cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A narrow, edge-on disk resolved around HD 106906 with SPHERE
Creators: name: Lagrange, A. -M.
name: Langlois, M.
name: Gratton, R.
name: Maire, A. -L.
name: Milli, J.
name: Olofsson, J.
name: Vigan, A.
name: Bailey, V.
name: Mesa, D.
name: Chauvin, G.
name: Boccaletti, A.
name: Galicher, R.
name: Girard, J. M.
name: Bonnefoy, M.
name: Samland, M.
name: Menard, F.
name: Henning, T.
name: Kenworthy, M.
name: Thalmann, C.
name: Beust, H.
name: Beuzit, J. -L.
name: Brandner, W.
name: Buenzli, E.
name: Cheetham, A.
name: Janson, M.
name: Coroller, H. le
name: Lannier, J.
name: Mouillet, D.
name: Peretti, S.
name: Perrot, C.
name: Salter, G.
name: Sissa, E.
name: Wahhaj, Z.
name: Abe, L.
name: Desidera, S.
name: Feldt, M.
name: Madec, F.
name: Perret, D.
name: Petit, C.
name: Rabou, P.
name: Soenke, C.
name: Weber, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: HD~106906AB is so far the only young binary system around which a planet has been imaged and a debris disk evidenced thanks to a strong IR excess. As such, it represents a unique opportunity to study the dynamics of young planetary systems. We aim at further investigating the close (tens of au scales) environment of the HD~106906AB system. We used the extreme AO fed, high contrast imager SPHERE recently installed on the VLT to observe HD~106906. Both the IRDIS imager and the Integral Field Spectrometer were used. We discovered a very inclined, ring-like disk at a distance of 65~au from the star. The disk shows a strong brightness asymmetry with respect to its semi-major axis. It shows a smooth outer edge, compatible with ejection of small grains by the stellar radiation pressure. We show furthermore that the planet's projected position is significantly above the disk's PA. Given the determined disk inclination, it is not excluded though that the planet could still orbit within the disk plane if at a large separation (2000--3000 au). We identified several additional point sources in the SPHERE/IRDIS field-of-view, that appear to be background objects. We compare this system with other debris disks sharing similarities, and we briefly discuss the present results in the framework of dynamical evolution.
description: 7 pages, 6 figures, accepted by Astronomy & Astrophysics
title: Percutaneous endovascular management of dysfunctional haemodialysis fistulas: A pictorial review
Creators: name: Marripudi, Karthik
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Thrombolysis
subject: Stents
subject: Angioplasty
subject: Catheter venography
subject: Vascular
subject: Interventional vascular
subject: Fistula

description: Aim Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aim: Learning objectives: -To discuss the common types of haemodialysis fistulae, and causes of dysfunction, namely stenosis, thrombosis and occlusion. -To discuss the role and techniques of endovascular options, namely, angioplasty, stenting and...
On the Automatic Activation of Attitudes: A Registered Replication (Study 2)
Creators: name: Navon, Mayan
name: Shechter, Anat
name: Bar-Anan, Yoav
name: Lab, Bar-Anan
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: This is the preregistration for the second experiment in this replication project, which is the conceptual replication.
Systematic Bias in Genomic Classification Due to Contaminating Non-neoplastic Tissue in Breast Tumor Samples
Creators: name: Elloumi, Fathi
name: Amos, Keith D
name: Gulley, Margaret L
name: Parker, Joel
name: Hu, Zhiyuan
name: Li, Yan
name: Troester, Melissa
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2011

description: Abstract Background Genomic tests are available to predict breast cancer recurrence and to guide clinical decision making. These predictors provide recurrence risk scores along with a measure of uncertainty, usually a confidence interval. The confidence interval conveys random error and not systematic bias. Standard tumor sampling methods make this problematic, as it is common to have a substantial proportion (typically 30-50%) of a tumor sample comprised of histologically benign tissue. This "normal" tissue could represent a source of non-random error or systematic bias in genomic classification. Methods To assess the performance characteristics of genomic classification to systematic error from normal contamination, we collected 55 tumor samples and paired tumor-adjacent normal tissue. Using genomic signatures from the tumor and paired normal, we evaluated how increasing normal contamination altered recurrence risk scores for various genomic predictors. Results Simulations of normal tissue contamination caused misclassification of tumors in all predictors evaluated, but different breast cancer predictors showed different types of vulnerability to normal tissue bias. While two predictors had unpredictable direction of bias (either higher or lower risk of relapse resulted from normal contamination), one signature showed predictable direction of normal tissue effects. Due to this predictable direction of effect, this signature (the PAM50) was adjusted for normal tissue contamination and these corrections improved sensitivity and negative predictive value. For all three assays quality control standards and/or appropriate bias adjustment strategies can be used to improve assay reliability. Conclusions Normal tissue sampled concurrently with tumor is an important source of bias in breast genomic predictors. All genomic predictors show some sensitivity to normal tissue contamination and ideal strategies for mitigating this bias vary depending upon the particular genes and computational methods used in the predictor.
Asymmetric behavior of the B$(E2 \uparrow; 0^+ \rightarrow 2^+)$ values in $^{104-130}$Sn and Generalized Seniority
Creators: name: Maheshwari, Bhoomika
name: Jain, Ashok Kumar
name: Singh, Balraj
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present freshly evaluated B$(E2\uparrow;0^+\rightarrow2^+)$ values across the even-even Sn-isotopes which confirm the presence of an asymmetric behavior as well as a dip in the middle of the full valence space. We explain these features by using the concept of generalized seniority. The dip in the B$(E2)$ values near $^{116}$Sn is understood in terms of a change in the dominant orbits before and after the mid shell, which also explains the presence of asymmetric peaks in the B$(E2)$ values. This approach helps in deciding the most active valence spaces for a given set of isotopes, and single out the most useful truncation scheme for Large Scale Shell Model (LSSM) calculations. The LSSM calculations so guided by generalized seniority are also able to reproduce the experimental data on B$(E2)\uparrow$ values quite well.
description: Accepted in Nuclear Physics A
Upgrade of the Minos+ Experiment Data Acquisition for the High Energy NuMI Beam Run
Creators: name: Badgett, William
name: Hahn, Steve R.
name: Torretta, Donatella
name: Meier, Jerry
name: Gunderson, Jeffrey
name: Osterholm, Denise
name: Saranen, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Minos+ experiment is an extension of the Minos experiment at a higher energy and more intense neutrino beam, with the data collection having begun in the fall of 2013. The neutrino beam is provided by the Neutrinos from the Main Injector (NuMI) beam-line at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab). The detector apparatus consists of two main detectors, one underground at Fermilab and the other in Soudan, Minnesota with the purpose of studying neutrino oscillations at a base line of 735 km. The original data acquisition system has been running for several years collecting data from NuMI, but with the extended run from 2013, parts of the system needed to be replaced due to obsolescence, reliability problems, and data throughput limitations. Specifically, we have replaced the front-end readout controllers, event builder, and data acquisition computing and trigger processing farms with modern, modular and reliable devices with few single points of failure. The new system is based on gigabit Ethernet TCP/IP communication to implement the event building and concatenation of data from many front-end VME readout crates. The simplicity and partitionability of the new system greatly eases the debugging and diagnosing process. The new system improves throughput by about a factor of three compared to the old system, up to 800 megabits per second, and has proven robust and reliable in the current run.
description: 3 pages
Use of electronic medical records in public health surveillance: a protocol for a rapid review
Creators: name: Waites, Sean
name: Boushel, Simon
name: Remer, Sandy
name: Mascarenhas, Mariola
name: Brazeau, Stéphanie
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Public Health
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Epidemiology
subject: Public health
subject: Rapid Review
subject: Surveillance

description: The study protocol for "Use of electronic medical records in public health surveillance: a rapid review" is provided in this registration. Full protocol: "Use of electronic medical records in public health surveillance_PRISMA_Protocol.pdf"
title: A descriptive cross-sectional study on the awareness and use of evidence-based guidelines by Australian radiation therapists
Creators: name: Howson, Debbie
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Education and training
subject: Radiation therapy / Oncology
subject: Professional issues

description: Aim Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aim: AIMS: To determine Australian based radiation therapistsawareness of a range of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) that have relevance to their practice. To determinewhether these guidelines are used in the development ofradiation therapy...
The effect of post-exposure sleep on intrusive memories of analog trauma: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Schäfer, Sarah
name: Lüder, Charina
name: Holmes, Emily
name: Hu, Xiaoqing
name: Michael, Tanja
name: Porcheret, Kate
name: Werner, Gabriela
name: Wilhelm-Groch, Ines
name: Woud, Marcella
name: Zeng, Shengzi
name: Friesen, Edith
name: Haim-Nachum, Shilat
name: Kunzler, Angela
name: Wirth, Benedikt
name: Sopp, Roxanne
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Mental Disorders
subject: Clinical Psychology
subject: Psychiatry and Psychology
subject: Health Psychology
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Life Sciences
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: analog trauma
subject: individual participant data
subject: intrusion
subject: intrusive memory
subject: ipd
subject: meta-analysis
subject: posttraumatic stress disorder
subject: PTSD
subject: sleep
subject: systematic review

description: The systematic review derived from a multilab collaborative effort and will summarize the available evidence from analog experiments on the effect of post-exposure sleep on (a) intrusion frequency and (b) intrusion-related stress. For this purpose, we will summarize findings based on controlled studies comparing post-exposure sleep versus wakefulness by means of a meta-analysis of aggregated data and based on an individual participant data meta-analysis following a one step approach. Previous findings point in opposite directions and suggest both, a harmful and protective effect of post-exposure sleep. We aim to explain these divergent findings and to examine participant level moderators of the effect of sleep versus wakefulness / sleep deprivation on intrusive memories of analog trauma.
title: The use of Varian Delta Couch Shift functionality during treatment set-up: A radiation therapists' perspective
Creators: name: Faulkner, Kim
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Radiotherapy techniques
subject: Quality assurance
subject: Cancer
subject: Radiation therapy / Oncology
subject: Cone beam CT
subject: Head and neck
subject: Computer applications
subject: CNS

description: Aim Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aim: The Varian Delta Couch Shift (Varian Medical Systems, Inc, Palo Alto, CA) is an integrated system functionality that supports the automatic application of predefined couch shifts in the treatment setting. With delta couch shift...
Relaxation dynamics of the asymmetric simple exclusion process with Langmuir kinetics on a ring
Creators: name: Sato, Jun
name: Nishinari, Katsuhiro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the asymmetric simple exclusion process with Langmuir kinetics on a periodic lattice. We analytically obtain the exact time evolution of correlation functions with arbitrary length starting from the initial state with no particle in the system. The exact stationary state of this model has been known for the totally asymmetric case. We propose a basis transformation which simplifies the proof of the stationarity of this state and enables the generalization to the partially asymmetric case. Moreover, we construct low-energy excitations and obtain the exact relaxation time.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures
The Indicators of Quality Teachers: a scoping review
Creators: name: Cotton, Wayne
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Teacher Education and Professional Development
subject: Education
subject: teacher quality

description: Australia, like many countries around the world is striving to foster high quality teaching and leadership in its schools. Having a common understanding of the indicators of quality teachers will provide direction in obtaining these goals. Objective: This study undertakes a scoping review of literature on schoolteachers to determine the research informed indicators of quality teachers.
title: Imaging appearances of aspergillosis in varying immune and disease states
Creators: name: Dickinson, Shannan
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Transplantation
subject: Infection
subject: Haematologic diseases
subject: Complications
subject: MR
subject: CT
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: Haematologic
subject: Ear / Nose / Throat
subject: Lung

description: Learning objectives Background Imaging findings OR Procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: Detail the spectrum of aspergillosis conditions (primarily pulmonary and sinonasal) that occur in varying immune and disease states. Outline the clinical presentation, risk factors, pathology and basic treatment of these conditions. Discuss and give...
The role of sexual preferences in intrasexual female competition
Creators: name: Frame, Alicia M
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2012

description: Abstract Background While search costs have long been understood to affect the evolution of female preference, other costs associated with mating have been the focus of much less attention. Here I consider a novel mate choice cost: female-female intrasexual competition, that is, when females compete with each other for mates. This competition results in cost to female fecundity, such as a reduction in fertility due to decreased direct benefits, sperm limitation, or time and resources spent competing for a mate. I asked if female-female competition affects the evolution of preferences, and further, if the presence of multiple, different, preferences in a population can reduce competitive costs. Results Using population genetic models of preference and trait evolution, I found that intrasexual competition leads to direct selection against female preferences, and restricts the parameter space under which preference may evolve. I also examined how multiple, different, preferences affected preference evolution with female intrasexual competition. Conclusions Multiple preferences primarily serve to increase competitive costs and decrease the range of parameters under which preferences may evolve.
Reciprocal ontological models show indeterminism of the order of quantum theory
Creators: name: Bandyopadhyay, Somshubhro
name: Banik, Manik
name: Bhattacharya, Some Sankar
name: Ghosh, Sibasish
name: Kar, Guruprasad
name: Mukherjee, Amit
name: Roy, Arup
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The question whether indeterminism in quantum measurement outcomes is fundamental or is there a possibility of constructing a finer theory underlying quantum mechanics that allows no such indeterminism, has been debated for a long time. We show that within the class of ontological models due to Harrigan and Spekkens, those satisfying preparation-measurement reciprocity must allow indeterminism of the order of quantum theory. Our result implies that one can design quantum random number generator, for which it is impossible, even in principle, to construct a reciprocal deterministic model.
description: Two column, 7 pages, 1 figure
title: A feasibility study into reducing treatment delivery times for left sided breast patients receiving deep inspiration breath hold (DIBH) radiotherapy
Creators: name: Le Mottee, Monica
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Radiotherapy techniques
subject: Radiation therapy / Oncology
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: Breast

description: Aim Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aim: This study compares treatment delivery times of four different techniques fordeep inspiration breath hold (DIBH)whole breast radiotherapy. The aim is to minimise the treatment delivery time without compromising the delivered dose...
Use of behavioral economics and social psychology to improve treatment of acute respiratory infections (BEARI): rationale and design of a cluster randomized controlled trial [1RC4AG039115-01] - study protocol and baseline practice and provider characteristics
Creators: name: Shah, Parth D
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2013

description: Abstract Background Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for nonbacterial infections leads to increases in the costs of care, antibiotic resistance among bacteria, and adverse drug events. Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) are the most common reason for inappropriate antibiotic use. Most prior efforts to decrease inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for ARIs (e.g., educational or informational interventions) have relied on the implicit assumption that clinicians inappropriately prescribe antibiotics because they are unaware of guideline recommendations for ARIs. If lack of guideline awareness is not the reason for inappropriate prescribing, educational interventions may have limited impact on prescribing rates. Instead, interventions that apply social psychological and behavioral economic principles may be more effective in deterring inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for ARIs by well-informed clinicians. Methods/design The Application of Behavioral Economics to Improve the Treatment of Acute Respiratory Infections (BEARI) Trial is a multisite, cluster-randomized controlled trial with practice as the unit of randomization. The primary aim is to test the ability of three interventions based on behavioral economic principles to reduce the rate of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for ARIs. We randomized practices in a 2 × 2 × 2 factorial design to receive up to three interventions for non-antibiotic-appropriate diagnoses: 1) Accountable Justifications: When prescribing an antibiotic for an ARI, clinicians are prompted to record an explicit justification that appears in the patient electronic health record; 2) Suggested Alternatives: Through computerized clinical decision support, clinicians prescribing an antibiotic for an ARI receive a list of non-antibiotic treatment choices (including prescription options) prior to completing the antibiotic prescription; and 3) Peer Comparison: Each provider’s rate of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing relative to top-performing peers is reported back to the provider periodically by email. We enrolled 269 clinicians (practicing attending physicians or advanced practice nurses) in 49 participating clinic sites and collected baseline data. The primary outcome is the antibiotic prescribing rate for office visits with non-antibiotic-appropriate ARI diagnoses. Secondary outcomes will examine antibiotic prescribing more broadly. The 18-month intervention period will be followed by a one year follow-up period to measure persistence of effects after interventions cease. Discussion The ongoing BEARI Trial will evaluate the effectiveness of behavioral economic strategies in reducing inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics. Trials registration ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01454947
Immigrant German Election Study II: The Procedures of Employing Interviewers in Duisburg in April to May 2021
Creators: name: Goerres, Achim
name: Elis, Jonas
name: Mayer, Sabrina
name: Spies, Dennis
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: This lists our internal procedure to decide when and under what circumstances to employ interviewers as part of our panel study in Duisburg during the Covid19-pandemic
A review of measures of women’s empowerment and related gender constructs in family planning and maternal health program evaluations in low- and middle-income countries
Creators: name: Muralidharan, Arundati
name: Pappa, Sara
name: Mandal, Mahua
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Abstract Background Evidence suggests that gender-integrated interventions, which actively seek to identify and integrate activities that address the role of gender norms and dynamics, improve family planning (FP) and maternal health (MH). To understand the link between the gender components of interventions and FP and MH outcomes, it is critical to examine the gender measures used in evaluations. Methods We conducted a systematic review of evaluations of gender-integrated FP and MH interventions in low- and middle-income countries. We examine characteristics of the interventions and their evaluations, and summarize women’s empowerment and related gender measures. Results Out of 16 evaluation articles, five reported the theoretical or conceptual model that guided the intervention. Twelve described how gender was quantitatively measured and identified 13 women’s empowerment and related gender constructs. Gender scales or indexes were used in five evaluations, three of which noted that their scales had been validated. Less than one third of articles reported examining the effect of gender on FP or MH. Conclusions Evaluations of gender-integrated FP and MH interventions do not consistently describe how gender influences FP and MH outcomes or include validated gender measures within their studies. As a result, examining the pathways through which interventions empower women and the manner in which women’s empowerment leads to changes in FP and MH outcomes remains a challenge. Valid measures of commonly reported women’s empowerment and gender constructs, such as gender-equitable attitudes and women’s decision-making power, must be adapted and used within evaluations to examine how empowerment and improvements in gender-related factors can produce positive FP and MH outcomes.
title: Parotid gland tumours: CT, MRI features and histopathologic correlation
Creators: name: Tie, Han
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: MR
subject: CT
subject: Head and neck
subject: Salivary glands
subject: Neoplasia

description: Learning objectives Background Imaging findings OR Procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: To describe anatomy and embryology of the parotid gland and its relationship to the facial nerve. To discuss multimodality imaging modalities in the characterization of parotid gland tumours. To illustrate common benign and malignant parotid tumours...
Neutral animals matter: Animacy modulates object-based attentional allocation
Creators: name: Hu, Saisai
name: Yang, Tingting
name: Zhang, Haiyang
name: Gao, Yufei
name: Zhao, Jingjing
name: Wang, Yonghui
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Cognitive Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Description: Here we provide materials and data used for analyses reported in: Hu, S., Yang, T., Zhang, H., Gao, Y., Zhao, J., & Wang, Y. (2022). Neutral animals matter: Animacy modulates object-based attentional allocation. The manuscript is accepted of publication in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.
Benchmark Test of Differential Emission Measure Codes and Multi-Thermal Energies in Solar Active Regions
Creators: name: Aschwanden, M. J.
name: Boerner, P.
name: Caspi, A.
name: McTiernan, J. M.
name: Ryan, D.
name: Warren, H. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We compare the ability of 11 Differential Emission Measure (DEM) forward-fitting and inversion methods to constrain the properties of active regions and solar flares by simulating synthetic data using the instrumental response functions of SDO/AIA, SDO/EVE, RHESSI, and GOES/XRS. The codes include the single-Gaussian DEM, a bi-Gaussian DEM, a fixed-Gaussian DEM, a linear spline DEM, the spatial synthesis DEM, the Monte-Carlo Markov chain DEM, the regularized DEM inversion, the Hinode/XRT method, a polynomial spline DEM, an EVE+GOES, and an EVE+RHESSI method. Averaging the results from all 11 DEM methods, we find the following accuracies in the inversion of physical parameters: the EM-weighted temperature $T_w^{fit}/T_w^{sim}=0.9\pm0.1$, the peak emission measure $EM_p^{fit}/EM_p^{sim}=0.6\pm0.2$, the total emission measure $EM_t^{fit}/EM_t^{sim}=0.8\pm0.3$, and the multi-thermal energies $E_{th}^{fit}/EM_{th}^{sim}=1.2\pm0.4$. We find that the AIA spatial synthesis, the EVE+GOES, and the EVE+RHESSI method yield the most accurate results.
description: 33 pages, 10 figures, Solar Physics (in press)
Replication of Cosmides, Barrett, and Tooby (2010) in 2021
Creators: name: Hiraishi, Kai
name: Murakami, Ryota
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social Psychology
subject: Cognitive Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: cheater detection algorithm
subject: evolutionary psychology
subject: logic of social exchange
subject: reasoning
subject: reciprocal altruism
subject: replication
subject: social contract theory
subject: thinking
subject: wason selection task

description: Replicating Cosmides, Barrett, and Tooby (2010) with a Japanese sample. The project will be led by Kai Hiraishi. We will conduct a follow-up experiment to the one conducted in 2020 (https://osf.io/ue7fr).
title: Retrievable inferior vena cava filters: Why dwell on them?
Creators: name: del Rio, Andres
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Interventional vascular
subject: Veins / Vena cava
subject: Haematologic
subject: Percutaneous
subject: Fluoroscopy
subject: Catheter venography
subject: Filter insertions
subject: Removal
subject: Embolism / Thrombosis

description: Aim Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aim: Retrievable inferior vena cava (IVC) filter use is increasing globally however there are concerns regarding retrieval rates and compliance with evidence based guidelines on filter insertion indications.[1-4] Our study aims to evaluate our...
Frequency and significance of the novel single nucleotide missense polymorphism Val109Asp in the human gene encoding omentin in Caucasian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus or chronic inflammatory bowel diseases
Creators: name: Herfarth, Hans
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2007

description: Background The omental adipose tissue is pathogenetically involved in both type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) and chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) such as Ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's Disease (CD). Thus, adipokines secreted from omental adipose tissue might play an important role in these diseases. Omentin represents a new adipokine expressed in and secreted by omental adipose tissue. Therefore, it was the aim to investigate the putative role of a newly described sequence missense variation in the human omentin gene. Methods The Val109Asp single nucleotide miss-sense polymorphism and the His86His polymorphism in exon-4 of the omentin gene were newly identified by random sequencing. Only the miss-sense polymorphism was investigated further. Genotyping was performed by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis of amplified DNA fragments. Three different cohorts of well-characterized individuals were included in the study. 114 patients suffering from T2D, 190 patients suffering from IBD (128 with CD and 62 with UC) and 276 non-diabetic healthy controls without any history for IBD were analyzed. Results The following allelic frequencies were determined: controls: Val-allele: 0.26, Asp-allele: 0.74; T2D: Val-allele: 0.3, Asp-allele: 0.7; IBD: Val-allel: 0.31, Asp-allele: 0.69. UC and CD patients did not differ in regard to the allelic frequency. Similarly, controls, T2D patients and IBD patients did not show significant differences in genotype distribution among each other. Disease manifestation and pattern of infestation were not related to genotype subgroups, neither in CD nor in UC. Furthermore, there was no significant association between genotype subgroups and anthropometric or laboratory parameters in T2D patients. Conclusion Based on sequence comparisons and homology searches, the amino acid position 109 is conserved in the omentin gene of humans, mice and chimpanzee but is not completely conserved between other omentin homologous genes. Moreover, position 109 lies outside the fibrinogen domain. Due to these structural features and based on the present data, the Val109Asp sequence variation is more a single nucleotide polymorphism than a real disease-causing mutation.
Detection and quantitation of HPV in genital and oral tissues and fluids by real time PCR
Creators: name: Couch, Marion
name: Andrews, Elizabeth
name: Deal, Allison M
name: Webster-Cyriaque, Jennifer
name: Seaman, William T
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2010

description: Abstract Background Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) remain a serious world health problem due to their association with anogenital/oral cancers and warts. While over 100 HPV types have been identified, a subset is associated with malignancy. HPV16 and 18 are the most prevalent oncogenic types, while HPV6 and 11 are most commonly responsible for anogenital warts. While other quantitative PCR (qPCR) assays detect oncogenic HPV, there is no single tube assay distinguishing the most frequent oncogenic types and the most common types found in warts. Results A Sybr Green-based qPCR assay was developed utilizing degenerate primers to the highly conserved HPV E1 theoretically detecting any HPV type. A single tube multiplex qPCR assay was also developed using type-specific primer pairs and TaqMan probes that allowed for detection and quantitation of HPV6,11,16,18. Each HPV type was detected over a range from 2 × 101 to 2 × 106copies/reaction providing a reliable method of quantitating type-specific HPV in 140 anogenital/cutaneous/oral benign and malignant specimens. 35 oncogenic and low risk alpha genus HPV types were detected. Concordance was detected in previously typed specimens. Comparisons to the gold standard detected an overall sensitivity of 89% (95% CI: 77% - 96%) and specificity of 90% (95%CI: 52% - 98%). Conclusion There was good agreement between the ability of the qPCR assays described here to identify HPV types in malignancies previously typed using standard methods. These novel qPCR assays will allow rapid detection and quantitation of HPVs to assess their role in viral pathogenesis.
Quantum diffusion of a relativistic particle in a time-dependent random potential
Creators: name: Sepehrinia, Reza
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a rigorous study of quantum diffusion of a relativistic particle subjected to a time-dependent random potential with $δ$ correlation in time. We find that in the asymptotic time limit the particle wave packet spreads ballistically in contrast with the nonrelativistic case, which in the same situation exhibits superballistic diffusion. The relativistic suppression of wave packet diffusion is discussed in connection with statistical conservation laws that follow from relativistic dynamics.
description: 7 pages, 2 figures
Connecting Nature Deliverable 14: Report on implementation of Connecting Nature Frameworks in the Fast-follower Cities
Creators: name: Xidous, Dimitra
name: Prieto Gonzalez, Antonio
name: Gonzalez Vazquez, Maria Mercedes
name: Trendafilov, Ivaylo
name: Velikova, Vili
name: Boskidis, Ioannis
name: Tsouris, Vasilis
name: Bakola, Eleni
name: García-Espina Adank, Cristian
name: Malekkidou, Eleni
name: Mavroudi, Maria
name: Pasic, Belma
name: Suljevic, Nermina
name: Beslagic, Lejla
name: Collier, Marcus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Nature-based solutions
Co-creation
Reflexive monitoring
Connecting Nature
Urban
Fast-follower cities
Front-runner cities
Urban transitioning
Connecting Nature Framework

description: The Connecting Nature Framework places the nature-based solution at the core of an interactive process that runs through three distinct phases of development: planning, delivery, and stewardship. Throughout each phase, there are seven separate elements that cities and other entities may consider to help them shape their individual nature-based solution: Technical solutions, Governance, Financing, and business models, Nature-based enterprises, Co-production, Impact assessment, and Reflexive monitoring. The Connecting Nature Framework has been co-produced by scientific partners and a set of Front-runner Cities (FRCs) – Genk, Glasgow, and Poznan. The experiences and lessons learned by the FRCs have been transferred to a set of Fast-follower Cities (FFCs) – A Coruna, Burgas, Ioannina, Malaga, Nicosia, Pavlos Melas, and Sarajevo – via the Experiential Learning Framework (ELF). The ELF has fostered peer-to-peer exchange and collaborative learning across all project activities to support the scaling out of nature-based solutions. This report details the implementation of the Connecting Nature Framework in the FFCs. Generally speaking, the cities have highlighted that the Connecting Nature Framework report and the narrative are useful tools for internal use, as a mechanism to share information on nature-based solutions (NBS). While the cities highlight the challenges with the concept of NbS, each city has reflected on how the use of the Framework has provided opportunities to create conditions for a more integrated approach that the multifunctional aspect of NbS demands. For example, Ioannina’s experience highlights the role of nature-based solutions as positive, proactive tools rather than (just) a response to societal and environmental challenges.
description: Suggested citation: Xidous, D., Bakola, E., Beslagic, L., Boskidis I., García-Espina Adank, C., Gonzalez Vazquez, M. M., Malekkidou, E., Mavroudi, M., Pasic, B., Prieto Gonzalez, A., Suljevic, N., Trendafilov, I., Tsouris, V., Velikova, V. and Collier, M.J. (2022). Connecting Nature Deliverable 14: Report on the implementation of Connecting Nature Frameworks in the Fast Follower Cities. Brussels, DG Research & Innovation. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7340457
Diagonal Form Factors and Hexagon Form Factors II. Non-BPS Light Operator
Creators: name: Jiang, Yunfeng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the asymptotic volume dependence of the heavy-heavy-light three-point functions in the $\mathcal{N}=4$ Super-Yang-Mills theory using the hexagon bootstrap approach, where the volume is the length of the heavy operator. We extend the analysis of our previous short letter 1511.06199 to the general case where the heavy operators can be in any rank one sector and the light operator being a generic non-BPS operator. We prove the conjecture of Bajnok, Janik and Wereszczynski 1404.4556 up to leading finite size corrections.
description: typos corrected, references added
title: ProSPER-82: A prospective phase II trial investigating SpaceOAR® hydrogel in patients with prostate cancer receiving dose escalated radiotherapy to 82Gy trial - a radiotherapy planning perspective of clinical implementation
Creators: name: Mastroianni, Bianca
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Oncology
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Radiation therapy / Oncology
subject: Radiotherapy techniques

description: Aim Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aim: ProSPER-82: A Prospective Phase II Trial Investigating SpaceOAR® Hydrogel in Patients with Prostate Cancer Receiving Dose Escalated Radiotherapy to 82Gy (ProSPER-82) aims to use Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT), following the insertion of...
title: Quantitative analysis of VMAT commissioning tests for SmartArc with constant dose-rate
Creators: name: Yeo, Adam
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Radiation physics
subject: Oncology
subject: CT-Quantitative
subject: Radiation therapy / Oncology
subject: VMAT and Tomotherapy
subject: Physics
subject: Radiotherapy techniques

description: Aim Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aim: Radiation Oncology Victoria has recently implemented the VMAT with constant dose-rate at its five radiotherapy centres. A series of commissioning tests have been performed on ten iX Clinacs. The results have been quantitatively analyzed and...
Experimental psychology: The Effect of Positive and Negative Episodic Knowledge and Target similarity on SIM
Creators: name: Eilon, Ofry
name: ron, shay
name: Lipitz, Stav
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: הרשמה מראש למחקר במסגרת הקורס "פסיכולוגיה ניסויית"
Descriptive study of the role of household type and household composition on women’s reproductive health outcomes in urban Uttar Pradesh, India
Creators: name: Lance, Peter
name: Speizer, Ilene
name: Benson, Aimee
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Abstract Background More needs to be known about the role intra-familial power dynamics play in women’s reproductive health outcomes, particularly in societies like Northern India characterized by patriarchy and extended families. The key research question we explore is: how important are living arrangements (e.g., presence of the mother-in-law, presence of an elder sister-in-law, and living in the husband’s natal home) on contraceptive use behaviors and decision to deliver at an institution? Methods Representative data collected in 2010 from six cities in Uttar Pradesh are used to examine the above research question. This study uses multivariable logistic regression methods to examine the association between women’s household type (husband’s natal home vs. not husband’s natal home) and household composition (lives with mother-in-law; and lives with elder sister-in-law) and modern family planning use and institutional delivery. Results More than sixty percent of women in the sample live in their husband’s natal home, one-third live with their mother-in-law, and only three percent live with an elder sister-in-law. Findings demonstrate that women who live either with the mother-in-law or in the husband’s natal home are more likely to use modern family planning than those women living neither with the mother-in-law nor in the husband’s natal home. In addition, living with an elder sister-in-law is associated with less family planning use. For institutional delivery, women who live with the mother-in-law have higher institutional delivery than those not living with the mother-in-law. Multivariable analyses demonstrate that, controlling for other factors associated with modern family planning use, women living with neither the mother-in-law nor in the husband’s natal home are the least likely to use modern family planning. Similar findings are found for institutional delivery such that those women living with neither the mother-in-law nor in the husband’s natal home are the least likely to have an institutional delivery, controlling for demographic factors associated with institutional delivery. Conclusions Where women live and who they live with matters. Future reproductive health programs for urban India should consider these context specific factors in programs seeking to improve women’s reproductive health outcomes.
title: An audit of the utility of contrast enhanced Parathyroid CT for localisation of parathyroid adenoma in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism and negative or indeterminate ultrasound/sestamibi examinations at St Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy
Creators: name: Lee, Su Faye
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Head and neck
subject: CT
subject: Nuclear medicine conventional
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: Endocrine disorders

description: Aim Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aim: Multiphase CT is an emerging technique for parathyroid adenoma localization, often used as a second-line modality. CT has advantages common to both US and scintigraphy - it provides excellent anatomic detail for preoperative localisation in eutopic...
title: Diagnostic performance of sonoelastography in confirming clinically diagnosed achilles tendinopathy: Comparison with B-mode ultrasound and color doppler imaging
Creators: name: Ooi, Chin Chin
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Musculoskeletal soft tissue
subject: Ultrasound-Colour Doppler
subject: Elastography
subject: Imaging sequences
subject: Tissue characterisation

description: Aim Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aim: Achilles tendinopathy causes substantial morbidity and performance deficits among athletes as well as the general population. It is a condition that closely related to sports, with incidence of more than 50% in competitive athletes and 25%...
title: Informational Value and Abnormal Stock Returns: An Event Study of EU-Wide Stress Tests from 2010 to 2018
Creators: name: Gauer, Kolja
Publisher: name: Edinburgh Napier University
Year: 2023

description: Since the global financial crisis (2007-2009), supervisory stress testing has become increasingly important. Previous studies of banks’ abnormal stock returns in response to EU-wide stress test results have produced inconsistent and contradictory results, while leaving important aspects unexplored. The aim of this study was therefore to address these shortcomings. Specifically, the study examined the five EU-wide stress tests conducted between 2010 and 2018 with the objective of: (1) testing the impact of stress test results on bank stock prices, (2) analysing the relationship between stress test results and abnormal stock returns, and (3) determining how the informational value of stress test results has changed over time. The study’s original contribution to knowledge are more comprehensive insights into the informational value of EU-wide stress test results.

The study was conducted on five cross-sectional samples (n=33 to n=59) and one longitudinal sample (n=28) of banks. Data were collected using structured direct observation and analysed following a quasi-natural experimental strategy. Based on an event-study approach, (absolute) cumulative abnormal returns were determined for three event-window types to conduct research question-specific analyses.

The findings showed that EU-wide stress test results generally had a significant impact on banks’ stock prices, suggesting that they provided investors with valuable new information, in most cases. Further analysis revealed a counterintuitive U-shaped relationship between stress test results and abnormal stock returns, implying that banks with particularly positive and negative stress test results experienced disproportionately positive abnormal stock returns. The longitudinal analysis found no discernible trend in the informational value of stress test results across the five EU-wide stress tests examined.

These insights contribute to filling empirical gaps in understanding abnormal stock returns in response to EU-wide stress test results. They could therefore be used by policymakers and investors to refine their disclosure policies or to develop profitable investment strategies.
X-ray galaxy clusters abundance and mass temperature scaling
Creators: name: Ilic, Stéphane
name: Blanchard, Alain
name: Douspis, Marian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The abundance of clusters of galaxies is known to be a potential source of cosmological constraints through their mass function. In the present work, we examine the information that can be obtained from the temperature distribution function of X-ray clusters. For this purpose, the mass-temperature ($M$-$T$) relation and its statistical properties are critical ingredients. Using a combination of cosmic microwave background (CMB) data from Planck and our estimations of X-ray cluster abundances, we use Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) techniques to estimate the $Λ$CDM cosmological parameters and the mass to X-ray temperature scaling relation simultaneously. We determine the integrated X-ray temperature function of local clusters using flux-limited surveys. A local comprehensive sample was build from the BAX X-ray cluster database, allowing us to estimate the local temperature distribution function above $\sim$1 keV. We model the expected temperature function from the mass function and the $M$-$T$ scaling relation. We then estimate the cosmological parameters and the parameters of the $M$-$T$ relation (calibration and slope) simultaneously. The measured temperature function of local clusters in the range $\sim\!\!1$-$10$ keV is well reproduced once the calibration of the $M$-$T$ relation is treated as a free parameter, and therefore is self-consistent with respect to the $Λ$CDM cosmology. The best-fit values of the standard cosmological parameters as well as their uncertainties are unchanged by the addition of clusters data. The calibration of the mass temperature relation, as well as its slope, are determined with $\sim10\%$ statistical uncertainties. This calibration leads to masses that are $\sim\!\!75\%$ larger than X-ray masses used in Planck.
description: 14 pages, 9 figures, 2 tables