cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Impact of genotype and phenotype on cardiac biomarkers in patients with transthyretin amyloidosis – Report from the Transthyretin Amyloidosis Outcome Survey (THAOS)
Creators: name: Kristen, Arnt V.
name: Maurer, Mathew
name: Rapezzi, Claudio
name: Mundayat, Rajiv
name: Suhr, Ole B.
name: Damy, Thibaud
name: THAOS Investigators
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Amyloidosis
Biochemical markers
Troponin I
Atrial natriuretic peptides

description: Aim

Cardiac troponins and natriuretic peptides are established for risk stratification in light-chain amyloidosis. Data on cardiac biomarkers in transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) are lacking.

Methods and results

Patients (n = 1617) with any of the following cardiac biomarkers, BNP (n = 1079), NT-proBNP (n = 550), troponin T (n = 274), and troponin I (n = 108), available at baseline in the Transthyretin Amyloidosis Outcomes Survey (THAOS) were analyzed for differences between genotypes and phenotypes and their association with survival. Median level of BNP was 68.0 pg/mL (IQR 30.5–194.9), NT-proBNP 337.9 pg/mL (IQR 73.0–2584.0), troponin T 0.03 μg/L (IQR 0.01–0.05), and troponin I 0.08 μg/L (IQR 0.04–0.13). NT-proBNP and BNP were higher in wild-type than mutant-type ATTR, troponin T and I did not differ, respectively. Non-Val30Met patients had higher BNP, NT-proBNP and troponin T levels than Val30Met patients, but not troponin I. Late-onset Val30Met was associated with higher levels of troponin I and troponin T compared with early-onset. 115 patients died during a median follow-up of 1.2 years. Mortality increased with increasing quartiles (BNP/NT-proBNP Q1 = 1.7%, Q2 = 5.2%, Q3 = 21.7%, Q4 = 71.3%; troponin T/I Q1 = 6.5%, Q2 = 14.5%, Q3 = 33.9%, Q4 = 45.2%). Three-year overall-survival estimates for BNP/NT-proBNP and troponin T/I quartiles differed significantly (p<0.001). Stepwise risk stratification was achieved by combining NT-proBNP/BNP and troponin T/I. From Cox proportional hazards model, age, modified body mass index, mutation (Val30Met vs. Non-Val30Met) and BNP/NT-proBNP (Q1–Q3 pooled vs. Q4) were identified as independent predictors of survival in patients with mutant-type ATTR.

Conclusions

In this ATTR patient cohort, cardiac biomarkers were abnormal in a substantial percentage of patients irrespective of genotype. Along with age, mBMI, and mutation (Val30Met vs. Non-Val30Met), cardiac biomarkers were associated with surrogates of disease severity with BNP/NT-proBNP identified as an independent predictor of survival in ATTR.
Transport Properties of Ni, Co, Fe, Mn Doped Cu0.01Bi2Te2.7Se0.3 for Thermoelectric Device Applications
Creators: name: Lukas, Kevin C.
name: Liu, Weishu
name: Ren, Zhifeng
name: Opeil, Cyril P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Bi2Te3 based thermoelectric devices typically use a nickel layer as a diffusion barrier to block the diffusion of solder or copper atoms from the electrode into the thermoelectric material. Previous studies have shown degradation in the efficiency of these thermoelectric devices may be due to the diffusion of the barrier layer into the thermoelectric material. In this work Ni, Co, Fe, and Mn are intentionally doped into Cu0.01Bi2Te2.7Se0.3 in order to understand their effects on the thermoelectric material. Thermoelectric transport properties including the Seebeck coefficient, thermal conductivity, electrical resistivity, carrier concentration, and carrier mobility of Cu0.01Bi2Te2.7Se0.3 doped with 2 atomic percent M (M=Ni, Co, Fe, Mn) as Cu0.01Bi2Te2.7Se0.3M0.02, are studied in a temperature range of 5-525 K.
title: 2018 Classification of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: impact on diagnostic workflow
Creators: name: Ottavianelli, Alessandra
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Performed at one institution
subject: Observational
subject: Retrospective
subject: Chronic obstructive airways disease
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: CT-High Resolution
subject: Thorax
subject: Respiratory system
subject: Lung
subject: Chest

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) refers to a chronic, progressive, fibrosing interstitial pneumonia of unknown cause. The diagnosis of IPF and the differential diagnosis by other interstitial lung disease (ILD) is essential to ensure the specific...
Sprachwandel digital erfahrbar machen - Forschungsdatenmanagement in der Variationslinguistik
Creators: name: Ganswindt, Brigitte
name: Engsterhold, Robert
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Sprachgeographie
Variationslinguistik
Onlineanwendung
FORGE2021

description: Am Beispiel des historischen und weltweit einmaligen „Sprachatlas des Deutschen Reichs“ und seiner Datengrundlage (über 50.000 handgeschriebene Fragebögen in Kurrentschrift) werden die Anforderungen an ein jeweils zeitgemäßes Forschungsdatenmanagement in den Bereichen der Sprachgeographie und Variationslinguistik vorgestellt und diskutiert. Der Fokus des Beitrags liegt dabei zum einen auf den Besonderheiten der historischen Materialsammlung und ihrer Bedeutung für die Regionalsprachenforschung sowie für die Analyse von Sprachwandelprozessen. Zum anderen wird die Materialerschließung und die weltweit zugängliche, kostenfreie Bereitstellung der Daten im Internet vorgestellt. Um stets aus dem aktuellen Stand der Technik zu bleiben sind kontinuierliche Modernisierungen im Forschungsdatenmanagement erforderlich, die im Vortrag präsentiert werden sollen.
Islamic Finance in Finland
Creators: name: Kadi, Sanaa
Publisher: name: European Journal of Islamic Finance
Year: 2023

description: Abstract— This is a research based on the results of a survey conducted with Muslims residing in Finland about the reasons for not taking usurious loans and their reluctance to pay interest, which affects significantly the Muslim community and leads to their financial exclusion, such as preventing them from owning a dwelling in Finland or investing their money in projects that are in compliance with their religion. The results were exclusive and reflect the reality experienced by the Muslim minority in Finland. In addition to the interesting results observed, the non-existence of Islamic banking institutions in Finland makes this research unique because it explains how Muslims perceive usury and deal with it in an environment where the Muslim community is growing constantly but is still considered a minority.
description: European Journal of Islamic Finance, Vol. 10 Núm. 1 (2023)
Cyphononyx castaneus subsp. simonyi
Creators: name: Madl, Michael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Pompilidae
Cyphononyx
Cyphononyx castaneus
Cyphononyx castaneus simonyi (kohl, 1906)

description: Cyphononyx castaneus simonyi (KOHL, 1906)
Cyphononyx castaneus simonyi (KOHL, 1906): WAHIS 2000: 77 (tax., Djibouti, Obock).
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Djibouti, Obock.
Cyphononyx castaneus simonyi is also known from the Palaearctic region (Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen).
description: Published as part of Madl, Michael, 2018, A preliminary catalogue of the Hymenoptera (Insecta) of the Republic of Djibouti, pp. 907-967 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (2) on page 926, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3776452
title: Spectrum Of Abdominal Findings In World’s Deadliest Infectious Disease : Tuberculosis
Creators: name: GUPTA, ASEEM
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Performed at one institution
subject: Cross-sectional study
subject: Not applicable
subject: Infection
subject: Contrast agent-oral
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: CT
subject: Abdomen
subject: Abdominal Viscera

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: To evaluate various findings of abdominal tuberculosis and it's complications on computed...
Halal tourism: a web content analysis in Italy
Creators: name: Gunduz, Cemil
name: Calandra, Davide
name: Biancone, Paolo
Publisher: name: European Journal of Islamic Finance
Year: 2023

description: Due to the increase in the Muslim population and per capita income worldwide, halal tourism and Islamic finance sectors have caught a rapid development trend in recent years. This study presents information about halal concept hotels in Italy, a European country where halal tourism offer is an emerging sector. In this study, interview and web content analysis, which are qualitative research techniques, were used. The study's main purpose is to give preliminary information about the halal products and services offered in Italy, one of the most preferred countries by Muslim tourists, to reveal the current situation of halal concept hotels and the evaluations for the future of halal tourism in Italy. According to the research results, over 800 hotels across Italy have at least one halal product or service. Although Lazio is the region with the highest number of halal hotels, the most common halal hotel group is 4-star hotels. Italy has 194 halal-concept pools and beach facilities for women and families. Among the facilities halal-themed hotels offer tourists are prayer areas, halal food, alcohol-free rooms and family privacy.
description: European Journal of Islamic Finance, Vol. 10 Núm. 1 (2023)
A Conceptual Framework of the Blockchain Technology Adoption for Zakat Institution in Indonesia
Creators: name: Zulfikri, Zulfikri
name: Kassim, Salina
name: Abdullah Othman, Anwar Hassan
Publisher: name: European Journal of Islamic Finance
Year: 2023

description: The adoption of blockchain technologies necessitates the consideration of a wide range of factors far beyond the technology focus of most current research. Blockchain technology's ability to record transactions on distributed ledgers opens new possibilities for zakat institutions to improve transparency, prevent fraud, and build trust in the public sector. Even though academic research on blockchain technology is still in its infancy, most academics focus on the technology itself and overlook the zakat institutions adopting it. This paper drew on a comprehensive literature review to propose a conceptual framework for blockchain technology adoption. Zakat institutions can use the proposed framework as a reference point for adopting blockchain applications and for scholars to expand, refine and evaluate research into blockchain technology.
description: European Journal of Islamic Finance, Vol. 10 Núm. 1 (2023)
An assessment of Islamic Banking in Asia, Europe, USA, and Australia
Creators: name: Aqib Ali, Muhammad
Publisher: name: European Journal of Islamic Finance
Year: 2023

description: The paper reviews the progress of Islamic banking in two major regions, including Asia and the Western world. The paper offers an inclusive discussion of Islamic banking initiatives in several countries of the globe, specifically the countries from the Middle Eastern region, Europe, Australia, Asia, and North America. The discussion for Asian countries includes Saudi Arabia, Iran, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Turkey, Egypt, Malaysia, Oman, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. The paper also appraises the development of the Islamic banking setup in the Western world. The Islamic banking status in the west covers the following countries: United Kingdom, Italy, Australia, Luxembourg, France, Germany, Canada and the USA. The review of Islamic banking in the two major world regions reflects a progressive Islamic banking setup. The paper entails a qualitative approach to evaluate the Islamic banking progress in various countries by extracting data from different sources, including central banks and other important financial and regulatory institutions. The study affirms that the Islamic banking paradigm emerged and flourished from the Asian states, specifically Middle Eastern and Asian countries, including Egypt, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Malaysia, Pakistan and Iran. The findings also suggest that the Islamic banking model has progressed gradually in European and other countries like Australia, the USA and Canada, which warrants a promising potential for the global Islamic banking sector.
description: European Journal of Islamic Finance, Vol. 10 Núm. 1 (2023)
Chromatic Polynomials of Planar Triangulations, the Tutte Upper Bound, and Chromatic Zeros
Creators: name: Shrock, Robert
name: Xu, Yan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05C15, 05C31

description: Tutte proved that if $G_{pt}$ is a planar triangulation and $P(G_{pt},q)$ is its chromatic polynomial, then $|P(G_{pt},τ+1)| \le (τ-1)^{n-5}$, where $τ=(1+\sqrt{5} \,)/2$ and $n$ is the number of vertices in $G_{pt}$. Here we study the ratio $r(G_{pt})=|P(G_{pt},τ+1)|/(τ-1)^{n-5}$ for a variety of planar triangulations. We construct infinite recursive families of planar triangulations $G_{pt,m}$ depending on a parameter $m$ linearly related to $n$ and show that if $P(G_{pt,m},q)$ only involves a single power of a polynomial, then $r(G_{pt,m})$ approaches zero exponentially fast as $n \to \infty$. We also construct infinite recursive families for which $P(G_{pt,m},q)$ is a sum of powers of certain functions and show that for these, $r(G_{pt,m})$ may approach a finite nonzero constant as $n \to \infty$. The connection between the Tutte upper bound and the observed chromatic zero(s) near to $τ+1$ is investigated. We report the first known graph for which the zero(s) closest to $τ+1$ is not real, but instead is a complex-conjugate pair. Finally, we discuss connections with nonzero ground-state entropy of the Potts antiferromagnet on these families of graphs.
Estimates of Radiation by Superluminal Neutrinos
Creators: name: Ward, B. F. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that the more energetic superluminal neutrinos with quadratically dispersed superluminalities δ=β^2-1, for β=v/c where v is the neutrino velocity, also lose significant energy to radiation to the ν+e^-+e^+ final state in travelling from CERN to Gran Sasso as has been shown to occur for those with constant superluminality by Cohen and Glashow if indeed δ\simeq 5\times 10^{-5}. In addition, we clarify the dependence of such radiative processes on the size of the superluminality.
description: 6 pages, no figures; text re-arranged for journal purposes; improved references; published version(title changed by Editors)
Clinical decision tools are needed to identify HIV-positive patients at high risk for poor outcomes after initiation of antiretroviral therapy
Creators: name: McNairy, Margaret
name: Abrams, Elaine J.
name: Rabkin, Miriam
name: El-Sadr, Wafaa Mahmoud
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2017
Subjects: HIV infections--Treatment
Clinical medicine--Decision making
Highly active antiretroviral therapy

description: Over the past decade, the scale-up of HIV programs in resource-limited settings has been remarkable, with over 17 million persons initiating lifesaving antiretroviral therapy (ART) by the end of 2015 . However, in order to reduce HIV-related morbidity and mortality and decrease the number of new infections, it is critical to double the number of HIV-positive patients on treatment by 2020. It is equally important for health outcomes among children and adults on ART to be optimized. To achieve these two goals—i.e., a massive increase in the number of patients on ART as well as an enhancement in the quality of care—the global health community has recognized the need for tailored HIV services to meet the unique needs of different patient groups, often referred to as differentiated models of service delivery.
A Review on Cryptocurrency Transaction Methods for Money Laundering
Creators: name: Almeida, Hugo
name: Pinto, Pedro
name: Vilas, Ana Fernández
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Cryptocurrencies are considered relevant assets and they are currently used as an investment or to carry out transactions. However, specific characteristics commonly associated with the cryptocurrencies such as irreversibility, immutability, decentralized architecture, absence of control authority, mobility, and pseudo-anonymity make them appealing for money laundering activities. Thus, the collection and characterization of current cryptocurrency-based methods used for money laundering are paramount to understanding the circulation flows of physical and digital money and preventing this illegal activity. In this paper, a collection of cryptocurrency transaction methods is presented and distributed through the money laundering life cycle. Each method is analyzed and classified according to the phase of money laundering it corresponds to. The result of this article may in the future help design efficient strategies to prevent illegal money laundering activities.
Additional file 2 of Predictive performance of lipid parameters in identifying undiagnosed diabetes and prediabetes: a cross-sectional study in eastern China
Creators: name: Zhou, Yimin
name: Yang, Guoping
name: Qu, Chen
name: Chen, Jiaping
name: Qian, Yinan
name: Yuan, Lei
name: Mao, Tao
name: Xu, Yan
name: Li, Xiaoning
name: Zhen, Shiqi
name: Liu, Sijun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Virology

description: Additional file 2: Supplemental Table 2. Accuracy analysis of different lipid parameters for predicting diabetes based on gender.
title: Sensitivity of irrigation water supply to climate change in the Great Plains region of Colorado
title: Hydrology days 2005
titleType: AlternativeTitle
title: AGU hydrology days 2005
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Elgaali, Elgaali
name: Garcia, Luis A.
name: Colorado State University, Publisher
Publisher: name: Mountain Scholar
Year: 2005

description: 2005 annual AGU hydrology days was held at Colorado State University on March 7 - March 9, 2005.
description: Includes bibliographical references.
description: Increasing amounts of atmospheric carbon dioxide are expected to raise atmospheric temperature and lead to significant changes in global climate during this century. Global warming may have tremendous consequences for irrigated agriculture around the world. This paper investigates the possible effects of such climatic changes on water resources available for agriculture in the Arkansas River Basin in Colorado. The potential impacts of climate change on this region include changes in winter snowfall and snow melt, seasonal rainfall amounts and intensities and winter and summer time average temperatures. For this study, a framework was developed to quantify the effects of these seasonal impacts on the availability of irrigation water. Monthly surface water supplies, consumptive use, and water balances were estimated using neural networks, consumptive use, and water balance models respectively. Two transient climate scenarios extracted at high resolution from two General Circulation Models (GCMs); the HAD (Hadley Center) and the CCC (Canadian Center) were used. The climate scenarios were run assuming a 1% annual incrase in CO2 concentrations. The methodology and results described in this study are contributing to the national analysis of impacts of climate change on the water sector. The framework developed as part of this research will help a region plan for changes in water supply and demand and will give decision-makers a tool for evaluating the impacts of climate change. Furthermore, the data driven nature of the framework makes it flexible so that it can be applied to different areas.
The time and place of European admixture in Ashkenazi Jewish history
Creators: name: Xue, James
name: Lencz, Todd
name: Darvasi, Ariel
name: Pe'er, Itsik
name: Carmi, Shai
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Gene flow
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Population genetics
subject: Ashkenazim
subject: Historical geography

description: The Ashkenazi Jewish (AJ) population is important in genetics due to its high rate of Mendelian disorders. AJ appeared in Europe in the 10th century, and their ancestry is thought to comprise European (EU) and Middle-Eastern (ME) components. However, both the time and place of admixture are subject to debate. Here, we attempt to characterize the AJ admixture history using a careful application of new and existing methods on a large AJ sample. Our main approach was based on local ancestry inference, in which we first classified each AJ genomic segment as EU or ME, and then compared allele frequencies along the EU segments to those of different EU populations. The contribution of each EU source was also estimated using GLOBETROTTER and haplotype sharing. The time of admixture was inferred based on multiple statistics, including ME segment lengths, the total EU ancestry per chromosome, and the correlation of ancestries along the chromosome. The major source of EU ancestry in AJ was found to be Southern Europe (≈60–80% of EU ancestry), with the rest being likely Eastern European. The inferred admixture time was ≈30 generations ago, but multiple lines of evidence suggest that it represents an average over two or more events, pre- and post-dating the founder event experienced by AJ in late medieval times. The time of the pre-bottleneck admixture event, which was likely Southern European, was estimated to ≈25–50 generations ago.
Energies and pressures in viruses: contribution of nonspecific electrostatic interactions
Creators: name: Šiber, Antonio
name: Božič, Anže Lošdorfer
name: Podgornik, Rudolf
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Biomolecules (q-bio.BM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: We summarize some aspects of electrostatic interactions in the context of viruses. A simplified but, within well defined limitations, reliable approach is used to derive expressions for electrostatic energies and the corresponding osmotic pressures in single-stranded RNA viruses and double-stranded DNA bacteriophages. The two types of viruses differ crucially in the spatial distribution of their genome charge which leads to essential differences in their free energies, depending on the capsid size and total charge in a quite different fashion. Differences in the free energies are trailed by the corresponding characteristics and variations in the osmotic pressure between the inside of the virus and the external bathing solution.
description: 23 pages, 9 figures; submitted
GMM dependency model for Shariah and underlying indices of India during Covid-19 period
Creators: name: Sumbul
Publisher: name: European Journal of Islamic Finance
Year: 2023

description: The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) has presented Nifty 50 Shariah and Nifty 500 Shariah indices to provide unconventional indices for Sharia-compliant companies. These indices follow Sharia laws and can be used in portfolios that are culturally dependable commodities for investors who do not wish to put their money into the undesired business. NSE witnessed big movements in the indices during the Covid-19 period. This study seeks to understand the association between Nifty 500 Sharia and Nifty 50 Sharia and their respective selected indexes, Nifty 500 and Nifty 50, during the Covid-19 pandemic. The period from 27/01/2020 to 31/05/2022 has been taken for this study. The techniques applied, like correlation, co-integration, GMM, etc. based on the objectives of this paper. We conclude that the return of Sharia indices is better compared to the other indices. Also, stocks compliant with Sharia Indices are less risky and a better alternative for the portfolio during pandemic times.
description: European Journal of Islamic Finance, Vol. 10 Núm. 1 (2023)
Reduced mouse allergen is associated with epigenetic changes in regulatory genes, but not mouse sensitization, in asthmatic children
Creators: name: Miller, Rachel L.
name: Zhang, Hanjie
name: Jezioro, Jacqueline R.
name: De Planell Saguer, Mariangels
name: Lovinsky-Desir, Stephanie
name: Liu, Xinhua
name: Perzanowski, Matthew S.
name: Divjan, Adnan
name: Phipatanakul, Wanda
name: Matsui, Elizabeth C.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Asthma in children
Epigenetics
Allergens

description: Chronic exposure to mouse allergen may contribute greatly to the inner-city asthma burden. We hypothesized that reducing mouse allergen exposure may modulate the immunopathology underlying symptomatic pediatric allergic asthma, and that this occurs through epigenetic regulation. To test this hypothesis, we studied a cohort of mouse sensitized, persistent asthmatic inner-city children undergoing mouse allergen-targeted integrated pest management (IPM) vs education in a randomized controlled intervention trial. We found that decreasing mouse allergen exposure, but not cockroach, was associated with reduced FOXP3 buccal DNA promoter methylation, but this was unrelated to mouse specific IgE production. This finding suggests that the environmental epigenetic regulation of an immunomodulatory gene may occur following changing allergen exposures in some highly exposed cohorts. Given the clinical and public health importance of inner-city pediatric asthma and the potential impact of environmental interventions, further studies will be needed to corroborate changes in epigenetic regulation following changing exposures over time, and determine their impact on asthma morbidity in susceptible children.
Libellula albifrons (Burmeister)
Creators: name: de Sélys-Longchamps, Michel-Edmond baron
Publisher: name: Librairies Encyclopédique de Roret
Year: 1840
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Libellulidae
Libellula
Libellula albifrons

description: N° 16. LIBELLULA ALBIFRONS (Burmeister.)    LIBELLULE  A BLANC.
 (Yo yez sa description à l'Appendice, à la fin de ce volume).
description: Published as part of de Sélys-Longchamps, Michel-Edmond baron, 1840, pp 56 - 66, plates 1 - 4 in Monographie des Libellulidées d'Europe, pp. 56-66 in Monographie des Libellulidées d'Europe, Bruxelles :Librairies Encyclopédique de Roret on page 57, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.322505
Urban transformation: environmental issues, wicked problems, and transport development in the context of circular economy
Creators: name: BRZICA, Daneš
Publisher: name: European Journal of Social Impact and Circular Economy
Year: 2023

description: The paper brings some perspectives on new challenges for the synergy of urban transformation, environmental issues and transport development in the circular economy (CE) context. Considering that the number of studies on the given topics only pays attention to some selected areas, we bring a more comprehensive view of the current challenges for cities. The growing size of cities and population density are putting pressure on urban transport systems. As a result of the increasing intensity of traffic and economic activity, there is an increase in emissions in cities. Making decisions about changes in the city becomes more complex. The paper indicates the nature of “wicked” problems and obstacles in implementing the CE model in the context of sustainable transport/mobility development in big cities. It also demonstrates the situation in selected European cities regarding pollution and transport performance indicators. While the traditional city policy approach is predominantly based on the need to maintain the status quo and the reality of the city´s functioning is perceived as a routine matter, new approaches should work with challenges as opportunities for change towards greater efficiency and environmental sustainability and take into account new approaches to the governance of cities. One of the possible directions of urban development is using the CE in the context of the strategy of cities in the transport field. This could improve the situation within the goals of SDG 11. Solutions based on traditional approaches can cause disorders in the functioning of big cities, weaken their resilience and thus threaten their further development. In the future, the city leaders and other stakeholders will have to reevaluate traditional approaches to city governance in this area, as it can be assumed that an increasing number of "wicked" challenges will arise, which will need to be quickly/effectively resolved about the justified needs of city residents.
description: European Journal of Social Impact and Circular Economy, Vol. 4 Núm. 1 (2023)
title: The effect of tumour devascularisation following chemoembolisation and impact on survival in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.
Creators: name: Tan, Alfred
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Not applicable
subject: Retrospective
subject: Cancer
subject: Chemoembolisation
subject: Fluoroscopy
subject: Catheter arteriography
subject: Oncology
subject: Liver
subject: Interventional non-vascular
subject: Interventional Radiology
subject: Performed at one institution

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: Transarterial chemoembolisation (TACE) is indicated in patients with intermediate stage hepatcellular carcinoma (HCC)not suitable for transplantation or curative treatments or as a bridging therapy to livertransplantation. The objective of TACE is...
Stochastic target scheduling for radar resource management : threat assessment and optimal threshold policies
Creators: name: Miehling, Erik J.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: This thesis formulates a stochastic scheduler for use in adaptive resource management of a single Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI) radar when faced with tracking multiple, weakly maneuvering targets. The general problem involves first determining a priority allocation of the L targets, then determining the optimal time to spend using the specified allocation. We present a framework for computing the threat estimate and associated priority of each target in a surveillance environment, termed the radar macro-manager. The threat level of each target is computed based on its heading and proximity relative to a set of user-specified static assets. We present a weight assignment algorithm based on the geography of the surveillance region and use eigenvector centrality to assign vulnerability weights to each asset. The error in the threat level is computed based on the error-covariance matrix of each target, provided by a Kalman filter. Both the threat level and threat error are used to compute the respective priority rank distributions. From the priority distributions of each target we specify a queue of tasks to maximize a reward function associated with processing the queue. The queue is determined with the aid of structural results from the field of optimal issuing which involves ordering the priority rank distributions with respect to the monotone likelihood ratio. In particular, we compute an optimal queue which specifies the order in which we observe individual targets. The length of each target observation is controlled by an external stochastic process, termed the radar micro-manager. The problem of determining this optimal stopping time is formulated as a sequential decision process, a type of Markov decision process. We provide conditions such that the optimal policy is characterized by a monotone threshold policy on the partially ordered set of positive definite error covariance matrices of each target. Given that the optimal policy is monotone, we can efficiently approximate its form with an affine hyperplane using a hybrid random search - Simultaneous Perturbation Stochastic Approximation (SPSA) algorithm. Detailed numerical simulations evaluate the performance of both the radar macro-manager and radar micro-manager.
Geospatial characteristics of measles transmission in China during 2005−2014
Creators: name: Yang, Wan
name: Wen, Liang
name: Li, Shen-Long
name: Chen, Kai
name: Zhang, Wen-Yi
name: Shaman, Jeffrey L.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Measles--Vaccination
Communicable diseases--Transmission
Epidemiology
Computational biology

description: Measles is a highly contagious and severe disease. Despite mass vaccination, it remains a leading cause of death in children in developing regions, killing 114,900 globally in 2014. In 2006, China committed to eliminating measles by 2012; to this end, the country enhanced its mandatory vaccination programs and achieved vaccination rates reported above 95% by 2008. However, in spite of these efforts, during the last 3 years (2013–2015) China documented 27,695, 52,656, and 42,874 confirmed measles cases. How measles manages to spread in China—the world’s largest population—in the mass vaccination era remains poorly understood. To address this conundrum and provide insights for future public health efforts, we analyze the geospatial pattern of measles transmission across China during 2005–2014. We map measles incidence and incidence rates for each of the 344 cities in mainland China, identify the key socioeconomic and demographic features associated with high disease burden, and identify transmission clusters based on the synchrony of outbreak cycles. Using hierarchical cluster analysis, we identify 21 epidemic clusters, of which 12 were cross-regional. The cross-regional clusters included more underdeveloped cities with large numbers of emigrants than would be expected by chance (p = 0.011; bootstrap sampling), indicating that cities in these clusters were likely linked by internal worker migration in response to uneven economic development. In contrast, cities in regional clusters were more likely to have high rates of minorities and high natural growth rates than would be expected by chance (p = 0.074; bootstrap sampling). Our findings suggest that multiple highly connected foci of measles transmission coexist in China and that migrant workers likely facilitate the transmission of measles across regions. This complex connection renders eradication of measles challenging in China despite its high overall vaccination coverage. Future immunization programs should therefore target these transmission foci simultaneously.
title: The role of neuro-radiologist in Multidisciplinary Tumor Board: impact on clinical course and examinations.
Creators: name: Cottonaro, Simone
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Performed at one institution
subject: Diagnostic or prognostic study
subject: Retrospective
subject: Cancer
subject: Surgery
subject: Radiation therapy / Oncology
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: MR
subject: CT
subject: Oncology
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: CNS
subject: Neuro

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: In Italy, multidisciplinary meetings of central nervous system (MTB) cancers are held in highly specialised centres. In our institute the MTBs are done weekly by neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists, neuropathologists, oncologists and radiotherapists...
Immigrant and refugee women's voices: exploring postpartum depression help seeking experiences and access to mental health care
Creators: name: O'Mahony, Joyce Maureen
Publisher: name: Nursing
Year: 2011

description: Bibliography: p. 336-386.
description: Recent immigrant and refugee women may be particularly at risk of less than optimal health outcomes following childbirth because of language difficulties, as well as cultural and socioeconomic factors that shape their postpartum experiences. Postpartum depression (PPD), one of the most common complications of pregnancy, can have long lasting traumatic effects on women and their families, but is also treatable. Therefore early detection and treatment of the problem is both valuable and important. While there has been research conducted on immigrant and refugee women's mental health care experiences, there is limited understanding of how these women access multiple levels of health care to deal with mental illness such as PPD, and how contextual factors such as cultural, social, political, historical, and economic influence their mental illness treatment and prevention. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore how contextual factors interacted with race, gender, and class to affect and shape the ways in which immigrant and refugee women seek help and manage their PPD. The objectives were to increase understanding of how immigrant and refugee women made decisions about postpartum care; what factors may have influenced their health seeking behaviour and what kind of strategies they would find helpful in PPD prevention and treatment. Informed by Kleinman's explanatory model (1978, 1980) and the postcolonial feminist perspective (2002) a qualitative study was conducted with a purposive sampling of 30 immigrant and refugee women in a western province of Canada. Recruitment of participants was done via health care providers and organizations that provide mental health care services for this population. In-depth interviews using semi-structured questionnaires were used to obtain information about their PPD experiences. The study's findings revealed that (a) more awareness and understanding of PPD is necessary to meet the mental health needs of immigrant and refugee women within the postpartum period; (b) women experience diverse, complex challenges and facilitators in seeking help to manage their PPD treatment and prevention; ( c) women's health care practices are influenced by both cultural background and socioeconomic, historical, and political factors which intersect with race, gender, and class; ( d) immigrant and refugee women' s resilience and coping strategies with PPD need to be recognized. Based on the study' s findings intervention strategies for PPD care and treatment, are suggested to assist with implementing and planning more culturally appropriate and equitable health care services among immigrant and refugee women living in Canada.
Micro-level measurement of the circularity of organizations: the Italian innovative standardized approach applied to a public sector case study
Creators: name: Vola, Paola
name: Cantino, Giorgio
name: Gelmini, Lorenzo
Publisher: name: European Journal of Social Impact and Circular Economy
Year: 2023

description: This study analyses the implementation of a circularity measurement methodology at the University of Piemonte Orientale (UPO) in the early stages of the development of the UNI1608856 project “Measuring circularity - Methods and indicators for measuring circular processes in organisations, the first attempt to assess an organisation’s circularity under a standardized framework in an Italian University. The single-case study examines the organisation’s framework implementation, followed by an in-depth discussion of the phenomenon under study. The circularity measurement metrics applied to the UPO case have been extracted from a draft standard prepared by the Italian standardization body (UNI). The UPO case study considers the draft's general propositions with a focus on the metrics related to the management of human resources, assets, policy, and sustainability. Some useful insights emerge from the critical analysis of the norm proposal, both regarding adopting different types of measures and implementing the circularity measurement in terms of the organisation’s readiness to collect data for the metrics. As this study deals with a new framework applied to a public Organisation, several issues come to light. The first implementation of UNI1608856 allows discussion of the effective measurement of circularity at the micro level and how an organisation’s managerial processes need to evolve to provide the data required to measure circularity.
description: European Journal of Social Impact and Circular Economy, Vol. 4 Núm. 1 (2023)
A probable Keplerian disk feeding an optically revealed massive young star
Creators: name: McLeod, Anna F.
name: Klaassen, Pamela D.
name: Reiter, Megan
name: Henshaw, Jonathan
name: Kuiper, Rolf
name: Ginsburg, Adam
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The canonical picture of star formation involves disk-mediated accretion, with Keplerian accretion disks and associated bipolar jets primarily observed in nearby, low-mass young stellar objects (YSOs). Recently, rotating gaseous structures and Keplerian disks have been detected around a number of massive (M > 8 solar masses) YSOs (MYSOs) including several disk-jet systems. All of the known MYSO systems are located in the Milky Way, and all are embedded in their natal material. Here we report the detection of a rotating gaseous structure around an extragalactic MYSO in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The gas motions show radial flow of material falling from larger scales onto a central disk-like structure, the latter exhibiting signs of Keplerian rotation, i.e., a rotating toroid feeding an accretion disk and thus the growth of the central star. The system is in almost all aspects comparable to Milky Way high-mass young stellar objects accreting gas via a Keplerian disk. The key difference between this source and its Galactic counterparts is that it is optically revealed, rather than being deeply embedded in its natal material as is expected of such a young massive star. We suggest that this is the consequence of the star having formed in a low-metallicity and low-dust content environment, thus providing important constraints for models of the formation and evolution of massive stars and their circumstellar disks.
description: 20 pages, 9 pages
Harnessing natural autoimmune regulation for the treatment of type 1 diabetes
Creators: name: Tsai, Sue
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2011

description: Bibliography: p. 253-301.
description: A few pages are in colour.
description: Includes copy of Certification of Animal Protocol Approval forms. Original with original copy of Partial Copyright Licence.
description: In Type 1 Diabetes (TlD), multiple genetic and environmental factors contribute to the loss of tolerance towards pancreatic ?? cells, resulting in a CD4+ and CDS+ T cell­dependent autoimmune process that leads to complete destruction of insulin-producing ?? cells. The non-obese diabetic (NOD) mouse model manifests several of these aspects of the disease and has thus been instrumental in studying the immunobiology of TlD. Using this model, we set out to analyze the natural immunoregulatory pathways that underlie TlD resistance in mice that are otherwise predisposed to develop disease. We approached this problem from two different angles- by studying tolerance pathways in NOD mice rendered diabetes-resistant by the expression of protective MHC class II molecules, I-Ab and I-E, and by investigating the mechanism of action of an antigen-specific immunotherapy in blunting TlD. Our findings from studying I-Ab_ and I-E-transgenic mice led us to propose that protective MHC class II molecules afford dominant resistance to TlD through their interaction with MHC-promiscuous, diabetogenic TCRs, endowing them with the opportunity to differentiate into regulatory T cells and acquire enhanced suppressive function, or undergo central tolerance in the thymus. In addition, we demonstrated that dendritic cell expression of the protective MHC class II molecules is critical and sufficient to achieve TlD-inhibitory effects. On the other hand, through dissecting the mechanisms of action of a novel anti­TlD vaccine, consisting of?? cell-associated antigenic peptide-MHC-coated nanoparticles (pMHC-NP), we unveiled a subset of antigen-specific, memory-like, CDS+ regulatory T cells that arise as a negative feedback circuit in response to chronic autoimmunity. Through amplifying this negative feedback circuit, pMHC-NP effectively prevented and reversed TlD without compromising the body's general immune response. We propose that similar negative feedback mechanisms are at work in other autoimmune settings, where pMHC-NPs may be equally applicable for the treatment of disease. In summary, we described two naturally existing regulatory pathways used by Nature to tackle autoimmunity - one that is designed to eliminate or convert autoreactive T cells, and one that manifests itself after the onset of autoimmunity as an auto-regulatory feedback loop. In both cases, the very features of the autoimmune process or its participants are exploited in an attempt to restore the immune system to its healthy state.
Conference program: AGU hydrology days 2002
Creators: name: American Geophysical Union, Author
name: Colorado State University, Author
name: Colorado State University, Publisher
Publisher: name: Mountain Scholar
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Hydrology -- Congresses

description: Twenty-second annual AGU hydrology days was held in the Cherokee Park Room, Lory Student Center, Colorado State University on April 1-4, 2002. To access abstracts, please see: http://hydrologydays.colostate.edu/schedule_02.htm.