cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Lymphocryptovirus phylogeny and the origins of Epstein-Barr virus.
Creators: name: Ehlers, Bernhard
name: Spieß, Katja
name: Leendertz, Fabian
name: Peeters, Martine
name: Boesch, Christophe
name: Gatherer, Derek
name: McGeoch, Duncan J.
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Animals
subject: Molecular
subject: DNA
subject: Phylogeny
subject: Sequence Homology
subject: Amino Acid
subject: Cluster Analysis
subject: Viral/genetics
subject: Sequence Analysis
subject: Viral Proteins/genetics
subject: Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods
subject: DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase/genetics
subject: Evolution
subject: Lymphocryptovirus/genetics
subject: Primates/virology
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Specimens from wild and captive primates were collected, and searched for new members of the genus Lymphocryptovirus (subfamily Gammaherpesvirinae) utilising PCR for the DNA polymerase gene. Twenty-one new viruses were detected. Together with previous findings, more than 50 distinct lymphocryptoviruses (LCVs) are now known, with hosts from six primate families (Hominidae, Hylobatidae, Cercopithecidae, Atelidae, Cebidae, Pitheciidae). Further work extended genomic sequences for 25 LCVs to 3.4-7.4 kbp. Phylogenetic trees were constructed, based on alignments of protein sequences inferred from the LCV genomic data. The LCVs fell into three major clades: Clade A, comprising New World viruses; Clade B, containing both Old World monkey viruses and hominoid viruses including Epstein-Barr virus (EBV); and Clade C, containing other hominoid viruses. By comparison with the primate tree, it was proposed that major elements of the LCV tree represented synchronous evolution with host lineages, with the earliest node in both trees being separation of Old and New World lines, but that some virus lineages originated by interspecies transfer. From comparisons of branch lengths, it was inferred that evolutionary substitution in Clade B has proceeded more slowly than elsewhere in the LCV tree. It was estimated that in Clade B a subclade containing EBV, a gorilla virus and two chimpanzee viruses derived from an Old World monkey LCV line approximately twelve million years ago, and another subclade containing an orang utan virus and a gibbon virus derived from a macaque LCV line approximately 1.2 million years ago.
Breakthrough zygomycosis on posaconazole prophylaxis after allogeneic stem cell transplantation.
Creators: name: Mousset, S.
name: Bug, G.
name: Heinz, W.J.
name: Tintelnot, Kathrin
name: Rickerts, Volker
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionskrankheiten / Erreger
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Humans
subject: Male
subject: Middle Aged
subject: Lung Diseases
subject: Fatal Outcome
subject: Transplantation
subject: Drug Therapy
subject: Combination
subject: Amphotericin B/therapeutic use
subject: Antifungal Agents/therapeutic use
subject: Chemoprevention
subject: Graft vs Host Disease/etiology
subject: Fungal/drug therapy
subject: Fungal/microbiology
subject: Fungal/pathology
subject: Mucormycosis/microbiology
subject: Mucormycosis/pathology
subject: Mucormycosis/prevention & control
subject: Pneumonia/drug therapy
subject: Pneumonia/microbiology
subject: Pneumonia/pathology
subject: Rhizopus/classification
subject: Rhizopus/drug effects
subject: Rhizopus/isolation & purification
subject: Stem Cell Transplantation/adverse effects
subject: Homologous/adverse effects
subject: Triazoles/therapeutic use
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Antifungal prophylaxis with posaconazole (POS) has been shown to decrease the mortality associated with invasive fungal infections in high-risk patients. We report on a patient, with severe graft-versus-host disease after allogeneic stem cell transplantation, who developed proven pneumonia due to Rhizopus microsporus after 40 days of POS prophylaxis (fasting serum levels: 691–904 ng/mL). Despite combination treatment with liposomal amphotericin B and POS for 39 days, the patient died from pulmonary hemorrhage. This case highlights the need for continued awareness of breakthrough zygomycosis in patients receiving POS.
Quantitative environmental economics : modeling marketable permits in discrete and continuous time
Creators: name: TASCHINI, Luca
Publisher: name: Universit� degli studi di Bergamo
Year: 2009

description: Environmental policy instruments, such as marketable permits, exist to help monitor and regulate environmental practices of organizations, i.e. companies and institutions (see [60], [77] and discussion in Chapter 2). Market-based instruments are already employed for the implementation of environmental policies on European scale (European Emission Trading Scheme - EU ETS) and on global scale (Kyoto protocol). In an effort to bridge the gap between the theoretical emission permit price and observed market-price behavior, we investigate the historical time series of the marketable permit price. More precisely, in Chapter 3 we advocate the use of a new GARCH-type structure for the analysis of inherent heteroskedastic dynamics in the returns of SO2 in the U.S. and of CO2 emission permits in the EU ETS. In Chapter 4 we show that the presence of asymmetric (or incomplete) information plays a central role. In other words, market-prices of permits are affected by the different information sets based on which market-players found their financial and investment strategies. A CO2-option pricing model comparison is developed in Chapter 4.7. The option pricing method can be used for hedging purposes and for pricing CO2-linked projects and investments.
Distributed Solutions for a Class of Multi-agent Optimization Problems
Creators: name: Hou, Xiaodong
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2019
Subjects: Control engineering, mechatronics and robotics not elsewhere classified
Electrical engineering not elsewhere classified
Optimisation
Distributed computing and systems software not elsewhere classified

description: Distributed optimization over multi-agent networks has become an increasingly popular research topic as it incorporates many applications from various areas such as consensus optimization, distributed control, network resource allocation, large scale machine learning, etc. Parallel distributed solution algorithms are highly desirable as they are more scalable, more robust against agent failure, align more naturally with either underlying agent network topology or big-data parallel computing framework. In this dissertation, we consider a multi-agent optimization formulation where the global objective function is the summation of individual local objective functions with respect to local agents' decision variables of different dimensions, and the constraints include both local private constraints and shared coupling constraints. Employing and extending tools from the monotone operator theory (including resolvent operator, operator splitting, etc.) and fixed point iteration of nonexpansive, averaged operators, a series of distributed solution approaches are proposed, which are all iterative algorithms that rely on parallel agent level local updates and inter-agent coordination. Some of the algorithms require synchronizations across all agents for information exchange during each iteration while others allow asynchrony and delays. The algorithms' convergence to an optimal solution if one exists are established by first characterizing them as fixed point iterations of certain averaged operators under certain carefully designed norms, then showing that the fixed point sets of these averaged operators are exactly the optimal solution set of the original multi-agent optimization problem. The effectiveness and performances of the proposed algorithms are demonstrated and compared through several numerical examples.
Narrative Theory
Creators: name: Auyoung, Elaine
Publisher: name: Routledge
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Fiction
subject: English fiction
subject: Nineteenth century
subject: Structuralism
subject: Literature--Theory, etc.
subject: Reading
subject: Narration (Rhetoric)

description: This essay surveys literary criticism at the intersection of narrative theory and the Victorian novel, which often takes one of two major approaches. In the first approach, critics examine how the act of narration itself shapes and constrains Victorian narratives, whereas in the second approach, critics focus on the relationship between Victorian narratives and their audience. The piece concludes with an account of how psychological perspectives on reading can expand narrative theory's understanding of what readers do with literary texts and what texts do to their readers in turn.
Experimental Analysis of Positive Displacement Compressors for Refrigerator Freezer and Air Conditioning Application
Creators: name: Rohleder, Cai S
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2019
Subjects: Mechanical engineering not elsewhere classified

description: Vapor compression cycles are the most common method used to provide cooling to environments. In the residential area, refrigerator/freezers as well as air conditioners/heat pumps almost exclusively use vapor compression cycles. The driving force behind a vapor compression cycle is the compressor, where a variety of compressor types are used in the same application. While reciprocating compressors are found in the majority of refrigerator/freezers, scroll compressors are predominantly used in residential air conditioners. Yet other compressors have emerged as replacements due to increased efficiency. A R134a oil-free prototype scroll compressor and a R134a reciprocating compressor are operated in a hot-gas bypass test stand under refrigerator/freezer conditions to compare performance. Additionally, a R407C scroll compressor and a R410A rotary compressor are operated in a compressor calorimeter under air conditioning/heat pump conditions to compare performance. Experimental results show that the reciprocating compressor far outperforms the prototype scroll compressor in the refrigerator/freezer application, while the performance between the scroll and rotary compressors are almost equal in the air conditioning application.Pressure fluctuation at compressor discharge is also measured in the compressor calorimeter to determine feasibility of applying a novel muffling design to air conditioning compressors, although it was found that traditional muffling methods currently used are effective to a degree such that this new method is unwarranted. Data from the compressor calorimeter is also used to investigate the accuracy of the AHRI 540 10-Coefficient Correlation compressor map in predicting performance both inside and outside the tested operating conditions. The AHRI 10-Coefficient Correlation achieves high accuracy inside tested operating conditions but is inept in extrapolating performance, where other map correlations are more accurate.
Les � erreurs � de Boccace : les b�vues de copiste, les fautes de l?auteur, la vari�t� de la langue du Trecento
Creators: name: FORDRED, BENEDETTA
Publisher: name: Universit� degli studi di Genova
Year: 2019

description: The present work aims to describe the evolution of Boccaccio?s ?mistakes? from 16th century
on through the use of different approaches (namely historical, ecdotic, linguistic, and stylistic).
The dissertation starts with a chapter divided in three sections: the first two sections deal with
the perception of Boccaccio?s model in the linguistic controversy characterizing the 16th
century. The third section analyses how the syntax of the Decameron came to be considered
incorrect by scholars of the time.
I will concentrate on the commentaries by Ruscelli, Borghini, Salviati and Beni. The second
chapter is about the manuscript tradition of the Decameron and on the most recent ecdotic
theories formulated by modern philologists on the issue. In the third chapter I focus on such
linguistic phenomena as the repetition of ?che?, para-hypotaxis, ?che? followed by the
infinitive, and the coordination between dependent clauses with both finite and nonfinite verbs.
In this part of my dissertation, I make use of a comparative method, bringing together Old
Italian and Old French. In the last chapter I intend to reflect on the presence (and absence) of
these linguistic phenomena in the Decameron, in order to understand Boccaccio?s writing
choices, and taking into account other elements such as elocution and the different diegetic
levels acting in the novellas.
167. Carbon stars
Creators: name: Perryman, Michael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Gaia

description: Carbon stars, which reside on the asymptotic giant branch, are an important phase of stellar evolution.  Their very high luminosities makes them important for integrated light studies of galaxies, and they are being considered as potential standard distance indicators. Their large distances and complex physics provide numerous challenges for theoretical modelling.
Initial surveillance of 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic in the European Union and European Economic Area, April – September 2009
Creators: name: Devaux, Isabelle
name: Kreidl, P.
name: Penttinen, P.
name: Salminen, Mika
name: Zucs, Phillip
name: Ammon, Andrea
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionsepidemiologie
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Adolescent
subject: Humans
subject: Female
subject: Public Health
subject: Travel
subject: Male
subject: Middle Aged
subject: Population Surveillance
subject: Risk Factors
subject: Adult
subject: Aged
subject: Europe/epidemiology
subject: Age Distribution
subject: Disease Notification/statistics & numerical data
subject: Young Adult
subject: Disease Notification/methods
subject: Comorbidity
subject: European Union
subject: Influenza Human/epidemiology
subject: Pandemics
subject: Influenza Human/prevention & control
subject: European Continental Ancestry Group
subject: Hospitalization
subject: Influenza A Virus H1N1
subject: Influenza Human/transmission
subject: 610 Medizin

description: European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) countries reported surveillance data on 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) cases to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) through the Early Warning and Response System (EWRS) during the early phase of the 2009 pandemic. We describe the main epidemiological findings and their implications in respect to the second wave of the 2009 influenza pandemic. Two reporting systems were in place (aggregate and case-based) from June to September 2009 to monitor the evolution of the pandemic. The notification rate was assessed through aggregate reports. Individual data were analysed retrospectively to describe the population affected. The reporting peak of the first wave of the 2009 pandemic influenza was reached in the first week of August. Transmission was travel-related in the early stage and community transmission within EU/EEA countries was reported from June 2009. Seventy eight per cent of affected individuals were less than 30 years old. The proportions of cases with complications and underlying conditions were 3% and 7%, respectively. The most frequent underlying medical conditions were chronic lung (37%) and cardio-vascular diseases (15%). Complication and hospitalisation were both associated with underlying conditions regardless of age. The information from the first wave of the pandemic produced a basis to determine risk groups and vaccination strategies before the start of the winter wave. Public health recommendations should be guided by early capture of profiles of affected populations through monitoring of infectious diseases.
A syringe exchange programme in prison as prevention strategy against HIV infection and hepatitis B and C in Berlin, Germany
Creators: name: Stark, Klaus
name: Herrmann, U.
name: Ehrhardt, S.
name: Bienzle, Ulrich
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionsepidemiologie
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Adult
subject: Humans
subject: Female
subject: Male
subject: Prevalence
subject: Incidence
subject: Risk Factors
subject: HIV Infections/epidemiology
subject: Berlin/epidemiology
subject: Hepatitis C/epidemiology
subject: HIV Infections/transmission
subject: Chi-Square Distribution
subject: Follow-Up Studies
subject: HIV Infections/prevention & control
subject: Hepatitis B/epidemiology
subject: Hepatitis B/prevention & control
subject: Hepatitis B/transmission
subject: Hepatitis C/prevention & control*
subject: Hepatitis C/transmission
subject: Needle Sharing
subject: Needle-Exchange Programs
subject: Prisons
subject: 610 Medizin

description: In two prisons in Berlin, Germany, provision of sterile injection equipment for injecting drug users (IDUs) started in 1998. To assess the programme's impact, the frequency of injecting drug use and syringe sharing, and the incidence of HIV, HBV, and HCV infection were determined in a follow-up study. Of all IDUs (n=174), 75% continued to inject. After the project start the level of syringe sharing declined from 71% during a 4-month period of previous imprisonment to 11% during the first 4 months of follow-up, and to virtually zero thereafter. Baseline seroprevalences for HIV, HBV, and HCV were 18, 53, and 82%. HIV and HCV seroprevalence at baseline was significantly associated with drug injection in prison prior to the project start. No HIV and HBV seroconversions, but four HCV seroconversions occurred. The provision of syringes for IDUs in appropriate prison settings may contribute to a substantial reduction of syringe sharing. However, the prevention of HCV infection requires additional strategies.
Developing Mass Spectrometric Methods for Distinguishing Isomers, Characterizing Complex Mixtures and Determining the Capability of Organic Compounds to Swell Aircraft O-ring Seals
Creators: name: Romanczyk, Mark
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2019
Subjects: Analytical chemistry not elsewhere classified
Analytical spectrometry

description: The research described in this dissertation focuses on several areas: developing analytical methods to distinguish structural isomers, identifying the chemical compositions of aviation fuels and evaluating the effectiveness of organic dopants to swell aircraft o-ring seals. Chapter 2 discusses fundamental aspects of mass spectrometry, and ionization methods and the instrumentation used to complete this research. Chapter 3 discusses and compares two activation methods used to distinguish ionized structural isomers. Ionized naphthene-containing aromatic structural isomers were subjected to collision-activated dissociation (CAD) in an ion trap (ITCAD) and to medium-energy collision-activated dissociation (MCAD) in an octupole collision cell, both in the energy-resolved mass spectrometry mode (ERMS). MCAD was shown to be superior over ITCAD at the structural differentiation of the ionized isomers. Determination of the chemical compositions of petroleum-based jet and diesel fuels, potential alternative fuels and fuel blending components by using a GCxGC/(EI)TOF MS is discussed in chapter 4. The ability to determine the chemical compositions of fuels and to correlate the identified compounds and their concentrations to the physical and chemical properties and aircraft performance of the fuels is vital for the development of future resilient, alternative fuels. The chemical compositions of petroleum-based fuels were found to be different from potential alternative fuels. Chapter 5 discusses the effectiveness of aromatic and nonaromatic compounds in swelling air craft o-ring seals, which prevents leaks in the fuel circulation systems. The aim of this study was to identify aromatic and nonaromatic compounds that most effectively swell o-ring seals. Steric effects were shown to decrease the efficiency of the compounds to swell seals. Ethylbenzene and indane were found to swell o-ring seals more effectively than any other compounds studied, including a currently approved alternative fuel.
Operationalizing multimorbidity and autonomy for health services research in aging populations - the OMAHA study
Creators: name: Holzhausen, Martin
name: Fuchs, Judith
name: Busch, Markus
name: Ernert, Andrea
name: Six-Merker, Julia
name: Knopf, Hildtraud
name: Hapke, Ulfert
name: Gaertner, Beate
name: Kurzawe-Seitz, Ina
name: Dietzel, Roswitha
name: Schödel, Nadine
name: Welke, Justus
name: Wiskott, Juliane
name: Wetzstein, Matthias
name: Martus, Peter
name: Scheidt-Nave, Christa
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsberichterstattung
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Aged
subject: Humans
subject: Female
subject: Germany
subject: Male
subject: Questionnaires
subject: Interviews as Topic
subject: Comorbidity
subject: Aged 80 and over
subject: Epidemiologic Studies
subject: Health Services Research
subject: Longitudinal Studies
subject: Needs Assessment
subject: Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Background: As part of a Berlin-based research consortium on health in old age, the OMAHA (Operationalizing Multimorbidity and Autonomy for Health Services Research in Aging Populations) study aims to develop a conceptual framework and a set of standardized instruments and indicators for continuous monitoring of multimorbidity and associated health care needs in the population 65 years and older. Methods/Design: OMAHA is a longitudinal epidemiological study including a comprehensive assessment at baseline and at 12-month follow-up as well as brief intermediate telephone interviews at 6 and 18 months. In order to evaluate different sampling procedures and modes of data collection, the study is conducted in two different population-based samples of men and women aged 65 years and older. A geographically defined sample was recruited from an age and sex stratified random sample from the register of residents in Berlin-Mitte (Berlin OMAHA study cohort, n = 299) for assessment by face-to-face interview and examination. A larger nationwide sample (German OMAHA study cohort, n = 730) was recruited for assessment by telephone interview among participants in previous German Telephone Health Surveys. In both cohorts, we successfully applied a multidimensional set of instruments to assess multimorbidity, functional disability in daily life, autonomy, quality of life (QoL), health care services utilization, personal and social resources as well as socio-demographic and biographical context variables. Response rates considerably varied between the Berlin and German OMAHA study cohorts (22.8% vs. 59.7%), whereas completeness of follow-up at month 12 was comparably high in both cohorts (82.9% vs. 81.2%). Discussion: The OMAHA study offers a wide spectrum of data concerning health, functioning, social involvement, psychological well-being, and cognitive capacity in community-dwelling older people in Germany. Results from the study will add to methodological and content-specific discourses on human resources for maintaining quality of life and autonomy throughout old age, even in the face of multiple health complaints.
Detection limit of negative staining electron microscopy for the diagnosis of bioterrorism-related micro-organisms
Creators: name: Laue, Michael
name: Bannert, Norbert
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Biologische Sicherheit
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: airfuge
subject: bioterrorism
subject: detection limit
subject: diagnosis
subject: negative staining
subject: particle
subject: enrichment
subject: poxvirus
subject: spore
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Aims: To determine the detection limit of diagnostic negative staining electron microscopy for the diagnosis of pathogens that could be used for bioterrorism. Methods and Results: Suspensions of vaccinia poxvirus and endospores of Bacillus subtilis were used at defined concentrations as a model for poxviruses and spores of anthrax (Bacillus anthracis), both of which are pathogens that could be used for bioterrorist attacks. Negative staining electron microscopy was performed directly or after sedimentation of these suspensions on to the sample supports using airfuge ultracentrifugation. For both virus and spores, the detection limit using direct adsorption of a 10-μ sample volume onto the sample support was 106 particles per ml. Using airfuge ultracentrifugation with a sample volume of 80 ll, the detection limit could be reduced to 105 particles per ml for spores and to 5 x 104 particles per ml for poxviruses. The influence on particle detection of incubation time, washing and adsorption procedures was investigated. Conclusions: The reproducibility and sensitivity of the method were acceptable, particularly considering the small sample volume and low particle number applied onto the sample support. Significance and Impact of the Study: Diagnostic negative staining electron microscopy is used for the diagnosis of pathogens in emergency situations because it allows a rapid examination of all particulate matter down to the nanometre scale. This study provides precise detection limit for the method, an important factor for the validation and improvement of the technique.
Health Monitoring of Electro-Mechanical Actuators for primary flight surfaces
Creators: name: MACCARANA, Yamuna
Publisher: name: Universit� degli studi di Bergamo
Year: 2019

description: This thesis has been developed under the funded project named REPRISE (Reliable Electromechanical actuator for PRImary SurfacE with health monitoring), which aims to design a novel Electro-Mechanical Actuator (EMA) to be used on primary flight surfaces of small aircrafts. The main feature of the enhanced system is a novel embedded Health Monitoring (HM) component, which aims at assessing the grade of deterioration of the specimen without resorting to additional sensing within the EMA, but by monitoring the indirect effects that the operating degradation of the mechanical transmission elements has on measurements not directly related to their status.
The entire work has been validated experimentally by the employment of a dedicated test bench to perform endurance tests, gradually leading the mechanical components to final failure. The deterioration has been evaluated also by visual inspection and screw thread profile measurements. The effectiveness of the CD algorithm has been proven despite there was no evidence of loss of ability in pursuing the EMA main function of position tracking.
This work delivers an important contribution to the More Electric Aircraft mission and lies the foundation for the development of an HM module able to estimate the Remaining Useful Life (RUL) of the specimen and thus allowing maintenance actions when the an upcoming failure is advised, in a Predictive Maintenance strategy.
Increased vascularity in cervicovaginal mucosa with Schistosoma haematobium infection.
Creators: name: Jourdan, Peter Mark
name: Roald, Borghild
name: Poggensee, Gabriele
name: Gundersen, Svein Gunnar
name: Kjetland, Eyrun Floerecke
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionsepidemiologie
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin

description: Background: Close to 800 million people in the world are at risk of schistosomiasis, 85 per cent of whom live in Africa. Recent studies have indicated that female genital schistosomiasis might increase the risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The aim of this study is to quantify and analyse the characteristics of the vasculature surrounding Schistosoma haematobium ova in the female genital mucosa. Methodology/Principal Findings:Cervicovaginal biopsies with S. haematobium ova (n = 20) and control biopsies (n = 69) were stained with immunohistochemical blood vessel markers CD31 and von Willebrand Factor (vWF), which stain endothelial cells in capillary buds and established blood vessels respectively. Haematoxylin and eosin (HE) were applied for histopathological assessment. The tissue surrounding S. haematobium ova had a higher density of established blood vessels stained by vWF compared to healthy controls (p = 0.017). Immunostain to CD31 identified significantly more granulation tissue surrounding viable compared to calcified ova (p = 0.032), and a tendency to neovascularisation in the tissue surrounding viable ova compared to healthy cervical mucosa (p = 0.052). Conclusions/Significance: In this study female genital mucosa with S. haematobium ova was significantly more vascularised compared to healthy cervical tissue. Viable parasite ova were associated with granulation tissue rich in sprouting blood vessels. Although the findings of blood vessel proliferation in this study may be a step to better understand the implications of S. haematobium infection, further studies are needed to explore the biological, clinical and epidemiological features of female genital schistosomiasis and its possible influence on HIV susceptibility.
Additional file 1 of A comparison of the prevalence of dry mouth and other symptoms using two different versions of the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System on an inpatient palliative care unit
Creators: name: Monsen, Ragnhild Elisabeth
name: Lerdal, Anners
name: Nordgarden, Hilde
name: Gay, Caryl L.
name: Herlofson, Bente Brokstad
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Supplementary Material 1
Exploring a career path towards well-being: How parental behaviors, career values awareness, and career decision-making self-efficacy impact well-being in undergraduate college students
Creators: name: Morel, Samantha A
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2019
Subjects: Mental health services
Industrial and organisational psychology (incl. human factors)
Educational psychology
Decision making
Counselling psychology
Health psychology
Clinical psychology
Educational counselling

description: While there is evidence about the relationship between career development and psychological outcomes, more work is needed to understand how career development is related to personal mental health outcomes in college students. Studying some of the social and cognitive predictors of self-efficacy, this study espouses a holistic perspective to career development and aims to better understand its impact on well-being. Using social cognitive career theory (SCCT) and Super's life-span, life-space theory, this study examines how social (e.g., parental support) and cognitive (e.g., career values awareness) factors influence career decision-making self-efficacy, and furthermore, how this impacts well-being in undergraduate students. Specific mediation hypotheses were assessed, including the mediating role of career values awareness in the relationship between parental support and career decision-making self-efficacy, and the mediating effect of career-decision-making self-efficacy on well-being. Data were collected from 1446 undergraduate students at a large Midwestern public land-grant university through an online survey. Using structural equation modeling to analyze the data, results indicated that: (a) career values awareness mediated the relationship between parental behaviors and CDMSE; (b) CDMSE mediated the relationship between parental behaviors and well-being; and (c) CDMSE mediated the relationship between career values awareness and well-being. In an alternative model, parental support and socioeconomic status (SES) were also found to be significant positive predictors of well-being. Post hoc analysis revealed that academic standing (i.e., year in school) did not moderate the relationship between CDMSE and well-being. Limitations of the study and recommendations for future research are suggested along with implications for clinical practice.
Monsters at the End of Time: Alternate Hierarchies and Ecological Disasters in Alaya Dawn Johnson’s Spirit Binders Novels
Creators: name: Harris Satkunananthan, Anita
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Speculative fiction
subject: Postcolonialism
subject: Ecocriticism
subject: Gothic literature

description: This paper interrogates the connection between entities that hover in the liminal state between life and death (such as vampires and spirits) and the manner in which these entities relate to Alaya Dawn Johnson’s conjurings of alternate political structures and hierarchies in her Spirit Binders series. Johnson’s alternate hierarchies are compelling primarily because they are both flawed and liminal. These hierarchies contain gateways between life and death, between material reality and spiritual reality. An ecoGothic lens is applied to these texts as they deal with climate-related disasters and the ways in which the texts instigate not just heroism but also monstrosity. In Gothic fiction, supernatural tropes such as the Vampire, spirits, and intermediaries are often signposts towards psychological states such as Terror and its relation to the Sublime. In Gothic fiction, very often, vampires, spirits and other similar creatures are connected to a hierarchy or community of sorts. A postcolonial Gothic reading of Gothicized texts, however, interrogates the power relations, the sense of haunting underscoring the text as well as the discourse of Terror in relation to the Other. I argue that Johnson’s writing enables the reader to peer in between the veils of life and death to unearth the darker sides of human nature, but very often these glimpses are not just about personal choices. These glimpses reveal strategies and missteps that guide the ways in which those hierarchies shape those choices,which Johnson then subverts in her tales.
Robotics API: Object-Oriented Software Development for Industrial Robots
Creators: name: Angerer, Andreas
name: Hoffmann, Alwin
name: Schierl, Andreas
name: Vistein, Michael
name: Reif, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: Universit� degli studi di Bergamo
Year: 2013

description: Industrial robots are flexible machines that can be equipped with various sensors and tools to perform complex tasks. However, current robot programming languages are reaching their limits. They are not flexible and powerful enough to master the challenges posed by the intended future application areas. In the research project SoftRobot, a consortium of science and industry partners developed a software architecture that enables object-oriented software development for industrial robot systems using general-purpose programming languages. The requirements of current and future applications of industrial robots have been analysed and are reflected in the developed architecture. In this paper, an overview is given about this architecture as well as the goals that guided its development. A special focus is put on the design of the object-oriented Robotics API, which serves as a framework for developing complex robotic applications. It allows specifying real-time critical operations of robots and tools, including advanced concepts like sensor-based motions and multi-robot synchronization. The power and usefulness of the architecture is illustrated by several application examples. Its extensibility and reusability is evaluated and a comparison to other robotics frameworks is drawn.
???????-Parthica. Richerche sulla storiografia greco-latina di et� imperiale sull?impero partico: il caso della ??????? pseudo-appianea
Creators: name: ENRICO, MARCO
Publisher: name: Universit� degli studi di Genova
Year: 2019

description: Appian?s principle surviving work, known as Roman History, inspects the events occurred from Rome foundation until the reign of the Emperor Trajan. Among its different books, we can notice the Parthian History. Despite Appian?s intention of writing a Parthian History, the test that reached us ? called ??????? ? is made only of excerpts from Appian?s Syrian History and from Plutarch?s Life of Crassus and Life of Antony. It is clear that the characteristics of this test have generated an intense debate on its authenticity. Object of this work is to shed light on this issue, writing a new critical edition of ???????, that takes into account the latest studies of the Roman History manuscript tradition. Furthermore, this work has the aim of taking a position on the question of authenticity through a deep study of Appian?s historiographical method and his use of sources. From this analysis it results that ??????? is not adherent to Appian purposes and its contents does not match with the information he had available. For these reasons it doesn?t seems possible to take the position of the book authenticity.
Kommentar zum Infektionsschutzgesetz
Creators: name: Nassauer, Alfred
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionskrankheiten / Erreger
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Infektionsschutzgesetz
subject: IfSG
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Maßnahmen gegen gemeingefährliche und übertragbare Krankheiten sind gem. Art. 74 Nr. 19 GG Gegenstand der konkurrierenden Gesetzgebung (Recht der Länder zur Gesetzgebung, solange der Bund nicht tätig wird). Von seiner Möglichkeit zur materiell-rechtlichen Regelung hat der Bundestag erstmals 1961 Gebrauch gemacht und seinerzeit das Bundes-Seuchengesetz (BSeuchG) verabschiedet. Dieses war stark von Kontrollelementen geprägt und zuletzt in großen Teilen medizinisch-fachlich veraltet. Anfang 2001 wurden deshalb das BSeuchG und das ebenfalls reformbedürftige Geschlechtskrankheitengesetz aus dem Jahr 1953 durch das Infektionsschutzgesetz (IfSG) abgelöst, dessen Kernaussagen anschließend erläutert werden. Die Notwendigkeit, die Materie gesetzlich zu regeln, ist in erster Linie durch die Tatsache begründet, dass die Erreger von Infektionskrankheiten sehr oft direkt von Mensch zu Mensch oder auch durch tierische Vektoren oder Lebensmittel auf Menschen übertragen werden können und individualmedizinische Maßnahmen allein eine Epidemie, einen Ausbruch oder schlicht die Infektion weiterer Einzelpersonen nicht wirksam verhindern können. Damit sind die Verhütung, Bekämpfung und Kontrolle übertragbarer Krankheiten eine öffentliche Aufgabe. In vielen Staaten wurden weltweit vergleichbare Regelungen umgesetzt.
Nonlinear static procedures for the seismic assessment of irregular URM buildings
Creators: name: MARINO, SALVATORE
Publisher: name: Universit� degli studi di Genova
Year: 2018

description: Earthquakes are the main cause of damage for existing and ancient unreinforced (URM) masonry buildings, but the seismic assessment of the latter is a complex task. In fact, they were usually built without any engineered procedure; in addition, they often present features that distinguish them from new modern buildings such as structural irregularities and diaphragms not rigid in their plane. Then, the mechanical response of masonry further complicates a seismic analysis, in fact it shows a distinct nonlinear behavior already for low horizontal forces.
A Systems Approach to Rule-Based Data Cleaning
Creators: name: Ebaid, Amr H
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2019
Subjects: Database systems
Information systems not elsewhere classified

description: High quality data is a vital asset for several businesses and applications. With flawed data costing billions of dollars every year, the need for data cleaning is unprecedented. Many data-cleaning approaches have been proposed in both academia and industry. However, there are no end-to-end frameworks for detecting and repairing errors with respect to a set of heterogeneous data-quality rules.
Several important challenges exist when envisioning an end-to-end data-cleaning system: (1) It should deal with heterogeneous types of data-quality rules and interleave their corresponding repairs. (2) It can be extended by various data-repair algorithms to meet users' needs for effectiveness and efficiency. (3) It must support continuous data cleaning and adapt to inevitable data changes. (4) It has to provide user-friendly interpretable explanations for the detected errors and the chosen repairs.
This dissertation presents a systems approach to rule-based data cleaning that is generalized, extensible, continuous and explaining. This proposed system distinguishes between a programming interface and a core to address the above challenges. The programming interface allows the user to specify various types of data-quality rules that uniformly define and explain what is wrong with the data, and how to fix it. Handling all the rules as black-boxes, the core encapsulates various algorithms to holistically and continuously detect errors and repair data. The proposed system offers a simple interface to define data-quality rules, summarizes the data, highlights violations and fixes, and provides relevant auditing information to explain the errors and the repairs.
Global phosphoproteomic screening reveals a new function of CDK9 in DNA damage response.
Creators: name: DELL'AQUILA, MILENA
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Siena
Year: 2020

description: DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) are the most toxic lesions for the genetic material leading severe consequences on cell viability predisposing to cancer transformation. In order to preserve the genome integrity, two main pathways, homologous recombination (HR) and non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) are activated to repair DSBs; the characterization of these repair mechanisms can be used as a novel strategy to improve the cancer therapy. The DNA damage response (DDR) is finely regulated by complex machineries in order to promote the correct DNA repair; many post-translational modifications regulate the DDR, among these the protein phosphorylation reveals a central function. The Cell cycle Kinases (CDKs) are the best regulators of the cell cycle but also the DDR; CDK9, one of the principal CDKs, is characterized by the presence of two protein isoforms (CDK9 42kDa and 55kDa). We decided to investigate the possible role of CDK9 in the DNA damage response (DDR) thought a global phosphoproteomic screening in order to detect the putative targets of CDK9 55kDa in HR. We found that CDC23, a component of Anaphase promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C), it is involved in the DNA repair pathway choice between the NHEJ and HR, in response to CDK9 55 phosphorylation. The generation of the HeLa cells carrying the point mutation of CDC23 S588A showed a deficient HR but proficient NHEJ, in response to S-phase DNA damage, respect to HeLa wt cell. Importantly we demonstrated that CDC23 S588 phosphorylation didn?t interfere with cell cycle related function of APC/C and with its complex assembly, suggesting a possible role in the substrate target detection. Finally, we identified CDK9 as well as CDC23 as new HR players, proposing them as possible pharmacological targets for antitumoral synthetic lethal approaches.
Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-ppc-10.1177_09673911211028413 - Cure kinetics and autoclave-pressure dependence on physical and mechanical properties of woven carbon/epoxy 8552S/AS4 composite laminates
Creators: name: Baghad, Abd
name: El Mabrouk, Khalil
name: Vaudreuil, Sébastien
name: Nouneh, Khalid
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 91299 Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Materials engineering

description: Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-ppc-10.1177_09673911211028413 for Cure kinetics and autoclave-pressure dependence on physical and mechanical properties of woven carbon/epoxy 8552S/AS4 composite laminates by Abd Baghad, Khalil El Mabrouk, Sébastien Vaudreuil and Khalid Nouneh in Polymers and Polymer Composites
Impfgegner und Impfskeptiker
Creators: name: Meyer, Christiane
name: Reiter, Sabine
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Risikokommunikation
subject: Impfschutz
subject: Impfgegner
subject: Akzeptanz von Impfungen
subject: Immunisation
subject: Opponents to immunisation
subject: Vaccine scares
subject: Immunisation attitudes and acceptance
subject: Risk communication
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Impfkritiker, d. h. Impfgegner und Impfskeptiker, gibt es seit Einführung der Pockenschutzimpfung. Obwohl in Deutschland die Zahl der Impfgegner mit geschätzten 3–5% gering ist, können sie—wie in der Vergangenheit das Beispiel der Pockenschutzimpfung und aktuell die Diskussion zum Kombinationsimpfstoff MMR in England zeigen—doch einen großen Einfluss auf die Impfakzeptanz der Bevölkerung ausüben. Möglichkeiten der modernen Informationsgesellschaft erleichtern die Vernetzung und Verbreitung impfkritischer Ideen. Der Rückgang der impfpräventablen Erkrankungen lässt deren Wahrnehmung in der Öffentlichkeit und Gesundheitspolitik sinken. Auch deshalb werden die sehr seltenen Komplikationen des Impfens im Vergleich zu den bestehenden Erkrankungskomplikationen überbewertet. Vorschläge zum Umgang mit Impfkritikern sollten neben strukturellen Veränderungen in der Impfprävention auch Elemente der Risikokommunikation berücksichtigen.
description: Scepticism and critical attitudes towards immunisation have prevailed since the introduction of the smallpox vaccine. In Germany the anti-vaccine movement is rather small (3–5% of the population). Nevertheless its influence on the acceptance of immunisation by the population may be substantial, as shown by the examples of smallpox vaccination and the recent discussion of the combined MMR vaccine in the UK. Modern societies facilitate networking and the dissemination of anti-vaccination ideas. The decline in the incidence of vaccine-preventable diseases has led to a reduced awareness of possible complications from infectious diseases and to an overestimation of the incidence of rarely occurring adverse events following immunisation. Proposals for managing the anti-vaccine movement must take into account changes in immunisation policies and draw on elements of risk communication.
Additional file 1 of Using the Health Belief Model to assess COVID-19 perceptions and behaviours among a group of Egyptian adults: a cross-sectional study
Creators: name: Boulos, Dina N. K.
name: Hassan, Azza Mohammed
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Additional file 1.
Studies of the use of Additive Manufacturing with Energetic Materials
Creators: name: McConnell, Miranda
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2021
Subjects: Mechanical engineering not elsewhere classified
Additive manufacturing

description: This work investigates several uses of additive manufacturing to meet modern security-related needs. All energetic materials when integrated in a practical system require an ignition device, e.g. a bridgewire or spark gap igniter, which is traditionally fabricated from metal components. A conductive polymer, polyaniline,was chosen to create metal-free spark gap igniters in a process that lends itself well to large-scale manufacturing. The igniters proved consistent in terms of breakdownvoltage, as well as their effectiveness in igniting nanothermite, a representative energetic material. This work also establishes a simple and effective approach suitable for the precise material deposition of CL-20. This is relevant for the development of trace detection calibration standards. This work shows that CL-20 is compatible with inkjetprinting for this purpose. Furthermore, the need to secure sensitive information that is stored locally on electronic devices led to the study of the use of confined nanothermite to damage substrates used in electronics. The maximum thickness of PCB that permitted destruction with repeatable results was investigated o suggest a baseline for future system integration and production. In addition, the stress of the board was modeled using measured thrust data. In brief, this work has proven that the use of additive manufacturing with energetic materials is both a possible and effective means to secure devices, should a device containing sensitive material be unintentionally misplaced.