cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Report detailing impact-assessment methods adapted to citizen science
Creators: name: Wehn, Uta
name: Gharesifard, Mohammad
name: Bilbao, Ane
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Impact assessment
method
citizen science
indicator
data collection

description: The MICS project develops approaches and tools to evaluate citizen science impacts. These approaches and tools can help to plan and implement projects in ways that lead to more robust outcomes. This report reviews impact-assessment methods and selects relevant methods to capture the impacts of citizen science in distinct domains.
description: This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 824711.
A novel multiplex one-step real-time RT-PCR assay for the simultaneous identification of enterovirus and parechovirus in clinical fecal samples
Creators: name: Bubba, Laura
name: Pellegrinelli, Laura
name: Pariani, Elena
name: Primache, Valeria
name: Amendola, Antonella
name: Binda, Sandro
Publisher: name: Department of Health Science - University of Genoa
Year: 2015

description: Introduction: Enterovirus (EV) and parechovirus (PeV) can either infect humans asymptomatically or can cause gastroenteritis, respiratory symptoms and, sometimes, severe disease. As the number of newly identified EV and PeV genotypes keeps increasing, diagnostic methods need to be updated. To this end, we described a novel multiplex one-step real-time RT-PCR to detect EV and human PeV (HPeV) simultaneously in fecal samples collected from children with rotavirus group A (RV-A)-related gastroenteritis.

Methods: The specificity and sensitivity of the EV/HPeV real-time RT-PCR were evaluated with two 2011 Quality Control for Molecular Diagnostics (QCMD) panels for EV and HPeV detection. RNA was extracted from 111 RV-A-positive fecal samples collected from children up to 5 years of age who had been hospitalized for gastroenteritis from September 2010 to August 2011.

Results: The EV/HPeV real-time RT-PCR showed a 100% sensitivity and specificity for EV and 91% and 91.7% for HPeV, respectively. Of the 111 RV-A-positive stool specimens, 28 (25.2%) were EV-positive and 7 (6.3%) were HPeV-positive. No clinical differences between children with single or double infections were observed.

Discussion: In our study, the frequency of EV and HPeV infections was surprisingly high, thus underlining the importance of including EV and HPeV detection in diagnostic panels. The multiplex real-time RT-PCR presented in this paper can therefore be a useful method in a diagnostic setting.
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol 56, No 2 (2015)
Carbon modelling beyond scientific production: a critical review of standards and European policies
Creators: name: Montero Alonso, Miguel
name: Senán-Salinas, Jorge
name: Moreno, Jovita
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Abstract

Efforts to mitigate climate change in European policies increasingly emphasize accurate carbon accounting along supply chains.

This interdisciplinary study conducts a comprehensive grey literature review, analysing standards, scientific publications, legislation and technical reports, to establish a framework for comparing carbon modelling standards. A preselection and screening process was developed based on criteria such as adherence to the life cycle assessment (LCA) approach, explicit carbon modelling content, alignment with EU legislative trends, and the binding nature of standards among others. The tools used for comparison are a set of LCA structures and LCA elements. These arise from the same grey literature review focusing on providing applied, harmonized and transversal insights of the different standards selected for comparison. The level of comprehensiveness within the whole LCA based standards comparison, and the interlinkage of concepts across standards are the key identifiers of this work.

The findings include commonalities such as carbon bio-based content or electricity modelling. Nevertheless, notable discrepancies were observed in product scope, cut-off criteria, direct land-use change or carbon offsetting among others.

The findings point towards harmonization without endorsing any single standard. In all, under a triple legislative mapping, scientific and standards analysis, a comprehensive methodology is suggested to backbone standards comparison thus reducing trade-offs while providing a potential tool for policy making.

 

Keywords

Grey literature; Carbon modelling; LCA element; standards harmonization; legislative mapping.
Effect of mass media on influenza vaccine coverage in the season 2014/2015: a regional survey in Lazio, Italy.
Creators: name: Capanna, Alessandra
name: Gervasi, Giuseppe
name: Ciabattini, Marco
name: Volpe, Enrico
name: Spadea, Antonietta
name: Sgricia, Stefano
name: Zaratti, Laura
name: Franco, Elisabetta
Publisher: name: Department of Health Science - University of Genoa
Year: 2015

description: Introduction. Adherence to vaccination program for Influenza virus is an important issue of Public Health in presence of many no-vaccine tendencies. The media event of some deaths after MF59 adjuvanted vaccine administration has characterized the season 2014/15 vaccination program in Italy. Aim of the study is vaccination adherence assessment of the current season with regards to local health units (LHU) responsibleâs perceptions in Lazio Region (IT).

Methods. LHU responsibleâs perceptions were collected from an informal questionnaire that was send via email to the all 12 LHU responsibles. The questionnaire was built with 4 questions concerning the impression about the vaccination adherence of elderly people in the current season. Data from questionnaire was compared with the official coverage rate obtained by the Regional Authority. Severe adverse events were collected by 1 LHU.

Results. Â All the 12 LHU responsibles answered to our questionnaire: 7/12 (50%) predicted a coverage rate of at least 50%; 3/12 (25%) referred a coverage rate around 40-45%; 2/12 (17%) predicted a reduction of 5-10% less than the previous season. Indeed, a mean 49.1% vaccination coverage in the elderly has been reported by the regional authority highlighting a reduction of 10% less than the 2013/14 season coverage. No severe adverse events were observed.

Discussion. In our survey an important effect of media event on anti-flu vaccination program adherence has been evidenced, with a failure in communication and joint management of Public Health Institutions in Italy about efficacy and safety information of flu vaccine. Â
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol 56, No 2 (2015)
title: Il trattamento dei pazienti affetti da GEP-NET: valutazione multidimensionale di Lutezio-177lu-oxodotreotide
Creators: name: Garagiola, Elisabetta
name: Ferrario, Lucrezia
name: Bagni, Oreste
name: Grana, Chiara Maria
name: Lastoria, Secondo
name: Pellerito, Riccardo Emanuele
name: Salgarello, Matteo
name: Seregni, Ettore
name: Severi, Stefano
name: Storto, Giovanni
name: Versari, Annibale
name: Foglia, Emanuela
Publisher: name: Università Carlo Cattaneo - LIUC
Year: 2022

description: Research Report, 11, 2022
title: Editorial: A disinfected society. Maintaining social connections during processes of disconnection in (post-)pandemic times
Creators: name: Guanzini, Isabella
name: Hable, Ingrid
name: Taschl-Erber, Andrea
Publisher: name: Universität Graz
Year: 2022

description: LIMINA: Grazer theologische Perspektiven | 5:1, 2022, 12–16 | www.limina-graz.eu
Supplementary document for High resolution graphene angle sensor based on ultra-narrowband optical perfect absorption - 5561282.pdf
Creators: name: Chen, Yimin
name: Fan, Yansong
name: Zhang, Zhengzhuo
name: Hong, Zhu
name: Liu, Ken
name: Zhang, Jianfa
name: xu, wei
name: Yuan, Xiaodong
name: Guo, Chucai
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: additional simulation results and the details of fabrication processes and measurement method
Conley Scale: assessment of a fall risk prevention tool in a General Hospital
Creators: name: Guzzo, Anna Santa
name: Maggiolaro, Angela
name: Mannocci, Alice
name: Tecca, Mario
name: Salomone, Ilaria
name: La Torre, Giuseppe
Publisher: name: Department of Health Science - University of Genoa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Conley Scale; fall prevention; clinical risk management

description: Introduction: âUmberto Iâ Teaching Hospital adopted 'Scale of Conley' as internal procedure for fall risk assessment, with the aim of strengthening surveillance and improving prevention and management of impatient falls.

Materials and Methods: Case-control study was performed. Fall events from 1st March 2012 to 30th September 2013 were considered. Cases have been matched for gender, department and period of hospitalization with two or three controls when it is possible. A table including intrinsic and extrinsic âfall riskâ factors, not foreseen by Conley Scale, and Â setted up after a literature overview was built. Univariate analysis and conditional logistic regression model have been performed.

Results: 50 cases and 102 controls were included. Adverse event âfallâ were associated with filled Conley scale at the admission to care unit (OR=4.92, 95%CI= 2.34-10.37). Univariate analysis identified intrinsic factors increasing risk of falls: dizziness (OR= 3.22; 95%CI= 1.34-7.75), psychomotor agitation (OR= 2.61; 95%CI= 1.06-6.43); and use of Â means of restraint (OR=5.05 CI= 1.77-14.43). Conditional logistic regression model revealed a significant association with the following variables: use of instruments of restraint (HR= 5.54, 95%IC= 1.2-23.80), dizziness (OR= 3.97, 95%CI= 1.22-12.89).

Discussion: Conley Scale must be filled at the access of patient to care unit. There were no significant differences between cases and controls with regard to risk factors provided by Conley, except for the use of means of restraint. Empowerment strategies for Conley compilation are needed.
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol 56, No 2 (2015)
Analysis of the Antioxidant Mechanism of Tamarix ramosissima Roots under NaCl Stress Based on Physiology, Transcriptomic and Metabolomic
Creators: name: Chen, Yahui
name: Li, Haijia
name: Zhang, Shiyang
name: Du, Shanfeng
name: Wang, Guangyu
name: Zhang, Jinchi
name: Jiang, Jiang
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2025

description: There is a serious problem with soil salinization that affects the growth and development of plants. Tamarix ramosissima Ledeb (T. ramosissima), as a halophyte, is widely used for afforestation in salinized soils. At present, there are few reports on the antioxidant mechanism of T. ramosissima under NaCl stress. In this study, we learned about the superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD), and catalase (CAT) activities, and hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) and malondialdehyde (MDA) content changes in T. ramosissima. We also mined the relevant metabolic pathways in the antioxidant mechanism, candidate key genes, and their related differential metabolites and verified them using quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR). The results show that the SOD, POD, and CAT activities, and the H₂O₂ and MDA content reached the highest values in the roots of T. ramosissima. Simultaneously, 92 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) related to antioxidant enzyme activities changed during 48 and 168 h of NaCl stress, and these DEGs were mainly upregulated in 168 h. Based on the association analysis of transcriptomic and metabolomic data, we found Unigene0089358 and Unigene0007782 as genes related to key enzymes in the flavonoid biosynthesis pathway. They were located in the upstream positive regulation at 48 and 168 h under NaCl stress, and their respective related metabolites (phloretin and pinocembrin) were involved in resistance to NaCl stress, and they were significantly correlated with their respective metabolites. In conclusion, at 48 and 168 h under NaCl stress, the roots of T. ramosissima resist NaCl stress by enhancing enzymatic and nonenzymatic antioxidant mechanisms, scavenging ROS generated by high-salt stress, alleviating NaCl toxicity, and maintaining the growth of T. ramosissima. This study provides genetic resources and a scientific theoretical basis for further breeding of salt-tolerant Tamarix plants and the molecular mechanism of antioxidants to alleviate NaCl toxicity.
Impact-assessment methods adapted to citizen science
Creators: name: Wehn, Uta
name: Gharesifard, Mohammad
name: Ceccaroni, Luigi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Impact assessment
method
citizen science
evaluation
indicator

description: This report presents the draft MICS Citizen Science Impact Assessment framework which constitutes the overarching structure within which novel and appropriate impact assessment methods will be provided for citizen science projects, including the MICS case studies, and which will be implemented via the MICS online platform.
description: This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 824711.
Budget impact analysis of universal rotavirus vaccination in the Local Health Unit 11 Empoli, Tuscany, Italy
Creators: name: Guarducci, Silvia
name: Lorini, Chiara
name: Balli, Marta
name: Donzellini, Martina
name: Filidei, Paolo
name: Mugnaini, Elisabetta
name: Silva, Alberto
name: Mazzoni, Gabriele
name: Bonaccorsi, Guglielmo
name: Bonanni, Paolo
name: Boccalini, Sara
Publisher: name: Department of Health Science - University of Genoa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Rotavirus; Vaccination; Budget impact

description: Background. Rotavirus (RV) infection is the first cause of acute viral gastroenteritis in children under five years of age all over the world; it mainly affects children between six and 24 months of age and can cause serious acute diarrhoea and dehydration. The aim of this study is to perform the budget impact analysis of universal rotavirus vaccination in the Local Health Unit (LHU) 11 Empoli, Tuscany, Italy.

Methods. An ad hoc mathematical simulation model was developed to evaluate the budget impact analysis of 5-years universal rotavirus vaccination. Particularly, incidence of rotavirus gastroenteritis (RVGE), hospitalizations, nosocomial diarrhoea, medical consultations, prescriptions and accesses to emergency department were taken into account in the analysis. The direct medical costs due to RV diarrhoea and the costs of vaccination campaign were considered as the main outcome measures in the study.

Results. The adoption of universal rotavirus vaccination campaign for five years in the LHU 11 Empoli results in relevant savings due to the health cares avoided. These savings would overlapped the costs of vaccination yet from the second year after the introduction of vaccination. The saving for the Health Service would be 1.5 million Euro after five years of campaign.
Conclusions. Â Universal vaccination against rotavirus results clinically and economically favourable for both the Health Service and the Society perspectives.
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol 56, No 2 (2015)
First detection of prey DNA in Hygrobates fluviatilis (Hydrachnidia, Acari): a new approach for determining predator-prey relationships in water mites
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2015
Subjects: Ernährung

description: Up to now our knowledge of water mite diet has been fragmentary. It is derived from observations in the field and laboratory or from a few selective laboratory experiments on food choice. In the present study, we were able to detect chironomid DNA in water mite bodies for the first time using molecular methods. Prey DNA was detected in virtually all Hygrobates fluviatilis (Hygrobatidae) that were fed on chironomid larvae after a starvation period of up to approximately 1 week. From the shortest interval (1 h after feeding) to the longest period after feeding (50 h) the relative amount of detected prey DNA was significantly reduced. In addition, there was a relationship between the relative amount of prey DNA and the assumed amount of the ingested prey (classified in categories of the dead prey which reflect the increasing ingestion of the mites and the decreasing body content of the prey individuals). The results of our study indicate that similar molecular analyses will be a powerful tool for diet investigations of mites from the field on various taxonomic resolutions of prey taxa. Moreover, the results of food selection experiments from the laboratory could be compared to evidence of predation by individuals from the field. For many mite taxa, especially ones which turned out to be difficult to breed in the laboratory (e.g. by unknown diet), the new methods might enable us to gain the first ever data on diet and thus may help us to consider the role of water mites in food webs more adequately in the future.Quelle: http://link.springer.com
Quelle credibilite pour l’esperance ? A propos de Susana de Sousa Vilas Boas, Le pardon entre memoire et esperance. Pour une lecture theologique de Paul Ricoeur. Braga: Axioma, 2022
Creators: name: Odinet, François
Publisher: name: Ephata
Year: 2025

description: Ephata, v. 6 n. 2 (2024): Teologia na Europa Centro-Oriental no século XXI
Was Josaphat Kuntsevych a true hesychast?
Creators: name: Rac, Ondrej
Publisher: name: Ephata
Year: 2025

description: John S. Romanides’ (1927-2001) neo-patristic approach sees the fundamental difference between Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches in an entirely different theoria, which leads to differences in praxis and vice versa, heterodoxy cannot lead to true theoria. Thus, the praxis leading to the healing of the noetic faculty is a distinguishing sign (diakrisis) of orthodoxy. An example of a heterodox person in the state of theoria (with the healed noetic faculty) could question the applicability of this Romanides criterion for distinction. The aim of the paper is to explore the limits of Romanides’ approach through the example of Greek-catholic archbishop Josaphat Kuntsevych (1580-1623), to whom Catholic hagiographies attribute the same character of praxis and theoria as we find in Eastern Orthodox saints. On the other side, Josaphat advocates the papacy. We use the same method that Romanides uses. We examine primary sources containing descriptions of the Josaphat’s praxis and doxa. This is then compared with the praxis of persons whose orthodoxy is not in doubt by Eastern Orthodox authors. Following previous research, it is confirmed that the descriptions of Josaphat’s praxis agree with similar descriptions in the Eastern Orthodox Hesychasts. At the same time it is impossible to conclude, only historical records, whether someone has acquired a state of noetic illumination. It also applies to Josaphat’s case. The search for an overlap between the image of Josaphat as a hesychast and that of Josaphat as a follower of the church union is a challenge for further research.
description: Ephata, v. 6 n. 2 (2024): Teologia na Europa Centro-Oriental no século XXI
Towards the mutual recognition of sacraments between the Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church
Creators: name: Blaza, Marek
Publisher: name: Ephata
Year: 2025

description: The main task in this research is to find the solution for bilateral recognition of sacraments between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church. The former one recognises the validity of all sacraments administered in the non-Catholic Eastern Churches because they have apostolic succession. In Catholic theology, a sacrament can exist when it is properly administered, according to the teaching of St Augustine: “The Word accedes to the element and becomes a sacrament”. The above criteria are also used by some local Orthodox Churches, which recognise the validity of the baptism of non-Orthodox Christians. Not all local Orthodox Churches recognise baptism administered by non-Orthodox Christians. For these local Orthodox Churches the criterion is the maxim of St Cyprian of Carthage “Outside the Church there is no salvation”. It means that there can be no sacrament outside the visible boundaries of the Orthodox Church. In order to present these two different conceptions of the theology of the sacraments (St Cyprian’s and St Augustine’s), the definition of a sacrament and the question of the number of sacraments will first be presented. And then there will be given a proposal to change the legal terminology to theological terminology.
description: Ephata, v. 6 n. 2 (2024): Teologia na Europa Centro-Oriental no século XXI
Emergence of plasmid-mediated quinolone-resistant determinants in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from Tehran and Qazvin provinces, Iran
Creators: name: Peymani, Amir
name: Naserpour Farivar, Taghi
name: Nikooei, Leila
name: Najafipour, Reza
name: Javadi, Amir
name: Pahlevan, Ali Asghar
Publisher: name: Department of Health Science - University of Genoa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Klebsiella pneumoniae; Quinolones resistance; qnr

description: Background. Â Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance is an increasing clinical concern, globally. The major objective of the present study was to identify the qnr-encoding genes among the quinolone non-susceptible K. pneumoniae isolates obtained from two provinces in Iran.

Methods. A total of 200 K. pneumoniae isolates were obtained from hospitals of Qazvin and Tehran, Iran. The identification of bacterial isolates was carried out by standard laboratory methods and API 20E strips. Susceptibility to quinolone compounds were examined by standard Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method according to the CLSI guideline. PCR and sequencing were employed to detect qnrA, qnrB and qnrS-encoding genes.

Results. Of 200 K. pneumoniae isolates, 124 (62%) were non-susceptible to quinolone compounds among those 66 (53.2%) and 58 (46.8%) isolates showed high and low-level quinolone resistance rates, respectively. Out of 124 quinolone non-susceptible isolates, qnr-encoding genes were present in 49 (39.5%) isolates with qnrB1 (30.6%) as the most dominant gene followed by qnrB4 (9.7%), and qnrS1 (1.6%) either alone or in combination.

Conclusions. This study, for the first time, revealed the high appearance of qnrB1, qnrS1 and qnrB4 genes among the clinical isolates of K. pneumoniae in Iran. Therefore, the application of proper infection control measures and well-established antibiotic administration guideline should be strictly considered within our medical centers.
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol 56, No 2 (2015)
Sea buckthorn bud extract displays activity against cell-cultured Influenza virus
Creators: name: Torelli, Alessandro
name: Gianchecchi, Elena
name: Piccirella, Simona
name: Manenti, Alessandro
name: Piccini, Giulia
name: Pastor, Elisa Llorente
name: Canovi, Brenno
name: Montomoli, Emanuele
Publisher: name: Department of Health Science - University of Genoa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Sea buckthorn plant extract; Influenza prevention; antivirals

description: Introduction - Vaccines and antiviral drugs are the most widely used methods of preventing or treating Influenza virus infection. The role of sea buckthorn (SBT) bud dry extract as a natural antiviral drug against Influenza was investigated.

Methods - Influenza virus was cultured in the MDCK cell line, with or without SBT bud extract, and virus growth was assessed by HA and TCID50 virus titration in terms of cytopathic effect on cells. Several concentrations of extract were tested, the virus titer being measured on day 4 after infection.

Results -Â After infection, the virus titer in the control sample was calculated to be 2.5 TCID50/ml; treatment with SBT bud extract reduced the virus titer to 2.0 TCID50/ml at 50 Âµg/ml, while the HA titer was reduced from 1431 (control) to 178. Concentrations lower than 50Âµg/ml displayed an inhibitory effect in the HA assay, but not in the TCID50 virus titration; however, observation of the viral cultures confirmed a slowdown of viral growth at all concentrations.

Discussion - Natural dietary supplements and phytotherapy are a growing market and offer new opportunities for the treatment of several diseases and disorders. These preliminary experiments are the first to show that SBT bud extract is able to reduce the growth of the Influenza A H1N1 virus in vitro at a concentration of 50 Âµg/ml. This discovery opens up the possibility of using SBT bud extract as a valid weapon against Influenza and, in addition, as the starting-point for the discovery of new drugs.
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol 56, No 2 (2015)
Methodological criticisms in the evaluation of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine effectiveness
Creators: name: Trucchi, Cecilia
name: Paganino, Chiara
name: Ansaldi, Filippo
Publisher: name: Department of Health Science - University of Genoa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Conjugate Vaccine; Effectiveness; Streptococcus pneumoniae

description: Globally, lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs), including community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), cause considerable of morbidity and mortality in adults, especially in the elderly. In addition to age, underlying medical conditions are associated with an increased risk of CAP. From an aetiological point of view, Streptococcus pneumoniae is the leading cause of adult CAP throughout the world. Two types of vaccine are available for the prevention of pneumococcal diseases: the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV23) and the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7, PCV10 and PCV13). An accurate understanding of the LRTIs burden and the types of subjects at risk of CAP, allow to find an appropriately targeted immunization strategy and provide baseline data to evaluate pneumococcal vaccine effectiveness. Given the high variability in available estimates of LRTIs burden and associated risk factors, the objective of the study was to discuss the methodological criticism in its evaluation, in the light of the gradual introduction of PCV13 immunization strategy targeted to elderly and risk groups in middle-high income countries.
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol 56, No 3 (2015): 2015563
A Comprehensive Review on Construction Applications and Life Cycle Sustainability of Natural Fiber Biocomposites
Creators: name: Ahmad, Hammad
name: Chhipi-Shrestha, Gyan
name: Hewage, Kasun
name: Sadiq, Rehan
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2023

description: The construction industry is continuously searching for sustainable materials to combat the rapid depletion of global resources and ongoing ecological crises. Biocomposites have recently received global attention in various industries due to their renewability, low cost, and biodegradability. Biocomposites’ potential as a sustainable substitute in construction can be understood by identifying their diverse applications. Moreover, examining their life cycle environmental and economic impacts is important. Therefore, this study is a novel attempt to encompass biocomposites’ construction applications and their environmental life cycle performance. Statistical analysis is done related to the temporal distribution of papers, publishers, literature type and regions of studies. First, this paper reviews the latest research on the applications of natural fiber biocomposites in construction with their key findings. The applications include fiber reinforcements in concrete, external strengthening elements, internally filled hollow tubes, wood replacement boards, insulation, and non-structural members. The second part covers the life cycle assessment (LCA) and cost studies on biocomposites. The life cycle studies are currently rare and require more case-specific assessments; however, they highlight the benefits of biocomposites in cost savings and environmental protection. Finally, this study provides key suggestions for increasing the applicability of biocomposites as sustainable construction materials.
Sacraments of christian initiation and christian identity formation from the perspective of Syro-Malabar Church
Creators: name: Vazhappilly, Bilju
Publisher: name: Ephata
Year: 2025

description: In fact, the act of Christian initiation is itself to be considered as a journey in faith. To make it clear, this article mainly focuses on how this journey in faith is developed through ritual participation of the faithful in the dispensation (dabbrānūta) of Jesus Christ’s Paschal Mystery and thus how it leads to the pledge of future glory. This human response to the faith as a gift-given through the actions of the Church (sacraments) enables one to form one’s own Christian identity today from the perspective of the Syro-Malabar Church. To achieve the aforementioned goal a liturgico-theological approach is employed. On the one hand, it includes situational analysis which looks at the concrete particularity of the given rites of the Sacraments of Christian initiation of both Infant and Adult in the Syro-Malabar Church (New Taksa was published in 2005). On the other hand, a structural analysis follows considering all known and possible performances of the Christian initiation liturgy as it is celebrated in the Syro-Malabar Church today. Both situational and structural analyses advance towards a proper understanding of the faith expressed in the celebration of the Sacraments of Christian initiation, not as an abstract and universal datum but as a living reality culturally expressed and culture laden. In so doing, the author proposes a theology of Christian initiation within the frame work of the Christian identity structure namely believing, celebrating and witnessing.
description: Ephata, v. 6 n. 2 (2024): Teologia na Europa Centro-Oriental no século XXI
Adsorption of Zn2+, Cd2+ and Cu2+ on zeolites coated by manganese and iron oxides
Creators: name: Irannajad, Mehdi
name: Haghighi, Hossein Kamran
name: Soleimanipour, Mehrdad
Publisher: name: Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and Geology, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław
Year: 2016
Subjects: adsorption
wastewater
manganese oxide
iron oxide
zeolite

description: Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing; ISSN 2084-4735
Reception of latin christendom in Kyivan Rus’ (10th-12th centuries) between doctrinal identity and practical considerations
Creators: name: Malmenvall, Simon
Publisher: name: Ephata
Year: 2025

description: This paper analyzes the main traits of the reception of Latin Christendom in Kyivan Rus’, drawing from the notion of its confessional “otherness” in relation to the Eastern Orthodox norm. The mentioned reception is studied according to the East Slavic narrative sources written at the end of the eleventh and beginning of the twelfth centuries, i.e., directly after the “Great Schism” (1054) between Constantinople and Rome. The complexity of the Rus’ attitude towards Latin Christians is accentuated on several levels: 1) upholding the official Orthodoxy, following the Byzantine doctrinal themes as adopted in Church Slavic polemical literature, while, simultaneously, 2) respecting practical considerations of dynastic ties between the East Slavic political elite and ruling families of the neighboring Latin world, 3) and venerating particular Latin saints. In this respect, special consideration is given to the travel diary on the Holy Land titled Life and Pilgrimage of Daniel, Hegumen of the Land of Rus’ serving as a prime example of encountering confessional differences. Daniel’s thematization of his confessional “other” in the Holy Land reveals a similar ambiguity in the case of Rus’ as a whole: on a declarative level, the polemical writings of the Kyivan metropolitan bishops testify about a negative position on the “Latin heresies”; at the same time, common veneration of particular saints, such as Olaf of Norway or Magnus of Orkney, and decisions of the East Slavic princes confirm the permanence of contacts and willingness to cooperate with the neighboring Latin polities (Sweden, Poland, and Hungary) in forming dynastic marriages and military alliances.
description: Ephata, v. 6 n. 2 (2024): Teologia na Europa Centro-Oriental no século XXI
Supplementary document for Electric-Field-Induced Second Harmonic Generation in Silicon Dioxide - 5561560.pdf
Creators: name: Widhalm, Alex
name: Golla, Christian
name: Weber, Nils
name: Mackwitz, Peter
name: Zrenner, Artur
name: Meier, Cedrik
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document 1
Campi Flegrei 2011-2012 dMODELS - archive
Creators: name: Romaniello, Vito
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: errors
subject: California
subject: Maurizio Battaglia
subject: GPS
subject: space
subject: present Ro
subject: U.S. Geological Survey
subject: dMODELS, Campi Flegrei
subject: Source
subject: model
subject: input parameter
subject: software package
subject: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
subject: geology
subject: surface
subject: system
subject: inversion standard deviations
subject: volcano
subject: Augustine Volcano
subject: deformation
subject: GPS data
subject: mathematics
subject: ascii file
subject: spheroid
subject: http://eurovoc.europa.eu/6383

description: The analytical model of deformation dMODELS was applied to the Campi Flegrei case study for the period 2011-2012. This RO contains the source parameters and the estimated errors committed in modeling the geophysical source by inverting GPS data; the shape of the source is considered as a sphere. More details are available in the 'documents' folder within the 'Content' section (see 'Description dModels_Campi_Flegrei.docx').
description: Research Object in rohub2020: https://w3id.org/ro-id/dcba481f-6805-46b6-9116-90df64f88944
Freedom and identity. The contribution of Ctirad V. Pospišil to the trinitarian ontology of persons in society
Creators: name: Macek, Petr
Publisher: name: Ephata
Year: 2025

description: The main aim of the paper is to present a connection of Trinitarian theology and ontology with political theology in the work of the Czech theologian Ctirad V. Pospišil. The topic is analysed in the context of a Trinitarian ontology, an approach to the philosophical theology inspired by the German theologian Klaus Hemmerle, and in the context of modern political theology. The paper argues that the focus of modern tradition of Christian political thinking on the problem of emancipation and liberation of man is increasingly accompanied with the questioning of human identity. It tries to identify both of these constitutive elements in Pospišil’s work and shows that an idea of freedom, which avoids a trap of purely negative form of liberation, and a concept of identity, which avoids aggressive self-determination and cultural intolerance, both find their roots in the Trinitarian transformation and reconfiguration of the mystery of being.
description: Ephata, v. 6 n. 2 (2024): Teologia na Europa Centro-Oriental no século XXI
Direct measurements of reaction time  for extractive processes
Creators: name: Gotfryd, Leszek
name: Becker, Hossein Ksawery
name: Pietek, Grzegorz
name: Szolomicki, Zbigniew
name: Piwowonska, Justyna
Publisher: name: Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and Geology, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław
Year: 2016
Subjects: reaction time
solvent extraction
viscosity
stripping rate
sulphuric acid

description: Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing; ISSN 2084-4735
A comparative study on the effect of using conventional and high pressure grinding rolls crushing on the ball mill grinding kinetics of an iron ore
Creators: name: Barani, K.
name: Balochi, H.
Publisher: name: Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and Geology, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław
Year: 2016
Subjects: high pressure grinding rolls
HPGR
grinding
iron ore

description: Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing; ISSN 2084-4735
Canadian critical care nurses experiences on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic : a qualitative descriptive study
Creators: name: Gamble, Kathleen
name: Murthy, Srinivas
name: Silverberg, Sarah L.
name: Gobat, Nina
name: Puchalski Ritchie, Lisa M.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2023

description: Background: Recent pandemics have provided important lessons to inform planning for public health emergencies. Despite these lessons, gaps in implementation during the COVID-19 pandemic are evident. Additionally, research to inform interventions to support the needs of front-line nurses during a prolonged pandemic are lacking. We aimed to gain an understanding of critical care nurses’ perspectives of the ongoing pandemic, including their opinions of their organization and governments response to the pandemic, to inform interventions to improve the response to the current and future pandemics. Methods: This sub-study is part of a cross-sectional online survey distributed to Canadian critical care nurses at two time points during the pandemic (March–May 2020; April–May 2021). We employed a qualitative descriptive design comprised of three open-ended questions to provide an opportunity for participants to share perspectives not specifically addressed in the main survey. Responses were analyzed using conventional content analysis. Results: One hundred nine of the 168 (64.9%) participants in the second survey responded to the open-ended questions. While perspectives about effectiveness of both their organization’s and the government’s responses to the pandemic were mixed, most noted that inconsistent and unclear communication made it difficult to trust the information provided. Several participants who had worked during previous pandemics noted that their organization’s COVID-19 response failed to incorporate lessons from these past experiences. Many respondents reported high levels of burnout and moral distress that negatively affected both their professional and personal lives. Despite these experiences, several respondents noted that support from co-workers had helped them to cope with the stress and challenges. Conclusion: One year into the pandemic, critical care nurses’ lived experiences continue to reflect previously identified challenges and opportunities for improvement in pandemic preparedness and response. These findings suggest that lessons from the current and prior pandemics have been inadequately considered in the COVID-19 response. Incorporation of these perspectives into interventions to improve the health system response, and support the needs of critical care nurses is essential to fostering a resilient health workforce. Research to understand the experience of other front-line workers and to learn from more and less successful interventions, and leaders, is needed.
Identifying and prioritising strategies to optimise community gym participation for young adults with cerebral palsy: an e-Delphi study
Creators: name: McKenzie, Georgia
name: Willis, Claire
name: Yao, A
name: Munzel, F
name: Kennedy, Rachel
name: Shields, Nora
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems
classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4201
subject: Allied health and rehabilitation science
classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society

description: Purpose: Identify and prioritise strategies to optimise physical activity participation in the community gym setting for young adults with cerebral palsy. Methods: An e-Delphi method was implemented over three rounds with four stakeholder groups (young adults with cerebral palsy, their families, gym staff or exercise professionals, and health professionals). Strategies for change were identified by the stakeholders in round 1. In rounds 2 and 3, strategies for change were rated on the importance for implementation using a 7-point Likert scale (1 being lowest importance, 7 being highest). The consensus was achieved if ≥70% of participants identified a strategy as high importance. Results: Seventy participants (20 young adults 10 family members, 21 health professionals, and 19 exercise professionals) identified 83 strategies for improving gym participation. Of these, 44 strategies met the consensus criteria. The highest priority strategies related to changing the physical environment, addressing cost barriers, gym staff training, and developing partnerships between sectors. Conclusions: Addressing physical accessibility, cost of attendance and the skills of gym staff were agreed upon by the stakeholder groups as priority areas for future resource allocation and research translation. Clinicians and community leisure facilities must work with consumers to implement strategies in their local contexts.
Investigation and optimization of use of anionic collectors in direct flotation of bauxite ores
Creators: name: Liu, Changmiao
name: Feng, Ansheng
name: Guo, Zhenxu
Publisher: name: Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and Geology, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław
Year: 2016
Subjects: bauxite
collector
direct flotation

description: Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing; ISSN 2084-4735
Supplementary document for Electric-Field-Induced Second Harmonic Generation in Silicon Dioxide - 5561560.pdf
Creators: name: Widhalm, Alex
name: Golla, Christian
name: Weber, Nils
name: Mackwitz, Peter
name: Zrenner, Artur
name: Meier, Cedrik
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document 1
Supplementary data from: Complementary roles for differential gene expression and differential exon use in the heat shock response of an intertidal copepod.
Creators: name: Vaidya, Rujuta
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Understanding the mechanisms by which organisms adapt to variation in temperature is key to explaining their distribution across environments and to predicting their persistence to changing climate. The cellular response to heat shock, heat shock response (HSR), is a highly conserved mechanism for coping with elevated temperatures which functions through the upregulation of molecular chaperones like heat shock proteins (HSPs). Recent studies have also shown cellular response to heat shock can be quantitative (changing the magnitude of expression) or qualitative (differential usage of exons originating from the same gene). However, few studies have explored the time course of these two mechanisms in response to heat shock. We conducted a time–course experiment to examine the gene expression and exon usage changes in response to heat shock at four post–stress timepoints (30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours, 24 hours) in a splash pool copepod, Tigriopus californicus. We detected signatures of both gene expression and exon usage changes across all timepoints. The magnitude of this response was higher at timepoints closer to heat shock and decreased with time post–heat shock. We observed that heat shock predominantly induced changes in gene expression in genes coding for chitin, heat shock proteins, cellular growth, and differentiation. In contrast, we found that genes coding for peptidases showed both altered expression levels and exon usage. Genes associated with cellular metabolism and cytoskeletal elements primarily showed changes in exon usage. These ontology–specific response mechanisms provide new insights into the temporal landscape of heat shock response in Tigriopus and highlight the need to integrate qualitative and quantitative changes in gene expression to fully understand organismal responses to heat shock.
An innovative technology for recovery of zinc, lead and silver from zinc leaching residue
Creators: name: Zheng, Yong-Xing
name: Lv, Jin-Fang
name: Liu, Wei
name: Qin, Wen-Qing
name: Wen, Shu-Ming
Publisher: name: Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and Geology, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław
Year: 2016
Subjects: zinc leaching residue
lead sulfate
zinc sulfate
reduction roasting
flotation

description: Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing; ISSN 2084-4735
MICS corpus of knowledge
Creators: name: Wehn, Uta
name: Gharesifard, Mohammad
name: Ceccaroni, Luigi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Knowledge base
database
human-readable
machine-readable
metadata

description: The MICS project develops approaches and tools to evaluate citizenscience impacts. These approaches and tools can help to plan and implement projects in ways that lead to more robust results. This report describes the structure and process of building the MICS corpus of knowledge (or knowledge base), which forms part of the MICS methodological and technical efforts to capture, analyse and consolidate insights on the impacts of citizen science.
description: This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 824711.
The "urban myth" of the association between neurological disorders and vaccinations
Creators: name: Gasparini, Roberto
name: Panatto, Donatella
name: Lai, Piero Luigi
name: Amicizia, Daniela
Publisher: name: Department of Health Science - University of Genoa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Vaccine; Vaccinations; Neurological disorders

description: In modern society, a potentially serious adverse event attributed to a vaccination is likely to be snapped up by the media, particu- larly newspapers and television, as it appeals to the emotions of the public. The widespread news of the alleged adverse events of vaccination has helped to create the âurban mythâ that vac- cines cause serious neurological disorders and has boosted anti- vaccination associations. This speculation is linked to the fact that the true causes of many neurological diseases are largely unknown. The relationship between vaccinations and the onset of serious neuropsychiatric diseases is certainly one of coincidence rather than causality. This claim results from controlled studies that have excluded the association between vaccines and severe neurological diseases, therefore it can be said, with little risk of error, that the association between modern vaccinations and seri- ous neurological disorders is a true âurban mythâ.Â
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol 56, No 1 (2015)
Adult immunization schedule. The general practitionerâs perspective and new tools for a better practice
Creators: name: Sessa, Aurelio
name: Rossi, Alessandro
name: Cricelli, Iacopo
Publisher: name: Department of Health Science - University of Genoa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Adult immunization; General practice; Population health management

description: Vaccine-preventable disease significantly contributes to the morbidity and mortality of adults worldwide. The rates of vaccination against influenza, pneumococcal disease and tetanus in adults and in high-risk group of people are far from the optimal coverage as suggested by Minister of Health. General Practitioners (GPs) can contribute to increase immunization in adults andÂ in elderly people because these age groups attend frequently the surgery of their family doctors for reasons related to their chronic diseases. The GPs, on their side, can proactively involve patients through informatics tools that supply lists of specific patients and electronic alerts in patient records.Â
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol 56, No 1 (2015)
Additional file 1 of Reduced olfactory acuity in recently flightless insects suggests rapid regressive evolution
Creators: name: Neupert, Stefanie
name: McCulloch, Graham A.
name: Foster, Brodie J.
name: Waters, Jonathan M.
name: Szyszka, Paul
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. Antennal responses to different stimulus durations and pulse series. Figure S2. Biological and non-biological antennal signals are independent from each other.