cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Altering the Lesion Microenvironment to Promote Remyelination in Aging Mice
Creators: name: Rawji, Khalil Sherali
Publisher: name: Cumming School of Medicine
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Macrophage
subject: Microglia
subject: Aging
subject: Remyelination
subject: Demyelination
subject: Oligodendrocyte
subject: Myelin
subject: Multiphoton Live Imaging
subject: extracellular matrix
subject: Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Remyelination is diminished with aging, posing a significant challenge to therapy in white matter diseases. This decrease in remyelination is due to an impairment in oligodendrocyte progenitor cell maturation and is associated with a dysregulated innate immune response. Macrophages/microglia are components of this innate immunity and are essential to remyelination, as these cells release growth factors and clear inhibitory molecules such as myelin debris. Prior studies have shown that aging lesions have less recruitment of macrophages/microglia and less phagocytosis of myelin debris. It is unknown, however, if the dynamic properties of aging macrophages/microglia are altered within the lesion and whether other inhibitors of remyelination such as the chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans accumulate with aging. In this thesis, we sought to address these questions as well as describe two novel therapeutic strategies to rejuvenate remyelination in the aging central nervous system. We used the lysolecithin model of demyelination in young (2 – 3 months) and aging (9 – 12 months) mice and employed a novel ex vivo spectral multiphoton live imaging technique to examine the dynamic properties of macrophages/microglia. We found that aging macrophages/microglia have impaired process extension and are significantly less motile within the lesion microenvironment. Furthermore, we observed that lesions from aging mice display a significant accumulation of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans and a decrease in the expression of several proteases. Finally, we have identified two different therapeutic strategies to enhance remyelination in the aging CNS. We have developed a novel inhibitor of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans, peracetylated-4,4-difluoro-N-acetylglucosamine, and have found that the administration of this compound to aging mice enhances the recruitment of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells within the lesion. Second, we have discovered from a drug screen of 1040 compounds a clinically-approved medication, niacin, that significantly enhances macrophage/microglia cytokine secretion, phagocytosis, and chemotaxis in vitro. Treatment of aging mice with niacin significantly promotes macrophage/microglia phagocytosis of myelin debris and increased remyelination. The results within this thesis reveal a novel deficiency of macrophage/microglia dynamics within demyelinated lesions, describes a previously undescribed accumulation of inhibitory chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans, as well as identifies two innovative therapeutic strategies to rejuvenate remyelination in the aging CNS.
The Effects of Aerobic and Resistance Training on Health-Related Quality of Life in Individuals with Type 1 Diabetes: The T1-DARE and READI Trials
Creators: name: Bastell, Kent Miles
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Education--Health
subject: Psychology--Behavioral

description: Exercise can improve physical and psychological outcomes in many chronic diseases. However, effects of exercise training on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in people with type 1 diabetes (T1DM) patients are not well known. We aimed to determine the effects of exercise on HRQOL in T1DM by analyzing data from two distinct studies, with parallel methodologies. In the T1-DARE trial (n=66) we assessed the effects of aerobic (n=17), resistance (n=17), combined training (n=16) and a non-exercise control group (n=16) on HRQOL in previously sedentary individuals with T1DM. In the READI trial (n=131), we examined whether there was an additive effect of resistance training (n=71) on HRQOL in already-aerobically active individuals with T1DM versus a non-resistance trained control group (n=60). All participants in both studies completed a pre-randomization run-in period to allow for optimization of insulin regimens, and assessment of adherence. Additionally, all participants in both studies completed a generic (SF-36) and disease-specific (DSQOLS) HRQOL questionnaire at baseline, 3 months and 6 months. In the T1 DARE trial, there were significant within-group increases in the SF-36 “Energy/Fatigue” subscale for the aerobic (⍙=6.9, p=0.04), resistance (⍙=9.3, p<0.01), and combined group (⍙=7.1, p=0.04). Significant between-group differences in change were observed for the aerobic (⍙=9.9, p=0.04), resistance (⍙=12.4, p=0.01), and combined groups (⍙=10.1, p=0.04) versus the control at 3 months only. For the “Physical Functioning” subscale, the resistance group had significant within-group increases at 3 months (⍙=8.7, p<0.01) and 6 months (⍙=7.7, p=0.02). For the DSQOLS, where lower score are indicative of higher functioning, there were significant within-group improvements in “Total Score” for the aerobic group at 6 months (⍙=-6.5, p=0.02) and for the “Daily Hassles” subscale at 6 months for both the aerobic (⍙=-8.9, p<0.001) and resistance (⍙=-6.7, p=0.01) groups. The READI Trial found significant within-group increases from all exercise groups in the “General Health” subscale at both 3 months (⍙= 4.3 95% CI, 1.1, 7.4, p = 0.008) and 6 months [⍙= 5.2, 95% CI, 2.2, 8.2, p < 0.001); with significant between-group changes at 6 months (⍙= 4.6, 95% CI, 0.1, 9.1, p = 0.046).
Roulette-wheel selection via stochastic acceptance
Creators: name: Lipowski, Adam
name: Lipowska, Dorota
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Computational Complexity (cs.CC)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Roulette-wheel selection is a frequently used method in genetic and evolutionary algorithms or in modeling of complex networks. Existing routines select one of N individuals using search algorithms of O(N) or O(log(N)) complexity. We present a simple roulette-wheel selection algorithm, which typically has O(1) complexity and is based on stochastic acceptance instead of searching. We also discuss a hybrid version, which might be suitable for highly heterogeneous weight distributions, found, for example, in some models of complex networks. With minor modifications, the algorithm might also be used for sampling with fitness cut-off at a certain value or for sampling without replacement.
description: 4 pages, Physica A, accepted
Characterization of Escherichia coli involved in extraintestinal infections among patients in North-western Tanzania: circulating sequence types, risk factors and antimicrobial resistance profiles
Creators: name: Seni, Jeremiah
Publisher: name: Cumming School of Medicine
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli
subject: Antimicrobial resistance
subject: North-western Tanzania
subject: Biology
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biology--Molecular
subject: Health Sciences
subject: Epidemiology
subject: Public Health

description: Limited information is available regarding the population structure of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC), and especially ST131 in Africa. Delineation of ExPEC clones among patients in Tanzania is pivotal in guiding antimicrobial therapies and infection preventive measures. A cross sectional analytical study was conducted between 2016 and 2017 in seven health care facilities (HCF) in North-western Tanzania, involving 1,828 pregnant women and 950 children under five years of age. Characterization of 226 ExPEC strains (128 from pregnant women, 15 from children and 83 from other patients) into ST-fimH clones (by the 7SNP-qPCR and gene sequencing), and ST131 clades (by multiplex PCR) was performed. The prevalence of urinary tract infections (UTIs) and blood stream infections (BSIs) among pregnant women and children was 17.7% (95%CI: 16.0-19.5%) and 14.2% (95%CI: 12.1%-16.6%), respectively, with predominance of ExPEC, Klebsiella spp. and Staphylococcus aureus. Third generation cephalosporin resistance (3rd gen Ceph-R) among Enterobacteriaceae was 16.6% (43/259) and 79.0% (75/95), respectively in the two groups; and was significantly higher in strains from a tertiary hospital [OR(95%CI): 3.27(1.02-10.49), p-value=0.046] and [4.95(1.15–21.32), p-value=0.032], among pregnant women and children, respectively compared to lower HCF. Approximately, 64.2% (n=145) of ExPEC strains were typeable using the 7SNP-qPCR and gene sequencing, with predominance of CC10 (33.1%), and ST131-fimH30/41 (17.9%). The 7-SNP qPCR correctly typed all dominant global clones in this ExPEC collection (i.e. ST131-fimH30/41, ST95-fimH41, ST73-fimH9/10 and ST69-fimH27). ST131 clades C1 (9, 34.6%) and C2 (10, 38.5%) predominated, and were associated with fluoroquinolone resistance and 3rd gen Ceph-R, respectively. Extended spectrum beta lactamases in E. coli strains were blaCTX-M-15 (89.8%, n=44), blaCTX-M-27 (n=2), blaCTX-M-24 (n=1), blaCTX-M-14 (n=1) and unknown (n=1). The pulsed field gel electrophoresis displayed heterogeneity among non-typeable strains. There is an increase in multidrug-resistant pathogens in the cascade of the referral health care system, underscoring the need to have level-specific antimicrobial stewardship. The 7-SNP qPCR and multiplex clade PCR are feasible, cost effective and simple molecular tools that can be utilized in surveillance programs to track dominant ExPEC clones, especially in low and middle income countries. This is the first report in Tanzania showing ST131 strains producing blaCTX-M-27.
title: Imaging analysis and differentiation of pineal region tumors other than germ cell tumors in the adults
Creators: name: Du, Tieqiao
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Performed at one institution
subject: Observational
subject: Retrospective
subject: Neoplasia
subject: Perception image
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: MR
subject: Oncology
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: CNS
subject: Neuro

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: Pineal region tumor(PRT) account for almost 17 histological types of lesions[1]. They represent 3–8% of intracranial tumors in children and 0.4–1% of brain tumors inadults [2,3]. PRT in adult are rare and include a large variety of entities from...
High-temperature Superconductivity in Layered Nitrides β-Li$_x$MNCl (M = Ti, Zr, Hf): Insights from Density-functional Theory for Superconductors
Creators: name: Akashi, Ryosuke
name: Nakamura, Kazuma
name: Arita, Ryotaro
name: Imada, Masatoshi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an ab initio analysis with density functional theory for superconductors (SCDFT) to understand the superconducting mechanism of doped layered nitrides β-Li$_x$MNCl (M=Ti, Zr, and Hf). The current version of SCDFT is based on the Migdal-Eliashberg theory and has been shown to reproduce accurately experimental superconducting-transition temperatures Tc of a wide range of phonon-mediated superconductors. In the present case, however, our calculated Tc$\leq$4.3 K (M=Zr) and $\leq$10.5 K (M=Hf) are found to be less than a half of the experimental Tc. In addition, Tc obtained in the present calculation increases with the doping concentration x, opposite to that observed in the experiment. Our results indicate that we need to consider some elements missing in the present SCDFT based on the Migdal-Eliashberg theory.
description: 18 pages, 13 figures, submitted to Physical Review B
Nanoscale Fluid Transport: Size and Rate Effects
Creators: name: Chen, Xi
name: Han, Guoxin
name: Han, Aijie
name: Liu, Ling
name: Punyamurtula, Venkata K.
name: Culligan, Patricia J.
name: Kim, Taewan
name: Qiao, Yu
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2008
Subjects: Nanoscience

description: The transport behavior of water molecules inside a model carbon nanotube is investigated by using nonequilibrium molecular dynamcis (NMED) simulations. The shearing stress between the nanotube wall and the water molecules is identified as a key factor in determining the nanofluidic properties. Due to the effect of nanoscale confinement, the effective shearing stress is not only size sensitive but also strongly dependent on the fluid flow rate. Consequently, the nominal viscosity of the confined water decreases rapidly as the tube radius is reduced or when a faster flow rate is maintained. An infiltration experiment on a nanoporous carbon is performed to qualitatively validate these findings.
title: Impact of combined retrograde urethrography & Sonourethrography for decision making in surgical choice to treat anterior urethral stricture.
Creators: name: Kulkarni, Aniruddha
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Performed at one institution
subject: Diagnostic or prognostic study
subject: Prospective
subject: Trauma
subject: Obstruction / Occlusion
subject: Image verification
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Cystography / Uretrography
subject: Comparative studies
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Fluoroscopy
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: Genital / Reproductive system male
subject: Contrast agents
subject: Anatomy
subject: Genitourinary

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: Retrograde urethrography [RGU] is the most commonly used imaging modality for the evaluation of anterior urethral pathologies. Sonourethrography [SGU] is not frequently used being more operator dependent. The resultant findings of SGU may not be...
Heavy Neutrinos and Lepton Flavour Violation in Left-Right Symmetric Models at the LHC
Creators: name: Das, S. P.
name: Deppisch, F. F.
name: Kittel, O.
name: Valle, J. W. F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss lepton flavour violating processes induced in the production and decay of heavy right-handed neutrinos at the LHC. Such particles appear in left-right symmetrical extensions of the Standard Model as the messengers of neutrino mass generation, and can have masses at the TeV scale. We determine the expected sensitivity on the right-handed neutrino mixing matrix, as well as on the right-handed gauge boson and heavy neutrino masses. By comparing the sensitivity of the LHC with that of searches for low energy LFV processes, we identify favourable areas of the parameter space to explore the complementarity between LFV at low and high energies.
description: 34 pages, 16 figures, PRD version
title: MR Fistulography with percutaneous instillation of ultrasound gel versus conventional MR protocol: technique, advantages and role in the reduction of relapse rates.
Creators: name: Fontanella, Giovanni
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Performed at one institution
subject: Diagnostic or prognostic study
subject: Retrospective
subject: Fistula
subject: Abscess
subject: Contrast agent-other
subject: Computer Applications-Virtual imaging
subject: Abscess delineation
subject: Percutaneous
subject: MR
subject: CAD
subject: Pelvis
subject: Gastrointestinal tract
subject: Colon
subject: GI Tract

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: The aim of this study is to compare our gel-enhanced MR fistulography (MRF), which we chose to use routinely from September 2017 onwards, with ourconventional MR protocol, underlying its superiority in fistular detection and its role in the...
Aspects of a planar nonbirefringent and CPT-even electrodynamics stemming from the Standard Model Extension
Creators: name: Casana, Rodolfo
name: Ferreira, Manoel M.
name: Moreira, Roemir P. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have studied a (1+2)-dimensional Lorentz-violating model which is obtained from the dimensional reduction of the nonbirefringent sector of the CPT-even electrodynamics of the standard model extension (SME). The planar theory contains a gauge sector and a scalar sector which are linearly coupled by means of a Lorentz-invariance violating (LIV) vector, $S^μ$, while the kinetic terms of both sectors are affected by the components of a Lorentz-violating symmetric tensor, $κ^{μν}$. The energy-momentum tensor reveals that both sectors present energy stability for sufficiently small values of the Lorentz-violating parameters. The full dispersion relation equations are exactly determined and analyzed for some special configurations of the LIV backgrounds, showing that the planar model is entirely nonbirefringent at any order in the LIV parameters. At first order, the gauge and scalar sectors are described by the same dispersion relations. Finally, the equations of motion have been solved in the stationary regime and at first order in the LIV parameters. It is observed that the Lorentz-violating parameters do not alter the asymptotical behavior of the electric and magnetic fields but induce an angular dependence which is not present in Maxwell's planar theory.
description: Revtex style, 15 pages
Would you like to find out how you can improve your neighbourhood with Looper?
Creators: name: Pappers, Jesse
name: Keserü, Imre
name: Ravetz, Joe
name: Condotta, Massimiliano
name: Scanagatta, Chiara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: The Looper Model is a set of methods and tools to support local co-creation. It works with ‘learning loops,’ which bring together local knowledge with local decision-making. The Looper Toolkit comprises online and offline tools to support the learning loops. Three Looper Living Labs in Brussels, Manchester and Verona developed and tested the Model and Toolkit. All this helps to keep people ‘in the loop’, and to ‘close the loop’ so that local knowledge can lead to local action. The Looper Model can help with practical solutions for air quality, noise, traffic safety, security, greenspace and other challenges in the public realm. The leaflet is available in English, Dutch, French, and Italian.
Interaction-range effects for fermions in one dimension
Creators: name: Hohenadler, Martin
name: Wessel, Stefan
name: Daghofer, Maria
name: Assaad, Fakher F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Experiments on quasi-one-dimensional systems such as quantum wires and metallic chains on surfaces suggest the existence of electron-electron interactions of substantial range and hence physics beyond the Hubbard model. We therefore investigate one-dimensional, quarter-filled chains with a Coulomb potential with variable screening length by quantum Monte Carlo methods and exact diagonalization. The Luttinger liquid interaction parameter K_rho decreases with increasing interaction strength and range. Experimentally observed values close to 1/4 require strong interactions and/or large screening lengths. As predicted by bosonization, we find a metal-insulator transition at K_rho=1/4. Upon increasing the screening length, the charge and spin correlation functions reveal the crossover from dominant 2k_F spin correlations to dominant 4k_F charge correlations, and a strong enhancement of the charge velocity. In the metallic phase, the signatures of spin-charge separation in the single-particle spectrum, spinon and holon bands, remain robust even for rather long-ranged interactions. The charge-density-wave state exhibits backfolded shadow bands.
description: 11 pages, 11 figures (final version with minor changes)
The New Emperors? Post-Soviet Presidents and Church-State Relations in Ukraine and Russia
Creators: name: Gvosdev, Nokolas K.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2010
Subjects: Religion

description: Twenty years ago, the theme of this conference, “Power and Authority in Eastern Christian Experience” would have been considered by many to be of interest primarily to historians and theologians, but not particularly relevant to the political discourse underway in many of the countries which traditionally formed part of the Eastern Christian world. As the Soviet Union began to collapse, its own constituent republics and the countries of the Eastern Bloc, comprising the historic core of the Eastern Christian world, began looking to the West, and particularly the United States, for their political models. The last Soviet president, Mikhail Gorbachev, and the first Russian president, Boris Yeltsin, attempted to emulate Western “economic and political practices” rather than turning to pre-Communist traditions and models.
Exploring the Relationships Among Extracurricular Activities, Cultural Connectedness and School Engagement Among First Nations Youth
Creators: name: Campbell, Ian Stewart
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: School Engagement
subject: Extracurricular Activities
subject: Indigenous youth
subject: Educational Psychology

description: The current study set out to identify the relationships among school engagement, structured extracurricular activities, and cultural connectedness within a sample of Indigenous youth. Eighteen First Nations youth living in Stoney Nakoda Nation completed a demographics question questionnaire (i.e., extracurricular activities, age of participant, and who the child resides with), a school engagement measure (including behavioural, emotional, and cognitive engagement), and a cultural connectedness scale. Although no significant results were found, First Nations youth are participating in structured extracurricular activities in the form of in-school sports and out of school sports. Emotional engagement and school engagement total were moderately correlated to extracurricular activity participation. Cultural connectedness was not significantly related to extracurricular activity participation or school engagement. Furthermore, cultural connectedness did not significantly moderate the relationship between school engagement and extracurricular activities across any of its levels. Interpretations of these findings, as well as limitations and implications are provided. Keywords: Extracurricular activities, school engagement, emotional engagement, behavioural engagement, cognitive engagement, cultural connectedness, First Nations.
title: Evaluation of cerebrovascular reactivity in chronic hepatitis C patients using transcranial color Doppler
Creators: name: Dolić, Krešimir
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Neuro
subject: Liver
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: Vascular
subject: Ultrasound-Colour Doppler
subject: Comparative studies
subject: Experimental investigations
subject: Physiological studies
subject: Arteriosclerosis
subject: Haemodynamics / Flow dynamics
subject: Infection
subject: Prospective
subject: Cross-sectional study
subject: Performed at one institution
subject: Neuro

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major global health problem. There are 170 million people worldwide chronically infected with HCV with 3–4 million newly infected each year. Each year, 350,000 deaths occur due to all HCV-related...
UNDERSTANDING THE TRANSLOCATION OF HSAPA1A TO THE MITOCHONDRIA DURING THE CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE
Creators: name: Saatchi, Alireza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Hsp70
mitochondria
lipids
cardiolipin

description: HspA1A, the stress-inducible member of the 70-kDa Heat-Shock Protein family, is a molecular chaperone that plays critical roles in cell survival. In addition to its pro-survival function in the cytosol, HspA1A localization has been identified at several locations throughout the cell, including the plasma membrane, lysosomes, and nucleus, despite lacking the requisite localization sequences. Lipids have been implicated in the recruitment of HspA1A to the plasma and lysosomal membranes. Previous data have also determined that HspA1A functions during mitophagy, though much is still unknown about the relationship between HspA1A and the mitochondria. Due to HspA1A’s ability to prevent the propagation of apoptotic signals, it is possible that by translocating to the mitochondria, HspA1A is playing a role in the apoptotic evasion of cancer cells. Therefore, understanding the relationship between HspA1A and the mitochondria is imperative. Based on the current literature, I hypothesize that under stressful conditions, HspA1A translocates to/associates with the mitochondria and cardiolipin (CL), a mitochondrial lipid that HspA1A binds in vitro, plays a role in its recruitment. To test this hypothesis, I isolated mitochondria, performed subcellular fractionation, and used confocal microscopy to determine if mitochondrial-localized HspA1A increases after heat-shock. I then isolated the mitochondria of CL-depleted cells in order to determine if CL plays a role in HspA1A’s re-localization. While I was unable to conclude whether CL plays a role, my results show that HspA1A re-localizes to the mitochondria 8 hours after heat-shock, that this re-localization is due to trafficking, and that HspA1A likely associates with the mitochondrial membrane.
title: Recanalization of the Post-Catheterization Occlusion of the Radial Artery.
Creators: name: Aleksandr, Kaledin
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Recanalisation
subject: Arterial access
subject: Catheter arteriography
subject: Vascular
subject: Cardiac
subject: Arteries / Aorta
subject: Acute
subject: Prospective
subject: Case-control study
subject: Performed at one institution
subject: Vascular

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: Identify the predictors of radial artery occlusion (RAO) and evaluate the possibility and feasibility of recanalization of...
D2.3 Policy Brief INSPIRE vision
Creators: name: Inspire Project Consortium
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Inclusive Gender Equality
Research & Innovation
Gender Equality Plans
Policy Brief
Horizon Europe
Intersectional policies

description: Deliverable 2.6 is the Policy Brief INSPIRE vision. A scientific literature review has been carried out for each of the main thematic areas of the project complemented by one report on data monitoring. This policy brief builds on the scoping reviews, as well as on a collaborative process started during the second project meeting in Ljubljana in June 2023 among Consortium members and the INSPIRE Advisory Board. It aims to:

Provide conceptual clarity in this field by making an explicit distinction between an "inclusive."
Approach and an "intersectional" approach to gender equality policies and plans.
Provide a brief summary of what is known about inclusive gender equality policies and plans in the four thematic areas: sustaining change, widening participation, intersectionality and innovation in order to build up the knowledge gap.
Distil some key policy recommendations derived from this knowledge base.
title: Can we use controlled attenuation parameter for the detection of steatosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease?
Creators: name: Duczkowska, Marta
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Abdominal Viscera
subject: Liver
subject: Elastography
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Biopsy
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Metabolic disorders
subject: Retrospective
subject: Diagnostic or prognostic study
subject: Performed at one institution
subject: Abdominal Viscera

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: Recently, with the ongoing epidemic of type 2 diabetes and obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become one of the most common liver diseases and a major public health issue worldwide [1]. The disease spectrum ranges from simple...
Dimensional Evolution of Spin Correlations in the Magnetic Pyrochlore Yb2Ti2O7
Creators: name: Ross, K. A.
name: Yaraskavitch, L. R.
name: Laver, M.
name: Gardner, J. S.
name: Quilliam, J. A.
name: Meng, S.
name: Kycia, J. B.
name: Singh, D. K.
name: Dabkowska, H. A.
name: Gaulin, B. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The pyrochlore material Yb2Ti2O7 displays unexpected quasi-two-dimensional (2D) magnetic correlations within a cubic lattice environment at low temperatures, before entering an exotic disordered ground state below T=265mK. We report neutron scattering measurements of the thermal evolution of the 2D spin correlations in space and time. Short range three dimensional (3D) spin correlations develop below 400 mK, accompanied by a suppression in the quasi-elastic (QE) scattering below ~ 0.2 meV. These show a slowly fluctuating ground state with spins correlated over short distances within a kagome-triangular-kagome (KTK) stack along [111], which evolves to isolated kagome spin-stars at higher temperatures. Furthermore, low-temperature specific heat results indicate a sample dependence to the putative transition temperature that is bounded by 265mK, which we discuss in the context of recent mean field theoretical analysis.
description: 5 pages, 6 figures
Coccocarpia erythrocardia L. Arvidss.
Creators: name: R, Jeanne dos
name: Silva, eis
name: Aptroot, André
name: E, Marcela
name: S, ugenia da
name: Cáceres, ilva
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Fungi
Ascomycota
Lecanoromycetes
Peltigerales
Coccocarpiaceae
Coccocarpia
Coccocarpia erythrocardia

description: Coccocarpia erythrocardia (Müll.Arg.) L.Arvidss.
PREVIOUS REPORT. — Mistry (1998).
description: Published as part of R, Jeanne dos, Silva, eis, Aptroot, André, E, Marcela, S, ugenia da & Cáceres, ilva, 2023, Lichens from dry central Brazil: a checklist of lichenized fungi from Distríto Federal and Goiás, pp. 117-133 in Cryptogamie, Mycologie 20 (9) on page 120, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2023v44a9, http://zenodo.org/record/8434271
The early lexical acquisition of a child with autism spectrum disorder
Creators: name: Gibson, Deborah
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The case study examines two questions on the lexical acquisition of a language-delayed child with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The language development of the child, Graeme, from his birth to the age of three years, one month, is primarily sourced from naturalistic data collected in a daily diary by the mother/researcher. The first research question concerns the relationship between the child’s social/cognitive development and the major transitions in his earliest acquisition of comprehension and production. The major transitions in Graeme’s early word learning were the onset of comprehension, the onset of production, the onset and growth of intentional communication, the production of his initial idiosyncratic word/signs, the word spurt in comprehension, the semantic re-organisations during that period, and, at the end point, learning words spontaneously in comprehension. The milestones in Graeme’s social/cognitive development that were found to correlate with the transitions in his lexical acquisition were the naming insight, symbolic representation, exhaustive categorisation, and the joint attention abilities of gaze and point following, pointing, intersubjectivity, and initiating joint attention. These joint attention skills provided Graeme, a nonverbal child, with a means to ask for the names of things (his name question). The second research question examines the current definitions of the earliest words in production. A case is made for an extended definition of early words to include the acquisition of the earliest meaningful idiosyncratic productions of vocalisations and gestures of children with the language delay characteristic of autism.
title: Transition, volume 2, issue 6
title: Transition
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Watts, Steve
name: ASCSU, Publisher
Publisher: name: Mountain Scholar
Year: 1969
Subjects: Colorado State University -- Periodicals
Fort Collins (Colo.) -- Periodicals

description: October 29 issue of the Transition, a weekly Colorado State University student newspaper and an alternative to the Rocky Mountain Collegian. Includes articles, photographs, and illustrations concerning local and national issues important to students at Colorado State University.
title: Clinical Usefulness of Virtual Non-contrast Images Derived from Dual-Layer Spectral Detector CT for Triple-Phase Hepatic Scan
Creators: name: Lin, Yu
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Abdominal Viscera
subject: Abdomen
subject: Liver
subject: Radioprotection / Radiation dose
subject: CT
subject: CT-Quantitative
subject: Image manipulation / Reconstruction
subject: Computer Applications-Virtual imaging
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: Radiation safety
subject: Calcifications / Calculi
subject: Cancer
subject: Patterns of Care
subject: Retrospective
subject: Cross-sectional study
subject: Performed at one institution
subject: Abdominal Viscera

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: To explore the clinical usefulness of virtual non-contrast (VNC) images derived from dual-layer spectral detector CT scanner (DL-CT) in triple-phase hepatic contrast-enhanced CT, and to compare the VNC images with the true non-contrast (TNC)...
Afghanistan's other regional casualty
Creators: name: Cooley, Alexander A.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2012
Subjects: International relations

description: As NATO leaders gather in Chicago to garner international support for an Afghanistan drawdown and stabilization strategy, they should also consider the overlooked toll that the campaign has taken on the adjacent Central Asian states. Western security assistance has made the Central Asian states more authoritarian and more corrupt, while these trends are only likely to deteriorate as the drawdown of US and ISAF forces accelerates.
Anisotropy in the electronic structure of V2GeC investigated by soft x-ray emission spectroscopy and first-principles theory
Creators: name: Magnuson, Martin
name: Wilhelmsson, Ola
name: Mattesini, Maurizio
name: Li, Sa
name: Ahuja, Rajeev
name: Eriksson, Olle
name: Högberg, Hans
name: Hultman, Lars
name: Jansson, Ulf
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The anisotropy of the electronic structure of ternary nanolaminate V2GeC is investigated by bulk-sensitive soft x-ray emission spectroscopy. The measured polarization-dependent emission spectra of V L2,3, C K, Ge M1 and Ge M2,3 in V2GeC are compared to those from monocarbide VC and pure Ge. The experimental emission spectra are interpreted with calculated spectra using ab initio density-functional theory including dipole transition matrix elements. Different types of covalent chemical bond regions are revealed; V 3d - C 2p bonding at -3.8 eV, Ge 4p - C 2p bonding at -6 eV and Ge 4p - C 2s interaction mediated via the V 3d orbitals at -11 eV below the Fermi level. We find that the anisotropic effects are high for the 4p valence states and the shallow 3d core levels of Ge, while relatively small anisotropy is detected for the V 3d states. The macroscopic properties of the V2GeC nanolaminate result from the chemical bonds with the anisotropic pattern as shown in this work.
description: 15 pages, 6 figures, 1 table, http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.78.035117
title: Functional magnetic resonance imaging in analysis of visual cortex activation.
Creators: name: Abubacker Sulaiman, Farook
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Performed at one institution
subject: Observational
subject: Prospective
subject: Image verification
subject: Physics
subject: Experimental investigations
subject: MR-Functional imaging
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: CNS
subject: Neuro

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: fMRI detects the blood oxygen level–dependent (BOLD) changes in the MRI signal that arise when changes in neuronal activity occur following a change in brain state,such as may be produced, for example, by a stimulus or task. An increase in neural...
Update on the Nature of Virgo Overdensity
Creators: name: Bonaca, Ana
name: Juric, Mario
name: Ivezic, Zeljko
name: Bizyaev, Dmitry
name: Brewington, Howard
name: Malanushenko, Elena
name: Malanushenko, Viktor
name: Oravetz, Daniel
name: Pan, Kaike
name: Shelden, Alaina
name: Simmons, Audrey
name: Snedden, Stephanie
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use the Eighth Data Release of Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS DR8) catalog with its additional sky coverage of the southern Galactic hemisphere, to measure the extent and study the nature of the Virgo Overdensity (VOD; Juric et al. 2008). The data show that the VOD extends over no less than 2000 deg^2, with its true extent likely closer to 3000 deg^2. We test whether the VOD can be attributed to a tilt in the stellar halo ellipsoid with respect to the plane of the Galactic disk and find that the observed symmetry of the north-south Galactic hemisphere star counts excludes this possibility. We argue that the Virgo Overdensity, in spite of its wide area and cloud-like appearance, is still best explained by a minor merger. Its appearance and position is qualitatively similar to a near perigalacticon merger event and, assuming that the VOD and the Virgo Stellar Stream share the same progenitor, consistent with the VSS orbit determined by Casetti-Dinescu et al. (2009).
description: 9 pages,6 figures; accepted for publication in AJ
title: How can real-time dose alerts reduce patient radiation dose?
Creators: name: Clement, Olivier
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: CT
subject: Radioprotection / Radiation dose
subject: Physics in Medical Imaging
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Radiation safety
subject: Quality assurance
subject: Retrospective
subject: Observational
subject: Performed at one institution
subject: Physics in Medical Imaging

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: CT scanners can be configured to prevent patients to be exposed to high radiation doses by setting Computed Tomography Dose Index (CTDI vol ) or Dose length product (DLP) pre-assigned CT checks. Technologists can confirm or correct settings before...
Use of Imaging Techniques to Quantify Fluid-Rock Interaction and Petrophysical Properties in Low Permeability Hydrocarbon Reservoirs
Creators: name: Deglint, Hanford John
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Mineralogy
subject: Engineering--Petroleum

description: Low permeability (‘tight’) reservoirs have become a viable source of hydrocarbons in North America because of horizontal drilling and multi-stage hydraulic fracturing. While commercial production continues for these unconventional resources, recovery of the available hydrocarbons (particularly liquids) remains low. This is due impart to the lack of understanding of the basic reservoir properties. Without advancing characterization methods for petrophysical and geomechanical properties, we can expect these inefficiencies in resource development to persist. This thesis begins to address this lapse in knowledge by using imaging techniques to quantify fluid-rock interaction and characterize petrophysical properties. In tight reservoirs, most of the hydrocarbon resource resides within the matrix nanopore structure. However, conventional characterization methods are not usually performed at this scale. Ultra-small-angle neutron scattering is employed to probe geological samples for determining the connected and unconnected porosity, including porosity at the nanoscale. This information can be used in tandem with 2D scanning electron microscope (SEM) images to populate pore network models which in turn are used to derive petrophysical properties. An important contribution of this thesis is the development of techniques to enable the imaging and quantification of wettability at the micro- and nanoscale. While imaging of rock nanopore pore structure is now routine, imaging of fluid-rock interaction at this scale, which is necessary for quantifying multi-phase fluid distribution and flow, is not. Using an environmental SEM, three approaches are employed: 1) condensation and evaporation, 2) cryogenic, and 3) micro-injection. Using a parametrized Young-Laplace model, contact angles (advancing/receding) and spontaneous imbibition rates are calculated. Fluid distributions in preserved core are determined. Macro- and micro-contact angles for the same sample are compared, revealing that contact angle variance in a small sample is large, even within sites a few millimetres apart. This suggests that macro-scale measurements do not appropriately capture the heterogeneity of low-permeability samples. Finally, using a combination of X-ray, SEM, and cathodoluminescence, a variety of rock petrophysical properties are determined from drill cuttings. Custom written software using advanced image processing techniques is used to automatically measure mineralogical composition, cementation, and porosity.
Functional Subsystems and Quantum Redundancy in Photosynthetic Light Harvesting
Creators: name: Skochdopole, Nolan
name: Mazziotti, David A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Fenna-Matthews-Olson (FMO) antennae complex, responsible for light harvesting in green sulfur bacteria, consists of three monomers, each with seven chromophores. Here we show that multiple subsystems of the seven chromophores can transfer energy from either chromophore 1 or 6 to the reaction center with an efficiency matching or in many cases exceeding that of the full seven chromophore system. In the FMO complex these functional subsystems support multiple quantum pathways for efficient energy transfer that provide a built-in quantum redundancy. There are many instances of redundancy in nature, providing reliability and protection, and in photosynthetic light harvesting this quantum redundancy provides protection against the temporary or permanent loss of one or more chromophores. The complete characterization of functional subsystems within the FMO complex offers a detailed map of the energy flow within the FMO complex, which has potential applications to the design of more efficient photovoltaic devices.
title: Harms and benefits of mammographic screening in Flanders: a population-based evaluation of different screening profiles
Creators: name: Van Ongeval, Chantal
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Performed at one institution
subject: Observational
subject: Retrospective
subject: Outcomes
subject: Cancer
subject: Screening
subject: Outcomes analysis
subject: Health policy and practice
subject: Mammography
subject: Breast

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: Mammographic screening remains subject of debate as ambivalent results regarding benefits, like breast cancer mortality reduction, and harms, such as overdiagnosis and false positive results, have been reported [1-5]. In Flanders (a Belgian region)...
title: The MOCART (Magnetic Resonance Observation of Cartilage Repair Tissue) 2.0 Knee Score
Creators: name: Trattnig, Siegfried
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Musculoskeletal
subject: MR
subject: Surgery
subject: Staging
subject: Imaging sequences
subject: Trauma
subject: Grafts
subject: Retrospective
subject: Observational
subject: Multicentre study
subject: Musculoskeletal system
subject: Musculoskeletal joint

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: Since the first introduction of the MOCART score, a widely used semi-quantitative scoring system for the morphological assessment of cartilage repair tissue, significant progress has been made with regard to both surgical treatment options for...
Ranked Sparse Signal Support Detection
Creators: name: Fletcher, Alyson K.
name: Rangan, Sundeep
name: Goyal, Vivek K
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper considers the problem of detecting the support (sparsity pattern) of a sparse vector from random noisy measurements. Conditional power of a component of the sparse vector is defined as the energy conditioned on the component being nonzero. Analysis of a simplified version of orthogonal matching pursuit (OMP) called sequential OMP (SequOMP) demonstrates the importance of knowledge of the rankings of conditional powers. When the simple SequOMP algorithm is applied to components in nonincreasing order of conditional power, the detrimental effect of dynamic range on thresholding performance is eliminated. Furthermore, under the most favorable conditional powers, the performance of SequOMP approaches maximum likelihood performance at high signal-to-noise ratio.
description: 13 pages
title: Journal of student affairs, vol. XVI, 2007
title: Journal of student affairs
titleType: AlternativeTitle
title: Journal of student affairs, vol. 16, 2007
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Colorado State University. Student Affairs In Higher Education, Publisher
Publisher: name: Mountain Scholar
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Student affairs services -- United States -- Periodicals
subject: Student affairs administrators -- Training of -- Colorado -- Fort Collins -- Periodicals

description: The mission of the Colorado State University Journal of Student Affairs is to develop and produce a scholarly publication that reflects current education issues and the professional interests of student affairs practitioners. Specifically, the Journal provides an opportunity for the publication of articles by current students, alumni, faculty, and associates of the Student Affairs in Higher Education graduate program at Colorado State University. Articles are submitted in the fall and the Journal is published mid-spring. https://sahe.colostate.edu/journal/journal-board-archives/.
description: Restorative justice at Colorado State / Cori Shaff, Shay Bright, Tom Cavanagh -- Student affairs: a reflection / Keith M. Miser -- Beyond yellow ribbons: using the 2006 Colorado State University deployment assessment to provide support for college students affected by the deployment of friend or family member / N. A. Hinkley -- Examining the low college graduation rates of Black students / Jimmy R. Ellis -- College suicide and wrongful death: an analysis of institutional self-preservation policies that ignore student interests / Landy Douglas -- Put me in coach: a closer look at athletic identity / Clint Galloway -- SAHE alumni profile / Mike Segawa.