cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
ArgRewrite V.2: an Annotated Argumentative Revisions Corpus
Creators: name: Kashefi, Omid
name: Afrin, Tazin
name: Dale, Meghan
name: Olshefski, Christopher
name: Godley, Amanda
name: Litman, Diane
name: Hwa, Rebecca
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Analyzing how humans revise their writings is an interesting research question, not only from an educational perspective but also in terms of artificial intelligence. Better understanding of this process could facilitate many NLP applications, from intelligent tutoring systems to supportive and collaborative writing environments. Developing these applications, however, requires revision corpora, which are not widely available. In this work, we present ArgRewrite V.2, a corpus of annotated argumentative revisions, collected from two cycles of revisions to argumentative essays about self-driving cars. Annotations are provided at different levels of purpose granularity (coarse and fine) and scope (sentential and subsentential). In addition, the corpus includes the revision goal given to each writer, essay scores, annotation verification, pre- and post-study surveys collected from participants as meta-data. The variety of revision unit scope and purpose granularity levels in ArgRewrite, along with the inclusion of new types of meta-data, can make it a useful resource for research and applications that involve revision analysis. We demonstrate some potential applications of ArgRewrite V.2 in the development of automatic revision purpose predictors, as a training source and benchmark.
description: Lang Resources & Evaluation (2022)
title: Transformation des Lokaljournalismus: Zur Arbeitsorganisation und Arbeitszufriedenheit im Lokaljournalismus unter Berücksichtigung von New Work-Konzepten und KI-Werkzeugen
Creators: name: Alo, Christian
Publisher: name: Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04m2anh63
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 070
subject: Publizistische Medien, Journalismus, Verlagswesen
classificationCode: 5.8
subject: FOS: Media and communications

description: Die vorliegende Masterthesis befasst sich mit den Auswirkungen von New Work-Konzepten und KI-gestützten Werkzeugen auf die Arbeitsorganisation und Arbeitszufriedenheit von festangestellten Lokaljournalisten in Deutschland. Zu diesem Zweck wurden zehn leitfadengestützte Tiefeninterviews mit festangestellten Lokaljournalisten aus verschiedenen Regionen und Redaktionen unterschiedlicher Auflagenstärke durchgeführt. 
Die Auswahl der Interviewpartner erfolgte anhand der Mediadatenbank Zimpel. Die Auswertung der Interviews erfolgte unter Zuhilfenahme einer qualitativen Inhaltsanalyse nach MAYRING, wobei ein deduktiv und induktiv entwickeltes Kategoriensystem zur Strukturierung diente. 
Die Auswertung der Daten lässt den Schluss zu, dass die befragten Lokaljournalisten New Work-Konzepte wie flexible Arbeitszeiten und Homeoffice grundsätzlich positiv bewerten, jedoch in vielen Redaktionen noch nicht vollständig etabliert sind. Erfahrene Journalisten schätzen ihre Autonomie bei der Arbeit, während jüngere Kollegen sich ebenfalls mehr Freiräume wünschen. Es kristallisierte sich heraus, dass nicht alle New Work-Maßnahmen, wie beispielsweise Großraumbüros, den Bedürfnissen der Journalisten entsprechen, da Rückzugsmöglichkeiten bevorzugt werden. 
Der Einsatz künstlicher Intelligenz im Lokaljournalismus variiert gegenwärtig zwischen den einzelnen Redaktionen erheblich und beschränkt sich bislang auf die Automatisierung routinemäßiger, wenig anspruchsvoller Aufgaben. Dennoch wird deren Einsatz vor dem Hintergrund des Fachkräftemangels und steigender Arbeitskomplexität als potenziell nützlich erachtet. Für die Lokaljournalisten sind zudem klare regulatorische Rahmenbedingungen im Umgang mit KI von Bedeutung. 
Die Erkenntnisse der vorliegenden Masterthesis bieten wertvolle Einsichten in die aktuelle Wahrnehmung von Lokaljournalisten und Optimierungspotenziale zur Förderung der Arbeitsorganisation und Arbeitszufriedenheit. Außerdem erweitern die Daten das Verständnis der fortschreitenden Transformation der Branche durch technologische Innovationen und moderne Arbeitsformen.
title: Die Rezeption Yoshimoto Bananas in Printmedien des deutschsprachigen Raums
Creators: name: Büchel, Barbara Anita
Year: 2009

description: In dieser Arbeit werden Zeitungs- und Zeitschriftenartikel, die sich mit der japanischen Autorin Yoshimoto Banana befassen, untersucht und in Zusammenhang gestellt mit literaturtheoretischen Rezeptionstheorien des 20. Jahrhunderts. Die Kritik scheidet sich vor allem beim Stil der Autorin in zwei Lager. Die Annahme, dass die Rezensenten die "exotische" Herkunft Yoshimotos betonen und weder ihr Bild von Japan noch Yoshimotos Selbstdarstellung hinterfragen, hat sich durch die Analyse bestätigt. Es darf dabei nicht außer Acht gelassen werden, dass es sich bei den Zeitungs- und Zeitschriftenartikeln letztlich um Werbetexte handelt, die in einem kommerziellen Kontext agieren.
sj-docx-3-smo-10.1177_20503121231177812 – Supplemental material for Utility of chest imaging in the diagnosis and management of patients with visceral leishmaniasis: A systematic review
Creators: name: Hailemariam, Tesfahunegn
name: Mebratu, Yonas
name: Andrias, Tsion
name: Melkeneh, Fikremariam
name: Abebe, Abel
name: Mulualem, Biruk
name: Abadi, Zewdu
name: Desta, Wazema
name: Bedasso, Selamawit
name: Belay, Fekadu
name: Sileshi, Abibual
name: Desta, Elilta
name: Velsaquez-Botero, Felipe
name: Birhane, Rahel
name: Marinucci, Francesco
name: Manyazewal, Tsegahun
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 111708 Health and Community Services
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Cardiology
subject: 110599 Dentistry not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110305 Emergency Medicine
subject: 110306 Endocrinology
subject: 110308 Geriatrics and Gerontology
subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified
subject: 111199 Nutrition and Dietetics not elsewhere classified
subject: 111299 Oncology and Carcinogenesis not elsewhere classified
subject: 110314 Orthopaedics
subject: 110604 Sports Medicine
subject: 110315 Otorhinolaryngology
subject: 111702 Aged Health Care
subject: 111403 Paediatrics
subject: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 110319 Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: 110203 Respiratory Diseases
subject: 160807 Sociological Methodology and Research Methods
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 110323 Surgery
subject: 70706 Veterinary Medicine
subject: FOS: Veterinary sciences

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-3-smo-10.1177_20503121231177812 for Utility of chest imaging in the diagnosis and management of patients with visceral leishmaniasis: A systematic review by Tesfahunegn Hailemariam, Yonas Mebratu, Tsion Andrias, Fikremariam Melkeneh, Abel Abebe, Biruk Mulualem, Zewdu Abadi, Wazema Desta, Selamawit Bedasso, Fekadu Belay, Abibual Sileshi, Elilta Desta, Felipe Velsaquez-Botero, Rahel Birhane, Francesco Marinucci and Tsegahun Manyazewal in SAGE Open Medicine
title: Gaming im Spectator Mode: Das Publikum des Videospieljournalismus
Creators: name: Festag, Sven
Publisher: name: Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04m2anh63
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 070
subject: Publizistische Medien, Journalismus, Verlagswesen
classificationCode: 5.8
subject: FOS: Media and communications

description: Das Unterhaltungsmedium Videospiel ist in Deutschland von gesellschaftlicher und wirtschaftlicher Relevanz. Daraus ergibt sich ein Informationsbedürfnis, das durch einen Videospieljournalismus befriedigt werden soll. Das Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, das Publikum dieses journalistischen Themenfeldes zu charakterisieren, dessen Nutzung zu identifizieren und Einschätzungen gegenüber dieser zu ermitteln. Diese Betrachtung schließt sowohl den professionellen Videospieljournalismus als auch Blogs, Influencer und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit ein. Dazu wurde eine standardisierte Befragung als Online-Umfrage angewandt, die auf Videospielende des deutschsprachigen Raums abzielt.
Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass das Publikum des deutschsprachigen Videospieljournalismus im Vergleich zu den Videospielenden Deutschlands jünger und eher männlich ist. Es weist ein hohes Interesse für die Thematik auf und fordert Fachkenntnisse von den Medien ein, zeigt ihnen gegenüber aber Vertrauen. Da auch Influencer und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit als Informationsquellen dienen, besteht hier eine Konkurrenzsituation, die der Journalismus durch eine Abgrenzung von diesem mit unabhängigen Inhalten lösen muss. Die Ergebnisse dienen vornehmlich der redaktionellen Publikumsforschung als Denkanstoß für zukünftige Maßnahmen.
description: Video games as an entertainment medium are of social and economic rele-vance in Germany. Hence, there is a need for information that should be satisfied by video game journalism. The purpose of this thesis is to characterize the audience of this journalistic field, to identify its consumption and their opinions about it. This examination includes professional video game journalism as well as blogs, influencers and public relations. For this purpose, a standardized survey has been used as an online questionnaire targeting video game players in German-speaking countries.
The results show that the audience of German-language video game journalism is younger and more likely to be male compared to video game players in Germany. They show a high level of interest in the subject and demand expertise from the media, but show trust in them. Since influencers and public relations also serve as sources of information, there is a competitive situation that journalism must resolve by differentiating itself from them with content independent of corporate interests. The results primarily serve as inspiration for future measures in editorial audience research.
Additional file 1 of Engagement of private health care facilities in TB management in Lusaka district of Zambia: lessons learned and achievements
Creators: name: Hambwalula, Robert
name: Kagujje, Mary
name: Mwaba, Innocent
name: Musonda, Dennis
name: Singini, David
name: Mutti, Lilungwe
name: Sanjase, Nsala
name: Kaumba, Paul C.
name: Ziko, Luunga M.
name: Zimba, Kevin M.
name: Kasese-Chanda, Pauline
name: Muyoyeta, Monde
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Supplementary Material 1
Supplemental Material - Associations of Subjective Memory with Life Space and Neighborhood Built Environment in Older Adults in the ACTIVE Study
Creators: name: Wallace, Gail
name: Bell, Tyler
name: Black, Sheila
name: Crowe, Michael
name: Thorpe, Roland J.
name: Pope, Caitlin
name: Rebok, George W.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 110306 Endocrinology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110308 Geriatrics and Gerontology
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplemental Material for Associations of Subjective Memory with Life Space and Neighborhood Built Environment in Older Adults in the ACTIVE Study by Gail Wallace, Tyler Bell, Sheila Black, Michael Crowe, Roland J. Thorpe, Caitlin Pope, and George W. Rebok in Journal of Aging and Health
Measuring Gender Bias in Word Embeddings of Gendered Languages Requires Disentangling Grammatical Gender Signals
Creators: name: Sabbaghi, Shiva Omrani
name: Caliskan, Aylin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Does the grammatical gender of a language interfere when measuring the semantic gender information captured by its word embeddings? A number of anomalous gender bias measurements in the embeddings of gendered languages suggest this possibility. We demonstrate that word embeddings learn the association between a noun and its grammatical gender in grammatically gendered languages, which can skew social gender bias measurements. Consequently, word embedding post-processing methods are introduced to quantify, disentangle, and evaluate grammatical gender signals. The evaluation is performed on five gendered languages from the Germanic, Romance, and Slavic branches of the Indo-European language family. Our method reduces the strength of grammatical gender signals, which is measured in terms of effect size (Cohen's d), by a significant average of d = 1.3 for French, German, and Italian, and d = 0.56 for Polish and Spanish. Once grammatical gender is disentangled, the association between over 90% of 10,000 inanimate nouns and their assigned grammatical gender weakens, and cross-lingual bias results from the Word Embedding Association Test (WEAT) become more congruent with country-level implicit bias measurements. The results further suggest that disentangling grammatical gender signals from word embeddings may lead to improvement in semantic machine learning tasks.
title: Auswirkungen eines ausgewählten Bewegungsprogrammes auf das Selbstkonzept, dem Körperkonzept, dem Essverhalten und Depressionen adipöser Kinder und Jugendlichen
Creators: name: Schimpl, Daniela
Year: 2009

description: Die Prävalenz von Übergewicht und Adipositas im Kindes- und Jugendalter steigt in den westlichen Industrieländern an. Mit zunehmendem Alter wird die Wahrscheinlichkeit der Persistenz der Adipositas ins Erwachsenenalter höher. Die Ätiologie der Adipositas ist komplex, sowohl genetische als auch Umweltfaktoren spielen eine wesentliche Rolle. Die Adipositas und das Übergewicht entstehen durch ein Ungleichgewicht zwischen Energiezufuhr und Energieverbrauch. Somit scheinen die mangelnde Bewegung und insbesondere die Bevorzugung inaktiver Freizeitbeschäftigungen maßgeblich an dieser Entwicklung beteiligt zu sein. Obgleich inzwischen die Risikofaktoren der Entstehung von Übergewicht und Adipositas gut charakterisiert sind, konnten bisher nur wenige Interventionsstudien zur Prävention der Adipositas und dem Übergewicht langfristig Erfolge verzeichnen. In dieser Arbeit sollen grundlegende Daten und Fakten zur Adipositas im Kindesalter aufgezeigt werden. Die folgende Studie untersuchte bei 22 übergewichtigen Kindern (im Alter zwischen 9 und 16 Jahren) die psychosozialen Belastungen innerhalb eines 6 – wöchigen Bewegungsprogramms. Die Kinder und Jugendlichen beantworteten ein Fragebogenpaket mit folgenden Instrumenten: DTK (Depressionen), KSK (Selbstkonzept), PSDQ - D(Körperkonzept) und EDI (Essverhalten). Die Ergebnisse wurden anhand der Fragebögen diskutiert.
description: The prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents is increasing in westerly industrialised countries. With increasing age, the probability of the persistence of obesity until adulthood grows. The etiologic of obesity is complicated, both genetic and environmental factors play a special role. Obesity and overweight are the result of a mismatch between energy intake and output. Therefore, physical inactivity and the preference of sedentary habits are mainly responsible for this development. Although risk profile and lifestyle factors leading to development of obesity and overweight are well characterized; there is still a lack of sufficient prevention strategies. The objective of this paper is to provide basic information about childhood obesity. The following study explored the psychosocial strains in 6 weeks 22 overweight children (aged 9 to 16 years). Children and adolescents filled in a set of questionnaires including the DTK (depressions), KSK (self concept), PSDQ – D (body concept) and EDI (eating disturbance). The results are discussed with the different questionnaires.
Targeting regulation of the tumour microenvironment induces apoptosis of breast cancer cells by an affinity hemoperfusion adsorbent
Creators: name: Wang, Lichun
name: Chen, Jian
name: Chai, Yamin
name: Han, Wenyan
name: Shen, Jie
name: Li, Nan
name: Lu, Jinyan
name: Du, Yunzheng
name: Liu, Zhuang
name: Yu, Yameng
name: Dong, Jingzhe
name: Ou, Lailiang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: The cytokine network of tumour microenvironment (TME) plays an important role in cancer growth and progression. The current work aims to provide a new strategy for cancer therapy based on the targeted regulation of cytokines in the TME. Here, heparin-coupled polyvinyl alcohol (PVA-H) microspheres have been developed as an adsorbent for selectively remove tumour-induced immunosuppressive cytokines, such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β), but not tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) which has an immune-stimulating effect and can inhibit tumour growth. The proliferation and apoptosis of breast cancer cells after perfusion were tested by cell viability assays, flow cytometry analysis and mRNA microarray assays. Results showed that the PVA-H microspheres efficiently absorbed the majority of VEGF (74.39%) and TGF-β (86.39%), but much less TNF-α (4.16%). The regulation of the cytokines had remarkable anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic effects on breast cancer cells, which was further confirmed from the change of mRNA expression levels. Thus, targeting regulatory pathways within the TME by an affinity adsorbent that selectively depletes immunosuppressive cytokines is potentially a new and promising strategy for cancer therapy.
Additional file 1 of Quantifying the relationship between gardening and health and well-being in the UK: a survey during the covid-19 pandemic
Creators: name: Gulyas, Boglarka Z.
name: Caton, Samantha J.
name: Edmondson, Jill L.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 1
Critical magnetic fluctuations in the layered ruthenates Ca$_2$RuO$_4$ and Ca$_3$Ru$_2$O$_7$
Creators: name: Trepka, H.
name: Keller, T.
name: Krautloher, M.
name: Xu, J.
name: Habicht, K.
name: Böhm, M.
name: Keimer, B.
name: Hepting, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Materials realizing the XY model in two dimensions (2D) are sparse. Here we use neutron triple-axis spectroscopy to investigate the critical static and dynamical magnetic fluctuations in the square-lattice antiferromagnets Ca$_{2}$RuO$_{4}$ and Ca$_{3}$Ru$_2$O$_{7}$. We probe the temperature-dependence of the antiferromagnetic (AFM) Bragg-intensity, the $Q$-width, the amplitude, and the energy-width of the magnetic diffuse scattering in vicinity to the Néel temperature $T_N$ to determine the critical behavior of the magnetic order parameter $M$, correlation length $ξ$, susceptibility $χ$, and the characteristic energy $Γ$ with the corresponding critical exponents $β$, $ν$, $γ$, and $z$, respectively. We find that the critical behaviors of the single-layer compound Ca$_{2}$RuO$_{4}$ follow universal scaling laws that are compatible with predictions of the 2D-XY model. The bilayer compound Ca$_{3}$Ru$_2$O$_{7}$ is only partly consistent with the 2D-XY theory and best described by the three-dimensional Ising (3D-I) model, which is likely a consequence of the intra-bilayer exchange interactions in combination with an orthorhombic single-ion anisotropy. Hence, our results suggest that layered ruthenates are promising solid-state platforms for research on the 2D-XY model and the effects of 3D interactions and additional spin-space anisotropies on the magnetic fluctuations.
description: 19 pages, 17 figures
title: Missbrauch von Formalvollmachten
Creators: name: Hofmann, Nicole
Year: 2008

description: Formalvollmachten haben anders als rechtsgeschäftliche Vollmachten des bürgerlichen Rechts einen gesetzlich definierten Umfang und sind als unbeschränkbar ausgestaltet. Anwendungsfälle sind die Vertretungsmacht des aktienrechtlichen Vorstands, des Geschäftsführers der GmbH, des vertretungsbefugten Gesellschafters der Personengesellschaften und des Prokuristen. Wie weit die Unbeschränkbarkeit dieser Formalvollmachten geht ist seit jeher umstritten. Unter dem Schlagwort „Missbrauch der Vertretungsmacht“ werden in Lehre und Rechtsprechung Fälle diskutiert, in denen der Vertreter zwar wider das ihn intern bindenden Rechtsverhältniss (Auftrag, Weisung, Ermächtigung) aber innerhalb des gesetzlich definierten Umfangs der Vertretungsmacht mit einem Dritten im Namen des Vertretnen Geschäfte schließt. In Lehre und Rechtsprechung werden für eine Unwirksamkeit des durch den Vertreter geschlossenen Geschäfts unterschiedliche Kriterien vorausgesetzt. Auf Seiten des Vertreters wird einerseits Schädigungsabsicht verlangt, andererseits nur bloßes Überschreiten des Innenverhältnisses. Auf Seiten des Dritten wird Teilnahme an der Schädigung, Kenntnis der Schädigungsabsicht, fahrlässige Unkenntnis der Schädigungsabsicht, Kenntnis der Überschreitung des Innenverhältnisses oder fahrlässige Unkenntnis der Überschreitung des Innenverhältnisses verlangt. Ein Schwerpunkt dieser Dissertation liegt auf der historisch teleologischen Interpretation der Bestimmungen über die Unbeschränkbarkeit von Formalvollmachten. Durch die Klärung der gesetzgeberischen Motive werden die Möglichkeiten einer entsprechenden dogmatischen Basis für eine alfällige Unwirksamkeit des Vertretungsgeschäfts ausgelotet. Von der so ermittelten dogmatischen Grundlage kann als Ergebnis abgeleitet werden, dass de lege lata eine Unwirksamkeit nur dann angenommen werden darf, wenn auf Seiten des Vertreters Schädigungsabsicht vorliegt und der Dritte von dieser Schädigungsabsicht wusste.
Comparison study of integrated potentiostats : Resistive-TIA, Capacitive-TIA, CT ΣΔ Modulator
Creators: name: Rajabzadeh, Mahdi
name: Djekic, Denis
name: Häberle, Matthias
name: Becker, Joachim
name: Anders, Jens
name: Ortmanns, Maurits
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Current-CTSDM
subject: current readouts
subject: comparison
subject: micro-potentiostats
subject: resistive transimpedance amplifier
subject: R-TIA
subject: current-mode continuous-time sigma-delta modulator
subject: DDC 620 / Engineering & allied operations
subject: Potentiostat
subject: Transistors
subject: Radio frequency
subject: Capacitance meters
subject: Electric resistors
subject: Transfer functions
subject: Detectors
subject: Modulation (Electronics)
subject: Amplifiers (Electronics)
subject: Transistor
subject: Stromversorgung
subject: Vergleich
subject: Verstärker
subject: Radiofrequenzbereich

description: In this paper, a comparison between three different current readouts for micro-potentiostats is presented: resistive transimpedance amplifier (R-TIA), capacitive transimpedance amplifier (C-TIA), and current-mode continuous-time sigma-delta modulator (Current-CTSDM). The comparison is carried out on the signal transfer function, the required amplifier gainbandwidth (GBW), its input referred noise current, required area and power, and dynamic range. Each approach and its limitations are separately discussed. The three systems have been simulated using VerilogA models and the results are compared. It is shown that each system comes with its own limitations, however current-mode CTSDM are more beneficial due to their intrinsic digitization.
sj-docx-1-dhj-10.1177_20552076231178418 - Supplemental material for Use of Bluetooth contact tracing technology to model COVID-19 quarantine policies in high-risk closed populations
Creators: name: Sun, Yinxiaohe
name: Koo, Joel Ruihan
name: Park, Minah
name: Yi, Huso
name: Dickens, Borame L
name: Cook, Alex R
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 111708 Health and Community Services
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Cardiology
subject: 110306 Endocrinology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110308 Geriatrics and Gerontology
subject: 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified
subject: 111299 Oncology and Carcinogenesis not elsewhere classified
subject: 111702 Aged Health Care
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: 99999 Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Other engineering and technologies
subject: Anthropology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 200299 Cultural Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Other humanities
subject: 89999 Information and Computing Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 150310 Organisation and Management Theory
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Science Policy
subject: 160512 Social Policy
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: Sociology

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-dhj-10.1177_20552076231178418 for Use of Bluetooth contact tracing technology to model COVID-19 quarantine policies in high-risk closed populations by Yinxiaohe Sun, Joel Ruihan Koo, Minah Park, Huso Yi, Borame L Dickens and Alex R Cook in DIGITAL HEALTH
Advances in anytime-valid sequential inference
Creators: name: Waudby-Smith, Ian
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Statistics
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: This thesis contains some advances in the field of “anytime-valid sequential inference”, a  paradigm of statistical inference where confidence intervals, p-values, and hypothesis tests are  valid for all sample sizes simultaneously, including data-dependent stopping times. In more  practical terms, anytime-valid procedures allow an analyst to collect data sequentially over  time and stop sampling for any data-dependent reason without inflating type-I error rates.  
Even in the non-sequential (“batch”) setting, there are two broad categories of statistical  procedures: nonasymptotic and asymptotic ones. Neither is universally preferable to the  other, with nonasymptotic methods enjoying stronger guarantees in finite samples, and with  asymptotic ones being more widely applicable and simpler to implement. This thesis studies  anytime-valid inference in both regimes and is correspondingly divided into two parts.  
The first part focuses on nonasymptotic inference and concentration inequalities. Here,  we introduce new methods for both anytime-valid and batch inference for means of bounded  random variables when sampling with and without replacement. These computationally  and statistically efficient algorithms find several applications in risk-limiting election audits,  off-policy evaluation in contextual bandits, and concentration inequalities under differential  privacy constraints. Each application has a dedicated chapter.  
The second part studies asymptotic anytime-valid inference, a far less mature corner of the  literature. As such, there is an increased focus on articulating the right definitions of anytime valid procedures and their guarantees, as well as laying some of the requisite probabilistic  foundations. In particular, we develop distribution-uniform strong laws of large numbers  and strong Gaussian coupling inequalities which are then used to provide a framework for  asymptotic anytime-valid inference. As one illustrative application of this framework, we  develop the first sequential test of conditional independence that does not rely on the Model-X  assumption.
Additional file 2 of Quantifying the relationship between gardening and health and well-being in the UK: a survey during the covid-19 pandemic
Creators: name: Gulyas, Boglarka Z.
name: Caton, Samantha J.
name: Edmondson, Jill L.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 2
sj-pdf-1-psx-10.1177_00323217231220127 – Supplemental material for The Group Appeal Strategy: Beyond the Policy Perspective on Party Electoral Success
Creators: name: Thau, Mads
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: International Relations

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-psx-10.1177_00323217231220127 for The Group Appeal Strategy: Beyond the Policy Perspective on Party Electoral Success by Mads Thau in Political Studies
Risk and protective factors associated with health-related quality of life of parents with mental illness
Creators: name: Radicke, Alina
name: Sell, Marlit
name: Adema, Bonnie
name: Daubmann, Anne
name: Kilian, Reinhold
name: Busmann, Mareike
name: Winter, Sibylle M.
name: Lambert, Martin
name: Wegscheider, Karl
name: Wiegand-Grefe, Silke
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: health-related quality of life
subject: parents with mental illness
subject: psychopathology
subject: family psychology
subject: family burden
subject: parental mental disorder
subject: DDC 150 / Psychology
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: Families of the mentally ill
subject: Mentally ill; Family relationships
subject: Parents
subject: Mental disorders
subject: Family relations
subject: Quality of life
subject: Eltern
subject: Psychische Störung
subject: Familie
subject: Psychologie
subject: Lebensqualität

description: Purpose: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) can be reduced in parents with mental illness (mental illness) who face the dual demands of disabling symptoms and their impact on family, social, and occupational life. This study aimed at analyzing the influence of various factors on HRQoL in parents with mental illness. Method: Baseline data of the German randomized controlled multicenter project CHIMPS (children of parents with mental illness) was used for analyses. The final sample consisted of n = 208 parents with mental illness and n = 197 children and adolescents aged 8–18 years. HRQoL was assessed with the EQ-5D. Results: Parents with mental illness reported significantly lower global and specific HRQoL than the German reference population. They were least satisfied with aspects that relate to anxiety and depression followed by usual activities, pain and discomfort. Better global HRQoL was primarily associated with self-reported physical and mental health, as well as adaptive coping behavior. Associations with mobility, self-care, usual activity, pain and discomfort, anxiety and depression were analyzed and discussed. Conclusions: HRQoL in parents with mental illness is reduced. Clinical interventions should focus on the alleviation of mental health symptoms and probably somatic symptoms and promote adaptive coping skills.
sj-docx-1-psp-10.1177_01461672231218341 – Supplemental material for Reverence and Reciprocity in Prioritization of Care to a Parent: The Role of Cultural Ecologies and Implications for Decolonizing Relationality
Creators: name: Zhao, Xian
name: Adams, Glenn
name: Li, Dongyu
name: Esiaka, Darlingtina
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: Psychology not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-psp-10.1177_01461672231218341 for Reverence and Reciprocity in Prioritization of Care to a Parent: The Role of Cultural Ecologies and Implications for Decolonizing Relationality by Xian Zhao, Glenn Adams, Dongyu Li and Darlingtina Esiaka in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
1st INCF Workshop on Genetic Animal Models for Brain Diseases
Creators: name:   INCF Secretariat
name: Riess, Olaf
name: Graessner, Holm
Publisher: name: F1000 Research Limited
Year: 2018

description: The INCF Secretariat organized a workshop to focus on the “role of neuroinformatics in the processes of building, evaluating, and using genetic animal models for brain diseases” in Stockholm, December 13–14, 2009. Eight scientists specialized in the fields of neuroinformatics, database, ontologies, and brain disease participated together with two representatives of the National Institutes of Health and the European Union, as well as three observers of the national INCF Nodes of Norway, Poland, and the United Kingdom. Further, the INCF Governing Board chair, Prof. S. Grillner, and the former executive director of the INCF, Prof. J. Bjaalie, contributed to defining the format and general objectives of the workshop.
Oxidative biotransformation of stemofoline alkaloids
Creators: name: Phaya, Manlika
name: Chalom, Sirinrat
name: Ingkaninan, Kornkanok
name: Ounnunkad, Kontad
name: Chandet, Nopakarn
name: Pyne, Stephen G.
name: Mungkornasawakul, Pitchaya
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Biotransformations of stemofoline (1a), (2′S)-hydroxystemofoline (2a), (11Z)-1′,2′-didehydrostemofoline (3a) and stemocurtisine (4) were studied through fermentation with Cunninghamella elegans TISTR 3370. Three new stemofoline derivatives; (6 R)-hydroxystemofoline (1b), (2′S, 6 R)-dihydroxystemofoline (2b) and (11Z,6R)-1′,2′-didehydro-6-hydroxystemofoline (3b), together with the known compound 1′,2′-didehydrostemofoline-N-oxide (3c), were produced by C-hydroxylation and N-oxidation reactions. Stemocurtisine was not biotransformed under these conditions. The transformed product 1b was four times more potent (IC50 = 11.01 ± 1.49 µM) than its precursor 1a (IC50 = 45.1 ± 5.46 µM) as an inhibitor against acetylcholinesterase.
sj-docx-1-cjk-10.1177_20543581231221630 – Supplemental material for Association Between First Post-operative Day Urine Output Following Kidney Transplantation and Short-Term and Long-Term Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Creators: name: Morrison, Steven A.
name: Thanamayooran, Aran
name: Tennankore, Karthik
name: Vinson, Amanda J.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: Medicine

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-cjk-10.1177_20543581231221630 for Association Between First Post-operative Day Urine Output Following Kidney Transplantation and Short-Term and Long-Term Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Steven A. Morrison, Aran Thanamayooran, Karthik Tennankore and Amanda J. Vinson in Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease
Nonparametric identification of positive eigenfunctions
Creators: name: Christensen, Timothy
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Important features of certain economic models may be revealed by studying positive eigenfunctions of appropriately chosen linear operators. Examples include long-run risk-return relationships in dynamic asset pricing models and components of marginal utility in external habit formation models. This paper provides identification conditions for positive eigenfunctions in nonparametric models. Identification is achieved if the operator satisfies two mild positivity conditions and a power compactness condition. Both existence and identification are achieved under a further non-degeneracy condition. The general results are applied to obtain new identification conditions for external habit formation models and for positive eigenfunctions of pricing operators in dynamic asset pricing models.
Synthesis of novel polymeric nanoparticles (methoxy-polyethylene glycol-chitosan/hyaluronic acid) containing 7-ethyl-10-hydroxycamptothecin for colon cancer therapy: in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo investigation
Creators: name: Sharifi, Faezeh
name: Jahangiri, Mansour
name: Ebrahimnejad, Pedram
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biophysics
Biochemistry
Space Science
Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Medicine
Molecular Biology
Pharmacology
Biotechnology
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Cancer

description: The goal of the current study was to target 7-ethyl-10-hydroxycamptothecin (SN38) orally to colon tumours by synthesizing a targeting polymer. To achieve the optimum delivery for SN38, initially methoxy-polyethylene glycol (mPEG)-chitosan was synthesized and then nanoparticles were developed through ionic gelation between mPEG-chitosan and hyaluronic acid as a ligand for cell-surface glycoprotein CD44 receptor. The SN38 was loaded in nanoparticles (SN38-NPs) using the non-covalent physical adsorption method. The size of the optimized SN38-NPs was 226.7 nm, encapsulation efficiency was 89.23% and drug content was 7.98 ± 0.54% in the optimum formulation. The attachment of mPEG to chitosan was confirmed by proton nuclear magnetic resonance. The results of differential scanning calorimetry and Fourier transforms infra-red analysis indicated that SN38 existed in amorphous form and functional groups of SN38 protected in the formulations which could be a sign of suitable encapsulation of SN38 in SN38-NPs. In vitro study indicated that SN38-NPs were more potent against the cancer cells than free SN38. The cellular uptake of SN38-NPs improved up to 1.6-fold against human colorectal adenocarcinoma (Caco-2) cells. Moreover, SN38-NPs remarkably demonstrated superior anti-tumor efficacy in contrary to pure SN38. This suggests the advantage of SN38-NPs as a potent oral drug carrier which could be further explored for clinical investigations.
Anti-microbial and anti-cancer activities of Mn0.5Zn0.5DyxFe2-xO4 (x ≤ 0.1) nanoparticles
Creators: name: Al-Jameel, Suhailah S.
name: Rehman, Suriya
name: Almessiere, Munirah A.
name: Khan, Firdos A.
name: Slimani, Yassine
name: Al-Saleh, Najat S.
name: Manikandan, Ayyar
name: Al-Suhaimi, Ebtesam A.
name: Baykal, Abdulhadi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biochemistry
Space Science
Cell Biology
Neuroscience
Pharmacology
Biotechnology
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Developmental Biology
Cancer
Virology

description: Combining two or more nanoparticles is a promising approach. Previously we have reported synthesis of nanoparticles Dysprosium (Dy) substituted with manganese (Mn) zinc (Zn) by using ultrasonication method. The five different nanoparticles (NPs) Mn0.5Zn0.5DyxFe2-xO4 (x ≤ 0.1) have been structurally and morphologically characterized but there is no report on the biological application of these NPs. In the present study, we have examined the anti-cancer, anti-bacterial, and anti-fungal activities of Mn0.5Zn0.5DyxFe2-xO4 (x ≤ 0.1) NPs. Human colorectal carcinoma cells (HCT-116) were tested with different concentrations of NPs by using MTT [3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide] assay. In addition, the impact of NPs was also examined on normal cells such as human embryonic kidney cells, HEK-293. After 48 h of treatment, Mn0.5Zn0.5DyxFe2-xO4 NPs (x = 0.02, 0.04 and 0.06) showed no inhibitory action on cancer cell’s growth and proliferation, whereas Mn0.5Zn0.5DyxFe2-xO4 NPs (x = 0.08 and 0.1) showed profound inhibitory action on cancer cell’s growth and proliferation. However, the treatment of Mn0.5Zn0.5DyxFe2-xO4 NPs on the normal cells (HEK-293) did not show cytotoxic or inhibitory action on HEK-293 cells. The treatment of Mn0.5Zn0.5DyxFe2-xO4 NPs (x ≤ 0.1) also inhibited both the bacteria (Escherichia coli ATCC35218 and Staphylococcus aureus) with lowest MIC and MBC values of 4 and 8 mg/mL and fungus (Candida albicans) with MIC and MFC values of 4 and 8 mg/mL on treatment with x = 0.08 and 0. 1.
Nonparametric Stochastic Discount Factor Decomposition
Creators: name: Christensen, Timothy
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: General Economics (econ.GN)
subject: Mathematical Finance (q-fin.MF)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: Stochastic discount factor (SDF) processes in dynamic economies admit a permanent-transitory decomposition in which the permanent component characterizes pricing over long investment horizons. This paper introduces an empirical framework to analyze the permanent-transitory decomposition of SDF processes. Specifically, we show how to estimate nonparametrically the solution to the Perron-Frobenius eigenfunction problem of Hansen and Scheinkman (2009). Our empirical framework allows researchers to (i) recover the time series of the estimated permanent and transitory components and (ii) estimate the yield and the change of measure which characterize pricing over long investment horizons. We also introduce nonparametric estimators of the continuation value function in a class of models with recursive preferences by reinterpreting the value function recursion as a nonlinear Perron-Frobenius problem. We establish consistency and convergence rates of the eigenfunction estimators and asymptotic normality of the eigenvalue estimator and estimators of related functionals. As an application, we study an economy where the representative agent is endowed with recursive preferences, allowing for general (nonlinear) consumption and earnings growth dynamics.
Optimal Uniform Convergence Rates and Asymptotic Normality for Series Estimators Under Weak Dependence and Weak Conditions
Creators: name: Chen, Xiaohong
name: Christensen, Timothy
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We show that spline and wavelet series regression estimators for weakly dependent regressors attain the optimal uniform (i.e. sup-norm) convergence rate $(n/\log n)^{-p/(2p+d)}$ of Stone (1982), where $d$ is the number of regressors and $p$ is the smoothness of the regression function. The optimal rate is achieved even for heavy-tailed martingale difference errors with finite $(2+(d/p))$th absolute moment for $d/p<2$. We also establish the asymptotic normality of t statistics for possibly nonlinear, irregular functionals of the conditional mean function under weak conditions. The results are proved by deriving a new exponential inequality for sums of weakly dependent random matrices, which is of independent interest.
description: forthcoming in Journal of Econometrics
Finite quotients of Galois pro-$p$ groups and rigid fields
Creators: name: Quadrelli, Claudio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 20E18, 12F10, 11S20

description: For a prime number $p$, we show that if two certain canonical finite quotients of a finitely generated Bloch-Kato pro-$p$ group $G$ coincide, then $G$ has a very simple structure, i.e., $G$ is a $p$-adic analytic pro-$p$ group. This result has a remarkable Galois-theoretic consequence: if the two corresponding canonical finite extensions $F^{(3)}/F$ and $F^{\{3\}}/F$ of a field $F$ -- with $F$ containing a primitive $p$-th root of unity -- coincide, then $F$ is $p$-rigid. The proof relies only on group-theoretic tools, and on certain properties of Bloch-Kato pro-$p$ groups.
description: 8 pages, to appear on the Annales math\'ematiques du Qu\'ebec
Additional file 5 of SISTER OF FCA physically associates with SKB1 to regulate flowering time in Arabidopsis thaliana
Creators: name: Qiu, Chunhong
name: Wang, Tengyue
name: Wang, Hui
name: Tao, Zhen
name: Wang, Chuanhong
name: Ma, Jing
name: Li, Shuai
name: Zhao, Yibing
name: Liu, Jifang
name: Li, Peijin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Supplementary Material 5.
Use of qPCR for the analysis of population heterogeneity and dynamics during Lactobacillus delbrueckii spp. bulgaricus batch fculture
Creators: name: Chen, Shiwei
name: Gong, Pimin
name: Zhang, Jianming
name: Shan, Yujuan
name: Han, Xue
name: Zhang, Lanwei
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Direct molecular methods such as real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and propidium monoazide (PMA)-qPCR have been successfully used for quantifying viable microorganisms in the food industry. This study attempted to use qPCR and PMA-qPCR for quantifying Lactobacillus delbrueckii spp. bulgaricus sp1.1 physiological states. The qPCR standards of the 16S rRNA gene were employed to calibrate the qPCR assay, which contributed to an amplification efficiency of 98.42%. The number of copies of the 16S rRNA gene was linearly related to cell density, and this linear relationship was used to construct a quantitative curve (R2
 =0.9981) with a detection limit of 15.1 colony-forming units mL−1·reaction−1. qPCR in combination with an optimal PMA concentration (60 μM) helped in discriminating and quantifying the viable cells, without any interference by heat-killed cells. Compared with the conventional methods, the population heterogeneity of viable, culturable, dormant-like and membrane-permeabilized cells were well identified and quantified using qPCR during L. delbrueckii spp. bulgaricus sp1.1 batch culture. Despite the restriction in the enumeration of lysed cells, qPCR-based methods facilitated reliable identification and quantification of bacterial physiological states and provided additional knowledge on the dynamics of L. delbrueckii spp. bulgaricus sp1.1 physiological states.