cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Extracting density-density correlations from in situ images of atomic quantum gases
Creators: name: Hung, Chen-Lung
name: Zhang, Xibo
name: Ha, Li-Chung
name: Tung, Shih-Kuang
name: Gemelke, Nathan
name: Chin, Cheng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a complete recipe to extract the density-density correlations and the static structure factor of a two-dimensional (2D) atomic quantum gas from in situ imaging. Using images of non-interacting thermal gases, we characterize and remove the systematic contributions of imaging aberrations to the measured density-density correlations of atomic samples. We determine the static structure factor and report results on weakly interacting 2D Bose gases, as well as strongly interacting gases in a 2D optical lattice. In the strongly interacting regime, we observe a strong suppression of the static structure factor at long wavelengths.
description: 15 pages, 5 figures
Mulata, Morisco, African Slave?
Creators: name: Krass, Urte
Publisher: name: 21: Inquiries into Art, History, and the Visual
Year: 2022

description: When he was still very young, Diego Velázquez painted “Kitchen Maid with the Supper at Emmaus” (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin). From its first appearance in scholarly literature, the topic of the picture and the identity of the protagonist have been disputed and the painting has engendered a wide variety of interpretations. This article takes the shifting terms used to define, name, and categorize the painting’s protagonist as its starting point. It re-examines the painting’s multiple ambiguities and argues that the painter might have deliberately veiled the protagonist’s identity, refusing semantic transparency – just as he has left the condition of the central figure’s very seeing unclear. This interpretation gains some plausibility when we observe the work against the background of the expulsion of Spain’s Morisco population between 1609 and 1614. The topic of absence, which the different empty pots and vessels emphasize, and the instabilities upon which Velázquez seems to emphatically insist allow an attempt to interrogate this painting through the lens of the complex identity politics surrounding the literary as well as real-life figure of the Morisco.
description: 21: Inquiries into Art, History, and the Visual, Bd. 2 Nr. 4 (2021): 21: Inquiries into Art, History, and the Visual. Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte und visuellen Kultur
Keep an eye on stereotypes – the impact of gender stereotypes (toward humans and robots) on language processing
Creators: name: Bernotat, Jasmin
Publisher: name: Universität Bielefeld
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 150

description: In the present thesis, a set of visual world eye tracking experiments was presented in which theories from the fields of psycholinguistics, social psychology, and social robotics were combined. Doing so, four main research aims were pursued: First, I investigated whether adverbs’ (Experiment 1 and Experiment 3) and main verbs’ (Experiment 2 and Experiment 4) gender-stereotypicality would guide participants’ visual attention to a target whose gender matched the adverbs’ or the main verbs’ gender-stereotypicality. Second, I tested whether the effect of gender-stereotypicality would be enhanced by a male (vs. female) speaker voice. Third, the effects of ambivalent sexism, normative gender role orientation, motivation to control for sexist responses, and social desirability on language processing were explored. Fourth, investigations were extended to the field of social robotics (Experiment 3 and Experiment 4). The adverbs’ and the main verbs’ gender-stereotypicality and the speaker voice did not guide participants’ visual attention to a gender-matching target as hypothesized. Nevertheless, gender-stereotypicality and speaker voice seemed to have affected language processing to some extent. More precisely, in Experiment 1, participants looked at the character whose gender matched the adverbs’ gender-stereotypicality when listening to a female speaker voice, while they looked at the stereotype-inconsistent character when listening to a male speaker voice. In Experiment 3, participants tended to show the hypothesized fixation pattern to look at the target robot whose gender matched the adverbs’ gender-stereotypicality, particularly when listening to a speaker whose gender matched the adverbs’ gender-stereotypicality. Fixation patterns in Experiment 2 and Experiment 4 suggest that participants seemed to have had difficulties to infer the target’s gender from the main verbs’ gender-stereotypicality. Viewed in conjunction, the results of all four experiments imply that language processing seemed to be driven by two motives: First, participants seemingly attempted to comprehend language content. After having comprehended that the sentences referred to a male or a female target, participants apparently attempted to counter gender stereotypes and sexism which was indicated by looks at the stereotype-inconsistent target. This was striking because in previous literature, it had not been considered that participants’ attempts to respond in a non-stereotypical or non-sexist manner could affect language processing. Experiments featuring robot targets furthermore revealed what kind of robots Western participants considered ‘typical’ robots and how their perceptions of robots per se and of the social category robots represented in terms of gender affected participants’ cognitions during language processing. Based on these insights, directions for future research were outlined.
Is the rotation of the femoral head a potential initiation for cutting out? A theoretical and experimental approach
Creators: name: Lenich, Andreas
name: Bachmeier, Samuel
name: Prantl, Lukas
name: Nerlich, Michael
name: Hammer, Jochen
name: Mayr, Edgar
name: Al-Munajjed, Amir Andreas
name: Füchtmeier, Bernd
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin
subject: Aged, 80 and over
subject: Biomechanics
subject: Body Weight
subject: Bone Screws
subject: Cadaver
subject: Equipment Failure Analysis
subject: Femur Head/surgery
subject: Fracture Fixation, Internal/instrumentation
subject: Hip Fractures/surgery
subject: Humans
subject: Male
subject: Materials Testing
subject: Models, Theoretical
subject: Prosthesis Design
subject: Prosthesis Failure
subject: Range of Motion, Articular
subject: Rotation
subject: Torque
subject: Weight-Bearing

description: We conclude the center-center position in the head of femur of any kind of lag screw or blade is to be achieved to minimize rotation of the femoral head and to prevent further mechanical complications.
Co-creating person-centred care in acute care
Creators: name: Hung, Lillian Mei
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2017

description: Patients with dementia in acute care often experience poor outcomes, as nurses and other staff in hospitals are not equipped to provide good dementia care. Person-centred care has been recognized as the best practice for dementia care, but its application in hospital environments remains unclear. This action research involved patients with dementia, a team of staff members, and public advisors to co-create changes in a medical unit. The objectives of the project were to: (a) develop person-centred care in a medical unit, (b) explore ways to support the involvement of patients with dementia in research, (c) examine the processes of staff engagement for bringing together staff from different disciplines to co-inquire, and (d) evaluate the impact of research on the process of change and identify the lessons learnt to inform practice, education, policy, and research. Various methods were used such as: interviewing patients with dementia, focus group sessions with a team of inter-disciplinary staff, and participant observations. In this thesis, I argue for a new positive and collaborative approach that views change as a continuous process. In the past, the problem-focused model that sees change as fixing people has largely failed with regards to advancing practice developments in dementia care. An important outcome of this research is the heuristic guide ‘Team Engagement Action Making’ (TEAM), which can be used to support teams to engage staff in co-creating positive change. The results of this study indicate that appreciative inquiry is a useful strategy for engaging people on a team to learn together and to co-create a better future of care. The findings also suggest that more attention should be paid to the dynamic inter-connection of research and practice, rather than just one or the other. The results demonstrate that action research can affect the process of change by generating positive energy, attitude change, and momentum for action activities in the unit and beyond. Future research should further explore strategies that would maximize the potential of bringing patients, families, researchers, and practitioners to work together for positive change.
An Abstraction Theory for Qualitative Models of Biological Systems
Creators: name: Banks, Richard
name: Steggles, L. Jason
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science (cs.CE)
subject: Discrete Mathematics (cs.DM)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: J.3; F.1.1

description: Multi-valued network models are an important qualitative modelling approach used widely by the biological community. In this paper we consider developing an abstraction theory for multi-valued network models that allows the state space of a model to be reduced while preserving key properties of the model. This is important as it aids the analysis and comparison of multi-valued networks and in particular, helps address the well-known problem of state space explosion associated with such analysis. We also consider developing techniques for efficiently identifying abstractions and so provide a basis for the automation of this task. We illustrate the theory and techniques developed by investigating the identification of abstractions for two published MVN models of the lysis-lysogeny switch in the bacteriophage lambda.
description: In Proceedings MeCBIC 2010, arXiv:1011.0051
Type Ibc supernovae in disturbed galaxies: evidence for a top-heavy IMF
Creators: name: Habergham, S. M.
name: Anderson, J. P.
name: James, P. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We compare the radial locations of 178 core-collapse supernovae to the R-band and H alpha light distributions of their host galaxies. When the galaxies are split into `disturbed' and `undisturbed' categories, a striking difference emerges. The disturbed galaxies have a central excess of core-collapse supernovae, and this excess is almost completely dominated by supernovae of types Ib, Ic and Ib/c, whereas type II supernovae dominate in all other environments. The difference cannot easily be explained by metallicity or extinction effects, and thus we propose that this is direct evidence for a stellar initial mass function that is strongly weighted towards high mass stars, specifically in the central regions of disturbed galaxies.
description: 22 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
Lifestyle factors and lumbar disc disease: results of a German multi-center case-control study (EPILIFT)
Creators: name: Schumann, Barbara
name: Bolm-Audorff, Ulrich
name: Bergmann, Annekatrin
name: Ellegast, Rolf
name: Elsner, Gine
name: Grifka, Joachim
name: Haerting, Johannes
name: Jäger, Matthias
name: Michaelis, Martina
name: Seidler, Andreas
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin
subject: Adult
subject: Aged
subject: Body Mass Index
subject: Body Weight
subject: Case-Control Studies
subject: Exercise
subject: Female
subject: Germany
subject: Humans
subject: Intervertebral Disk/pathology
subject: Intervertebral Disk Displacement/etiology
subject: Life Style
subject: Lumbar Vertebrae/pathology
subject: Male
subject: Middle Aged
subject: Risk Factors
subject: Smoking/adverse effects
subject: Spinal Diseases/etiology
subject: Sports

description: According to our multi-center case-control study, body weight might be related to lumbar disc herniation as well as to lumbar disc narrowing. Further research should clarify the potential protective role of body building or strength training on lumbar disc disease.
Biomimetic Surfaces from Cabbage Leaves: A Novel Approach to Prevent Biofilm Formation on Food Environment
Creators: name: Carvalho, Fábio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biomimetic surfaces; Food industry; Plant leaves; Biofouling; Conditioning film

description: Contamination of food contact surfaces is a significant public health concern with severe economic impacts. The effectiveness of standard hygiene procedures is often limited against foodborne pathogens due to their high resistance. Therefore, there is an urgent need for new strategies capable of restricting bacterial proliferation. One approach that has recently gained attention is the development of antifouling surfaces that delay bacterial adhesion, either by antimicrobial coatings or modification of the surface properties. This study aimed to produce and characterize biomimetic surfaces inspired by the topographies and physicochemical characteristics of various plant leaves with self-cleaning and superhydrophobic properties – White cabbage, Tenderheart, Cauliflower and Leek – and evaluate their antifouling activity by attachment, adhesion, and retention assays, the three key phenomena involved in the initiation of biofilm formation. Furthermore, the effect of casein conditioning films on biofilm formation was evaluated as the accumulation of organic matter on surfaces can alter their chemical, physicochemical, and topographic properties.
The results suggest that these biomimetic surfaces are promising for preventing the initial settlement of bacteria and the development of mature biofilms. The findings of this study have important implications for developing more effective food contact surfaces to enhance food safety and combat foodborne pathogens.
The targum (1877:Oct.)
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: Targum Association
Year: 1877

description: Some University historians indicate that the Targum was first published as an annual in 1867, but of this we have no extant evidence. In January 1869, the Targum as we now know it, made its appearance as a monthly paper that concerned itself with student “literary contributions” and college news as well as serving as a vehicle for bringing news to alumni and the general public. The newspaper, which originally was for sale, varied in frequency over the years as did its title (The Targum, Rutgers Targum, Rutgers Daily Targum, and Daily Targum). The newspaper has continuously been published since 1869 with the exception of 19 months during the second world war, between February 1944 and October 1945. The Targum was published by the students of Rutgers College, and later Rutgers University—New Brunswick represented through the years as the Targum Association, Rutgers Targum Association, and Rutgers College Targum. As a student organization, the Targum operated under the oversight of the dean of students and student government but in October 1980, the Targum became an independent college paper.
Evolution and functional divergence of the anoctamin family of membrane proteins
Creators: name: Milenkovic, Vladimir M.
name: Brockmann, Marisa
name: Stöhr, Heidi
name: Weber, Bernhard H. F.
name: Strauss, Olaf
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin
subject: Chloride Channels/genetics
subject: Computational Biology
subject: Evolution, Molecular
subject: Likelihood Functions
subject: Membrane Proteins/genetics
subject: Neoplasm Proteins/genetics
subject: Phylogeny

description: Our study suggests that anoctamins have evolved by series of duplication events, and that they are constrained by purifying selection. In addition we identified a number of protein domains, and amino acid residues which contribute to predicted functional divergence. Hopefully, this work will facilitate future functional characterization of the anoctamin membrane protein family.
Computational Modeling for the Activation Cycle of G-proteins by G-protein-coupled Receptors
Creators: name: Bao, Yifei
name: Compagnoni, Adriana
name: Glavy, Joseph
name: White, Tommy
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science (cs.CE)
subject: Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: In this paper, we survey five different computational modeling methods. For comparison, we use the activation cycle of G-proteins that regulate cellular signaling events downstream of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) as a driving example. Starting from an existing Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs) model, we implement the G-protein cycle in the stochastic Pi-calculus using SPiM, as Petri-nets using Cell Illustrator, in the Kappa Language using Cellucidate, and in Bio-PEPA using the Bio-PEPA eclipse plug in. We also provide a high-level notation to abstract away from communication primitives that may be unfamiliar to the average biologist, and we show how to translate high-level programs into stochastic Pi-calculus processes and chemical reactions.
description: In Proceedings MeCBIC 2010, arXiv:1011.0051
Disordered electron liquid in double quantum well heterostructures: Renormalization group analysis and dephasing rate
Creators: name: Burmistrov, I. S.
name: Gornyi, I. V.
name: Tikhonov, K. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report a detailed study of the influence of the electron-electron interaction on physical observables (conductance, etc.) of a disordered electron liquid in double quantum well heterostructure. We find that even in the case of common elastic scattering off electrons in both quantum wells, the asymmetry in the electron-electron interaction across and within quantum wells decouples them at low temperatures. Our results are in quantitative agreement with recent transport experiments on the gated double quantum well Al$_x$Ga$_{1-x}$As/GaAs/Al$_x$Ga$_{1-x}$As heterostructures.
description: 15 pages; 5 figures
Three-Dimensional Topological Insulators in I-III-VI$_2$ and II-IV-V$_2$ Chalcopyrite Semiconductors
Creators: name: Feng, Wanxiang
name: Ding, Jun
name: Xiao, Di
name: Yao, Yugui
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The recent discovery of topological insulators with exotic metallic surface states has garnered great interest in the fields of condensed matter physics and materials science. A number of spectacular quantum phenomena have been predicted when the surface states are under the influence of magnetism and superconductivity, which could open up new opportunities for technological applications in spintronics and quantum computing. To achieve this goal, material realization of topological insulators with desired physical properties is of crucial importance. Based on first-principles calculations, here we show that a large number of ternary chalcopyrite compounds of composition I-III-VI$_2$ and II-IV-V$_2$ can realize the topological insulating phase in their native states. The crystal structure of chalcopyrites is derived from the frequently used zinc-blende structure, and many of them possess a close lattice match to important mainstream semiconductors, which is essential for a smooth integration into current semiconductor technology. The diverse optical, electrical and structural properties of chalcopyrite semiconductors, and particularly their ability to host room-temperature ferromagnetism, make them appealing candidates for novel spintronic devices.
description: 5 pages, 4 figure
(Abstracta Iranica) Roger Sedarat. Emerson in Iran The American Appropriation of Persian Poetry.pdf
Creators: name: Fomeshi, Behnam
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 200523 Middle Eastern Literature
subject: FOS: Languages and literature
subject: 200506 North American Literature

description: Through the case of Emerson’s appropriation of Persian poetry this volume provides a thought-provoking example of how the literary founding father of a nation is cosmopolitan and receptive of foreign cultures in what might seem a purely “nationalistic” agenda. It will appeal to those in the field of Persian literature, comparative literature, translation studies, World Literature, American literature and, more particularly, those interested in the relation between Persian poetry and American poetry.
Condiciones de Higiene en la Población Estudiantil en Ambientes Escolares de la Universidadde Navojoa
Creators: name: Solis Valladares, Victor Hugo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 320701
subject: Medical bacteriology
classificationCode: 320211
subject: Infectious diseases
classificationCode: 420605
subject: Preventative health care
classificationCode: 420603
subject: Health promotion

description: El acceso al agua salubre y las buenas prácticas higiénicas son extremadamente eficaces para prevenir enfermedades infecciosas. El lavado de las manos con jabón reduce la incidencia de las enfermedades diarreicas. El objetivo de la investigación es evidenciar la presencia de gérmenes de origen fecal, en las manos de alumnos de diferentes niveles educativos, que desarrollan sus actividades en diversos escenarios académicos, en el campus de la Universidad de Navojoa, durante los ciclos escolares 2016-2018.
Volcano-like intermittent bleeding activity for seven years from an arterio-enteric fistula on a kidney graft site after pancreas-kidney transplantation: a case report.
Creators: name: Härle, Peter
name: Schwarz, Stephan
name: Langgartner, Julia
name: Schölmerich, Jürgen
name: Rogler, Gerhard
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin

description: In accordance with the literature, we suggest considering the removal of any rejected transplant organs in situations where arterio-enteric fistulas seem likely but cannot be excluded by repeat conventional or computed tomography-angiographic methods. Arterio-enteric fistulas may intermittently bleed over many years.
Aspects of multiscale modelling in a process algebra for biological systems
Creators: name: Barbuti, Roberto
name: Caravagna, Giulio
name: Milazzo, Paolo
name: Maggiolo-Schettini, Andrea
name: Tini, Simone
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science (cs.CE)
subject: Formal Languages and Automata Theory (cs.FL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We propose a variant of the CCS process algebra with new features aiming at allowing multiscale modelling of biological systems. In the usual semantics of process algebras for modelling biological systems actions are instantaneous. When different scale levels of biological systems are considered in a single model, one should take into account that actions at a level may take much more time than actions at a lower level. Moreover, it might happen that while a component is involved in one long lasting high level action, it is involved also in several faster lower level actions. Hence, we propose a process algebra with operations and with a semantics aimed at dealing with these aspects of multiscale modelling. We study behavioural equivalences for such an algebra and give some examples.
description: In Proceedings MeCBIC 2010, arXiv:1011.0051
Half-Heusler Compounds as a New Class of Three-Dimensional Topological Insulators
Creators: name: Xiao, Di
name: Yao, Yugui
name: Feng, Wanxiang
name: Wen, Jun
name: Zhu, Wenguang
name: Chen, Xingqiu
name: Stocks, G. Malcolm
name: Zhang, Zhenyu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using first-principles calculations within density functional theory, we explore the feasibility of converting ternary half-Heusler compounds into a new class of three-dimensional topological insulators (3DTI). We demonstrate that the electronic structure of unstrained LaPtBi as a prototype system exhibits distinct band-inversion feature. The 3DTI phase is realized by applying a uniaxial strain along the [001] direction, which opens a bandgap while preserving the inverted band order. A definitive proof of the strained LaPtBi as a 3DTI is provided by directly calculating the topological Z2 invariants in systems without inversion symmetry. We discuss the implications of the present study to other half-Heusler compounds as 3DTI, which, together with the magnetic and superconducting properties of these materials, may provide a rich platform for novel quantum phenomena.
description: 4 pages, 5 figures; Phys. Rev. Lett. (in press)
Chromatin remodeling enzyme Brg1 is required for mouse lens fiber cell terminal differentiation and its denucleation
Creators: name: He, Shuying
name: Pirity, Melinda K.
name: Wang, Wei-Lin
name: Wolf, Louise
name: Chauhan, Bharesh K.
name: Cveklova, Kveta
name: Tamm, Ernst R.
name: Ashery-Padan, Ruth
name: Metzger, Daniel
name: Nakai, Akira
name: Chambon, Pierre
name: Zavadil, Jiri
name: Cvekl, Ales
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin

description: These studies demonstrate a cell-autonomous role for Brg1 in lens fiber cell terminal differentiation and identified DNase IIβ as a potential direct target of SWI/SNF complexes. Brg1 is directly or indirectly involved in processes that degrade lens fiber cell chromatin. The presence of nuclei and other organelles generates scattered light incompatible with the optical requirements for the lens.
Formation of Zr I and II lines under non-LTE conditions of stellar atmospheres
Creators: name: Velichko, A.
name: Mashonkina, L.
name: Nilsson, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The non-local thermodynaic equilibrium (non-LTE) line formation for the two ions of zirconium is considered through a range of spectral types when the Zr abundance varies from the solar value down to [Zr/H] = -3. The model atom was built using 148 energy levels of Zr I, 772 levels of Zr II, and the ground state of Zr III. It was shown that the main non-LTE mechnism for the minority species Zr I is ultraviolet overionization. Non-LTE leads to systematically depleted total absorption in the Zr I lines and positive abundance corrections, reaching to 0.33 dex for the solar metallicity models. The excited levels of Zr II are overpopulated relative to their thermodynamic equilibrium populations in the line formation layers due to radiative pumping from the low-excitation levels. As a result, the line source function exceeds the Planck function leading to weakening the Zr II lines and positive non-LTE abundance corrections. Such corrections grow towards lower metallicity and lower surface gravity and reach to 0.34 dex for Teff = 5500 K, log g = 2.0, [M/H] = -2. As a test and first application of the Zr I-Zr II model atom, Zr abundance was determined for the Sun on the basis of 1D LTE model atmosphere. Lines of Zr I and Zr II give consistent within the error bars non-LTE abundances, while the difference in LTE abundances amounts to 0.28 dex. The solar abundance of zirconium obtained with the MAFAGS solar model atmosphere is log eps(Zr) = 2.63+-0.07.
description: published in Astron. Letters, 36, 664 (2010); Erratum was submitted
A non-BRICHOS surfactant protein c mutation disrupts epithelial cell function and intercellular signaling
Creators: name: Woischnik, Markus
name: Sparr, Christiane
name: Kern, Sunčana
name: Thurm, Tobias
name: Hector, Andreas
name: Hartl, Dominik
name: Liebisch, Gerhard
name: Mulugeta, Surafel
name: Beers, Michael F.
name: Schmitz, Gerd
name: Griese, Matthias
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin
subject: Amino Acid Substitution
subject: Animals
subject: Azathioprine/therapeutic use
subject: Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
subject: CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
subject: Calnexin/metabolism
subject: Calreticulin/metabolism
subject: Cell Line
subject: Cyclophosphamide/therapeutic use
subject: Epithelial Cells/metabolism
subject: HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism
subject: HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism
subject: Humans
subject: Hydroxychloroquine/therapeutic use
subject: Lung Diseases, Interstitial/drug therapy
subject: Methylprednisolone/therapeutic use
subject: Mice
subject: Mutation
subject: Phosphatidylcholines/metabolism
subject: Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein C/metabolism
subject: Receptors, CCR2/metabolism
subject: Receptors, Interleukin-8A/metabolism
subject: Signal Transduction

description: We show that I73T mutation leads to impaired processing of proSP-C in alveolar type II cells, alters their stress tolerance and surfactant lipid composition, and activates cells of the immune system. In addition, we show that some of the mentioned cellular aspects behind the disease can be modulated by application of pharmaceutical drugs commonly applied in the ILD therapy.
Guideline for Biobanks to comply with EU in vitro diagnostics regulation
Creators: name: Anu Jalanko, Andrea Wutte
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017

description: The new In Vitro Diagnostic Device Regulation  (IVDR)1,2  introduces  significant changes for IVD manufacturers that plan to  market their products in Europe. In ADOPT BBMRI-­ERIC the IVDR has been analyzed  in terms  of  its  risks and opportunities and together with national  experts, explored the possible  implications it presents  for the biobanks  in Europe. Based on the analysis, biobanks  face a ‘window  of  opportunity’ due to legal obligations forced  on IVD manufacturers. One of  the major obligation for IVD  manufacturers is to demonstrate clinical evidence, performance  evaluation  and  performance studies3 in  order to declare that  the processes, product  or  service  meet the relevant  regulatory  requirements. Hence, the manufacturers  will be in  need  of  quality samples and  biobanks can  provide samples with   defined  specifications  to  be  used as  pre-­‐analytical  controls.
Activating transcription factor-3 (ATF3) functions as a tumor suppressor in colon cancer and is up-regulated upon heat-shock protein 90 (Hsp90) inhibition
Creators: name: Hackl, Christina
name: Lang, Sven A.
name: Moser, Christian
name: Mori, Akira
name: Fichtner-Feigl, Stefan
name: Hellerbrand, Claus
name: Dietmeier, Wolfgang
name: Schlitt, Hans J.
name: Geissler, Edward K.
name: Stoeltzing, Oliver
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin
subject: Activating Transcription Factor 3/metabolism
subject: Animals
subject: Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology
subject: Benzoquinones/pharmacology
subject: Cell Movement/drug effects
subject: Colonic Neoplasms/pathology
subject: HCT116 Cells
subject: HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism
subject: Humans
subject: Lactams, Macrocyclic/pharmacology
subject: Liver Neoplasms/secondary
subject: Male
subject: Mice
subject: Mice, Nude
subject: Neoplasm Invasiveness
subject: Peritoneal Neoplasms/secondary
subject: RNA Interference
subject: Time Factors
subject: Transfection
subject: Tumor Burden/drug effects
subject: Up-Regulation

description: In conclusion, ATF3 down-regulation in colon cancer promotes tumor growth and metastasis. Considering that blocking Hsp90 induces ATF3 expression, Hsp90 inhibition may represent a valid strategy to treat metastatic colon cancer by up-regulating this anti-metastatic transcription factor.
Multiscale Bone Remodelling with Spatial P Systems
Creators: name: Cacciagrano, Diletta
name: Corradini, Flavio
name: Merelli, Emanuela
name: Tesei, Luca
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science (cs.CE)
subject: Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Many biological phenomena are inherently multiscale, i.e. they are characterized by interactions involving different spatial and temporal scales simultaneously. Though several approaches have been proposed to provide "multilayer" models, only Complex Automata, derived from Cellular Automata, naturally embed spatial information and realize multiscaling with well-established inter-scale integration schemas. Spatial P systems, a variant of P systems in which a more geometric concept of space has been added, have several characteristics in common with Cellular Automata. We propose such a formalism as a basis to rephrase the Complex Automata multiscaling approach and, in this perspective, provide a 2-scale Spatial P system describing bone remodelling. The proposed model not only results to be highly faithful and expressive in a multiscale scenario, but also highlights the need of a deep and formal expressiveness study involving Complex Automata, Spatial P systems and other promising multiscale approaches, such as our shape-based one already resulted to be highly faithful.
description: In Proceedings MeCBIC 2010, arXiv:1011.0051
Investigation of Magnetic Transport Properties by Wannier Interpolation
Creators: name: Liu, Yi
name: Zhang, Hai-Jun
name: Yao, Yugui
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an efficient {\it ab initio} approach for the study of magnetic transport properties based on the Boltzmann equation with the Wannier interpolation scheme. Within the relaxation time approximation, band-resolved electric conductivity under a finite magnetic field is obtained and the historical motion of the electron wave packet in reciprocal space is determined. As a typical application of this method, we have calculated the electric conductivities of MgB$_2$ under finite magnetic fields. Multiband characters for the individual bands are revealed, and the field dependence of the conductivity tensor is studied systematically with the field orientated parallel and normal to the $c$-axis, respectively. The obtained historical motion is employed to simulate directly the cyclotron motion in the extremal orbit and determine the corresponding effective mass. Moreover, This approach is further exploited to calculate the Hall coefficient in the low-field limit, without the complicated computation for the second ${\mathbf k}$ derivative of the band.
description: 8 pages, 6 figures
Inscribed in the margins : envisioning road colonization in Peru's age of development
Creators: name: Sharon, Tucker
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2017

description: Inscribed in the Margins chronicles the socio-ecological changes that attended the colonization of Peru’s Huallaga Valley from the 1950s through the 1980s. Focused on the project of road colonization, a style of both formal and informal colonization centered around the building of a 1,500-km highway called the Carretera Marginal de la Selva, the study examines the Huallaga’s hodgepodge of stymied development schemes in a way that transcends the terse logic of political economy to implicate development’s broader epistemological regime, one that enlisted architecture, photography, cartography and criminality as much as science and politics to impose its vision on the land. Throughout, the author develops the concept of inscription as a way of understanding how environmental imaginings effect tangible socio-ecological change, arguing that the epistemological features that undergirded nature’s (primarily visual) representation as an object of development are crucial, yet often overlooked, factors in the Huallaga’s reconfiguration as a vast matrix of eco-assemblages adapted to an amalgam of capitalism and patriarchy. The study explores how photographic rituals figured in processes of imagining development; how Cold War technoscience facilitated the Huallaga’s emergence as a developable site; and how the very gendered environmental narrative constructed around the Huallaga’s colonial project all conspired to inscribe a myopic vision of Amazonian nature into the landscape. The primary sources consulted include photographs and documents from the community development program Cooperación Popular; the writings of early climate scientist, Leslie Holdridge; aerial photography from Peru’s Servicio Aerofotográfico Nacional; feasibility studies; and criminal cases from the superior courts of Huánuco and San Martín. By emphasizing the transnational dimensions of road colonization, as well as the wide variety of professional, cultural, political and historical notions that fuelled its conception, this study complicates the phenomenon of development as much more than a projection of U.S. imperial hegemony. Moreover, it offers a challenge to the field of environmental history and the historiography of the Peruvian Amazon by arguing that culture, not just economy, effects sweeping changes in the land.
Den Blick weiten: Digitalisierung im Mittelstand
Creators: name: Meier, Philip
name: Friederici, Nicolas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: digitalisierung
mittelstand
digitale innovation

description: Seit 2016 unterstützt das HIIG den deutschen Mittelstand im Rahmen eines durch das BMWi geförderten Projekts aktiv dabei, Chancen und Herausforderungen der Digitalisierung besser einzuschätzen und zu meistern. Philip Meier und Nicolas Friederici blicken in ihrem Blogbeitrag auf drei Jahre „_Gemeinsam digital“ zurück und schildern, wie digitale Lösungen, die bereits in Unternehmen umgesetzt sind, präsentiert werden, wie der Mittelstand mit Startups zusammengebracht und in welchen spezifischen Projekten UnternehmerInnen bei digitalen Herausforderungen unterstützt werden.
Post-traumatic fulminant paradoxical fat embolism syndrome in conjunction with asymptomatic atrial septal defect: a case report and review of the literature
Creators: name: Mueller, Franz
name: Pfeifer, Christian
name: Kinner, Bernd
name: Englert, Carsten
name: Nerlich, Michael
name: Neumann, Carsten
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin

description: Fat embolism syndrome may occur as a fulminant complication following femoral fracture repair in the presence of a concomitant atrial septal defect with right-to-left shunt. Thus, in patients with cardiac right-to-left shunts, femurs should not be nailed intramedullary, not even in cases of isolated injuries.
Time-optimal rotation of a spin 1/2: application to the NV center spin in diamond
Creators: name: Wang, Zhi-Hui
name: Dobrovitski, V. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the applicability of the time optimal bang-bang control designed for spin-1/2 [U. Boscain and P. Mason, J. Math. Phys. {\bf 47}, 062101 (2006)] to the rotation of the electron spin of a nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond. The spin of the NV center is a three-level system, with two levels forming a relevant qubit subspace where the time-varying magnetic control field performs rotation, and the third level being idle. We find that the bang-bang control protocol decreases the rotation time by 20--25% in comparison with the traditional oscillating sinusoidal driving. We also find that for most values of the bias field the leakage to the idle level is very small, so that the NV center is a suitable testbed for experimental study of the time-optimal protocols. For some special values of the bias field, however, the unwanted leakage is greatly increased. We demonstrate that this is caused by the resonance with higher-order Fourier harmonics of the bang-bang driving field.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures
Following the enlivening thread : the experience of providing Christian spiritual direction
Creators: name: Maier, Kirsten Elsa
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2017

description: This dissertation is an exploration of spiritual direction, from the perspective of counselling psychology, as it manifests in the reflective phenomenological experiences of the spiritual director. To explicate this topic, I asked the research question What is the meaning of the lived experience of the spiritual director in providing spiritual direction? In the tradition of spiritual direction, a person deepens their individual relationship to the Divine through a personalized spiritual practice with the help of a trained spiritual director (Gratton, 2005). Although the spiritual direction discourse, one of healing and personal development, is similar to many types of psychotherapy (Vittersø & Søholt, 2011; Vittersø, 2016), it has not often been examined systematically in counselling psychology. In this dissertation, I used Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) to focus on the meaning of the experience of the spiritual director. Five expert spiritual directors were interviewed for the study. The individual experiences of the participants were analyzed, and six collective themes with emergent subthemes were developed. Embedding the findings in psychology theory, clinical implications and future research implications were discussed. The findings add to the literature by noting connections of the spiritual direction process in this study to psychological theories including the model of therapeutic presense (Geller & Greenberg, 2002), the emergence model of clinical process (Marks-Tarlow, 2015), love as a process in therapy (Fosha, 2004) and corroborated Gubi’s (2011) findings on the similarities and differences of spiritual direction and therapy. The study added to the literature by using a recognized qualitative methodology to provide a rich description of the experience and meaning of being a spiritual director. It touched on the experience using a broad scope: from the participant’s development of becoming a spiritual director over time to their approaches and experiences in sessions. Finally, the study gave a sense of the profession of spiritual direction in an experience-based way by interviewing the 5 spiritual directors and developing themes described in the voices of the participants.
Scholarly communication in transition: The use of question marks in the titles of scientific articles in medicine, life sciences and physics 1966–2005
Creators: name: Ball, Rafael
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: 020 Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft

description: The titles of scientific articles have a special significance. We examined nearly 20 million scientific articles and recorded the development of articles with a question mark at the end of their titles over the last 40 years. Our study was confined to the disciplines of physics, life sciences and medicine, where we found a significant increase from 50% to more than 200% in the number of articles with question-mark titles. We looked at the principle functions and structure of the titles of scientific papers, and we assume that marketing aspects are one of the decisive factors behind the growing usage of question-mark titles in scientific articles.
Comparative expression pattern of Matrix-Metalloproteinases in human glioblastoma cell-lines and primary cultures
Creators: name: Hagemann, Carsten
name: Anacker, Jelena
name: Haas, Stefanie
name: Riesner, Daniela
name: Schömig, Beate
name: Ernestus, Ralf-Ingo
name: Vince, Giles H.
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin

description: Literature-data and our own results suggest that the expression pattern of MMPs is highly variable, dependent on the cell-line and the cell-culture conditions used and that also regulation of MMP expression by cytokines is cell-line dependent. This is of high impact for the transfer of cell-culture experiments to clinical implementation.
Transmission and diffraction properties of a narrow slit in ideal metal
Creators: name: Sturman, B.
name: Podivilov, E.
name: Gorkunov, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: By solving Maxwell equations with the ideal-metal boundary conditions in the TM case, we have fully described the transmission and diffraction properties of a single slit regardless of its width. Efficiencies of the main transformation processes -- transmission, diffraction, and reflection -- are analyzed in the sub-to-few-wavelength range showing a number of sharp fundamental features. Close links with the case of real metal are considered.
Renal function during rofecoxib therapy in patients with metastatic cancer: retrospective analysis of a prospective phase II trial
Creators: name: Reinhold, Stephan W.
name: Reichle, Albrecht
name: Leiminger, Sonja
name: Bergler, Tobias
name: Hoffmann, Ute
name: Krüger, Bernd
name: Banas, Bernhard
name: Krämer, Bernhard K.
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin

description: German Clinical Trials Register DRKS: DRKS00000119
Modeling biological systems with delays in Bio-PEPA
Creators: name: Caravagna, Giulio
name: Hillston, Jane
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science (cs.CE)
subject: Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: D.2.1; F.3.1;

description: Delays in biological systems may be used to model events for which the underlying dynamics cannot be precisely observed, or to provide abstraction of some behavior of the system resulting more compact models. In this paper we enrich the stochastic process algebra Bio-PEPA, with the possibility of assigning delays to actions, yielding a new non-Markovian process algebra: Bio-PEPAd. This is a conservative extension meaning that the original syntax of Bio-PEPA is retained and the delay specification which can now be associated with actions may be added to existing Bio-PEPA models. The semantics of the firing of the actions with delays is the delay-as-duration approach, earlier presented in papers on the stochastic simulation of biological systems with delays. These semantics of the algebra are given in the Starting-Terminating style, meaning that the state and the completion of an action are observed as two separate events, as required by delays. Furthermore we outline how to perform stochastic simulation of Bio-PEPAd systems and how to automatically translate a Bio-PEPAd system into a set of Delay Differential Equations, the deterministic framework for modeling of biological systems with delays. We end the paper with two example models of biological systems with delays to illustrate the approach.
description: In Proceedings MeCBIC 2010, arXiv:1011.0051