowest order perturbation $δd / d = -δv / c z$ has the peculiar characteristic that it appears to depend on the absolute state of motion of sources, rather than on their motion relative to that of the observer. The resolution of this apparent violation of the equivalence principle is that it is necessary to allow for evolution of the velocities with time, and also, when considering perturbations on the scale of the observer-source separation, to include the gravitational redshift effect. We provide an expression for $δd / d$ that provides a physically consistent way to measure peculiar velocities and determine their impact for SN1a cosmology. 2) We then calculate the perturbation to the redshift as a function of source flux density, which has been proposed as an alternative probe of large-scale motions. We show how the inclusion of surface brightness modulation modifies the relation between $δz(m)$ and the peculiar velocity, and that, while the noise properties of this method might appear promising, the velocity signal is swamped by the effect of galaxy clustering for most scales of interest. 3) We show how, in linear theory, peculiar velocity measurements are biased downwards by the effect of smaller scale motions or by measurement errors (such as in photometric redshifts). Our results nicely explain the effects seen in simulations by Koda et al.\ 2013. We critically examine the prospects for extending peculiar velocity studies to larger scales with near-term future surveys.
description: 14 pages, 0 figures, revised version for MNRAS
Solid-state calculation of crystalline color superconductivity
Creators: name: Cao, Gaoqing
name: He, Lianyi
name: Zhuang, Pengfei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is generally believed that the inhomogeneous Larkin-Ovchinnikov-Fulde-Ferrell (LOFF) phase appears in a color superconductor when the pairing between different quark flavors is under the circumstances of mismatched Fermi surfaces. However, the real crystal structure of the LOFF phase is still unclear because an exact treatment of 3D crystal structures is rather difficult. In this work we present a solid-state-like calculation of the ground-state energy of the body-centered cubic (BCC) structure for two-flavor pairing by diagonalizing the Hamiltonian matrix in the Bloch space without assuming a small amplitude of the order parameter. We develop a computational scheme to overcome the difficulties in diagonalizing huge matrices. Our results show that the BCC structure is energetically more favorable than the 1D modulation in a narrow window around the conventional LOFF-normal phase transition point, which indicates the significance of the higher-order terms in the Ginzburg-Landau approach.
Could the dynamics of the Universe be influenced by what is going on inside black holes?
Creators: name: Avelino, P. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the potential impact of mass inflation inside black holes on the dynamics of the Universe, considering a recent reformulation of general relativity, proposed in [1], which prevents the vacuum energy from acting as a gravitational source. The interior dynamics of accreting black holes is studied, at the classical level, using the homogeneous approximation and taking charge as a surrogate for angular momentum. We show that, depending on the accreting fluid properties, mass inflation inside black holes could influence the value of the cosmological constant and thus the dynamics of the Universe. A full assessment of the cosmological role played by black holes will require a deeper understanding of the extremely energetic regimes expected inside real astrophysical black holes, including their relation with the physics of the very early Universe, and may eventually lead to an entirely new paradigm for the origin and evolution of the Universe.
description: 8 pages, 2 figures. Version 2 (accepted for publication in JCAP): minor typos corrected
Additional file 1: of Vitronectin as a molecular player of the tumor microenvironment in neuroblastoma
Creators: name: Burgos-Panadero, Rebeca
name: Noguera, Inmaculada
name: CaĂąete, Adela
name: Navarro, Samuel
name: Noguera, Rosa
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Table S1. Descriptors and median values of vitronectin and nuclei morphometric variables in the present cohort. (DOCX 19 kb)
Maternal exposure to disinfection by-products and risk of hypospadias in the national birth defects prevention study (2000–2005)
Creators: name: Yazdy, M.M.
name: Feldkamp, M.L.
name: Reefhuis, J.
name: Michalski, A.M.
name: Olshan, A.F.
name: Romitti, P.A.
name: Luben, T.J.
name: Zaganjor, I.
name: Keil, A.P.
name: Nembhard, W.N.
name: Carmichael, S.L.
name: Desrosiers, T.
name: Langlois, P.H.
name: Engel, L.S.
name: Shaw, G.M.
Publisher: name: MDPI AG
Year: 2020

description: The purpose of this study was to estimate the association between 2nd and 3rd degree hypospadias and maternal exposure to disinfection by-products (DBPs) using data from a large case-control study in the United States. Concentration estimates for total trihalomethanes (TTHMs), the sum of the five most prevalent haloacetic acids (HAA5), and individual species of each were integrated with data on maternal behaviors related to water use from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study (NBDPS) to create three different exposure metrics: (1) household DBP concentrations; (2) estimates of DBP ingestion; (3) predicted uptake (i.e., internal dose) of trihalomethanes (THMs) via ingestion, showering, and bathing. The distribution of DBP exposure was categorized as follows: (Q1/referent) < 50%; (Q2) ≥ 50% to < 75%; and (Q3) ≥ 75%. Logistic regression was used to estimate adjusted odds ratios (aORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Generally, null associations were observed with increasing TTHM or HAA5 exposure. An increased risk was observed among women with household bromodichloromethane levels in the second quantile (aOR: 1.8; 95% CI: 1.2, 2.7); however, this association did not persist after the inclusion of individual-level water-use data. Findings from the present study do not support the hypothesis that maternal DBP exposures are related to the occurrence of hypospadias.
Conversion of Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine abstract presentations to manuscript publications
Creators: name: Blackwell, Sean C.
name: Barbour, Kelli
name: Manuck, Tracy A.
name: Janicki, Lindsay
name: Berghella, Vincenzo
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: To evaluate the rate of conversion of Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine (SMFM) Annual Meeting abstract presentations to full manuscript publications over time.
HypTrails: A Bayesian Approach for Comparing Hypotheses About Human Trails on the Web
Creators: name: Singer, Philipp
name: Helic, Denis
name: Hotho, Andreas
name: Strohmaier, Markus
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: H.5.3

description: When users interact with the Web today, they leave sequential digital trails on a massive scale. Examples of such human trails include Web navigation, sequences of online restaurant reviews, or online music play lists. Understanding the factors that drive the production of these trails can be useful for e.g., improving underlying network structures, predicting user clicks or enhancing recommendations. In this work, we present a general approach called HypTrails for comparing a set of hypotheses about human trails on the Web, where hypotheses represent beliefs about transitions between states. Our approach utilizes Markov chain models with Bayesian inference. The main idea is to incorporate hypotheses as informative Dirichlet priors and to leverage the sensitivity of Bayes factors on the prior for comparing hypotheses with each other. For eliciting Dirichlet priors from hypotheses, we present an adaption of the so-called (trial) roulette method. We demonstrate the general mechanics and applicability of HypTrails by performing experiments with (i) synthetic trails for which we control the mechanisms that have produced them and (ii) empirical trails stemming from different domains including website navigation, business reviews and online music played. Our work expands the repertoire of methods available for studying human trails on the Web.
description: Published in the proceedings of WWW'15
Die Zehn Worte in der jüdischen Erziehung
Creators: name: Jacquin, Françoise
Publisher: name: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio
Year: 2022

description: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Bd. 22 Nr. 1 (1993): Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Band 22, Heft 1
Male sex and the risk of childhood cancer: The mediating effect of birth defects
Creators: name: Plon, S.E.
name: Canfield, M.A.
name: Desrosiers, T.
name: Marcotte, E.L.
name: Nembhard, W.N.
name: Meyer, R.E.
name: Schraw, J.M.
name: Langlois, P.H.
name: Lupo, P.J.
Publisher: name: Oxford University Press
Year: 2020

description: Background: There is a persistent, unexplained disparity in sex ratio among childhood cancer cases, whereby males are more likely to develop most cancers. This male predominance is also seen for most birth defects, which are strongly associated with risk of childhood cancer. We conducted mediation analysis to estimate whether the increased risk of cancer among males is partially explained by birth defect status. Methods: We used a population-based birth cohort with linked data from birth certificates, birth defects registries, and cancer registries from Arkansas, Michigan, North Carolina, and Texas. We conducted counterfactual mediation analysis to estimate the natural direct and indirect effects of sex on cancer risk, modeling birth defect status as mediator. State; birth year; plurality; and maternal race and ethnicity, age, and education were considered confounders. We conducted separate analyses limited to cancers diagnosed younger than 1 year of age. Results: Our dataset included 10 181 074 children: 15 110 diagnosed with cancer, 539 567 diagnosed with birth defects, and 2124 co-occurring cases. Birth defect status mediated 38% of the association between sex and cancer overall. The proportion mediated varied by cancer type, including acute myeloid leukemia (93%), neuroblastoma (35%), and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (6%). Among children younger than 1 year of age at cancer diagnosis, the proportion mediated was substantially higher (82%). Conclusions: Our results suggest that birth defects mediate a statistically significant proportion of the relationship between sex and childhood cancer. The proportion mediated varied by cancer type and diagnosis age. These findings improve our understanding of the causal pathway underlying male sex as a risk factor for childhood cancer.
Does the presence of a condition-specific obstetric protocol lead to detectable improvements in pregnancy outcomes?
Creators: name: Saade, George
name: Dotson, T.
name: Sorokin, Yoram
name: Jackson, N.
name: Blackwell, Sean C.
name: Dalton, W.
name: Rouse, Dwight J.
name: Mallett, G.
name: McDonald, P.
name: Grobman, William A.
name: Bailit, Jennifer L.
name: Senka, J.
name: Roy, A.
name: Iams, Jay D.
name: Varner, Michael W.
name: Mercer, B.
name: McGrail, A.
name: McGee, Paula
name: Wapner, Ronald J.
name: Collins, C.
name: Paychek, K.
name: Ramos-Brinson, M.
name: Dinsmoor, M.
name: Milluzzi, C.
name: Reddy, Uma M.
name: Tita, Alan T.N.
name: Stein, L.
name: Campbell, P.
name: Peaceman, A.
name: Thorp, John M.
name: Leveno, Kenneth J.
name: Brezine, C.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: To evaluate whether the presence of condition-specific obstetric protocols within a hospital was associated with better maternal and neonatal outcomes.
Quantification of selection bias in studies of risk factors for birth defects among livebirths
Creators: name: Anderka, M.
name: Heinke, D.
name: Yazdy, M.M.
name: Desrosiers, T.A.
name: National Birth Defects Prevention Study
name: Williams, P.L.
name: Romitti, P.A.
name: Rich-Edwards, J.W.
name: Shaw, G.M.
name: Canfield, M.A.
name: Hernandez-Diaz, S.
name: Fisher, S.C.
Publisher: name: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Year: 2020

description: Background: Risk factors for birth defects are frequently investigated using data limited to liveborn infants. By conditioning on survival, results of such studies may be distorted by selection bias, also described as “livebirth bias.” However, the implications of livebirth bias on risk estimation remain poorly understood. Objectives: We sought to quantify livebirth bias and to investigate the conditions under which it arose. Methods: We used data on 3994 birth defects cases and 11 829 controls enrolled in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study to compare odds ratio (OR) estimates of the relationship between three established risk factors (antiepileptic drug use, smoking, and multifetal pregnancy) and four birth defects (anencephaly, spina bifida, omphalocele, and cleft palate) when restricted to livebirths as compared to among livebirths, stillbirths, and elective terminations. Exposures and birth defects represented varying strengths of association with livebirth; all controls were liveborn. We performed a quantitative bias analysis to evaluate the sensitivity of our results to excluding terminated and stillborn controls. Results: Cases ranged from 33% liveborn (anencephaly) to 99% (cleft palate). Smoking and multifetal pregnancy were associated with livebirth among anencephaly (crude OR [cOR] 0.61 and cOR 3.15, respectively) and omphalocele cases (cOR 2.22 and cOR 5.22, respectively). For analyses of the association between exposures and birth defects, restricting to livebirths produced negligible differences in estimates except for anencephaly and multifetal pregnancy, which was twofold higher among livebirths (adjusted OR [aOR] 4.93) as among all pregnancy outcomes (aOR 2.44). Within tested scenarios, bias analyses suggested that results were not sensitive to the restriction to liveborn controls. Conclusions: Selection bias was generally limited except for high mortality defects in the context of exposures strongly associated with livebirth. Findings indicate that substantial livebirth bias is unlikely to affect studies of risk factors for most birth defects.
Die Kirche als Wohltäter im Kaliningrader Gebiet
Creators: name: Jüttner, Christine
name: Łuczewska, Agata
name: Sergeeva, Katja
name: Zatsepina, Yulia
Publisher: name: Diakonia
Year: 1970

description: Diakonia, Bd. 40 Nr. 6 (2009): Diakonia, Band 40, Heft 6
Differences in pre-pregnancy diet quality by occupation among employed women
Creators: name: Agopian, A.J.
name: Olshan, A.F.
name: Zaganjor, I.
name: Desrosiers, T.A.
name: Carmichael, S.L.
Publisher: name: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2020

description: Objective: Maternal risk factors for pregnancy outcomes are known to vary by employment status. We evaluated whether pre-pregnancy diet quality varies by occupation in a population-based sample.Design: We analysed interview data from 7341 mothers in a national case-control study of pregnancy outcomes. Self-reported job(s) held during the 3 months before pregnancy were classified using Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) codes. Usual diet in the year before conception was assessed with a semi-quantitative FFQ and evaluated using the Diet Quality Index for Pregnancy (DQI-P). Using logistic regression, we calculated adjusted OR and 95 % CI to estimate associations between low diet quality (defined as the lowest quartile of DQI-P scores) and occupation types.Setting: The National Birth Defects Prevention Study: Arkansas, California, Georgia, Iowa, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Utah.Participants: Employed mothers of infants born between 1997 and 2011.Results: No occupation was strongly associated with low diet quality. Moderate but relatively imprecise associations were observed for women employed in management (OR: 1·3; 95 % CI: 1·1, 1·7); arts, design, entertainment, sports and media (OR: 1·4; 95 % CI: 0·9, 2·1); protective service (OR 1·3; 95 % CI: 0·7, 2·5) and farming, fishing, and forestry occupations (OR: 0·5; 95 % CI: 0·2, 1·1).Conclusions: Our analyses suggest that women in certain occupations may have lower diet quality in the months before pregnancy. Further research is needed to determine whether certain occupations could benefit from interventions to improve diet quality in the workplace for women of reproductive age.
USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND ITS IMPACT ON POSTURAL STRESS AND SELF-ESTEEM AMONG ADOLESCENTS.pdf
Creators: name: Zaheer, Afnaan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 461002
subject: Human information behaviour
classificationCode: 449999
subject: Other human society not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 420606
subject: Social determinants of health

description: The study "USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND ITS IMPACT ON POSTURAL STRESS AND SELF-ESTEEM AMONG ADOLESCENTS" focuses on three variables; social media, self-esteem, and postural stress. A self-structured tool was developed to elicit the required information based on the study's objectives through a random sampling technique. The target group is 200 adolescents (100 boys, 100 girls) aged 14-19. The data collected was analyzed using the student's t-test and chi-square and correlation statistical analysis. The study highlights the need for adolescents’ active participation in co-curricular activities to prevent the impact of social media on postural stress and adolescents must control their use of social media to manage their self-esteem.
Design of a compact 140 MeV electron linear accelerator
Creators: name: ARIES WP3 Members
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: In this deliverable we report about the different accelerators facilities and accelerators technologies that could provide a Very High Energy Electron (VHEE) beam with energies in the range of 50-200 MeV to be used in Radiobiology studies first and in pre-clinical studies for radiotherapy after. Special attention will be paid to one of the major challenges for VHEE: the FLASH delivery modality, consisting of an ultra-short high dose-rate, possibly over a large area, providing a uniform dose distribution throughout the target.
description: {"references": ["ARIES Del3.4"]}
Laparoscopic hysterectomy with morcellation vs abdominal hysterectomy for presumed fibroid tumors in premenopausal women: a decision analysis
Creators: name: Rutstein, Sarah E.
name: Doll, Kemi M.
name: Wu, Jennifer M.
name: Clarke-Pearson, Daniel L.
name: Wheeler, Stephanie B.
name: Geller, Elizabeth J.
name: Siedhoff, Matthew T.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: To model outcomes in laparoscopic hysterectomy with morcellation compared to abdominal hysterectomy for the presumed fibroid uterus, examining short-and long-term complications, as well as mortality.
Risk factors for primary congenital glaucoma in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study
Creators: name: Forestieri, N.E.
name: Freedman, S.F.
name: Desrosiers, T.
name: Aylsworth, A.S.
name: The National Birth Defects Prevention Study
name: Meyer, R.E.
name: Voltzke, K.
name: Olshan, A.F.
Publisher: name: Wiley-Liss Inc.
Year: 2019

description: Primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) is a rare but serious birth defect. Genetic mutations have been implicated in the development of PCG, but little is known about nongenetic risk factors. This study investigates potential risk factors for PCG in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study (NBDPS), a large population-based case–control study of major birth defects in the United States. The analysis includes case infants with PCG (N = 107) and control infants without birth defects (N = 10,084) enrolled in NBDPS from birth years 2000–2011. Pregnancy/infant clinical characteristics, demographics, and parental health history were collected through maternal interview. Adjusted odds ratios (aORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were computed to examine associations with all PCG cases and isolated PCG cases without other major malformations. Associations with all the cases included term low birth weight (<2,500 g; aOR = 2.80, CI 1.59–4.94), non-Hispanic black maternal race/ethnicity (aOR = 2.42, CI 1.42–4.13), maternal history of seizure (aOR = 2.73, CI 1.25–5.97), maternal antihypertensive use (aOR = 3.60, CI 1.52–8.53), and maternal sexually transmitted infection (aOR = 2.75, CI 1.17–6.44). These factors were also associated with isolated PCG, as was maternal use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (aOR = 2.70, CI 1.15–6.34). This study is among the first to examine a wide array of potential risk factors for PCG in a population-based sample.
Пневмодозаторы в режиме заторможенного слоя для микро- и мини-дозирования в кормопроизводстве
Creators: name: Сообщество рецензентов Международного научно-исследовательского журнала
Publisher: name: ООО Цифра
Year: 2023
Subjects: dosing
pneumatic transfer
inhibited dense layer
mini-dosing
дозирование
пневмоперемещение
заторможенный плотный слой
минидозирование

description: Journal of Agriculture and Environment, Выпуск 10 (38) 2023
Additional file 2: of Vitronectin as a molecular player of the tumor microenvironment in neuroblastoma
Creators: name: Burgos-Panadero, Rebeca
name: Noguera, Inmaculada
name: CaĂąete, Adela
name: Navarro, Samuel
name: Noguera, Rosa
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Table S2. Description of the image analysis process. (DOCX 15 kb)
Fluctuations of the Casimir potential above a disordered medium
Creators: name: Cherroret, Nicolas
name: Guérout, Romain
name: Lambrecht, Astrid
name: Reynaud, Serge
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the statistical fluctuations of the Casimir potential felt by an atom approaching a dielectric disordered medium. Starting from a microscopic model for the disorder, we calculate the variance of potential fluctuations in the limit of a weak density of heterogeneities. We show that fluctuations are essentially governed by scattering of the radiation on a single heterogeneity, and discuss in which limits they become larger than the average value predicted by effective medium theory. Finally, for denser disorder we show that multiple scattering processes become relevant.
description: 9 pages, 5 figures
Associations between PM2.5 and risk of preterm birth among liveborn infants
Creators: name: National Birth Defects Prevention Study
name: Botto, L.D.
name: Herring, A.H.
name: Yazdy, M.
name: Luben, T.J.
name: Shaw, G.M.
name: Pruitt, S.
name: Alman, B.L.
name: Stingone, J.A.
name: Desrosiers, T.A.
name: Olshan, A.F.
name: Langlois, P.H.
name: Nembhard, W.N.
Publisher: name: Elsevier Inc.
Year: 2019

description: Purpose: Studies suggest exposure to ambient particulate matter less than 2.5 μg/m3 in aerodynamic diameter (PM2.5) may be associated with preterm birth (PTB), but few have evaluated how this is modified by ambient temperature. We investigated the relationship between PM2.5 exposure during pregnancy and PTB in infants without birth defects (1999–2006) and enrolled in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study and how it is modified by concurrent temperature. Methods: PTB was defined as spontaneous or iatrogenic delivery before 37 weeks. Exposure was assigned using inverse distance weighting with up to four monitors within 50 kilometers of maternal residence. To account for state-level variations, a Bayesian two-level hierarchal model was developed. Results: PTB was associated with PM2.5 during the third and fourth months of pregnancy (range: (odds ratio (95% confidence interval) = 1.00 (0.35, 2.15) to 1.49 (0.82, 2.68) and 1.31 (0.56, 2.91) to 1.62 (0.7, 3.32), respectively); no week of exposure conveyed greater risk. Temperature may modify this relationship; higher local average temperatures during pregnancy yielded stronger positive relationships between PM2.5 and PTB compared to nonstratified results. Conclusions: Results add to literature on associations between PM2.5 and PTB, underscoring the importance of considering co-exposures when estimating effects of PM2.5 exposure during pregnancy.
Serious maternal complications after early preterm delivery (24-33 weeks’ gestation)
Creators: name: Talucci, M.
name: Rice, Madeline Murguia
name: Caritis, Steve N.
name: Prasad, Mona
name: Kitto, C.
name: Davis, S.
name: Tita, Alan T.N.
name: Benson, J.
name: Blackwell, Sean C.
name: Saade, George R.
name: Grobman, William A.
name: Alexander, S.
name: Reid, Z.
name: Spong, C.
name: Hill, K.
name: Reddy, Uma M.
name: Thorp, John M.
name: Leed, R.
name: Falk, M.
name: Leveno, Kenneth J.
name: Rouse, Dwight J.
name: Varner, Michael W.
name: Wapner, Ronald J.
name: Sowles, A.
name: Sorokin, Yoram
name: Tolosa, Jorge E.
name: Tolivaisa, S.
name: Bailit, Jennifer L.
name: Zylfijaj, M.
name: Perez, C.
name: Forester, S.
name: Postma, J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: To describe the prevalence of serious maternal complications following early preterm birth by gestational age (GA), delivery route and type of cesarean incision.
Directed acyclic graphs: An under-utilized tool for child maltreatment research
Creators: name: Austin, A.E.
name: Desrosiers, T.
name: Shanahan, M.E.
Publisher: name: Elsevier Ltd
Year: 2019

description: Background: Child maltreatment research involves modeling complex relationships between multiple interrelated variables. Directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) are one tool child maltreatment researchers can use to think through relationships among the variables operative in a causal research question and to make decisions about the optimal analytic strategy to minimize potential sources of bias. Objective: The purpose of this paper is to highlight the utility of DAGs for child maltreatment research and to provide a practical resource to facilitate and support the use of DAGs in child maltreatment research. Results: We first provide an overview of DAG terminology and concepts relevant to child maltreatment research. We describe DAG construction and define specific types of variables within the context of DAGs including confounders, mediators, and colliders, detailing the manner in which each type of variable can be used to inform study design and analysis. We then describe four specific scenarios in which DAGs may yield valuable insights for child maltreatment research: (1) identifying covariates to include in multivariable models to adjust for confounding; (2) identifying unintended effects of adjusting for a mediator; (3) identifying unintended effects of adjusting for multiple types of maltreatment; and (4) identifying potential selection bias in data specific to children involved in the child welfare system. Conclusions: Overall, DAGs have the potential to help strengthen and advance the child maltreatment research and practice agenda by increasing transparency about assumptions, illuminating potential sources of bias, and enhancing the interpretability of results for translation to evidence-based practice.
Zeit- und kosteneffiziente Prozess- und Produktentwicklung für den Hochleistungs-Faserverbundleichtbau mittels Nasspresstechnologie
Creators: name: Poppe, Christian
name: Fial, Julian
name: Kärger, Luise
name: Carosella, Stefan
name: Albrecht, Fabian
name: Zimmerling, Clemens
name: Draskovic, Milos
name: Engelfried, Mathias
Publisher: name: Karlsruhe
Year: 2017
Subjects: Leichtbau
Nasspressen
Prozesssimulation

description: Großserientaugliche Produktionsprozesse von Hochleistungs-Faserverbundkunststoffen stellen aufgrund der gewünschten Prozesseffizienz bei gleichzeitiger Realisierung herausragender gewichtsspezifischer Materialeigenschaften ein wichtiges, zukunftsträchtiges Themenfeld dar. Im Automotive-Bereich kommen diese Prozesse verstärkt zur Anwendung, insbesondere bei Premiumfahrzeugen und im Rahmen der E Mobilität. Der erheblichen Gewichtseinsparung und hohen Energieeffizienz von Leichtbaustrukturen stehen bisher jedoch noch hohe Entwicklungs- und Stückkosten (Material, Prozessaufwand) gegenüber. Neben den verschiedenen Varianten der Resin Transfer Moulding (RTM) Technologie bietet sich zur Herstellung leichter, komplex geformter Strukturbauteile das Nasspressverfahren als Großserienanwendung an. Durch Parallelisierung von Prozessschritten in Verbindung mit hochreaktiven Harzsystemen können niedrigere Zykluszeiten erreicht werden als beim RTM-Verfahren. Da für den Nasspressprozess bisher weder ein umfassendes physikalisch-basiertes Prozessverständnis, noch Methoden zur virtuellen Prozesssimulation und -optimierung existieren, besteht ein erheblicher Forschungsbedarf für eine ressourceneffiziente Prozess- und Bauteilentwicklung [1]. Die Forschungsbrücke „KIT – Uni Stuttgart“ baut auf der langjährigen wissenschaftlichen und strategischen Zusammenarbeit der Leichtbau-Institute des Karlsruher Instituts für Technologie (KIT-FAST) und der Universität Stuttgart (IFB Stuttgart) auf und widmet sich der Erforschung und Weiterentwicklung des Nasspressprozesses (vgl. Abbildung 1). Dabei werden zwei unterschiedliche Prozessrouten grundlegend untersucht, modelliert, optimiert und bewertet. Besondere Herausforderungen sind die fundierte Material- und Prozessanalyse der Nasspresstechnologie sowie die Methodenentwicklung zur effizienten, virtuellen Prozess- und Bauteilentwicklung und die ganzheitliche Optimierung.
Anderson localization and Mott insulator phase in the time domain
Creators: name: Sacha, Krzysztof
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Particles in space periodic potentials constitute standard models for investigation of crystalline phenomena in solid state physics. Time periodicity of periodically driven systems is a close analogue of space periodicity of solid state crystals. There is an intriguing question if solid state phenomena can be observed in the time domain. Here we show that wave-packets localized on resonant classical trajectories of periodically driven systems are ideal elements to realize Anderson localization or Mott insulator phase in the time domain. Uniform superpositions of the wave-packets form stationary states of a periodically driven particle. However, an additional perturbation that fluctuates in time results in disorder in time and Anderson localization effects emerge. Switching to many-particle systems we observe that depending on how strong particle interactions are, stationary states can be Bose-Einstein condensates or single Fock states where definite numbers of particles occupy the periodically evolving wave-packets. Our study shows that non-trivial crystal-like phenomena can be observed in the time domain.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures, final version
The impact of group prenatal care on pregnancy and postpartum weight trajectories
Creators: name: Lewis, Jessica
name: Tobin, Jonathan N.
name: Kershaw, Trace S.
name: Boynton, Marcella H.
name: Ickovics, Jeannette R.
name: Rising, Sharon Schindler
name: Epel, Elissa
name: Magriples, Urania
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: The objective of the study was to investigate whether group prenatal care (Centering Pregnancy Plus [CP+]) has an impact on pregnancy weight gain and postpartum weight loss trajectories and to determine whether prenatal depression and distress might moderate these trajectories.
The phenotype of spontaneous preterm birth: application of a clinical phenotyping tool
Creators: name: Esplin, M. Sean
name: Ilekis, John
name: Sadovsky, Yoel
name: Biggio, Joseph
name: Andrews, William
name: Reddy, Uma M.
name: Zhang, Heping
name: Parry, Samuel
name: Manuck, Tracy A.
name: Varner, Michael W.
name: Saade, George
name: Huang, Hao
name: Bukowski, Radek
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: Spontaneous preterm birth (SPTB) is a complex condition that is likely a final common pathway with multiple possible etiologies. We hypothesized that a comprehensive classification system could appropriately group women with similar STPB etiologies, and provide an explanation, at least in part, for the disparities in SPTB associated with race and gestational age at delivery.
Additional file 4: of Vitronectin as a molecular player of the tumor microenvironment in neuroblastoma
Creators: name: Burgos-Panadero, Rebeca
name: Noguera, Inmaculada
name: CaĂąete, Adela
name: Navarro, Samuel
name: Noguera, Rosa
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Table S3. Growth conditions of NB human cell lines. (DOCX 14 kb)
Survival of infants with spina bifida and the role of maternal prepregnancy body mass index
Creators: name: Siega-Riz, A.M.
name: Carmichael, S.L.
name: Pace, N.D.
name: Olshan, A.F.
name: Cole, S.R.
name: Hoyt, A.T.
name: Tinker, S.C.
name: Canfield, M.A.
name: Meyer, R.E.
name: The National Birth Defects Prevention Study
name: Chescheir, N.C.
name: Desrosiers, T.A.
Publisher: name: John Wiley and Sons Inc.
Year: 2019

description: Objective: To investigate first-year survival of infants born with spina bifida, and examine the association of maternal prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) with infant mortality. Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study of 1,533 liveborn infants with nonsyndromic spina bifida with estimated dates of delivery from 1998 to 2011 whose mothers were eligible for the National Birth Defects Prevention Study (NBDPS). NBDPS data were linked to death records to conduct survival analyses. Kaplan–Meier survival functions estimated mortality risk over the first year of life. Cox proportional hazards models estimated hazard ratios (HRs) for maternal prepregnancy BMI categorized as underweight ('18.5), normal (18.5–24.9), overweight (25–29.9), and obese (≥30). Results: Infant mortality risk among infants with spina bifida was (4.4% [3.52, 5.60%]). Infants with multiple co-occurring defects, very preterm delivery, multiple gestation, high-level spina bifida lesions, or non-Hispanic Black mothers had an elevated risk of infant mortality. Maternal prepregnancy underweight and obesity were associated with higher infant mortality (15.7% [7.20, 32.30%] and 5.82% [3.60, 9.35%], respectively). Adjusted HR estimates showed underweight and obese mothers had greater hazard of infant mortality compared to normal weight mothers (HR: 4.5 [1.08, 16.72] and 2.6 [1.36, 8.02], respectively). Conclusion: The overall risk of infant mortality for infants born with spina bifida was lower than most previously reported estimates. Infants born with spina bifida to mothers who were underweight or obese prepregnancy were at higher risk of infant mortality. This study provides additional evidence of the importance of healthy maternal weight prior to pregnancy.
Timing of treatment initiation for mild gestational diabetes mellitus and perinatal outcomes
Creators: name: Husami, H.
name: Catalano, Patrick
name: Sorokin, Yoram
name: Sciscione, Anthony
name: Varner, Michael W.
name: Capellan, F.
name: Caritis, Steve N.
name: Rouse, Dwight J.
name: Bradford, D.
name: Ramin, Susan M.
name: Gold, J.
name: Fay, L.
name: Thorp, John M.
name: Casey, B.
name: Reddy, Uma M.
name: Mele, Lisa
name: Leveno, K.
name: Peaceman, A.
name: Miodovnik, M.
name: Garcia, M.
name: Carpenter, Marshall W.
name: Palatnik, Anna
name: Landon, Mark B.
name: Wapner, Ronald J.
name: Malone, F.
name: Saade, George R.
name: Simon, P.
name: Carmona, V.
name: Fredericks, N.
name: Mallett, G.
name: Moseley, L.
name: Bousleiman, S.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: To examine the association between gestational age (GA) at the time of treatment initiation for gestational diabetes (GDM) and maternal and perinatal outcomes.
One-Loop Partition Functions in Deformed $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM Theory
Creators: name: Fokken, Jan
name: Wilhelm, Matthias
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the thermodynamic behaviour of the real $β$- and $γ_i$-deformation of $\mathcal{N}=4$ Super Yang-Mills theory on $\mathbb{R}\times S^3$ in the planar limit. These theories were shown to be the most general asymptotically integrable supersymmetric and non-supersymmetric field-theory deformations of $\mathcal{N}=4$ Super Yang-Mills theory, respectively. We calculate the first loop correction to their partition functions using an extension of the dilatation-operator and Pólya-counting approach. In particular, we account for the one-loop finite-size effects which occur for operators of length one and two. Remarkably, we find that the $\mathcal{O}(λ)$ correction to the Hagedorn temperature is independent of the deformation parameters, although the partition function depends on them in a non-trivial way.
description: 31 pages, LaTeX, BibTeX, feynmp; v2: 32 pages, references added, typos corrected, matches published version
Use and attitudes of obstetricians toward 3 high-risk interventions in MFMU Network hospitals
Creators: name: Moss, Joan
name: Tita, A.
name: Hankins, G.
name: Rice, Madeline Murguia
name: Salazar, A.
name: Allard, Donna
name: Saade, G.
name: Nichols, M.
name: Costantine, M.
name: Plante, L.
name: Mallett, Gail
name: Blaser, M.
name: Tolivaisa, Susan
name: Lort, S.
name: Tolosa, J.E.
name: Reed, Peggy
name: Clock, C.
name: Ananth, C.
name: Todd, Allison
name: Milluzzi, Cynthia
name: Wapner, R.
name: Dorman, Karen
name: Johnson, Francee
name: Lawrence, A.
name: Bousleiman, Sabine Zoghbi
name: Brandon, J.
name: Andrews, W.
name: Pereira, L.
name: Ortiz, Felecia
name: Hoffman, M.
name: Ranzini, A.
name: Rincon, Monica
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: We sought to evaluate the frequency of, and factors associated with, the use of 3 evidence-based interventions: antenatal corticosteroids for fetal lung maturity, progesterone for prevention of recurrent preterm birth, and magnesium sulfate for fetal neuroprotection.
Regularity of curve integrable spacetimes
Creators: name: Sanchez, Yafet Sanchez
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 83C75

description: The idea of defining a gravitational singularity as an obstruction to the dynamical evolution of a test field (described by a PDE) rather than the dynamical evolution of a particle (described by a geodesics) is explored. In particular, the concept of field regularity is introduced which serves to describe the well-posedness of the local initial value problem for a given field.In particular this is applied to (classical) scalar fields in the class of curve integrable spacetimes to show that the classical singularities do not interrupt the well-posedness of the wave equation.
description: 28 pages, 1 figure
АГРЕГАТ ДЛЯ МЕХАНИЗИРОВАННОЙ ОБРАБОТКИ ПОЧВЫ ПРИ ВОЗДЕЛЫВАНИИ РИСА В БУРУНДИ
Creators: name: Сообщество рецензентов Международного научно-исследовательского журнала
Publisher: name: ООО Цифра
Year: 2023
Subjects: rice
soil tillage
walking tractor
tricycle
milling machine
g-pillar
wedge-shaped blades
рис
обработка почвы
мотоблок
трехколесный велосипед
фреза
г-образная стойка
клиновидные ножи

description: Journal of Agriculture and Environment, Выпуск 10 (38) 2023
A detailed study of the optical attenuation of gamma-ray bursts in the Swift era
Creators: name: Littlejohns, O. M.
name: Butler, N. R.
name: Cucchiara, A.
name: Watson, A. M.
name: Fox, O. D.
name: Lee, W. H.
name: Kutyrev, A. S.
name: Richer, M. G.
name: Klein, C. R.
name: Prochaska, J. X.
name: Bloom, J. S.
name: Troja, E.
name: Ramirez-Ruiz, E.
name: de Diego, J. A.
name: Georgiev, L.
name: González, J.
name: Román-Zúñiga, C. G.
name: Gehrels, N.
name: Moseley, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present optical and near-infrared (NIR) photometry of 28 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) detected by the \textit{Swift} satellite and rapidly observed by the Reionization and Transients Infrared/Optical (RATIR) camera. We compare the optical flux at fiducial times of 5.5 and 11 hours after the high-energy trigger to that in the X-ray regime to quantify optical darkness. 46$\pm$9 per cent (13/28) of all bursts in our sample and 55$\pm$10 per cent (13/26) of long GRBs are optically dark, which is statistically consistently with previous studies. Fitting RATIR optical and NIR spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of 19 GRBs, most (6/7) optically dark GRBs either occur at high-redshift ($z>4.5$) or have a high dust content in their host galaxies ($A_{\rm V} > 0.3$). Performing K-S tests, we compare the RATIR sample to those previously presented in the literature, finding our distributions of redshift, optical darkness, host dust extinction and X-ray derived column density to be consistent. The one reported discrepancy is with host galaxy dust content in the BAT6 sample, which appears inconsistent with our sample and other previous literature. Comparing X-ray derived host galaxy hydrogen column densities to host galaxy dust extinction, we find that GRBs tend to occur in host galaxies with a higher metal-to-dust ratio than our own Galaxy, more akin to the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. Finally, to mitigate time evolution of optical darkness, we measure $β_{\rm OX,rest}$ at a fixed rest frame time, $t_{\rm rest}=1.5$ hours and fixed rest frame energies in the X-ray and optical regimes. Choosing to evaluate optical flux at $λ_{\rm rest}=0.25~μ$m, we remove high-redshift as a source of optical darkness, demonstrating that optical darkness must result from either high-redshift, dust content in the host galaxy along the GRB sight line, or a combination of the two.
description: Accepted by MNRAS. 20 pages, 10 figures, 6 tables
Three-Year Incidence and Cumulative Prevalence of Retinopathy: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study
Creators: name: Amirul Islam, F.M.
name: Klein, Ronald
name: Sharrett, A. Richey
name: Cotch, Mary Frances
name: Couper, David J.
name: Hubbard, Larry D.
name: Klein, Barbara E.K.
name: Wong, Tien Y.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2007

description: To describe the 3 year incidence and cumulative prevalence of retinopathy and its risk factors.