cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Private sector drug shops frequently dispense parenteral anti-malarials in a rural region of Western Uganda
Creators: name: Mulogo, Edgar
name: Muhindo, Rabbison
name: Wang, Lawrence T
name: Ntaro, Moses
name: Sundararajan, Radhika
name: Reyes, Raquel
name: Keeler, Corinna
name: Boyce, Ross M
name: Bwambale, Robert
name: Matte, Michael
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Abstract
                Background
                Malaria is a leading cause of paediatric morbidity and mortality in Uganda. More than half of febrile children in rural areas initially seek care at private clinics and drug shops. These shops are generally unregulated and the quality of clinical care is variable, with the potential for misdiagnosis and the development of drug resistance. There is thus an urgent need to identify rural drug shops and coordinate their malaria treatment efforts with those of the public sector. The objective of the study was to identify all drug shops in the Bugoye sub-county of Western Uganda and assess their anti-malarial dispensing practices.
                Methods
                This study is a cross-sectional survey of drug shops in a rural sub-county of Western Uganda. In the first phase, shop locations, licensing and shopkeeper’s qualifications, and supply and pricing of anti-malarials were characterized. In the second phase, the proportion of anti-malarials dispensed by private drug shops was compared to public health facilities.
                Results
                A total of 48 drug shops were identified. Only one drug shop (1 of 48, 2%) was licensed with the sub-county’s records office. The drug shops stocked a variety of anti-malarials, including first-line therapies and less effective agents (e.g., sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine). Almost all drug shops (45 of 48, 94%) provided parenteral anti-malarials. Of the 3900 individuals who received anti-malarials during the study, 2080 (53.3%) purchased anti-malarials through the private sector compared to 1820 (46.7%) who obtained anti-malarials through the public sector. Drug shops were the primary source of parenteral anti-malarials. Inadequate dosing of anti-malarials was more common in drug shops.
                Conclusions
                Drug shops are major sources of parenteral anti-malarials, which should be reserved for cases of severe malaria. Strengthening malaria case management and incorporating drug shops in future interventions is necessary to optimize malaria control efforts in the sub-county, and in similarly endemic regions.
Udvikling af ressourcer i den musikalske relation med unge med sindslidelse i et socialpsykiatrisk aktivitetstilbud
Creators: name: Hviid, Dorte Bergholt
Publisher: name: Musikterapi i Psykiatrien Online
Year: 2005

description: I artiklen beskriver jeg hvordan musikterapeutiske tilbud kan indplaceres i et socialpsykiatrisk tilbud – her præsenteret ved Kollegiet Rømersvej, Fyns Amt. Derefter følger en gennemgang af resultaterne fra en kvalitativ hermeneutisk interviewundersøgelse med brugere fra Kollegiet Rømersvej. Undersøgelsen drejer sig om hvilke ressourcer unge brugere med sindslidelse oplever at udvikle i musikaktivitet/musikterapi. Seks unge brugere er interviewet ogdernæst er tre kollegaer og forfatteren som musikterapeut på stedet interviewet. Alle interviewene er analyseret, hvorefter der er opstået kategorier af de ressourceområder de unge udvikler imusikaktivitet/terapi.
description: Musikterapi i Psykiatrien Online, Årg. 4 Nr. 1 (2005): Musikterapi i psykiatrien Årsskrift 2005
Controlling Multipolar Surface Plasmon Excitation through the Azimuthal Phase Structure of Electron Vortex Beams
Creators: name: Ugarte, Daniel
name: Ducati, Caterina
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have theoretically studied how the azimuthal phase structure of an electron vortex beam excites surface plasmons on metal particles of different geometries as observed in electron energy loss spectroscopy. To do so, we have developed a semi-classical approximation combining an azimuthal phase factor and the dielectric formalism. Our results indicate that the vortex beam order may be used to modify and control surface plasmon multipole excitation in nanoparticles. In favorable cases, specific plasmon modes can even attain enhancement factor of several orders of magnitude. Since, electron vortex beams interact with particles mostly through interference effects due to azimuthal symmetries, i.e. in the plane perpendicular to the electron beam, anisotropy information (longitudinal and transversal) of the sample can be derived in EELS studies by comparing non-vortex and vortex beam measurements.
The DARPA Twitter Bot Challenge
Creators: name: Subrahmanian, V. S.
name: Azaria, Amos
name: Durst, Skylar
name: Kagan, Vadim
name: Galstyan, Aram
name: Lerman, Kristina
name: Zhu, Linhong
name: Ferrara, Emilio
name: Flammini, Alessandro
name: Menczer, Filippo
name: Stevens, Andrew
name: Dekhtyar, Alexander
name: Gao, Shuyang
name: Hogg, Tad
name: Kooti, Farshad
name: Liu, Yan
name: Varol, Onur
name: Shiralkar, Prashant
name: Vydiswaran, Vinod
name: Mei, Qiaozhu
name: Hwang, Tim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
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

description: A number of organizations ranging from terrorist groups such as ISIS to politicians and nation states reportedly conduct explicit campaigns to influence opinion on social media, posing a risk to democratic processes. There is thus a growing need to identify and eliminate "influence bots" - realistic, automated identities that illicitly shape discussion on sites like Twitter and Facebook - before they get too influential. Spurred by such events, DARPA held a 4-week competition in February/March 2015 in which multiple teams supported by the DARPA Social Media in Strategic Communications program competed to identify a set of previously identified "influence bots" serving as ground truth on a specific topic within Twitter. Past work regarding influence bots often has difficulty supporting claims about accuracy, since there is limited ground truth (though some exceptions do exist [3,7]). However, with the exception of [3], no past work has looked specifically at identifying influence bots on a specific topic. This paper describes the DARPA Challenge and describes the methods used by the three top-ranked teams.
description: IEEE Computer Magazine, in press
Presentation slides: Towards a Framework for Sharing Tools and Artifacts for Reusable Simulations in Healthcare
Creators: name: Monks, Thomas
name: Harper, Alison
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: discrete-event simulation
free and open source software
model reuse
open science
open models
model accessibility

description: Our study is focused on Discrete-Event Simulation (DES) computer models developed in Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) languages, such as Python or R. FOSS computer models have been shown to be more likely to be shared than DES models developed using commercial software; although the tools and approach to sharing often does not adhere to best practices and as a result it is unlikely others can reuse a model or even get it to run on their own machine. We introduce an early version of the Sharing Tools, and Artifacts for Reusable Simulations (STARS) in healthcare framework. The framework aims to enhance simulation artifacts, such as models and documentation that is shared with publications. Our motivation is to support the sharing of DES models in health research to enable increased accessibility of models, reuse, provide researchers with proper credit for their work, provide opportunities for early career researchers to learn from models, and the transfer of reusable practical DES models into the hands of clinicians, analysts and other professionals in health.
Effects of temperature and surface orientation on migration behaviours of helium atoms near tungsten surfaces
Creators: name: Wang, Xiaoshuang
name: Wu, Zhangwen
name: Hou, Qing
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Molecular dynamics simulations were performed to study the dependence of migration behaviours of single helium atoms near tungsten surfaces on the surface orientation and temperature. For W{100} and W{110} surfaces, He atoms can quickly escape out near the surface without accumulation even at a temperature of 400 K. The behaviours of helium atoms can be well-described by the theory of continuous diffusion of particles in a semi-infinite medium. For a W{111} surface, the situation is complex. Different types of trap mutations occur within the neighbouring region of the W{111} surface. The trap mutations hinder the escape of He atoms, resulting in their accumulation. The probability of a He atom escaping into vacuum from a trap mutation depends on the type of the trap mutation, and the occurrence probabilities of the different types of trap mutations are dependent on the temperature. This finding suggests that the escape rate of He atoms on the W{111} surface does not show a monotonic dependence on temperature. For instance, the escape rate at T=1500 K is lower than the rate at T=1100 K. Our results are useful for understanding the structural evolution and He release on tungsten surfaces and for designing models in other simulation methods beyond molecular dynamics.
Electronic and Rovibrational Quantum Chemical Analysis of C$_3$P$^-$: The Next Interstellar Anion?
Creators: name: Fortenberry, Ryan C.
name: Lukemire, Joseph A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: C$_3$P$^-$ is analogous to the known interstellar anion C$_3$N$^-$ with phosphorus replacing the nitrogen in a simple step down the periodic table. In this work, it is shown that C$_3$P$^-$ is likely to possess a dipole-bound excited state. It has been hypothesized and observationally supported that dipole-bound excited states are an avenue through which anions could be formed in the interstellar medium. Additionally, C$_3$P$^-$ has a valence excited state that may lead to further stabilization of this molecule, and C$_3$P$^-$ has a larger dipole moment than neutral C$_3$P ($\sim 6$ D vs. $\sim 4$ D). As such, C$_3$P$^-$ is probably a more detectable astromolecule than even its corresponding neutral radical. Highly-accurate quantum chemical quartic force fields are also applied to C$_3$P$^-$ and its singly $^{13}$C substituted isotopologues in order to provide structures, vibrational frequencies, and spectroscopic constants that may aid in its detection.
description: 7 pages, 4 tables, Accepted for publication in MNRAS
A nonlinear population Monte Carlo scheme for the Bayesian estimation of parameters of $α$-stable distributions
Creators: name: Koblents, Eugenia
name: Miguez, Joaquin
name: Rodriguez, Marco A.
name: Schmidt, Alexandra M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The class of $α$-stable distributions enjoys multiple practical applications in signal processing, finance, biology and other areas because it allows to describe interesting and complex data patterns, such as asymmetry or heavy tails, in contrast with the simpler and widely used Gaussian distribution. The density associated with a general $α$-stable distribution cannot be obtained in closed form, which hinders the process of estimating its parameters. A nonlinear population Monte Carlo (NPMC) scheme is applied in order to approximate the posterior probability distribution of the parameters of an $α$-stable random variable given a set of random realizations of the latter. The approximate posterior distribution is computed by way of an iterative algorithm and it consists of a collection of samples in the parameter space with associated nonlinearly-transformed importance weights. A numerical comparison of the main existing methods to estimate the $α$-stable parameters is provided, including the traditional frequentist techniques as well as a Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) and a likelihood-free Bayesian approach. It is shown by means of computer simulations that the NPMC method outperforms the existing techniques in terms of parameter estimation error and failure rate for the whole range of values of $α$, including the smaller values for which most existing methods fail to work properly. Furthermore, it is shown that accurate parameter estimates can often be computed based on a low number of observations. Additionally, numerical results based on a set of real fish displacement data are provided.
description: To appear in Computational Statistics and Data Analysis
Effects of power-law Maxwell field on the Van der Waals like phase transition of higher dimensional dilaton black holes
Creators: name: Mo, Jie-Xiong
name: Li, Gu-Qiang
name: Xu, Xiao-Bao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The effects of power-law Maxwell field on the Van der Waals like phase transition of higher-dimensional dilaton black holes are probed in detail. It is shown that the Smarr relation gains corrections due to the effects of both the power-law Maxwell field and the dilaton field while thermodynamic volume is exactly the same as that of Einstein-Maxwell-dilaton black holes. We successfully derive the analytic solutions of critical point and carry out some check to ensure that these critical quantities are positive. It is shown that the constraint on the parameters turns out to be $0
description: revised version
Fællesskabets Muligheder – erfaringer fra musikterapigrupper på intensive psykiatriske afsnit
Creators: name: Lindvang, Charlotte
name: Frederiksen, Britta
Publisher: name: Musikterapi i Psykiatrien Online
Year: 2008

description: Artiklen beskriver erfaringer med musikterapigrupper som behandlingsform på intensive psykiatriske afsnit. Der gives en detaljeret beskrivelse af hvordan den åbne musikterapigruppe forberedes og rammesættes, og hvordan musikken tages i anvendelse. Der er brug for musikkens strukturerende såvel som beroligende virkning, samt potentiale i forhold til at skabe fælles oplevelser. Ved hjælp af en række vignetter konkretiseres de musikterapeutiske metoder, indenfor henholdsvis fællessang, improvisation og musiklytning. Vi beskriver, hvordan musikterapeuten kan arbejde på at skabe en atmosfære i musikterapigruppen, som kan hjælpe patienterne til at opleve nærvær, samvær og håb, og som kan medvirke til, at den enkelte patient kan genetablere en lille smule samling på sig selv. Dernæst fremlægges en række resultater fra en pilotundersøgelse foretaget i 2004 på Hillerød Psykiatriske Sygehus, som peger på, at musikterapi kan medvirke positivt i forhold til at skabe kontakt med patienterne og dermed mulighed for bedring for den enkelte patient. Artiklen formidler den udfordrende, men også energifyldte og livsbekræftende arbejdsopgave, det er at tilbyde gruppemusikterapi i intensivt regi.
description: Musikterapi i Psykiatrien Online, Årg. 5 Nr. 1 (2008): Musikterapi i psykiatrien Årsskrift 2008
MUSIKLYTNING OG INDRE BILLEDER SOM KLINISK VURDERINGSREDSKAB Assessment i receptiv gruppemusikterapi med ambulante psykiatriske patienter.
Creators: name: Bonde, Lars Ole
Publisher: name: Musikterapi i Psykiatrien Online
Year: 2011

description: Kan en patients indre forestillingsbilleder under lytning til et kort stykke musik give information om patientens indre verden og om hendes muligheder for at få positivt udbytte af et receptivt gruppemusikterapiforløb? Hvis svaret på dette spørgsmål er ja, betyder det så, at en enkelt session, hvor patienten lytter til et kort stykke musik og fortæller musikterapeuten om sin oplevelse, kan fungere som assessment? I artiklen her, som indgår i rapporteringen fra projektet ”Musiklytning og indre billeder som gruppeterapi for ambulante psykiatriske patienter”, præsenteres først den teoretiske begrundelse for denne form for assessment, hvorefter materiale fra 17 patienter analyses og diskuteres.
description: Musikterapi i Psykiatrien Online, Årg. 6 Nr. 1 (2011): Musikterapi i psykiatrien Årsskrift 2011
Psychological distress and its correlates among dental students: a survey of 17 Colombian dental schools
Creators: name: Villa-Torres, Laura
name: Divaris, Kimon
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2013

description: Abstract Background Links between the demanding nature of studies in the health sciences, students’ personality traits and psychological distress have been well-established. While considerable amount of work has been done in medicine, evidence from the dental education arena is sparse and data from Latin America are lacking. The authors conducted a large-scale investigation of psychological distress among dental students in Colombia and sought to determine its curriculum and student-level correlates. Methods The Spanish version of the Derogatis’ Symptoms Checklist Revised (SCL-90-R) was administered to all students officially registered and attending classes or clinics in 17 dental schools in 4 geographic districts of Colombia between January and April 2012. Additional information was collected on participants’ socio-demographic information and first career choice, as well as school’s characteristics such as class size. The Global Severity Index (GSI) score, a measure of overall psychological distress, served as the primary analytical endpoint. Analyses relied on multilevel mixed-effects linear and log-binomial regression, accounting for study design and sample characteristics. Results A total of 5700 dental students completed the survey, a response rate of 67%. Pronounced gradients were noted in the association between socio-economic status and psychological distress, with students in higher strata reporting fewer problems. After adjustment for all important covariates, there was an evident pattern of increasing psychological distress corresponding to the transition from the didactic, to the preclinical and clinical phases of training, with few differences between male and female students. Independent of other factors, reliance on own funds for education and having dentistry as the first career choice were associated with lower psychological distress. Conclusions Levels of psychological distress correlated with students’ socio-economic and study-level characteristics. Above and beyond the influence of person-level factors, variations in levels of distress paralleled specific transitional stages of the 5-year dental curriculum, providing opportunities for targeted interventions.
מתקשים לזכור מה שלימדו אתכם לפני דקה? אולי מיינדפולנס הוא הפתרון בשבילכם
Creators: name: Tal, Adi
name: barkan, dafna
name: avraham, neta
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: זוהי הרשמה מראש למחקר במסגרת קורס פסיכולוגיה ניסויית באוניברסיטת תל אביב
Hypertensive patients' use of blood pressure monitors stationed in pharmacies and other locations: a cross-sectional mail survey
Creators: name: Viera, Anthony
name: Mitchell, C Madeline
name: Sloane, Philip
name: Cohen, Lauren W
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2008

description: Abstract Background Blood pressure (BP) monitors are commonly stationed in public places such as pharmacies, but it is uncertain how many people with hypertension currently use them. We sought to estimate the proportion of hypertensive patients who use these types of monitors and examine whether use varies by demographic or health characteristics. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional mail survey of hypertensive adults enrolled in a practice based research network of 24 primary care practices throughout the state of North Carolina. We analyzed results using descriptive statistics and examined bivariate associations using chi-square and independent associations using logistic regression. Results We received 530 questionnaires (76% response rate). Of 333 respondents (63%) who reported checking their BP in locations other than their doctor's office or home, 66% reported using a monitor stationed in a pharmacy. Younger patients more commonly reported using pharmacy monitors (48% among those < 45 years vs 35% of those over 65, p = 0.04). Blacks reported using them more commonly than whites (48% vs 39%, p = 0.03); and high school graduates more often than those with at least some college (50% vs 37%, p = 0.02). In multivariate analysis, younger age (aOR 1.49; 95% CI 1.00–2.21 for those age 45 to 65 years vs those > 65 years old) and high school education (aOR 1.74; 95% CI 1.13–2.58) were associated with use of pharmacy-stationed monitors, but Black race was not. Patients with diabetes, heart disease, or stroke were not more likely to use pharmacy-stationed monitors. Conclusion Hypertensive patients' use of BP monitors located in pharmacies is common. Younger patients, Blacks, and those with high school education were slightly more likely to report using them. Because use of these monitors is so common, efforts to ensure their accuracy are important.
Brugerundersøgelse om musikterapi i Socialpsykiatrien i Aarhus Kommune
Creators: name: Jensen, Bent
Publisher: name: Musikterapi i Psykiatrien Online
Year: 2011

description: Brugerundersøgelse om musikterapi i Socialpsykiatrien i Aarhus Kommune
description: Musikterapi i Psykiatrien Online, Årg. 6 Nr. 1 (2011): Musikterapi i psykiatrien Årsskrift 2011
Repeating cardiopulmonary health effects in rural North Carolina population during a second large peat wildfire
Creators: name: West, J. Jason
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Abstract Background Cardiovascular health effects of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure from wildfire smoke are neither definitive nor consistent with PM2.5 from other air pollution sources. Non-comparability among wildfire health studies limits research conclusions. Methods We examined cardiovascular and respiratory health outcomes related to peat wildfire smoke exposure in a population where strong associations were previously reported for the 2008 Evans Road peat wildfire. We conducted a population-based epidemiologic investigation of associations between daily county-level modeled wildfire PM2.5 and cardiopulmonary emergency department (ED) visits during the 2011 Pains Bay wildfire in eastern North Carolina. We estimated changes in the relative risk cumulative over 0–2 lagged days of wildfire PM2.5 exposure using a quasi-Poisson regression model adjusted for weather, weekends, and poverty. Results Relative risk associated with a 10 μg/m3 increase in 24-h PM2.5 was significantly elevated in adults for respiratory/other chest symptoms 1.06 (1.00–1.13), upper respiratory infections 1.13 (1.05–1.22), hypertension 1.05 (1.00–1.09) and ‘all-cause’ cardiac outcomes 1.06 (1.00–1.13) and in youth for respiratory/other chest symptoms 1.18 (1.06–1.33), upper respiratory infections 1.14 (1.04–1.24) and ‘all-cause’ respiratory conditions 1.09 (1.01–1.17). Conclusions Our results replicate evidence for increased risk of cardiovascular outcomes from wildfire PM2.5 and suggest that cardiovascular health should be considered when evaluating the public health burden of wildfire smoke.
Forord
Creators: name: Pedersen, Inge Nygaard
name: Bonde, Lars Ole
Publisher: name: Musikterapi i Psykiatrien Online
Year: 2011

description: Forord
description: Musikterapi i Psykiatrien Online, Årg. 6 Nr. 1 (2011): Musikterapi i psykiatrien Årsskrift 2011
Musikterapi i psykiatrien – Klinisk praksis, forskning og formidling
Creators: name: Bonde, Lars Ole
name: Hannibal, Niels
name: Pedersen, Inge Nygaard
Publisher: name: Musikterapi i Psykiatrien Online
Year: 2012

description: Fra og med 2012 er Musikterapi i psykiatrien med støtte fra FKK forvandlet fra et trykt årsskrift med lang produktionshorisont til et open access tidsskrift med langt kortere ekspeditionstid. Lanceringenaf tidsskriftet og dets nye hjemmeside markeres med denne artikel, hvori der gøres status over den situation, musikterapien i den danske psykiatri befinder sig i netop nu. Der gøres rede for antallet af musikterapeuter ansat i psykiatriens forskellige sektorer og institutioner, klientpopulationer der behandles eller serviceres, og det diskuteres hvilke styrker og svagheder der præger musikterapien i psykiatrien netop nu. Desuden belyses musikterapeuternes teoretiske orientering, konkrete behandlingsformer, henvisningskriterier og diagnostiske forhold. Endelig gøres der statusover igangværende dokumentations- og forskningsprojekter samt publikationer fra de seneste 5 år. Undersøgelsen er baseret på tre delundersøgelser foretaget blandt medlemmer af netværket MIP i 2008, 2009 og 2011.
description: Musikterapi i Psykiatrien Online, Årg. 7 Nr. 1 (2012): Musikterapi i psykiatrien online 2012
Developing and evaluating a tutorial on the double-slit experiment
Creators: name: Sayer, Ryan
name: Maries, Alexandru
name: Singh, Chandralekha
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Physics Education (physics.ed-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Learning quantum mechanics is challenging, even for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students. Interactive tutorials which build on students' prior knowledge can be useful tools to enhance student learning. We have been investigating student difficulties with the quantum mechanics pertaining to the double-slit experiment in various situations. Here we discuss the development and evaluation of a Quantum Interactive Learning Tutorial (QuILT) which makes use of an interactive simulation to improve student understanding. We summarize common difficulties and discuss the extent to which the QuILT is effective in addressing them in two types of courses.
The association of spatial T wave axis deviation with incident coronary events. The ARIC cohort
Creators: name: Whitsel, Eric
name: Heiss, Gerardo
name: Chambless, Lloyd E
name: Vaidean, Georgeta D
name: Rosamond, Wayne D.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2005

description: Abstract Background Although current evidence suggests that the spatial T wave axis captures important information about ventricular repolarization abnormalities, there are only a few and discordant epidemiologic studies addressing the ability of the spatial T wave axis to predict coronary heart disease (CHD) occurrence. Methods This prospective study analyzed data from 12,256 middle-aged African American and white men and women, from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC). Following a standardized protocol, resting standard 12-lead, 10-second electrocardiograms were digitized and analyzed with the Marquette GE program. The median follow-up time was 12.1 years; incident coronary heart disease comprised fatal and non-fatal CHD events. Results The incidence rate of CHD was 4.26, 4.18, 4.28 and 5.62 per 1000 person-years respectively, across the spatial T wave axis quartiles. Among women for every 10 degrees increase in the spatial T wave axis deviation, there was an estimated increase in the risk of CHD of 1.16 (95% CI 1.04–1.28). After adjustment for age, height, weight, smoking, hypertension, diabetes, QRS axis and minor T wave abnormalities, this hazard rate ratio for women fell to 1.03 (0.92–1.14). The corresponding crude and adjusted hazard ratios for men were 1.05 (95% CI 0.96–1.15) and 0.95 (0.86–1.04) respectively. Conclusions In conclusion, this prospective, population-based, bi-ethnic study of men and women free of coronary heart disease at baseline shows that spatial T wave axis deviation is not associated with incident coronary events during long-term follow up. It is doubtful that spatial T wave axis deviation would add benefit in the prediction of CHD events above and beyond the current traditional risk factors.
The role of psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners in the school setting: A scoping review protocol
Creators: name: Farr, John
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Education
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: Objective: Nurses are the primary provider of mental health services in schools, but little is known about the roles of psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners in the school-based setting. This scoping review protocol seeks to understand the roles of the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner in the school-based setting is vital to improving the mental health of children and adolescents. Introduction: Mental health disorders in persons younger than 24 years old cost approximately 247 billion dollars annually, making it a notable burden to the health care industry. There has been an increase in youth suicide over the last several years as suicide is now the second leading cause of death from ages 10 to 34 in the United States. Amid the mental health crisis, a particular mental health professional, can help fill the void. Inclusion criteria: This scoping review protocol will consider studies that include persons who have obtained a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner degree or students pursuing this degree. Any studies that discuss the role of the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner in the primary or secondary school setting in any geographic location will be included. Methods: The databases to be searched include MEDLINE (Pubmed), CINAHL (EBSCO), PsycINFO (EBSCO), and Embase (Elsevier). Sources of unpublished studies and gray literature include Web of Science (Clarviate Analytics), ProQuest Dissertations and Theses (ProQuest), and Mednar (Mednar.com). Articles published in English from 1990 to the present will be included.
Searching for new spin-0 resonances at LHCb
Creators: name: Haisch, Ulrich
name: Kamenik, Jernej F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the phenomenology of light spin-0 particles and stress that they can be efficiently searched for at the LHCb experiment in the form of dimuon resonances. Given the large production cross sections in the forward rapidity region together with the efficient triggering and excellent mass resolution, it is argued that LHCb can provide unique sensitivity to such states. We illustrate our proposal using the recent measurement of Upsilon production by LHCb, emphasising the importance of mixing effects in the bottomonium resonance region. The implications for dimuon decays of spin-0 bottomonium states are also briefly discussed.
description: 13 pages, 5 figures, typos corrected, version as published
EFFECTIVENESS AND ABRASIVENESS OF ACTIVATED CHARCOAL AS A BLEACHING AGENT: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF IN VITRO STUDIES
Creators: name: Pecci-Lloret, Maria
name: Gironés, Julia
name: Tomás, Dolores
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Dental Materials
subject: Other Dentistry
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Dentistry
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: The use of active charcoal-based bleaching agents is on the rise, which is why it is necessary to carry out a systematic review to verify their efficacy and safety.
SNP array profiling of mouse cell lines identifies their strains of origin and reveals cross-contamination and widespread aneuploidy
Creators: name: Buus, Ryan J
name: Pardo-Manuel de Villena, Fernando
name: Didion, John P
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2014

description: Abstract Background The crisis of Misidentified and contaminated cell lines have plagued the biological research community for decades. Some repositories and journals have heeded calls for mandatory authentication of human cell lines, yet misidentification of mouse cell lines has received little publicity despite their importance in sponsored research. Short tandem repeat (STR) profiling is the standard authentication method, but it may fail to distinguish cell lines derived from the same inbred strain of mice. Additionally, STR profiling does not reveal karyotypic changes that occur in some high-passage lines and may have functional consequences. Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) profiling has been suggested as a more accurate and versatile alternative to STR profiling; however, a high-throughput method for SNP-based authentication of mouse cell lines has not been described. Results We have developed computational methods (Cell Line Authentication by SNP Profiling, CLASP) for cell line authentication and copy number analysis based on a cost-efficient SNP array, and we provide a reference database of commonly used mouse strains and cell lines. We show that CLASP readily discriminates among cell lines of diverse taxonomic origins, including multiple cell lines derived from a single inbred strain, intercross or wild caught mouse. CLASP is also capable of detecting contaminants present at concentrations as low as 5%. Of the 99 cell lines we tested, 15 exhibited substantial divergence from the reported genetic background. In all cases, we were able to distinguish whether the authentication failure was due to misidentification (one cell line, Ba/F3), the presence of multiple strain backgrounds (five cell lines), contamination by other cells and/or the presence of aneuploid chromosomes (nine cell lines). Conclusions Misidentification and contamination of mouse cell lines is potentially as widespread as it is in human cell culture. This may have substantial implications for studies that are dependent on the expected background of their cell cultures. Laboratories can mitigate these risks by regular authentication of their cell cultures. Our results demonstrate that SNP array profiling is an effective method to combat cell line misidentification.
DSAG: A Scalable Deep Framework for Action-Conditioned Multi-Actor Full Body Motion Synthesis
Creators: name: Debtanu Gupta
name: Shubh Maheshwari
name: Kalakonda, Sai Shashank
name: Manasvi Vaidyula
name: Sarvadevabhatla, Ravi Kiran
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: Datasets and pretrained models corresponding to DSAG publication. For more details refer https://skeleton.iiit.ac.in/dsag
Development of six PROMIS pediatrics proxy-report item banks
Creators: name: Thissen, David
name: DeWalt, Darren A
name: Stucky, Brian D
name: Irwin, Debra E
name: Gross, Heather E
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2012

description: Abstract Background Pediatric self-report should be considered the standard for measuring patient reported outcomes (PRO) among children. However, circumstances exist when the child is too young, cognitively impaired, or too ill to complete a PRO instrument and a proxy-report is needed. This paper describes the development process including the proxy cognitive interviews and large-field-test survey methods and sample characteristics employed to produce item parameters for the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) pediatric proxy-report item banks. Methods The PROMIS pediatric self-report items were converted into proxy-report items before undergoing cognitive interviews. These items covered six domains (physical function, emotional distress, social peer relationships, fatigue, pain interference, and asthma impact). Caregivers (n = 25) of children ages of 5 and 17 years provided qualitative feedback on proxy-report items to assess any major issues with these items. From May 2008 to March 2009, the large-scale survey enrolled children ages 8-17 years to complete the self-report version and caregivers to complete the proxy-report version of the survey (n = 1548 dyads). Caregivers of children ages 5 to 7 years completed the proxy report survey (n = 432). In addition, caregivers completed other proxy instruments, PedsQL™ 4.0 Generic Core Scales Parent Proxy-Report version, PedsQL™ Asthma Module Parent Proxy-Report version, and KIDSCREEN Parent-Proxy-52. Results Item content was well understood by proxies and did not require item revisions but some proxies clearly noted that determining an answer on behalf of their child was difficult for some items. Dyads and caregivers of children ages 5-17 years old were enrolled in the large-scale testing. The majority were female (85%), married (70%), Caucasian (64%) and had at least a high school education (94%). Approximately 50% had children with a chronic health condition, primarily asthma, which was diagnosed or treated within 6 months prior to the interview. The PROMIS proxy sample scored similar or better on the other proxy instruments compared to normative samples. Conclusions The initial calibration data was provided by a diverse set of caregivers of children with a variety of common chronic illnesses and racial/ethnic backgrounds. The PROMIS pediatric proxy-report item banks include physical function (mobility n = 23; upper extremity n = 29), emotional distress (anxiety n = 15; depressive symptoms n = 14; anger n = 5), social peer relationships (n = 15), fatigue (n = 34), pain interference (n = 13), and asthma impact (n = 17).
השפעת מודעות לשינויי אקלים על תחושת אשמה
Creators: name: Shufman, Romy
name: hadash, noa
name: GRIEVER, LEE
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Life Sciences

description: זוהי הרשמה מראש למחקר שלנו. המחקר מתבצע במסגרת קורס "פסיכולוגיה ניסויית" של אוניברסיטת תל אביב".
Solitonic modulation and Lifshitz point in an external magnetic field within Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model
Creators: name: Cao, Gaoqing
name: Huang, Anping
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the inhomogeneous solitonic modulation of a chiral condensate within the effective Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model when a constant external magnetic field is present. The self-consistent Pauli-Villars regularization scheme is adopted to manipulate the ultraviolet divergence encountered in the thermodynamic quantities. In order to determine the chiral restoration lines efficiently, a new kind of Ginzburg-Landau expansion approach is proposed here. At zero temperature, we find that both the upper and lower boundaries of the solitonic modulation oscillate with the magnetic field in the $μ$--$B$ phase diagram which is actually the de Hass-van Alphan (dHvA) oscillation. It is very interesting to find out how the tricritical Lifshitz point $(T_L,μ_L)$ evolves with the magnetic field: There are also dHvA oscillations in the $T_L$--$B$ and $μ_L$--$B$ curves, though the tricritical temperature $T_L$ increases monotonically with the magnetic field.
Efficiency of mixed and rigid occlusal stabilization splint: randomized clinical trial
Creators: name: Camargo, Elisa
name: Oppitz, Layza
name: Arantes, Ana
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences

description: The present study aims to evaluate the efficiency of a low-cost mixed occlusal splint compared to a rigid splint in patients with sleep bruxism, considering its durability and its effect on masticatory muscle and TMJ pain, quality of life, awake bruxism, indentation in the oral mucosa, anxiety and depression.
Multiverse Analysis of Boysen et al.'s (2021) 'Evidence for a gender stereotype about psychology and its effect on perceptions of men’s and women’s fit in the field'
Creators: name: Parfitt, Lucy
name: Allen, Peter
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: This project is a multiverse analysis of Boysen et al.'s (2021) paper. It will solely focus on Study 5, investigating differences in perceptions of psychology as a career for men and women. Within their experiment, they observed how information relating to the gender balance in psychology influences such perceptions. This analysis will produce 60 different outcomes for two effects from this study (120 outcomes in total). Both of these effects are from post-hoc t-tests. Please see document for full pre-registration details.
Assessment of training and technical assistance needs of Colorectal Cancer Control Program Grantees in the U.S.
Creators: name: Mason, Caitlin
name: Rice, Ketra
name: Gressard, Lindsay
name: Dwyer, Andrea
name: Sowles, Shaina
name: Maxwell, Annette E
name: Vu, Thuy
name: Leeman, Jennifer
name: Escoffery, Cam
name: Hannon, Peggy
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Abstract Background Practitioners often require training and technical assistance to build their capacity to select, adapt, and implement evidence-based interventions (EBIs). The CDC Colorectal Cancer Control Program (CRCCP) aims to promote CRC screening to increase population-level screening. This study identified the training and technical assistance (TA) needs and preferences for training related to the implementation of EBIs among CRCCP grantees. Methods Twenty-nine CRCCP grantees completed an online survey about their screening activities, training and technical assistance in 2012. They rated desire for training on various evidence-based strategies to increase cancer screening, evidence-based competencies, and program management topics. They also reported preferences for training formats and facilitators and barriers to trainings. Results Many CRCCP grantees expressed the need for training with regards to specific EBIs, especially system-level and provider-directed EBIs to promote CRC screening. Grantees rated these EBIs as more difficult to implement than client-oriented EBIs. Grantees also reported a moderate need for training regarding finding EBIs, assessing organizational capacity, implementing selected EBIs, and conducting process and outcome evaluations. Other desired training topics reported with higher frequency were partnership development and data collection/evaluation. Grantees preferred training formats that were interactive such as on-site trainings, webinars or expert consultants. Conclusions Public health organizations need greater supports for adopting evidence-based interventions, working with organizational-level change, partnership development and data management. Future capacity building efforts for the adoption of EBIs should focus on systems or provider level interventions and key processes for health promotion and should be delivered in a variety of ways to assist local organizations in cancer prevention and control.
The Prospect of Sino-Russian Economic and Trade Relations from the Perspective of Multilateralism
Creators: name: Gao, Fei
name: Zhang, Jian
Publisher: name: Journal of China and International Relations
Year: 2013

description: Economy and trade relations are considered a weak component in the Sino-Russian Strategic Partnership. The Sino-Russian economy and trade relations are not only restricted by economic development and systemic transition, respectively, but also influenced by economic globalization and the process of regional integrity. This article will analyze achievements and problems in the current Sino-Russian economy and trade relations, and seek solutions for solving these problems through a multilateral perspective.
description: Journal of China and International Relations, Vol 1 No 2 (2013)
Approaches to link RNA secondary structures with splicing regulation
Creators: name: Plass, Mireya
name: Eyras, Eduardo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
subject: Genomics (q-bio.GN)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: In higher eukaryotes, alternative splicing is usually regulated by protein factors, which bind to the pre-mRNA and affect the recognition of splicing signals. There is recent evidence that the secondary structure of the pre-mRNA may also play an important role in this process, either by facilitating or by hindering the interaction with factors and small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs) that regulate splicing. Moreover, the secondary structure could play a fundamental role in the splicing of yeast species, which lack many of the regulatory splicing factors present in metazoans. This review describes the steps in the analysis of the secondary structure of the pre-mRNA and its possible relation to splicing. As a working example, we use the case of yeast and the problem of the recognition of the 3-prime splice site.
description: 21 pages, 7 figures
Direct measurement of coherent subterahertz acoustic phonons mean free path in GaAs
Creators: name: Legrand, Romain
name: Huynh, Agnès
name: Jusserand, Bernard
name: Lemaître, Aristide
name: Perrin, Bernard
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Phonon mean free path is generally inferred from the measurement of thermal conductivity and we are still lacking precise information on this quantity. Recent advances in the field of high frequency phonons transduction using semiconductor superlattices give the opportunity to fill this gap. We present experimental results on the attenuation of longitudinal acoustic phonons in GaAs in the frequency and temperature ranges 0.2-1THz and 10-80K respectively. Surprisingly, we observe a plateau, in the frequency dependence of the attenuation, above 0.4THz, that we ascribe to a breakdown of Herring processes.
description: 9 pages, 4 figures
Diesel exhaust particles modify natural killer cell function and cytokine release
Creators: name: Jaspers, Ilona
name: Noah, Terry
name: Henderson, Michael W.
name: Chehrazi, Claire
name: Müller, Loretta
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2013

description: Abstract Background Natural killer (NK) cells are an important lymphocyte population in the nasal mucosa and play important roles in linking the innate and the adaptive immune response. Their two main functions are direct cell-mediated cytotoxicity and the release of cytokines. They are important during viral infections and cancer. Due to their location in the nasal mucosa, NK cells are likely exposed to inhaled pollutants, such as diesel exhaust. Whether and how exposure to diesel exhaust particles (DEP) affects NK cell function in the context of viral infections has not been investigated. Methods NK cells were isolated from peripheral blood obtained from normal healthy volunteers and subsequently stimulated with the viral mimetic polyinosinic:polycytidylic acid (pI:C), DEP, or pI:C+DEP for 18 hours. NK cells were subsequently analyzed for changes in surface marker expression, cytokine production, gene expression changes, and cytotoxic function using flow cytometry, ELISA, qRT-PCR, and cell-mediated cytotoxicity assay, respectively. Results Stimulation of NK cells with pI:C and pI:C+DEP, but not DEP alone, increased the release of IL-1β, IL-2, IL-4, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12p70, IFN-γ and TNF-α. As compared to pI:C alone or pI:C+DEP, the release of IL-1β, IL-8 and TNF-α was significantly lower after DEP stimulation alone. Stimulation with pI:C alone increased the gene and protein expression of granzyme B and perforin, which was completely blunted by adding DEP. Addition of DEP further reduced CD16 expression in pI:C stimulated cells. Similarly, cell-mediated cytotoxicity was significantly reduced by the addition of DEP. Conclusions In the context of viral infection, DEP potentially reduces NK cells' ability to kill virus-infected host cells, in spite of normal cytokine levels, and this may increase susceptibility to viral infections . This reduction in the potential ability of NK cells to kill virus-infected host cells may increase the susceptibility to viral infections after DEP exposure.