cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Test-retest reliability of a questionnaire to assess physical environmental factors pertaining to physical activity
Creators: name: Evenson, Kelly
name: McGinn, Aileen P
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2005

description: Abstract Background Despite the documented benefits of physical activity, many adults do not obtain the recommended amounts. Barriers to physical activity occur at multiple levels, including at the individual, interpersonal, and environmental levels. Only until more recently has there been a concerted focus on how the physical environment might affect physical activity behavior. With this new area of study, self-report measures should be psychometrically tested before use in research studies. Therefore the objective of this study was to document the test-retest reliability of a questionnaire designed to assess physical environmental factors that might be associated with physical activity in a diverse adult population. Methods Test and retest surveys were conducted over the telephone with 106 African American and White women and men living in either Forsyth County, North Carolina or Jackson, Mississippi. Reliability of self-reported environmental factors across four domains (e.g., access to facilities and destinations, functionality and safety, aesthetics, natural environment) was determined using intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) overall and separately by gender and race. Results Generally items displayed moderate and sometimes substantial reliability (ICC between 0.4 to 0.8), with a few differences by gender or race, across each of the domains. Conclusion This study provides some psychometric evidence for the use of many of these questions in studies examining the effect of self-reported physical environmental measures on physical activity behaviors, among African American and White women and men.
Tephrosia canarensis Drummond 1918
Creators: name: Krishnaraj, Moothedathu Venugopalan Nair
name: Mohanan, Narayanan Nair
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Fabales
Fabaceae
Tephrosia
Tephrosia canarensis

description: Tephrosia canarensis Drummond (1918: 319).
 Lectotype (here designated):— INDIA. South Karnataka: Prope Urbem Mangalor, s.n., s.d., without collector name(K000848892! [digital photo!]).
 Note:—This species is named after the Kanara region of Karnataka, comprises of three coastal districts namely, Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada. Drummond described Tephrosia canarensis in Gamble’s Flora of Presidency of Madras (1918) and commented “An erect undershrub with large reddish flowers and leaflets up to 2.5 inch long”. In the protologue, the distributional range is given as “Western Ghats in South Canara, extending northwards, southwards to Wynaad [Wayanadu]”. This suggests that the author had seen more than one specimen or was familiar with the taxon in the field, the latter being unlikely. Drummond also cited T. tinctoria, Persoon (1827:329) var. interrupta, Baker in F.B.I. ii. 112 in part only under T. canarensis. Not only the varietal epithet ‘interrupta’ but also the author name ‘Baker’ seems to be a mistake on Drummond’s part, because there was no such variety described by Baker (1876) in the Flora of British India. However var. intermedia is given under T. tinctoria by Baker as coined by Wight and Arnott (= T. intermedia Graham ex Wall. in Wall. Cat. 1832: 5632).
 After a thorough search at MH and K herbaria, we found several specimens of T. canarensis, collected from South Canara and studied by Drummond [South Canara, Gurpur, s.d., Lawson 7183 (MH00206929!); South Canara, Nibohwar, 6.12.1919, without collector name, (MH00206930!);South Canara, Jahlsur, 21. 11. 1900, Barber 2493 (MH00206931!) and South Karnataka, Prope Urbem Mangalor, s.n., s.d., without collector name (K000848892!)].Since sheet K000848892 deposited at Kew herbarium bears the determinavit slip of J.R.Drummond, and also matches the protologue, it is here selected as the lectotype of T. canarensis.This species is mainly distributed in Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, andTamil Nadu (endemic to Southern Western Ghats).
description: Published as part of Krishnaraj, Moothedathu Venugopalan Nair & Mohanan, Narayanan Nair, 2017, Three lectotypifications in Tephrosia Pers. (Fabaceae), pp. 197-199 in Phytotaxa 319 (2) on page 198, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.319.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/13696387
title: Approach to imaging in urological injuries secondary to trauma
Creators: name: Pérez Rubiralta, Marta
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Trauma
subject: Haemorrhage
subject: Acute
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Cystography / Uretrography
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: Image manipulation / Reconstruction
subject: CT
subject: Catheter arteriography
subject: Urinary Tract / Bladder
subject: Trauma
subject: Emergency

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: - To make a quick-overview of the polytrauma patient: management and radiologic first evaluation. - Pictorial review of the types of injuries in the urological tract, using examples based on the different classifications. - To evaluate the role of...
Pfmdr1 copy number and arteminisin derivatives combination therapy failure in falciparum malaria in Cambodia
Creators: name: Meshnick, Steven R.
name: Shah, Naman K
name: Alker, Alisa P
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2009

description: Abstract Background The combination of artesunate and mefloquine was introduced as the national first-line treatment for Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Cambodia in 2000. However, recent clinical trials performed at the Thai-Cambodian border have pointed to the declining efficacy of both artesunate-mefloquine and artemether-lumefantrine. Since pfmdr1 modulates susceptibility to mefloquine and artemisinin derivatives, the aim of this study was to assess the link between pfmdr1 copy number, in vitro susceptibility to individual drugs and treatment failure to combination therapy. Methods Blood samples were collected from P. falciparum-infected patients enrolled in two in vivo efficacy studies in north-western Cambodia: 135 patients were treated with artemether-lumefantrine (AL group) in Sampovloun in 2002 and 2003, and 140 patients with artesunate-mefloquine (AM group) in Sampovloun and Veal Veng in 2003 and 2004. At enrollment, the in vitro IC50 was tested and the strains were genotyped for pfmdr1 copy number by real-time PCR. Results The pfmdr1 copy number was analysed for 115 isolates in the AM group, and for 109 isolates in the AL group. Parasites with increased pfmdr1 copy number had significantly reduced in vitro susceptibility to mefloquine, lumefantrine and artesunate. There was no association between pfmdr1 polymorphisms and in vitro susceptibilities. In the patients treated with AM, the mean pfmdr1copy number was lower in subjects with adequate clinical and parasitological response compared to those who experienced late treatment failure (n = 112, p < 0.001). This was not observed in the patients treated with AL (n = 96, p = 0.364). The presence of three or more copies of pfmdr1 were associated with recrudescence in artesunate-mefloquine treated patients (hazard ratio (HR) = 7.80 [95%CI: 2.09–29.10], N = 115), p = 0.002) but not with recrudescence in artemether-lumefantrine treated patients (HR = 1.03 [95%CI: 0.24–4.44], N = 109, p = 0.969). Conclusion This study shows that pfmdr1 copy number is a molecular marker of AM treatment failure in falciparum malaria on the Thai-Cambodian border. However, while it is associated with increased IC50 for lumefantrine, pfmdr1 copy number is not associated with AL treatment failure in the area, suggesting involvement of other molecular mechanisms in AL treatment failures in Cambodia.
Skewness and Kurtosis in Statistical Kinetics
Creators: name: Barato, Andre C.
name: Seifert, Udo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We obtain lower and upper bounds on the skewness and kurtosis associated with the cycle completion time of unicyclic enzymatic reaction schemes. Analogous to a well known lower bound on the randomness parameter, the lower bounds on skewness and kurtosis are related to the number of intermediate states in the underlying chemical reaction network. Our results demonstrate that evaluating these higher order moments with single molecule data can lead to information about the enzymatic scheme that is not contained in the randomness parameter.
description: 5+3 pages, 4 figures
title: Brain asymmetry in Newborns: key findings, case series and literature review.
Creators: name: D'Apolito, Gabriella
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Seizure disorders
subject: Education and training
subject: Congenital
subject: Education
subject: Computer Applications-General
subject: Comparative studies
subject: MR
subject: CT
subject: Paediatric
subject: Neuroradiology brain

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: The purpose of this educational exhibit is: • to propose a systematic step-by-step approach to guide the correct diagnostic process in children with brain asymmetry; • to offer some key findings to differentiate the hamartomatous malformations...
Comparing magic wavelengths for the $6s ~ {^2}S_{1/2}-6p ~ {^2}P_{1/2,3/2}$ transitions of Cs using circularly and linearly polarized light
Creators: name: Singh, Sukhjit
name: Kaur, Kiranpreet
name: Sahoo, B. K.
name: Arora, Bindiya
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate magic wavelengths, at which external electric field produces null differential Stark shifts, for the $6s ~ {^2}S_{1/2}-6p ~ {^2}P_{1/2,3/2}$ transitions in the Cs atom due to circularly polarized light. In addition, we also obtain magic wavelengths using linearly polarized light, in order to verify the previously reported values, and make a comparative study with the values obtained for circularly polarized light. A number of these wavelengths are found to be in the optical region and could be of immense interest to experimentalists for carrying out high precision measurements. To obtain these wavelengths, we have calculated dynamic dipole polarizabilities of the ground, $6p ~{^2}P_{1/2}$ and $6p ~{^2}P_{3/2}$ states of Cs. We use the available precise values of the electric dipole (E1) matrix elements of the transitions that give the dominant contributions from the lifetime measurements of the excited states. Other significantly contributing E1 matrix elements are obtained by employing a relativistic coupled-cluster singles and doubles method. The accuracies of the dynamic polarizabilities are substantiated by comparing the static polarizability values with the corresponding experimental results.
description: 9 pages, 4 figures
title: Multiple trauma patients with potentially serious injuries: are we doing overtriage?
Creators: name: López Garro, Nuria
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Trauma
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: CT
subject: Trauma
subject: Emergency

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Potentially serious multiple trauma patients are patients undergoing high-energy trauma without vital signs alteration or obvious anatomical changes at initial assessment. There is a widespread perception that we are doing an overtriage in these...
Intrinsic molecular subtypes of breast cancers categorized as HER2-positive using an alternative chromosome 17 probe assay
Creators: name: Schnitt, Stuart J
name: Cruz, Cassandra
name: Rosson, Gary B
name: Desai, Neelam V
name: Auman, James T
name: Parker, Joel
name: Torous, Vanda
name: Tung, Nadine
name: Perou, Charles
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Abstract
              The 2013 update of the American Society of Clinical Oncology-College of American Pathologists (ASCO-CAP) human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) testing guidelines recommend using an alternative chromosome 17 probe assay to resolve HER2 results determined to be equivocal by immunohistochemistry (IHC) or fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH). However, it is unclear if cases considered HER2-positive (HER2+) by the alternative probe method are similar to those classified as HER2+ by traditional IHC and FISH criteria and benefit the same from HER2-targeted therapies. We studied the clinical and pathologic features of all 31 breast cancers classified as HER2+ by the alternative probe method at our institution since 2013 and determined their PAM50 intrinsic molecular subtypes. For comparison, we analyzed 19 consecutive cases that were classified as HER2+ by traditional FISH criteria during the same time period. Thirty (97%) cancers in the alternative probe cohort were estrogen receptor (ER)-positive (ER+), while only 9/19 (47%) of traditional HER2 controls were ER+ (p = 0.0002). Sufficient tissue for intrinsic subtype analysis was available for 20/31 cancers in the alternative probe cohort and 9/19 in the traditional HER2+ group. None (0%) of the 20 alternative probe-positive cases were of the HER2-enriched intrinsic subtype, while 8/9 (89%) of those HER2+ by traditional FISH criteria were HER2-enriched (p = 0.0001). These findings suggest that breast cancers classified as HER2+ only by the alternative probe method are biologically distinct from those classified as HER2+ by traditional criteria, and raises questions as to whether or not they derive the same benefit from HER2-targeted therapies.
title: Multiple trauma patients with potentially serious injuries: double contrast injection protocol.
Creators: name: López Garro, Nuria
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Emergency
subject: Trauma
subject: CT
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Contrast agent-other
subject: Comparative studies
subject: Education and training

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Potentially serious multiple trauma patients are patients undergoing high-energy trauma without vital signs alteration or obvious anatomical changes at initial assessment. Most of these patients are young people, so it’s difficult to justify the...
Strain induced coherent dynamics of coupled carriers and Mn spins in a quantum dot
Creators: name: Lafuente-Sampietro, A.
name: Boukari, H.
name: Besombes, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on the coherent dynamics of the spin of an individual magnetic atom coupled to carriers in a semiconductor quantum dot which has been investigated by resonant photoluminescence of the positively charged exciton (X+). We demonstrate that a positively charged CdTe/ZnTe quantum dot doped with a single Mn atom forms an ensemble of optical Lambda systems which can be addressed independently. We show that the spin dynamics of the X+Mn complex is dominated by the electron-Mn exchange interaction and report on the coherent dynamics of the electron-Mn spin system that is directly observed in the time domain. Quantum beats reflecting the coherent transfer of population between electron-Mn spin states, which are mixed by an anisotropic strain in the plane of the quantum dot, are clearly observed. We finally highlight that this strain induced coherent coupling is tunable with an external magnetic field.
title: Ovarian pathology: A practical approach to imaging diagnosis and management
Creators: name: Castan, Alba
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Neoplasia
subject: Education and training
subject: eLearning
subject: Education
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Ultrasound
subject: MR
subject: CT
subject: Genital / Reproductive system female

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: 1. Describe the normal ovarian imaging. 2. Identify the most specific imaging features of ovarian lesions. 3. Propose an algorithmic approach for the differential diagnosis and management of adnexal...
Autism and the broad autism phenotype: familial patterns and intergenerational transmission
Creators: name: Parlier, Morgan
name: Daniels, Julie
name: Piven, Joseph
name: Lam, Kristen SL
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2013

description: Abstract Background Features of the Broad Autism Phenotype (BAP) are disproportionately prevalent in parents of a child with autism, highlighting familial patterns indicative of heritability. It is unclear, however, whether the presence of BAP features in both parents confers an increased liability for autism. The current study explores whether the presence of BAP features in two biological parents occurs more frequently in parents of a child with autism relative to comparison parents, whether parental pairs of a child with autism more commonly consist of one or two parents with BAP features, and whether these features are associated with severity of autism behaviors in probands. Method Seven hundred eleven parents of a child with an autism spectrum disorder and 981 comparison parents completed the Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire. Parents of a child with autism also completed the Social Communication Questionnaire. Results Although parental pairs of a child with autism were more likely than comparison parental pairs to have both parents characterized by the presence of the BAP, they more commonly consisted of a single parent with BAP features. The presence of the BAP in parents was associated with the severity of autism behaviors in probands, with the lowest severity occurring for children of parental pairs in which neither parent exhibited a BAP feature. Severity did not differ between children of two affected parents and those of just one. Conclusions Collectively, these findings indicate that parental pairs of children with autism frequently consist of a single parent with BAP characteristics and suggest that future studies searching for implicated genes may benefit from a more narrow focus that identifies the transmitting parent. The evidence of intergenerational transmission reported here also provides further confirmation of the high heritability of autism that is unaccounted for by the contribution of de novo mutations currently emphasized in the field of autism genetics.
Results of the Zero Code-Waste Survey
Creators: name: Goryl, Piotr
name: Łukasz Żytnaik
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: collaboration, survey

description: As part of preparations for the ICALEPCS'23 paper "Towards the Zero Code Waste to Increase the Impact of Science", TUMPCMO3, a survey has been conducted. 19th institutions answered. The document shows the generalized results of the survey.
A horizontally-scalable multiprocessing platform based on Node.js
Creators: name: Maatouki, Ahmad
name: Szuba, Marek
name: Meyer, Jörg
name: Streit, Achim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper presents a scalable web-based platform called Node Scala which allows to split and handle requests on a parallel distributed system according to pre-defined use cases. We applied this platform to a client application that visualizes climate data stored in a NoSQL database MongoDB. The design of Node Scala leads to efficient usage of available computing resources in addition to allowing the system to scale simply by adding new workers. Performance evaluation of Node Scala demonstrated a gain of up to 74 % compared to the state-of-the-art techniques.
description: 8 pages, 7 figures. Accepted for publication as a conference paper for the 13th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications (IEEE ISPA-15)
title: MR of Gynaecologic Diseases in Pregnancy - An Educational Review.
Creators: name: Rockall, Andrea
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Obstetrics
subject: Education and training
subject: Radiation safety
subject: Education
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: MR
subject: Obstetrics (Pregnancy / birth / postnatal period)
subject: Genital / Reproductive system female

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: The purpose of our eductional exhibit is to - 1. Review the indications, principles and protocolsfor MR imaging of gynaecologic disease in pregnancy. 2. Review the normal appearance of gynaecologic structures in pregnancy. 3. Review the MR...
Restricted and repetitive behavior in children with autism during the first three years of life: A systematic review
Creators: name: Chaxiong, Pang
name: Dimian, Adele
name: Wolff, Jason
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: autism spectrum disorder
subject: repetitive behavior

description: Limited knowledge of restricted repetitive behavior (RRB) in very early childhood hinders the utility of RRB as a core feature of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in efforts to further refine early identification and intervention. With increasing prevalence estimates of ASD, recent clinical advancements in diagnosing ASD at a younger age, and thus ability to provide intervention services earlier, it is critical to clarify what is currently known of the distinctiveness of RRB in young children with ASD, the developmental trajectory of RRB in early childhood, and the relations between RRB and child outcomes. Thus, the purpose of this review is to synthesize findings from studies examining RRB in autistic children from birth through age three (i.e., 0 to <48 months). Our review addresses three questions: 1. What is known about the types of RRB that differentiate autistic children from children without ASD (i.e., typically-developing children and children with developmental delays)?; 2. How do dimensions (i.e., frequency, duration, and severity) of RRB in early child development change over time?; and 3. What is known about RRB in relation to child outcomes for autistic children birth through age three? The intent of our review is to synthesize the existing literature so as to provide recommendations for future research and inform early identification of and intervention efforts for autistic children.
experimental pshycology course research (Tamara,Yasmeen,Reem)
Creators: name: bisher, tamara
name: Khatib, Reem
name: Kandaleft, Yasmeen
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Examining the effects of religiosity on dealing with failure while taking in consideration its contribution to resilience
Forbush Decrease Prediction Based on the Remote Solar Observations
Creators: name: Dumbovic, Mateja
name: Vrsnak, Bojan
name: Calogovic, Jasa
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We employ remote observations of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and the associated solar flares to forecast the CME-related Forbush decreases, i.e., short-term depressions in the galactic cosmic-ray flux. The relationship between the Forbush effect at the Earth and remote observations of CMEs and associated solar flares is studied via a statistical analysis. Relationships between Forbush decrease magnitude and several CME/flare parameters was found, namely the initial CME speed, apparent width, source position, associated solar-flare class and the effect of successive-CME occurrence. Based on the statistical analysis, remote solar observations are employed for a Forbush-decrease forecast. For that purpose, an empirical probabilistic model is constructed that uses selected remote solar observations of CME and associated solar flare as an input, and gives expected Forbush-decrease magnitude range as an output. The forecast method is evaluated using several verification measures, indicating that as the forecast tends to be more specific it is less reliable, which is its main drawback. However, the advantages of the method are that it provides early prediction, and that the input is not necessarily spacecraft-dependent.
Biomechanical Biofeedback Applications of Wearable Sensor Technology in the Management of Lower Extremity Osteoarthritis: Scoping Review.
Creators: name: Subahi, Mohammad
name: Amri, Mohammad
name: Fallatah, Amr
name: Button, Kate
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Orthopedics
subject: Physiotherapy
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Medical Specialties
subject: Rehabilitation and Therapy
subject: Physical Therapy
subject: Analysis
subject: Biomechanical Biofeedback
subject: Biomechanics
subject: Gait
subject: IMUs
subject: Inertial measurement units
subject: Kinematics
subject: Movement
subject: Osteoarthritis
subject: Range of motion
subject: ROM
subject: Scoping review
subject: Sensor
subject: Spatiotemporal
subject: Wearable sensor technology

description: This scoping review aims to map the wide literature to answer the question of "How has wearable sensor technology been used to provide biomechanical biofeedback for adults with lower limb (L.L.) osteoarthritis?" The current objectives are as follows, to identify the types of the published studies in the field, to identify the key findings of each study, and to identify the research gaps which will lead to proposing further research ideas.
Anisotropic physical properties of PrRhAl$_4$Si$_2$ single crystal a non-magnetic singlet ground state compound
Creators: name: Maurya, Arvind
name: Kulkarni, Ruta
name: Thamizhavel, A.
name: Dhar, S. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have grown the single crystal of PrRhAl$_4$Si$_2$, which crystallizes in the tetragonal crystal structure. From the low temperature physical property measurements like, magnetic susceptibility, magnetization, heat capacity and electrical resistivity, we found that this compound does not show any magnetic ordering down to 70~mK. Our crystal field calculations on the magnetic susceptibility and specific heat measurements reveal that the 9-fold degenerate $(2J+1)$ levels of Pr atom in PrRhAl$_4$Si$_2$, splits into 7 levels, with a singlet ground state and a well separated excited doublet state at 123~K, with a overall level splitting energy of 320~K.
description: 5 figures
Forensic techniques used to differentiate origins of invasive beetles
Creators: name: Heinrich, Katharina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Euphresco, plant health, stable isotope ration analysis, SIRA, surveillance, Anoplophora glabripennis

description: Success story of the Euphresco project 'Use of Stable Isotope Ratio Analysis (SIRA) for the identification of invasive species in alien environments'
description: Project funded through the Euphresco network
title: Inequality of Opportunity in Wealth
title: Levels, Trends, and Drivers
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Graeber, Daniel
name: Hilbert, Viola
name: König, Johannes
Publisher: name: Universität Potsdam
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 330 Wirtschaft

description: While inequality of opportunity (IOp) in earnings is well studied, the literature on IOp in individual net wealth is scarce to non-existent. This is problematic because both theoretical and empirical evidence show that the position in the wealth and income distribution can significantly diverge.We measure ex-ante IOp in net wealth for Germany using data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). Ex-ante IOp is defined as the contribution of circumstances to the inequality in net wealth before effort is exerted. The SOEP allows for a direct mapping from individual circumstances to individual net wealth and for a detailed decomposition of net wealth inequality into a variety of circumstances; among them childhood background, intergenerational transfers, and regional characteristics. The ratio of inequality of opportunity to total inequality is stable from 2002 to 2019. This is in sharp contrast to labor earnings, where ex-ante IOp is declining over time. Our estimates suggest that about 62% of the inequality in net wealth is due to circumstances. The most important circumstances are intergenerational transfers, parental occupation, and the region of birth. In contrast, gender and individuals’ own education are the most important circumstances for earnings.
description: CEPA Discussion Papers; 69
title: Intraarterial chemotherapy as an alternative treatment for retinoblastoma.
Creators: name: Fernández Viñas, Montserrat
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Neoplasia
subject: Treatment effects
subject: Catheter arteriography
subject: Paediatric
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: Interventional vascular

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: The current exhibit aims to: Describe the retinoblastoma, genetics, histology, clinics, diagnosis and their main treatments Explain the technique and procedure of super-selective catheterization of the ophthalmic artery, based on the experience of...
Adiabatic Green's function technique and the transient behavior in time-dependent fermion-boson coupled models
Creators: name: Oh, Yun-Tak
name: Higashi, Yoichi
name: Chan, Ching-Kit
name: Han, Jung Hoon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Lang-Firsov Hamiltonian, a well-known solvable model of interacting fermion-boson system with sideband features in the fermion spectral weight, is generalized to have the time-dependent fermion-boson coupling constant. We show how to derive the two-time Green's function for the time-dependent problem in the adiabatic limit, defined as the slow temporal variation of the coupling over the characteristic oscillator period. The idea we use in deriving the Green's function is akin to the use of instantaneous basis states in solving the adiabatic evolution problem in quantum mechanics. With such "adiabatic Green's function" at hand we analyze the transient behavior of the spectral weight as the coupling is gradually tuned to zero. Time-dependent generalization of a related model, the spin-boson Hamiltonian, is analyzed in the same way. In both cases the sidebands arising from the fermion-boson coupling can be seen to gradually lose their spectral weights over time. Connections of our solution to the two-dimensional Dirac electrons coupled to quantized photons are discussed.
description: 12 pages, 4 figures
title: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis - Imaging Features Outside the Chest
Creators: name: Silva, Sara
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Musculoskeletal spine
subject: Abdomen
subject: Lymph nodes
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Infection
subject: Abscess
subject: Education and training

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: Recognize imaging manifestations of tuberculosis (TB)affecting various organ systems outside the chest; Expose how TB imaging can mimic a variety of other entities; Illustrate this review with some cases from our...
TLN-4601 suppresses growth and induces apoptosis of pancreatic carcinoma cells through inhibition of Ras-ERK MAPK signaling
Creators: name: Cox, Adrienne
name: Fiordalisi, James J
name: Der, Channing
name: Campbell, Paul M
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2010

description: Abstract Background TLN-4601 is a structurally novel farnesylated dibenzodiazepinone discovered using Thallion's proprietary DECIPHER® technology, a genomics and bioinformatics platform that predicts the chemical structures of secondary metabolites based on gene sequences obtained by scanning bacterial genomes. Our recent studies suggest that TLN-4601 inhibits the Ras-ERK MAPK pathway post Ras prenylation and prior to MEK activation. The Ras-ERK MAPK signaling pathway is a well-validated oncogenic cascade based on its central role in regulating the growth and survival of cells from a broad spectrum of human tumors. Furthermore, RAS isoforms are the most frequently mutated oncogenes, occurring in approximately 30% of all human cancers, and KRAS is the most commonly mutated RAS gene, with a greater than 90% incidence of mutation in pancreatic cancer. Results To evaluate whether TLN-4601 interferes with K-Ras signaling, we utilized human pancreatic epithelial cells and demonstrate that TLN-4601 treatment resulted in a dose- and time-dependent inhibition of Ras-ERK MAPK signaling. The compound also reduced Ras-GTP levels and induced apoptosis. Finally, treatment of MIA PaCa-2 tumor-bearing mice with TLN-4601 resulted in antitumor activity and decreased tumor Raf-1 protein levels. Conclusion These data, together with phase I/II clinical data showing tolerability of TLN-4601, support conducting a clinical trial in advanced pancreatic cancer patients.
COALITIONS IN ENGLISH LOCAL GOVERNMENT: PARTY POLITICAL STRATEGIES IN HUNG COUNCILS
Creators: name: TEMPLE, MICHAEL
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 1992

description: This work takes a multi-method approach to the study of hung English councils. Insights and suppositions from a variety of approaches are utilised, including formal coalition theory and case studies of local authorities. A major aim of the thesis is to analyse questionnaire and case study data which will further improve our understanding of coalitional activity. Although the primary purpose is to inform the student of hung councils, formal coalition theories are also tested. This study provides the first clear evidence that elected political elites lose power to the body of councillors in most hung councils. However, the power of the bureaucratic elite, unlike their political counterparts, appears to remain relatively constant. Contrary to previous proposals, decision making is not characterised by uncertainty and confusion; a learning process takes place in hung councils, and the views of participants become more favourable over time. The influence of the centre party is a recurring theme of the study. Whether payoffs are office or policy, the Liberal Democrats are the primary beneficiary in hung English councils. Their commitment to a more open form of decision making and willingness to bargain with other parties may be contributing reasons for their success, but it is their ideological position in the middle of the two main parties which is offered as the primary reason for the influence they wield. None of the formal theories of coalition formation and duration perform well in predictive terms. Overall, the most accurate prediction of administrative formation would posit a minority administration formed by the largest party group, although majority coalitions are becoming more prevalent. Contrary to expectations, minority administrations are also more durable than coalitions. The large number of minority administrations demonstrates that not all politicians are 'office-driven', and that policy pay-offs are crucial. Policy closeness appears to be a greater influence on duration than either ideological connectedness or coalition size.
title: Border transition across the invasive margin of glioblastomas do not provide measures of tumour invasion: a diffusion tensor study
Creators: name: Zhang, Catherine
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cancer
subject: Surgery
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: MR
subject: Neuroradiology brain

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: White matter tract infiltration is a cardinal feature of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), and major cause of poor patient prognosis. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) provides non-invasive methods of studying invasive margins. Studies measuring diffusion...
Hamiltonian approach to QCD in Coulomb gauge: From the vacuum to finite temperatures
Creators: name: Reinhardt, H.
name: Campagnari, D.
name: Heffner, J.
name: Quandt, M.
name: Vastag, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The variational Hamiltonian approach to QCD in Coulomb gauge is reviewed and the essential results obtained in recent years are summarized. First the results for the vacuum sector are discussed, with a special emphasis on the mechansim of confinement and chiral symmetry breaking. Then the deconfinement phase transition is described by introducing temperature in the Hamiltonian approach via compactification of one spatial dimension. The effective action for the Polyakov loop is calculated and the order of the phase transition as well as the critical temperatures are obtained for the color group SU(2) and SU(3). In both cases, our predictions are in good agreement with lattice calculations.
description: Talk given by H. Reinhardt at the 4th International Conference on New Frontiers in Physics (ICNFP 2015)
title: Analysis of abdominal X-ray: A simple technique but full of information.
Creators: name: Servent Sáenz, Pilar
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: Anatomy
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Education
subject: Image compression
subject: Education and training
subject: Image verification

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Recognising common structures and densities that we can find in abdominal X-ray. Knowing the abdominal X-ray projections that should be taken and when they are...
A 19-year-old man with sickle cell disease presenting with spinal infarction: a case report
Creators: name: Redding-Lallinger, Rupa
name: Clay, E. Leila Jerome
name: Jewells, Valerie
name: Edwards, April
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2013

description: Abstract Introduction Vasculopathy of the large vessels commonly occurs in sickle cell disease, and as a result cerebral infarction is a well characterized complication of this condition. However, spinal infarction appears to be rare. Spinal infarct is infrequent in the non-sickle cell population as well, and accounts for only about 1 percent of all central nervous system infarcts. Case presentation In the present work, we report the case of a 19-year-old African-American man with sickle cell disease who experienced an anterior spinal infarct and subsequent quadriplegia. He was incidentally noted to be a heterozygote for factor V Leiden. We also reviewed the literature and found two previous cases of spinal cord infarction and sickle hemoglobin. Our literature search did not demonstrate that heterozygocity for factor V Leiden plays an important role in spinal cord infarction. Conclusions The paucity of cases associated with sickle hemoglobin does not allow us to postulate any particular risk factors with sickle cell disease that might predispose patients to spinal cord infarction. Our patient’s case raises the question as to whether spinal cord infarction is being missed in individuals with sickle cell disease and neurologic symptoms.
title: Ultrasound guided musculoskeletal intervention: Off the beaten track
Creators: name: Hughes, Peter
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Education and training
subject: Athletic injuries
subject: Technical aspects
subject: Puncture
subject: Arthrography
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Percutaneous
subject: Fluoroscopy
subject: Musculoskeletal joint

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: To demonstrate the use of ultrasound as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool in musculoskeletal intervention. To illustrate this with particular attention to the more uncommon sites which have been traditionally performed using fluoroscopic or CT...
title: Imaging of neoplasic retroperitoneal fibrosis
Creators: name: Derbel, Haytham
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Neoplasia

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: To emphasis on the keyrole of Cross-sectionalimaging in diagnosis and manage­ment of malignant RPF; To differentia­te of benignfrommalignant RPF; Enumerate the different causes of malignant...
Surface electronic structure and isotropic superconducting gap in (Li$_{0.8}$Fe$_{0.2}$)OHFeSe
Creators: name: Niu, X. H.
name: Peng, R.
name: Xu, H. C.
name: Yan, Y. J.
name: Jiang, J.
name: Xu, D. F.
name: Yu, T. L.
name: Song, Q.
name: Huang, Z. C.
name: Wang, Y. X.
name: Xie, B. P.
name: Lu, X. F.
name: Wang, N. Z.
name: Chen, X. H.
name: Sun, Z.
name: Feng, D. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES), we revealed the surface electronic structure and superconducting gap of (Li$_{0.8}$Fe$_{0.2}$)OHFeSe, an intercalated FeSe-derived superconductor without antiferromagnetic phase or Fe-vacancy order in the FeSe layers, and with a superconducting transition temperature ($T_c$) $\sim$ 40 K. We found that (Li$_{0.8}$Fe$_{0.2}$)OH layers dope electrons into FeSe layers. The electronic structure of surface FeSe layers in (Li$_{0.8}$Fe$_{0.2}$)OHFeSe resembles that of Rb$_x$Fe$_{2-y}$Se$_2$ except that it only contains half of the carriers due to the polar surface, suggesting similar quasiparticle dynamics between bulk (Li$_{0.8}$Fe$_{0.2}$)OHFeSe and Rb$_x$Fe$_{2-y}$Se$_2$. Superconducting gap is clearly observed below $T_c$, with an isotropic distribution around the electron Fermi surface. Compared with $A_x$Fe$_{2-y}$Se$_2$ (\textit{A}=K, Rb, Cs, Tl/K), the higher $T_c$ in (Li$_{0.8}$Fe$_{0.2}$)OHFeSe might be attributed to higher homogeneity of FeSe layers or to some unknown roles played by the (Li$_{0.8}$Fe$_{0.2}$)OH layers.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures
title: Knee ultrasound in pediatric patients – anatomy, diagnostic pitfalls, common pathologies.
Creators: name: Olchowy, Cyprian
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Paediatric
subject: Musculoskeletal joint
subject: Anatomy
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Elastography
subject: Ultrasound-Power Doppler
subject: Education
subject: Education and training
subject: Trauma

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: The purpose of this educational exhibit is: 1. to illustrate the normal anatomy and normal apperance of knee compartments depending on age of a patient, 2. to describe a systematic technique (easy to follow check-list protocol) for evaluation of...
Direct Payments Distribution Between Farmers in Selected New EU Member States
Creators: name: Sadłowski, Adrian
name: Beluhova-Uzunova, Rositsa
name: Popp, József
name: Atanasov, Dimo
name: Ivanova, Boryana
name: Shishkova, Mariyana
name: Hristov, Krum
name: Sadłowski, Adrian
name: Beluhova-Uzunova, Rositsa
name: Popp, József
name: Atanasov, Dimo
name: Ivanova, Boryana
name: Shishkova, Mariyana
name: Hristov, Krum
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: capping
subject: Common Agricultural Policy
subject: concentration of support
subject: income inequalities
subject: redistributive payment
subject: single area payment

description: The study aims to identify the degree of direct payments concentration in selected Central and Eastern European Member States (compared to the entire EU) and outline the perspectives and recommendations for the next programming period. The spatial scope of the study includes Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Bulgaria. The time scope covers the period 2009–2019. The survey indicates that the payments distribution in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and to a lesser extent also in Poland, is highly unbalanced. The analysed countries used the redistribution instruments, optional for the Member States, which were introduced by the 2013 CAP reform, to a moderate extent, in order to ensure a more even funds distribution between the beneficiaries. It cannot be ruled out that instruments ensuring a more even funds distribution would be politically easier to introduce at the EU level than at the national level. Nevertheless, also in the next financial perspective, in line with the subsidiarity principle, this issue is left to the Member States.
Tidally induced bars of galaxies in clusters
Creators: name: Lokas, Ewa L.
name: Ebrova, Ivana
name: del Pino, Andres
name: Sybilska, Agnieszka
name: Athanassoula, E.
name: Semczuk, Marcin
name: Gajda, Grzegorz
name: Fouquet, Sylvain
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using N-body simulations we study the formation and evolution of tidally induced bars in disky galaxies in clusters. Our progenitor is a massive, late-type galaxy similar to the Milky Way, composed of an exponential disk and an NFW dark matter halo. We place the galaxy on four different orbits in a Virgo-like cluster and evolve it for 10 Gyr. As a reference case we also evolve the same model in isolation. Tidally induced bars form on all orbits soon after the first pericenter passage and survive until the end of the evolution. They appear earlier, are stronger, longer and have lower pattern speeds for tighter orbits. Only for the tightest orbit the properties of the bar are controlled by the orientation of the tidal torque from the cluster at pericenters. The mechanism behind the formation of the bars is the angular momentum transfer from the galaxy stellar component to its halo. All bars undergo extended periods of buckling instability that occur earlier and lead to more pronounced boxy/peanut shapes when the tidal forces are stronger. Using all simulation outputs of galaxies at different evolutionary stages we construct a toy model of the galaxy population in the cluster and measure the average bar strength and bar fraction as a function of clustercentric radius. Both are found to be mildly decreasing functions of radius. We conclude that tidal forces can trigger bar formation in cluster cores, but not in the outskirts, and thus cause larger concentrations of barred galaxies towards cluster center.
description: 13 pages, 13 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
Pilot Study 2-b) - Populist Attitudes
Creators: name: Freitas, Gonçalo
name: de Miranda, Mariana
name: Magalhães, Pedro
name: Salvador, Jorge
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: This study is a repetition of Pilot Study 2 but with new comparison between speeches. The aim is still to select speeches that vary in their ability to make more or less salient populist attitudes.