cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Adult Communicative Play in Close Friendships
Creators: name: Pruim, Douglas E.
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2018
Subjects: Communication studies

description: Adult communicative play is a pervasive interpersonal phenomenon and a defining element of most close friendships. With a few notable exceptions (e.g., Aune & Wong 2002; Aune & Wong, 2012; Baxter, 1992), adult communicative play is largely understudied within the field of interpersonal communication. A primary factor in satisfaction with friends is fulfillment of relational needs, specifically the needs of autonomy, relatedness, and competence, as described by self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 1985). In this project, I report two studies exploring the impact of play within close friendships. Study 1 examined the relationships between and among adult communicative play, interpersonal needs, and relationship satisfaction in close, same-sex, platonic friends. The results indicated support for all hypotheses, including support for the theoretical path model. In this path model, a) the effect of adult communicative play on relationship satisfaction is mediated by interpersonal need satisfaction and b) the effect of playfulness on satisfaction is fully mediated by play. Study 2 sought, first, to replicate the findings of Study 1 and, second, to extend Study 1 by exploring whether playfulness and play scores of one friend are associated with his or her partner’s satisfaction, as well as whether playfulness scores are associated with a partner’s score on play. Because of poor model fit in Study 2, the results of Study 1 could not be replicated; instead, post hoc alternative models were explored. Furthermore, path analysis results of an actor-partner interdependence model for indistinguishable pairs revealed that one partner’s playfulness is associated with the other’s reporting of play and one partner’s play is associated with the other’s relationship satisfaction. Implications, limitations, and future recommendations are then discussed.
Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-ajh-10.1177_10499091211024202 - Health Professionals’ Perspectives of the Role of Palliative Care During COVID-19: Content Analysis of Articles and Blogs Posted on Twitter
Creators: name: Singh, Gursharan K.
name: Rego, Joanna
name: Chambers, Shirley
name: Fox, Jennifer
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 111702 Aged Health Care

description: Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-ajh-10.1177_10499091211024202 for Health Professionals’ Perspectives of the Role of Palliative Care During COVID-19: Content Analysis of Articles and Blogs Posted on Twitter by Gursharan K. Singh, Joanna Rego, Shirley Chambers and Jennifer Fox in American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®
sj-pdf-1-jcb-10.1177_0271678X211027384 - Supplemental material for Wdfy3 regulates glycophagy, mitophagy, and synaptic plasticity
Creators: name: Napoli, Eleonora
name: Panoutsopoulos, Alexios A
name: Kysar, Patricia
name: Satriya, Nathaniel
name: Sterling, Kira
name: Shibata, Bradley
name: Imai, Denise
name: Ruskin, David N
name: Zarbalis, Konstantinos S
name: Giulivi, Cecilia
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 110305 Emergency Medicine
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110306 Endocrinology
subject: Medicine
subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: 110320 Radiology and Organ Imaging
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biochemistry
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-jcb-10.1177_0271678X211027384 for Wdfy3 regulates glycophagy, mitophagy, and synaptic plasticity by Eleonora Napoli, Alexios A Panoutsopoulos, Patricia Kysar, Nathaniel Satriya, Kira Sterling, Bradley Shibata, Denise Imai, David N Ruskin, Konstantinos S Zarbalis and Cecilia Giulivi in Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism
Clinical features and pitfalls in the laboratory diagnosis of dengue in travellers
Creators: name: Wichmann, Ole
name: Stark, Klaus
name: Shu, Pei-Yun
name: Niedrig, Matthias
name: Frank, Christina
name: Huang, Jyh-Hsiung
name: Jelinek, Tomas
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionskrankheiten / Erreger
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Humans
subject: Adolescent
subject: Adult
subject: Aged
subject: Middle Aged
subject: Child
subject: Preschool
subject: Female
subject: Male
subject: Blood Cell Count
subject: Dengue/blood
subject: Dengue/diagnosis
subject: Dengue/immunology
subject: Dengue/virology
subject: Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay/methods
subject: False Positive Reactions
subject: Immunoglobulin G/blood
subject: Immunoglobulin M/blood
subject: Retrospective Studies
subject: Travel
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Background: Several enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)-kits are commercially available for the rapid diagnosis of dengue infection, and have demonstrated good sensitivity and specificity in paired serum samples. In practice, however, often only one blood sample is available from febrile travellers returning from dengue endemic areas. Methods: To evaluate the diagnostic value of positive dengue antibody-titres performed by a standard ELISA (PanBio IgM- and IgG-ELISA) in single serum samples (regarded as "probable infection"), 127 positive samples were further analyzed using envelope/membrane IgM-, and nonstructural protein 1 IgM- and IgG-ELISAs, immunofluorescence assays, and real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction assays (RT-PCR). A combination of the test-results served as the diagnostic "gold standard". A total of 1,035 febrile travellers returning from dengue-endemic countries with negative dengue-serology and RT-PCR served as controls to compare clinical and haematological features. Results: Overall, only 64 (positive predictive value = 50%) of the probable cases were confirmed by additional analysis and 54 (42.5%) were confirmed to be "false-positive". Rash was the only clinical feature significantly associated with confirmed dengue fever. The combination of thrombocytopenia and leucopenia was present in 40.4% of confirmed and in 6.1% of false-positive cases. Thus, the positive predictive value for the combination of positive PanBio-ELISA plus the two haematological features was 90.5%. Conclusion: The examination of paired serum samples is considered the most reliable serodiagnostic procedure for dengue. However, if only one blood sample is available, a single positive ELISA-result carries a high rate of false-positivity and should be confirmed using a second and more specific diagnostic technique. In the absence of further testing, platelet and white blood cell counts are helpful for the correct interpretation.
Additional file 2 of Point-of-care testing in private pharmacy and drug retail settings: a narrative review
Creators: name: Chan, Justine Tin Nok
name: Nguyen, Van
name: Tran, Thuy Ngan
name: Nguyen, Nam Vinh
name: Do, Nga Thi Thuy
name: van Doorn, H. Rogier
name: Lewycka, Sonia
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 2. Abstract screening tool.
Online supplementary file 1 - Supplemental material for Impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Cardiac Surgical Education in North America
Creators: name: Luc, Jessica G. Y.
name: Nguyen, Tom C.
name: Ad, Niv
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 110323 Surgery
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplemental material, Online supplementary file 1, for Impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Cardiac Surgical Education in North America by Jessica G. Y. Luc, Tom C. Nguyen and Niv Ad in Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
Additional file 1 of Point-of-care testing in private pharmacy and drug retail settings: a narrative review
Creators: name: Chan, Justine Tin Nok
name: Nguyen, Van
name: Tran, Thuy Ngan
name: Nguyen, Nam Vinh
name: Do, Nga Thi Thuy
name: van Doorn, H. Rogier
name: Lewycka, Sonia
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 1. Full search terms.
Die Entwicklung des Bundesinstituts für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte (BfArM) im zunehmenden europäischen Wettbewerb.
Creators: name: Kurth, Reinhard
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Arzneimittelzulassung
subject: BfArM
subject: Wettbewerb
subject: Reorganisation
subject: DAMA
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Das Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte (BfArM) ist unter anderem verantwortlich für die Zulassung von wirksamen und unbedenklichen Arzneimitteln (AM) sowie für die Überwachung von Arzneimittelrisiken (Pharmakovigilanz). Der Markt für AM wird zunehmend europäisiert, und nach der letzten EU-Erweiterung betätigen sich insgesamt 47 nationale Zulassungsbehörden sowie die European Medicines Agency (EMEA) in London auf dem Gebiet der Zulassung und Risikoabwehr. Die Zusammenarbeit zwischen den Zulassungsbehörden ist zwar gut, aber zeitaufwendig und damit letztlich unökonomisch. Das BfArM muss deshalb nach umfassender Reorganisation in die Spitzengruppe der europäischen Zulassungsinstitute aufrücken, auch um für die pharmazeutische und die Medizinprodukteindustrie in Deutschland als positiver Standortfaktor zu wirken. Die politisch gewollte, aber jetzt gescheiterte Umwandlung des BfArM in eine Deutsche Agentur für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte (DAMA), eine Anstalt des Öffentlichen Rechts, wäre wegen der damit verbundenen erweiterten operativen Gestaltungsräume ein weiterer Schritt zu einem anzustrebenden „Center of Excellence“ gewesen. Jetzt muss das BfArM als Bundesoberbehörde seinen Reformkurs beibehalten.
Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-ppq-10.1177_13540688211026526 - Cordons sanitaires or tainted coalitions? The electoral consequences of populist participation in government
Creators: name: Riera, Pedro
name: Pastor, Marco
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 160607 International Relations
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-ppq-10.1177_13540688211026526 for Cordons sanitaires or tainted coalitions? The electoral consequences of populist participation in government by Pedro Riera and Marco Pastor in Party Politics
Additional file 1 of Learnt representations of proteins can be used for accurate prediction of small molecule binding sites on experimentally determined and predicted protein structures
Creators: name: Carbery, Anna
name: Buttenschoen, Martin
name: Skyner, Rachael
name: von Delft, Frank
name: Deane, Charlotte M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified

description: Additional file 1: Table 1. Top-1 success rate on training set using varying distance thresholds. Table 2. Success rate of binding site prediction of IF-SitePred and commonly used existingmethods. Table 3. Success rates and error estimations on the PDB structures of the HAP set. Table 4. Success rates and error estimations on the AF2 structures of the HAP set. Table 5. Success rates and error estimations on the PDB structures of the HAP-smallset. Table 6. Success rates and error estimations on the AF2 structures of the HAP-small set. Table 7. A comparison of ligand similarity to training set with success rates. Figure 1. Alphafold prediction confidence and prediction success. Figure 2. Global all-atom RMSD and ligand-binding site all-atom RMSD in MD structures. Figure 3. A comparison of the benefits of combining predictions for multiple structures.
sj-pdf-1-cde-10.1177_21651434211026165 – Supplemental material for Transition Discoveries: Participatory Action Research to Design Pathways to Success
Creators: name: Kester, Joan
name: Flanagan, Matthew F.
name: Stella, Julie
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Education
subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 130312 Special Education and Disability
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-cde-10.1177_21651434211026165 for Transition Discoveries: Participatory Action Research to Design Pathways to Success by Joan Kester, Matthew F. Flanagan and Julie Stella in Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals
sj-pdf-1-mss-10.1177_17506980211010935 – Supplemental material for A politics of placelessness? The limits of democratising memory in the Centro de Documentación e Investigación of Lima’s Lugar de la Memoria
Creators: name: Halstead, Huw
name: Willis, Daniel
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 200199 Communication and Media Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Media and communications
subject: History
subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-mss-10.1177_17506980211010935 for A politics of placelessness? The limits of democratising memory in the Centro de Documentación e Investigación of Lima’s Lugar de la Memoria by Huw Halstead and Daniel Willis in Memory Studies
Prevalence and gender patterns of mental health problems in German youth with experience of violence: the KiGGS study
Creators: name: Schlack, Robert
name: Petermann, Franz
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsberichterstattung
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: ADHD
subject: Mental health
subject: Youth violence
subject: Emotional problems
subject: Conduct problems
subject: Disordered eating behaviors
subject: Somatic problems
subject: Substance use
subject: Gender
subject: Representative study
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Background: Research examining mental health in violence-affected youth in representative samples is rare. Using data from the nationally representative German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS) this study reports on gender-specific prevalence rates and associations of a broad range of internalizing and externalizing mental health problems: emotional problems, conduct problems, ADHD, disordered eating, somatic pain and substance use in youth variously affected by violence. While internalizing is generally more common in girls and externalizing in boys, observations of prior non-normative studies suggest reverse associations once an individual is affected by violence. The occurrence of such “gender cross-over effects” is therefore examined in a representative sample. Methods: The sample consisted of 6,813 adolescents aged 11 to 17 from the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS): Applying multivariate logistic regression analyses, associations between each type of violence history and mental health indicator were determined for perpetrators, victims, and perpetrating victims of youth violence. Moderating effects of gender were examined by using product term interaction. Results: Victim status was associated primarily with internalizing problems, while perpetrators were more prone to externalizing problems. Perpetrating victims stood out with respect to the number and strength of risk associations with all investigated mental health indicators. However, the risk profiles of all violence-affected youth included both internalizing and externalizing mental health problems. Gender cross-over effects were found for girls and boys: despite lower overall prevalence, girls affected by violence were at far higher risk for conduct problems and illicit drug use; by contrast, somatic pain, although generally lower in males, was positively associated with perpetrator status and perpetrating victim status in boys. All violence-affected youth exhibited significantly higher rates of cumulative mental health problems. Conclusions: The results highlight the importance of violence for the mental health of youth. They reveal a particular vulnerability as a function of gender. Implications for policy making, clinical practice and research are discussed.
Iodine, Bromine, and Chlorine – Emission Rates and Sources
Creators: name: Raso, Angela R.
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2018
Subjects: Atmospheric sciences not elsewhere classified
Atmospheric composition, chemistry and processes

description: Halogen chemistry in the Arctic boundary layer catalytically destroys O3 and impacts the chemical lifetimes of hydrocarbons, the HOx-NOx cycle, and atmospheric mercury. While many advances have been made in the last several decades in understanding the sources, sinks, and recycling pathways of halogens in the Arctic there are still many unknowns. Previous studies have shown that Br2, BrCl and Cl2 are produced photochemically in the Arctic tundra snowpack, but the magnitude of this production is still poorly understood. Additionally, while there have been suggestions that the tundra snowpack should also produce I2, there have been no previous measurements of I2 in the Arctic. The lack of measurements of the halogen production capacity of Arctic snowpacks has left the community to rely on one-dimensional modeling to estimate the impact of snowpack-derived halogen chemistry on the Arctic atmosphere. Because modeling is inherently dependent on understanding recycling mechanisms, mixing processes, and sinks this leaves the effect of halogens on atmospheric chemistry in the Arctic highly uncertain.
This work describes efforts to address these uncertainties through measurements made during two field campaigns in Utqiaġvik (formerly Barrow), Alaska in January – February 2014, and February – May 2016. The first measurements of I2 in the Arctic, both in the snowpack interstitial air, and in the air above the snowpack demonstrate that iodine chemistry is active in the Arctic atmosphere, and that I2 is produced photochemically in the tundra snowpack. The effects of active iodine chemistry on both O3 and bromine chemistry is examined through zero- and one dimensional modeling. The first speciated measurements of snowpack phase iodine reveal that much like previous reports of iodine enriched aerosols, the Arctic snowpack is highly enriched in iodine. Vertical profiles of I- in the snowpack suggest that there is a consistent, non-radiation dependent source of iodine to the Arctic environment. It seems likely that this source is transport of iodine-enriched aerosols from the mid-latitudes. However, unlike the Antarctic, and previousobservations in the mid-latitudes, most Arctic snowpack phase iodine is inorganic, which may contradict transport from the mid-latitudes as a source. One-dimensional modeling was also utilized, in conjunction with the first vertical profile measurements of Br2 and Cl2 between 1 and7 m above the snowpack surface to examine the community’s understanding of recycling mechanisms, mixing, sources, and sinks of halogens in the Arctic Atmosphere.
Model-Based High-Dimensional Network Inference: Theory & Methods
Creators: name: Ren, Min
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2019
Subjects: Statistics not elsewhere classified

description: In the past several decades, the advent of high-throughput biotechnologies for genomics study provides appealing opportunities for us to understand the complex gene interaction inside biological systems, attracting many researches in constructing gene regulatory networks (GRNs). Motivated by the promise of the genetical genomicsstudy, our research group has recently focused on representing gene regulatory networks using structural equation models and further revealing system-wide gene regulations.This dissertation presents two recent works along this direction.
Firstly, we conducted thorough theoretical analysis of the recently proposed Two-Stage Penalized Least Squares (2SPLS) method for constructing large systems of structural equation models. We establish the estimation and prediction error bounds for results at both stages of 2SPLS as well as its variable selection consistency. Speci cally, a bounded eigenvalue assumption is imposed to ensure the consistency properties of the l2-penalized regressions at the first stage. At the second stage, the estimation andvariable selection consistency of the l1-penalized regressions are obtained by assuming a restricted eigenvalue condition and a variant of irrepresentable condition, which are both commonly employed in the current literature. We will show that the 2SPLS estimator works not only for fi xed dimensions but also diverging dimensions which can grow to infi nity with the sample size but at an appropriate rate.
Secondly, we developed a novel statistical method to identify structural differences between two cognate networks characterized by structural equation models. Wepropose to reparameterize the model to separate the differential structures from common structures, and then design an algorithm with calibration and construction stages to identify these differential structures directly. The calibration stage serves to obtain consistent prediction by building the l2 regularized regression of each endogenousvariables against pre-screened exogenous variables, correcting for potential endogeneity issue. The construction stage consistently selects and estimates both common anddifferential effects by undertaking l1 regularized regression of each endogenous variable against the predicts of other endogenous variables as well as its anchoring exogenousvariables. Our method allows for easy parallel computation. Theoretical results are obtained to establish non-asymptotic error bounds of predictions and estimates at both stages. Our studies on simulated data demonstrated that the proposed method performed much better than independently constructing networks. A real data setwas analyzed to illustrate the applicability of our method.
Virologic and Immunologic Response to cART by HIV-1 Subtype in the CASCADE Collaboration
Creators: name: Touloumi, Giota
name: Pantazis, Nikos
name: Chaix, Marie-Laure
name: Bucher, Heiner C.
name: Zangerle, Robert
name: Kran, Anne-Marte Bakken
name: Thiebaut, Rodolphe
name: Masquelier, Bernard
name: Kücherer, Claudia
name: Monforte, Antonella D'Arminio
name: Meyer, Laurence
name: Porter, Kholoud
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Humans
subject: Adult
subject: Middle Aged
subject: Young Adult
subject: HIV Infections/virology
subject: Genotype
subject: HIV-1/genetics
subject: HIV-1/immunology
subject: CD4 Lymphocyte Count
subject: HIV Infections/drug therapy
subject: HIV Infections/immunology
subject: Viral Load
subject: Antiretroviral Therapy Highly Active
subject: Treatment Failure
subject: Treatment Outcome
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Background: We aimed to compare rates of virologic response and CD4 changes after combination antiretroviral (cART) initiation in individuals infected with B and specific non-B HIV subtypes. Methods: Using CASCADE data we analyzed HIV-RNA and CD4 counts for persons infected ≥1996, ≥15 years of age. We used survival and longitudinal modeling to estimate probabilities of virologic response (confirmed HIV-RNA 500 c/ml at 6 months or ≥1000 c/ml following response) and CD4 increase after cART initiation. Results: 2003 (1706 B, 142 CRF02_AG, 55 A, 53 C, 47 CRF01_AE) seroconverters were included in analysis. There was no evidence of subtype effect overall for response or failure (p = 0.075 and 0.317, respectively) although there was a suggestion that those infected with subtypes CRF01_AE and A responded sooner than those with subtype B infection [HR (95% CI):1.37 (1.01–1.86) and 1.29 (0.96–1.72), respectively]. Rates of CD4 increase were similar in all subtypes except subtype A, which tended to have lower initial, but faster long-term, increases. Conclusions: Virologic and immunologic response to cART was similar across all studied subtypes but statistical power was limited by the rarity of some non-B subtypes. Current antiretroviral agents seem to have similar efficacy in subtype B and most widely encountered non-B infections in high-income countries.
Unusual increase in reported cases of Paratyphoid A fever among travellers returning from Cambodia, January to September 2013
Creators: name: Tourdjman, M.
name: Hello, Simon Le
name: Gossner, C.
name: Delmas, G.
name: Tubiana, S.
name: Fabre, L.
name: Kerléguer, A.
name: Tarantola, A.
name: Fruth, Angelika
name: Friesema, I.
name: Brandal, L. Thorstensen
name: Lawrence, J.
name: Fisher, I.
name: Dufour, M.
name: Weill, F. X.
name: Valk, H. De
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionskrankheiten / Erreger
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin

description: From January to September 2013, a marked increase in notifications of Salmonella Paratyphi A infections among travellers returning from Cambodia occurred in France. An investigation revealed 35 cases without a common source: 21 in France, five in Germany, three in the Netherlands, one in Norway, one in the United Kingdom, four in New-Zealand. Data suggest an ongoing event that should trigger further investigation. Travellers to Cambodia should observe preventive measures including good personal hygiene and food handling practices.
Exploring Retraction Watch Data in Crossref (2025-05-09)
Creators: name: Montilla, Luis
name: Rittman, Martyn
name: Cabanac, Guillaume
Publisher: name: Crossref
Year: 2025

description: This webinar, held on 9 May, introduces the newly available Retraction Watch metadata in the Crossref REST API. We explain how the data is collected, how to access it via the REST API or CSV files, and why it matters for researchers, publishers, and institutions.

The session includes:

Recent updates

Key considerations when using the data

We also share a community example from Guillaume Cabanac, highlighting how the Problematic Paper Screener uses Crossref and Retraction Watch data.

 

You can also find the recording on our YouTube channel.
Additional file 3 of Point-of-care testing in private pharmacy and drug retail settings: a narrative review
Creators: name: Chan, Justine Tin Nok
name: Nguyen, Van
name: Tran, Thuy Ngan
name: Nguyen, Nam Vinh
name: Do, Nga Thi Thuy
name: van Doorn, H. Rogier
name: Lewycka, Sonia
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 3. Table of funding.
Ergebnisse der Tätigkeit des Nationalen Referenzzentrums für Staphylokokken im Jahr 1998
Creators: name: Braulke, Christine
name: Heuck, Dagmar
name: Witte, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Staphylokokken
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Dieser Bericht bezieht sich auf das Auftreten und die Ausbreitung von S. aureus-Stämmen mit besonderer klinischer und epidemiologischer Bedeutung. Die Ergebnisse der Typisierung von MRSA unterschiedlicher klinischer Herkünfte in Deutschland weisen auf eine kontinuierliche Ausbreitung bestimmter Epidemiestämme zwischen Krankenhäusern hin. Daneben wird der Transfer des mecA-Gens in Stämme beoachtet, die zu bisher diesbezüglich empfindlichen klonalen Gruppen von S. aureus gehören. Diese neu entstandenen MRSA sind noch empfindlich gegen eine Reihe von Antibiotika; dies führt zu weniger „breiten” Resistenzphänotypen. Weiterhin erwähnenswert im Hinblick auf die Diagnostik toxinvermittelter S. aureus-Infektionen sind die klinischen Fälle des Toxic-Schock-Syndroms verursacht durch S. aureus secC, nicht aber tst.
description: This report focusses on the emergence and spread of S. aureus with special clinical and epidemiological significance. Results from typing MRSA originating from different clinical sources in all Germany reveal that there is a continuing interhospital dissemination of definite epidemic strains and also a spread of the mecA gene to clonal groups of S. aureus which have been until now sensitive. These newly emerging MRSA are still sensitive to a number of other antibiotics. This results in less broad resistance phenotypes of currently disseminated MRSA. Worth mentioning with regard to diagnostics are also three clinical cases of staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome caused by S. aureus possessing secC and not tst.
"Global Shakespeare Criticism beyond the Nation State." Chapter 25 of The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare and Performance, ed. James C. Bulman (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017), pp. 423-440
Creators: name: Joubin, Alexa Alice
Publisher: name: Oxford University Press
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
subject: Motion pictures
subject: Critical theory
subject: Postcolonialism
subject: Drama
subject: Comparative literature
subject: Literature--Adaptations

description: To move global Shakespeare studies beyond the more limiting scope of nation-state and cultural profiling, I would like to propose we consider a number of critical concepts as methodology. These concepts critique the limitations of cartographic imagination, and connect the performance site to spaces of knowledge production: (1) the site of performance and the myth of global Shakespeare; (2) diaspora and racial tensions; (3) art in post-national space; (4) the ethics of quoting Shakespeare and world cultures; and (5) the production and dissemination of knowledge through archives.
Development of a risk assessment tool for contact tracing people after contact with infectious patients while travelling by bus or other public ground transport: a Delphi consensus approach
Creators: name: Mohr, Oliver
name: Hermes, Julia
name: Schink, Susanne
name: Askar, Mona
name: Menucci, Daniel
name: Swaan, Corien
name: Goetsch, Udo
name: Monk, Philip
name: Eckmanns, Tim
name: Poggensee, Gabriele
name: Krause, Gérard
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionsepidemiologie
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Epidemiology
subject: Public Health
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Background: Tracing persons who have been in contact with an infectious patient may be very effective in preventing the spread of communicable diseases. However, criteria to decide when to conduct contact tracing are not well established. We have investigated the available evidence for contact tracing with a focus on public ground transport aiming to give guidance in what situations contact tracing should be considered. Methods: Relevant infectious diseases suitable for contact tracing in ground transport and a set of disease-specific epidemiological criteria were defined through literature search and structured multistep expert consultations. We developed continuous scales for each criterion to be rated for its relevance to contact tracing in ground transport. We used the Delphi method with an international expert panel to position the values of criteria on the respective scales. Results: The study led to the development of the ‘Contact Tracing-Risk Assessment Profile’ (CT-RAP), a decision-making instrument, taking into account pathogen-specific as well as situation-specific criteria. This report describes the methodology of this instrument and presents two examples of ready-to-use CT-RAP for tuberculosis and for meningococcal disease in public ground transport. Discussion: The systematic and transparent use of the CT-RAP for tuberculosis and meningococcal disease is likely to facilitate reasonable, efficient and user-friendly decisions with respect to contact tracing. New CT-RAPs for additional pathogens and different settings such as schools and kindergartens are being planned.
Ultrasound-assisted extraction, optimisation using response surface methodology and HPLC-DAD phenolic compounds quantification from Passiflora edulis S. peels cultivated in Tunisia
Creators: name: Jebli, Zouhour
name: Riguene, Hajer
name: Yahyaoui, Amira
name: Hassni, Soumaya
name: Dali, Souad
name: Salem, Ridha Ben
name: Rigane, Ghayth
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology

description: A new ultrasound-assisted extraction method was developed for the determination of phenolic compounds extracted from Passiflora edulis Sims peels cultivated in Tunisia. Several extraction variables including: extraction time, temperature, liquid/solid ratio and pH have been studied using response surface methodology. The extraction efficiency was evaluated by measuring the total phenolics; flavonoids and antioxidants content. The highest values of the studied response were observed after 9.78 min at 49.64 °C in a liquid-to-solid ratio 22.07 ml/g and in pH (5.54). The individual phenolic compounds content of the optimum extract peels of the Passiflora edulis Sims have been analysed using HPLC-DAD. The results revealed the presence of gallic followed by caffeic acids, while the apigenin-7-glucoside and rutin have been quantified as the abundant flavonoid compounds (0.653 and 0.488 mg/ml, respectively). This green procedure should be a promising option to guide industrial design for the production of phenolic-rich plant extracts.
Image-based Plant Phenotyping Using Machine Learning
Creators: name: Ribera Prat, Javier
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2019
Subjects: Electrical engineering not elsewhere classified

description: Phenotypic data is of crucial importance for plant breeding in estimating a plant's biomass. Traits such as leaf area and plant height are known to be correlated with biomass. Image analysis and computer vision methods can automate data analysis for high-throughput phenotyping. Many methods have been proposed for plant phenotyping in controlled environments such as greenhouses. In this thesis, we present multiple methods to estimate traits of the plant crop sorghum from images acquired from UAV and field-based sensors. We describe machine learning techniques to extract the plots of a crop field, a method for leaf counting from low-resolution images, and a statistical model that uses prior information about the field structure to estimate the center of each plant. We also develop a new loss function to train Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) to count and locate objects of any type and use it to estimate plant centers. Our methods are evaluated with ground truth of sorghum fields and publicly available datasets and are shown to outperform the state of the art in generic object detection and domain-specific tasks.

This thesis also examines the use of crowdsourcing information in video analytics. The large number of cameras deployed for public safety surveillance systems requires intelligent processing capable of automatically analyzing video in real time. We incorporate crowdsourcing in an online basis to improve a crowdflow estimation method. We present various approaches to characterize this uncertainty and to aggregate crowdsourcing results. Our techniques are evaluated using publicly available datasets.
sj-docx-1-cjb-10.1177_00938548211026956 – Supplemental material for Trial by Tabloid: Can Implicit Bias Education Reduce Pretrial Publicity Bias?
Creators: name: Jones, Angela M.
name: Wong, Kimberly
name: Meyers, Courtney N.
name: Ruva, Christine
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 160299 Criminology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Law
subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-cjb-10.1177_00938548211026956 for Trial by Tabloid: Can Implicit Bias Education Reduce Pretrial Publicity Bias? by Angela M. Jones, Kimberly Wong, Courtney N. Meyers and Christine Ruva in Criminal Justice and Behavior
Continuous Wave Frequency Modulated Optical Feedback (CWFM-OF): Theory and Applications
Creators: name: Jha, Ajit
Publisher: name: Karlsruhe
Year: 2016
Subjects: Optical feedback
frequency modulation
acoustic wave

description: Paradoxically optical feedback (OF) (the phenomenon in which a fraction of the optical field emitted by a laser is fed back into its cavity), that was once considered an undesired phenomenon in the context of optical fibre communications because it introduces instabilities in the laser, has proven to be extremely useful in different real world photonic sensing applications. The optical feedback affects the internal parameters of the laser, such as the facet reflection coefficient, the laser gain, the photon and carrier density, and ultimately the emitted intensity from the laser. This direct relationship among the OF, intensity and frequency modulation is appealing because it transfigures the laser into a complete interferometric set-up where the laser itself acts as source, detector and interfering media all in one, suited for non-contact, non-destructive photonic sensing. The study in this Thesis contributes to different areas of optical feedback interferometry (OFI): from the theoretical formalization of understanding the transfer function of the laser under OF based on scattering theory, to signal processing of the optical feedback signal (OFS) in time and frequency domain simultaneously using the wavelet transform for combating noise, speckle management and extraction of the vibration related parameters of periodic and transient vibrations all in a single processing step. Furthermore, based on the Lang-Kobayashi formulation, experimental evidences are shown of the ability of injection modulation to stabilize the laser even under strong feedback conditions, taking advantage of the fact that the frequency deviation produced in the laser emission by OF is in opposite direction to that of injection modulation. To add on, however, the main contribution of this Thesis has been to develop yet another variant of OFI, continuous wave frequency modulated differential optical feedback (CWFM-DOF), that combines the non-linear dynamics due to OF and that due to injection modulation to measure the optical path difference (OPD) below half the emission wavelength with resolution way below the classical optical feedback (C-OF), while keeping the experimental setup the same as that of C-OF. Among the broad range applications which would benefit from such a sensor, such as Photo-acoustic tomography (PAT) or laser ultrasonic (LUS), the proposed methodology is tested to characterize the vibration of membrane of an acoustic transducer and to measure the displacement of a metallic target due to the acoustic pressure.
Thus, the Thesis extends the performance of OFI sensors and covers in detail the theoretical and experimental aspects of CWFM-DOF, and its application to the detection of very small perturbations.
Afghanistan in Post-9/11 American Poetry: A Creative Response to Orientalism
Creators: name: Chakraborty, Joydeep
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: American literature

description: On the basis of the assumption that poetic response to Edward Said’s Orientalism is  rare, this article seeks to read three post-9/11 American poems on Afghanistan – “The Weavers” and  “Burka Women” by Gerald Wheeler, and “Kabul 2002 (From Dislocations)” by Dr. Bronwyn Winter - as a  significant intellectual departure from the standpoint alleged to be held by the previous American  Orientalism. In his polemic, Said alleges that American Orientalism is devoid of literature, it is politically  motivated and has a stereotypical view of Islam, internalizing many aspects of its European counterpart.  The very fact that the poems under discussion are a part of American Orientalism, but characterized by a  different perspective and written in a socio-political situation when certain other post-9/11 American  poems confront the issue of Orientalism, potently makes the point that these poems can be taken as an  implicit creative response to Orientalism. In this way, the three poems all of which appeared in An Eye for  an Eye Makes the Whole World Blind, a major anthology of 9/11 poetry published in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks of 9/11, constitute a landmark in the field of American Orientalism.
sj-pdf-1-aut-10.1177_13623613211014991 – Supplemental material for Autism spectrum disorder: An examination of sex differences in neuropsychological and self-report measures of executive and non-executive cognitive function
Creators: name: Demetriou, Eleni A
name: Pepper, Karen L
name: Park, Shin Ho
name: Pellicano, Liz
name: Song, Yun Ju C
name: Naismith, Sharon L
name: Hickie, Ian B
name: Thomas, Emma E
name: Guastella, Adam J
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 110319 Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Education
subject: 130312 Special Education and Disability
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-aut-10.1177_13623613211014991 for Autism spectrum disorder: An examination of sex differences in neuropsychological and self-report measures of executive and non-executive cognitive function by Eleni A Demetriou, Karen L Pepper, Shin Ho Park, Liz Pellicano, Yun Ju C Song, Sharon L Naismith, Ian B Hickie, Emma E Thomas and Adam J Guastella in Autism
Shoulder pain in wheelchair basketball athletes: A scoping review
Creators: name: Karasuyama, Masaki
name: Oike, Takuya
name: Okamatsu, Shogo
name: Kawakami, Junichi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: Medicine
Biotechnology
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Cancer
Science Policy
Mental Health

description: Wheelchair basketball athletes have increased upper limb stress, which frequently leads to shoulder pain. The purpose of this scoping review was to summarize the existing literature on shoulder pain in wheelchair basketball athletes. We searched PubMed, Cochrane Library, Scopus, and PEDro databases for studies performed between January 1990 and February 2021. Two independent reviewers screened the studies according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Participants’ characteristics and results were extracted from the study. The initial database search yielded 2455 articles, 11 of which met the inclusion criteria. This review included seven studies in its final analysis; among them, seven determined the prevalence and incidence of shoulder pain, five investigated the factors and mechanisms contributing to shoulder pain, and two reported the treatment and preventive measures. The prevalence of shoulder pain in wheelchair basketball players ranged from 38%−75%, and the incidence of shoulder pain was 14%. Factors/mechanisms included overuse, decreased trunk control, and driving posture. Treatment/preventive measures consisted of shoulder and scapular muscle strengthening and stretching exercises. However, the literature on treatment/prevention was scarce, and its effectiveness was unclear. This scoping review confirmed the high prevalence of shoulder pain in wheelchair basketball players; despite this, studies regarding treatment or preventive measures remain lacking. Further studies investigating the mechanism of onset of shoulder pain and the effectiveness of therapeutic and preventive measures are needed in the future.
Symptomatic Illness and Low CD4 Cell Count at HIV Seroconversion as Markers of Severe Primary HIV Infection
Creators: name: Lodi, Sara
name: Fisher, Martin
name: Phillips, Andrew
name: Luca, Andrea De
name: Ghosn, Jade
name: Malyuta, Ruslan
name: Zangerle, Robert
name: Moreno, Santiago
name: Vanhems, Philippe
name: Boufassa, Faroudy
name: Guiguet, Marguerite
name: Porter, Kholoud
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionsepidemiologie
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Humans
subject: HIV-1
subject: Female
subject: Male
subject: CD4 Lymphocyte Count
subject: Biological Markers/blood
subject: Disease-Free Survival
subject: HIV Seropositivity/blood
subject: HIV Seropositivity/drug therapy
subject: HIV Seropositivity/immunology
subject: HIV Seropositivity/mortality
subject: HIV Seropositivity/pathology
subject: Models Biological
subject: Severity of Illness Index
subject: Survival Rate
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Background: The risk/benefit of initiating ART in primary HIV infection (PHI) is unclear. The benefits are more likely to outweigh the risks in patients with severe PHI. An accepted definition of severe PHI is, however, lacking. Methods: CASCADE patients with HIV test interval
Additional file 1 of Peer-led lifestyle interventions for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in community: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials
Creators: name: Lim, Geok Pei
name: Appalasamy, Jamuna Rani
name: Ahmad, Badariah
name: Quek, Kia Fatt
name: Ramadas, Amutha
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Supplementary Material 1
Risk factors for HIV and STI diagnosis in a community-based HIV/STI testing and counselling site for men having sex with men (MSM) in a large German city in 2011–2012
Creators: name: Marcus, Ulrich
name: Ort, Jasmin
name: Grenz, Marc
name: Eckstein, Kai
name: Wirtz, Karin
name: Wille, Andreas
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionsepidemiologie
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Sexually transmitted infections
subject: HIV infection
subject: Men who have sex with men-MSM
subject: Community based voluntary counselling and testing
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Background: In recent years community-based voluntary counselling and testing sites (CB-VCT) for men having sex with men (MSM) have been established in larger cities in Germany to offer more opportunities for HIV testing. Increasingly, CB-VCTs also offer testing for other bacterial sexually transmitted infections. In Hamburg, tests in CB-VCTs are offered free and anonymously. Data on demographics and sexual risk behaviours are collected with a paper questionnaire. Methods: Questionnaire data from the MSM CB-VCT in Hamburg were linked with serological test results for HIV and syphilis, and with rectal and pharyngeal swab results for gonorrhoea and chlamydia. MSM were defined as males reporting male sex partners. CB-VCT clients were characterized demographically, and associations between sexual behaviour variables and diagnosis of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STI) were analysed by bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis. Results: Among the male clients of the CB-VCT in 2011–2012 who were tested for HIV or any STI 1476 reported male sex partners. Unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) was reported as reason for testing by 61% of the clients. Forty-one of 1413 clients testing for HIV were tested positive (2.9%). Twenty-four of 1380 clients testing for syphilis required treatment (1.7%). Tests for simultaneous detection of N. gonorrhoea and Chlamydia trachomatis were conducted on 882 pharyngeal and 642 rectal swabs, revealing 58 (=6.6%) pharyngeal and 71 (=11.1%) rectal infections with one or both pathogens. In multivariate logistic regression analysis number of partners, UAI (OR=2.42) and relying on visual impression when selecting sex partners (OR = 2.92) were associated with increased risks for diagnosis of syphilis or a rectal STI. Syphilis or rectal STI diagnosis (OR=4.52) were associated with increased risk for HIV diagnosis. Conclusions: The MSM CB-VCT in Hamburg reaches clients at high risk for HIV and STIs. The diagnosis of syphilis or a rectal STI was associated with increased odds of testing positive for HIV. Due to the high prevalence of curable bacterial STI among clients and because syphilis and rectal bacterial STI may facilitate HIV transmission, MSM asking for HIV tests in CB-VCTs should also be offered tests for other bacterial STIs.