cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Evidence for the transmission of Salmonella from reptiles to children in Germany, July 2010 to October 2011
Creators: name: Pees, Michael
name: Rabsch, Wolfgang
name: Plenz, B.
name: Fruth, Angelika
name: Prager, Rita
name: Simon, Sandra
name: Schmidt, V.
name: Münch, Sebastian
name: Braun, Peggy
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionskrankheiten / Erreger
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Germany
subject: Animals
subject: Humans
subject: Female
subject: Molecular Typing
subject: Child Preschool
subject: Infant
subject: Serotyping
subject: Family Characteristics
subject: Salmonella Infections/microbiology
subject: Gastroenteritis/diagnosis
subject: Reptiles/microbiology
subject: Salmonella/genetics
subject: Salmonella/isolation & purification
subject: Salmonella Infections/transmission
subject: Salmonella Infections Animal/microbiology
subject: Salmonella Infections Animal/transmission
subject: 610 Medizin

description: This study examines the Salmonella status in reptiles kept in households with children suffering from gastroenteritis due to an exotic Salmonella serovar, to obtain information on possible transmission paths. A number of affected households (n=79) were contacted, and almost half (34/79) comprised at least one reptile in the home. Of the households, 19 were further studied, whereby a total of 36 reptiles were investigated. Samples were taken from the reptiles including the oral cavity, the cloaca, the skin and, in the case of lizards, the stomach, and isolation of Salmonella strains was performed using repeated enrichment and typing. Where the Salmonella serovars of the infected child and the reptile were identical, typing was followed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps) constituted 19 of 36 examined reptiles. Altogether 319 Salmonella isolates were investigated and 24 different serovars identified in the reptiles. In 15 of 19 households, an identical serovar to the human case was confirmed in at least one reptile (including 16 of all 19 bearded dragons examined). The results demonstrate that reptiles and especially bearded dragons shed various Salmonella serovars including those isolated from infected children in the respective households. Hygiene protocols and parents’ education are therefore highly necessary to reduce the risk of transmission. From a terminological point of view, we propose to call such infections ‘Reptile-Exotic-Pet-Associated-Salmonellosis’ (REPAS).
Zum geschlechtsdifferenten Prozeß der Lebensverlängerung in Deutschland
Creators: name: Wiesner, Gerd
name: Bittner, Edelgard
name: Todzy-Wolff, I.
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin

description: Der Lebensverlängerungsprozeß hat sich in diesem Jahrhundert in Deutschland fortgesetzt, wobei die weibliche Bevölkerung einen höheren Zugewinn an Lebenserwartung gegenüber der männlichen Bevölkerung realisieren konnte. Für die Zeitintervalle 1949/51 bis 1960/62, 1960/62 bis 1970/72, 1970/72 bis 1981/83 und 1981/83 bis 1993/95 wurden für die männliche und weibliche Bevölkerung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (früheres Bundesgebiet) die relativen Veränderungen der altersspezifischen Überlebenswahrscheinlichkeiten errechnet. Während der Lebensverlängerungsprozeß der weiblichen Bevölkerung über alle Zeitintervalle nahezu kontinuierlich voranschreitet waren bei der der männlichen Bevölkerung in definierten Altersbereichen erhebliche Schwankungen zu beobachten. Der Lebensverlängerungsprozeß wird bei beiden Geschlechtern zunehmend im höheren Lebensalter wirksam. Da in den aufeinanderfolgenden Geburtsjahrkohorten die genetisch/biologische Variabilität weitgehend konstant reproduziert wird, ist die geschlechtsdifferente Entwicklung der Lebenserwartung sozialer Natur. Der höhere säkulare Lebenserwartungszugewinn der weiblichen Bevölkerung ist Ausdruck einer höheren Partizipation an der sozialen Aufwärtsentwicklung.
FROM EYEWITNESS NARRATIVES TO RETELLINGS AND LITERARY ADAPTATIONS: THE RUSSIAN TIME OF TROUBLES IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE
Creators: name: Prokhorov, George
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Theater--Political aspects
subject: Renaissance
subject: Spain
subject: Russia
subject: History
subject: Travel writing

description: The article focuses on the adaptation strategies used by Lope de Vega in his play El Gran Duque de Moscovia y emperador perseguido (1617). This tragedy, built on material acquired from travelogues, represents the first depiction of the Russian Time of Troubles in fiction. In it, one can follow Lope de Vega’s shift from preserving the factual details collected from different travel sources to creating his own Baroque story placed within a purely Catholic world, as opposed to reality. In doing this, Lope de Vega creates a fictional space filled with mystery and miracles, where Heavens can intervene and punish the guilty party, whereby restoring the original status quo. Key situations turn from illustrations of an alien world into much more general depictions, namely, that of a tyrant versus a legal monarch, and the will of a ruler versus the law. The shift into tyranny provides the story with a new narrative centre and, by following Lope de Vega’s emphasis on the “Muscovian story,” discloses its universal spirit
Transmission and molecular characterisation of wild measles virus in Romania, 2008 to 2012
Creators: name: Necula, Gheorghe
name: Lazar, M.
name: Stanescu, A.
name: Pistol, A.
name: Santibanez, Sabine
name: Mankertz, Annette
name: Lupulescu, E.
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Humans
subject: Female
subject: Male
subject: Sequence Analysis
subject: Molecular Epidemiology/methods
subject: Genotype
subject: Phylogeny
subject: Disease Notification/statistics & numerical data
subject: Population Surveillance
subject: Child Preschool
subject: Infant
subject: Child
subject: Disease Outbreaks
subject: Antibodies Viral/analysis
subject: Antibodies Viral/genetics
subject: Infant Newborn
subject: Measles/epidemiology
subject: Measles/genetics
subject: Measles/transmission
subject: Measles virus/genetics
subject: Measles virus/immunology
subject: Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
subject: Romania/epidemiology
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Molecular characterisation of measles virus is a powerful tool for tracing transmission. Genotyping may prove the absence of endemic circulation of measles virus, i.e. transmission for more than 12 months, which is one of the criteria for verifying elimination of the disease. We have genetically characterised measles viruses detected in Romania from 2008 to 2012, focusing on the recent outbreaks from 2010 to 2012 that affected mainly groups with limited access to healthcare and schools. The findings emphasise the importance of genotyping during the different phases of an outbreak. A total of 8,170 cases were notified, and 5,093 (62%) of the 7,559 possible cases were serologically confirmed. RT-PCR was performed for 104 samples: from the 101 positive samples obtained from sporadic measles cases or clusters from different counties, 73 were genotyped. Sporadic measles cases associated with D4 and D5 viruses were observed from 2008 to 2009. Genotype D4-Manchester was predominant in 2011 and 2012. In addition, the related variant D4-Maramures and MVs/Limoges.FRA/17.10[D4] and a few D4-Hamburg strains were detected. The detection of several distinct MV-D4 genotypes suggests multiple virus importations to Romania. The outbreak associated with D4 genotype is the second largest outbreak in Romania in less than 10 years.
Immensee e altre novelle
Creators: name: Cambi, Fabrizio
Publisher: name: Universit� di Trento. Dipartimento di scienze filologiche e storiche
Year: 1998

description: L?itinerario letterario del poeta e narratore Theodor Storm (1817-1888), calato nella storia e nella cultura dello Holstein, si rivela esemplare del processo evolutivo della letteratura tedesca nella seconda met� dell?Ottocento, riflettendo la profonda crisi di valori e di prospettive che caratterizza il mondo della vecchia borghesia di provincia.
La scelta di sette famose novelle, qui presentate in una nuova traduzione con apparato critico, consentono di ridisegnare la parabola dell?idillio biedermeieriano, in cui dominano il ricordo e il sentimento doloroso dell?irrevocabilit� del passato (Immensee e Rose tardive), a novelle che hanno per tema l?irresolutezza amorosa (Nel castello, Viola tricolor), il meraviglioso o il grottesco, magistralmente rappresentati in chiave realistica (Casa Bulemann, La fata della pioggia), fino al noto racconto L?uomo dal cavallo bianco.
Additional file 1 of Provider perceptions of barriers and facilitators to care in eating disorder treatment for transgender and gender diverse patients: a qualitative study
Creators: name: Ferrucci, Katarina A.
name: McPhillips, Emily
name: Lapane, Kate L.
name: Jesdale, Bill M.
name: Dubé, Catherine E.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicine
Cancer
Science Policy
Mental Health

description: Additional file 1: Appendix A. Interview protocol.
A dialogue beyond the nation-state: Darwish's Mural and Shehadeh's A Rift in Time: Travels with my Ottoman Uncle
Creators: name: Nashef, Hania
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Middle East--Palestine
subject: Area studies
subject: Arabic literature
subject: Poetry

description: Even though postcolonial theory has helped in the critique of non-western texts, it has for the most part failed to engage with the Arab region and its literatures in spite of Edward Said’s seminal book, Orientalism. Robert Young argues that postcolonial theory since its inception has been concerned with the politics of invisibility, striving to make the invisible visible. Yet, the Arab region generally and Arab literature particularly have received little attention when compared to other literatures from postcolonial nations. To this day, the history and the Arab world’s earlier contribution to the world remain invisible. Deemed ‘other’, it is excluded. Perceptions of the Arab World are mostly reductionist, with an insistence on homogeny that negates diversity. Here, I look at two voices that resist both abstraction and invisibility, through an analysis of two texts that are concerned with issues of shrinking and imposed identity. I discuss Mahmoud Darwish’s poem Mural in which the Palestinian poet strives to affirm his being through language by confronting the existential question of ‘who am I?” when the homeland no longer exists. By acquiring some form of permanence, the poem could keep the question of the Palestinian identity alive. Whereas, in A Rift in Time: Travels with my Ottoman Uncle Raja Shehadeh tracks the footsteps of his great-uncle, to reconnect with his disappearing homeland. In Shehadeh’s retracing of his great uncle’s steps, he exposes a region that is much changed, from which a sense of a diminishing identity evolves. The geographical lines that have been drawn since the Sykes-Picot agreement define who the people are and how they see themselves. Drawing a parallel dialogue between both periods, Shehadeh asks the reader to imagine another reality, one that is not confined to physical borders or imposed identities.  Keywords: Mahmoud Darwish, Raja Shehadeh, Palestinian Literature, Postcolonial, Identity, and Absence
Population structure of Salmonella enterica serovar 4,[5],12:b:- strains and likely sources of human infection
Creators: name: Toboldt, Anne
name: Tietze, Erhard
name: Helmuth, Reiner
name: Junker, Ernst
name: Fruth, Angelika
name: Malorny, Burkhard
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionskrankheiten / Erreger
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Germany
subject: Animals
subject: Humans
subject: Molecular Sequence Data
subject: DNA Bacterial/chemistry
subject: Salmonella enterica/genetics
subject: Multilocus Sequence Typing
subject: Virulence Factors/genetics
subject: Genetic Variation
subject: Polymerase Chain Reaction
subject: DNA Bacterial/genetics
subject: Electrophoresis Gel Pulsed-Field
subject: Food Microbiology
subject: Salmonella Infections/microbiology
subject: Salmonella enterica/classification
subject: Salmonella enterica/isolation & purification
subject: Salmonella Infections Animal/microbiology
subject: Bacterial Typing Techniques
subject: Environmental Microbiology
subject: Molecular Epidemiology
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Salmonella enterica serovar 4,[5],12:b:- is a monophasic serovar not able to express the second-phase flagellar antigen (H2 antigen). In Germany, the serovar is occasionally isolated from poultry, reptiles, fish, food, and humans. In this study, a selection of 67 epidemiologically unrelated Salmonella enterica serovar 4,[5],12:b:- strains isolated in Germany between 2000 and 2011 from the environment, animal, food, and humans was investigated by phenotypic and genotypic methods to better understand the population structure and to identify potential sources of human infections. Strains of this monophasic serovar were highly diverse. Within the 67 strains analyzed, we identified 52 different pulsed-field gel electrophoresis XbaI profiles, 12 different multilocus sequence types (STs), and 18 different pathogenicity array types. The relatedness of strains based on the pathogenicity gene repertoire (102 markers tested) was in good agreement with grouping by MLST. S. enterica serovar 4,[5],12:b:- is distributed across multiple unrelated eBurst groups and consequently is highly polyphyletic. Two sequence types (ST88 and ST127) were linked to S. enterica serovar Paratyphi B (d-tartrate positive), two single-locus variants of ST1583 were linked to S. enterica serovar Abony, and one sequence type (ST1484) was associated with S. enterica serovar Mygdal, a recently defined, new serovar. From the characterization of clinical isolates and those of nonhuman origin, it can be concluded that the potential sources of sporadic human infections with S. enterica serovar 4,[5],12:b:- most likely are mushrooms, shellfish/fish, and poultry.
DO PARENT-CHILD MATH ACTIVITIES ADD UP? A HOME NUMERACY ENVIRONMENT INTERVENTION FOR PARENTS OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN
Creators: name: Napoli, Amy R.
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2019
Subjects: Early childhood education

description: Early numeracy skills are related to children’s later mathematics and reading skills. Early interventions that target parent-child numeracy practices may be an effective way to promote these skills in young children. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a home numeracy environment (HNE) intervention in increasing preschool children’s early numeracy skills through a randomized controlled trial. The intervention was designed to incorporate practices that have been shown to improve children’s numeracy development, in addition to a number of practices that have been shown to lead to effective outcomes for parenting interventions more broadly. Parents were randomly assigned to participate in either the HNE intervention or an active comparison condition. Both groups of parents attended a brief informational meeting and received daily text messages for four weeks; parents in the intervention group received information about the importance of early mathematics development and strategies for incorporating numeracy into their children’s daily routines and parents in the active comparison condition received information on general development in preschool. Before and after the intervention, parents completed a questionnaire on their numeracy beliefs and practices, and children were assessed on their early numeracy skills. Findings indicate that, compared to parents in the comparison condition, parents who participated in the intervention reported more frequent direct HNE activities and their children showed greater improvement on numeracy skills. There were no group differences on beliefs of importance of math, self-efficacy for teaching math, or engagement in indirect HNE practices. The study provides initial evidence that a brief HNE intervention is feasible for parents to implement and is effective in improving preschool children’s numeracy skills.
sj-pdf-2-hpq-10.1177_13591053211025601 – Supplemental material for Accuracy incentives and framing effects to minimize the influence of cognitive bias among advanced cancer patients
Creators: name: Finkelstein, Eric A
name: Cheung, Yin Bun
name: Schweitzer, Maurice E
name: Lee, Lai Heng
name: Kanesvaran, Ravindran
name: Baid, Drishti
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 110319 Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: sj-pdf-2-hpq-10.1177_13591053211025601 for Accuracy incentives and framing effects to minimize the influence of cognitive bias among advanced cancer patients by Eric A Finkelstein, Yin Bun Cheung, Maurice E Schweitzer, Lai Heng Lee, Ravindran Kanesvaran and Drishti Baid in Journal of Health Psychology
COVID-19, Race, and Redlining
Creators: name: BERTOCCHI, Graziella
name: DIMICO, ARCANGELO
Publisher: name: Dipartimento di Economia Marco Biagi - Universit� di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Year: 2020

description: Discussion on the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on African Americans has been at center stage since the outbreak of the epidemic in the United States. To present day, however, lack of race-disaggregated individual data has prevented a
rigorous assessment of the extent of this phenomenon and the reasons why blacks may be particularly vulnerable to the disease. Using individual and georeferenced death data collected daily by the Cook County Medical Examiner, we provide first
evidence that race does affect COVID-19 outcomes. The data confirm that in Cook County blacks are overrepresented in terms of COVID-19 related deaths since?as of June 16, 2020?they constitute 35 percent of the dead, so that they are dying at
a rate 1.3 times higher than their population share. Furthermore, by combining the spatial distribution of mortality with the 1930s
redlining maps for the Chicago area, we obtain a block group level panel dataset of weekly deaths over the period January 1, 2020-June 16, 2020, over which we establish that, after the outbreak of the epidemic, historically lower-graded neighborhoods display a sharper increase in mortality, driven by blacks, while no pretreatment differences are detected. Thus, we uncover a persistence influence of the racial segregation induced by the discriminatory lending practices of the 1930s, by way of a diminished resilience of the black population to the shock represented by the COVID-19 outbreak.
SecA is required for membrane targeting of the cell division protein DivIVA in vivo
Creators: name: Halbedel, Sven
name: Kawai, Maki
name: Breitling, Reinhard
name: Hamoen, Leendert W.
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionskrankheiten / Erreger
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: SecA ATPase
subject: DivIVA
subject: cell division
subject: membrane binding
subject: protein localization
subject: 610 Medizin

description: The conserved protein DivIVA is involved in different morphogenetic processes in Gram-positive bacteria. In Bacillus subtilis, the protein localizes to the cell division site and cell poles, and functions as a scaffold for proteins that regulate division site selection, and for proteins that are required for sporulation. To identify other proteins that bind to DivIVA, we performed an in vivo cross-linking experiment. A possible candidate that emerged was the secretion motor ATPase SecA. SecA mutants have been described that inhibit sporulation, and since DivIVA is necessary for sporulation, we examined the localization of DivIVA in these mutants. Surprisingly, DivIVA was delocalized, suggesting that SecA is required for DivIVA targeting. To further corroborate this, we performed SecA depletion and inhibition experiments, which provided further indications that DivIVA localization depends on SecA. Cell fractionation experiments showed that SecA is important for binding of DivIVA to the cell membrane. This was unexpected since DivIVA does not contain a signal sequence, and is able to bind to artificial lipid membranes in vitro without support of other proteins. SecA is required for protein secretion and membrane insertion, and therefore its role in DivIVA localization is likely indirect. Possible alternative roles of SecA in DivIVA folding and/or targeting are discussed.
Scienza Aperta - Open Science
Creators: name: Caso, Roberto
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Trento
Year: 2017

description: Science is facing a fundamental turning point of its history. Never as in this historical moment it appears giant and powerful, but at the same time it shows high fragility: the concentration of information control power in the hands of few commercial groups, the iniquity of a system that benefits developed countries, the restriction of academic autonomy by political and economic power, the precariousness of working conditions of young researchers, the increase in the number of cases of scientific fraud and misconduct, the questioning of its authority by a portion of the public.
Can openness be understood as a system capable of strengthening science and treating the diseases that afflict it?
The essay is aimed at answering this question.
Byron's Eastern Tales: Eastern Themes and Contexts
Creators: name: Oliver, Susan
Publisher: name: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Poetry
subject: Scottish literature
subject: Romanticism--Study and teaching
subject: Travel writing
subject: Romanticism
subject: Borderlands

description: This sample chapter is a pre-copy edited version, in accordance with copyright and open access regulations.

ABSTRACT OF SCOTT, BYRON AND THE POETICS OF CULTURAL ENCOUNTER:
Scott, Byron and the Poetics of Cultural Encounter is an innovative study of Scott's and Byron's poetical engagement with borders (actual and metaphorical) and the people living on and around them. The author discusses Scott's edited collection of Border Ballads, Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border and his narrative poetry, and Byron's Childe Harold's Pilgrimage , cantos 1 and 2, his Eastern Tales, and his late, utopian South-Sea poem The Island. This fascinating study provides a detailed exegesis of the importance of borders to these leading poets and the public, during the early years of the Nineteenth-Century, with an emphasis on reciprocal literary influences, and on attitudes towards cultural instability.
D6.2 PROJECT WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS
Creators: name: Brenan, Margaret
name: Nikodinovic-Runic, Jasmina
name: Lazic, Jelena
name: Minovska, Gordana
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: Deliverable 6.2 is a report on the EcoPlastiC Project Website and is one of the most powerful dissemination

tools for reaching the largest audience possible, including groups beyond the scientific community and the

project’s stakeholders.

The main objectives of the project website are:

● Present the project’s scope, details, goals, mission, and vision.

● Communicate project progress, activities, and results.

The guiding principle for the website is to embody & convey the project ethos emphasising EcoPlastiC as a

technological leap for low carbon plastics. The EcoPlastiC Project aims to deliver the science of a future

technology that has the potential to change the paradigm of how we deal with unrecyclable mixed plastic waste.

The project’s website follows this ambition to be bold and radically different and present a technological innovation

in its domain.

To achieve excellence, we pay close attention to both the quantitative (performance, accessibility, best

practices, SEO) and the qualitative (website organization, visual design content quality) aspects of websites.

The brand has been designed to provide a strong visual identity connecting with people on the

projects mission to convert plastic waste to sustainable bio-polymers. This distinctive brand design reinforces the

position, promise and ethos of the project and advocates its key values to achieve routes to circularity for plastics.

This document elaborates on all the aspects of the project website.
Partition Density Functional Theory for Semi-In finite and Periodic Systems
Creators: name: Niffenegger, Kelsie A.
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2019
Subjects: Other physical sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Partition Density Functional Theory (P-DFT) is a formally exact method to find the ground-state energy and density of molecules via self-consistent calculations on isolated fragments. It is being used to improve the accuracy of Kohn-Sham DFT (KS-DFT) calculations and to lower their computational cost. Here, the method has been extended to be applicable to semi-infi nite and periodic systems. This extension involves the development of new algorithms to calculate the exact partition potential, a central quantity of P-DFT. A novel feature of these algorithms is that they are applicable to systems of constant chemical potential, and not only to systems of constant electron number. We illustrate our method on one-dimensional model systems designed to mimic metal-atom interfaces and atomic chains. From extensive numerical tests on these model systems, we infer that: 1.) The usual derivative discontinuities of open-system KS-DFT are reduced (but do not disappear completely) when an atom is at a nite distance from a metallic reservoir; 2.) In situations where we do not have chemical potential equalization between fragments of a system, a new constraint for P-DFT emerges which relates the fragment chemical potentials and the combined system chemical potential; 3.) P-DFT is an ideal method for studying charge transfer and fragment interactions due to the correct ensemble treatment of fractional electron charges; 4.) Key features of the partition potential at the metalatom interface are correlated to well-known features of the underlying KS potential; and 5.) When there is chemical potential equalization between an atom and a metal surface it is interacting with, there is strong charge transfer between the metal and atom. In these cases of charge transfer the density response to an in nitesimal change in the chemical potential is located almost exclusively around the atom. On the other hand, when the fragment chemical potentials do not equalize, the density response only a ects the surface Friedel oscillations in the metal.
Transatlantic Influences in Periodical Editing: From Francis Jeffrey's Edinburgh Review to Horace Greeley's New-York Tribune
Creators: name: Oliver, Susan
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Periodicals--Study and teaching
subject: Nineteenth century
subject: Reportage literature

description: This article explores editorial practice in the British and North American periodicals between c.1800 and c.1850. The article uses a Transatlantic studies approach.
Additional file 1 of The biosafety incident response competence scale for clinical nursing staff: a development and validation study
Creators: name: Wu, Chao
name: Zhang, Hongli
name: Zhang, Yinjuan
name: Hu, Mengyi
name: Lin, Yawei
name: He, Jing
name: Li, Shuwen
name: Zhang, Yulian
name: Lang, Hong-juan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Space Science
Medicine
Biotechnology
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 1.
Prevalence and determinants of osteoporosis in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus
Creators: name: Leidig-Bruckner, Gudrun
name: Grobholz, Sonja
name: Bruckner, Thomas
name: Scheidt-Nave, Christa
name: Nawroth, Peter
name: Schneider, Jochen G.
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsberichterstattung
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Osteoporosis
subject: Bone mineral density
subject: Diabetes mellitus
subject: Fractures
subject: Vascular complications
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Background: Increased risk of osteoporosis and its clinical significance in patients with diabetes is controversial. We analyze osteoporosis prevalence and determinants of bone mineral density (BMD) in patients with type 1 and 2 diabetes. Methods: Three hundred and ninety-eight consecutive diabetic patients from a single outpatient clinic received a standardized questionnaire on osteoporosis risk factors, and were evaluated for diabetes-related complications, HbA1c levels, and lumbar spine (LS) and femoral neck (FN) BMD. Of these, 139 (71 men, 68 women) type 1 and 243 (115 men, 128 women) type 2 diabetes patients were included in the study. BMD (T-scores and values adjusted for age, BMI and duration of disease) was compared between patient groups and between patients with type 2 diabetes and population-based controls (255 men, 249 women). Results: For both genders, adjusted BMD was not different between the type 1 and type 2 diabetes groups but was higher in the type 2 group compared with controls (p
La persecuzione dei crimini internazionali. Una riflessione sui diversi meccanismi di risposta. Atti del XLII Seminario internazionale di studi italo-tedeschi, Merano, 14-15 novembre 2014 = Die Verfolgung der Internationalen Verbrechen. Eine �berlegung zu den Verschiedenen Reaktionsmechanismen. Akten des XLII. Internationalen Seminars deutsch-italienischer Studien, Meran 14.-15. Novembre 2014
Creators: name: Wenin, Roberto
name: Fornasari, Gabriele
name: Fronza, Emanuela
Publisher: name: Universit� degli studi di Trento
Year: 2015

description: Il presente volume, che si inserisce nel progetto di ricerca �Diritto penale e modernit�. Le nuove sfide fra terrorismo, sviluppo tecnologico e garanzie fondamentali�, raccoglie gli atti del XLII Seminario di studi italo-tedeschi, svoltosi a Merano il 14 e 15 novembre 2014 sui meccanismi di persecuzione dei crimini internazionali. La scelta di creare un?occasione di dialogo interdisciplinare nasce dalla constatazione di una dinamica di moltiplicazione e diversificazione delle risposte alle gravissime violazioni dei diritti umani (Tribunali internazionali ad hoc, Corte penale internazionale permanente, Tribunali misti, Commissioni per la verit� e riconciliazione, ecc.).
Il carattere bilingue del volume � in linea con la tradizione dell?Accademia di studi italo-tedeschi di Merano, volta ad incentivare e promuovere lo scambio culturale e scientifico fra l?area linguistica italiana e quella tedesca.
Vorschläge zur Förderung der körperlichen Aktivität von Kindern und Jugendlichen in Deutschland
Creators: name: Graf, C.
name: Beneke, R.
name: Bloch, W.
name: Bucksch, Jens
name: Dordel, S.
name: Eiser, S.
name: Ferrari, N.
name: Koch, B.
name: Krug, Susanne
name: Lawrenz, W.
name: Manz, Kristin
name: Naul, R.
name: Oberhoffer, R.
name: Quilling, E.
name: Schulz, H.
name: Stemper, T.
name: Stibbe, G.
name: Tokarski, W.
name: Völker, K.
name: Woll, Alexander
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsberichterstattung
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Körperliche Aktivität
subject: Prävention
subject: Sitzende Tätigkeiten
subject: Lebensstilbedingte Erkrankungen
subject: Tägliche Bewegungszeit
subject: Prevention
subject: Sedentary lifestyle
subject: Life style induced illness
subject: Motor activity
subject: Daily physical activity
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Hintergrund: Der Erhalt bzw. die Steigerung von körperlicher Aktivität sowie die Reduktion von sitzenden Tätigkeiten stellen zentrale Elemente in der Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention lebensstilbedingter Erkrankungen im Kindes- und Jugendalter dar. Wie viel allerdings für wen und unter welchen Lebensumständen notwendig ist, wird bislang (noch) diskutiert. Vorschläge zur Förderung der körperlichen Aktivität: Auf der Basis von Expertenempfehlungen wird international überwiegend eine Bewegungszeit von mindestens 60 min pro Tag vorgeschlagen. Alters- und geschlechtsspezifische Besonderheiten sowie regionale Unterschiede bleiben dabei weitestgehend unberücksichtigt. Unter Beachtung nationaler Daten, aber auch besonderer Gruppen, z. B. Kinder aus bildungsfernen Familien bzw. mit Migrationshintergrund, wurden in einem Expertenkonsens Vorschläge für Deutschland zur Förderung der körperlichen Aktivität im Kindes- und Jugendalter erarbeitet. Im Kern sehen sie eine tägliche Bewegungszeit von 90 min bzw. mindestens 12.000 Schritten im Alltag vor. Darüber hinaus wurden zusätzliche Lebensstilfaktoren, v. a. die Begrenzung des Medienkonsums, integriert. Die Empfehlungen dienen hauptsächlich der Orientierung von Eltern und Betreuungspersonen sowie von Institutionen, wie Schulen, Kindertageseinrichtungen bis hin zu Kommunen und Stakeholdern.
A Corrupt Medium: Stephen Burroughs and the Bridgehampton, New York, Library
Creators: name: Ashton, Susanna Margaret
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Libraries
subject: History
subject: American literature--Colonial period
subject: Autobiography
subject: Books

description: In his eighteenth-century Memoirs, criminal Stephen Burroughs tells of his campaign to establish a library in Bridgehampton, New York. When the town elders discover the plan, they insist upon reviewing Burroughs's choices. Undercurrents of other debates spill over into what would otherwise merely be some quibbling over book selections. In a series of vividly recounted public meetings, Burroughs pits the local elders against himself and "the People." These book wars are clearly situated in ideological struggles regarding rationalism and the role of reading in general; but, more significantly, they are situated in a representational context that by its very genre—that of the rogue narrative—calls into question the role of individual interpretation and literary influence.
Legionella oakridgensis ATCC 33761 genome sequence and phenotypic characterization reveals its replication capacity in amoebae
Creators: name: Brzuszkiewicz, Elzbieta
name: Schulz, Tino
name: Rydzewski, Kerstin
name: Daniel, Rolf
name: Gillmaier, Nadine
name: Dittmann, Christine
name: Holland, Gudrun
name: Schunder, Eva
name: Lautner, Monika
name: Eisenreich, Wolfgang
name: Lück, Christian
name: Heuner, Klaus
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Biologische Sicherheit
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: L. oakridgensis
subject: Dot/Icm effectors
subject: Acanthamoeba lenticulata
subject: Virulence
subject: Human pathogen
subject: Genome sequence
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Legionella oakridgensis is able to cause Legionnaires’ disease, but is less virulent compared to L. pneumophila strains and very rarely associated with human disease. L. oakridgensis is the only species of the family legionellae which is able to grow on media without additional cysteine. In contrast to earlier publications, we found that L. oakridgensis is able to multiply in amoebae. We sequenced the genome of L. oakridgensis type strain OR-10 (ATCC 33761). The genome is smaller than the other yet sequenced Legionella genomes and has a higher G + C-content of 40.9%. L. oakridgensis lacks a flagellum and it also lacks all genes of the flagellar regulon except of the alternative sigma-28 factor FliA and the anti-sigma-28 factor FlgM. Genes encoding structural components of type I, type II, type IV Lvh and type IV Dot/Icm, Sec- and Tat-secretion systems could be identified. Only a limited set of Dot/Icm effector proteins have been recognized within the genome sequence of L. oakridgensis. Like in L. pneumophila strains, various proteins with eukaryotic motifs and eukaryote-like proteins were detected. We could demonstrate that the Dot/Icm system is essential for intracellular replication of L. oakridgensis. Furthermore, we identified new putative virulence factors of Legionella.
Some Personal Notes on Role Plays as an Excellent Teaching Tool
Creators: name: Hunger, Iris
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Animals
subject: Humans
subject: Engineering/ethics
subject: Ethics Professional/education
subject: Role Playing
subject: Social Responsibility
subject: Teaching/methods
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Role plays are extremely valuable tools to address different aspects of teaching social responsibility, because they allow students to “live through” complex ethical decision making dilemmas. While role plays are getting high marks from students because their entertainment value is high, their educational value depends on their closeness to students’ work experience and the skills of the teacher in helping students comprehend the lessons they are meant to convey.
Antibodies against Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato among Adults, Germany, 2008–2011
Creators: name: Wilking, Hendrik
name: Fingerle, Volker
name: Klier, Christiane
name: Thamm, Michael
name: Stark, Klaus
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionsepidemiologie
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Bacterial/blood
subject: Humans
subject: Female
subject: Male
subject: Adolescent
subject: Adult
subject: Aged
subject: Germany/epidemiology
subject: Middle Aged
subject: Young Adult
subject: Prevalence
subject: Age Distribution
subject: Antibodies
subject: Aged 80 and over
subject: Child Preschool
subject: Infant
subject: Child
subject: Infant Newborn
subject: Borrelia burgdorferi/immunology
subject: Lyme Disease/blood
subject: Lyme Disease/epidemiology
subject: Lyme Disease/immunology
subject: 610 Medizin

description: To assess Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (the cause of Lyme borreliosis) seropositivity in Germany, we tested serum samples from health survey (2008–2011) participants. Seroprevalence was 5.8% among women and 13.0% among men; infection risk was highest among persons >60 years of age. Public health interventions, including education about risk factors and preventive measures, are needed.
Hemoparasites in a wild primate: Infection patterns suggest interaction of Plasmodium and Babesia in a lemur species
Creators: name: Springer, Andrea
name: Fichtel, Claudia
name: Calvignac-Spencer, Sébastien
name: Leendertz, Fabian H.
name: Kappeler, Peter M.
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Babesia sp.
subject: Cross-immunity
subject: Hemoparasites
subject: Parasite community
subject: Plasmodium sp.
subject: Propithecus verreauxi
subject: Verreaux's sifakas
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Hemoparasites can cause serious morbidity in humans and animals and often involve wildlife reservoirs. Understanding patterns of hemoparasite infections in natural populations can therefore inform about emerging disease risks, especially in the light of climate change and human disruption of natural ecosystems. We investigated the effects of host age, sex, host group size and season on infection patterns of Plasmodium sp., Babesia sp. and filarial nematodes in a population of wild Malagasy primates, Verreaux's sifakas (Propithecus verreauxi), as well as the effects of these infections on hematological variables. We tested 45 blood samples from 36 individuals and identified two species of Plasmodium, one species of Babesia and two species of filarial nematodes. Plasmodium spp. and Babesia sp. infections showed opposite patterns of age-dependency, with babesiosis being prevalent among young animals, while older animals were infected with Plasmodium sp. In addition, Babesia sp. infection was a statistically significant negative predictor of Plasmodium sp. infection. These results suggest that Plasmodium and Babesia parasites may interact within the host, either through cross-immunity or via resource competition, so that Plasmodium infections can only establish after babesiosis has resolved. We found no effects of host sex, host group size and season on hemoparasite infections. Infections showed high prevalences and did not influence hematological variables. This preliminary evidence supports the impression that the hosts and parasites considered in this study appear to be well-adapted to each other, resulting in persistent infections with low pathogenic and probably low zoonotic potential. Our results illustrate the crucial role of biodiversity in host-parasite relationships, specifically how within-host pathogen diversity may regulate the abundance of parasites.
Depressive Symptoms and The Stress Process in Racial/Ethnic Minority Graduate Students
Creators: name: Nolasco, Martin A.
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2019
Subjects: Mental health services

description: In the last several years, it has become apparent that racial/ethnic minority graduate students face an increased risk for mental health issues (Clark, Mercer, Zeigler-Hill, & Dufrene, 2012; Paradies et al., 2015). Contextualizing their experiences and determining what factors play a role in increasing this risk specifically for racial/ethnic minority graduate students could help provide information about areas for intervention. However, there is a lack of literature on the experiences of racial/ethnic minorities in graduate school and the implications of those experiences for their mental health. It is important to understand their experience in the context of minority status stress through the use of Stress Process Theory (Pearlin, Menaghen, Lieberman, & Mullan, 1981). As such I hypothesized several positive and unique contributions to depressive symptoms by career and education barriers and minority status stress. Additionally, I hypothesized that minority status stress would mediate the relationship between career and education barriers and depressive symptoms, and that perceived family social support would moderate the relationships between career and education barriers, minority status stress, and depressive symptoms. To this end I used this regression-based, quantitative study to examine the associations between the perception of career and education barriers, minority status stress, perceived family social support, and depressive symptoms among a sample (N = 311) of domestic racial/ethnic minority graduate students currently enrolled in degree granting programs. The results revealed that the perception of career barriers uniquely contributed to depressive symptoms, although not in the hypothesized direction with career barriers being a negative predictor of depressive symptoms. Minority status stress uniquely contributed to depressive symptoms in the hypothesized directions and serves as a mediator between the perception of career barriers and depressive symptoms. The perception of education barriers did not uniquely contribute to depressive symptoms. Additionally, perceived family social support moderated only the relationship between the perception of career barriers and depressive symptoms; a moderator effect was not found in any other relationship. Implications for future research and practice, as well as the study’s limitations are discussed
Additional file 1 of Academic grit scale for Chinese middle- and upper-grade primary school students: testing its factor structure and measurement invariance
Creators: name: Lin, Rongmao
name: Chen, Yanping
name: Shen, Yilin
name: Hu, Ting
name: Huang, Ying
name: Yang, Yishan
name: Yu, Xueting
name: Ding, Jinliang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Supplementary Material 1
Household preferences for Socially Responsible Investments
Creators: name: ROSSI, MARIACRISTINA
name: SANSONE, DARIO
name: TORRICELLI, Costanza
name: Van Soest, Arthur
Publisher: name: Dipartimento di Economia Marco Biagi - Universit� di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Year: 2018

description: We analyze revealed and stated household preferences for socially responsible investments (SRI). Using a questionnaire specifically designed for this purpose and administered to a Dutch representative household panel, we investigate the actual and latent demand for SRI products. Respondents reported whether they owned SRI products and why or why not, but also answered stated choice questions on traditional investments and hypothetical socially responsible products with an explicit return penalty and/or an in- kind compensation associated with lower return. Our results show that investors attracted by socially responsible financial products are more interested in the social product as such and show little interest in compensation. The magnitude of the penalty for investing in SRI is not diluting their investment intentions.
Detecting abrupt changes in big data
Creators: name: Haynes, Kaylea
Publisher: name: Lancaster University
Year: 2017

description: This thesis looks at developing methods for changepoint detection that can
      be used in the realm of Big Data. In particular we look at developing
      methods that can be scaled to the volume of data, now readily collected
      and stored, and are also versatile to the different varieties of data.

      A well established approach to detect changes uses penalised optimisation
      where the choice of the penalty has a huge impact on the performance of
      the method. In the first part of this thesis we propose an algorithm,
      CROPS (Changepoints over a Range of PenaltieS), which finds the optimal
      solutions for a range of penalties instead of only specifying one penalty.

      The second part of this thesis looks at the choice of cost function used
      in the optimisation. In particular we develop a computationally efficient
      method, which uses a nonparametric cost function, allowing for changes to
      be detected in a larger variety of data-sets. This nonparametric approach
      uses the empirical cumulative distribution of the data and thus does not
      require any assumptions to be made on distributional parameters.

      The third part of this thesis looks at ways to parallelise detection
      methods in order to use multi-core computers and thus allowing for changes
      to be detected in much larger data-sets than they could be previously. We
      look at different ways to split the data across multiple cores and then
      merge the results to try to conserve as much of the accuracy that we had
      when we only used one core.
sj-pdf-4-iji-10.1177_20587384211027679 – Supplemental material for Clinical features and corresponding immune function status of recurrent viral polymerase chain reaction positivity in patients with COVID-19 : A meta- analysis and systematic review
Creators: name: Ren, Xingxiang
name: Wang, Xiankun
name: Ge, Ziruo
name: Cui, Shuping
name: Chen, Zhihai
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 111702 Aged Health Care
subject: 111403 Paediatrics
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110203 Respiratory Diseases
subject: 70706 Veterinary Medicine
subject: FOS: Veterinary sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biochemistry
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-4-iji-10.1177_20587384211027679 for Clinical features and corresponding immune function status of recurrent viral polymerase chain reaction positivity in patients with COVID-19 : A meta- analysis and systematic review by Xingxiang Ren, Xiankun Wang, Ziruo Ge, Shuping Cui and Zhihai Chen in International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology