cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Entre Familia II: Participant Education Materials
Creators: name: Institute, Latino Research
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: HPV education materials
subject: cancer prevention training
subject: participant educational tools
subject: public health education

description: Entre Familia II, Evidence-based service project aiming to increase HPV adolescent and young adult vaccination in Hidalgo County: Participant Education Materials
description: This record includes comprehensive training slides, a flipchart with learning objectives, and a scripted protocol for one-on-one education sessions. These materials are designed to educated participants about HPV, its prevention through vaccination, and the importance of early cancer screening.
title: Role of contrast enhanced ultrasound in the study of complex renal cystic lesions and tumors.
Creators: name: López-Vidaur, Ignacio
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Kidney
subject: Urinary Tract / Bladder
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Pathology
subject: Cancer

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: - To review complex renal cystsaccording to the Bosniak classification usingContrastenhancedultrasound(CEUS). -To show the normal sonographic findings of these entities and their correlation with other imaging techniques. -To show the advantages of...
Characterization of the cytokinin-responsive transcriptome in rice
Creators: name: Raines, Tracy
name: Kieber, Joseph J.
name: Tsai, Yu-Chang
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Abstract Background Cytokinin activates transcriptional cascades important for development and the responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. Most of what is known regarding cytokinin-regulated gene expression comes from studies of the dicotyledonous plant Arabidopsis thaliana. To expand the understanding of the cytokinin-regulated transcriptome, we employed RNA-Seq to analyze gene expression in response to cytokinin in roots and shoots of the monocotyledonous plant rice. Results We identified over 4,600 and approximately 2,400 genes differentially expressed in response to cytokinin in roots and shoots respectively. There were some similarities in the sets of cytokinin-regulated genes identified in rice and Arabidopsis, including an up-regulation of genes that act to reduce cytokinin function. Consistent with this, we found that the preferred DNA-binding motif of a rice type-B response regulator is similar to those from Arabidopsis. Analysis of the genes regulated by cytokinin in rice revealed a large number of transcription factors, receptor-like kinases, and genes involved in protein degradation, as well as genes involved in development and the response to biotic stress. Consistent with the over-representation of genes involved in biotic stress, there is a substantial overlap in the genes regulated by cytokinin and those differentially expressed in response to pathogen infection, suggesting that cytokinin plays an integral role in the transcriptional response to pathogens in rice, including the induction of a large number of WRKY transcription factors. Conclusions These results begin to unravel the complex gene regulation after cytokinin perception in a crop of agricultural importance and provide insight into the processes and responses modulated by cytokinin in monocots.
Beyond Ellipse(s): Accurately Modelling the Isophotal Structure of Galaxies with $Isofit$ and $Cmodel$
Creators: name: Ciambur, Bogdan C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This work introduces a new fitting formalism for isophotes which enables more accurate modelling of galaxies with non-elliptical shapes, such as disk galaxies viewed edge-on or galaxies with X-shaped/peanut bulges. Within this scheme, the angular parameter which defines quasi-elliptical isophotes is transformed from the commonly used, but inappropriate, polar co-ordinate to the `eccentric anomaly'. This provides a superior description of deviations from ellipticity, better capturing the true isophotal shape. Furthermore, this makes it possible to accurately recover both the surface brightness profile, using the correct azimuthally-averaged isophote, and the two-dimensional model of any galaxy: the hitherto ubiquitous, but artificial, cross-like features in residual images are completely removed. The formalism has been implemented into the IRAF tasks $Ellipse$ and $Bmodel$ to create the new tasks `$Isofit$', and `$Cmodel$'. The new tools are demonstrated here with application to five galaxies, chosen to be representative case-studies for several areas where this technique makes it possible to gain new scientific insight. Specifically: properly quantifying boxy/disky isophotes via the fourth harmonic order in edge-on galaxies, quantifying X-shaped/peanut bulges, higher-order Fourier moments for modelling bars in disks, and complex isophote shapes. Higher order (n > 4) harmonics now become meaningful and may correlate with structural properties, as boxyness/diskyness is known to do. This work also illustrates how the accurate construction, and subtraction, of a model from a galaxy image facilitates the identification and recovery of over-lapping sources such as globular clusters and the optical counterparts of X-ray sources.
description: 15 pages, 13 figures; submitted to ApJ
title: Utility of 18F-FDG-PET-CT in the diagnosis of different types of lymphomas.
Creators: name: López-Vidaur, Ignacio
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Nuclear medicine conventional
subject: PET-CT
subject: PET
subject: Lymph nodes
subject: Neoplasia

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: To know the utility of 18F-FDG-PET and 18F-FDG-PET-CT in the different types of lymphomas, in order to perform this test in those histological types of lymphoma in which the test has higher...
Predicting resistance as indicator for need to switch from first-line antiretroviral therapy among patients with elevated viral loads: development of a risk score algorithm
Creators: name: Weinberger, Morris
name: Eron, Joseph
name: Miller, William
name: Wheeler, Stephanie
name: Hosseinipour, Mina
name: Rutstein, Sarah E
name: Biddle, Andrea K.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Abstract Background In resource-limited settings, where resistance testing is unavailable, confirmatory testing for patients with high viral loads (VL) delays antiretroviral therapy (ART) switches for persons with resistance. We developed a risk score algorithm to predict need for ART change by identifying resistance among persons with persistently elevated VL. Methods We analyzed data from a Phase IV open-label trial. Using logistic regression, we identified demographic and clinical characteristics predictive of need for ART change among participants with VLs ≥1000 copies/ml, and assigned model-derived scores to predictors. We designed three models, including only variables accessible in resource-limited settings. Results Among 290 participants with at least one VL ≥1000 copies/ml, 51 % (148/290) resuppressed and did not have resistance testing; among those who did not resuppress and had resistance testing, 47 % (67/142) did not have resistance and 53 % (75/142) had resistance (ART change needed for 25.9 % (75/290)). Need for ART change was directly associated with higher baseline VL and higher VL at time of elevated measure, and inversely associated with treatment duration. Other predictors included body mass index and adherence. Area under receiver operating characteristic curves ranged from 0.794 to 0.817. At a risk score ≥9, sensitivity was 14.7–28.0 % and specificity was 96.7–98.6 %. Conclusions Our model performed reasonably well and may be a tool to quickly transition persons in need of ART change to more effective regimens when resistance testing is unavailable. Use of this algorithm may result in public health benefits and health system savings through reduced transmissions of resistant virus and costs on laboratory investigations.
A Generalization of Mordell to Ternary Quadratic Forms
Creators: name: Blackwell, Sarah
name: Durham, Gabriel
name: Thompson, Katherine
name: Treece, Tiffany
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11E25 (Primary), 11E20 (Secondary)

description: Mordell in 1958 gave a new proof of the three squares theorem. We generalize those techniques to characterize the integers represented by the remaining six "Ramanujan-Dickson ternaries" as well as three other ternary forms.
description: 17 pages
Personalized medicine and comparative effectiveness research in an era of fixed budgets
Creators: name: Brown, Paul M
Publisher: name: Springer Netherlands
Year: 2010

description: Abstract For personalized medicine to be widely adopted in clinical practice, stakeholders need evidence of effectiveness, cost effectiveness and financial viability. Comparative effectiveness research (CER) using population based, retrospective data can inform assessments of personalized medicine. The purpose of this paper is to explore the potential and the limitations of CER. While the analytic methods and data used for CER overcome many of the disadvantages of randomized controlled trials, there are significant barriers, including lack of routinely collected genetic information, patient-reported outcomes and information on new and emerging technologies. Recommendations for using CER include augmenting current data with genetic information, promoting the collection of uniform health outcomes, using value of information analysis to guide development of new technologies, and greater use of decision analysis. Finally, in order to address stakeholder concerns regarding short term financial viability, additional emphasis should be devoted to cost analysis of implementation costs and overall financial impact.
Homogeneous Spiking Neuromorphic System for Real-World Pattern Recognition
Creators: name: Wu, Xinyu
name: Saxena, Vishal
name: Zhu, Kehan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Emerging Technologies (cs.ET)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: A neuromorphic chip that combines CMOS analog spiking neurons and memristive synapses offers a promising solution to brain-inspired computing, as it can provide massive neural network parallelism and density. Previous hybrid analog CMOS-memristor approaches required extensive CMOS circuitry for training, and thus eliminated most of the density advantages gained by the adoption of memristor synapses. Further, they used different waveforms for pre and post-synaptic spikes that added undesirable circuit overhead. Here we describe a hardware architecture that can feature a large number of memristor synapses to learn real-world patterns. We present a versatile CMOS neuron that combines integrate-and-fire behavior, drives passive memristors and implements competitive learning in a compact circuit module, and enables in-situ plasticity in the memristor synapses. We demonstrate handwritten-digits recognition using the proposed architecture using transistor-level circuit simulations. As the described neuromorphic architecture is homogeneous, it realizes a fundamental building block for large-scale energy-efficient brain-inspired silicon chips that could lead to next-generation cognitive computing.
description: This is a preprint of an article accepted for publication in IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems, vol 5, no. 2, June 2015
title: MRI IN local staging of endometrial carcinoma: junctional line as a marker of myometrial invasion.
Creators: name: Ramos Rodriguez, Jose Ramon
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cancer
subject: Staging
subject: MR
subject: Oncology
subject: Genital / Reproductive system female

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: - To study the validity of myometrial junctional line in unenhanced MRI for staging endometrial carcinoma as a marker of depth of tumoral myometrial invasion and differentiate stage IA from IB. - To analyze the correlation between this MRI staging...
A descriptive study of Cambodian refugee infant feeding practices in the United States
Creators: name: Labbok, Miriam
name: Melvin, Cathy L.
name: Straub, Becky
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2008

description: Abstract Background The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine Cambodian refugee mothers' infant feeding beliefs, practices, and decision making regarding infant feeding in the U.S. and to explore if a culturally-specific breastfeeding program is appropriate for this community. Methods A self-administered questionnaire and a 30 minute in-person interview were used to collect information from nine women. The audio-taped interviews were transcribed, answers compiled, and themes from each question identified. Results All participants practiced either traditional Cambodian diet (pregnancy and postpartum diet including, tnam sraa, herbs mixed with either wine or tea), traditional Cambodian rituals (like spung, amodified sauna) or both, despite having lived in the U.S. for many years. All nine women initiated breastfeeding, however eight women introduced infant formula while in hospital. Perceived low milk supply and returning to work were the main reasons cited for partial breastfeeding and early cessation of breastfeeding. Conclusion While causes of initiation of other foods are similar to those found in the U.S. as a whole, a culturally-specific Cambodian breastfeeding support program may help overcome some breastfeeding problems reported by Cambodian refugee mothers who have immigrated to the United States.
Global performance of multireference density functional theory for low-lying states in $sd$-shell nuclei
Creators: name: Wu, Xian-Ye
name: Zhou, Xian-Rong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a comprehensive study of low-lying states in even-even Ne, Mg, Si, S, Ar isotopes with the multireference density functional theory (MR-DFT) based on a relativistic point-coupling energy density functional (EDF). Beyond mean-field (BMF) effects are taken into account by configuration mixing of both particle-number and angular-momentum projected axially deformed states with generator coordinate method (GCM). Global performance of the MR-DFT for the properties of both ground state and of the first $2^+, 4^+$ states is examined, in comparison with previous studies based on nonrelativistic EDFs and available data. Our results indicate that an EDF parameterized at the BMF level is demanded to achieve a quantitative description.
title: Imaging of pregnancy associated breast cancer :Sudanese experience
Creators: name: Moustafa, Amr
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cancer
subject: Biological effects
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Mammography
subject: Breast

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Pregnancy-associated breast cancer (PABC) is defined as breast cancer diagnosed during pregnancy or in the first postpartum year. Breast cancer affects approximately 1 in 3000 pregnant women and is the second most common malignancy affecting...
title: Prediction of posthepatectomy liver failure using the coefficient variation of relative liver enhancement on hepatobiliary phase images
Creators: name: Matsushima, Shigeru
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Molecular imaging
subject: Liver
subject: Abdomen
subject: MR
subject: Molecular imaging
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: Cancer

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Prediction of future remnant liver (FRL) function is crucial in the determination of whether a patient can safely undergo liver resection. A more reliable index for estimating postoperative liver failure is ICG clearance of the future remnant liver...
A Meta-Analysis of Distributional Treatment Effects in the Microcredit Literature
Creators: name: Meager, Rachael
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022

description: This study will develop new methodology for meta-analyses of distributional treatment effects in order to produce a new meta-analysis of microcredit interventions. Bayesian hierarchical models provide the framework for aggregation of quantile treatment effects and variance treatment effects, allowing for heterogeneous effects across studies while also estimating a generalized effect. I will also develop accompanying metrics of external validity, by extending the existing Bayesian pooling metrics to assess the heterogeneity in distributional effects across sites. I will consider a variety of modeling choices in order to derive robust and flexible hierarchical models and evaluate their relative performance using Monte Carlo simulation studies where appropriate. The resulting analysis should reveal the full distributional impact of microcredit access, and thus inform future policy decisions regarding microfinance institutions.
Proceedings Thirteenth Workshop on Quantitative Aspects of Programming Languages and Systems
Creators: name: Bertrand, Nathalie
name: Tribastone, Mirco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: Performance (cs.PF)
subject: Programming Languages (cs.PL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This volume contains the proceedings of the Thirteenth Workshop on Quantitative Aspects of Programming Languages and Systems (QAPL 2015), held in London, UK, on 11 and 12 April, 2015. QAPL 2015 was a satellite event of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software (ETAPS) focussing on quantitative aspects of computation. The Program Committee of QAPL 2015 selected 8 regular papers and 2 presentation-only papers. The workshop programme included two QAPL keynote presentations by Catuscia Palamidessi (Inria/LIX, France) on "Quantitative Aspects of Privacy and Information Flow," and Holger Hermanns (Saarland University, Germany) on "Optimal Continuous Time Markov Decisions."
Full ab initio band structure analysis of interband and intraband contributions for third harmonic generation coefficient of bulk silicon: implementation and application of the sum-over-states
Creators: name: Lan, You-Zhao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We fully implement the Aversa and Sipe sum-over-states formulism and make a full ab initio band structure analysis of interband and intraband contributions for the third-order nonlinear optical susceptibilities of bulk silicon. The band structure and momentum matrix elements were calculated by using the highly accurate all-electron full potential linearized augmented plane wave method within the local density approximation. The convergence tests including the scissor correction with different k-points meshes and empty states were performed. Both real and imaginary parts of susceptibility were directly calculated and checked by the Kramers-Kronig relation. The converged results are compared with other theoretical and experimental ones and in agreement with the recent ab initio real-time-based calculation. The nonlinear optical coefficient comes from three parts: the pure interband contribution (Pinter), the modulation of interband terms by intraband terms (Pmod), and the intraband contribution (Jintra). For each part, the origin of enhanced peaks is explored by tracing the sum-over-states process. The interband contribution is found to be dramatically modulated by the intraband contribution.
description: 11 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables
title: Reflexes and diagnostic pearls in neuroradiology
Creators: name: Ammor, Hicham
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: CNS
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: Neuroradiology spine
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: Decision analysis
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Screening
subject: Pathology
subject: Ischaemia / Infarction
subject: Acute

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: * To know a compilation of diseases for which a certitude diagnosis can be established on the basis of the imaging data and the clinical context of the patient. * To know through practical clinical cases their aspects in imaging * To know the pearls...
Quasiparticle Theory of Transport Coefficients for Hadronic Matter at Finite Temperature and Baryon Density
Creators: name: Albright, M.
name: Kapusta, J. I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We develop a flexible quasiparticle theory of transport coefficients of hot hadronic matter at finite baryon density. We begin with a hadronic quasiparticle model which includes a scalar and a vector mean field. Quasiparticle energies and the mean fields depend on temperature and baryon chemical potential. Starting with the quasiparticle dispersion relation, we derive the Boltzmann equation and use the Chapman-Enskog expansion to derive formulas for the shear and bulk viscosities and thermal conductivity. We obtain both relaxation time approximation formulas and more general integral equations. Throughout the work, we explicitly enforce the Landau-Lifshitz conditions of fit and ensure the theory is thermodynamically self-consistent. The derived formulas should be useful for predicting the transport coefficients of the hadronic phase of matter produced in heavy-ion collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) and at other accelerators.
description: 25 pages
The feasibility of an intensive case management program for injection drug users on antiretroviral therapy in St. Petersburg, Russia
Creators: name: Hoffman, Irving
name: Brown, Lillian B
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2013

description: Abstract Background The majority of HIV-infected individuals requiring antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Russia are Injection Drug Users (IDU). Substitution therapy used as part of a comprehensive harm reduction program is unavailable in Russia. Past data shows that only 16% of IDU receiving substance abuse treatment completed the course without relapse, and only 40% of IDU on ART remained on treatment at 6 months. Our goal was to determine if it was feasible to improve these historic outcomes by adding intensive case management (ICM) to the substance abuse and ART treatment programs for IDU. Methods IDU starting ART and able to involve a “supporter” who would assist in their treatment plan were enrolled. ICM included opiate detoxification, bi-monthly contact and counseling with the case, weekly group sessions, monthly contact with the “supporter” and home visits as needed. Full follow- up (FFU) was 8 months. Stata v10 (College Station, TX) was used for all analysis. Descriptive statistics were calculated for all baseline demographic variables, baseline and follow-up CD4 count, and viral load. Median baseline and follow-up CD4 counts and RNA levels were compared using the Kruskal-Wallis test. The proportion of participants with RNA < 1000 copies mL at baseline and follow-up was compared using Fisher’s Exact test. McNemar’s test for paired proportions was used to compare the change in proportion of participants with RNA < 1000 copies mL from baseline to follow-up. Results Between November 2007 and December 2008, 60 IDU were enrolled. 34 (56.7%) were male. 54/60 (90.0%) remained in FFU. Overall, 31/60 (52%) were active IDU at enrollment and 27 (45%) were active at their last follow-up visit. 40/60 (66.7%) attended all of their ART clinic visits, 13/60 (21.7%) missed one or more visit but remained on ART, and 7/60 (11.7%) stopped ART before the end of FFU. Overall, 39/53 (74%) had a final 6–8 month HIV RNA viral load (VL) < 1000 copies/mL. Conclusions Despite no substitution therapy to assist IDU in substance abuse and ART treatment programs, ICM was feasible, and the retention and adherence of IDU on ART in St. Petersburg could be greatly enhanced by adding ICM to the existing treatment programs.
Identification of Error Sources in High Precision Weight Measurements of Gyroscopes
Creators: name: Lőrincz, I.
name: Tajmar, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A number of weight anomalies have been reported in the past with respect to gyroscopes. Much attention was gained from a paper in Physical Review Letters, when Japanese scientists announced that a gyroscope loses weight up to $0.005\%$ when spinning only in the clockwise rotation with the gyroscope's axis in the vertical direction. Immediately afterwards, a number of other teams tried to replicate the effect, obtaining a null result. It was suggested that the reported effect by the Japanese was probably due to a vibration artifact, however, no final conclusion on the real cause has been obtained. We decided to build a dedicated high precision setup to test weight anomalies of spinning gyroscopes in various configurations. A number of error sources like precession and vibration and the nature of their influence on the measurements have been clearly identified, which led to the conclusive explanation of the conflicting reports. We found no anomaly within $Δm/m<2.6 \times 10^{-6}$ valid for both horizontal and vertical orientations.
description: Accepted for publication in Measurement
title: Uterine Fibroid Embolization (UFE) and Radiation Exposure in the year 2015: The potential for dose-reduction applying the new Siemens Artis Q technology.
Creators: name: Sommer, Christof
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Pelvis
subject: Genital / Reproductive system female
subject: Interventional vascular
subject: Catheter arteriography
subject: Fluoroscopy
subject: Percutaneous
subject: Embolisation
subject: Radiation safety
subject: Technical aspects
subject: Dosimetric comparison
subject: Neoplasia

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: To evaluate the potential for dose-reduction of uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) applying the new Siemens Artis Q...
title: Zur Erinnerung an Elsbeth Högger [1903-1926]
title: Predigt bei ihrem Begräbnis in Klosters-Platz am 7. August 1926
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Middendorp, J. J. L.
Publisher: name: [Verlag nicht ermittelbar]
Year: 1926
Subjects: subject: 920 Biografien, Genealogie, Insignien
subject: Nachruf
subject: Nussbaumen (Thurgau)
subject: Klosters

description: Enthält: Predigt beim Begräbnis von Elsbeth Högger in Klosters-Platz am 7. August 1926 gehalten von J. J. L. Middendorp, Pfarrer.
Academic Preservation Trust Financial Sustainability and Business Principles and Practices
Publisher: name: University of Virginia
Year: 2018
Subjects: Financial sustainability
Business principles
Governance Policies

description: See the most recent version of this policy at https://aptrust.org/resources/policies/#financial-sustainability-and-business-principles.

This document outlines the strategic, financial, and Service Principles for the Academic Preservation Trust (APTrust). It includes links to our budget reports, services and fees list, and succession policy. Finally, it discusses the financial practices and procedures for the consortium.
title: The utility of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in differation of endometriomas from hemorrhagic ovarian cysts
Creators: name: Balaban , Mehtap
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: Abdomen
subject: Haemorrhage

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Adnexa are anatomic regions between pelvic walls and uterine cornus. A mass in this region generally originates from ovaries and many of them can mimic each other with similar imaging findings. From these pathologies, differentiation of endometrioma...
title: Prof. Otto Naegeli zum Andenken
title: Sitzung der medizinischen Fakultät der Universität Zürich zusammen mit der Gesellschaft der Ärzte in Zürich und der Vereinigung praktischer Ärzte von Zürich und Umgebung vom 7.Juli 1938
titleType: Subtitle
title: der Zürich Aertzeschaft überreicht durch die Familie Prof. Otto Naegeli
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Zentralbibliothek Zürich
Year: 1938
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
subject: 920 Biografien, Genealogie, Insignien
subject: Nachruf
subject: Naegeli, Otto
subject: Ermatingen

description: Sonderabdruck aus der Schweizerischen Medizinischen Wochenschrift, 68. Jahrgang 1938, Nr. 40 Verzeichnis der Arbeiten O. Naegelis aus Vierteljahresschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich. 83. Jahrgang, 1938. Drittes und viertes Heft
description: Enthält: Beqrüßung durch den Dekan der Medizinischen Fakultät, Prof. Anderes; Lebensbild und Persönlichkeit, Prof. W. Löffler; Wissenschaftliches Werk: I. Tuberkulosearbeiten, P.-D. Dr. E. Uehlinger; II. Unfallneurose, P.-D. Dr. F. Lüthy; III. Hämatologische Forschungen, P.-D. Dr. K. Rohr; IV. Die Differential-Diagnose, Dr. O. Gsell; V. Klinische Konstitutionslehre, P.-D. Dr. W. Gloor-Meyer; Verzeichnis der Publikationen von Otto Naegeli: Medizinische Veröffentlichungen zusammengestellt von K. Rohr; botanische Publikationen zusammengestellt von Hans Schinz
From Fowler-Nordheim to Non-Equilibrium Green's Function Modeling of Tunneling
Creators: name: Ilatikhameneh, Hesameddin
name: Salazar, Ramon B.
name: Klimeck, Gerhard
name: Rahman, Rajib
name: Appenzeller, Joerg
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work, an analytic model is proposed which provides in a continuous manner the current-voltage characteristic (I-V) of high performance tunneling field-effect transistors (TFETs) based on direct bandgap semiconductors. The model provides closed-form expressions for I-V based on: 1) a modified version of the well-known Fowler-Nordheim (FN) formula (in the ON-state), and 2) an equation which describes the OFF-state performance while providing continuity at the ON/OFF threshold by means of a term introduced as the "continuity factor". It is shown that traditional approaches such as FN are accurate in TFETs only through correct evaluation of the total band bending distance and the "tunneling effective mass". General expressions for these two key parameters are provided. Moreover, it is demonstrated that the tunneling effective mass captures both the ellipticity of evanescent states and the dual (electron/hole) behavior of the tunneling carriers, and it is further shown that such a concept is even applicable to semiconductors with nontrivial energy dispersion. Ultimately, it is found that the I-V characteristics obtained by using this model are in close agreement with state-of-the-art quantum transport simulations both in the ON- and OFF-state, thus providing validation of the analytic approach.
description: 9 pages, 6 figures
The association of the ankle-brachial index with incident coronary heart disease: the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities (ARIC) study, 1987-2001
Creators: name: Heiss, Gerardo
name: Chambless, Lloyd E
name: Rosamond, Wayne D.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2007

description: Abstract Background Peripheral arterial disease (PAD), defined by a low ankle-brachial index (ABI), is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events, but the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) over the range of the ABI is not well characterized, nor described for African Americans. Methods The ABI was measured in 12186 white and African American men and women in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study in 1987–89. Fatal and non-fatal CHD events were ascertained through annual telephone contacts, surveys of hospital discharge lists and death certificate data, and clinical examinations, including electrocardiograms, every 3 years. Participants were followed for a median of 13.1 years. Age- and field-center-adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) were estimated using Cox regression models. Results Over a median 13.1 years follow-up, 964 fatal or non-fatal CHD events accrued. In whites, the age- and field-center-adjusted CHD hazard ratio (HR, 95% CI) for PAD (ABI<0.90) was 2.81 (1.77–4.45) for men and 2.05 (1.20–3.53) for women. In African Americans, the HR for men was 4.86 (2.76–8.47) and for women was 2.34 (1.26–4.35). The CHD risk increased exponentially with decreasing ABI as a continuous function, and continued to decline at ABI values > 1.0, in all race-gender subgroups. The association between the ABI and CHD relative risk was similar for men and women in both race groups. A 0.10 lower ABI increased the CHD hazard by 25% (95% CI 17–34%) in white men, by 20% (8–33%) in white women, by 34% (19–50%) in African American men, and by 32% (17–50%) in African American women. Conclusion African American members of the ARIC cohort had higher prevalences of PAD and greater risk of CHD associated with ABI-defined PAD than did white participants. Unlike in other cohorts, in ARIC the CHD risk failed to increase at high (>1.3) ABI values. We conclude that at this time high ABI values should not be routinely considered a marker for increased CVD risk in the general population. Further research is needed on the value of the ABI at specific cutpoints for risk stratification in the context of traditional risk factors.
Quantum and thermal fluctuations in quantum mechanics and field theories from a new version of semiclassical theory
Creators: name: Escobar-Ruiz, M. A.
name: Shuryak, E.
name: Turbiner, A. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We develop a new semiclassical approach, which starts with the density matrix given by the Euclidean time path integral with fixed coinciding endpoints, and proceed by identifying classical (minimal Euclidean action) path, to be referred to as {\it flucton}, which passes through this endpoint. Fluctuations around flucton path are included, by standard Feynman diagrams, previously developed for instantons. We calculate the Green function and evaluate the one loop determinant both by direct diagonalization of the fluctuation equation, and also via the trick with the Green functions. The two-loop corrections are evaluated by explicit Feynman diagrams, and some curious cancellation of logarithmic and polylog terms is observed. The results are fully consistent with large-distance asymptotics obtained in quantum mechanics. Two classic examples -- quartic double-well and sine-Gordon potentials -- are discussed in detail, while power-like potential and quartic anharmonic oscillator are discussed in brief. Unlike other semiclassical methods, like WKB, we do not use the Schrödinger equation, and all the steps generalize to multi-dimensional or quantum fields cases straightforwardly.
description: Title slightly changed, typos corrected, Eq.(50) rectified, two references added, to appear at Phys Rev D93
title: The accuracy of diffüsion weighted magnetic resonance imaging in differentiation of malignant from benign gynecologic lesions
Creators: name: Balaban , Mehtap
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Genital / Reproductive system female
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Neoplasia

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Endometrial, cervical and ovarian carcinomas are the most common three gynecologic malignancies of the world(1). The detection of these malignancies depends on clinical findings and diagnostic imaging methods. Despite the useful information accuired...
PROGRESS OF THE P160C SOLID ROCKET MOTOR DEVELOPMENT, FUTURE COMMON PROPULSIVE SRM FOR ARIANE 6 BLOCK2 AND VEGA-C/VEGA-E EUROPEAN LAUNCHERS
Creators: name: T. GERMANI1, E. BANDELIER1
name:   D. RIBEREAU
name:   D. GARITTA
name:   M. ANGELONE
name:   A. CIUCCI
name:   D. SCOCCIMARRO
Publisher: name: Proceedings of the Aerospace Europe Conference - EUCASS - CEAS - 2023
Year: 2023
Subjects: ARIANE 6
VEGA C
ARIANE 6 BLOCK 2
SOLID PROPULSION
SRM
LAUNCHER SUBCOMPONENT
P160C

description: The Ground Qualification of the Pl20C SRM, designed to be the Common Solid Propulsive Module as strap-on booster on Ariane 6 Launch Vehicle for both 62 and 64 versions and as first stage for Vega Consolidation and Vega Evolution vehicles, was successfully achieved in 2021 in the time frame scheduled despite a design to cost approach driven by a very ambitious low recurring cost objective. Fallowing this ground qualification, the Pl 20C SRM successfully flew on Vega-C VV2 l (maiden flight) and Vega-C VV22. It is now waiting for its first flight on Ariane 6 Launch Vehicle. The Design Definition Authority of the Pl20C SRM was entrusted by the Launcher System Prime Contractors to Europropulsion who has been responsible for the motor development and is in charge of production exploitation of the Pl 20C SRM with the support of Avio and ArianeGroup. Feedbacks from the satellites market in this phase of preparation to the first Ariane 6 commercial flights, showed that a very promising opportunity is represented by the launch of satellite constellations in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The first analyses performed at Ariane 6 System level indicated however the need to increase the A64 payload capability in LEO to be competitive in this interesting but very challenging market. Among the potential Launcher performance improvement options, the increase of SRM length by one meter and of the propellant mass up to about 156T, resulting in a Launcher performance enhancement Copyright 2023 by First Author. Posted online by the EU CASS association with permission.
iBench: A ground truth approach for advanced validation of mass spectrometry identification method.
Creators: name: Cormican, John A
name: Soh, Wai Tuck
name: Mishto, Michele
name: Liepe, Juliane
Publisher: name: The Francis Crick Institute
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry & Proteomics
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Tumour Biology

description: The discovery of many noncanonical peptides detectable with sensitive mass spectrometry inside, outside and on cells shepherded the development of novel methods for their identification, often not supported by a systematic benchmarking with other methods. We here propose iBench, a bioinformatic tool that can construct ground truth proteomics datasets and cognate databases, thereby generating a training court wherein methods, search engines, and proteomics strategies can be tested, and their performances estimated by the same tool. iBench can be coupled to the main database search engines, allows the selection of customized features of mass spectrometry spectra and peptides, provides standard benchmarking outputs, and is open source. The proof-of-concept application to tryptic proteome digestions, immunopeptidomes and synthetic peptide libraries dissected the impact that noncanonical peptides could have on the identification of canonical peptides by Mascot search with rescoring via Percolator (Mascot+Percolator). This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Evaluating methods for the analysis of rare variants in sequence data
Creators: name: Powers, Scott
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2011

description: Abstract A number of rare variant statistical methods have been proposed for analysis of the impending wave of next-generation sequencing data. To date, there are few direct comparisons of these methods on real sequence data. Furthermore, there is a strong need for practical advice on the proper analytic strategies for rare variant analysis. We compare four recently proposed rare variant methods (combined multivariate and collapsing, weighted sum, proportion regression, and cumulative minor allele test) on simulated phenotype and next-generation sequencing data as part of Genetic Analysis Workshop 17. Overall, we find that all analyzed methods have serious practical limitations on identifying causal genes. Specifically, no method has more than a 5% true discovery rate (percentage of truly causal genes among all those identified as significantly associated with the phenotype). Further exploration shows that all methods suffer from inflated false-positive error rates (chance that a noncausal gene will be identified as associated with the phenotype) because of population stratification and gametic phase disequilibrium between noncausal SNPs and causal SNPs. Furthermore, observed true-positive rates (chance that a truly causal gene will be identified as significantly associated with the phenotype) for each of the four methods was very low (<19%). The combination of larger than anticipated false-positive rates, low true-positive rates, and only about 1% of all genes being causal yields poor discriminatory ability for all four methods. Gametic phase disequilibrium and population stratification are important areas for further research in the analysis of rare variant data.
title: Transvaginal ultrasound probe - a novel use in asymptomatic retrosternal thyroid interval imaging
Creators: name: Yong, Ai Wain
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Endocrine disorders
subject: Technical aspects
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Thyroid / Parathyroids
subject: Head and neck

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: 1. Learning objectives The aims of thiseducational exhibitare : to describe a systematic approach of thyroid ultrasound technique for retrosternal goiter assessment using the transvaginal probe placed at the suprasternal notch to illustrate...
title: A phylogenomic study of Saxifraga L. (Saxifragaceae)
Creators: name: Moerland, Michelangelo Sergio
Publisher: name: University of Reading
Year: 2023

description: Saxifraga L. (Saxifragaceae) is a species-rich genus (> 440 spp.), which occurs mainly in mountainous and arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The species-richness of Saxifraga, and its strong ecological and morphological differentiation make it an ideal model system for studying alpine lineage evolution. However, those efforts require a robust phylogenetic framework. This thesis explores the evolutionary relationships within Saxifraga by designing hybrid-capture targets that are compatible with existing high-throughput sequencing data, to produce the most densely sampled phylogeny for the genus based on sequence information of 329 nuclear loci. High sequence coverage is obtained for target loci, although not all loci are retrieved for all sections of the genus, and certain taxa have a high incidence of paralogous copies due to the wide occurrence of polyploids in Saxifraga. DNA samples are predominantly sourced from museum material and the effect of locus retrieval and paralog detection is tested against sample age, where a slow decline in retrieved target length is observed and, importantly, a decline in paralog detection occurs with sample age that could mask high persistence of paralogous copies in phylogenomic datasets. The species tree based on newly generated and publicly available data confirms many recent taxonomic revisions and finds overall higher support for the topological placement of monophyletic sections. However, slight revisions are suggested for sect. Ciliatae and placement of Saxifraga cuneifolia L. in sect. Gymnopera is tenuous due to a complex evolutionary history likely involving intersectional introgression. A new set of divergence time estimations is performed with additional outgroups and calibration points. Relatively recent nodes were found to be older than had been previously estimated based on phylogenies of few concatenated loci. Likely, all sections of Saxifraga existed within the Miocene during strong climate cooling and mountain uplift in its geographic range. Finally, the adaptation of Saxifraga to high solar radiation conditions, that are typical for the alpine biome, is explored within a phylogenetic framework. Leaf temperature data and associated environmental data is presented from a common garden experiment. The leaf temperature increase over air temperature from heating through solar irradiance differs among taxa, while leaf functional traits that are known to impact temperature regulation ability had no effect on the ratio of leaf heating. However, closely related taxa are shown to have a similar leaf heating response to radiation and some clades are more abundant in taxa that are more likely to overheat with high radiation than others. Unlike the clades that can efficiently manage leaf temperatures towards an optimum, these clades are prone to reach unfavourable conditions upon exposure and are suggested to be more prone to future climate change.