cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Wissensmanagement mit Social Software. Editorial des Themenhefts der IWP
Creators: name: Heckner, Markus
name: Wolff, Christian
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Wissensmanagement, soziale Medien, Blog, Wikis, social software, tagging, folksonomy,
subject: 020 Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft
subject: 004 Informatik

description: In the introduction for this special issue we briefly review the development of social software, contrasting it with earlier group-based computer applications like groupware and computer-supported cooperative work. The contributions selected span a wide range starting from reflections on informality as a key property of social software. Case studies give details on using wikis for knowledge management and the influence of choosing a specific wiki engine. The transformation problem for non-digital information services is discussed in the context of a large research institute. More recent types of social systems and their potential use for knowledge management are discussed for microblogs as well as semantic wiki systems. Finally, an overview studies gives information on the intensity of social software usage for customer communications in large European companies.
Imaging the AGN Torus in Cygnus
Creators: name: Carilli, C. L.
name: Perley, R. A.
name: Dhawan, V.
name: Perley, D. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the first direct imaging of what may be the thick torus in the active galactic nucleus (AGN) of the archetype powerful radio galaxy Cygnus A, using the Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) at 18 GHz to 48 GHz, with a resolution down to 45 mas. Such a torus has long been a key component of AGN models, but direct imaging on the relevant physical scales in sources of extreme (quasar-like) luminosities, remains scarce. An elongated structure, perpendicular to the radio jets and centered on the core, is well resolved, with a full length of $0.48"$ (528 pc), and a full width of $0.26"$ (286 pc). The radio emission spectrum is consistent with optically thin free-free emission. We present a toy model of a flaring torus, with a half-opening angle for the poloidal region of $62^o$. The radio jets are oriented along the poles. The observations require a clumpy gas distribution, with the free-free emission dominated by clumps with densities $\ge 4000$ cm$^{-3}$
description: Accepted to Astrophysical Journal Letters, 10 pages, 7 figures
title: Infezione congenita da cmv. Studio del riflesso vestibolo-oculomotore con video head impulse test.
title: Audiologia e Foniatria
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Consolino P.
name: Como M.
name: Lazzaro C.
name: Vergnano M.
name: Vestrini E.
name: Ragliani M.
name: Di D.
Publisher: name: Padova University Press
Year: 2024
Subjects: CMV infection
hearing loss
VOR
v-HIT
infezione da cCMV
ipoacusia

description:
Aim: Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection is the leading cause of nongenetic sensorineural deafness. The present study aims to investigate whether this may affect the canal structures of the vestibule correlating with hearing impairment and possible delay in motor development. Methods: A single-center, retrospective observational study was conducted. A total of 45 pediatric patients aged 6 months to 10 years, with congenital CMV infection confirmed by PCR on urine within the first three weeks of life, symptomatic or asymptomatic for neurological impairment, normoacusic or with mono- or bilateral hearing loss, with and without indication for antiviral therapy, were evaluated. Vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) gain results for the semicircular canals, obtained by the vestibular examination with video Head Impulse Test (vHIT ), were compared with the mean tonal audiometric threshold (PTA) for frequencies 0.5 -1 - 2 and 4 KHz, with neuropsychomotor development, with the administration or not of antiviral therapy, and asymmetry values were calculated. Results: There is statistical significance between VOR deficiency at the VHIT study and elevation of THA values and neuropsychomotor developmental delay. There is a correlation between the presence of VOR gain asymmetry and developmental delay. Conclusions: it emerges that congenital CMV infection affects not only cochlear structures, but also vestibular structures, and vestibular alteration can occur with both normal and unstructured acoustic pathway.
Investor Overconfidence and Trading Activity in the Asia Pacific REIT Markets
Creators: name: X. H. Bao, Helen
name: Li, Steven Haotong
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2020
Subjects: judgmental bias
behavioral finance
investment decision
real estate

description: Overconfidence is one of the most robust behavioral anomalies in financial markets. By attributing investment gains to their ability, investors become overconfident and trade aggressively in subsequent periods. Evidence from stock markets shows that overconfidence leads to excessive trading and, subsequently, inferior investment performance. However, studies on overconfidence effect are lacking in the real estate sector, which is particularly true for Asia Pacific real estate investment trust (REIT) markets. Thus, this study examines the overconfidence effect in six Asia Pacific REIT markets, namely, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan. The study finds that the overconfidence effect is more conspicuous during market boom periods or in inefficient market conditions. In addition, simulation analysis demonstrates that overconfidence could lead to rather large volumes of excessive trading activities in certain markets. Findings are robust across the alternative measures of control variables. Moreover, the policy implications of the research are also discussed.
On supergravity solutions of space-like Dp-branes
Creators: name: Roy, Shibaji
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently the time dependent solutions of type II supergravities in $d = 10$, with the metric having the symmetry $ISO(p+1) \times SO(8-p, 1)$ have been given by two groups (Chen-Gal'tsov-Gutperle (CGG), [hep-th/0204071] and Kruczenski-Myers-Peet (KMP), [hep-th/0204144]). The supergravity solutions correspond to space-like D$p$-branes in type II string theory. While the CGG solution is a four parameter solution, the KMP solution is a three parameter solution and so in general they are different. This difference can be attributed to the fact that unlike the CGG solution, KMP uses a specific boundary condition for the metric and the dilaton field. It is shown that when we impose the boundary conditions used in the KMP solution to the CGG solution then both become three parameter solutions and they map to each other under a coordinate transformation along with a Hodge duality of the field strength. We also give the relations between the parameters characterizing the two solutions.
description: 14 pages, LaTeX, v2: minor corrections and a reference added
Measuring light scattering and absorption in corals with Inverse Spectroscopic Optical Coherence Tomography (ISOCT): a new tool for non-invasive monitoring
Creators: name: Spicer, G. L. C.
name: Eid, A.
name: Wangpraseurt, D.
name: Swain, T. D.
name: Winkelmann, J. A.
name: Yi, J.
name: Kühl, M.
name: Marcelino, L. A.
name: Backman, V.
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2019
Subjects: Article
/704/829/826
/639/166/985
/132/124
/123
/140/125
/128
article

description: Abstract: The success of reef-building corals for >200 million years has been dependent on the mutualistic interaction between the coral host and its photosynthetic endosymbiont dinoflagellates (family Symbiodiniaceae) that supply the coral host with nutrients and energy for growth and calcification. While multiple light scattering in coral tissue and skeleton significantly enhance the light microenvironment for Symbiodiniaceae, the mechanisms of light propagation in tissue and skeleton remain largely unknown due to a lack of technologies to measure the intrinsic optical properties of both compartments in live corals. Here we introduce ISOCT (inverse spectroscopic optical coherence tomography), a non-invasive approach to measure optical properties and three-dimensional morphology of living corals at micron- and nano-length scales, respectively, which are involved in the control of light propagation. ISOCT enables measurements of optical properties in the visible range and thus allows for characterization of the density of light harvesting pigments in coral. We used ISOCT to characterize the optical scattering coefficient (μs) of the coral skeleton and chlorophyll a concentration of live coral tissue. ISOCT further characterized the overall micro- and nano-morphology of live tissue by measuring differences in the sub-micron spatial mass density distribution (D) that vary throughout the tissue and skeleton and give rise to light scattering, and this enabled estimates of the spatial directionality of light scattering, i.e., the anisotropy coefficient, g. Thus, ISOCT enables imaging of coral nanoscale structures and allows for quantifying light scattering and pigment absorption in live corals. ISOCT could thus be developed into an important tool for rapid, non-invasive monitoring of coral health, growth and photophysiology with unprecedented spatial resolution.
Andesianellus Anderson and Morrone 1996
Creators: name: Morrone, Juan J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Andesianellus

description: Andesianellus Anderson and Morrone, 1996
 Andesianellus Anderson and Morrone, 1996: 260 (type species: A. microphthalmicus Anderson and Morrone, 1996, by original designation).
description: Published as part of Morrone, Juan J., 2011, Annotated checklist of the tribe Listroderini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cyclominae) 3119, pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 3119 (1) on page 14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3119.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5246257
Higher groundwater levels in western Europe characterize warm periods in the Common Era
Creators: name: Tegel, Willy
name: Seim, Andrea
name: Skiadaresis, Georgios
name: Ljungqvist, Fredrik Charpentier
name: Kahle, Hans-Peter
name: Land, Alexander
name: Muigg, Bernhard
name: Nicolussi, Kurt
name: Büntgen, Ulf
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2020
Subjects: Article
/704/106
/704/172
/704/242
article

description: Funder: Projekt DEAL
description: Abstract: Hydroclimate, the interplay of moisture supply and evaporative demand, is essential for ecological and agricultural systems. The understanding of long-term hydroclimate changes is, however, limited because instrumental measurements are inadequate in length to capture the full range of precipitation and temperature variability and by the uneven distribution of high-resolution proxy records in space and time. Here, we present a tree-ring-based reconstruction of interannual to centennial-scale groundwater level (GWL) fluctuations for south-western Germany and north-eastern France. Continuously covering the period of 265–2017 CE, our new record from the Upper Rhine Valley shows that the warm periods during late Roman, medieval and recent times were characterized by higher GWLs. Lower GWLs were found during the cold periods of the Late Antique Little Ice Age (LALIA; 536 to ~ 660 CE) and the Little Ice Age (LIA; between medieval and recent warming). The reconstructed GWL fluctuations are in agreement with multidecadal North Atlantic climate variability derived from independent proxies. Warm and wet hydroclimate conditions are found during warm states of the Atlantic Ocean and positive phases of the North Atlantic Oscillation on decadal scales.
Personal Information Management vs. Resource Sharing: Towards a Model of Information Behaviour in Social Tagging Systems
Creators: name: Heckner, Markus
name: Heilemann, Michael
name: Wolff, Christian
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: 020 Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft
subject: 004 Informatik
subject: H.3.1
subject: H.3.3
subject: H.3.7

description: Social tagging systems allow users to upload and assign keywords to digital resources. Thus a body of user annotated resources gradually evolves: Users can share resources, re-find their own resources or use the systems as search engines for items added by the whole user population. In this paper we want to contribute towards a better understanding of usage patterns within social tagging systems by presenting results from a survey of 142 users of the systems Flickr, Youtube, Delicious and Connotea. Data was gathered partly by using the Mechanical Turk service, and partly via an announcement on the Connotea blog. Our study reveals differences of user motivation and tag usage between systems. While (resource) sharing emerges as an all-embracing intra-system motivation, users differ with respect to social spheres of sharing. Based on our results which we integrated with earlier research from Cool and Belkin (2002), we propose a model of information behaviour in social tagging systems.
Competitiveness of Dairy Producers in a Deregulated Market
Creators: name: Nubern, Chris A.
name: Purcell, Wayne D.
name: Nubern, Chris A.
name: Purcell, Wayne D.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This study determines the competitiveness of dairy producers in different production areas in a deregulated market. A nonlinear mathematical programming model minimizes the total costs of producing milk and shipping to the final consumer. Low-cost producing states like California, Wisconsin, and Texas will expand production in a competitive market and other states close to consuming centers can also compete .
Development of a Clinical MALDI-ToF Mass Spectrometry Assay for SARS-CoV-2: Rational Design and Multi-Disciplinary Team Work
Creators: name: Iles, Ray K.
name: Zmuidinaite, Raminta
name: Iles, Jason K.
name: Carnell, George
name: Sampson, Alex
name: Heeney, Jonathan L.
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2020
Subjects: biosecurity
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
screening
diagnostic test
MALDI-ToF MS

description: The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has stretched national testing capacities to breaking points in almost all countries of the world. The need to rapidly screen vast numbers of a country’s population in order to control the spread of the infection is paramount. However, the logistical requirement for reagent supply (and associated cost) of RT-PCR based testing (the current front-line test) have been hugely problematic. Mass spectrometry-based methods using swab and gargle samples have been reported with promise, but have not approached the task from a systematic analysis of the entire diagnostic process. Here, the pipeline from sample processing, the biological characteristics of the pathogen in human biofluid, the downstream bio- and physical-chemistry and the all-important data processing with clinical interpretation and reporting, are carefully compiled into a single high-throughput and reproducible rapid process. Utilizing MALDI-ToF mass spectrometric detection to viral envelope glycoproteins in a systems biology-multidisciplinary team approach, we have achieved a multifaceted clinical MALDI ToF MS screening test, primarily (but not limited to) SARS-CoV-2, with direct application to other future epidemics/pandemics that may arise. The clinical information generated not only includes SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus detection−(Spike protein fragments S1, S2b, S2a peaks), but other respiratory viral infections detected as well as an assessment of generalised oral upper respiratory immune response (elevated total Ig light chain peak) and a measure of the viral immune response (elevated intensity of IgA heavy chain peak). The advantages of the method include; (1) ease of sampling, (2) speed of analysis, and much reduced cost of testing. These features reveal the diagnostic utility of MALDI-ToF mass spectrometry as a powerful and economically attractive global solution
Subcell flux limiting for high-order Bernstein finite element discretizations of scalar hyperbolic conservation laws
Creators: name: Kuzmin, Dmitri
name: de Luna, Manuel Quezada
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: This work extends the concepts of algebraic flux correction and convex limiting to continuous high-order Bernstein finite element discretizations of scalar hyperbolic problems. Using an array of adjustable diffusive fluxes, the standard Galerkin approximation is transformed into a nonlinear high-resolution scheme which has the compact sparsity pattern of the piecewise-linear or multilinear subcell discretization. The representation of this scheme in terms of invariant domain preserving states makes it possible to prove the validity of local discrete maximum principles under CFL-like conditions. In contrast to predictor-corrector approaches based on the flux-corrected transport methodology, the proposed flux limiting strategy is monolithic; i.e., limited antidiffusive terms are incorporated into the well-defined residual of a nonlinear (semi-)discrete problem. A stabilized high-order Galerkin discretization is recovered if no limiting is performed. In the limited version, the compact stencil property prevents direct mass exchange between nodes that are not nearest neighbors. A formal proof of sparsity is provided for simplicial and box elements. The involved element contributions can be calculated efficiently making use of matrix-free algorithms and precomputed element matrices of the reference element. Numerical studies for $\mathbb{Q}_2$ discretizations of linear and nonlinear two-dimensional test problems illustrate the virtues of monolithic convex limiting based on subcell flux decompositions.
Infrared Dynamics in Vector-Like Gauge Theories: QCD and Beyond
Creators: name: Elias, Victor
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Pade-approximant methods are used to extract information about leading positive zeros or poles of QCD and SQCD beta-functions from the known terms of their perturbative series. For QCD, such methods are seen to corroborate the flavour-threshold behaviour obtained via lattice approaches for the occurrence of infrared-stable fixed points.All possible Pade-approximant versions of the known (one- to four-loop) terms of the QCD MS-bar beta-function series are consistent with this threshold occurring at or above n_f = 6. This conclusion continues to be true even if higher-degree Pade-approximants are introduced to accommodate an arbitrary five-loop contribution to the QCD beta-function for a given number of flavours.
description: 5 pages, to appear in the proceedings of MRST 2001 (AIP), May 15-18, London,Ontario
Reflecting Productivity Losses due to Erosion in Physical and Financial Accounts for Agricultural Soils
Creators: name: Watson, David
name: Lerohl, Mel
name: Watson, David
name: Lerohl, Mel
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: natural resource accounts
subject: soil productivity
subject: sustainability
subject: erosion

description: The paper describes an approach to estimating the long-term impact of soil erosion, and applies that approach to data from the Province of Alberta, Canada. This paper relies upon a soil classification system established in Canada, known as the Canada Land Inventory (CLI). It also employs available evidence relating yields to various classes of soils, and relating erosion to its effect on crop production. The approach is employed to develop both a set of physical accounts for agricultural soils, classified by soil type, as well as a set of financial accounts for agricultural soils, since the value of those soils is influenced by yield potential. The results provide a long-term indication of the sustainability of the soil resource in the province, and permit developing estimates of future natural resource accounts for land in (1) physical accounts classified by soil type, and (2) in capital accounts by value of soil class.
On a three-body confinement force in hadron spectroscopy
Creators: name: Pepin, S.
name: Stancu, Fl.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently it has been argued that a three-body colour confinement interaction can affect the stability condition of a three-quark system and the spectrum of a tetraquark described by any constituent quark model. Here we discuss the role of a three-body colour confinement interaction in a simple quark model and present some of its implications for the spectra of baryons, tetraquarks and six-quark systems.
description: 19 pages (RevTeX), addition of new material regarding the NN interaction, more accurate discussion of the baryonic case, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D
Andesianellus carltoni Anderson and Morrone 1996
Creators: name: Morrone, Juan J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Andesianellus
Andesianellus carltoni

description: Andesianellus carltoni Anderson and Morrone, 1996
 Andesianellus carltoni Anderson and Morrone, 1996: 272 (type locality: Ecuador: Azuay province, 30 km NE Paute at Paute Hydrological Compound, 2500 m; type material: H: CMNC and P: 2 CMNC).
 Distribution. Southern Ecuador (Anderson and Morrone, 1996).
description: Published as part of Morrone, Juan J., 2011, Annotated checklist of the tribe Listroderini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cyclominae) 3119, pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 3119 (1) on page 14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3119.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5246257
title: Infezione congenita da Citomegalovirus e ipoacusia: qual è l’attuale livello di conoscenza dei genitori?
title: Audiologia e Foniatria
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Mirko Aldè
name: Paola Marchisio
name: Sandro Binda
name: Valeria Primache
name: Fabrizio Pregliasco
name: Laura Pellegrinelli
name: Elena Pariani
name: Gioia Piatti
name: Stefania Barozzi
name: Federica Di Berardino
name: Diego Zanetti
name: Lorenzo Pignataro
name: Giovanna Cantarella
name: Umberto Ambrosetti
Publisher: name: Padova University Press
Year: 2024
Subjects: congenital cytomegalovirus
hearing loss
children
Parents
Prenatal education
Citomegalovirus congenito
ipoacusia
Bambini
Genitori
Educazione prenatale

description:
Introduction: The aim of the study was to evaluate the level of knowledge among parents about congenital Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, focusing on audiological aspects. Materials and Methods: Both parents of pediatric patients evaluated at the Audiology Center of the Policlinico of Milan, between May 1, 2023, and April 30, 2024, were asked questions regarding their knowledge of congenital CMV infection. Parents of children with a known diagnosis of congenital CMV infection were excluded from the study. Results: A total of 308 parents (mean age: 32.3 ± 6.3 years) were evaluated. Overall, a significantly higher percentage of mothers compared to fathers: a) were informed by a healthcare professional about the possible auditory consequences associated with congenital CMV (39% vs 20.8%, P<0.001); b) were aware that CMV- seropositive women could still experience reactivation/new CMV infection during pregnancy, posing a risk of infecting the fetus (9.1% vs 3.2%, P=0.03); c) correctly answered all questions related to the horizontal transmission modes of CMV infection (20.1% vs 11.0%, P=0.03); and d) were knowledgeable about the types of hearing loss potentially caused by congenital CMV (9.7% vs 3.9%, P=0.04). Conclusions: The lack of knowledge about congenital CMV infection, as evidenced by the low percentage of correct answers to various questions, was common among all parents, highlighting the need to promote public health campaigns and prenatal education strategies aimed at increasing awareness of this important issue.
The potential cost of methane and nitrous oxide emissions regulation in U.S. agriculture
Creators: name: Kabata, T.
name: Kabata, T.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Production Economics
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: Pollution abatement costs, methane, nitrous oxide, U.S. agriculture.

description: Most studies on the impacts of agriculture on the environment have devoted efforts to measure the environmental impacts of the sector rather than to assess its ability to reduce or mitigate such impacts. Some have addressed the environmental efficiency of the sector (Reinhard, et al., 1999, Ball et al., 1994 and 2004; Rezek and Perrin, 2004 and Serra et al., 2011) but only few have examined greenhouse gas emissions (Njuki and Bravo-Ureta, 2015; Dakpo, Jeanneaux and Latruffe, 2016) from the sector. This paper analyzes the agricultural performance of states in the U.S. in terms of their ability to reduce emissions of methane and nitrous oxide, two major greenhouse gases (GHGs) with important global warming potential. The analysis evaluates Färe’s PAC (pollution abatement cost) for each state and year, a measure of the opportunity costs of subjecting the sector to GHG emissions regulation. Using both hyperbolic and directional distance functions to specify the technology with good and bad outputs, we find that such regulations might reduce output by an average of about 2%, though the results for individual states vary quite widely.
Additional file 1 of Psychiatry’s role in the prevention of post-intensive care mental health impairment: stakeholder survey
Creators: name: Bieber, Ewa D.
name: Philbrick, Kemuel L.
name: Shapiro, Jenna B.
name: Karnatovskaia, Lioudmila V.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1.
title: L’impianto cocleare nel CMV congenito: indicazioni e outcomes. L’esperienza di un centro pediatrico.
title: Audiologia e Foniatria
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: M. Guidi
name: F. Trabalzini
Publisher: name: Padova University Press
Year: 2024
Subjects: CMV
congenital infection
hearing loss
infezione congenita
ipoacusia

description:
Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection is the main non-genetic cause of sensorineural hearing loss. Diagnosis of cCMV infection can be performed by testing for viral DNA in urine within three weeks of birth, or later by PCR analysis of blood samples. There is much controversy in the literature regarding prevention, diagnosis and treatment. Congenital hearing loss can be detected in the neonatal period by audiological screening at birth, but sometimes cCMV hearing loss can arise later, even in school age, and may be progressive, unilateral or bilateral. In all cases of congenital CMV infection, a long audiological follow-up is therefore essential. The indication for the type of hearing rehabilitation treatment depends on the type and the extent of hearing loss. Currently, the cochlear implant represents a solution for severe-profound hearing loss, even in cases of hearing loss that manifests itself late and progressively.
Optimal Covariate Balancing Conditions in Propensity Score Estimation
Creators: name: Fan, Jianqing
name: Imai, Kosuke
name: Lee, Inbeom
name: Liu, Han
name: Ning, Yang
name: Yang, Xiaolin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: Medicine
Neuroscience
Biotechnology
Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Cancer

description: Inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) is a popular method for estimating the average treatment effect (ATE). However, empirical studies show that the IPTW estimators can be sensitive to the misspecification of the propensity score model. To address this problem, researchers have proposed to estimate propensity score by directly optimizing the balance of pretreatment covariates. While these methods appear to empirically perform well, little is known about how the choice of balancing conditions affects their theoretical properties. To fill this gap, we first characterize the asymptotic bias and efficiency of the IPTW estimator based on the covariate balancing propensity score (CBPS) methodology under local model misspecification. Based on this analysis, we show how to optimally choose the covariate balancing functions and propose an optimal CBPS-based IPTW estimator. This estimator is doubly robust; it is consistent for the ATE if either the propensity score model or the outcome model is correct. In addition, the proposed estimator is locally semiparametric efficient when both models are correctly specified. To further relax the parametric assumptions, we extend our method by using a sieve estimation approach. We show that the resulting estimator is globally efficient under a set of much weaker assumptions and has a smaller asymptotic bias than the existing estimators. Finally, we evaluate the finite sample performance of the proposed estimators via simulation and empirical studies. An open-source software package is available for implementing the proposed methods.
Prognostic Factors in Childhood Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma: Long Term Results of the International ALCL99 Trial
Creators: name: Mussolin, Lara
name: Le Deley, Marié-Cecilé
name: Carraro, Elisa
name: Damm-Welk, Christine
name: Attarbaschi, Andishe
name: Williams, Denise
name: Burke, Amos
name: Horibe, Keizo
name: Nakazawa, Atsuko
name: Wrobel, Grazyna
name: Mann, Georg
name: Csóka, Monika
name: Uyttebroeck, Anne
name: Fernández-Delgado Cerdá, Rafael
name: Beishuizen, Auke
name: Mellgren, Karin
name: Burkhardt, Birgit
name: Klapper, Wolfram
name: Turner, Suzanne D.
name: D’Amore, Emanuele S.G.
name: Lamant, Laurence
name: Reiter, Alfred
name: Woessmann, Wilhelm
name: Brugières, Laurence
name: Pillon, Marta
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2020
Subjects: ALCL
childhood
MDD
long-term follow-up

description: With the aim of describing the long-term follow-up and to define the prognostic role of the clinical/pathological/molecular characteristics at diagnosis for childhood, adolescent and young adults affected by anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), we analyzed 420 patients aged up to 22 years homogeneously treated within the international ALCL99 trial. The 10-year progression free survival (PFS) was 70% and overall survival was 90%, rare late relapses occurred but no secondary malignancies were reported. Among clinical/pathological characteristics, only patients presenting a small cell/lymphohistiocytic (SC/LH) pattern were independently associated with risk of failure (hazard ratio = 2.49). Analysis of minimal disseminated disease (MDD), available for 162 patients, showed that both SC/LH pattern (hazard ratio = 2.4) and MDD positivity (hazard ratio = 2.15) were significantly associated with risk of failure in multivariate analysis. Considering MDD and SC/LH results, patients were separated into three biological/pathological (bp) risk groups: a high-risk group (bpHR) including MDD-positive patients with SC/LH pattern; a low-risk group (bpLR) including MDD-negative patients without SC/LH pattern; and an intermediate-risk group (bpIR) including remaining patients. The 10-year PFS was 40%, 75% and 86% for bpHR, bpIR and bpLR, respectively (p 0.0001). These results should be considered in the design of future ALCL trials to tailor individual treatments.
Facets of congruence distributivity in Goursat categories
Creators: name: Gran, Marino
name: Rodelo, Diana
name: Nguefeu, Idriss Tchoffo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Category Theory (math.CT)
subject: Commutative Algebra (math.AC)
subject: Rings and Algebras (math.RA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 08C05, 08B10, 18C05, 18B99, 18E10

description: We give new characterisations of regular Mal'tsev categories with distributive lattice of equivalence relations through variations of the so-called Triangular Lemma and Trapezoid Lemma in universal algebra. We then give new characterisations of equivalence distributive Goursat categories (which extend $3$-permutable varieties) through variations of the Triangular and Trapezoid Lemmas involving reflexive and positive relations.
description: 21 pages
Additional file 3: of ACE2 inhibits breast cancer angiogenesis via suppressing the VEGFa/VEGFR2/ERK pathway
Creators: name: Zhang, Qi
name: Lu, Sihong
name: Li, Tianfu
name: Yu, Liang
name: Zhang, Yunjian
name: Zeng, Huijuan
name: Qian, Xueke
name: Bi, Jiong
name: Lin, Ying
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Table S2. TCGA breast cancer clinical data stratified by the ACE2 expression level. (DOCX 20 kb)
Andesianellus cotopaxi Anderson and Morrone 1996
Creators: name: Morrone, Juan J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Andesianellus
Andesianellus cotopaxi

description: Andesianellus cotopaxi Anderson and Morrone, 1996
 Andesianellus cotopaxi Anderson and Morrone, 1996: 276 (type locality: Ecuador: Cotopaxi, Cotopaxi National Park, Quebrada Mishaguaico, 11,600 feet; type material: H: AMNH).
 Distribution. Northern Ecuador (Anderson and Morrone, 1996).
description: Published as part of Morrone, Juan J., 2011, Annotated checklist of the tribe Listroderini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cyclominae) 3119, pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 3119 (1) on page 14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3119.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5246257
title: Ruolo dell’impianto cocleare nella riabilitazione uditiva dei bambini affetti da infezione congenita da CMV.
title: Audiologia e Foniatria
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Ortore RP
name: Fiorentino C
name: Patruno S
name: Cavalluzzo F
name: Curatolo D
name: Rossato A
name: Cassano L
name: D’Ecclesia A
Publisher: name: Padova University Press
Year: 2024
Subjects: CMV
Cochlear implant
deafness
treatment
impianto cocleare
sordità
trattamento

description:
Summary: cCMV is the most common cause of non-congenital neurosensorial hearing-loss and currently there is no unanimous consensus on the management of this condition. For this reason mentioned above, we hope that this topic can be of interest to the editorial board and the readers of this Journal. The aim of our paper is to provide the readers with our experience about the management of this pathological condition.
Additional file 2: of Risk of childhood mortality associated with death of a mother in low-and-middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Nguyen, Diep
name: Hughes, Suzanne
name: Egger, Sam
name: D. LaMontagne
name: Simms, Kate
name: Castle, Phillip
name: Canfell, Karen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Supportive information on detailed study characteristics, risk of bias assessment, and extracted results of studies included in meta-analysis. (DOCX 66 kb)
MuFA (Multi-type Fourier Analyzer): A tool for batch generation of MuMax3 input scripts and multi-type Fourier analysis from micromagnetic simulation output data
Creators: name: Ren, Zhiwei
name: Jin, Lichuan
name: Wen, Tianlong
name: Liao, Yulong
name: Tang, Xiaoli
name: Zhang, Huaiwu
name: Zhong, Zhiyong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: We present a tool for batch generation of input scripts and multi-type Fourier analysis from simulation results for the micromagnetic software MuMax3. The introduction of graphical user interface and parameter-sweeping functionality strongly speed up the input scripts creation and accelerate model optimization processes consequently. Three types of important Fourier analysis methods are provided for the acquisition of the quantitative frequency compositions, the spin-wave dispersion curve and the spatial distribution of spin-wave powers at different frequencies, respectively. Since the Fourier analysis is accelerated by parallel computations, the time cost is reduced to an acceptable level even in the presentation of tens of gigabytes data. With the MuMax3 and our proposal, a complete micromagnetic simulating tool chain from scripts generation to post analysis has been developed.
The Dimension Architecture: A New Approach to Resource Access
Creators: name: Kern, Walter
name: Silberbauer, Christian
name: Wolff, Christian
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: resource access design pattern resource acquisition
subject: 004 Informatik
subject: D.2.11
subject: D.2.13

description: Creating resource access solutions—a recurring issue in developing software systems—becomes increasingly complex if pluggable and generic access is needed. Usually, developers employ plug-in concepts, Factory Pattern-based approaches, or concepts like Java I/O Streaming Architecture to solve this kind of problem. This article presents a new approach to resource access that's based on separating the resource access aspects, such as address, content format, and location type, to allow their flexible and configurable combination. The article also illustrates the approach using sample code that shows parts of its reference implementation and application.
title: Impianto cocleare nel bambino affetto da CMV: nostra esperienza.
title: Audiologia e Foniatria
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: A. De Lucia
name: F. Lalla
name: della Volpe
Publisher: name: Padova University Press
Year: 2024
Subjects: Cytomegalovirus
Cochlear implant
Sensorineural hearing loss

description:
Introduction. Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) represents the most frequent complication (50% of symptomatic newborns and 10% of asymptomatic newborns) affected by congenital Cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection. It can be bilateral or unilateral, it can vary in severity (from mild to profound) and has a late onset in approximately 40% of cases. Materials and methods. 23 patients were included in the study, enrolled from June 2021 to June 2022, who received a diagnosis of CMV within the first three months of life, 18 patients (approximately 78%), within the first month of life and 5 (approximately 22%) in the prenatal phase. Results. Of our patients, fourteen underwent cochlear implantation, 45% had severe to profound hearing loss, and 55% had bilateral profound hearing loss. The mean age of implantation was 26 months and the mean duration of follow-up was 24 months. Eight patients underwent bilateral simultaneous implantation, four bilateral sequential, and two unilateral. Patient evaluation included: perception score: percentage of word recognition on closed lists of words, score on expressive language (GALS scale): 0= prelinguistic, 1 = holophrastic, 2 = presyntactic, 3 = protosyntactic, 4= morphosyntactic 1, 5 = morphosyntactic 2; Auditory performance categories: from 0=no response to environmental sounds, to 7=telephone conversation with unknown person. Conclusions. The majority of children in our cohort benefited from cochlear implantation, although the significant neurodevelopmental comorbidities associated with CVM result in a negative impact on the outcomes of the CI itself.
Service Oriented Approach for Multi Backend Retrieval in Medical Systems
Creators: name: Wiedermann, Wolfgang
name: Wolff, Christian
name: Tsakpinis, Athanassios
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Softwarearchitektur, generisch, Telemedizin, Verteilte Krankenakte, verteilte Suche, Retrieval, Medizininformatik
subject: 004 Informatik
subject: 610 Medizin
subject: J.3
subject: D.2.11
subject: H.3.5

description: This paper describes a software architecture approach which leads to a simplified solution for information retrieval in multiple backend systems. It is mainly based on the core ideas of service oriented and pattern oriented software architectures and supports the creation of simple structured, changeable retrieval systems with a unified user interface. It is mainly focused on the special needs of typical healthcare information system landscapes. The architectural approach has already been tested within a University Hospital Portal System which allows unified personalized access to patient dependent medical data to externals like related hospitals or resident doctors.
title: L’infezione congenita da CMV: follow-up a lungo termine in bambini con diagnosi precoce tramite screening neonatale.
title: Audiologia e Foniatria
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Francesca Forli
name: Francesco Lazzerini
name: Stefano Berrettini
name: Luca Bruschini
name: Davide Bernacca
name: Francesca Lorenzoni
name: Simona Fiori
name: Silvia Capobianco
Publisher: name: Padova University Press
Year: 2024
Subjects: congenital cytomegalovirus
hearing loss
universal neonatal screening
pregnancy
Citomegalovirus congenito
ipoacusia
screening neonatale universale
gravidanza

description:
Objectives: Congenital cytomegalovirus infection (cCMV) can cause long-term neurocognitive, auditory, and visual sequelae. This study describes the long-term clinical sequelae and neuroradiological abnormalities in children identified through neonatal screening for congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection and followed for at least 2 years at a Tertiary Level Audiology Center. Methods: Neonatal and follow-up audiological data, clinical and virological assessments at birth, and ophthalmological, neuropsychiatric, and neuroradiological abnormalities compatible with cCMV were collected. Spearman’s correlation coefficient (rho-ρ) was used to assess correlations between parameters. Results: 61 neonates with cCMV were identified through neonatal screening for cCMV, with diagnosis primarily confirmed by PCR on urine collected within the first 15 days of life. 17 children were premature (average: 33.5 weeks). 16 patients (26.2%) were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit. Among the 35 symptomatic neonates (57.3%), 19 received antiviral therapy. 20 children presented with sensorineural hearing loss, of which 85% were referred after neonatal hearing screening, while 15% received Pass results at the neonatal hearing screening. 5/20 children (25%) had isolated hearing loss, while 15/20 (75%) had it in association with other sequelae. In 5/20 patients (25%), progression of the hearing threshold was observed. 13/20 children received hearing aids, and of these, 8 subsequently underwent cochlear implantation. 24 patients (34.3%) had neurocognitive abnormalities, and 10 (17%) had ophthalmological abnormalities. 30 children underwent magnetic resonance imaging, which showed abnormalities compatible with cCMV in 63.3% of cases. Conclusions: This study highlights the long-term sequelae of cCMV in children identified early, emphasizing the importance of early diagnosis and multidisciplinary follow-up.
Recent advances in traumatic brain injury
Creators: name: Khellaf, Abdelhakim
name: Khan, Danyal Zaman
name: Helmy, Adel
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2019
Subjects: Neurological Update
Traumatic brain injury
TBI
Therapy
Monitoring
Critical care
Neuroprotection
Neurosurgery

description: Abstract: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the most common cause of death and disability in those aged under 40 years in the UK. Higher rates of morbidity and mortality are seen in low-income and middle-income countries making it a global health challenge. There has been a secular trend towards reduced incidence of severe TBI in the first world, driven by public health interventions such as seatbelt legislation, helmet use, and workplace health and safety regulations. This has paralleled improved outcomes following TBI delivered in a large part by the widespread establishment of specialised neurointensive care. This update will focus on three key areas of advances in TBI management and research in moderate and severe TBI: refining neurointensive care protocolized therapies, the recent evidence base for decompressive craniectomy and novel pharmacological therapies. In each section, we review the developing evidence base as well as exploring future trajectories of TBI research.
Reflections on the Business of Indians and Indian Business
Creators: name: Duncan, Kathleen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 220104 Human Rights and Justice Issues
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: 150399 Business and Management not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 130205 Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum and Pedagogy (excl. Economics, Business and Management)
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: I begin with the question “why are Indians poor?” This reflects a common question that many Canadians ask themselves when presented with stark images of conditions on-reserve, Aboriginal protest, or the reality of homelessness and addiction in their city centres. There are many technical problems with the question as formulated; to begin with, all Indians are not poor. In some cases, the Indian band is poor, but an individual is not, and vice versa. It may be more interesting to ask why Indians are not prosperous, or when are Indians not poor? What are the community and individual factors that contribute to what situations, and what is the outlook for Canada given the current demographic projections of the Aboriginal population and socioeconomic outcomes? The proposed collaborative strategy is a transformation which requires an examination of everything that we do as business, as government and as individuals, beginning with prioritizing equality and inclusion of First Nations in Canada.
Additional file 1: of Risk of childhood mortality associated with death of a mother in low-and-middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Nguyen, Diep
name: Hughes, Suzanne
name: Egger, Sam
name: D. LaMontagne
name: Simms, Kate
name: Castle, Phillip
name: Canfell, Karen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Inclusion and exclusion criteria and search strategy. (DOCX 34 kb)