cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Refractory effusion cell to generate a reproducible, uniform and ultra-pure molecular beam of elemental molecules, utilizing reduced thermal gradient filament construction
Creators: name: Streetman, Ben G.
name: Mattord, Terry J.
name: Kesan, Vijay P.
name: Treetman, Ben G.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 1991
Subjects: subject: C23C14/243
subject: C30B23/066
subject: 118/715
subject: 118/726
subject: 250/251
subject: 392/388
subject: 392/389

description: A device and method for producing an ultra pure molecular beam of elemental molecules utilizing a reduced thermal gradient filament construction in an effusion cell is provided. The effusion cell comprises a crucible having an open and a closed end and at least one heating filament distributed immediate the crucible. The at least one heating filament or filaments are provided having a first portion having a first pitch in proximal relationship to the open end of the crucible and having a second portion having a second pitch wherein the first pitch is of a higher spatial frequency than the second pitch. The heating filament is non-inductively wound about the crucible and positioned in conformity to the outside structure of the crucible. The heat shield is positioned proximate and about the crucible and heating filament or filaments. The heating filaments are connected to a controllable electric power supply producing a near constant temperature along the long axis of the crucible. By placing source material in the crucible and placing the crucible heating filaments and heat shield in a reduced pressure atmosphere and powering the heating filaments, a substantially constant temperature is produced along the crucible long axis resulting in an ultra pure molecular beam of elemental molecules of the source material.
Proinflammatory Diets during Pregnancy and Neonatal Adiposity in the Healthy Start Study
Creators: name: Sauder, K.A
name: Hébert, J.R
name: Starling, A.P
name: Glueck, D.H
name: Ringham, B.M
name: Shivappa, N
name: Moore, B.F
name: Dabelea, D
Publisher: name: Mosby Inc.
Year: 2018

description: Objective: To evaluate the association between dietary inflammatory index (DII) scores during pregnancy and neonatal adiposity. Study design: The analysis included 1078 mother–neonate pairs in Healthy Start, a prospective prebirth cohort. Diet was assessed using repeated 24-hour dietary recalls. DII scores were obtained by summing nutrient intakes, which were standardized to global means and multiplied by inflammatory effect scores. Air displacement plethysmography measured fat mass and fat-free mass within 72 hours of birth. Linear and logistic models evaluated the associations of DII scores with birth weight, fat mass, fat-free mass, and percent fat mass, and with categorical outcomes of small- and large-for-gestational age. We tested for interactions with prepregnancy BMI and gestational weight gain. Results: The interaction between prepregnancy BMI and DII was statistically significant for birth weight, neonatal fat mass, and neonatal percent fat mass. Among neonates born to obese women, each 1-unit increase in DII was associated with increased birth weight (53 g; 95% CI, 20, 87), fat mass (20 g; 95% CI, 7-33), and percent fat mass (0.5%; 95% CI, 0.2-0.8). No interaction was detected for small- and large-for-gestational age. Each 1-unit increase in DII score was associated a 40% increase in odds of a large-for-gestational age neonate (1.4; 95% CI, 1.0-2.0; P =.04), but not a small-for-gestational age neonate (1.0; 95% CI, 0.8-1.2; P =.80). There was no evidence of an interaction with gestational weight gain. Conclusions: Our findings support the hypothesis that an increased inflammatory milieu during pregnancy may be a risk factor for neonatal adiposity. Trial registration: Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT02273297.
title: Process for removing sulfur from sulfur-containing gases: high calcium fly-ash
Creators: name: Rochelle, Gary T.
name: Chang, John C.S.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 1991
Subjects: subject: B01D53/501
subject: C01B17/60
subject: 423/243.1
subject: 423/243.11

description: The present disclosure relates to improved processes for treating hot sulfur-containing flue gas to remove sulfur therefrom. Processes in accordance with the present invention include preparing an aqueous slurry composed of a calcium alkali source and a source of reactive silica and/or alumina, heating the slurry to above-ambient temperatures for a period of time in order to facilitate the formation of sulfur-absorbing calcium silicates or aluminates, and treating the gas with the heat-treated slurry components. Examples disclosed herein demonstrate the utility of these processes in achieving improved sulfur-absorbing capabilities. Additionally, disclosure is provided which illustrates preferred configurations for employing the present processes both as a dry sorbent injection and for use in conjunction with a spray dryer and/or bagfilter. Retrofit application to existing systems is also addressed.
Encapsulation of pesticides in organic nanocarriers via Flash NanoPrecipitation (FNP) for foliar delivery to plants
Creators: name: Ol, Luiza Stolte Bezerra Lisboa
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 401810
subject: Nanoscale characterisation
classificationCode: 401807
subject: Nanomaterials
classificationCode: 401805
subject: Nanofabrication, growth and self assembly

description: Flash Nanoprecipitation (FNP) is a technique that allows organic nanocarriers (NCs) with core-shell architecture to be prepared reproducibly and at scale. The surface shell may be designed independently of the content in the core. This can allow for encapsulated active ingredients to be delivered to areas of the plant where they naturally would not move to but are needed, the biodistribution becoming a function of NC properties and release of active from the NC. The scalability of FNP is also attractive, since large scale production is ultimately required for commercialization of novel agrochemical solutions. In Chapter 3 scalable NCs encapsulating streptomycin (STP) have been prepared at high encapsulation efficiency (EE) and with controlled release of the antibiotic (< 5%). A surface-similar NC has been shown to translocate (~ 6%) to the roots of citrus trees under controlled conditions after foliar spraying. In vitro efficacy suggests that, if enough NCs containing STP are able to reach the phloem sections of trees where CLas resides at sufficient concentrations under field conditions, then this novel formulation may be able to offer an effective solution for managing the disease. Chapter 4 highlights the challenges in encapsulating weakly hydrophobic fungicides via FNP, the strategies that were employed to module fungicide solubility, and initial quantitative efforts to determine fungicide EE in a reliable and accurate manner. Even without full knowledge about the form in which a particular fungicide, mefentrifluconazole (MFZ), was present in the NCs that were applied to turfgrass during a greenhouse biodistribution test, the novel formulation provided higher MFZ recovery in the lower roots than the conventional treatment 7 days after application. It also presented sustained higher recovery of MFZ on the blades for up to 3 days and after blade clipping at 14 days. These results may indicate that MFZ was present in the vasculature.
Additional file 5: Table S5. of Analysis of the FnrL regulon in Rhodobacter capsulatus reveals limited regulon overlap with orthologues from Rhodobacter sphaeroides and Escherichia coli
Creators: name: Kumka, Joseph
name: Bauer, Carl
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Clusters of orthologous groups definitions. (DOCX 66Â kb)
Distribution and predictors of urinary concentrations of phthalate metabolites and phenols among pregnant women in the Healthy Start Study
Creators: name: Starling, A.P
name: Calafat, A.M
name: Adgate, J.L
name: Ye, X
name: Hamman, R.F
name: Polinski, K.J
name: Dabelea, D
Publisher: name: Academic Press Inc.
Year: 2018

description: Background: Phthalates and phenols are suspected endocrine disrupting chemicals that may adversely impact fetal outcomes following in utero exposure. Understanding predictors of exposure to phthalates and phenols during the prenatal period is important. Methods: We measured urinary concentrations of 15 phthalate metabolites and 11 phenols in 446 pregnant women enrolled in the Healthy Start pre-birth cohort. Creatinine-adjusted geometric means (GM) for each urinary biomarker were compared across categories of potential sociodemographic and dietary predictors. To assess the independent relationship between each significant food group predictor and biomarker we used multivariable models, adjusted for sociodemographic predictors. Results: The phthalate metabolites with the highest concentrations were monoethyl phthalate (GM: 41.1 µg/g creatinine) and monocarboxyisooctyl phthalate (GM: 20.5 µg/g creatinine). Benzophenone-3 (GM: 124.6 µg/g creatinine) and methyl paraben (GM: 119.9 µg/g creatinine) were the phenols with the highest concentrations. Concentrations of the metabolites of di-n-butyl phthalate and di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate were significantly higher in younger, unmarried or unemployed mothers, those who were overweight or obese, those with lower educational attainment, or those of minority race/ethnicity (p-values < 0.05). Metabolites of di-n-butyl phthalate concentrations were 18% lower in those who consumed milk ≥ 7 times per week (95% CI: 30–4%). Benzophenone-3 and triclosan concentrations were significantly higher in older, married, or employed mothers, those with normal body mass index, higher educational attainment, higher household income, or who were non-Hispanic white (p-values < 0.05). Benzophenone-3 concentrations were 62% higher in those who consumed seafood ≥ 5 times per month (95% CI: 16–127%). Conclusions: We observed differences in urinary concentrations of phthalates and phenol biomarkers by sociodemographic predictors in an ethnically diverse cohort of pregnant women. These results and future analyses from this prospective cohort will help inform targeted interventions to reduce exposure to these potential endocrine disrupting chemicals during pregnancy.
On the occurrence of relict populations of Pytho abieticola J. R. Sahlberg, 1875 in Switzerland (Coleoptera, Pythidae)
Creators: name: Chittaro, Yannick
name: Sanchez, Andreas
name: Szallies, Alexander
name: Gossner, Martin M.
name: Lachat, Thibault
Publisher: name: Pensoft Publishers
Year: 2023
Subjects: Log Conifer Subcortical Deadwood Faunistics New record Distribution

description: Several adults and larvae of Pytho abieticola were discovered in 2021 and 2022 at three different localities in two regions of Switzerland, the Jura mountains and the Swiss National Park in the Eastern Alps. This very rare saproxylic beetle has not been detected in Switzerland so far. Considered a relict of primeval forests, it is in strong decline or has already disappeared from large areas of Central Europe. The isolated Swiss populations are the westernmost in its distributional range. Information on the ecology and distribution of P. abieticola in Switzerland and Europe is provided and criteria to distinguish P. abieticola from the congeneric and syntopic P. depressus are defined.
title: Biologically active thymones from the thymus
Creators: name: Folkers, Karl A.
name: Kubiak, Teresa M.
name: Stepien, Henryk M.
name: Sakura, Naoki
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 1983
Subjects: subject: A61K35/26
subject: Y10S530/837
subject: Y10S930/18
subject: 424/580
subject: 530/324
subject: 530/300
subject: 530/837
subject: 930/180

description: A class of three substances has been isolated in highly purified form and in substantially pure form by utilizing thymus tissue as a source material. These three substances are designated thymone A, thymone B and thymone C. Thymones A and B are new peptides which yield approximately 13 and 14 individual amino acid moieties, respectively, on acid hydrolysis. Thymones A and B are chemically characterized by electrophoretic and chromatographic values which are appropriate for substances which are substantially pure. Thymone C was highly purified and its biological activity was reproducibly detected and measured. Thymones A, B and C stimulate the proliferation of lymphocytes. Thymone A stimulates the formation of cyclic adenosine monophosphate. Thymone B stimulates the formation of cyclic guanosine monophosphate. The biological activities of these thymones to stimulate the proliferation of lymphocytes and the formations of cyclic nucleotides are basic hormonal functions for the therapeutic enhancement of the immune system in patients who have immune deficiencies from diverse causes.
Wenig Unterstützung für Familien: Es besteht erheblicher Nachholbedarf
Creators: name: Hümbelin, Oliver
name: Fluder, Robert
Publisher: name: Schweizerische Konferenz für Sozialhilfe
Year: 2022

description: Einelternfamilien, Patchworkfamilien – Familien sind heute weit vielfältiger als noch vor 50 Jahren. Damit einher gehen neue spezifische Armutsrisiken. Doch Familien in der Schweiz werden im Vergleich zu anderen europäischen Ländern nur in bescheidenem Umfang mit Massnahmen der sozialen Sicherheit unterstützt. Eine solide Familienpolitik ist aber ein wichtiges Element einer präventiven Armutspolitik
MPEC 2024-N32 : 2021 NC8
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Exposure to secondhand smoke, exclusive breastfeeding and infant adiposity at age 5 months in the Healthy Start study
Creators: name: Moore, B.F
name: Dabelea, D
name: Sauder, K.A
name: Starling, A.P
name: Glueck, D.H
name: Ringham, B.M
Publisher: name: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Year: 2017

description: Background: Infant adiposity may be influenced by several environmental risk factors, but few studies have explored these interactions. Objective: To examine the interaction between exposure to secondhand smoke and breastfeeding exclusivity on adiposity at age 5 months. Methods: We studied 813 mother-offspring pairs from the longitudinal Healthy Start study. Fat mass and fat-free mass were measured by air displacement plethysmography. Linear regression analyses were used to estimate the association between household smokers (none, any) with fat mass, fat-free mass, percent fat mass, weight-for-age z-score, weight-for-length z-score and BMI-for-age z-score as separate outcomes. Interaction terms between household smokers and breastfeeding exclusivity (<5 months, ≥5 months) were added to separate models. Results: The combination of exposure to secondhand smoke and a lack of exclusive breastfeeding was associated with increased adiposity at age 5 months. For example, within the not exclusively breastfed strata, exposure to secondhand smoke was associated with increased fat mass (0.1 kg; 95% CI: 0.0–0.2; P = 0.05). Conversely, within the exclusively breastfed strata, there was virtually no difference in fat mass between exposed and non-exposed infants (coefficient: −0.1; 95% CI: −0.3–0.1; P = 0.25). Conclusions: Our findings may inform new public health strategies with potential relevance for both smoking cessation and obesity prevention.
Physical activity and dietary habits of older children and adolescents in Germany – Cross-sectional results of the 2017/18 HBSC study and trends
Creators: name: Bucksch, Jens
name: Häußler, Angela
name: Schneider, Katja
name: Finne, Emily
name: Schmidt, Katrin
name: Dadacynski, Kevin
name: Sudeck, Gorden
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Physical Activity
subject: Diet
subject: Trends over Time
subject: Prevalence
subject: HBSC
subject: Health Reporting
subject: 610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Numerous findings are known to exist between dietary habits, physical activity, and child and adolescent health. Here, we will use data from the most recent Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study to describe dietary habits and patterns of physical activity. Using the survey data for 11-, 13- and 15-year-old students from across Germany, we report findings for key indicators of diet and physical activity for the 2017/18 cycle. By comparing these findings with data from the 2009/10 and 2013/14 survey cycles, we also consider current trends. Results from the most recent cycle show that 10.0% of girls and 16.9% of boys meet the World Health Organization’s (WHO) physical activity recommendations. Across all HBSC cycles, this is the lowest figure so far. Concerning dietary habits, 50.6% of girls and 59.0% of boys reported having breakfast every morning. Data for daily fruit, vegetable and soft drink consumption emphasises the need to promote a healthy diet among adolescents. For all indicators of physical activity and diet, differences between girls and boys are apparent. Girls’ intake of fruit and vegetables is higher and they consume fewer soft drinks, yet boys are more physically active and have breakfast more regularly. For the majority of indicators of dietary habits and physical activity, considerable inequalities relating to family affluence are observed. An important implication of the study results for dietary habits and physical activity of older children and adolescents is the need to foster settings-based approaches to promote physical activity and a healthy diet that integrate a gender-sensitive perspective.
On the Nilpotent Representation Theory of Groups
Creators: name: Golich, Milana D
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 490401
subject: Algebra and number theory
classificationCode: 490405
subject: Group theory and generalisations
classificationCode: 490412
subject: Topology

description: In this article, we establish results concerning the nilpotent representation theory of groups. In particular, we utilize a theorem of Stallings to provide a general method that constructs pairs of groups that have isomorphic universal nilpotent quotients. We then prove by counterexample that absolute Galois groups of number fields are not determined by their universal nilpotent quotients. We also show that this is the case for residually nilpotent Kleinian groups and in fact, there exist non-isomorphic pairs that have arbitrarily large nilpotent genus. We additionally provide examples of non-isomorphic curves whose geometric fundamental groups have isomorphic universal nilpotent quotients and the isomorphisms are compatible with the outer Galois actions.
Planetary Health Diet : Global denken, lokal handeln: Aber wie?
Creators: name: Schönberg, Sonja
Publisher: name: iKOMM • Information und Kommunikation im Gesundheitswesen GmbH
Year: 2021

description: Die EAT-Lancet-Kommission hat im Januar 2019 die „Planetary Health Diet“ vorgestellt [3, 15] und schlägt damit einen allgemeingültigen Referenzrahmen für eine gesunde und umweltgerechte Ernährungsweise vor. Damit unterstreicht sie die kritische Rolle, die die Ernährung sowohl im Hinblick auf die menschliche Gesundheit als auch auf die ökologische Nachhaltigkeit spielt. Während mit der „Planetary Health Diet“ der quantitative Referenzrahmen für eine zukunftsverträgliche Ernährungsweise eindeutig definiert zu sein scheint, bedarf die Antwort auf die Frage nach konkreten Implementierungsmöglichkeiten im lokalen (land-)wirtschaftlichen und kulturellen Kontext der Gesellschaften, in denen wir in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz leben, noch wesentlicher Übersetzungsarbeit – diese Punkte soll der vorliegende Artikel genauer beleuchten.
title: Multiple material systems for selective beam sintering
Creators: name: Marcus, Harris L.
name: Deckard, Carl R.
name: Beaman, Joseph J.
name: Bourell, David L.
name: Barlow, Joel W.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 1991
Subjects: subject: B05C19/008
subject: B05C19/00
subject: B22F3/004
subject: B22F3/105
subject: B22F3/1055
subject: B22F7/02
subject: B22F2003/1052
subject: B22F2998/00
subject: B22F2998/10
subject: B22F3/26
subject: B23K26/08
subject: B23K26/082
subject: B23K26/34
subject: B23K35/0244
subject: B23K35/3613
subject: B29C41/12
subject: B29C41/46
subject: B29C64/153
subject: B29C35/045
subject: B33Y10/00
subject: B33Y70/00
subject: C23C24/08
subject: C23C24/10
subject: C23C26/02
subject: G05B19/41
subject: G05B2219/49013
subject: G05B2219/49018
subject: Y02P10/295
subject: Y02P90/265
subject: 156/62.2
subject: 156/272.8
subject: 219/121.85
subject: 264/497
subject: 264/125
subject: 419/61

description: A method and apparatus for selectively sintering a layer of powder to produce a part comprising a plurality of sintered layers. The apparatus includes a computer controlling a laser to direct the laser energy onto the powder to produce a sintered mass. The computer either determines or is programmed with the boundaries of the desired cross-sectional regions of the part. For each cross-section, the aim of the laser beam is scanned over a layer of powder and the beam is switched onto sinter only the powder within the boundaries of the cross-section. Powder is applied and successive layers sintered until a completed part is formed. Preferably, the powder comprises a plurality of materials having different dissociation or bonding temperatures. The powder preferably comprises blended or coated materials.
title: Jahresbericht 2012 / INM, Leibniz-Institut für Neue Materialien
title: Annual report 2012 / Leibniz Institute for New Materials
Creators: name: Rolles, Roland
name: Arzt, Eduard
Publisher: name: INM
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 050 Zeitschriften, fortlaufende Sammelwerke

description: Vorwort: In 2012 haben wir die Arbeiten an einer Vielzahl von Themen in den Forschungsfeldern Grenzflächenmaterialien, Materialien für die Biologie und Chemische Nanotechnologie erfolgreich fortgesetzt. Grundlegende Arbeiten offenbarten neue Erkenntnisse z. B. zu schaltbaren Oberflächen oder zum Verständnis von Phänomenen wie Reibung und Haftung. Es wurden neue Beschichtungen, etwa zur Verbesserung medizinischer Implantate oder für tribologische Anwendungen, entwickelt. Zahlreiche Entwicklungen mündeten in erfolgreiche Projekte mit Industriepartnern. Seit Januar 2012 baut Prof. Niels de Jonge mit dem neuen Programmbereich Innovative Elektronenmikroskopie ein weiteres Forschungshighlight des INM auf. Im Fokus seiner Arbeiten steht neben der methodischen Weiterentwicklung der Elektronenmikroskopie die 3D- und Flüssigzellmikroskopie an biologischen und nanoskopischen Strukturen. Mit Juni 2012 nahm die neue Juniorforschungsgruppe Energie-Materialien unter der Leitung von Jun.-Prof. Volker Presser im Rahmen des BMBF-Projektes nanoEES3D ihre Arbeit in einem extrem zukunftsträchtigen Feld der Materialforschung auf. Wiederum freut es uns, dass das INM seine Attraktivität für internationale Kolleginnen und Kollegen auch in diesem Jahr weiter steigern konnte. Mit 3 Humboldt-Preisträgern und 2 Stipendiaten rangiert das INM im Spitzenfeld der Leibniz Einrichtungen. Ein besonderes Ereignis des Jahres 2012 war zweifellos das 25-jährige Jubiläum des Institutes, das gemeinsam mit vielen Gästen aus der Landesregierung, der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft, dem BMBF, der Universität und der Industrie gefeiert wurde. Solche Erfolge sind nur durch das Zusammenspiel vieler zu erreichen. Wir danken allen Freunden, Partnern und Förderern des INM für ihre Unterstützung. Ein besonderer Dank gilt unseren Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeitern: Ihr Einsatz macht diese Erfolge möglich!
description: INM Jahresbericht; 2012
Exploring Farmers’ Decisions on Agricultural Intensification and Cropland Expansion in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Zambia through Serious Gaming
Creators: name: Adolph, Barbara
name: Jellason, Nugun P.
name: Kwenye, Jane Musole
name: Davies, Jo
name: Dray, Anne Giger
name: Waeber, Patrick Olivier
name: Jeary, Katy
name: Franks, Phil
Publisher: name: MDPI
Year: 2023
Subjects: agricultural intensification
cropland expansion
expansion drivers
-sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
Jevon’s paradox
serious games

description: This paper explores how increasing agricultural productivity through agricultural intensification may influence farmland expansion decisions of smallholder farmers in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Zambia. Six pairs of farmers at each site (72 in total) from different wealth groups were involved in serious games sessions that simulated different institutional, economic, and governance contexts, with players choosing their resource allocation accordingly. The approach was used to explore with farmers, in a ‘safe space’, whether an increase in agricultural productivity and profitability via intensification would reduce or end farmland expansion into natural habitats. The results show that, under certain conditions (such as poor forest governance and lack of alternative income-generating and investment opportunities), agricultural intensification can lead to more agricultural expansion at the expense of natural habitats, such as forests and grasslands. This suggests that intensification strategies to promote increased productivity may need companion strategies to protect forest ecosystems from expansion at the agricultural frontier.
MOESM5 of Bioinformatic characterization of type-specific sequence and structural features in auxiliary activity family 9 proteins
Creators: name: Vuyani Moses
name: Hatherley, Rowan
name: ĂZlem Tastan Bishop
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 5. Multiple sequence alignment of the Type 3 PMO sequences used in this study.
MPEC 2024-N33 : 2021 RY122
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Paragourretia K. Sakai 2004
Creators: name: Padate, Vinay P.
name: Cubelio, Sherine Sonia
name: Takeda, Masatsune
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Callianassidae
Paragourretia

description: Genus Paragourretia K. Sakai, 2004
Paragourretia K. Sakai, 2004: 568. Type species: Gourretia phuketensis K. Sakai, 2002, by original designation and monotypy.
description: Published as part of Padate, Vinay P., Cubelio, Sherine Sonia & Takeda, Masatsune, 2022, Two axiidean ghost shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) from India, Guyanacaris keralam sp. nov. (Axiidae) and Paragourretia galathea (K. Sakai, 2017) (Ctenochelidae), pp. 195-217 in Zootaxa 5093 (2) on page 209, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5093.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/5905225
Blood pressure during pregnancy, neonatal size and altered body composition: The Healthy Start study
Creators: name: Kaar, J.L
name: Starling, A.P
name: Sauder, K.A
name: Dabelea, D
name: Ringham, B.M
name: Glueck, D.H
name: Galan, H.L
name: Shapiro, A.L.B
Publisher: name: Nature Publishing Group
Year: 2017

description: Objective: The objective of this study is to estimate associations between changes in maternal arterial pressure during normotensive pregnancies and offspring birth weight and body composition at birth. Study Design: Prospective study of 762 pregnant normotensive Colorado women, recruited from outpatient obstetrics clinics. Repeated arterial pressure measurements during pregnancy were averaged within the second and third trimesters, respectively. Multivariable regression models estimated associations between second to third trimester changes in arterial pressure and small-for-gestational-age birth weight, fat mass, fat-free mass and percent body fat. Results: A greater second to third trimester increase in maternal arterial pressure was associated with greater odds of small-for-gestational-age birth weight. Greater increases in maternal diastolic blood pressure were associated with reductions in offspring percent body fat (-1.1% in highest vs lowest quartile of increase, 95% confidence interval: -1.9%, -0.3%). Conclusion: Mid-to-late pregnancy increases in maternal arterial pressure, which do not meet clinical thresholds for hypertension are associated with neonatal body size and composition.
title: Method of producing parts and molds using composite ceramic powders
Creators: name: Marcus, Harris L.
name: Lakshminarayan, Udaykumar
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: B05C19/008
subject: B05C19/00
subject: B22F3/004
subject: B22F3/105
subject: B22F3/1055
subject: B22F7/02
subject: B22F2003/1052
subject: B22F2998/00
subject: B22F2998/10
subject: B22F3/26
subject: B23K26/08
subject: B23K26/082
subject: B23K26/34
subject: B29C41/12
subject: B29C41/46
subject: B29C64/153
subject: B29C35/045
subject: B33Y10/00
subject: B33Y70/00
subject: C23C24/08
subject: C23C24/10
subject: C23C26/02
subject: G05B19/41
subject: G05B2219/49013
subject: G05B2219/49018
subject: Y02P10/295
subject: Y02P90/265
subject: 156/89.11
subject: 156/272.4
subject: 219/121.66
subject: 219/121.8
subject: 264/434
subject: 264/113
subject: 264/125
subject: 264/401
subject: 264/414
subject: 419/61
subject: 425/174.4

description: A method and apparatus for selectively sintering a layer of powder to produce a part comprising a plurality of sintered layers. The apparatus includes a computer controlling a laser to direct the laser energy onto the powder to produce a sintered mass. The computer either determines or is programmed with the boundaries of the desired cross-sectional regions of the part. For each cross-section, the aim of the laser beam is scanned over a layer of powder and the beam is switched on to sinter only the powder within the boundaries of the cross-section. Powder is applied and successive layers sintered until a completed part is formed. Preferably, the powder comprises a plurality of materials having different dissociation or bonding temperatures. The powder preferably comprises blended or coated materials, including precursor materials which are formed into a mass at the irradiated locations, and which either react due to the laser thermal energy or in a later heat treatment to form a compound with properties different than the precursors. Examples are disclosed wherein a compound is formed which has a significantly higher melting point than that of one or more of the precursor powders. A ceramic part, such as a mold for investment casting, may be formed according to the method, where a first material (e.g., ammonium dihydrogen phosphate) has a melting point sufficiently low that it is melted so as to bind the second material (e.g., alumina). Subsequent heat treatment enables chemical reaction of the two materials to form a ceramic (e.g., aluminum phosphate) capable of withstanding high temperatures.
Sociology and Psychiatry.
Creators: name: Richter, Dirk
name: Katschnig, Heinz
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2015

description: Sociology and psychiatry have a longstanding, albeit intermittently, conflicting relationship. During the mental health care reforms from the 1950s to the 1980s, mainstream sociology has supported psychiatry with both basic and applied research. Currently, the sociological perspective has become more critical. From a sociological point of view, several so-called mental disorders are nothing but medicalized behavioral features (e.g., grief reactions as depression). Further issues addressed are the current countermovement against medicalization ('recovery') as well as the ongoing stigmatization and social exclusion of persons who are diagnosed with a mental disorder.
Effect of Shock Wave Therapy Versus Low Level Laser Therapy in Patients with Plantar Fasciitis
Creators: name: Reham Mohamed Lotfy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Introduction: To compare the efficacy of shock wave therapy versus low level laser therapy in patients with plantar fasciitis.

 

Methods: Seventy five patients were assigned randomly into three groups. Group A (control group) Patients received conventional physical therapy program in the form of Ice application, deep tissue massage, stretching exercises, joint mobilization,  and isometric exercises. This program was administered over twelve sessions three times per week.. Group B (study group): Patients received low level laser therapy in addition to conventional physical therapy program for nine sessions three times per week. Group C (study group): Patients received shock wave therapy in addition to conventional physical therapy program applied for a total of six applications, one each foot. Outcome measures were visual analogue scale, Pressure algometer for Quadratus plantae, active range of motion of plantarflexion and dorsiflexion, stability score between both sides and activity score, Measurements were recorded before and after treatment.

 

Results: There was no statistically significant difference observed between activity score, pain level, pain pressure threshold, stability score, and active range of motion of plantarflexors and dorsiflexors prior to the study among the three groups.  Additionally, post-study analysis revealed no substantial differences in the stability score, active range of motion of plantarflexors, and dorsiflexors among the three groups. However, there was substantial difference post study among the three groups in activity score, pain level, pain pressure threshold for Quadratus plantae.

 

Conclusions: Both shock wave therapy and low level laser therapy were effective in treating patients with plantar fasciitis.
Constructing model-agnostic likelihoods, a method for the reinterpretation of particle physics results
Creators: name: Gärtner, Lorenz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Experimental High Energy Physics has entered an era of precision measurements. However, measurements of many of the accessible processes assume that the final states' underlying kinematic distribution is the same as the Standard Model prediction. This assumption introduces an implicit model-dependency into the measurement, rendering the reinterpretation of the experimental analysis complicated without reanalysing the underlying data.

We present a novel reweighting method in order to perform reinterpretation of particle physics measurements. It makes use of reweighting the Standard Model templates according to kinematic signal distributions of alternative theoretical models, prior to performing the statistical analysis. The generality of this method allows us to perform statistical inference in the space of theoretical parameters, assuming different kinematic distributions, according to a beyond Standard Model prediction.

The implementation - redist - is an extension to the pyhf software. It can easily be interfaced with the EOS software, which allows us to perform flavor physics phenomenology studies. Beyond the pyhf or HistFactory likelihood specification, only minimal information is necessary to make a likelihood model-agnostic and hence easily reinterpretable. We showcase that publishing such likelihoods is crucial for a full exploitation of experimental results.
Evaluation of a clinical implementation of a respiratory muscle training group during spinal cord injury rehabilitation
Creators: name: Raab, Anja
name: Krebs, Jörg
name: Perret, Claudio
name: Pfister, Mirjam
name: Hopman, Maria
name: Müller, Gabi
Publisher: name: Springer Nature
Year: 2018

description: Study design Retrospective cohort study. Objective To evaluate the clinical implementation of a respiratory muscle training group during rehabilitation of individuals with spinal cord injury. Setting Spinal cord injury rehabilitation center. Methods Individuals with complete or incomplete lesions during inpatient rehabilitation, level C4–T12. Ten or more training sessions of either an inspiratory or a combined in- and expiratory muscle training were performed in a group setting with respiratory function measurements before and after the training period. Results Analysis of 79 persons. Inspiratory muscle training was performed for 7 weeks with a median of 3.1 training sessions per week. Median training intensity was at 33% of baseline PImax and 58 repetitions were performed per training session. Respiratory mucle strength parameters improved by 18–68% of baseline values and lung function parameters by 11–31% after inspiratory muscle training. The combined respiratory muscle training was performed for 13 weeks with a median of 2.8 sessions per week and 88 repetitions per training session. Median inspiratory training resistance was at 39% of baseline PImax and median expiratory training resistance was at 27% of baseline PEmax. Respiratory muscle strength parameters improved by 14–51% of baseline values and lung function parameters improved by 15–34% after the combined in- and expiratory muscle training. Conclusion Respiratory resistance training improved respiratory function of individuals with acute spinal cord injury. Even if the combined respiratory muscle training was performed with more repetitions per training and nearly twice as long, relative improvements of respiratory function parameters were comparable with isolated inspiratory muscle training.
Predictors of Infant Body Composition at 5 Months of Age: The Healthy Start Study
Creators: name: Sauder, K.A
name: Starling, A.P
name: Kaar, J.L
name: Glueck, D.H
name: Ringham, B.M
name: Dabelea, D
Publisher: name: Mosby Inc.
Year: 2017

description: Objective To examine associations of demographic, perinatal, and infant feeding characteristics with offspring body composition at approximately 5 months of age. Study design We collected data on 640 mother/offspring pairs from early pregnancy through approximately 5 months of age. We assessed offspring body composition with air displacement plethysmography at birth and approximately 5 months of age. Linear regression analyses examined associations between predictors and fat-free mass, fat mass, and percent fat mass (adiposity) at approximately 5 months. Secondary models further adjusted for body composition at birth and rapid infant growth. Results Greater prepregnant body mass index and gestational weight gain were associated with greater fat-free mass at approximately 5 months of age, but not after adjustment for fat-free mass at birth. Greater gestational weight gain was also associated with greater fat mass at approximately 5 months of age, independent of fat mass at birth and rapid infant growth, although this did not translate into increased adiposity. Greater percent time of exclusive breastfeeding was associated with lower fat-free mass (-311 g; P < .001), greater fat mass (+224 g; P < .001), and greater adiposity (+3.51%; P < .001). Compared with offspring of non-Hispanic white mothers, offspring of Hispanic mothers had greater adiposity (+2.72%; P < .001) and offspring of non-Hispanic black mothers had lower adiposity (-1.93%; P < .001). Greater adiposity at birth predicted greater adiposity at approximately 5 months of age, independent of infant feeding and rapid infant growth. Conclusions There are clear differences in infant body composition by demographic, perinatal, and infant feeding characteristics, although our data also show that increased adiposity at birth persists through approximately 5 months of age. Our findings warrant further research into implications of differences in infant body composition.
title: Method of producing parts by selective beam interaction of powder with gas phase reactant
Creators: name: Marcus, Harris L.
name: Bourell, David L.
name: Lakshminarayan, Udaykumar
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: B22F3/004
subject: B22F3/1055
subject: B22F2003/1052
subject: B23K26/34
subject: B29C64/153
subject: B29C64/386
subject: B33Y10/00
subject: B33Y30/00
subject: C04B35/64
subject: C04B35/622
subject: C23C8/06
subject: C23C24/10
subject: G05B2219/49013
subject: Y02P10/295
subject: Y10T428/12049
subject: Y10T428/29
subject: 156/62.2
subject: 156/272.8
subject: 219/121.66
subject: 264/497
subject: 264/125
subject: 419/10
subject: 419/61
subject: 428/357
subject: 428/551

description: A method and apparatus for selectively sintering a layer of powder to produce a part comprising a plurality of sintered layers. The apparatus includes a computer controlling a laser to direct the laser energy onto each layer of the powder to produce a sintered mass corresponding to a cross-section of the part. For each cross-section, the aim of the laser beam is scanned over a layer of powder and the beam is switched on to sinter only the powder within the boundaries of the cross-section. Powder is applied and successive layers sintered until a completed part is formed. Also disclosed is a method of forming a part by interaction of material in the powder layer with reactants in the surrounding atmosphere, at locations of the powder irradiated by the energy, or laser, beam. The reaction may be nitridation, oxidation or carburization of the powder, with the product being a chemical compound of one or more constituents in the powder with one or more gases in the atmosphere. Alternatively, reduction of the powder may be so enabled by the energy beam so that a metallic phase product is formed at the irradiated locations. Particular benefits of the invention include the densification of the material of the part as a result of the reaction, and the ability to form high temperature materials by way of a relatively low temperature process.
Service Learning in Social Entrepreneurship Education: Why Students Want to Become Social Entrepreneurs and How to Address Their Motives
Creators: name: Mueller, Susan
name: Brahm, Taiga
name: Neck, Heidi
Publisher: name: World Scientific Publishing
Year: 2015
Subjects: entrepreneurship
social entrepreneurship
social business
motivation
service learning

description: Service learning has been identified as a suitable approach to teach social entrepreneurship. However, in order to design service learning in an appropriate way, it is necessary to better understand why students want to become a social entrepreneur as opposed to a traditional entrepreneur. Thus, this study aims at identifying distinct student motives for preferring social entrepreneurship. According to our research, reasons typically mentioned by students who prefer a social entrepreneurship career over a commercial entrepreneurship career belonged to the following categories: impact, personal motives, and considering social and economic aspects. From this understanding, we derive recommendations for the design of service learning in social entrepreneurship programs. We hope that these recommendations will contribute to a student-oriented design of service learning that incorporates students’ own motives.
Arbeitslosigkeit, prekäre Beschäftigung und Gesundheit
Creators: name: Kroll, Lars Eric
name: Lampert, Thomas
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Krankheit
subject: Arbeitslosigkeit
subject: Gesundheit
subject: GEDA
subject: prekaere Beschaeftigung
subject: Psychisches Wohlbefinden
subject: Beschwerden
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Die erste Ausgabe von GBE kompakt im Jahr 2012 beschäftigt sich mit dem Zusammenhang von Arbeitslosigkeit, Arbeitsplatzunsicherheit und Gesundheit. Sind Arbeitslose häufiger von Beschwerden und Krankheiten betroffen? Sind Krankheiten Folge oder Ursache der Arbeitslosigkeit? Welche Auswirkungen hat die Arbeitsplatzunsicherheit? Zeigen sich Unterschiede zwischen Frauen und Männern? Dazu wurden Daten der GEDA-Studie 2010 ausgewertet.
Differential expression of α- and β-expansin genes in the elongating leaf of Festuca pratensis
Creators: name: Reidy, Beat
name: McQueen-Mason, Simon
name: Nösberger, Josef
name: Fleming, Andrew
Publisher: name: Springer
Year: 2001

description: Grasses contain a number of genes encoding both α- and β-expansins. These cell wall proteins are predicted to play a role in cell wall modifications, particularly during tissue elongation. We report here on the characterisation of five α- and three vegetative β-expansins expressed in the leaf elongation zone (LEZ) of the forage grass, Festuca pratensis Huds. The expression of the predominant α-expansin (FpExp2) was localised to the vascular tissue, as was the β-expansin FpExpB3. Expression of another β-expansin (FpExpB2) was not localised to vascular tissue but was highly expressed in roots and initiating tillers. This is the first description of vegetative β-expansin gene expression at the organ and tissue level and also the first evidence of differential expression between members of this gene family. In addition, an analysis of both α- and β-expansin expression along the LEZ revealed no correlation with growth rate distribution, whereas we were able to identify a novel xyloglucan endotransglycosylase (FpXET1) whose expression profile closely mimicked leaf growth rate. These data suggest that α- and β-expansin activities in the grass leaf are associated with tissue differentiation, that expansins involved in leaf growth may represent more minor components of the spectrum of expansin genes expressed in this tissue, and that XETs may be useful markers for the analysis of grass leaf growth.
AITANA MOVEC: Results of the project
Creators: name: ITI
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
MLOps
BIG DATA
CLOUD COMPUTING
ML
IA
AITANA MOVEC
2021

description: AITANA MOdel VErsion Control: Creating a complete development and production environment with version control and MLOps tools in a simple and intuitive way.

This document corresponds to a poster of the project as one of the results of the project.