cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Recent Results from the RICE Experiment at the South Pole
Creators: name: Kravchenko, I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a compilation of recent results, submitted to the 2003 International Cosmic Ray Conference (Tsukuba, Japan). These include: a) Revised Monte Carlo estimates of the radiofrequency signals produced by electromagnetic showers in ice, b) an updated search for ultra-high energy (UHE) neutrinos based on detection of radio-wavelength Cherenkov radiation; such radiation results from neutrino-induced electromagnetic showers in cold Polar ice, and c) An in situ measurement of the index of refraction through the South Polar firn.
description: Compendium of RICE collaboration submissions to ICRC03
Trajectories of Health-Related Quality of Life and HbA1c Values of Children and Adolescents With Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 Over 6 Months: A Longitudinal Observational Study
Creators: name: Fischer, Kathrin I.
name: Fischer, Felix H.
name: Barthel, Dana
name: Otto, Christiane
name: Thyen, Ute
name: Klein, Marcus
name: Walter, Otto
name: Ravens-Sieberer, Ulrike
name: Rose, Matthias
name: Nolte, Sandra
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: health-related quality of life
subject: pediatrics
subject: self-report
subject: patient outcome assessments
subject: diabetes mellitus type 1
subject: computer-adaptive testing
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Introduction: To achieve optimized blood glucose concentrations (assessed by HbA1c) and high health-related quality of life (HRQL), children and adolescents with diabetes mellitus type 1 (T1DM) must follow strict disease management strategies. This study aims to investigate HRQL of children and adolescents with T1DM and its association with HbA1c values over the course of 6 months. Methods: Patients aged 7-17 years (n = 203) with T1DM provided HRQL data on a monthly basis. HRQL was measured using the Kids-CAT, a computer-adaptive test (CAT) comprising five generic HRQL domains. HbA1c concentrations were assessed at baseline, at 3 and 6 months. We explored the trajectory of HRQL at the domain level using linear mixed effects models. Further, we investigated the association between HRQL and HbA1c concentrations over time using path analysis models. Results: Children and adolescents with T1DM reported high scores across all HRQL domains over time. However, those with an HbA1c concentrations of >9.0% reported significantly lower scores in physical well-being and parent relations compared with those with an HbA1c concentration of <7.5%. Path analysis models revealed a minimal temporal relationship between HbA1c and HRQL, with a small negative impact of HbA1c on physical well-being, psychological well-being and parent relations. Conclusion: Although observed HRQL of young patients with T1DM was comparable to age-related German-speaking reference population over the course of 6 months, those with an HbA1c concentration >9.0% reported lower scores in selected HRQL domains. Thus, special attention should be drawn to HRQL of children and adolescents with higher HbA1c concentrations. The minimal relationship between HbA1c and HRQL indicates that the two therapy goals, i.e., achievement and maintenance of glycemic targets and high HRQL, should be considered and evaluated independently in clinical routine. Trial Registration: DRKS00006326 (German Clinical Trial Register), date of registration: August 1st, 2014.
Initiating Change of People With Criminal Justice Involvement Through Participation in a Drama Project: An Exploratory Study
Creators: name: Mundt, Adrian P.
name: Marín, Pamela
name: Gabrysch, Caroline
name: Sepúlveda, Carolina
name: Roumeau, Jacqueline
name: Heritage, Paul
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: addiction
subject: art therapy
subject: drama
subject: mental disorders
subject: prison population
subject: substance use disorders
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Introduction: Innovative and interdisciplinary approaches are needed to improve mental health and psychosocial outcomes of people with criminal justice involvement and their families. Aim of the study was to assess effects of the participation in a theatre project on the mental health problems of people with criminal justice involvement and relatives. Methods: We conducted structured diagnostic interviews and in-depth qualitative interviews with five participants performing Shakespeare's Richard III in Chile. Three participants had been imprisoned prior to the project, and two were the parents of a person who died in a prison fire. Qualitative interviews followed a topic guide. Data were transcribed, and a six-phase approach for thematic analysis of the data was used. Results: Substance use disorder or major depression was identified in all the participants. Participation in the theatre project was experienced by the respondents as having a positive effect on the mental health conditions. The research registered the positive experiences of role identification, emotional expression, commitment with group processes, improved skills to socially interact, to be heard by the general public and society, and positive perceptions of the audience (including relatives). Discussion: The study raises the possibility that there may be improvements of depression and substance use problems through the participation of people with criminal justice involvement in a drama project. Wider scale research is recommended on the possible effects. The approach may be an alternative to psychotherapy and medication for some individuals.
Narrowband Ca Photometry for Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies. I. Chemostructural Study on Draco, Sextans, and Canes Venatici I
Creators: name: Han, Sang-Il
name: Kim, Hak-Sub
name: Yoon, Suk-Jin
name: Lee, Young-Wook
name: Arimoto, Nobuo
name: Okamoto, Sakurako
name: Ree, Chang H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A few dozen dwarf satellite galaxies of the Milky Way have been discovered, which are often viewed as the remaining building blocks of our Galaxy. The follow-up spectroscopy showed that dwarf galaxies have a sizeable spread in their metallicities. Several scenarios were suggested to explain the metallicity spread, which can be tested by the structural patterns of stellar subpopulations with distinct metallicities. However, such chemical plus structural examination, to which we refer to as "chemostructural study" is hindered by the lack of stars with spectroscopic metallicity. Here we propose the Ca$-$$by$ photometry as an alternative way to secure metallicities for a 2$-$3 orders of magnitude larger stellar sample than the spectroscopic sample and thus enable us to perform a chemostructural study on dwarf galaxies. In particular, we use the $hk$ index [$\equiv($Ca$-b)-(b-y)$], whose validity as a photometric metallicity indicator (and crass insensitivity to age) for red-giant-branch stars was upheld via Galactic globular clusters, and observe three dwarf spheroidal galaxies$-$Draco, Sextans, and Canes Venatici I (CVnI)$-$with Subaru/Suprime-Cam. We find that in all the galaxies the metal-rich stellar populations are more centrally concentrated than the metal-poor counterparts, suggesting that the central regions of the galaxies underwent extended star formation. Such a negative radial metallicity gradient for Sextans and CVnI opposes to the traditional spectroscopic results. We also find that their metallicity distribution functions (MDFs) can be characterized by a unimodal, skewed Gaussian shape with a metal-rich peak and a metal-poor tail. We discuss their features in the chemostructure and MDF in terms of dwarf galaxy formation theories.
description: Accepted for publication in ApJS, data will be available at http://vo.kasi.re.kr/Phot_dSphs/
On the possibility of testing the Weak Equivalence Principle with artificial Earth satellites
Creators: name: Iorio, Lorenzo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Space Physics (physics.space-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we examine the possibility of testing the equivalence principle, in its weak form, by analyzing the orbital motion of a pair of artificial satellites of different composition moving along orbits of identical shape and size in the gravitational field of Earth. It turns out that the obtainable level of accuracy is, realistically, of the order of 10^-10 or slightly better. It is limited mainly by the fact that, due to the unavoidable orbital injection errors, it would not be possible to insert the satellites in orbits with exactly the same radius and that such difference could be known only with a finite precision. The present-day level of accuracy, obtained with torsion balance Earth-based measurements and the analysis of Earth-Moon motion in the gravitational field of Sun with the Lunar Laser Ranging technique, is of the order of 10^-13. The proposed space-based missions STEP, \muSCOPE, GG and SEE aim to reach a 10^-15-10^-18 precision level.
description: LaTex2e, 13 pages, no figures, no tables. To appear in General Relativity and Gravitation
Descriptive Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of a Counseling and Coordination Model in Psychosocial Care. Integration of Health Care and Social Rehabilitation
Creators: name: Berghöfer, Anne
name: Hense, Sabrina
name: Birker, Thomas
name: Hejnal, Torsten
name: Röwenstrunk, Frank
name: Albrecht, Marion
name: Erdmann, Daniela
name: Reinhold, Thomas
name: Stöckigt, Barbara
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: psychosocial care
subject: outreach clinic
subject: cost-effectiveness
subject: service utilization
subject: quality of life
subject: prospective observational study
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Introduction: A psychosocial outreach clinic was established to offer counseling and coordination of healthcare and complementary services for persons with psychosocial and mental problems. The cost-effectiveness of these services was measured based on a pre-post comparison. Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted with clients of the outreach clinic. Data on resource consumption and quality of life were collected at baseline and follow-up after 3, 6, and 12 months using the Client Sociodemographic and Service Receipt Inventory to assess service utilization, and the 12-Item Short Form Health Survey to assess quality of life. The objective of the present analysis was to estimate the relation between monetary expenditure and QALYs (quality-adjusted life-years), before and after the outreach clinic was established, descriptively. The analysis was constructed from payer’s perspective and was supplemented by a sensitivity analysis. Results: A total of 85 participants were included. Total annual expenditures before the intervention were 5,832 € per client for all service segments. During the 12-months study duration expenditures decreased to 4,350 € including the costs associated with outreach clinic services. QALYs for the 12-month study period were 0.6618 and increased about 0.0568 compared to the period before. Discussion: Despite methodological limitations due to small sample size, a pre-post comparison and the retrospective cost data collection, this study suggests acceptability of the outreach clinic as cost-effective. Conclusion: The activities of the outreach clinic as an integrated care model seem to be cost-effective regarding the relation between monetary expenditures and clients’ quality of life.
Systematic review and benchmarking of Quality-Adjusted Time Without Symptoms or Toxicity (Q-TWiST) in oncology
Creators: name: Solem, Caitlyn T.
name: Youngmin Kwon
name: Ruchit M. Shah
name: Aly, Abdalla
name: Botteman, Marc F.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Introduction: The Quality-Adjusted Time Without Symptoms or Toxicity (Q-TWiST) has been used to evaluate the clinical benefits and risks of oncology treatments. However, limited information is available to interpret and contextualize Q-TWiST results. Areas covered: A systematic review of Q-TWiST literature was conducted to provide contextualizing benchmarks for future studies. 51 articles with 81 unique Q-TWiST comparisons were identified. The mean (95% CI) and median absolute Q-TWiST gains for treatment versus control arms were 2.78 (1.82–3.73) months and 2.20 months across all cancers, respectively. The mean (median) relative Q-TWiST gains were 7.8% (7.2%) across all cancers. Most (88%) studies reported positive gains. The percentage of studies with relative Q-TWiST gains ≥10% (ie, clinically important difference) and ≥15% (ie, clearly clinically important difference) were 40.0% and 22.7%, respectively. Expert commentary: The relevance of Q-TWiST in assessing net clinical benefits of cancer therapy has not diminished, despite an arguably low number of published studies. The interest in such assessment is highlighted by the recent emergence of oncology value frameworks. The Q-TWiST should be compelling to clinicians as it integrates clinical information (ie, toxicity, relapse/progression, and survival) and patient preferences for each of these states into a single meaningful index.
Peudosinella subvirei Bonet 1931
Creators: name: Thibaud, Jean-Marc
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Collembola
Entomobryomorpha
Entomobryidae
Peudosinella
Peudosinella subvirei

description: Peudosinella subvirei Bonet, 1931 *
Peudosinella subvirei Bonet, 1931: 335.
DISTRIBUTION. — Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Trou de Boeuf près d’Annot (Gisin 1963).
Ariège. Grottede Gouillou (Thibaud 1970).
Hautes-Pyrénées. Grotte del’Eglise à Bas-Nistos (Gisin 1963).
Isère. Grottede Taï (Gisin 1963).
Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Salle de La Verna, Gouffrede la Pierre Saint Martin (Cabidoche 1968; Faille etal. 2014).
TAXONOMIE. — Gisin 1963 (redescription).
ÉCOLOGIE. — Faille etal. 2014.
description: Published as part of Thibaud, Jean-Marc, 2017, Catalogue des collemboles de France, pp. 297-436 in Zoosystema 39 (3) on page 393, DOI: 10.5252/z2017n3a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5496272
Supplementary tables 1-5 for NCDS LS comparison
Creators: name: Archer, Gemma
name: Xun, Wei
name: Stuchbury, Rachel
name: Nicholas, Owen
name: Shelton, Nicola
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111706 Epidemiology
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplementary material for Are ‘healthy cohorts’ real-world relevant? Comparing the National Child DevelopmentStudy (NCDS) with the ONS LongitudinalStudy (LS)
Complex Networks
Creators: name: Evans, T. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An outline of recent work on complex networks is given from the point of view of a physicist. Motivation, achievements and goals are discussed with some of the typical applications from a wide range of academic fields. An introduction to the relevant literature and useful resources is also given.
description: Review for Contemporary Physics, 31 pages
Detection of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by real-time RT-PCR
Creators: name: Corman, Victor M.
name: Landt, Olfert
name: Kaiser, Marco
name: Molenkamp, Richard
name: Meijer, Adam
name: Chu, Daniel K. W.
name: Bleicker, Tobias
name: Brünink, Sebastian
name: Schneider, Julia
name: Schmidt, Marie Luisa
name: Mulders, Daphne G. J. C.
name: Haagmans, Bart L.
name: Van Der Veer, Bas
name: Van Den Brink, Sharon
name: Wijsman, Lisa
name: Goderski, Gabriel
name: Romette, Jean-Louis
name: Ellis, Joanna
name: Zambon, Maria
name: Peiris, Malik
name: Goossens, Herman
name: Reusken, Chantal
name: Koopmans, Marion P. G.
name: Drosten, Christian
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 2019-nCoV
subject: PT-PCR
subject: Wuhan
subject: diagnostics
subject: laboratory
subject: novel coronavirus
subject: outbreak
subject: testing
subject: COVID-19
subject: Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background: The ongoing outbreak of the recently emerged novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) poses a challenge for public health laboratories as virus isolates are unavailable while there is growing evidence that the outbreak is more widespread than initially thought, and international spread through travellers does already occur. Aim: We aimed to develop and deploy robust diagnostic methodology for use in public health laboratory settings without having virus material available. Methods: Here we present a validated diagnostic workflow for 2019-nCoV, its design relying on close genetic relatedness of 2019-nCoV with SARS coronavirus, making use of synthetic nucleic acid technology. Results: The workflow reliably detects 2019-nCoV, and further discriminates 2019-nCoV from SARS-CoV. Through coordination between academic and public laboratories, we confirmed assay exclusivity based on 297 original clinical specimens containing a full spectrum of human respiratory viruses. Control material is made available through European Virus Archive - Global (EVAg), a European Union infrastructure project. Conclusion: The present study demonstrates the enormous response capacity achieved through coordination of academic and public laboratories in national and European research networks.
Lyman$α$ Emitters beyond Redshift 5:The Dawn of Galaxy Formation
Creators: name: Taniguchi, Yoshiaki
name: Shioya, Yasuhiro
name: Fujita, Shinobu S.
name: Nagao, Tohru
name: Murayamaoya, Takashi
name: Ajiki, Masaru
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The 8m class telescopes in the ground-based optical astronomy together with help from the ultra-sharp eye of the Hubble Space Telescope have enabled us to observe forming galaxies beyond redshift $z=5$. In particular, more than twenty Ly$α$-emitting galaxies have already been found at $z > 5$. These findings provide us with useful hints to investigate how galaxies formed and then evolved in the early universe. Further, detailed analysis of Ly$α$ emission line profiles are useful in exploring the nature of the intergalactic medium because the trailing edge of cosmic reionization could be close to $z \sim 6$ -- 7, at which forming galaxies have been found recently. We also discuss the importance of superwinds from forming galaxies at high redshift, which has an intimate relationship between galaxies and the intergalactic medium. We then give a review of early cosmic star formation history based on recent progress in searching for Ly$α$-emitting young galaxies beyond redshift 5.
description: 23 pages, 12 figures, jkas35.sty. To appear in the proceedings of the APCTP WoFormation and Interaction of Galaxies, edited by Hyung Mok Leerkshop on
Pseudosinella superduodecima Gisin & Gama 1970
Creators: name: Thibaud, Jean-Marc
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Collembola
Entomobryomorpha
Entomobryidae
Pseudosinella
Pseudosinella superduodecima

description: Pseudosinella superduodecima Gisin & Gama, 1970 *
Pseudosinella superduodecima Gisin & Gama, 1970b: 298.
DISTRIBUTION. — Ariège. Grottesdel’Hermprès de Foix, d’Aurouze près de Lavelanet, del’Aven du Courrège à Alos, de la Cigalère à Seintein, des Cabessesà Riverenert près de Saint-Girons, du Capde la Bouicheà Moulis, de Peyrous près de Saint-Lizier et de Couillette à Sainte-Croix-Volvestre (Gisin & Gama 1970b; Gama 1976).
Haute-Garonne. Grotte de Juzet-d’Izaut à Aspet (Gisin & Gama 1970b).
Hérault. Grotte de Julio à Olargues (Gama 1991).
Tarn. Grottede Cambonires (Gisin & Gama 1970b).
description: Published as part of Thibaud, Jean-Marc, 2017, Catalogue des collemboles de France, pp. 297-436 in Zoosystema 39 (3) on page 393, DOI: 10.5252/z2017n3a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5496272
Antibacterial Efficacy of Two Commercially Available Bacteriophage Formulations, Staphylococcal Bacteriophage and PYO Bacteriophage, Against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Prevention and Eradication of Biofilm Formation and Control of a Systemic Infection of Galleria mellonella Larvae
Creators: name: Tkhilaishvili, Tamta
name: Wang, Lei
name: Tavanti, Arianna
name: Trampuz, Andrej
name: Di Luca, Mariagrazia
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
subject: biofilm-associated infection
subject: antimicrobial activity
subject: bacteriophages
subject: Galleria mellonella
subject: phage therapy
subject: isothermal microcalorimetry
subject: confocal laser scanning microscopy
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Sessile bacteria growing on surfaces are more resistant to standard antibiotics than their planktonic counterpart. Due to their antimicrobial properties, bacteriophages have re-emerged as a promising approach to treat bacterial biofilm-associated infections. Here, we evaluated the ability of two commercially available phage formulations, Staphylococcal bacteriophage (containing the monophage Sb-1) and PYO bacteriophage (a polyphage), in preventing and eradicating an in vitro biofilm of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) by isothermal microcalorimetry and high-resolution confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM). Moreover, to assess the potential in vivo efficacy of both phage preparations, a Galleria mellonella model of MRSA systemic infection was used. Microcalorimetry measurement showed that 107 PFU/ml (the highest tested titer) of both phage formulations were able to inhibit planktonic growth in a concentration-dependent manner. However, MRSA biofilm was eradicated only by co-incubation of 5-7 days with the highest phage titers, respectively. In the experiments of biofilm prevention, isothermal microcalorimetry revealed that the heat production was completely abolished in the presence of sub-inhibitory titers (104 PFU/ml) of phages. These data were also confirmed by confocal laser scanning microscopy. Both phage formulations increased the survival of G. mellonella larvae preventing or treating MRSA infection compared to untreated control. In conclusion, tested phage formulations are promising for preventing device colonization and killing biofilm bacteria attached on a surface. Novel strategies for direct coating and release of phages from material should be investigated.
QCD at e+e- Experiments
Creators: name: Hamacher, Klaus
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A summary of QCD results obtained at e+e- experiments in recent years is given. Emphasis is put on basic QCD tests and α_s measurements with event shapes.
description: Invited talk at the XXIII Physics in Collision Conference (PIC03), Zeuthen, Germany, June 2003, 16 pages, LaTex, 14 eps figures, PSN SAAT10
Indwelling pleural catheters for non-malignant pleural effusions: report on a single centre's 10 years of experience
Creators: name: Frost, Nikolaj
name: Ruwwe-Glösenkamp, Christoph
name: Raspe, Matthias
name: Brünger, Martin
name: Temmesfeld-Wollbrück, Bettina
name: Suttorp, Norbert
name: Witzenrath, Martin
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: palliative care
subject: pleural disease
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: BACKGROUND: Recurrent pleural effusion is a common cause of dyspnoea, cough and chest pain during the course of infectious pleurisy and non-malignant diseases like congestive heart failure (CHF) or liver cirrhosis with hepatic hydrothorax (HH). With regard to the chronic character of the underlying diseases, indwelling pleural catheters (IPC) are increasingly used, not only assuring immediate symptom relief but also potentially leading to pleurodesis without sclerosing agents. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In this single-centre retrospective observational study, patient characteristics, procedural variables and outcome in patients with IPC in non-malignant pleural effusion (NMPE) were evaluated and prognostic factors for pleurodesis were identified. RESULTS: From 2006 to 2017, 54 patients received 62 IPC, of whom 48.4% with CHF and 43.5% with HH. The median length of insertion was 1.5 months (IQR 0.6-2.9 months), the median survival time after insertion 3.2 months (IQR 1.1-16.0). An adequate symptom relief was achieved in 93.2% with no need for subsequent interventions. In patients surviving ≥30 days after IPC insertion, pleurodesis was observed in 45.9%, being associated to age (<55 years, p=0.02), the primary diagnosis (p=0.03) and interventions for the underlying disease (p<0.001). Complications occurred in 24.2% of all procedures (n=15), the majority concerning mechanical obstructions (n=10) and infections (n=4). Patients with HH had an excess risk for complications (37.3%). CONCLUSION: Efficacy in symptom relief and a generally manageable safety profile recommend IPC as a first-line treatment option in NMPE, where disease-specific treatments are exhausted. Caution is warranted in patients with HH due to an excess risk for complications.
Incidental Learners: Exploring primary school science teachers' learning during the Science Enrichment Programmes at the Science Centre Singapore
Creators: name: Sharma, Savita
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Teacher Education
Formal Learning
Informal Learning
Primary School Teachers
Science Education
Science Enrichment
Programmes

description: Teacher learning is active, continuous and challenging. As there is growing and ever-broadening knowledge in science, teachers need continuous support to maintain best practices throughout their career. For teachers to perform their diverse and complex roles, they need relevant science learning experiences. This is especially the case for primary school teachers. This study investigated whether and how primary school teachers in Singapore learn during Enrichment Programmes which are designed for primary school students, at Science Centre Singapore. The main focus of the study was to explore the nature of teachers’ constructed knowledge during the programmes, which are facilitated by three different dimensions of science communication. The method included a survey, interviews and observations. Analysis of the data from quantitative and qualitative results enabled a description of teacher learning in the programmes designed and conducted for students. The results led to the construction of a teachers’ learning model. This model establishes that teachers learn through communicating in different roles during the programmes. Further reflection leads to useful integration of the knowledge gained, which then contributes to classroom practice. The programmes provide a unique space for enhancement of elements of the teachers’ professional knowledge landscape, which differs from the kind of professional development offered in programmes designed for teachers. Further research is required, however, to understand more about how Pedagogical Context Knowledge is informed by these different roles.
Virial Expansion for a Three-Component Fermi Gas in One Dimension: The Quantum Anomaly Correspondence
Creators: name: Maki, Jeff
name: Ordóñez, Carlos R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we explore the transport properties of three-component Fermi gases confined to one spatial dimension, interacting via a three-body interaction, in the high temperature limit. At the classical level, the three-body interaction is scale invariant in one dimension. However, upon quantization, an anomaly appears which breaks the scale invariance. This is very similar to the physics of two-component fermions in two spatial dimensions, where the two-body interaction is also anomalous. Previous studies have already hinted that the physics of these two systems are intimately related. Here we expand upon those studies by examining the thermodynamic properties of this anomalous one dimensional system in the high temperature limit. We show there is an exact mapping between the traditional two-body anomalous interaction in two dimensions, to that of three-body interaction in one dimension. This result is valid in the high temperature limit, where the thermodynamics can be understood in terms of few-body correlations.
description: 7 pages, 2 figures, 2 appendices
A Stueckelberg Extension of the Standard Model
Creators: name: Kors, Boris
name: Nath, Pran
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An extension of the standard model of electro-weak interactions by an extra abelian gauge boson is given, in which the extra gauge boson and the hypercharge gauge boson both couple to an axionic scalar in a form that leads to a Stueckelberg mass term. The theory leads to a massive Z$'$ whose couplings to fermions are uniquely determined and suppressed by small mixing angles. Such a Z$'$ could have low mass and appear in $e^+e^-$ collisions as a sharp resonance. The branching ratios into $f\bar f$ species, and the forward-backward asymmetry are found to have distinctive features. The model also predicts a new unit of electric charge $e'=Q'e$, where $Q'$ is in general irrational, in the coupling of the photon with hidden matter that is neutral under $SU(2)_L\times U(1)_Y$.
description: 8 pages, no figures. To appear in Physics Letters B
Donor MSCs release apoptotic bodies to improve myocardial infarction via autophagy regulation in recipient cells
Creators: name: Liu, Huan
name: Liu, Siying
name: Qiu, Xinyu
name: Yang, Xiaoshan
name: Bao, Lili
name: Pu, Fengxing
name: Liu, Xuemei
name: Li, Congye
name: Xuan, Kun
name: Zhou, Jun
name: Deng, Zhihong
name: Liu, Shiyu
name: Jin, Yan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) transplantation has been widely applied as a potential therapeutic for multiple diseases. However, the underlying therapeutic mechanisms are not fully understood, especially the paradox between the low survival rate of transplanted cells and the beneficial therapeutic effects generated by these cells. Herein, in a myocardial infarction (MI) model, we found that transplanted MSCs released apoptotic bodies (ABs) to enhance angiogenesis and improve cardiac functional reclovery via regulating macroautophagy/autophagy in the recipient endothelial cells (ECs). Mechanistically, after local transplantation, MSCs underwent extensive apoptosis in the short term and released ABs, which were engulfed by the recipient ECs. Then, in the ECs, ABs activated lysosome functions and promoted the expression of TFEB (transcription factor EB), which is a master gene in lysosomal biogenesis and autophagy. Finally, the increase in TFEB enhanced autophagy-related gene expression in ECs and promoted angiogenesis and cardiac functional recovery after MI. Collectively, we found that apoptotic donor MSCs promote angiogenesis via regulating autophagy in the recipient ECs, unveiling the role of donor cell apoptosis in the therapeutic effects generated by cell transplantation. Abbreviations: 3-MA: 3-methyladenine; ABs: apoptotic bodies; BECN1: beclin 1; CASP3: caspase 3; CQ: chloroquine; ECs: endothelial cells; EVs: extracellular vesicles; LAMP1: lysosomal-associated membrane protein 1; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; LVFS: left ventricular fractional shortening; MAP1LC3/LC3: microtubule associated protein 1 light chain 3; MI: myocardial infarction; MSC: mesenchymal stem cell; NO: nitric oxide; TFEB: transcription factor EB; TUNEL: TdT-mediated dUTP Nick-End Labeling.
Table S1. Overview of the included peer-reviewed and grey literature
Creators: name: Salajan, Andreea
name: Tsolova, Svetla
name: Ciotti, Massimo
name: Suk, Jonathan E.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplemental material - To what extent does evidence support decision-making during infectious disease outbreaks? A scoping literature review
Large N Duality for Compact Calabi-Yau Threefolds
Creators: name: Diaconescu, Duiliu-Emanuel
name: Florea, Bogdan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We study geometric transitions for topological strings on compact Calabi-Yau hypersurfaces in toric varieties. Large N duality predicts an equivalence between topological open and closed string theories connected by an extremal transition. We develop new open string enumerative techniques and perform a high precision genus zero test of this conjecture for a certain class of toric extremal transitions. Our approach is based on a) an open string version of Gromov-Witten theory with convex obstruction bundle and b) an extension of Chern-Simons theory treating the framing as a formal variable.
description: 88 pages, 14 figures (11 color); v2: minor changes; v3: published version
Frustration induced highly anisotropic magnetic patterns in classical $XY$ model on kagome lattice
Creators: name: Andreanov, A.
name: Fistul, M. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We predict and observed novel highly anisotropic magnetic patterns obtained in the model of frustrated planar interacting magnetic moments (the classical $X-Y$ model) on the regular kagome lattice. The frustration is provided by the presence of both ferromagnetic and anti-ferromagnetic interactions between adjacent magnetic moments defined on the lattice nodes. At the critical value of the frustration $f=f_{cr}=3/4$ such a systems displays the phase transition from the ordered ferromagnetic state to the disordered frustration regime characterized by the highly-degenerated ground state. In the frustrated regime, $f_{cr}< f \leq 1$, unexpected scaling of spatially averaged magnetization $\langle \vec{M} \rangle $ on the total number of nodes,$N$, i.e. $\langle \vec{M} \rangle \simeq N^{-1/4}$, has been obtained. Such scaling is provided by highly anisotropic magnetic patterns displaying the ferromagnetic ordering along the $y$-direction, and short-range correlations of magnetic moments along the $x$-direction. We conjecture that all these intriguing features are explained by the presence of the double-degenerated ground state in the basic cell, i.e. single triangle, of the kagome lattice accompanying a large amount of intrinsic constraints. We anticipate the implementation of the phase transition and anisotropic magnetic patterns in various systems, e.g. natural magnetic molecular clusters, artificially prepared Josephson junctions networks, trapped-ions and/or photonic crystals.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures
Campylobacter concisus Impairs Sodium Absorption in Colonic Epithelium via ENaC Dysfunction and Claudin-8 Disruption
Creators: name: Nattramilarasu, Praveen Kumar
name: Bücker, Roland
name: Lobo De Sá, Fábia Daniela
name: Fromm, Anja
name: Nagel, Oliver
name: Lee, In-Fah Maria
name: Butkevych, Eduard
name: Mousavi, Soraya
name: Genger, Claudia
name: Kløve, Sigri
name: Heimesaat, Markus M.
name: Bereswill, Stefan
name: Schweiger, Michal R.
name: Nielsen, Hans Linde
name: Troeger, Hanno
name: Schulzke, Jörg-Dieter
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: sodium transport
subject: epithelial sodium channel
subject: extracellular signal-regulated kinase
subject: Campylobacter concisus
subject: diarrhea
subject: tight junction
subject: claudin-8
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: The epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) can increase the colonic absorptive capacity for salt and water. Campylobacter concisus is a common pathogenic epsilonproteobacterium, causing enteritis and diarrhea. It can induce barrier dysfunction in the intestine, but its influence on intestinal transport function is still unknown. Therefore, our study aimed to characterize C. concisus effects on ENaC using the HT-29/B6-GR/MR (epithelial cell line HT-29/B6 transfected with glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptors) cell model and mouse colon. In Ussing chambers, C. concisus infection inhibited ENaC-dependent Na+ transport as indicated by a reduction in amiloride-sensitive short circuit current (-55%, n = 15, p < 0.001). This occurred via down-regulation of β- and γ-ENaC mRNA expression and ENaC ubiquitination due to extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)1/2 activation, predicted by Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA). In parallel, C. concisus reduced the expression of the sealing tight junction (TJ) protein claudin-8 and induced claudin-8 redistribution off the TJ domain of the enterocytes, which facilitates the back leakage of Na+ ions into the intestinal lumen. In conclusion, C. concisus caused ENaC dysfunction via interleukin-32-regulated ERK1/2, as well as claudin-8-dependent barrier dysfunction-both of which contribute to Na+ malabsorption and diarrhea.
title: Integrating Game Technology and Discrete Event Simulation to Analyze Mass Casualty Scenarios
Creators: name: Loveland, Jason
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University Libraries
Year: 2007

description: In the last 10 years, video games have become complex simulation environments with high resolution 3D graphics enabled by powerhouse rendering engines, multi-player client server networks, user friendly displays and graphical user interface , while remaining relatively inexpensive. There is a critical need for systems engineering analysis and rapid trade studies due to changes in operations caused by current events such as terrorist attacks, asymmetric threats, natural disasters, etc. Modem games provide a unique way to visualize and interact with these complex environments, scenarios, missions, and operations. A discrete event simulator (DES) provides an environment to model system architecture behavior, organizational process flow, operational activities, and system performance. The integration of a gaming engine and a DES will allow for the evaluation of concepts of operations in complex, real world scenarios.

The goal of this research is to leverage the advantages of both game engines and DESs to conduct systems engineering analysis in an efficient, feasible, cost effective way. Various game engines, DESs, and applicable architectures for integrating these simulation tools are evaluated and an appropriate framework developed. The resulting integrated simulator is used to evaluate the effectiveness of this hybrid of gaming technology and DES. This is evaluated in a mass casualty scenario using first responders' information exchange with hospital emergency rooms.
Donor MSCs Release Apoptotic Bodies to Improve Myocardial Infarction via Autophagy Regulation in Recipient Cells
Creators: name: Liu, Huan
name: Liu, Siying
name: Qiu, Xinyu
name: Yang, Xiaoshan
name: Bao, Lili
name: Pu, Fengxing
name: Liu, Xuemei
name: Li, Congye
name: Xuan, Kun
name: Zhou, Jun
name: Deng, Zhihong
name: Liu, Shiyu
name: Jin, Yan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) transplantation has been widely applied as a potential therapeutic for multiple diseases. However, the underlying therapeutic mechanisms are not fully understood, especially the paradox between the low survival rate of transplanted cells and the beneficial therapeutic effects generated by these cells. Herein, in a myocardial infarction (MI) model, we found that transplanted MSCs released apoptotic bodies (ABs) to enhance angiogenesis and improve cardiac functional recovery via regulating macroautophagy/autophagy in the recipient endothelial cells (ECs). Mechanistically, after local transplantation, MSCs underwent extensive apoptosis in the short term and released ABs, which were engulfed by the recipient ECs. Then, in the ECs, ABs activated lysosome functions and promoted the expression of TFEB (transcription factor EB), which is a master gene in lysosomal biogenesis and autophagy. Finally, the increase in TFEB enhanced autophagy-related gene expression in ECs and promoted angiogenesis and cardiac functional recovery after MI. Collectively, we found that apoptotic donor MSCs promote angiogenesis via regulating autophagy in the recipient ECs, unveiling the role of donor cell apoptosis in the therapeutic effects generated by cell transplantation.
Cheumatopsyche carna Malicky & Chantaramongkol 1997
Creators: name: Oláh, János
name: Johanson, Kjell Arne
name: Barnard, Peter C.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Trichoptera
Hydropsychidae
Cheumatopsyche
Cheumatopsyche carna

description: Cheumatopsyche carna Malicky & Chantaramongkol, 1997
 Cheumatopsyche carna Malicky & Chantaramongkol, in Malicky 1997: 1024.
 Type locality: Thailand.
description: Published as part of Oláh, János, Johanson, Kjell Arne & Barnard, Peter C., 2008, Revision of the Oriental and Afrotropical species of Cheumatopsyche Wallengren (Hydropsychidae, Trichoptera), pp. 1-171 in Zootaxa 1738 on page 82
Speckle-tracking echocardiography combined with imaging mass spectrometry assesses region-dependent alterations
Creators: name: Pappritz, Kathleen
name: Grune, Jana
name: Klein, Oliver
name: Hegemann, Niklas
name: Dong, Fengquan
name: El-Shafeey, Muhammad
name: Lin, Jie
name: Kuebler, Wolfgang M.
name: Kintscher, Ulrich
name: Tschöpe, Carsten
name: Linthout, Sophie Van
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE)
subject: Diabetic cardiomyopathy
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Left ventricular (LV) contraction is characterized by shortening and thickening of longitudinal and circumferential fibres. To date, it is poorly understood how LV deformation is altered in the pathogenesis of streptozotocin (STZ)-induced type 1 diabetes mellitus-associated diabetic cardiomyopathy and how this is associated with changes in cardiac structural composition. To gain further insights in these LV alterations, eight-week-old C57BL6/j mice were intraperitoneally injected with 50 mg/kg body weight STZ during 5 consecutive days. Six, 9, and 12 weeks (w) post injections, echocardiographic analysis was performed using a Vevo 3100 device coupled to a 30-MHz linear-frequency transducer. Speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE) demonstrated impaired global longitudinal peak strain (GLS) in STZ versus control mice at all time points. 9w STZ animals displayed an impaired global circumferential peak strain (GCS) versus 6w and 12w STZ mice. They further exhibited decreased myocardial deformation behaviour of the anterior and posterior base versus controls, which was paralleled with an elevated collagen I/III protein ratio. Additionally, hypothesis-free proteome analysis by imaging mass spectrometry (IMS) identified regional- and time-dependent changes of proteins affecting sarcomere mechanics between STZ and control mice. In conclusion, STZ-induced diabetic cardiomyopathy changes global cardiac deformation associated with alterations in cardiac sarcomere proteins.
Single View Distortion Correction using Semantic Guidance
Creators: name: Lőrincz, Szabolcs-Botond
name: Pável, Szabolcs
name: Csató, Lehel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Most distortion correction methods focus on simple forms of distortion, such as radial or linear distortions. These works undistort images either based on measurements in the presence of a calibration grid, or use multiple views to find point correspondences and predict distortion parameters. When possible distortions are more complex, e.g. in the case of a camera being placed behind a refractive surface such as glass, the standard method is to use a calibration grid. Considering a high variety of distortions, it is nonviable to conduct these measurements. In this work, we present a single view distortion correction method which is capable of undistorting images containing arbitrarily complex distortions by exploiting recent advancements in differentiable image sampling and in the usage of semantic information to augment various tasks. The results of this work show that our model is able to estimate and correct highly complex distortions, and that incorporating semantic information mitigates the process of image undistortion.
Pseudosinella tarraconensis Bonet 1929
Creators: name: Thibaud, Jean-Marc
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Collembola
Entomobryomorpha
Entomobryidae
Pseudosinella
Pseudosinella tarraconensis

description: Pseudosinella tarraconensis Bonet, 1929
Pseudosinella tarraconensis Bonet, 1929: 19.
DISTRIBUTION. — Tarn. Grotte-avende Pouzergues (Bou 1966).
description: Published as part of Thibaud, Jean-Marc, 2017, Catalogue des collemboles de France, pp. 297-436 in Zoosystema 39 (3) on page 393, DOI: 10.5252/z2017n3a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5496272
Magnetic spiral order in the square-lattice spin system (CuBr)Sr$_{2}$Nb$_{3}$O$_{10}$
Creators: name: Mikheyenkov, A. V.
name: Valiulin, V. E.
name: Barabanov, A. F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We address quantum spin helical states in the strongly frustrated Heisenberg model. Contrary to conventional Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya approach we show that such states appear without central symmetry breaking. As an example, we demonstrate that the magnetic and thermodynamic properties of the quasi-two-dimensional square-lattice compound $\mathrm{(CuBr)Sr_{2}Nb_{3}O_{10}}$ can be interpreted within 2D $S = 1/2$ $J_1-J_2-J_3$ Heisenberg model. In this compound neutron experiment indicates helical spin order while central symmetry does hold.