cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Age-related Risk Factors and Severity of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Rahman, Mohammad Meshbahur
name: Bhattacharjee, Badhan
name: Farhana, Zaki
name: Hamiduzzaman, Mohammad
name: Chowdhury, Muhammad Abdul Baker
name: Hossain, Mohammad Sorowar
name: Siddiqee, Mahbubul H
name: Islam, Md. Ziaul
name: Raheem, Enayetur
name: Uddin, Md. Jamal
Publisher: name: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene
Year: 2021

description: Objectives: We aimed to estimate the reported symptoms and comorbidities and assess the correlation between a series of symptoms and comorbidities and age of the patients’ positive in COVID-19. Methods: We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis [PROSPERO registration: CRD42020182677]. Databases [PubMed, SCOPUS, EMBASE, WHO, Semantic Scholar, and COVID-19 Primer] were searched for clinical studies published from January to April 2020. The pooled prevalence of symptoms and comorbidities were identified using the random effect model, and the multivariable factor analysis was performed to show the correlation between a group of symptoms and comorbidities and age of the COVID-19 patients. Results: Twenty-nine articles, with 4,884 COVID-19 patients were included in this study. Altogether, we found 33 symptoms and 44 comorbidities where the most frequent 19 symptoms and 11 comorbidities were included in the meta-analysis. The fever [84%], cough/dry cough [61%], and fatigue/weakness [42%] were found more prevalent. On the other hand, acute respiratory distress syndrome, hypertension and diabetes were the most prevalent comorbid condition. The multivariable factor analysis showed positive association between a group of symptoms and comorbidities, and with the patients' age. The symptoms comprising fever, dyspnea/shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, dizziness, anorexia and pharyngalgia; and the comorbidities including diabetes, hypertension, coronary heart disease, COPD/lung disease and ARDS were positively correlated with the COVID-19 patient’s age. Conclusion: As a unique effort, this study found a group of symptoms and comorbidities, correlated with age of the COVID-19 patients that may help to implement patient-centred interventions.
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 62 No. 2 (2021): 2021622
Impact of intrarenal arterial lesions on prognosis of IgA nephropathy: insights from a retrospective cohort study
Creators: name: Tu, Jingying
name: Chen, Xiaoqian
name: Yang, Haichun
name: Zuo, Yiqin
name: Li, Fanfan
name: Zhang, Ji
name: Chen, Bo
name: Lv, Yinqiu
name: Chen, Chaosheng
name: Su, Zhen
name: Li, Duo
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: IgA nephropathy (IgAN) presents a challenging spectrum of outcomes, often complicated by intrarenal arterial/arteriolar lesions (IALs) in affected individuals. Despite their clinical relevance, existing criteria for classifying and assessing the severity of these lesions remain undefined. This study aimed to establish semi-quantitative assessment criteria for grading IALs and to evaluate their prognostic significance in patients with IgAN. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 417 cases of primary IgAN in which IALs were meticulously scored in individual biopsies. Kaplan–Meier survival analysis was employed to compare the time to the renal composite endpoint between different IALs severity groups. The association between the severity of IALs and clinical outcomes was further evaluated using multivariate Cox regression models to control for potential confounders. Among the 417 patients studied, 230 (55.2%) exhibited IALs. Kaplan-Meier curve analysis showed a higher cumulative incidence of the composite endpoint in patients with IALs (p < 0.001). In a compelling multivariate analysis, we identified IALs and its subclassifications, including moderate to severe intimal fibrosis and hyalinosis, as strong independent risk factors for poor prognosis (IALs: HR = 2.15, p = 0.009; moderate to severe hyalinosis: HR = 3.58, p = 0.001; moderate to severe intimal fibrosis: HR = 3.56, p = 0.001). Our findings underscore the prognostic significance of IALs in IgAN, particularly moderate to severe intimal fibrosis and hyalinosis and highlight the urgent need for novel therapeutic strategies specifically designed to mitigate the impact of IALs in high-risk IgAN patients.
Modeling and Simulation of Lane Keeping Support System using Hybrid Petri Nets
Creators: name: Padilla, Carmela Angeline Cruz
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2019
Subjects: Control engineering, mechatronics and robotics not elsewhere classified

description: In the past decades, the rapid innovation on technology has greatly affected the automotive industry. However, every innovation has always been paired with safety risks that needs to be quickly addressed. This is where Petri nets (PNs) have come into the picture and have been used to model complex systems for different purposes, such as production management, traffic flow estimation and the introduction of new car features collectively known as, Adaptive Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). Since most of these systems include both discrete and continuous dynamics, the Hybrid Petri net (HPN) model is an essential tool to model these. The objective of this thesis is to develop, analyze and simulate a lane keeping support system using an HPN model. Chapter 1 includes a brief summary of the specific ADAS used, lane departure warning and lane keeping assist systems and then related work on PNs is mentioned. Chapter 2 provides a background on Petri nets. In chapter 3, we develop a discrete PN model first, then we integrate continuous dynamics to extend it to a HPN model that combines the functionalities of the two independent ADAS systems. Several scenarios are introduced to explain the expected model behavior. Chapter 4 presents the analysis and simulation results obtained on the final model. Chapter 5 provides a summary for the work done and discusses future work.
sj-pdf-2-taw-10.1177_20420986211030371 – Supplemental material for Inappropriate medications and physical function: a systematic review
Creators: name: Manias, Elizabeth
name: Kabir, Md Zunayed
name: Maier, Andrea B.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 111299 Oncology and Carcinogenesis not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-2-taw-10.1177_20420986211030371 for Inappropriate medications and physical function: a systematic review by Elizabeth Manias, Md Zunayed Kabir and Andrea B. Maier in Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety
Toward a Decolonial Queer Humanism: Thomas Hardy's The Well-Beloved and André Aciman's Call Me by Your Name
Creators: name: Friedman, Dustin
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Queer theory
subject: Postcolonialism
subject: Decolonization
subject: Humanism
subject: Modernism (Literature)
subject: Race
subject: Jews--Identity
subject: Aesthetics

description: This essay situates queer negativity within the modernist tradition. In The Well-Beloved (1897), Thomas Hardy satirizes the then-popular notion of racial memory for its racist, colonialist implications, inaugurating the modernist critique of romantic love as complicit with the self-delusions of the liberal-humanist subject. Despite the view shared by modernists and queer negativists that this alienation is universal and unavoidable, Hardy hints at how an aestheticized version racial memory can enable collective agency beyond Western individualism. André Aciman expresses this decolonial version of racial memory in Call Me by Your Name (2007), moving beyond the limitations of modernist queer negativity in his portrayal of desire between Jewish men.
title: ICOS Ecosystem Instructions for Use the ICOS BADM
Creators: name: Papale, Dario
name: Canfora, Eleonora
name: Polidori, Diego
Publisher: name: ICOS Ecosystem Thematic Centre
Year: 2017
Subjects: ecosystem protocols
BADM

description: The ICOS BADM (Biological, Ancillary, Disturbance and Metadata) is the system used to submit non-continuous data, metadata and information to the ICOS ETC. It is based on an international system agreed across the flux networks globally (in particular between AmeriFlux and the European Database) but adapted to the specific needs of ICOS.
In this document the general structure of the ICOS BADM, the different type of variables and the options are described. Then instructions on how to fill in an ICOS BADM are provided.
sj-docx-4-sat-10.1177_11782218211033298 – Supplemental material for Changes in Alcohol Habits Among Workers During the Confinement of COVID-19: Results of a Canadian Cross-Sectional Survey
Creators: name: Mongeau-Pérusse, Violaine
name: Rizkallah, Elie
name: Bruneau, Julie
name: Chênevert, Denis
name: Menvielle, Loick
name: Jutras-Aswad, Didier
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-4-sat-10.1177_11782218211033298 for Changes in Alcohol Habits Among Workers During the Confinement of COVID-19: Results of a Canadian Cross-Sectional Survey by Violaine Mongeau-Pérusse, Elie Rizkallah, Julie Bruneau, Denis Chênevert, Loick Menvielle and Didier Jutras-Aswad in Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment
Fourth World Nation: A Critical Geography of Decline
Creators: name: Dotson, Olon Frederick
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2019
Subjects: Urban and regional economics
Sociology not elsewhere classified
Human geography not elsewhere classified
History and theory of the built environment (excl. architecture)
Regional analysis and development
Urban analysis and development

description: Dissertation declaring that The United States of America is a Fourth World Nation. It has earned this distinction as direct a result of the manner in which it was established, how it developed, and the fact that it has demonstratively failed to confront its ever-increasing disparity and unevenness. Fourth World Theory provides a foundation and framework for a critical investigation of society and culture though an analytical lens, and an examination of the inequities that are increasingly prevalent throughout a post-industrial, post-agrarian, post-developing space of inevitable decline.
sj-pdf-1-sgo-10.1177_21582440211031897 – Supplemental material for The Validity and Reliability Study of the Basic Motor Movement, Social Skill Observation, and Evaluation Scale for Basic Movement Education
Creators: name: Esen, H. Tolga
name: Eraslan, Meriç
name: Altınkök, Mustafa
name: Eravşar, Hakan
name: Demir, Bahadır
name: Özküçük, Sinem
name: Şeran, Buket
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 200199 Communication and Media Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Media and communications
subject: 160299 Criminology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Law
subject: Education
subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-sgo-10.1177_21582440211031897 for The Validity and Reliability Study of the Basic Motor Movement, Social Skill Observation, and Evaluation Scale for Basic Movement Education by H. Tolga Esen, Meriç Eraslan, Mustafa Altınkök, Hakan Eravşar, Bahadır Demir, Sinem Özküçük and Buket Şeran in SAGE Open
The 3D transient semiconductor equations with gradient-dependent and interfacial recombination
Creators: name: Disser, Karoline
name: Rehberg, Joachim
Publisher: name: Weierstrass Institute
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Van Roosbroeck's system
subject: semiconductor device
subject: Avalanche recombination
subject: surface recombination
subject: nonlinear parabolic system
subject: heterogeneous material
subject: discontinuous coefficients and data
subject: mixed boundary conditions
subject: 35K57
subject: 35K55
subject: 78A35
subject: 35R05
subject: 35K45

description: We establish the well-posedness of the transient van Roosbroeck  system in three space dimensions under realistic assumptions on the data: non-smooth domains, discontinuous coefficient functions and mixed boundary conditions. Moreover, within this analysis,  recombination terms may be concentrated on surfaces and interfaces and may not only depend on charge-carrier  densities, but also on the  electric field and currents. In particular, this includes Avalanche recombination. The proofs are based on recent abstract results on maximal parabolic and optimal elliptic regularity of divergence-form operators.
Additional file 1 of The effects of therapeutic virtual reality experience to promote mental well-being in older people living with physical disabilities in long-term care facilities
Creators: name: Kwan, Rick Yiu Cho
name: Ng, Fowie
name: Lam, Linda Chiu Wa
name: Yung, Rebecca Choy
name: Sin, Olive Shuk Kan
name: Chan, Sally
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicine
Biotechnology
Cancer
Science Policy
Mental Health
Virology

description: Additional file 1. List of subvented, self-financing and contract residential care homes for the elderly providing subsidised places for the elderly (As at 30.6.2023)
sj-pdf-2-sgo-10.1177_21582440211031897 – Supplemental material for The Validity and Reliability Study of the Basic Motor Movement, Social Skill Observation, and Evaluation Scale for Basic Movement Education
Creators: name: Esen, H. Tolga
name: Eraslan, Meriç
name: Altınkök, Mustafa
name: Eravşar, Hakan
name: Demir, Bahadır
name: Özküçük, Sinem
name: Şeran, Buket
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 200199 Communication and Media Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Media and communications
subject: 160299 Criminology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Law
subject: Education
subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-2-sgo-10.1177_21582440211031897 for The Validity and Reliability Study of the Basic Motor Movement, Social Skill Observation, and Evaluation Scale for Basic Movement Education by H. Tolga Esen, Meriç Eraslan, Mustafa Altınkök, Hakan Eravşar, Bahadır Demir, Sinem Özküçük and Buket Şeran in SAGE Open
Physical activity interventions in adult kidney transplant recipients: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Creators: name: Billany, Roseanne E.
name: Bishop, Nicolette C.
name: Castle, Ellen M.
name: Graham-Brown, Matthew P. M.
name: Greenwood, Sharlene A.
name: Lightfoot, Courtney J.
name: Wilkinson, Thomas J.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) exhibit a high prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and adverse changes in physical fitness and body composition. Post-transplant management recommends being physically active and evidence in this field is growing. The aim of this review was to update our previous systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) assessing the effects of physical activity and exercise training interventions in KTRs. A comprehensive literature search between March 2021 and September 2024 identified seven additional RCTs. Therefore, this updated review and meta-analysis includes 23 RCTs. Outcomes included cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), strength, blood pressure, body composition, heart rate, markers of dyslipidemia and kidney function, and health-related quality of life. Twenty-three RCTs, including 1,139 KTRs, were included. The median intervention length was 12 weeks with participants exercising between 2 and 7×/week. Most studies used a mixture of aerobic and resistance training but reporting and intervention content was highly varied. Significant improvements were observed in CRF (V̇O2peak; +3.87 mL/kg/min, p = .0004), physical function (sit-to-stand-60; +7.72 repetitions, p = .0001), and high-density lipoprotein (HDL; +0.13 mmol/L, p = .02). Isolated studies reported improvements in strength, bone health, lean mass, and quality of life (QoL). All studies were found to have a high or moderate risk of bias. Exercise training or increasing physical activity may confer several benefits in adult KTRs, especially through the improvements in CRF and HDL which have been linked to CVD risk. Despite new literature, there is still a need for long-term larger sampled RCTs and more detailed reporting of intervention details and program adherence.
Evaluation of Non-Invasive Biological Samples to Monitor Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in Great Apes and Lemurs
Creators: name: Schaumburg, Frieder
name: Mugisha, Lawrence
name: Kappeller, Peter
name: Fichtel, Claudia
name: Köck, Robin
name: Köndgen, Sophie
name: Becker, Karsten
name: Boesch, Christophe
name: Peters, Georg
name: Leendertz, Fabian
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Animals
subject: Genotype
subject: Staphylococcus aureus/genetics
subject: Pan troglodytes/microbiology
subject: Feces/microbiology
subject: Lemur/microbiology
subject: Staphylococcus aureus/pathogenicity
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Introduction: Reintroduction of endangered animals as part of conservational programs bears the risk of importing human pathogens from the sanctuary to the natural habitat. One bacterial pathogen that serves as a model organism to analyze this transmission is Staphylococcus aureus as it can colonize and infect both humans and animals. The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility of various biological samples to monitor S. aureus colonization in great apes and lemurs. Methods: Mucosal swabs from wild lemurs (n=25, Kirindy, Madagascar), feces, oral and genital swabs from captive chimpanzees (n=58, Ngamba and Entebbe, Uganda) and fruit wadges and feces from wild chimpanzees (n=21, Taï National Parc, Côte d’Ivoire) were screened for S. aureus. Antimicrobial resistance and selected virulence factors were tested for each isolate. Sequence based genotyping (spa typing, multilocus sequence typing) was applied to assess the population structure of S. aureus. Results: Oro-pharyngeal carriage of S. aureus was high in lemurs (72%, n=18) and captive chimpanzees (69.2%, n=27 and 100%, n=6, respectively). Wild chimpanzees shed S. aureus through feces (43.8, n=7) and fruit wadges (54.5, n=12). Analysis of multiple sampling revealed that two samples are sufficient to detect those animals which shed S. aureus through feces or fruit wadges. Genotyping showed that captive animals are more frequently colonized with human-associated S. aureus lineages. Conclusion: Oro-pharyngeal swabs are useful to screen for S. aureus colonization in apes and lemurs before reintroduction. Duplicates of stool and fruit wadges reliably detect S. aureus shedding in wild chimpanzees. We propose to apply these sampling strategies in future reintroduction programs to screen for S. aureus colonization. They may also be useful to monitor S. aureus in wild populations.
Additional file 4 of A comparative study of in vitro air–liquid interface culture models of the human airway epithelium evaluating cellular heterogeneity and gene expression at single cell resolution
Creators: name: Prescott, Rachel A.
name: Pankow, Alec P.
name: de Vries, Maren
name: Crosse, Keaton M.
name: Patel, Roosheel S.
name: Alu, Mark
name: Loomis, Cynthia
name: Torres, Victor
name: Koralov, Sergei
name: Ivanova, Ellie
name: Dittmann, Meike
name: Rosenberg, Brad R.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 4: Figure S1. Additional immunofluorescence labelling of fixed and cross-sectioned HAE cultures from BCi-NS1.1-derived and primary-derived donors. Figure S2. scRNA-Seq cell population assignment by replicate and marker gene expression patterns. Figure S3. a Violin plots of log-normalized expression values for ISGs IFIT1, ISG15, and MX1 along with TERT by cell population. Plots are annotated with the FDR from pseudobulk differential expression testing across BCi-NS1.1-derived and primary HAE cultures where significant. b Violin plots of “Hallmark Interferon Alpha Response” gene set scores at single cell resolution by cell population. Low sampling of secretory III, deuterosomal, ciliated cells and ionocytes required their exclusion from pseudobulk contrasts, but they are included here for completeness. Figure S4. Top-down images of HAE cultures with individual channels stained for phalloidin (red) and DAPI (blue) and infected with a. IAV (green) and b. S. aureus (green). Scale bars = 1 mm.
sj-pdf-3-sgo-10.1177_21582440211032641 – Supplemental material for Family Choices on Welfare and Territorial Disadvantages: The Perception of the Child Care Services Approach in Urban and Rural Areas
Creators: name: Bucaite-Vilke, Jurga
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 200199 Communication and Media Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Media and communications
subject: 160299 Criminology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Law
subject: Education
subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-3-sgo-10.1177_21582440211032641 for Family Choices on Welfare and Territorial Disadvantages: The Perception of the Child Care Services Approach in Urban and Rural Areas by Jurga Bucaite-Vilke in SAGE Open
I. ANTIMICROBIAL PHOTODYNAMIC INACTIVATION TARGETING MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE WITH GALLIUM-HEMOGLOBIN-COATED SILVER NANOPARTICLES II. SYNTHESIS AND PROPERTIES OF MAGNETIC GOLD NANOPARTICLES
Creators: name: Lin, Lu
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biochemistry and cell biology not elsewhere classified
Nanobiotechnology
Microbiology not elsewhere classified

description: I. Gallium-hemoglobin Coated Silver Nanoparticles for Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy Against Bacterial Pathogens One of the mechanisms for bacterial pathogens’ hemin acquisition is through cell-surface hemin receptors (CSHRs), which are responsible for rapid hemin recognition. GaPpIX, as a hemin analog, can be rapidly taken up by CSHR-expressing bacteria, such as Staphylococcus aureus (S.aureus). Previous works shown that GaPpIX has aPDI activity at micromolar level of concentration following 10 seconds of 405-nm light exposure using LED array. The photosensitizing ability of GaPpIX can be further enhanced by incorporating with hemoglobin (GaHb) and 10 nm silver nanoparticles (AgNP). The results suggested a higher aPDI activity of GaHb-AgNP than any of its components against MRSA strains and neglectable cytotoxicity against keratinocytes. GaHb-AgNPs were also found having aPDI activity against intracellular MRSA and Mycobacterium abscessus but not effective against S. aureus biofilm. GaHb-AgNPs have no significant toxicity toward macrophages with concentrations lower than 22.64 μg/mL. II. Synthesis and Properties of Magnetic Gold Nanoparticles Superparamagnetic gold nanoparticles support hybrid magnetic and plasmonic properties that can be exploited for a variety of applications. In this paper we present new insights on the synthesis of magnetic gold nanoparticles (MGNPs) with an emphasis on efficiency, scalability, and waste reduction, supported by a comprehensive analysis of their physical and materials properties. Aqueous suspensions of colloidal Fe3O4 are conditioned with 5-kDa polyethylene glycol and L-histidine to mediate the nucleation and growth of gold by a mild reducing agent. Isotropic MGNPs on the order of 100 nm can be synthesized using scalable reaction conditions with Au:Fe mole ratios as low as 1:2 and cleansed with generally regarded as safe (GRAS) chemicals for the removal of residual iron oxide. High-resolution energy-dispersive x-ray imaging of individual MGNCs revealed these to be ultrafine composites of gold and SPIO rather than core–shell structures. The attenuated total reflectance infrared (ATR-IR) spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy indicated that the cleansing step does change the optical properties of the synthesized MGNPs. Magnetometry of MGNCs in bulk powder form confirmed their superparamagnetic nature, with bulk moments between 6 to 7 emu/g.
sj-pdf-1-eex-10.1177_25151274211033162 - Supplemental material for Diunsa: An Entrepreneurial Family’s Digital Response to COVID-19
Creators: name: Union, Lauri
name: Suen, Carmen
name: Mancha, Rubén
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 150310 Organisation and Management Theory
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-eex-10.1177_25151274211033162 for Diunsa: An Entrepreneurial Family’s Digital Response to COVID-19 by Lauri Union, Carmen Suen and Rubén Mancha in Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy
Eisenversorgung bei Frauen vor der Menopause
Creators: name: Thefeld, Wolfgang
name: Ellert, Ute
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin

description: Eisenmangel ist weiterhin ein Problem für Frauen im gebärfähigen Alter. Dieses wird durch Daten des Nationalen Gesundheitssurveys 1990/91 der Deutschen Herz-Kreislauf-Präventionsstudie (DHP) und des Surveys Ost (1991/92), zwei repräsentativ angelegten Bevölkerungsstudien, belegt. Die Prävalenz eines manifesten Eisenmangels nimmt von 1,2% bei den 25-bis 29jährigen Frauen auf 4,5% bei den 50- bis 54jährigen zu. Die Häufigkeit einer ausgeprägten Eisenmangelanämie (Hämoglobin
sj-pdf-3-sel-10.1177_17585732211032523 - Supplemental material for Evaluation of the effectiveness of skin preparation methods for the reduction of Cutibacterium acnes (formerly Propionibacterium acnes) in shoulder surgery: a systematic review
Creators: name: Sagkrioti, Maria
name: Glass, Stephen
name: Arealis, Georgios
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 110314 Orthopaedics
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110604 Sports Medicine
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110323 Surgery

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-3-sel-10.1177_17585732211032523 for Evaluation of the effectiveness of skin preparation methods for the reduction of Cutibacterium acnes (formerly Propionibacterium acnes) in shoulder surgery: a systematic review by Maria Sagkrioti, Stephen Glass and Georgios Arealis in Shoulder & Elbow
Association between weight change across adulthood and risk of chronic kidney disease: NHANES 1999–2020
Creators: name: Li, Xunliang
name: Liu, Mengqian
name: Ye, Qihui
name: Zhu, Jiaxin
name: Zhao, Wenman
name: Pan, Haifeng
name: Wang, Deguang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Computational Biology

description: Obesity is a recognized risk factor for chronic kidney disease (CKD), but whether weight change is associated with CKD remains unclear. This research aimed to investigate the relationship between weight change patterns across adulthood and the risk of CKD. Data for 34,187 adults participating in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999–2020 were analyzed. The weight change patterns of participants were assessed across different time intervals, including transitions from obesity to non-obesity, non-obesity to obesity, and remaining stable obesity. Absolute weight changes were also analyzed, categorizing participants into various weight gain and loss groups. Furthermore, stratified analyses were conducted to explore potential interactions between age, sex, and smoking status about CKD risk. The study found that individuals transitioning from obesity to non-obesity, non-obesity to obesity, and remaining stable obesity had an elevated risk of developing CKD throughout adulthood compared to those maintaining stable non-obesity weight patterns. Moreover, a J-shaped or U-shaped relationship was observed between CKD risk and absolute weight changes, with both extreme weight gain (≥20 kg) and substantial weight loss (>2.5 kg) associated with increased CKD risk. Stratified analyses revealed that age and sex played significant roles in these associations, with stronger effects observed among participants under 60 years at baseline. This study underscores the link between weight change across adulthood and the risk of CKD. Maintaining a stable weight and avoiding extreme weight fluctuations may reduce CKD risk. These insights can be considered when developing CKD prevention and management strategies.
Genome-Wide Comparison of Cowpox Viruses Reveals a New Clade Related to Variola Virus
Creators: name: Dabrowski, Piotr Wojtek
name: Radonić, Aleksandar
name: Kurth, Andreas
name: Nitsche, Andreas
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Biologische Sicherheit
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin

description: Zoonotic infections caused by several orthopoxviruses (OPV) like monkeypox virus or vaccinia virus have a significant impact on human health. In Europe, the number of diagnosed infections with cowpox viruses (CPXV) is increasing in animals as well as in humans. CPXV used to be enzootic in cattle; however, such infections were not being diagnosed over the last decades. Instead, individual cases of cowpox are being found in cats or exotic zoo animals that transmit the infection to humans. Both animals and humans reveal local exanthema on arms and legs or on the face. Although cowpox is generally regarded as a self-limiting disease, immunosuppressed patients can develop a lethal systemic disease resembling smallpox. To date, only limited information on the complex and, compared to other OPV, sparsely conserved CPXV genomes is available. Since CPXV displays the widest host range of all OPV known, it seems important to comprehend the genetic repertoire of CPXV which in turn may help elucidate specific mechanisms of CPXV pathogenesis and origin. Therefore, 22 genomes of independent CPXV strains from clinical cases, involving ten humans, four rats, two cats, two jaguarundis, one beaver, one elephant, one marah and one mongoose, were sequenced by using massive parallel pyrosequencing. The extensive phylogenetic analysis showed that the CPXV strains sequenced clearly cluster into several distinct clades, some of which are closely related to Vaccinia viruses while others represent different clades in a CPXV cluster. Particularly one CPXV clade is more closely related to Camelpox virus, Taterapox virus and Variola virus than to any other known OPV. These results support and extend recent data from other groups who postulate that CPXV does not form a monophyletic clade and should be divided into multiple lineages.
sj-pdf-1-msx-10.1177_10298649211025491 – Supplemental material for Recovery from memory failure when recalling a memorized performance: The role of musical structure and performance cues
Creators: name: Chaffin, Roger
name: Ginsborg, Jane
name: Dixon, James
name: Demos, Alexander P.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Education
subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-msx-10.1177_10298649211025491 for Recovery from memory failure when recalling a memorized performance: The role of musical structure and performance cues by Roger Chaffin, Jane Ginsborg, James Dixon and Alexander P. Demos in Musicae Scientiae
Long nighttime sleep duration and risk of renal tubular damage: evidence from rural China and a Mendelian randomization analysis
Creators: name: Quan, JingJing
name: Chen, Li
name: Chen, Weilin
name: Gong, Ziwei
name: Li, Si
name: Chen, Hengbing
name: Huang, Zhijun
name: Yi, Bin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Mental Health

description: Renal tubular damage, a pivotal pathological feature of chronic kidney disease (CKD), predicts disease progression. While extreme nighttime sleep duration is linked to glomerular injury by prior studies, its impact on tubular damage remains unclear. Given that 7–9 h of sleep per night is widely recommended for maintaining overall health, this study aimed to assess whether long nighttime sleep duration is associated with renal tubular damage using both observational and genetic evidence. We analyzed 2,683 adults in rural China to assess the link between nighttime sleep duration and renal tubular damage (measured by retinol-binding protein and β2-microglobulin). Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis was performed to assess the causal relationship between prolonged nighttime sleep duration and elevated kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1) levels. Multivariate logistic regression indicated that sleeping more than 9 h per night was associated with a 1.38-fold increased risk of renal tubular damage (95% CI: 1.11–1.71) compared to 7–9 h of sleep, with particularly pronounced effects observed in elderly individuals and women. MR analysis further supported a causal relationship between genetically predicted long nighttime sleep duration and elevated KIM-1 levels (β: 0.994, 95% CI: 0.282–1.707), suggesting a genetic predisposition linking prolonged sleep duration with renal tubular damage. Our findings provide observational and genetic evidence linking prolonged nighttime sleep to increased renal tubular damage risk. Given that 7–9 h of sleep per night is the widely accepted recommendation for maintaining overall health, our results emphasize the potential risks of excessive sleep duration exceeding 9 h.
Additional file 2 of The effects of therapeutic virtual reality experience to promote mental well-being in older people living with physical disabilities in long-term care facilities
Creators: name: Kwan, Rick Yiu Cho
name: Ng, Fowie
name: Lam, Linda Chiu Wa
name: Yung, Rebecca Choy
name: Sin, Olive Shuk Kan
name: Chan, Sally
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicine
Biotechnology
Cancer
Science Policy
Mental Health
Virology

description: Additional file 2.
Tuberculosis among people living with HIV/AIDS in the German ClinSurv HIV Cohort: long-term incidence and risk factors
Creators: name: Karo, Basel
name: Haas, Walter
name: Kollan, Christian
name: Gunsenheimer-Bartmeyer, Barbara
name: Hamouda, Osamah
name: Fiebig, Lena
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionsepidemiologie
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Germany
subject: Incidence
subject: Tuberculosis
subject: Epidemiology
subject: HIV/AIDS
subject: Coinfection
subject: Antiretroviral therapy
subject: Isoniazid preventive therapy
subject: Industrialized country
subject: Immigration
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Background: Tuberculosis (TB) still presents a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), including those on antiretroviral therapy. In this study, we aimed to determine the long-term incidence density rate (IDR) of TB and risk factors among PLWHA in relation to combination antiretroviral therapy (cART)-status. Methods: Data of PLWHA enrolled from 2001 through 2011 in the German ClinSurv HIV Cohort were investigated using survival analysis and Cox regression. Results: TB was diagnosed in 233/11,693 PLWHA either at enrollment (N = 62) or during follow-up (N = 171). The TB IDR during follow-up was 0.37 cases per 100 person-years (PY) overall [95% CI, 0.32-0.43], and was higher among patients who never started cART and among patients originating from Sub-Saharan Africa (1.23 and 1.20 per 100PY, respectively). In two multivariable analyses, both patients (I) who never started cART and (II) those on cART shared the same risk factors for TB, namely: originating from Sub-Saharan Africa compared to Germany (I, hazard ratio (HR); [95% CI]) 4.05; [1.87-8.78] and II, HR 5.15 [2.76-9.60], CD4+ cell count 5 log10 copies/ml (I, HR 2.51 [1.33-4.75] and II, HR 1.77 [1.11-2.82]). Gender, age or HIV-transmission risk group were not independently associated with TB. Conclusion: In the German ClinSurv HIV cohort, patients originating from Sub-Saharan Africa, with low CD4+ cell count or high viral load at enrollment were at increased risk of TB even after cART initiation. As patients might be latently infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, early screening for latent TB infection and implementing isoniazid preventive therapy in line with available recommendations is crucial.
Methicillin-Sensitive and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Carriage in a Random Sample of Non-Hospitalized Adult Population in Northern Germany
Creators: name: Mehraj, Jaishri
name: Akmatov, Manas K.
name: Strömpl, Julia
name: Gatzemeier, Anja
name: Layer, Franziska
name: Werner, Guido
name: Pieper, Dietmar H.
name: Medina, Eva
name: Witte, Wolfgang
name: Pessler, Frank
name: Krause, Gérard
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionskrankheiten / Erreger
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Humans
subject: Female
subject: Male
subject: Adult
subject: Aged
subject: Cross-Sectional Studies
subject: Germany/epidemiology
subject: Middle Aged
subject: Risk Factors
subject: Young Adult
subject: Staphylococcal Infections/microbiology
subject: Staphylococcal Infections/epidemiology
subject: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/isolation & purification
subject: Nasal Cavity/microbiology
subject: Staphylococcus aureus/isolation & purification
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Objective: The findings from truly randomized community-based studies on Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization are scarce. Therefore we have examined point prevalence and risk factors of S. aureus nasal carriage in a non-hospitalized population of Braunschweig, northern Germany. Methods: A total of 2026 potential participants were randomly selected through the resident's registration office and invited by mail. They were requested to collect a nasal swab at home and return it by mail. S. aureus was identified by culture and PCR. Logistic regression was used to determine risk factors of S. aureus carriage. Results: Among the invitees, 405 individuals agreed to participate and 389 provided complete data which was included in the analysis. The median age of the participants was 49 years (IQR: 39–61) and 61% were females. S. aureus was isolated in 85 (21.9%; 95% CI: 18.0–26.2%) of the samples, five of which were MRSA (1.29%; 95% CI: 0.55–2.98%). In multiple logistic regression, male sex (OR = 3.50; 95% CI: 2.01–6.11) and presence of allergies (OR = 2.43; 95% CI: 1.39–4.24) were found to be associated with S. aureus nasal carriage. Fifty five different spa types were found, that clustered into nine distinct groups. MRSA belonged to the hospital-associated spa types t032 and t025 (corresponds to MLST CC 22), whereas MSSA spa types varied and mostly belonged to spa-CC 012 (corresponds to MLST CC 30), and spa-CC 084 (corresponds to MLST CC 15). Conclusion: This first point prevalence study of S. aureus in a non-hospitalized population of Germany revealed prevalence, consistent with other European countries and supports previous findings on male sex and allergies as risk factors of S. aureus carriage. The detection of hospital-associated MRSA spa types in the community indicates possible spread of these strains from hospitals into the community.
Additional file 1 of An empirical evaluation of approximate and exact regression-based causal mediation approaches for a binary outcome and a continuous or a binary mediator for case-control study designs
Creators: name: Caubet, Miguel
name: L’Espérance, Kevin
name: Koushik, Anita
name: Lefebvre, Geneviève
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. Variance of natural effects estimators. We explain how the variance of natural effects estimators and the confidence intervals for these effects were obtained via the exact approaches (naive and IPW) for both the continuous and the binary mediator cases.
sj-pdf-2-tar-10.1177_17534666211016071 – Supplemental material for The perplexing role of RAGE in pulmonary fibrosis: causality or casualty?
Creators: name: Perkins, Timothy N.
name: Oury, Tim D.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 111702 Aged Health Care
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110203 Respiratory Diseases

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-2-tar-10.1177_17534666211016071 for The perplexing role of RAGE in pulmonary fibrosis: causality or casualty? by Timothy N. Perkins and Tim D. Oury in Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease
Additional file 2 of An empirical evaluation of approximate and exact regression-based causal mediation approaches for a binary outcome and a continuous or a binary mediator for case-control study designs
Creators: name: Caubet, Miguel
name: L’Espérance, Kevin
name: Koushik, Anita
name: Lefebvre, Geneviève
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 2. Details on the simulation scenarios. We present the true values of the parameters used in the five simulation scenarios for each type of mediator (continuous and binary). We also present the corresponding prevalences for the outcome and exposure.
Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-tct-10.1177_15330338211033077 - EMT Participates in the Regulation of Exosomes Secretion and Function in Esophageal Cancer Cells
Creators: name: Chen, Chuangui
name: Ma, Zhao
name: Jiang, Hongjing
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 111299 Oncology and Carcinogenesis not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110320 Radiology and Organ Imaging
subject: Biochemistry

description: Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-tct-10.1177_15330338211033077 for EMT Participates in the Regulation of Exosomes Secretion and Function in Esophageal Cancer Cells by Chuangui Chen, Zhao Ma and Hongjing Jiang in Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment
sj-pdf-2-pic-10.1177_09544062211017942 - Supplemental material for A mathematical model for evaluating adhesion contact of an elastomeric seal-on-seal structure
Creators: name: Liao, C-J
name: Lu, H-R
name: Sun, H-L
name: Chang, X-H
name: Dai, W
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 99999 Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Other engineering and technologies

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-2-pic-10.1177_09544062211017942 for A mathematical model for evaluating adhesion contact of an elastomeric seal-on-seal structure by C-J Liao, H-R Lu, H-L Sun, X-H Chang and W Dai in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science
Principals' Perceptions and Practice of Cultural Competence in Indiana Public High Schools
Creators: name: Losambe, Loseke P
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2019
Subjects: Educational administration, management and leadership
Other education not elsewhere classified

description: The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand Indiana High School principals’ perceptions and practices of cultural competence in their schools. The projected changes in the demographics of the United States (US) school age population will result in traditionally underserved ethnic minority students being the majority in US schools in the next few years. Despite the billions of dollars that have been spent to close the achievement gap (TAG) between Whites and traditionally underserved ethnic minority students, TAG persists. Scholars have proposed that cultural dissonance, incompatibilities between a school’s culture and that of its students, may be a reason for TAG. As a result, cultural competence may be a vehicle that institutions can use to reduce cultural dissonance and close TAG. This study used a phenomenological framework and utilized semi-structured interviews to obtain data from 10 Indiana High School Principals whose schools had at least a 40% traditionally underserved ethnic minority population. The data were analyzed using Lindsey et al’s (2009) 5 Essential Elements of Cultural Proficiency as well as 15 indicators of cultural competence that were gleaned from their research. Open coding was conducted using a framework described by Tesch (1990) to identify emergent themes from the principals’ commentaries. Results showed that principals demonstrated high proficiencies in assessing their cultures, valuing diversity, and adapting to diversity within their institutions. Growth, however, is required in their abilities to manage the dynamics of difference within their institutions and their propensity for institutionalizing cultural knowledge.
Electro-Optic Phase Modulation, Frequency Comb Generation, Nonlinear Spectral Broadening, and Applications
Creators: name: Sandoval, Oscar E
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2019
Subjects: Electrical engineering not elsewhere classified

description: Electro-optic phase modulation can be used to generate high repetition rate optical frequency combs. The optical frequency comb (OFC) has garnered much attention upon its inception, acting as a crucial component in applications ranging from metrology and spectroscopy, to optical communications. Electro-optic frequency combs (EO combs) can be generated by concatenating an intensity modulator and phase modulator together. The first part of this work focuses on broadening the modest bandwidth inherent to the EO combs. This is achieved by propagation in a nonlinear medium, specifically propagation in a nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM). This allows for broadening the EO frequency comb spectrum to a bandwidth of 40 nm with a spectral power variation of < 10 dB. This spectrally broadened EO comb is then used in dual comb interferometry measurements to characterize the single soliton generated in an anomalous dispersion silicone-nitride microresonator. This measurement allows for rapid characterization with low average power. Finally, electro-optic phase modulation is used in a technique to prove frequency-bin entanglement. A quantum network based on optical fiber will require the ability to perform phase modulation independent of photon polarization due to propagation in optical fiber scrambling the polarization of input light. Commercially available phase modulators are inherently dependent on the polarization state of input light making them unsuited to be used in such a depolarized environment. This limitation is overcome by implementing a polarization diversity scheme to measure frequency-bin entanglement for arbitrary orientations of co- and cross- polarized frequency-bin entangled photon pairs.