cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Caregiver-Assisted Coping Skills Training for Lung Cancer: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial
Creators: name: McBride, Colleen M.
name: Rumble, Meredith
name: Baucom, Donald H.
name: Garst, Jennifer
name: Porter, Laura S.
name: Sutton, Linda
name: Carson, Kimberly
name: Keefe, Francis J.
name: McKee, Daphne C.
name: Scipio, Cindy
name: Knowles, Verena
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers in the U.S. and is associated with high levels of symptoms including pain, fatigue, shortness of breath, and psychological distress. Caregivers as well as patients are adversely affected. However, previous studies of coping skills training (CST) interventions have not been tested in patients with lung cancer nor systematically included caregivers.
title: Normal Variants of the Anterior Cerebral Circulation: Pearls and Pitfalls
Creators: name: Moawad, Sherif
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Education and training
subject: Education
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: MR
subject: CT-Angiography
subject: Neuroradiology brain

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: Describethe normal cerebral artery anatomy. Enumerate the different variants of the anterior cerebral circulation and its prevalence. Recognize the normal variants on digital subtraction angiography images. Understand the possible related clinical...
Coping Profiles Common to Older African American Cancer Survivors: Relationships With Quality of Life
Creators: name: Crandell, Jamie L.
name: Agarwal, Mansi
name: Hamilton, Jill B.
name: Carter, J. Kameron
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: Cancer survivors employ distinct sets of coping behaviors that vary in their associations with psychological health and quality of life. However, existing research has largely focused on white and middle class subjects.
Pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland and ipsilateral thyroid incidentaloma: report of a rare case with review of literature
Creators: name: Candelori, Francesca
name: Minni, Antonio
name: Greco, Antonio
name: Scarpa, Alfonso
name: Cassandro, Claudia
name: Cavaliere, Matteo
name: Bisogno, Antonella
name: Cassandro, Ettore
name: De Vincentiis, Marco
name: Ralli, Massimo
Publisher: name: Universita' degli Studi di Salerno
Year: 2020
Subjects: Pleomorphic adenoma
Thyroid incidentaloma
Benign salivary gland tumors
Parotidectomy
Multinodular goiter

description: Background: Pleomorphic adenomas are benign tumors of the salivary glands that mainly affect the lower pole of the superficial lobe of the parotid gland. The term "pleomorphic" refers to the epithelial and connective origin of the mass. The clinical presentation is typically that of asymptomatic swelling which increases in volume. Therapy consists in surgical removal of the tumor mass by parotidectomy with nerve preservation. Case details: This clinical case describes an interesting case of pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland in a 62-year-old patient. The patient presented with a long history of an asymptomatic mildly worsening swelling of the left parotid region. The peculiarity of the clinical case is the dimension of the adenoma (9x5x9 cm) and the presence of a thyroid incidentaloma (TI), consisting of a thyroid multinodular goiter composed of nodules, the largest of which measured 8 cm in diameter. This mass dislocated the laryngotracheal axis, compressed the larynx and caused the reduction of the respiratory space, making orotracheal intubation difficult and determining the need to perform a tracheotomy. Conclusion: Benign pleomorphic adenomas can potentially reach large sizes if untreated. Socio-economic problems may be the reason for late diagnosis.
ISC-HPC 2022: GPU code optimization and auto-tuning made easy with Kernel Tuner: a hands-on, bring your own code tutorial
Creators: name: van Werkhoven, Ben
name: Sclocco, Alessio
name: Heldens, Stijn
name: Dreuning, Henk
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) have revolutionized the HPC landscape. The first generation of exascale supercomputers is currently being built, and most of these systems will have GPUs as their main computing platform. The performance of GPU applications strongly depends on how the software has been optimized for the hardware. There are many different implementations and code optimizations to consider that can also be parameterized, creating vast search spaces that are infeasible to search by hand. As such, automated performance tuning (auto-tuning) techniques are crucial to optimize such applications. In this tutorial, you will learn how to use Kernel Tuner, an easy-to-use tool for auto-tuning GPU code using simple Python scripts. Kernel Tuner supports OpenCL, CUDA, C++, and Fortran. We take a step-by-step approach to explain the auto-tuning basics, building up to more complex search spaces with many tunable parameters and inter-dependencies. We cover a wide range of topics from the basics of GPU code optimization, to using advanced search space optimization strategies to accelerate the auto-tuning process. Participants are welcome to bring their own code for the exercises, but we also provide plenty of code examples. Participants can use Jupyter Notebooks and Google Colab, or their own computing platform.
Phase synchronization of instrumental music signals
Creators: name: Mukherjee, Sayan
name: Palit, Sanjay Kumar
name: Banerjee, Santo
name: Ariffin, MRK
name: Bhattacharya, D. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Signal analysis is one of the finest scientific techniques in communication theory. Some quantitative and qualitative measures describe the pattern of a music signal, vary from one to another. Same musical recital, when played by different instrumentalists, generates different types of music patterns. The reason behind various patterns is the psychoacoustic measures - Dynamics, Timber, Tonality and Rhythm, varies in each time. However, the psycho-acoustic study of the music signals does not reveal any idea about the similarity between the signals. For such cases, study of synchronization of long-term nonlinear dynamics may provide effective results. In this context, phase synchronization (PS) is one of the measures to show synchronization between two non-identical signals. In fact, it is very critical to investigate any other kind of synchronization for experimental condition, because those are completely non identical signals. Also, there exists equivalence between the phases and the distances of the diagonal line in Recurrence plot (RP) of the signals, which is quantifiable by the recurrence quantification measure tau-recurrence rate. This paper considers two nonlinear music signals based on same raga played by two eminent sitar instrumentalists as two non-identical sources. The psycho-acoustic study shows how the Dynamics, Timber, Tonality and Rhythm vary for the two music signals. Then, long term analysis in the form of phase space reconstruction is performed, which reveals the chaotic phase spaces for both the signals. From the RP of both the phase spaces, tau-recurrence rate is calculated. Finally by the correlation of normalized tau-recurrence rate of their 3D phase spaces and the PS of the two music signals has been established. The numerical results well support the analysis.
title: The value of DKI and IVIM parameters by different measuring methods in the diagnosis of breast mass lesions
Creators: name: Si, Lifang
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Multidisciplinary cancer care
subject: Molecular, genomics and proteomics
subject: Cancer
subject: Radiation effects
subject: Comparative studies
subject: Chemotherapy
subject: MR-Spectroscopy
subject: MR-Functional imaging
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: Genital / Reproductive system female
subject: Breast
subject: Abdomen

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: To evaluate the value of DKI and IVIM parameters by different measuring methods in differentiating malignancy from benign breast mass...
D2.3: Open Science in the Nordics: Legal Insights
Creators: name: Fischer, Lars
name: Per-Olov Hammargren
name: Iozzi, Francesca
name: Kontkanen, Pirjo
name: Rasmussen, Troels
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: EOSC-Nordic
Legal framework
Legislation
Implementation

description: Legal frameworks have been identified as an area that needs to be considered when implementing the EOSC. EOSC aims to facilitate sharing of data and resources across Europe and realise the vision of FAIR data. To realise this, legal frameworks may need to be aligned, and potential legal barriers considered. This deliverable show that not only the legislation also but also institutional polices implemented to ensure legal conformance that is a barrier for implementing cross border data sharing.
 To illustrate this, the delivery engages with a number of use cases developed in Work Package 5 of EOSC-Nordic. Representatives for the use cases have been interviewed to show and exemplify what kind of legal issues have been recognized and how aforementioned issues may affect sharing data across the borders. This deliverable is as such not a comprehensive legal review of national legislations but compliments other ongoing efforts regarding screening of existing legislation and regulatory issues. Key findings of the study are:
 • Legislation as such is not always a barrier for cross-border data sharing
 • Organisations have restrictive policies for cross-border data sharing
 • Support for tackling legal issues and processes to handle data from the beginning to enable cross-border data sharing is needed
 This deliverable is the first of two deliverables from the EOSC-Nordic projects exploring the legal framework for open science in the Baltics and Nordics. The present deliverable presents analysis of the current state of play. A future deliverable will propose policy recommendations.
 The deliverable is part of the Policies, legal issues and sustainability
description: This is the draft version of the deliverable not yet approved by the European Commission.
title: Il superamento del trascendente tra “Chaos” e “Kosmos”
Creators: name:  Romani , Daniela
Publisher: name: Roma Tre-Press
Year: 2012

description: Questo contributo intende trattare il problema della "detrascendentalizzazione" della filosofia della conoscenza, affrontando il ruolo giocato da pochi significativi campi di ricerca, compresi di solito nello schema generale della filosofia contemporanea. Questo problema della detrascendentalizzazione, confrontato da un punto di vista critico-decostruzionista ed ermeneutico, segue interessanti percorsi già tracciati da Habermas e Rorty, e potrebbe costituire una via privilegiata per superare alcune delle più importanti analisi e riflessioni di Kant in filosofia della religione.

description: B@belonline vol. 13 Chaos/Kosmos
NLO QCD corrections to same-sign $T$-odd quark pair production in the littlest Higgs model with $T$-parity at the LHC
Creators: name: Shou-Jian, Xiong
name: Wen-Gan, Ma
name: Lei, Guo
name: Chong, Chen
name: Ren-You, Zhang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the calculations for the same-sign $T$-odd mirror quark pair production of the first two generations in the littlest Higgs model with $T$-parity (LHT) at the $\sqrt{s}=14~{\rm TeV}$ LHC up to the QCD next-to-leading order (NLO) including the subsequent decays of the $T$-odd mirror quarks. The uncertainties from the factorization/renormalization scale and parton distribution functions (PDFs) are discussed. Our numerical results show that the PDF uncertainty of the NLO QCD corrected cross section for the same-sign $T$-odd mirror quark pair production of the first two generations is comparable with the scale uncertainty, and the combined uncertainty at the QCD NLO is much smaller than that at the LO with the factorization/renormalization scale $μ$ in the range of $[μ_0/4,~4μ_0]$. We also study the dependence of the total cross section on the LHT parameters, and provide the transverse momentum, rapidity, invariant mass and $H_T$ distributions of final products.
description: 20 pages, 8 figures
Understanding Frontline Workers' and Unhoused Individuals' Perspectives on AI Used in Homeless Services
Creators: name: Kuo, Tzu-Sheng
name: Shen, Hong
name: Geum, Jisoo
name: Jones, Nev
name: Hong, Jason I.
name: Zhu, Haiyi
name: Holstein, Kenneth
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Recent years have seen growing adoption of AI-based decision-support systems (ADS) in homeless services, yet we know little about stakeholder desires and concerns surrounding their use. In this work, we aim to understand impacted stakeholders' perspectives on a deployed ADS that prioritizes scarce housing resources. We employed AI lifecycle comicboarding, an adapted version of the comicboarding method, to elicit stakeholder feedback and design ideas across various components of an AI system's design. We elicited feedback from county workers who operate the ADS daily, service providers whose work is directly impacted by the ADS, and unhoused individuals in the region. Our participants shared concerns and design suggestions around the AI system's overall objective, specific model design choices, dataset selection, and use in deployment. Our findings demonstrate that stakeholders, even without AI knowledge, can provide specific and critical feedback on an AI system's design and deployment, if empowered to do so.
title: Systematic Approach to Pineal Region Lesions.
Creators: name: Moawad, Sherif
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Pathology
subject: Education and training
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: MR
subject: CT
subject: Neuroradiology brain

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: To review the normal anatomy of the pineal region including the quadrigeminal cistern and adjacent structures. To discuss pineal region mass lesions and their etiologies. To discuss a systematic approach to narrow the differential diagnosis based on...
title: Przedsiębiorstwo prywatne, państwowe, komunalne
Creators: name: Kocowski, Tadeusz
Publisher: name: E-Wydawnictwo. Prawnicza i Ekonomiczna Biblioteka Cyfrowa. Wydział Prawa, Administracji i Ekonomii Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Year: 2020

description: Artykuł ukazuje poglądy, jakie profesor T. Bigo przedstawiał w swoich wykładach i pracach na temat majątku administracyjnego, zakładu administracyjnego i przedsiębiorstwa. W szczególności prace wskazujące na różnice pomiędzy zakładem administracyjnym a przedsiębiorstwem stały się inspiracją do dalszych rozważań, które kontynuowali jego uczniowie.
On the radial propagation of turbulence in gyro-kinetic toroidal systems
Creators: name: Migliano, P.
name: Buchholz, R.
name: Grosshauser, S. R.
name: Hornsby, W. A.
name: Peeters, A. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper a conservation equation is derived for the radially dependent entropy in toroidal geometry using the local approximation of the gyro-kinetic framework. This equation naturally leads to an operative definition for the turbulence intensity. It is shown that the conservation equation can be split in two separate conservation equations, one describing the dynamics of the zonal modes and one for the non-zonal modes. In essence the paper provides an operative tool for both analytic as well as numeric studies of the radial propagation of turbulence in tokamak plasmas.
title: Navigare lo spazio per comprendere il linguaggio
Creators: name: Ferretti , Francesco
Publisher: name: Roma Tre-Press
Year: 2012

description: La tesi principale di questo contributo è che i dispositivi alla base dell'origine e della funzionalità del linguaggio sono collegati all'abilità di navigare nello spazio. Questa tesi è fondata su due argomenti: l'idea che la caratteristica essenziale dell'uso creativo del linguaggio è l'abilità di parlare appropriatamente (in una maniera coerente e consona alla situazione); l'idea che l'abilità di parlare appropriatamente regola la costruzione e la comprensione del flusso di parola a livello del discorso. È in relazione al livello del discorso, infatti, che i processi che regolano la navigazione nello spazio (con la pianificazione dell'obiettivo da raggiungere e il mantenere l'itinerario da seguire durante il percorso) rendono conto del tipo di processi implicati nell'abilità di parlare in una maniera coerente e consona con la situazione. I risultati empirici che confermano la nostra ipotesi vengono dalle difficoltà narrative di individui con deficit nella navigazione spaziale.

description: B@belonline vol. 13 Chaos/Kosmos
Light Element Nucleosynthesis in a Molecular Cloud Interacting with a Supernova Remnant and the Origin of Beryllium-10 in the Protosolar Nebula
Creators: name: Tatischeff, Vincent
name: Duprat, Jean
name: de Séréville, Nicolas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The presence of short-lived radionuclides in the early solar system provides important information about the astrophysical environment in which the solar system formed. The discovery of now extinct $^{10}$Be in calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions (CAIs) with Fractionation and Unidentified Nuclear isotope anomalies (FUN-CAIs) suggests that a baseline concentration of $^{10}$Be in the early solar system was inherited from the protosolar molecular cloud. In this paper, we first show that the $^{10}$Be recorded in FUN-CAIs cannot have been produced in situ by cosmic-ray (CR) irradiation of the FUN-CAIs themselves. We then show that trapping of Galactic CRs (GCRs) in the collapsing presolar cloud core induced a negligible $^{10}$Be contamination of the protosolar nebula. Irradiation of the presolar molecular cloud by background GCRs produced a steady-state $^{10}$Be/$^9$Be ratio ~2.3 times lower than the ratio recorded in FUN-CAIs, which suggests that the presolar cloud was irradiated by an additional source of CRs. Considering a detailed model for CR acceleration in a supernova remnant (SNR), we find that the $^{10}$Be abundance recorded in FUN-CAIs can be explained within two alternative scenarios: (i) the irradiation of a giant molecular cloud by CRs produced by >50 supernovae exploding in a superbubble of hot gas generated by a large star cluster of at least 20,000 members and (ii) the irradiation of the presolar molecular cloud by freshly accelerated CRs escaped from an isolated SNR at the end of the Sedov-Taylor phase. The second model naturally provides an explanation for the injection of other short-lived radionuclides of stellar origin into the cold presolar molecular cloud ($^{26}$Al, $^{41}$Ca and $^{36}$Cl) and is in agreement with the solar system originating from the collapse of a molecular cloud shocked by a supernova blast wave.
description: 21 pages (ApJ emulator style), 13 figures. Accepted to ApJ (in press)
Loyalty Program Assessment. KPI-Based Evaluation of Customer Loyalty Programs
Creators: name: Meili, Alexander
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Loyalty Program
Loyalty KPIs
Inside-Out
Loyalty Program Effectiveness
Loyalty Health Check
HWZ Working Paper Series
Management & Leadership

description: Loyalty programs are booming, but the evidence of their effectiveness is controversial. Many companies are unsure whether and how to use loyalty programs profitably. Measuring the effectiveness of a customer loyalty program is important, but not easy. In contrast to the common practice of measuring loyalty programs based on the “outside-in” approach (competitor benchmark or customer surveys), this article suggests measuring them using the “inside-out” principle (i.e., from the company’s perspective and using key performance indicators [KPIs] based on available data and financial figures). This is the only reliable method, albeit a harsh and rigorous one, to determine whether a loyalty program is working or not. However, this principle imposes certain requirements: Assessing the success and health of a customer loyalty program requires continuous monitoring of KPIs. The challenge is to know the relevant KPIs (which is the focus of this paper) and to draw actionable insights from them in order to improve program performance. Both in research and in practice there are major deficits; this study closes this gap. The study presents a compendium of relevant loyalty KPIs for measuring loyalty programs. It is based on a literature review of the last 25 years and interviews with 12 leading international loyalty experts from business and academia. With its comprehensiveness, the compendium represents a novelty on the loyalty market. Following a final expert ranking of the compendium’s KPIs, the study concludes with a list of the top 10 loyalty KPIs. Through this independent and critical study, companies can learn how to measure the health of their customer loyalty programs and improve their performance in a sustainable and targeted manner. Program management becomes more fact-based and less driven by intuition or blind copying of competitors.
title: Differentiating Intramedullary Spinal Cord Lesions
Creators: name: Moawad, Sherif
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Trauma
subject: Neoplasia
subject: Inflammation
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: MR
subject: Neuroradiology peripheral nerve

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: Classify spinal cord lesions as extradural, intradural-extramedullary and intradural intramedullary based on imaging characteristics. Identify the common locations of the various intrameduallry lesions. Formulate a differential diagnosis based on...
title: Microwave and functional materials: a novel strategy for detecting toxic metals in polluted freshwater
Creators: name: Frau, I
Publisher: name: Liverpool John Moores University
Year: 2022

description: Worldwide, thousands of pollutants threaten freshwater and environmental health. Therefore, toxic metals from point and diffuse sources in abandoned mining areas need to be efficiently managed and monitored. As of yet, no method can measure toxic metals in water, in situ and in real-time, guaranteeing a clear picture of water quality continuously. Microwave spectroscopy has been shown to give a real-time response dependent on the sample composition as soon as a water sample interacts with the electromagnetic waves. Consequently, this work aims to specialise microwave sensors to monitor toxic metals in mining-impacted water. Planar microwave sensors have been integrated with mixtures of materials (such as metal oxides and chelating polymers) using screen-printing technology. These novel sensing structures are defined as functionalised electromagnetic sensors (f-EM sensors). F-EM sensors, compared with uncoated sensors, were able to qualify with higher sensitivity and selectivity toxic metals (Zn and Cu) in simple lab-prepared solutions at various concentrations. F-EM sensors were then adapted to directly probe water samples and tested in the laboratory with collected freshwater samples using the standard addition method. Data were analysed using a novel approach based on multiple peak analysis at selected frequencies. Subsequently, f-EM sensors were tested in situ in mining-impacted water in four polluted mining areas in the UK. The results were compared and the possibility to qualify and differentiate in situ polluted water was assessed. In conclusion, a combination of various f-EM sensors, defined as an f-EM sensor array, is a valuable solution for monitoring and managing contaminated freshwater resources, by providing practical, rapid, in situ and low-cost measurements for evaluating unexpected variations in water composition.
title: Supporting students with Autism Spectrum Disorder in inclusive classrooms
Creators: name: Downes-Peters, Brittany
Publisher: name: Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Inclusive education
subject: Autism spectrum disorders

description: With the rising prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), this study suggests a shift toward more inclusive classrooms is required. Literature in the field identified teachers’ lack of experience, knowledge and training on ASD (Finke et al., 2009; Corkum et al., 2014), and the resulting negative influence on their self-efficacy and attitude (Busby et al., 2012; Johnson et al., 2021; Corona et al., 2016) as well as specific strategies useful when including students with ASD in general classrooms (Danlap et al., 2010; Leonard & Smyth, 2020). Survey research involving two distinct participant groups: K-7 teachers on southern Vancouver Island and parents of students with ASD, was used to respond to the question, What professional development and classroom resources do K-7 teachers and parents of students with autism say are needed to better support elementary students with autism in inclusive classrooms? Study findings affirmed professional development is necessary. Participant topic priorities include basic knowledge of ASD, Universal Design for Learning, and ASD Acceptance and Advocacy. Teachers noted how others’ values and attitudes impact inclusion, while parents emphasized the importance of creating positive relationships and accessible classroom environments that respect neurodiversity. Parents said inclusive classrooms impact student success and parent satisfaction levels. Several online training modules will be developed based on study findings; however, more is required to address the substantial gaps in teacher knowledge. Comprehensive professional development on ASD is recommended.
Theoretical study of ternary compounds MgSiAs2 and MgGeAs2 using Wien2K code: Photovoltaic application
Creators: name: Tairi, Latifa
name: Megdoud, Yousra
name: Ghemid, Sebti
name: Meradji, Hocine
Publisher: name: AJMC
Year: 2023

description: In this work, we present the results of the structural, electronic, optical properties of MgSiAs2 and MgGeAs2 ternary semiconductors using the FP-LAPW method, based on density functional theory (DFT), in the framework of the GGA approximation. The equilibrium lattice constants and the compressibility modulus for ternary compounds were calculated. The optimized structural equilibrium parameters (a, c) are in good agreement with the available results. Calculations of electronic properties show that ternary compounds are direct bandgap semiconductors. The dielectric function, the refractive index, the absorption coefficient and the reflectivity of the ternary compounds MgSiAs2 and MgGeAs2 as a function of the energy E in summer perform. The results obtained are in good agreement with other theoretical and experimental work available in the literature.
title: Digital Holographic Microscopy for Label-Free Detection of Leukocyte Alternations Associated with Perioperative Inflammation after Cardiac Surgery
Creators: name: Steike, David Rene
name: Heßler, Michael
name: Korsching, Eberhard Ulrich
name: Lehmann, Florian Michael
name: Schmidt, Christina
name: Ertmer, Christian
name: Schnekenburger, Jürgen
name: Eich, Hans-Theodor
name: Kemper, Björn
name: Greve, Burkhard
Publisher: name: University of Muenster, Institutional Repository MIAMI
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 610 Medicine and health

description: In a prospective observational pilot study on patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass, we evaluated label-free quantitative phase imaging (QPI) with digital holographic microscopy (DHM) to describe perioperative inflammation by changes in biophysical cell properties of lymphocytes and monocytes. Blood samples from 25 patients were investigated prior to cardiac surgery and postoperatively at day 1, 3 and 6. Biophysical and morphological cell parameters accessible with DHM, such as cell volume, refractive index, dry mass, and cell shape related form factor, were acquired and compared to common flow cytometric blood cell markers of inflammation and selected routine laboratory parameters. In all examined patients, cardiac surgery induced an acute inflammatory response as indicated by changes in routine laboratory parameters and flow cytometric cell markers. DHM results were associated with routine laboratory and flow cytometric data and correlated with complications in the postoperative course. In a subgroup analysis, patients were classified according to the inflammation related C-reactive protein (CRP) level, treatment with epinephrine and the occurrence of postoperative complications. Patients with regular courses, without epinephrine treatment and with low CRP values showed a postoperative lymphocyte volume increase. In contrast, the group of patients with increased CRP levels indicated an even further enlarged lymphocyte volume, while for the groups of epinephrine treated patients and patients with complicative courses, no postoperative lymphocyte volume changes were detected. In summary, the study demonstrates the capability of DHM to describe biophysical cell parameters of perioperative lymphocytes and monocytes changes in cardiac surgery patients. The pattern of correlations between biophysical DHM data and laboratory parameters, flow cytometric cell markers, and the postoperative course exemplify DHM as a promising diagnostic tool for a characterization of inflammatory processes and course of disease.
description: Finanziert durch den Open-Access-Publikationsfonds der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU Münster).
Effekte der Heilpädagogischen Früherziehung auf das elterliche Belastungserleben Eine experimentelle Einzelfallstudie mit MultipleBaseline-Design
Creators: name: Kummer, Flavia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Sonderpädagogik
Masterarbeit
Heilpädagogische Früherziehung
elterliches Belastungserleben

description: Fachkräfte sind davon überzeugt, dass Heilpädagogische Früherziehung (HFE) wirkt, während jene, welche die Massnahme finanzieren, zunehmend Wirksamkeitsbelege fordern. Eltern von Kleinkindern sind individuellen Belastungen ausgesetzt. Wenn sich ein Kind in Verhalten und Entwicklung von Gleichaltrigen unterscheidet, kommen zusätzliche Belastungsaspekte hinzu. Welche dies sind, wie elterliche Belastung entsteht und weshalb das Themenfeld für die HFE relevant ist, wird theoretisch hergeleitet und begründet. Die vorliegende Masterarbeit geht der Fragestellung nach, ob die HFE einen positiven Effekt auf das elterliche Belastungserleben hat. Mittels experimenteller Einzelfallstudie mit multiplem Baseline-Design wurden über 10 Wochen 2 Elternteile täglich zu ihrem Belastungserleben befragt. Die Ergebnisse zeigen auf, dass die HFE einen positiven Effekt auf das elterliche Belastungserleben hat.
Coherent Control of a Single Silicon-29 Nuclear Spin Qubit
Creators: name: Pla, Jarryd J.
name: Mohiyaddin, Fahd A.
name: Tan, Kuan Y.
name: Dehollain, Juan P.
name: Rahman, Rajib
name: Klimeck, Gerhard
name: Jamieson, David N.
name: Dzurak, Andrew S.
name: Morello, Andrea
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Magnetic fluctuations caused by the nuclear spins of a host crystal are often the leading source of decoherence for many types of solid-state spin qubit. In group-IV materials, the spin-bearing nuclei are sufficiently rare that it is possible to identify and control individual host nuclear spins. This work presents the first experimental detection and manipulation of a single $^{29}$Si nuclear spin. The quantum non-demolition (QND) single-shot readout of the spin is demonstrated, and a Hahn echo measurement reveals a coherence time of $T_2 = 6.3(7)$ ms - in excellent agreement with bulk experiments. Atomistic modeling combined with extracted experimental parameters provides possible lattice sites for the $^{29}$Si atom under investigation. These results demonstrate that single $^{29}$Si nuclear spins could serve as a valuable resource in a silicon spin-based quantum computer.
title: Airway morphological changes in Caucasian class II malocclusion patients underwent Le Fort I osteotomy associated to maxillary setback
Creators: name: Faur, Cosmin
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Head and neck
subject: Bones
subject: Respiratory system
subject: Cone beam CT
subject: Computer Applications-3D
subject: Computer Applications-Virtual imaging
subject: Segmentation
subject: Image verification
subject: Biological effects

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Skeletal Class II malocclusion is frequently treated by a combination of Le Fort I osteotomy and maxillary setback [1][2] . The different three-dimensional movements of maxilla during surgery induce changes in adjacent sinonasal airways [3][4] . The...
title: Considerations for inclusive education in secondary schools: a case study
Creators: name: Libbus, Rhonda
Publisher: name: Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Inclusive education

description: Abstract Creating educational inclusive systems of support is complex, time consuming and dependent upon the buy-in of key stakeholders. While many individuals believe in the principle of inclusive education practices, the implementation of inclusive structures, frameworks and practices is challenging and still at the forefront of educational issues in Canada. How has one school in British Columbia implemented structures, frameworks, and policies to support the inclusion of the diverse learning needs commonly seen in secondary schools across Canada? Two administrators and three educators were interviewed about their model of inclusion. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews about interpretations, perceptions, and experiences of the participants in one secondary school in British Columbia. The findings reveal the themes of administration support, collaboration processes, multi-tiered systems of support, on-going professional development, and paraprofessional support are the foundations of providing a successful inclusive education program in secondary schools.
title: Writing Fabric: A Bibliography of Women's Contributions to Decorative Textile Culture, 1870-1920
Creators: name: John, Stefanie
name: Habermann, Paula
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek Braunschweig
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: textile history
subject: Arts and Crafts movement
subject: art worker
subject: women’s writing
subject: Great Britain
subject: England
subject: Scotland
subject: Ireland
subject: USA
subject: nineteenth century
subject: twentieth century
subject: decoration
subject: interior design
subject: household
subject: furniture
subject: embroidery
subject: needlework
subject: weaving
subject: sewing
subject: tapestry
subject: lace
subject: crochet
subject: knitting
subject: Textilgeschichte
subject: Kunsthandwerk
subject: Literatur von Frauen
subject: Großbritannien
subject: Schottland
subject: Irland
subject: Nordamerika
subject: neunzehntes Jahrhundert
subject: zwanzigstes Jahrhundert
subject: Dekoration
subject: Inneneinrichtung
subject: Haushalt
subject: Möbel
subject: Stickerei
subject: Nähen
subject: Handarbeit
subject: Weben
subject: Tapisserie
subject: Spitze
subject: Häkeln
subject: Stricken
subject: 01
subject: 746

description: This bibliography surveys late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century women’s writing on the production and use of decorative textiles. It gathers a wide variety of publications – including interior design guides, handicraft manuals, textile histories, primers, dictionaries and exhibition catalogues – which appeared in Britain, Ireland and the United States from the 1870s through the 1910s. The bibliography foregrounds treatises on handmade textiles, including historical handicrafts such as embroidery and lacemaking, and it puts particular emphasis on the materiality of fabrics and their use in the home. The list of sources is intended to provide a point of departure for researchers, students and anyone interested in women’s writing, textile crafts and the history of domestic cultures. At the time of publication in 2024, all listed sources can be retrieved via digital libraries and databases such as HathiTrust Digital Library, The Clark Art Institute Digital Collections, Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.
title: Digital Subtraction Sialography: an excellent additional modality for depicting sialolithiasis.
Creators: name: Reid, Catriona
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Head and neck
subject: Anatomy
subject: Salivary glands
subject: Fluoroscopy
subject: Sialography
subject: Calcifications / Calculi

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: To outline normal salivary gland anatomy and describe the indication and standard technique of parotid and submandibular sialography. To illustrate the differences between conventional sialography and digital subtraction sialography (DSS) using a...
title: Value of the leptomeningeal reserve on CTA-DSA in patients that undergoing endovascular therapy for anterior circulation Acute Ischemic Stroke (AIS)
Creators: name: Puglielli, Edoardo
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Emergency
subject: Interventional vascular
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: CT-Angiography
subject: Catheter arteriography
subject: CT
subject: Thrombolysis
subject: Catheters
subject: Recanalisation
subject: Arteriosclerosis
subject: Embolism / Thrombosis
subject: Ischaemia / Infarction

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Aim of this study was to review the importance of CTA/DSA collaterals on infarct growth and clinical outcome after endovascular thrombectomy (ET) for anterior circulation...
Genomics DNA Profiling in Elite Professional Soccer Players: A Pilot Study
Creators: name: Kambouris, Marios
name: Del Buono, Angelo
name: Maffulli, Nicola
Publisher: name: Universita' degli Studi di Salerno
Year: 2014
Subjects: Athletes
Performance
SNP variants

description: Functional variants in exonic regions have been associated with development of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer. Athletic performance can be considered a multi-factorial complex phenotype. Genomic DNA was extracted from buccal swabs of seven soccer players from the Fulham football team. Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) genotyping was undertaken. To achieve optimal athletic performance, predictive genomics DNA profiling for sports performance can be used to aid in sport selection and elaboration of personalized training and nutrition programs. Predictive DNA profiling may be able to detect athletes with potential or frank injuries, or screening and selection of future athletes, and can help them to maximize utilization of their potential and improve performance in sports. The aim of this study is to provide a wide scenario of specific genomic variants that an athlete carries, to implement which measures should be taken to maximize the athlete’s potential.
Tracking the radiation reaction energy when charged bodies accelerate
Creators: name: Steane, Andrew M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We address some questions related to radiation and energy conservation in classical electromagnetism. We first treat the well-known problem of energy accounting during radiation from a uniformly accelerating particle. We present the problem in the form of a paradox, and then answer it using a modern treatment of radiation reaction and self-force, as it appears in the expression due to Eliezer and Ford and O'Connell. We clarify the influence of the Schott force and the total radiated power, which differs from Larmor's formula. Finally, we present a simple and highly visual argument which enables one to track the radiated energy without the need to appeal to the far field in the distant future (the 'wave zone').
description: 8 pages 3 figs
title: Paediatric brain death: Magnetic resonance angiography diagnostic criteria
Creators: name: Iacoban, Cătălin
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Oedema
subject: Haemodynamics / Flow dynamics
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: MR-Angiography
subject: Paediatric
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: CNS

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: The purpose of this presentation is to familiarize the reader with the magnetic resonance angiography imaging findings and diagnostic criteria of brain death in...
La risposta della Commissione europea al “deterioramento” del diritto di asilo in Grecia: riflessioni sull’attenuato attivismo dell’Istituzione “guardiana dei Trattati”
Creators: name: Cometti, Marcella
Publisher: name: Universita' degli Studi di Salerno
Year: 2022
Subjects: Infringement procedure
Pushbacks
Safe Third Country
Conditionality
Task Force Migration Management.

description: L’accesso al diritto di asilo in Grecia è sistematicamente ostacolato dall’attuazione di pratiche di respingimento in frontiera e dall’applicazione del concetto di Paese Terzo sicuro nel contesto delle procedure di riconoscimento della protezione internazionale. A fronte di questo quadro, nel contributo si è svolta un’analisi della mobilitazione della società civile e del Parlamento europeo volta a stimolare una qualche reazione della Commissione europea quale “Guardiana dei Trattati”. La risposta dell’Istituzione delinea da un lato una sorta di inazioneosservazione dello status quo, dall’altro un qual certo “attenuato attivismo” nel tentare di porre rimedio agli inadempimenti degli obblighi derivanti dal diritto dell’Unione europea. In questa cornice, al fine di ragionare su “vie rimediali” differenti, si volge lo sguardo al c.d. “uso alternativo” del rinvio pregiudiziale d’interpretazione e allo strumento della condizionalità dei fondi. Il quadro delineato, riflettendo sulle motivazioni alla base dell’immobilismo/attenuato attivismo della Commissione nel caso di specie, si vuole inserire all’interno della più ampia riflessione sul margine di discrezionalità della Commissione europea nell’avviare procedure d’infrazione per mettere in luce nuovi elementi fattuali che, effettivamente, sembrerebbero chiamare ad un cambio di paradigma.
description: Access to the right to asylum in Greece is systematically hindered by the implementation of border rejection practices as well as the application of the Safe Third Country concept in the context of asylum procedures. Against this backdrop, the contribution analyses the mobilisation of civil society and the European Parliament aimed at evoking some reaction from the European Commission given the latter’s remit – at least on paper – as 'Guardian of the Treaties'. The institution's response outlines, on the one hand, a kind of inaction-observation of the status quo, and on the other hand, a certain 'weakened activism' in attempting to remedy breaches of obligations under EU law. Within this framework, in order to examine different 'remedial avenues', we turn our attention to the so-called 'alternative use' of the preliminary reference and the conditionality's instrument. By reflecting on the motivations underlying the Commission's immobility/attenuated activism in this case, the outlined framework is intended to form part of a broader reflection on the European Commission's discretion in initiating infringement procedures. In doing so, new factual elements are highlighted that, indeed, would seem to call for a paradigm shift.
Post-processing of the oblivious key in quantum private queries
Creators: name: Gao, Fei
name: Liu, Bin
name: Huang, Wei
name: Wen, Qiao-Yan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 81P94, 81P45, 94A60

description: Quantum private query (QPQ) is a kind of quantum protocols to protect both users' privacy in their communication. There is an interesting example, that is, Alice wants to buy one item from Bob's database, which is composed of a quantity of valuable messages. QPQ protocol is the communication procedure ensuring that Alice can get only one item from Bob, and at the same time, Bob cannot know which one was taken by Alice. Owing to its practicability, quantum-key-distribution-based QPQ has draw much attention in recent years. However, the post-processing of the key in such protocols, called oblivious key, remains far from being satisfactorily known. Especially, the error correction method for such special key is still missing. Here we focus on the post-processing of the oblivious key, including both dilution and error correction. On the one hand, we demonstrate that the previous dilution method, which greatly reduces the communication complexity, will bring Alice the chance to illegally obtain much additional information about Bob's database. Simulations show that by very limited queries Alice can obtain the whole database. On the other hand, we present an effective error-correction method for the oblivious key, which completes its post-processing and makes such QPQ more practical.
description: 11 pages, 5 figures, 3 tables
title: A Pan-Canadian study of Montessori middle schools
Creators: name: Cobb, Kimberly G.
Publisher: name: Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Middle school education--Canada
subject: Montessori method of education

description: This complex exploratory mixed methods study looked to determine the key elements of Montessori middle school programming and how these key elements were being implemented in Canadian Montessori schools. As a multi-phased study, quantitative phase one involved searching publicly available information (i.e., websites) to establish the first comprehensive list of independent (i.e., private) and public Montessori schools in Canada that have any combination of grades one through twelve. Concurrently, qualitative phase two consisted of a document analysis of primary and secondary literature in determining the commonly held key elements of Montessori at the middle school level (adolescents ages 12-14). The data gathered in the first two phases was used in the third phase to create a survey with a combination of closed-ended Likert-scale, and open-ended questions. Survey questions were created using the five key elements identified in the document analysis (phase two) of this study. The survey was sent to teachers and administrators in Canadian Montessori schools that offer programming for grade 7 and 8 students as identified in phase one of this study. Survey results captured the first pan-Canadian context of Montessori middle school programming and explored areas of programming strengths and areas for improvement.