cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Physical activity and depressive symptoms during pregnancy among Latina women: a prospective cohort study
Creators: name: Markenson, Glenn
name: Bertone-Johnson, Elizabeth R
name: Chasan-Taber, Lisa
name: Powers, Sally
name: Dole, Nancy
name: Pekow, Penelope
name: Szegda, Kathleen
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Abstract
                Background
                Latina women are at increased risk for antenatal depressive disorders, which are common during pregnancy and are associated with elevated risk for poor maternal health and birth outcomes. Physical activity is a potential mechanism to reduce the likelihood of depressive symptoms. The purpose of the study was to assess whether total and domain-specific physical activity in early pregnancy reduced risk for elevated antenatal depressive symptoms in mid-late pregnancy in a population of Latina women at high-risk for depression.
                Methods
                Data from 820 Latina participants in the prospective cohort study Proyecto Buena Salud was examined using multivariable logistic regression. Total, moderate/vigorous, and domain-specific physical activity (household/caregiving, occupational, sports/exercise, transportation) were assessed using the Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale was used to assess depressive symptoms and identify women with elevated symptoms indicative of at least probable minor depression and probable major depression.
                Results
                A total of 25.9% of participants experienced at least probable minor depression and 19.1% probable major depression in mid-late pregnancy. After adjusting for important risk factors, no significant associations were observed between total physical activity (4th Quartile vs.1st Quartile OR = 1.02, 95% CI = 0.61, 1.71; p-trend = 0.62) or meeting exercise guidelines in pregnancy (OR = 0.96, 95% CI = 0.65, 1.41) and at least probable minor depression; similarly, associations were not observed between these measures and probable major depression. There was a suggestion of increased risk of probable major depression with high levels of household/caregiving activity (4th Quartile vs 1st Quartile OR = 1.51, 95% CI = 0.93, 2.46), but this was attenuated and remained not statistically significant after adjustment. When we repeated the analysis among women who did not have elevated depressive symptoms in early pregnancy (n = 596), findings were unchanged, though a nonsignificant protective effect was observed for sport/exercise activity and probable major depression in fully adjusted analysis (OR = 0.63, 95% CI = 0.30, 1.33).
                Conclusion
                Among Latina women at high-risk for antenatal depression, early pregnancy physical activity was not associated with elevated depressive symptoms in mid-to-late pregnancy.
Self-Reported Juvenile Delinquency in England and Wales, the Netherlands and Spain
Creators: name: Barberet, Rosemary
name: Bowling, Benjamin
name: Junger-Tas, Josine
name: Rechea-Alberola, Cristina
name: Van Kesteren, John
name: Zurawan, Andrew
Publisher: name: Universität Tübingen
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Jugendkriminalität , England , Wales , Niederlande , Spanien
subject: 360

description: Zweitveröffentlichung
Effect of electrolyte on the microstructure and yielding of aqueous dispersions of colloidal clay
Creators: name: Ali, Samim
name: Bandyopadhyay, Ranjini
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Na-montmorillonite is a natural clay mineral and is available in abundance in nature. The aqueous dispersions of charged and anisotropic platelets of this mineral exhibit non-ergodic kinetically arrested states ranging from soft glassy phases dominated by interparticle repulsions to colloidal gels stabilized by salt induced attractive interactions. When the salt concentration in the dispersing medium is varied systematically, viscoelasticity and yield stress of the dispersion show non-monotonic behavior at a critical salt concentration, thus signifying a morphological change in the dispersion microstructures. We directly visualize the microscopic structures of these kinetically arrested phases using cryogenic scanning electron microscopy. We observe the existence of honeycomb-like network morphologies for a wide range of salt concentrations. The transition of the gel morphology, dominated by overlapping coin (OC) and house of cards (HoC) associations of clay particles at low salt concentrations to a new network structure dominated by face-face coagulation of platelets, is observed across the critical salt concentration. We further assess the stability of these gels under gravity using electroacoustics. This study, performed for concentrated clay dispersions for a wide concentration range of externally added salt, is useful in our understanding of many geophysical phenomena that involve the salt induced aggregation of natural clay minerals.
Direct-Coupling Analysis of nucleotide coevolution facilitates RNA secondary and tertiary structure prediction
Creators: name: De Leonardis, Eleonora
name: Lutz, Benjamin
name: Ratz, Sebastian
name: Cocco, Simona
name: Monasson, Remi
name: Schug, Alexander
name: Weigt, Martin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biomolecules (q-bio.BM)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Despite the biological importance of non-coding RNA, their structural characterization remains challenging. Making use of the rapidly growing sequence databases, we analyze nucleotide coevolution across homologous sequences via Direct-Coupling Analysis to detect nucleotide-nucleotide contacts. For a representative set of riboswitches, we show that the results of Direct-Coupling Analysis in combination with a generalized Nussinov algorithm systematically improve the results of RNA secondary structure prediction beyond traditional covariance approaches based on mutual information. Even more importantly, we show that the results of Direct-Coupling Analysis are enriched in tertiary structure contacts. By integrating these predictions into molecular modeling tools, systematically improved tertiary structure predictions can be obtained, as compared to using secondary structure information alone.
description: 22 pages, 8 figures, supplemental information available on the publisher's webpage (http://nar.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/09/29/nar.gkv932.abstract)
A Study of the Health Care Provision, Existing Drug Services and Strategies Operating in Prisons in Ten Countries from Central and Eastern Europe
Creators: name: MacDonald, Morag
Publisher: name: Universität Tübingen
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Mitteleuropa , Justizvollzugsanstalt , Gesundheitsvorsorge , Osteuropa , Vergleich
subject: 360

description: Zweitveröffentlichung
Medication documentation in a primary care network serving North Carolina medicaid patients: results of a cross-sectional chart review
Creators: name: Steiner, Beat
name: Tong, Gretchen L
name: Viera, Anthony
name: Newton, Warren P
name: Ashkin, Evan
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2012

description: Abstract Background Medical records that do not accurately reflect the patient’s current medication list are an open invitation to errors and may compromise patient safety. Methods This cross-sectional study compares primary care provider (PCP) medication lists and pharmacy claims for 100 patients seen in 8 primary care practices and examines the association of congruence with demographic, clinical, and practice characteristics. Medication list congruence was measured as agreement of pharmacy claims with the entire PCP chart, including current medication list, visit notes, and correspondence sections. Results Congruence between pharmacy claims and the PCP chart was 65%. Congruence was associated with large chronic disease burden, frequent PCP visits, group practice, and patient age ≥45 years. Conclusion Agreement of medication lists between the PCP chart and pharmacy records is low. Medication documentation was more accurate among patients who have more chronic conditions, those who have frequent PCP visits, those whose practice has multiple providers, and those at least 45 years of age. Improved congruence among patients with multiple chronic conditions and in group practices may reflect more frequent visits and reviews by providers.
The ALHAMBRA survey : Estimation of the clustering signal encoded in the cosmic variance
Creators: name: López-Sanjuan, C.
name: Cenarro, A. J.
name: Hernández-Monteagudo, C.
name: Arnalte-Mur, P.
name: Varela, J.
name: Viironen, K.
name: Fernández-Soto, A.
name: Martínez, V. J.
name: Alfaro, E.
name: Ascaso, B.
name: del Olmo, A.
name: Díaz-García, L. A.
name: Hurtado-Gil, Ll.
name: Moles, M.
name: Molino, A.
name: Perea, J.
name: Pović, M.
name: Aguerri, J. A. L.
name: Aparicio-Villegas, T.
name: Benítez, N.
name: Broadhurst, T.
name: Cabrera-Caño, J.
name: Castander, F. J.
name: Cepa, J.
name: Cerviño, M.
name: Cristóbal-Hornillos, D.
name: Delgado, R. M. González
name: Husillos, C.
name: Infante, L.
name: Márquez, I.
name: Masegosa, J.
name: Prada, F.
name: Quintana, J. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The relative cosmic variance ($σ_v$) is a fundamental source of uncertainty in pencil-beam surveys and, as a particular case of count-in-cell statistics, can be used to estimate the bias between galaxies and their underlying dark-matter distribution. Our goal is to test the significance of the clustering information encoded in the $σ_v$ measured in the ALHAMBRA survey. We measure the cosmic variance of several galaxy populations selected with $B-$band luminosity at $0.35 \leq z < 1.05$ as the intrinsic dispersion in the number density distribution derived from the 48 ALHAMBRA subfields. We compare the observational $σ_v$ with the cosmic variance of the dark matter expected from the theory, $σ_{v,{\rm dm}}$. This provides an estimation of the galaxy bias $b$. The galaxy bias from the cosmic variance is in excellent agreement with the bias estimated by two-point correlation function analysis in ALHAMBRA. This holds for different redshift bins, for red and blue subsamples, and for several $B-$band luminosity selections. We find that $b$ increases with the $B-$band luminosity and the redshift, as expected from previous work. Moreover, red galaxies have a larger bias than blue galaxies, with a relative bias of $b_{\rm rel} = 1.4 \pm 0.2$. Our results demonstrate that the cosmic variance measured in ALHAMBRA is due to the clustering of galaxies and can be used to characterise the $σ_v$ affecting pencil-beam surveys. In addition, it can also be used to estimate the galaxy bias $b$ from a method independent of correlation functions.
description: Astronomy and Astrophysics, in press. 9 pages, 4 figures, 3 tables
title: Uridine Treatment of the First Known Case of SLC25A36 Deficiency
Creators: name: Jasper, Luisa
name: Scarcia, Pasquale
name: Rust, Stephan
name: Reunert, Janine
name: Palmieri, Ferdinando
name: Marquardt, Thorsten
Publisher: name: University of Muenster, Institutional Repository MIAMI
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 610 Medicine and health

description: SLC25A36 is a pyrimidine nucleotide carrier playing an important role in maintaining mitochondrial biogenesis. Deficiencies in SLC25A36 in mouse embryonic stem cells have been associated with mtDNA depletion as well as mitochondrial dysfunction. In human beings, diseases triggered by 'SLC25A36' mutations have not been described yet. We report the first known case of SLC25A36 deficiency in a 12-year-old patient with hypothyroidism, hyperinsulinism, hyperammonemia, chronical obstipation, short stature, along with language and general developmental delay. Whole exome analysis identified the homozygous mutation c.803dupT, p.Ser269llefs*35 in the 'SLC25A36' gene. Functional analysis of mutant SLC25A36 protein in proteoliposomes showed a virtually abolished transport activity. Immunoblotting results suggest that the mutant SLC25A36 protein in the patient undergoes fast degradation. Supplementation with oral uridine led to an improvement of thyroid function and obstipation, increase of growth and developmental progress. Our findings suggest an important role of SLC25A36 in hormonal regulations and oral uridine as a safe and effective treatment.
description: Finanziert durch den Open-Access-Publikationsfonds der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU Münster).
What treatments are labeled as “manual therapy” in trials for low back pain: protocol for a scoping review.
Creators: name: Wenger, Laura
name: Barrett, Dustin
name: Rhon, Dan
name: Young, Jodi
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Rehabilitation and Therapy
subject: low back pain
subject: manual therapy
subject: scoping review

description: A scoping review of what treatments are labeled as "manual therapy" in randomized controlled trials for low back pain published from inception to 2022.
Alternative Strategies for the Treatment of Classical Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: Pitfalls and Promises
Creators: name: McLaughlin, James T
name: Loechner, Karen J
name: Calikoglu, Ali S
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2010

description: Abstract Despite decades of different treatment algorithms, the management of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) remains clinically challenging. This is due to the inherent difficulty of suppressing adrenal androgen production using near physiological dosing of glucocorticoids (GC). As a result, alternating cycles of androgen versus GC excess can occur and may lead to short stature, obesity, virilization, and alterations in puberty. Novel therapeutic alternatives, including new and more physiological means of GC delivery, inhibitors at the level of CRH or ACTH secretion and/or action, as well as "rescue strategies", such as GnRH analogs, anti-androgens, aromatase inhibitors, and estrogen receptor blockers, are available; many of these agents, however, still require active investigation in CAH. Bilateral adrenalectomy is effective but it is also still an experimental approach. Gene therapy and stem cells, to provide functional adrenal cortical tissue, are at preclinical stage but provide exciting avenues for a potential cure for CAH.
title: Stack effect and building design
Creators: name: Wilson, A. G.
name: Tamura, G. T.
Publisher: name: National Research Council of Canada. Division of Building Research
Year: 1968
Subjects: subject: Air flow/Wind pressure
valueUri: urn:ircsubjects:IRC0344
subject: Surcharges dues au vent/écoulement d'air
valueUri: urn:ircsubjects:IRC0344
subject: stack effect
subject: effet de tirage
subject: air tightness
subject: étanchéité à l'air
subject: ventilation

description: This Digest discusses air tightness and the distribution of pressure differences resulting from stack effect in buildings as they are designed at present. It also discusses ways in which pressure differences and air flow may be modified to alleviate associated problems by varying air tightness characteristics or by the operation of mechanical air supply and exhaust systems.
On defining generalized rank weights
Creators: name: Jurrius, Relinde
name: Pellikaan, Ruud
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: This paper investigates the generalized rank weights, with a definition implied by the study of the generalized rank weight enumerator. We study rank metric codes over $L$, where $L$ is a finite Galois extension of a field $K$. This is a generalization of the case where $K = \mathbb{F}_q$ and $L = \mathbb{F}_{q^m}$ of Gabidulin codes to arbitrary characteristic. We show equivalence to previous definitions, in particular the ones by Kurihara-Matsumoto-Uyematsu, Oggier-Sboui and Ducoat. As an application of the notion of generalized rank weights, we discuss codes that are degenerate with respect to the rank metric.
description: 15 pages; extended abstract accepted for presentation at ACA2015 (http://www.usthb.dz/spip.php?article1039)
REductioN of disABility in Leprosy through Enhanced self care in Janjgir-Champ district, Chhattisgarh, India (ENABLE India)
Creators: name: Darlong, Joydeepa
name: Govindasamy, Karthikeyan
name: Choudhury, Sopna
name: Ilozumba, Onaedo
name: Sartori, Jo
name: Watson, Sam
name: Gill, Paramjit
name: Griffiths, Frances
name: Lilford, Richard
name: shrivastva, anjali
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Education
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: disabilty
subject: Leprosy
subject: self care
subject: ulcer care

description: The nerve damage in leprosy increases the risk of repeated injuries and ulcers in the feet and hands leading to disfigurement of limbs leading to stigma, restriction in social participation and loss of work. We propose to evaluate an enhanced self-care program in collaboration with stakeholders, which will be embedded within a larger care and prevention program called the Replicable Model.This will be a prospective interventional cohort study. The intervention (enhanced self-care program) will be delivered by the Replicability model project team through the national leprosy program.The patients with neuropathy in their eyes, hands and feet from the three blocks (sub-unit of district) of Janjgir-Champa district. Enhanced self-care program implemented through front-line health worker of the public health system in Janjgir-Champa district, Chhattisgarh state, India.The main outcomes will be prevalence of ulcers among those at risk of an ulcer; the total surface area of ulcers (cm2) among those with ulcers and disability severity level as measured using Eye, Hand and Foot score (EHF score). We will also make qualitative observations of the implementation of the progress.
Lower plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D is associated with irregular menstrual cycles in a cross-sectional study
Creators: name: Steiner, Anne Z
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Abstract Background In animals, low levels of vitamin D are associated with estrus cycle disturbances, but there are virtually no human data. We examined the association of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) (a biomarker for vitamin D status) with menstrual cycle characteristics. Methods Women aged 35-44 were randomly selected from a Washington D.C. health plan and invited to participate in the Uterine Fibroid Study (1996 – 1999). Our analysis includes 636 women (57% were African-American) who provided a blood sample and completed a telephone interview that included gynecologic history. Women were asked their usual cycle length in the preceding year. Women who reported it was “too irregular to estimate” were classified as having irregular cycles (N = 48). Women were excluded if they currently or recently used hormonal contraception or any other medication that influences menstrual cycles. 25(OH)D was measured by radioimmunoassay in stored plasma samples. Results The median 25(OH)D level was 12.0 ng/mL (interquartile range: 7.6, 19.7 ng/mL). After controlling for age, race, BMI, education, age of menarche, current smoking, alcohol use, and physical activity, a decrease in 25(OH)D of 10 ng/mL was associated with 1.9 times the odds of irregular cycles (Odds ratio (OR) (95% confidence interval (CI)): 1.9 (1.0, 3.4), p = 0.04). 25(OH)D was not associated with the occurrence of short cycles (OR(CI): 1.08 (0.79, 1.48, p = 0.6) or long cycles (OR(CI): 1.31 (0.66, 2.60), p = 0.4). Conclusions Lower levels of 25(OH)D were associated with irregular cycles, but not with short or long cycles. Vitamin D may play a role in regulating ovulatory function. Further investigation of potential mechanisms is warranted.
Menschliche Informationsverarbeitung
Creators: name: Madathil, Megha
name: Mölders, Julia
name: Milicevic, Julia
name: Kauka, Carlotta
name: Gillessen, Hannah
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: Die Studie befasst sich mit dem Thema evaluatives Konditionieren und Bewusstsein. Hierbei wird untersucht, ob unterschiedliche Messmethoden bzw. die Reihenfolge wann diese angewandt werden, einen Einfluss darauf haben, ob Bewusstsein eine notwendige Voraussetzung für Evaluatives Lernen darstellt. Dabei ziehen wir einen Vergleich zwischen den verwendeten Messmethoden von Stahl et al. (Introducing a Two Buttons Sets Procedure for Advancing the Study of Retrieval Awareness in Evaluative Conditioning Effects) und Waroquier et al. (Distinguishing the role of conscious and unconscious knowledge in evaluative conditioning, 2020).
Freezing, accelerating and slowing directed currents in real time with superimposed driven lattices
Creators: name: Mukhopadhyay, Aritra K.
name: Liebchen, Benno
name: Wulf, Thomas
name: Schmelcher, Peter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We provide a generic scheme offering real time control of directed particle transport in superimposed driven lattices. This scheme allows to accelerate, slow and freeze the transport on demand, by switching one of the lattices subsequently on and off. The underlying physical mechanism hinges on a systematic opening and closing of channels between transporting and non-transporting phase space structures upon switching, and exploits cantori structures which generate memory effects in the population of these structures. Our results should allow for real time control of cold thermal atomic ensembles in optical lattices, but might also be useful as a design principle for targeted delivery of molecules or colloids in optical devices.
description: Added more information on the possible experimental realizations including an alternative experimental setup
Pre-analysis plan for “Attitudes toward the Tokyo Olympics: Analysis using panel data”
Creators: name: Miura, Asako
name: KOBAYASHI, Tetsuro
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: This pre-analysis describes the plan to analyze Japanese people’s attitudes toward the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, with a specific focus on “Jo-min sei (常民性).”
Vaginal progesterone to reduce preterm birth among HIV-infected pregnant women in Zambia: a feasibility study protocol
Creators: name: Corbett, Amanda
name: Vwalika, Bellington
name: Price, Joan T
name: Fuseini, Nurain M
name: Stringer, Jeffrey
name: Mollan, Katie R
name: Freeman, Bethany L
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Abstract Background Women infected with HIV have a risk of preterm birth (PTB) that is twice that among uninfected women, and treatment with antiretroviral therapy (ART) may further increase this risk. Progesterone supplementation reduces the risk of preterm delivery in women who have a shortened cervix in the midtrimester. We propose to study the feasibility of a trial of vaginal progesterone (VP) to prevent PTB among HIV-infected women receiving ART in pregnancy. Given low adherence among women self-administering vaginal study product in recent microbicide trials, we plan to investigate whether adequate adherence to VP can be achieved prior to launching a full-scale efficacy trial. Methods and design One hundred forty HIV-infected pregnant women in Lusaka, Zambia, will be randomly allocated to daily self-administration of either VP or matched placebo, starting between 20 and 24 gestational weeks. The primary outcome will be adherence, defined as the proportion of participants who achieve at least 80% use of study product, assessed objectively with a validated dye stain assay that confirms vaginal insertion of returned single-use applicators. Secondary outcomes will be study uptake, retention, and preliminary efficacy. We will concurrently perform semi-structured interviews with participants enrolled in the study and with women who decline enrollment to assess the acceptability of VP to prevent PTB and of enrollment to a randomized controlled trial. Discussion We hypothesize that VP could prevent PTB among women receiving ART in pregnancy. In preparation for a trial to test this hypothesis, we plan to assess whether participants will be adherent to study product and protocol. Trial registration ClinicalTrial.gov, NCT02970552 .
title: Ultrasonographic and clinical study of post-stroke painful hemiplegic shoulder
Creators: name: Mohamed, Rania
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: CNS
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Ischaemia / Infarction

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: The aim of this work was to describe the structural abnormalities of both the painful hemiplegic shoulder and the contralateral unaffected shoulder by ultrasound (U/S), in post-stroke patients. Additionally, we aimed to study the relationship of the...
Quantum Scalar Corrections to the Gravitational Potentials on de Sitter Background
Creators: name: Park, Sohyun
name: Prokopec, Tomislav
name: Woodard, R. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We employ the graviton self-energy induced by a massless, minimally coupled (MMC) scalar on de Sitter background to compute the quantum corrections to the gravitational potentials of a static point particle with a mass $M$. The Schwinger-Keldysh formalism is used to derive real and causal effective field equations. When evaluated at the one-loop order, the gravitational potentials exhibit a secular decrease in the observed gravitational coupling $G$. This can also be interpreted as a (time dependent) anti-screening of the mass $M$.
description: 21 pages, uses LaTeX 2e
title: Multivoxel proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy detects thalamic neurochemical metabolic changes in patients with major depressive disorder
Creators: name: Mohamed, Rania
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: CNS
subject: MR-Spectroscopy
subject: Radiobiology

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Background and aim of the work: Major depressive disorder (MDD), also known as unipolar depression, is a severe, prevalent and debilitating mental disorder which negatively affects a person’s life and functionality (1). It is considered as a major...
Friendship and Social Decision Making in Extraordinary Altruism
Creators: name: Amormino, Paige
name: Marsh, Abigail
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: This preregistration contains a brief background, hypotheses, predictions, and analysis plan for our project: Friendship and Social Decision Making in Extraordinary Altruism. See the document attached.
The Local Group Galaxy IC1613 and its Asymptotic Giant Branch Variables
Creators: name: Menzies, John W.
name: Whitelock, Patricia A.
name: Feast, Michael W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: JHKs photometry is presented from a three-year survey of the central regions of the Local Group dwarf irregular galaxy IC1613. The morphologies of the colour-magnitude and colour-colour diagrams are discussed with particular reference to the supergiants and M- and C-type asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars. Mean JHKs magnitudes, amplitudes and periods are given for five O-rich and nine C-rich Mira variables for which bolometric magnitudes are also estimated. A distance of 750 kpc ($(m-M)_0=24.37\pm 0.08$ mag) is derived for IC1613 by fitting a period-luminosity relation to the C-rich Miras. This is in agreement with values from the literature. The AGB stars exhibit a range of ages. A comparison with theoretical isochrones suggests that four luminous O-rich Miras are as young as $2\times 10^8$ yrs. One of these has a lithium absorption line in its spectrum, demonstrating that it is undergoing hot bottom burning (HBB). This supports the idea that HBB is the cause of the high luminosity of these AGB stars, which puts them above the fundamental period-luminosity (PL) relation. Further studies of similar stars, selected from their positions in the PL diagram, could provide insight into HBB. A much fainter, presumed O-rich, Mira is similar to those found in Galactic globular clusters. The C Miras are of intermediate age. The O-rich variables are not all recognized as O-rich, or even as AGB stars, on the basis of their J-Ks colour. It is important to appreciate this when using near-infrared surveys to classify AGB stars in more distant galaxies.
description: 17 pages, 13 figures, 8 tables (1 online only) accepted for publication in MNRAS
title: New staging and scoring systems of renal cell carcinomas: what the radiologist needs to report.
Creators: name: Rego Costa, Francisco
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: MR
subject: CT
subject: Urinary Tract / Bladder
subject: Oncology
subject: Staging
subject: Multidisciplinary cancer care

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: To categorize the renal cell carcinomas (RCCs) and their imaging characteristics; To review the new staging and scoring methods available; To illustrate various renal tumors using the new scoring systems by means of pictorial...
Exploring the potential for using results-based financing to address non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries
Creators: name: Thirumurthy, Harsha
name: Hobbs, Suzanne Havala
name: Beane, Chelsey R
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2013

description: Abstract Background The burden of disease due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is rising in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and funding for global health is increasingly limited. As a large contributor of development assistance for health, the US government has the potential to influence overall trends in NCDs. Results-based financing (RBF) has been proposed as a strategy to increase aid effectiveness and efficiency through incentives for positive performance and results in health programs, but its potential for addressing NCDs has not been explored. Methods Qualitative methods including literature review and key informant interviews were used to identify promising RBF mechanisms for addressing NCDs in resource-limited settings. Eight key informants identified by area of expertise participated in semi-structured interviews. Results The majority of RBF schemes to date have been applied to maternal and child health. Evidence from existing RBF programs suggests that RBF principles can be applied to health programs for NCDs. Several options were identified for US involvement with RBF for NCDs. Conclusion There is potential for the US to have a significant impact on NCDs in LMICs through a comprehensive RBF strategy for global health. RBF mechanisms should be tested for use in NCD programs through pilot programs incorporating robust impact evaluations.
On the Gromov width of homogeneous Kaehler manifolds
Creators: name: Loi, Andrea
name: Zuddas, Fabio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Symplectic Geometry (math.SG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 53D05, 53C55, 53D05, 53D45

description: We compute the Gromov width of homogeneous Kaehler manifolds with second Betti number equal to one. Our result is based on the recent preprint [4] and on the upper bound of the Gromov width for such manifolds obtained in [6].
description: 3 pages
International society of sports nutrition position stand: Beta-Alanine
Creators: name: Smith-Ryan, Abbie
name: Trexler, Eric
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Abstract Position statement The International Society of Sports Nutrition (ISSN) provides an objective and critical review of the mechanisms and use of beta-alanine supplementation. Based on the current available literature, the conclusions of the ISSN are as follows: 1) Four weeks of beta-alanine supplementation (4–6 g daily) significantly augments muscle carnosine concentrations, thereby acting as an intracellular pH buffer; 2) Beta-alanine supplementation currently appears to be safe in healthy populations at recommended doses; 3) The only reported side effect is paraesthesia (tingling), but studies indicate this can be attenuated by using divided lower doses (1.6 g) or using a sustained-release formula; 4) Daily supplementation with 4 to 6 g of beta-alanine for at least 2 to 4 weeks has been shown to improve exercise performance, with more pronounced effects in open end-point tasks/time trials lasting 1 to 4 min in duration; 5) Beta-alanine attenuates neuromuscular fatigue, particularly in older subjects, and preliminary evidence indicates that beta-alanine may improve tactical performance; 6) Combining beta-alanine with other single or multi-ingredient supplements may be advantageous when supplementation of beta-alanine is high enough (4–6 g daily) and long enough (minimum 4 weeks); 7) More research is needed to determine the effects of beta-alanine on strength, endurance performance beyond 25 min in duration, and other health-related benefits associated with carnosine.
title: MRI-based evaluation of femoral trochlear dysplasia
Creators: name: Beretis, Georgios
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Dysplasias
subject: Athletic injuries
subject: Normal variants
subject: MR
subject: Musculoskeletal joint
subject: Musculoskeletal bone

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: The aim of this poster is to review the MRI criteria for the diagnosis of femoral trochlear dysplasia, which is a common anatomic variant, correlating with patellofemoral instability and dislocation. To do so we are using clinical cases of patients...
title: Percutaneous injection of thrombin under ultrasound guidance for the treatment of femoral artery pseudoaneurysms.
Creators: name: Melaki, Kalliopi
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Blood
subject: Aneurysms
subject: Acute
subject: Instrumentation
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Arterial access
subject: Ultrasound-Power Doppler
subject: Ultrasound-Colour Doppler
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Vascular
subject: Interventional vascular
subject: Arteries / Aorta

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: To describe an educational guide for percutaneous injection of thrombin under ultrasound (US) guidance in order to treat femoral artery pseudoaneurysms. To outline indications, technique and pitfalls, as well as complications and...
title: The basic air-conditioning problem
Creators: name: Hutcheon, N. B.
Publisher: name: National Research Council of Canada. Division of Building Research
Year: 1968
Subjects: subject: air conditioning
subject: conditionnement de l'air
subject: comfort
subject: confort
subject: hygrothermal control
subject: contrôle hygrothermique

description: The control of conditions within a space by means of air conditioning is accomplished by the manipulation of heated and cooled air streams. The interaction of these air streams with the space and the occupancy, as discussed in this Digest, determine what is possible in the control of the thermal and air-quality aspects of the environment.
Measurement of the $ϕ\to π^0 e^+e^-$ transition form factor with the KLOE detector
Creators: name: 2 Collaboration
name: Anastasi, A.
name: Babusci, D.
name: Bencivenni, G.
name: Berlowski, M.
name: Bloise, C.
name: Bossi, F.
name: Branchini, P.
name: Budano, A.
name: Balkeståhl, L. Caldeira
name: Cao, B.
name: Ceradini, F.
name: Ciambrone, P.
name: Curciarello, F.
name: Czerwiński, E.
name: D'Agostini, G.
name: Danè, E.
name: De Leo, V.
name: De Lucia, E.
name: De Santis, A.
name: De Simone, P.
name: Di Cicco, A.
name: Di Domenico, A.
name: Di Salvo, R.
name: Domenici, D.
name: D'Uffizi, A.
name: Fantini, A.
name: Felici, G.
name: Fiore, S.
name: Gajos, A.
name: Gauzzi, P.
name: Giardina, G.
name: Giovannella, S.
name: Graziani, E.
name: Happacher, F.
name: Heijkenskjöld, L.
name: Andersson, W. Ikegami
name: Johansson, T.
name: Kamińska, D.
name: Krzemien, W.
name: Kupsc, A.
name: Loffredo, S.
name: Mandaglio, G.
name: Martini, M.
name: Mascolo, M.
name: Messi, R.
name: Miscetti, S.
name: Morello, G.
name: Moricciani, D.
name: Moskal, P.
name: Papenbrock, M.
name: Passeri, A.
name: Patera, V.
name: del Rio, E. Perez
name: Ranieri, A.
name: Santangelo, P. Salabura P.
name: Sarra, I.
name: Schioppa, M.
name: Silarski, M.
name: Sirghi, F.
name: Tortora, L.
name: Venanzoni, G.
name: Wiślicki, W.
name: Wolke, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A measurement of the vector to pseudoscalar conversion decay $ϕ\to π^0 e^+e^-$ with the KLOE experiment is presented. A sample of $\sim 9500$ signal events was selected from a data set of 1.7 fb$^{-1}$ of $e^+e^-$ collisions at $\sqrt{s} \sim m_ϕ$ collected at the DA$Φ$NE $e^+e^-$ collider. These events were used to obtain the first measurement of the transition form factor $| F_{ϕπ^0}(q^2) |$ and a new measurement of the branching ratio of the decay: $\rm{BR}\,(ϕ\to π^0 e^+e^-) = (\,1.35 \pm 0.05^{\,\,+0.05}_{\,\,-0.10}\,) \times 10 ^{-5}$. The result improves significantly on previous measurements and is in agreement with theoretical predictions.
description: 13 pages, 4 figures; matches published version
Chronic ethanol increases systemic TLR3 agonist-induced neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration
Creators: name: Qin, Liya
name: Crews, Fulton
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2012

description: Abstract: Background: Increasing evidence links systemic inflammation to neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration. We previously found that systemic endotoxin, a TLR4 agonist or TNFα, increased blood TNFα that entered the brain activating microglia and persistent neuroinflammation. Further, we found that models of ethanol binge drinking sensitized blood and brain proinflammatory responses. We hypothesized that blood cytokines contribute to the magnitude of neuroinflammation and that ethanol primes proinflammatory responses. Here, we investigate the effects of chronic ethanol on neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration triggered by toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) agonist poly I:C. Methods: Polyinosine-polycytidylic acid (poly I:C) was used to induce inflammatory responses when sensitized with D-galactosamine (D-GalN). Male C57BL/6 mice were treated with water or ethanol (5 g/kg/day, i.g., 10 days) or poly I:C (250 μg/kg, i.p.) alone or sequentially 24 hours after ethanol exposure. Cytokines, chemokines, microglial morphology, NADPH oxidase (NOX), reactive oxygen species (ROS), high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1), TLR3 and cell death markers were examined using real-time PCR, ELISA, immunohistochemistry and hydroethidine histochemistry. Results: Poly I:C increased blood and brain TNFα that peaked at three hours. Blood levels returned within one day, whereas brain levels remained elevated for at least three days. Escalating blood and brain proinflammatory responses were found with ethanol, poly I:C, and ethanol-poly I:C treatment. Ethanol pretreatment potentiated poly I:C-induced brain TNFα (345%), IL-1β (331%), IL-6 (255%), and MCP-1(190%). Increased levels of brain cytokines coincided with increased microglial activation, NOX gp91phox, superoxide and markers of neurodegeneration (activated caspase-3 and Fluoro-Jade B). Ethanol potentiation of poly I:C was associated with ethanol-increased expression of TLR3 and endogenous agonist HMGB1 in the brain. Minocycline and naltrexone blocked microglial activation and neurodegeneration. Conclusions: Chronic ethanol potentiates poly I:C blood and brain proinflammatory responses. Poly I:C neuroinflammation persists after systemic responses subside. Increases in blood TNFα, IL-1β, IL-6, and MCP-1 parallel brain responses consistent with blood cytokines contributing to the magnitude of neuroinflammation. Ethanol potentiation of TLR3 agonist responses is consistent with priming microglia-monocytes and increased NOX, ROS, HMGB1-TLR3 and markers of neurodegeneration. These studies indicate that TLR3 agonists increase blood cytokines that contribute to neurodegeneration and that ethanol binge drinking potentiates these responses.
title: Revêtements pour les bois exposés aux intempéries
Creators: name: Ashton, H. E.
Publisher: name: Conseil national de recherches du Canada. Division des recherches en construction
Year: 1968
Subjects: subject: exterior paints
subject: peinture d'extérieur
subject: phenolic varnish
subject: vernis phénolique
subject: wood treatment
subject: traitement du bois

description: L'auteur présente une étude des propriétés du bois affectant les revêtements qui y sont appliqués. Il décrit les différents types de revêtements extérieurs et leurs propriétés, et donne des directives pour l'application des revêtements sur le bois neuf ou déjà recouvert.
The Structure of Galaxies: III. Two Structural Families of Ellipticals
Creators: name: Schombert, James M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using isophotal radius correlations for a sample of 2MASS ellipticals, we have constructed a series of template surface brightness profiles to describe the profile shapes of ellipticals as a function of luminosity. The templates are a smooth function of luminosity, yet are not adequately matched to any fitting function supporting the view that ellipticals are weakly non-homologous with respect to structure. Through comparison to the templates, it is discovered that ellipticals are divided into two families; those well matched to the templates and a second class of ellipticals with distinctly shallower profile slopes. We refer to these second type of ellipticals as D class, an old morphological designation acknowledging diffuse appearance on photographic material. D ellipticals cover the same range of luminosity, size and kinematics as normal ellipticals, but maintain a signature of recent equal mass dry mergers. We propose that normal ellipticals grow after an initial dissipation formation era by accretion of low mass companions as outlined in hierarchical formation scenarios, while D ellipticals are the result of later equal mass mergers producing shallow luminosity profiles.
description: 32 pages, 12 Figures, 1 table, accepted by AJ
Modeling human enteric dysbiosis and rotavirus immunity in gnotobiotic pigs
Creators: name: Becker-Dreps, Sylvia
name: Azcarate-Peril, Andrea
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Abstract Background Rotavirus vaccines have poor efficacy in infants from low- and middle-income countries. Gut microbiota is thought to influence the immune response to oral vaccines. Thus, we developed a gnotobiotic (Gn) pig model of enteric dysbiosis to study the effects of human gut microbiota (HGM) on immune responses to rotavirus vaccination, and the effects of rotavirus challenge on the HGM by colonizing Gn pigs with healthy HGM (HHGM) or unhealthy HGM (UHGM). The UHGM was from a Nicaraguan infant with a high enteropathy score (ES) and no seroconversion following administration of oral rotavirus vaccine, while the converse was characteristic of the HHGM. Pigs were vaccinated, a subset was challenged, and immune responses and gut microbiota were evaluated. Results Significantly more rotavirus-specific IFN-γ producing T cells were in the ileum, spleen, and blood of HHGM than those in UHGM pigs after three vaccine doses, suggesting HHGM induces stronger cell-mediated immunity than UHGM. There were significant correlations between multiple Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) and frequencies of IFN-γ producing T cells at the time of challenge. There were significant positive correlations between Collinsella and CD8+ T cells in blood and ileum, as well as CD4+ T cells in blood, whereas significant negative correlations between Clostridium and Anaerococcus, and ileal CD8+ and CD4+ T cells. Differences in alpha diversity and relative abundances of OTUs were detected between the groups both before and after rotavirus challenge. Conclusion Alterations in microbiome diversity and composition along with correlations between certain microbial taxa and T cell responses warrant further investigation into the role of the gut microbiota and certain microbial species on enteric immunity. Our results support the use of HGM transplanted Gn pigs as a model of human dysbiosis during enteric infection, and oral vaccine responses.
A cut for a lifetime : the case of female genital mutilation among the community of Guinea Bissau in Lisbon
Creators: name: Oberreiter, Julia Anna
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2008
Subjects: female circumcision
Guinea-Bissau
Portugal
migrants
women immigrants
human rights

description: Second semester University: New University of Lisbon.
description: After more than 25 years of efforts to delimit the traditional yet harmful practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) it continues to be a deeply rooted tradition in many countries. There are approximately 140 million girls and women who have undergone this operation. Approximately a further 4 million continue to be mutilated every day. Furthermore, FGM has also become an issue that is becoming increasingly relevant in Europe and other parts of the world, due to the arrival of immigrants and refugees from countries which practice this tradition. The main approach of this thesis is a legal- anthropological analysis of the practice of Female Genital Mutilation among the immigrant communities of Guinea Bissau in Portugal. As my research showed, FGM is still an important element and identity marker within the communities and therefore is even still practiced in Portugal. Working with both sides, the immigrants and the hosting society, my thesis has been an attempt to highlight the controversial points of view on this issue and to provide interpretations of legislative and preventative tools from which all stakeholders involved could benefit.
title: Heating and cooling requirements
Creators: name: Stephenson, D. G.
Publisher: name: National Research Council of Canada. Division of Building Research
Year: 1968
Subjects: subject: Heating
valueUri: urn:ircsubjects:IRC0630
subject: Chauffage
valueUri: urn:ircsubjects:IRC0630
subject: heating loads
subject: charge thermique
subject: heat gains
subject: apport de chaleur
subject: windows
subject: fenêtre
subject: lighting equipment
subject: installation d'éclairage
subject: ventilation
subject: air flow
subject: écoulement de l'air
subject: cooling loads
subject: charge frigorifique

description: This Digest discusses the nature of the heating and cooling requirements for buildings; how they depend upon climate, occupancy, and to a large extent the design of the building. The complexity of the air conditioning system, and both its initial and operating cost, depend on the nature of these loads. The building designer should take account of the interdependence of the building and the air conditioning system in order to arrive at an optimum over- all design.