cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
One size does not fit all: Psychometric properties of the Shona Symptom Questionnaire (SSQ) among adolescents and young adults in Zimbabwe
Creators: name: Gregson, Simon
name: Sherr, Lorraine
name: Robertson, Laura
name: Nyamukapa, Constance
name: Halpern, Carolyn
name: Haney, Erica
name: Singh, Kavita
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Poor mental health among is a major contributor to the burden of disease among adolescents. For this paper we use cross sectional survey data among a sample of 2,768 adolescent (aged 15-19) and 2,027 young adults (aged 20-24) living in Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe to calibrate the Shona Symptom Questionnaire (SSQ) against the Self Report Questionnaire (SRQ-20) and examined the performance indices of the SSQ based on various cut points for classification. The SSQ depression screening tool performed best with a cut point of five or more positive responses out of 14 questions, resulting in the following validation coefficients for adolescents and young adults respectively: AUC (0.83, 088); kappa statistic (0.64, 0.66); sensitivity (0.89, 0.95); specificity (0.94, 0.92); PPV (0.45, 0.55); NVP (0.99, 1.00). The modified SSQ cut point of five or more substantially increase the depression estimates for both age groups to align more closely with the SRQ-20 estimates. The prevalence of depression increased from 3.5% to 13.2% among adolescents and from 5.1% to 16.2% among young adults based on these revisions to the SSQ. Using a multivariate logistic regression model we isolated particular characteristics to test their association with the odds of being misclassified as non-depressed based on the conventional SSQ cut point. Findings suggest that adolescents who were orphaned (OR 1.48) or ever had sex (2.13) were at a significantly greater odds of being a false negative than their counterparts. Secondary education was significantly associated with false negative misclassification among young adults (OR 2.11). When retested using the modified cut point of five or greater, associations with misclassification disappeared. This study highlight that not all depression scales are appropriate for use among adolescents given their unique developmental stage. While using culturally-appropriate scales such as the SSQ is important, we strongly recommend modification to the cut point in order to improve adolescent depression detection. Alternatively we recommend continued use of the standardized cross-cultural SRQ given it continued success at classify cases of depression across age groups.
ART AS EMPATHY: UNDERSTANDING THE UNITED STATES-MEXICO BORDER NEPANTLA THROUGH ART
Creators: name: Hornik, Darrow
Publisher: name: Stanford Digital Repository
Year: 2023
Subjects: Nepantla
Borderlands
United States-Mexico Border
Empathy
Art

description: The land that stands between the United States and Mexico is known as the borderlands. The borderlands are a space of uncertainty and in-betweenness – senses that create a Nepantla. The US-Mexico borderlands Nepantla has been a contested space since before the creation of the miles-long wall and fencing that lines the border. However, more recent anti-immigrant legislature and sentiment have created more tension than ever within the space that lies between these two countries. Artists and poets (American and Latino) have taken steps to understand this Nepantla through their artwork. This paper aims to explore the work of various artists and poets that addresses and contextualizes the contentious borderlands. Whether it be through social justice architecture, poetry, stand-alone doors, or a giant photo of a baby peering over the border wall, the artists highlighted in this paper have used their experiences living within and along these disputed lands, as well as their role as allies and activists to change the immigrant narrative and recognize the United States-Mexico Nepantla.
Validity of the patient health questionnaire-9 to screen for depression in a high-HIV burden primary healthcare clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa
Creators: name: Pence, B.W.
name: Miller, W.C.
name: Macphail, C.
name: Pettifor, A.
name: Cholera, R.
name: Gaynes, B.N.
name: Bernhardt, S.
name: Bassett, J.
name: Qangule, N.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Abstract Background Integration of depression screening into primary care may increase access to mental health services in sub-Saharan Africa, but this approach requires validated screening instruments. We sought to validate the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) as a depression screening tool at a high HIV-burden primary care clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa. Methods We conducted a validation study of an interviewer-administered PHQ-9 among 397 patients. Sensitivity and specificity of the PHQ-9 were calculated with the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) as the reference standard; receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analyses were performed. Results The prevalence of depression was 11.8%. One-third of participants tested positive for HIV. HIV-infected patients were more likely to be depressed (15%) than uninfected patients (9%; p=0.08). Using the standard cutoff score of ≥10, the PHQ-9 had a sensitivity of 78.7% (95% CI: 64.3–89.3) and specificity of 83.4% (95% CI: 79.1–87.2). The area under the ROC curve was 0.88 (95% CI: 0.83–0.92). Test performance did not vary by HIV status or language. In sensitivity analyses, reference test bias associated with the MINI appeared unlikely. Limitations We were unable to conduct qualitative work to adapt the PHQ-9 to this cultural context. Conclusion This is the first validation study of the PHQ-9 in a primary care clinic in sub-Saharan Africa. It highlights the potential for using primary care as an access point for identifying depressive symptoms during routine HIV testing. The PHQ-9 showed reasonable accuracy in classifying cases of depression, was easily implemented by lay health workers, and is a useful screening tool in this setting.
Edelmetallschmuck der Wikingerzeit – Analysen und Interpretationen
Creators: name: Eilbracht, Heidemarie
Publisher: name: Edition Topoi
Year: 2016

description: Der Beitrag befasst sich mit dem Filigran- und Granulationsschmuck im ersten Jahrtausend n. Chr. Aufgrund der charakteristischen Herstellung dieser Produkte sind sie besonders gut geeignet, das technische Wissen der Produzenten und dessen handwerkliche Umsetzung in dieser Zeit zu untersuchen: Sie bestehen aus hochwertigem Rohmaterial (Edelmetall), sie werden mit Hilfe spezifischer Werkzeuge hergestellt (Pressmodel) und sie bestehen häufig aus mehreren hundert Einzelteilen. Damit bieten sie eine breite Ausgangsbasis für Studien zur Homogenität des Metalls und zur Einheitlichkeit der Herstellungsverfahren. Anhand der goldenen Objekte des wikingischen Schmuckensembles von der Insel Hiddensee und der an ihnen durchgeführten Materialanalysen werden diese Fragen beispielhaft diskutiert.
Pertemuan 1 21 September 2022 Manajemen Keuangan Sektor Publik (MKSP), Penjelasan RPS, RPP Dan Kontrak Kuliah MKSP
Creators: name: Dr. Rusdiyanto, SE,. M. Ak,. CH,. CHt
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: RPS, RPP, KONTRAK, KULIAH, MKSP, 2, SEPTEMBER, 2022

description: Capaian Pembelajaran Lulusan (CPL) Program Studi 1.Sikap: Taat hukum & disiplin dlm kehidupan bermasyarakat dan bernegara, menginternalisasi nilai, norma, dan etika akademik, menunjukkan sikap bertanggungjawab atas pekerjaan di bidang keahliannya secara mandiri, serta berkontribusi dalam peningkatan mutu kehidupan bermasyarakat, berbangsa, bernegara, dan peradaban berdasarkan Pancasila. 2.Keterampilan Umum: Mampu menunjukkan kinerja mandiri, bermutu, terukur dan mampu mengambil keputusan secara tepat dalam konteks penyelesaian masalah berdasarkan hasil analisis informasi dan data 3.Keterampilan Khusus: Mampu secara mandiri menyusun laporan hasil analisis atas informasi keuangan dan non keuangan serta pengungkapan terkait yang relevan dan andal untuk pengambilan keputusan manajerial dengan menerapkan teknik dan metode analisis akuntansi dan keuangan. 4.Pengetahuan: Menguasai konsep teoritis secara mendalam ttg penyusunan laporan keuangan; kebijakan & prinsip akuntansi; pengakuan, pengukuran, penyajian, dan pengungkapan elemen dalam laporan keuangan, serta informasi akuntansi dan keuangan untuk pengambilan keputusan. Capaian Pembelajaran Mata Kuliah (CPMK) Setelah menempuh mata kulian ini mahasiswa mampu menganalisis pelaporan keuangan sektor publik dan mengevaluasi penerapan kebijakan manajemen keuangan dalam proses pengambilan keputusan di berbagai kegiatan sektor publik dan terampil merancang dan mengimplementasikan berbagai taktik dalam manajemen keuangan sektor publik secara mandiri dan bertanggung jawab)
Multi-criteria appraisal recommendation
Creators: name: Fu, Chao
name: Zhan, Qianshan
name: Chang, Leilei
name: Liu, Weiyong
name: Yang, Shanlin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Generating the overall assessments of cases from their observations on multiple criteria when large volumes of historical data have been accumulated is a key issue. This study, therefore, developed the framework of multi-criteria appraisal recommendation (MCAR). Five strategies belonging to three categories were designed to recommend the overall appraisals of new cases from their observations on multiple criteria based on relevant historical data. The proposed framework’s basic conditions and key issues were presented to widen its application. The framework was then used to generate the diagnostic recommendations for thyroid nodules from their observations based on the historical examination reports of six radiologists. The experimental results indicated that different strategies are appropriate for different radiologists, and no single strategy was found to be the most appropriate for all considered radiologists. The five strategies were compared with four representative machine learning models to highlight their performances and interpretabilities using the historical examination reports of the radiologists.
A systematic review of relations between resting-state functional-MRI and treatment response in major depressive disorder
Creators: name: Gibbs, Devin
name: Smoski, Moria J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a promising predictor of treatment response in major depressive disorder (MDD).
Violence detection in videos using deep recurrent and convolutional neural networks
Creators: name: Traoré, Abdarahmane
name: Akhloufi, Moulay A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Violence and abnormal behavior detection research have known an increase of interest in recent years, due mainly to a rise in crimes in large cities worldwide. In this work, we propose a deep learning architecture for violence detection which combines both recurrent neural networks (RNNs) and 2-dimensional convolutional neural networks (2D CNN). In addition to video frames, we use optical flow computed using the captured sequences. CNN extracts spatial characteristics in each frame, while RNN extracts temporal characteristics. The use of optical flow allows to encode the movements in the scenes. The proposed approaches reach the same level as the state-of-the-art techniques and sometime surpass them. It was validated on 3 databases achieving good results.
description: 11 pages, 7 figures, 2020 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC)
Xysticus sicus Fox 1937
Creators: name: Marusik, Yuri M.
name: Koponen, Seppo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2000
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Thomisidae
Xysticus
Xysticus sicus

description: Xysticus sicus Fox, 1937 **? Song et al., 1999: f. 287g. Material examined: 1 ♀, Lazo Town, 43º22.7'N 133°54'E, in buildings, 11.1998-03.1999, YS. COMMENTS. The first record in Russia and the northeasternmost locality of the range, earlier recorded from Tibet, Sichuan, Shaanxi and Qinghai, China [Song et al., 1999]. The male remains unknown. Becausc the species is known from SW China it is rather possible that the single female we have on hand belongs to another species.
description: Published as part of Marusik, Yuri M. & Koponen, Seppo, 2000, New data on spiders (Aranei) from the Maritime Province, Russian Far East, pp. 55-68 in Arthropoda Selecta 9 (1) on page 66, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.822713
description: {"references": ["Song DX, Zhu, M. S, Chen, J. 1999. The spiders of China. Hebei Science & Technology Press. 640 pp."]}
Sand casting in the Islamic World
Creators: name: Niece, Susan La
Publisher: name: Edition Topoi
Year: 2016

description: Der Guss in zweiteiligen Formen aus Sand hinterlässt nur wenige Spuren im Vergleich zu Gussformen aus anderen Materialien. Archäologische Funde von so genannten Formkästen in der Islamischen Welt ermöglichen eine Datierung dieser Gießmethode bereits in das 11. Jahrhundert n. Chr. Neben diesen Funden wird im Beitrag auch die Tradition des Gießens in Sandformen in China und Europa betrachtet.
Der barocke Zinnsarkophag des Konrad von Burgsdorff. Herstellung und Rekonstruktion
Creators: name: Gransow, Mercedes
name: Knaut, Matthias R.
name: Suchak, Karol
Publisher: name: Edition Topoi
Year: 2016

description: Das Grab des Konrad von Burgsdorff (gest. 1652) wurde im Jahr 2008 in einer Gruft im Bereich des alten Berliner Doms, dem Areal des ehemaligen Dominikaner Klosters in Berlin-Mitte, entdeckt und freigelegt. Der Tote wurde in einem Sarkophag in einer Gruft am Rande der Klosterkirche mit 17 weiteren Bestattungen beigesetzt. Aufgrund des schlechten Erhaltungszustands der Metallbleche entschieden sich die Ausgräber für eine Blockbergung. In den Restaurierungslaboren der HTW Berlin wurde eine detaillierte Zustandsdokumentation erstellt. Dabei war es das Ziel, jegliche aufliegenden Verzierungen, Farbfassungen, Metall- oder Stoffapplikationen in situ zu erhalten. Es stellte sich heraus, dass der Sarkophag aus zwei großen Teilen aufgebaut war – einer unteren Wanne und einem oberen Deckel, die beide aus an den Kanten verlöteten Blechen hergestellt waren. Die Außenseiten waren mit Metallverzierungen besetzt: Löwenköpfe mit Ringen als Handgriffe, Metallborten in Akanthusmotiven, zwei Engelköpfe und einige runde Medaillons. Ein hölzerner Sarg, innen mit Textilien ausgekleidet, barg den Verstorbenen. Die Füllung der Gruft mit Bauschutt hatte den Sarkophag, der unter dieser Last eingebrochen war, stark beschädigt. Aufgrund der durchgeführten Analysen und anhand von Vergleichen mit zeitgleichen Sarkophagen aus der Hohenzollern-Gruft im Berliner Dom konnte eine überzeugende virtuelle Rekonstruktion des Sarkophags von Konrad von Burgsdorff erarbeitet werden.
Y WLADFA: WELSH SETTLER COLONIALISM IN THE ARGENTINE NATIONAL PROJECT
Creators: name: Lewis, Evan
Publisher: name: Stanford Digital Repository
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Y Wladfa
subject: Wales
subject: South America--Patagonia
subject: Settler colonialism

description: The Welsh settlement of Y Wladfa in Argentine Patagonia occupied a unique position
within the colonial world. Y Wladfa was unique due to its complex and dynamic relationship
with persecution, domination, and colonialism. In a process that this essay will refer to as ‘dualcoloniality’, at differing periods in time, the people of Y Wladfa found themselves the victims of
colonization and acting as colonizers themselves, sometimes simultaneously. This capstone
argues that in studying the case of Y Wladfa and the contradictions and ambiguities present in its
formation, some of the problematic notions inherent in settler colonial studies can be identified
and addressed. In examining the justifications for colonization, narratives of friendship and
moments of compromise, this capstone will demonstrate the need to shift settler colonialist
theory away from binary understandings colonial encounter and subjugation. This study of Y
Wladfa and its unique and ambiguous position, therefore, will inform studies on the legacy of the
colony in current day Argentina and the wider work of settler colonial studies.
Zugänge zu technologischem Wissen und Wissenstechniken
Creators: name: Bernbeck, Reinhard
Publisher: name: Edition Topoi
Year: 2016

description: Der Beitrag entwickelt eine Bestimmung des Zusammenhangs von Technik und Wissen im Rahmen der Habermas’schen Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns, wobei der Unterschied zwischen praktischem und diskursivem Wissen im Mittelpunkt steht. Als Instrumentarium zur Analyse historisch spezifischer Fälle technischen Handelns stütze ich mich auf die Anwendung von ,Operationsketten‘ und wende sie auf das Verzieren von Bronze- und Kupferobjekten an. Hierzu dienen zwei Beispiele, das eine ethnoarchäologisch und aus der heutigen Südost-Türkei, das andere archäologisch und aus dem eisenzeitlichen Urartu in Ost-Anatolien. Die Analyse ergibt in beiden Fällen, dass praktisches Wissen in Form von Augenmaß im Ablauf der Produktion eine wichtige Rolle spielt. Konsequenzen für die Strukturierung der technischen Kooperation werden erörtert.
Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Among Adults 60 Years and Older: New York City Residents Compared With a National Sample
Creators: name: Morland, Kimberly B.
name: Scanlin, Kathleen
name: Evenson, Kelly R.
name: Wen, Fang
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: This study describes moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary behavior among New York City (NYC) residents 60 years and older and compare to national United States’ estimates. Adults aged 60 or older living in NYC (n=760) were compared to similar aged adults from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) (n=2451 adults). Both groups wore an ActiGraph accelerometer for one week. The NYC sample recorded 13.2, 23.8, and 37.8 mean minutes/day of MVPA and the NHANES sample recorded 10.6, 21.1, and 39.3, depending on the definition. Sedentary behavior averaged 9.6 hours/day for the NYC sample and 9.3 hours/day for the NHANES sample. The NYC sample spent a longer proportion of time in sedentary behavior and light activities, but more time in MVPA than the NHANES sample. Urbanicity may explain some of the differences between the two samples.
2D bidirectional gated recurrent unit convolutional Neural networks for end-to-end violence detection In videos
Creators: name: Traoré, Abdarahmane
name: Akhloufi, Moulay A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Abnormal behavior detection, action recognition, fight and violence detection in videos is an area that has attracted a lot of interest in recent years. In this work, we propose an architecture that combines a Bidirectional Gated Recurrent Unit (BiGRU) and a 2D Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) to detect violence in video sequences. A CNN is used to extract spatial characteristics from each frame, while the BiGRU extracts temporal and local motion characteristics using CNN extracted features from multiple frames. The proposed end-to-end deep learning network is tested in three public datasets with varying scene complexities. The proposed network achieves accuracies up to 98%. The obtained results are promising and show the performance of the proposed end-to-end approach.
description: 8 pages, 6 figures, 2020 International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition (ICIAR)
Cysteine-Conjugated Metabolites of Ginger Components, Shogaols, Induce Apoptosis through Oxidative Stress-Mediated p53 Pathway in Human Colon Cancer Cells
Creators: name: Fu, Junsheng
name: Soroka, Dominique N.
name: Sang, Shengmin
name: Chen, Huadong
name: Warin, Renaud F.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Shogaols, the major constituents of thermally processed ginger, have been proven to be highly effective anticancer agents. Our group has identified cysteine-conjugated shogaols (M2, M2′, and M2″) as the major metabolites of [6]-, [8]-, and [10]-shogaol in human and found that M2 is a carrier of its parent molecule [6]-shogaol in cancer cells and in mice, while being less toxic to normal colon fibroblast cells. The objectives of this study are to determine whether M2′ and M2″ behave in a similar manner to M2, in both metabolism and efficacy as anticancer agents, and to further explore the biological pro-apoptotic mechanisms of the cysteine-conjugated shogaols against human colon cancer cells HCT-116 and HT-29. Our results show that [8]- and [10]-shogaol have similar metabolic profiles to [6]-shogaol and exhibit similar toxicity toward human colon cancer cells. M2′ and M2″ both show low toxicity against normal colon cells but retain potency against colon cancer cells, suggesting that they have similar activity to M2. We further demonstrate that the cysteine-conjugated shogaols can cause cancer cell death through the activation of the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway. Our results show that oxidative stress activates a p53 pathway that ultimately leads to p53 up-regulated modulator of apoptosis (PUMA) induction and down-regulation of B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2), followed by cytochrome c release, perturbation of inhibitory interactions of X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP) with caspases, and finally caspase 9 and 3 activation and cleavage. A brief screen of the markers attenuated by the proapoptotic activity of M2 revealed similar results for [8]- and [10]-shogaol and their respective cysteine-conjugated metabolites M2′ and M2″. This study highlights the cysteine-conjugated metabolites of shogaols as novel dietary colon cancer preventive agents.
Continuous-Time Proportional Hazards Regression for Ecological Monitoring Data
Creators: name: Lin, Feng-Chang
name: Zhu, Jun
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: We consider a continuous-time proportional hazards model for the analysis of ecological monitoring data where subjects are monitored at discrete times and fixed sites across space. Since the exact time of event occurrence is not directly observed, we rely on dichotomous event indicators observed at monitoring times to make inference about the model parameters. We use autoregression on the response at neighboring sites from a previous time point to take into account spatial dependence. The interesting fact is utilized that the probability of observing an event at a monitoring time when the underlying hazards is proportional falls under the class of generalized linear models with binary responses and complementary log-log link functions. Thus, a maximum likelihood approach can be taken for inference and the computation can be carried out using standard statistical software packages. This approach has significant computational advantages over some of the existing methods that rely on Monte Carlo simulations. Simulation experiments are conducted and demonstrate that our method has sound finite-sample properties. A real dataset from an ecological study that monitored bark beetle colonization of red pines in Wisconsin is analyzed using the proposed models and inference. Supplementary materials that contain technical details are available online.
The Status and Future of Acupuncture Clinical Research
Creators: name: Sherman, Karen
name: Manheimer, Eric
name: Vickers, Andrew
name: Linde, Klaus
name: Smith, Caroline
name: Schnyer, Rosa
name: Sung, Joseph
name: Molsberger, Albrecht
name: Park, Jongbae
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2008

description: On November 8–9, 2007, the Society for Acupuncture Research (SAR) hosted an international conference to mark the tenth anniversary of the landmark National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference on Acupuncture. More than 300 acupuncture researchers, practitioners, students, funding agency personnel, and health policy analysts from 20 countries attended the SAR meeting held at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. This paper summarizes important invited lectures in the area of clinical research. Specifically, included are: a review of the recently conducted German trials and observational studies on low-back pain (LBP), gonarthrosis, migraine, and tension-type headache (the Acupuncture Research Trials and the German Acupuncture Trials, plus observational studies); a systematic review of acupuncture treatment for knee osteoarthritis (OA); and an overview of acupuncture trials in neurologic conditions, LBP, women's health, psychiatric disorders, and functional bowel disorders. A summary of the use of acupuncture in cancer care is also provided. Researchers involved in the German trials concluded that acupuncture is effective for treating chronic pain, but the correct selection of acupuncture points seems to play a limited role; no conclusions could be drawn about the placebo aspect of acupuncture, due to the design of the studies. Overall, when compared to sham, acupuncture did not show a benefit in treating knee OA or LBP, but acupuncture was better than a wait-list control and standard of care, respectively. In women's health, acupuncture has been found to be beneficial for patients with premenstrual syndrome, dysmenorrhea, several pregnancy-related conditions, and nausea in females who have cancers. Evidence on moxibustion for breech presentation, induction of labor, and reduction of menopausal symptoms is still inconclusive. In mental health, evidence for acupuncture's efficacy in treating neurologic and functional bowel disorder is still inconclusive. For chronic cancer-related problems such as pain, acupuncture may work well in stand-alone clinics; however, for acute or treatment-related symptoms, integration of acupuncture care into a busy and complex clinical environment is unlikely, unless compelling evidence of a considerable patient benefit can be established.
Auriculotherapy for Pain Management: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Creators: name: Winham, Stacey J.
name: Asher, Gary N.
name: Reilly, Aimee C.
name: Coeytaux, Remy R.
name: Jonas, Daniel E.
name: Motsinger-Reif, Alison A.
name: Loh, Yen L.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: Side-effects of standard pain medications can limit their use. Therefore, nonpharmacologic pain relief techniques such as auriculotherapy may play an important role in pain management. Our aim was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies evaluating auriculotherapy for pain management.
Unexplained Infertility Treated with Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine in Korea
Creators: name: Choi, Eunmi
name: Wee, Hyosun
name: Shin, Sangseop
name: Kang, Myungja
name: Kwon, Sukyung
name: Nam, Bonghyun
name: Kaptchuk, Ted J.
name: Park, Jongbae J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: We aim to determine the safety and effectiveness of a standard therapeutic package of Korean medicine for the treatment of unexplained infertility in a cross-section of women who sought treatment at an integrative hospital in Seoul, Korea.
Credibility of Low-Strength Static Magnet Therapy as an Attention Control Intervention for a Randomized Controlled Study of CranioSacral Therapy for Migraine Headaches
Creators: name: Wilkinson, Laurel
name: Park, Jongbae
name: Gaylord, Susan A.
name: Coeytaux, Remy R.
name: Faurot, Keturah R.
name: Coble, Rebecca
name: Suchindran, Chirayath
name: Mann, J. Douglas
name: Curtis, Peter
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: Developing valid control groups that generate similar perceptions and expectations to experimental complementary and alternative (CAM) treatments can be challenging. The perceived credibility of treatment and outcome expectancy often contributes to positive clinical responses to CAM therapies, thereby confounding efficacy data. As part of a clinical feasibility study, credibility and expectancy data were obtained from subjects suffering from migraine who received either CranioSacral therapy (CST) or an attention-control, sham, and low-strength magnet (LSSM) intervention.
Pilot Study of Massage in Veterans with Knee Osteoarthritis
Creators: name: Keever, Teresa
name: Juberg, Michael
name: Perlman, Adam I.
name: Dmitrieva, Natalia O.
name: Jerger, Kristin K.
name: Allen, Kelli D.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: Objectives: To (1) assess the feasibility and acceptability of Swedish massage among Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care users with knee osteoarthritis (OA) and (2) collect preliminary data on efficacy of Swedish massage in this patient group.
Shape analysis of the hippocampus in Alzheimer’s disease and subtypes of frontotemporal lobar degeneration
Creators: name: Walterfang, Mark
name: Lindberg, Olof
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: Hippocampal pathology is central to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other forms of dementia such as frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). Autopsy studies have shown that certain hippocampal subfields are more vulnerable than others to AD and FTLD pathology, in particular the subiculum and cornu ammonis 1 (CA1).
Genome-Wide Scan for Copy Number Variation Association with Age at Onset of Alzheimer’s Disease
Creators: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease with high prevalence, which imposes a substantial public health problem. The heritability of AD is estimated at 60–80% forecasting the potential use of genetic biomarkers for risk stratification in the future. Several large scale genome-wide association studies using high frequency variants identified 10 loci accountable for only a fraction of the estimated heritability. To find the missing heritability, systematic assessment of various mutational mechanisms needs to be performed. This copy number variation (CNV) genome-wide association study with age at onset (AAO) of AD identified 5 CNV regions that may contribute to the heritability of AAO of AD. Two CNV events are intragenic causing a deletion in CPNE4. In addition, to further study the mutational load at the 10 known susceptibility loci, CNVs overlapping with these loci were also catalogued. We identified rare small events overlapping CR1 and BIN1 in AD and normal controls with opposite CNV dosage. The CR1 events are consistent with previous reports. Larger scale studies with deeper genotyping specifically addressing CNV are needed to evaluate the significance of these findings.
Production under G1oba1GAP: A case study from an Australian citrus cooperative
Creators: name: Freckleton, Rebeka
Publisher: name: CQUniversity
Year: 2022
Subjects: Agriculture, land and farm management not elsewhere classified
Transportation, logistics and supply chains not elsewhere classified

description: Private food standards are an increasingly important regulatory mechanism in the agri-food system. Driven by quality demands of consumers, high profile food scares, changes to the legislative requirements of retailers and increasing risk in global supply chains, retailers are frequently involved in the development of private food standards, and their enforcement along supply chains. This new role for retailers as de facto gate keepers for quality and production processes points to an increase in power of this group. Regulation theory provides a useful perspective from which to contextualise the economic and regulatory changes that have created an environment in which retailers have both the incentive, and the ability, to impose their requirements throughout the supply chain. This theory suggests that the neo-liberal agendas pursued by many developed nations have not led to a deregulation of production but have created space for re -regulation which has been taken up by global organisations attempting to remain profitable and grow in a highly competitive operating environment. While there is a great deal of enquiry regarding the limitations and opportunities these private standards create for marginal farmers, little has been revealed about the ways in which those producers based in developed countries have been affected. The actor approach provides a framework for the consideration of producers, empowering them and positing that they are not passive recipients of the changes occurring around them. This thesis examines how the development of GlobalGAP, a private food standard developed by a consortium of many of Europe's largest retailing chains, shaped the production relations of an Australian Citrus producers cooperative. The hypothesis at the heart of this study is that while GlobalGAP may be evidence for a strengthening of the market power of retailers, as well as a mechanism through which retailers can reassert this market power to downstream supply chain actors, producers will have nuanced and varying responses. This suggests that although some producers may be unwilling or unable to certify to the standard, others will successfully negotiate GlobalGAP and incorporate its' requirements in standard business practice. Those that do may benefit from doing so through, for example, increased market access or more streamlined business practices.
Technologie und Transfer von Wissen in der prähistorischen Feinschmiedekunst Südwesteuropas
Creators: name: Armbruster, Barbara
Publisher: name: Edition Topoi
Year: 2016

description: Der Beitrag behandelt Fragen zum Transfer technologischen Wissens in der Bronze- und Eisenzeit im atlantischen Europa. Besonderes Augenmerk liegt dabei auf den Goldarbeiten und auf der Herkunt der Feinschmiedetechniken. Technologische Merkmale von Edelmetallobjekten liefern in Verbindung mit typologischen Aspekten neue Einsichten in handwerkliche Tradition und Innovation, in den Transfer von spezialisiertem technischem Wissen und den Austausch zwischen Metallhandwerkern verschiedener kultureller Herkunft. Prestigeobjekte aus wertvollen Materialien sind Informationsträger, die über Kulturkontakte, äußere Einflüsse sowie das Niveau und den Austausch von feinschmiedetechnischem Know-How Auskunt geben.
Zur Technologie der frühesten Tauschierarbeiten nördlich der Alpen mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Schwertes aus den „Marais de Nantes“
Creators: name: Berger, Daniel
Publisher: name: Edition Topoi
Year: 2016

description: Der vorliegende Beitrag widmet sich in erster Linie der Untersuchung eines mittelbronzezeitlichen Schwertes aus den „Marais de Nantes“ in Frankreich, wobei seine seltene Verzierung mit Metalleinlagen im Mittelpunkt der Betrachtungen steht. Diese auch als Tauschierungen bezeichneten Zierelemente dienten ausschließlich der farblichen Kontrastierung von Metallobjekten und werden hier besonders vom Standpunkt der Herstellungstechnik aus beleuchtet. Aufgrund technischer und stilistischer Vergleiche wird das Schwert in Beziehung zu älteren und zeitgleichen bronzezeitlichen Tauschierarbeiten aus dem Gebiet nördlich der Alpen sowie dem Mittelmeerraum gesetzt und ein möglicher Technologietransfer erörtert.
Zerstörungsfreie Analyse von Metallartefakten. Eine Fallstudie
Creators: name: Hahn, Oliver
name: Denker, Andrea
name: Merchel, Silke
name: Radtke, Martin
name: Reinholz, Uwe
name: Wolff, Timo
Publisher: name: Edition Topoi
Year: 2016

description: Die naturwissenschatliche Analyse historischer Materialen ermöglicht die Beantwortung kulturhistorischer Fragestellungen, die mit kunsthistorischen oder archäologischen Ansätzen allein nicht zu leisten sind. In dieser Studie wurden sechs römische Münzen mit unterschiedlich stark ausgeprägten Korrosionsschichten an unbehandelten und polierten Stellen mit vier zerstörungsfreien analytischen Methoden untersucht: Hoch- und Niederenergie Protonen Induzierter Röntgenemission (HE-/NE-PIXE), synchrotronbasierte Röntgenfluoreszenzanalyse (Sy-RFA) und Mikro-Röntgenfluoreszenzanalyse (Mikro-RFA) mit einem mobilen Gerät. Aufgrund von Unterschieden in den Messbedingungen und dem Einfluss der Patina-Schichten auf diese ergaben sich nur für wenige Elemente Übereinstimmungen in den quantitativen Daten. Zur Validierung zuküntiger Messkampagnen mit verschiedenen Methoden sind daher Vergleichstudien unerlässlich.
Material und Herstellungstechnik – Überlegungen zum germanischen Feinschmiedehandwerk in der Römischen Kaiserzeit
Creators: name: Hans-Ulrich Voß
Publisher: name: Edition Topoi
Year: 2016

description: Während der römischen Kaiserzeit mussten germanische Handwerker ihr Material für das Feinschmiedehandwerk aus dem Römischen Reich importieren. Deshalb war Recycling eine wichtige Rohstoffquelle für die Schmiede. Dennoch wurden die Buntmetalllegierungen in der Regel nach ihren jeweiligen Verarbeitungseigenschaften gezielt eingesetzt. Der Vergleich römischer und germanischer Feinschmiedetechnik offenbart einige gravierende Unterschiede: komplexe Verfahren der Oberflächenveredelung und der Verzierung wie Blattvergoldung, Emaillieren und Niellieren fanden während des 1. bis 3. Jahrhunderts n. Chr. offenbar keinen Eingang in das germanische Feinschmiedehandwerk. Allerdings sprechen zahlreiche Argumente für ein sowohl nach individuellen Fähigkeiten als auch nach Zugangsmöglichkeiten zu handwerklichen Kenntnissen und wertvollen Rohstoffen differenziertes, teilweise hochspezialisiertes Handwerk mit Anfängen einer cum grano salis ‚germanischen Hofkunst‘ bereits im frühen 1. Jahrhundert n. Chr.
Formfeinpunzen. Eine chorologische und chronologische Übersicht anhand von Einzelbeispielen
Creators: name: Niemeyer, Barbara
Publisher: name: Edition Topoi
Year: 2016

description: Ziel jeden Punzenvergleiches ist es, Objekte mit identischen Werkzeugabdrücken zu identifizieren, um eine Feinschmiedewerkstatt postulieren zu können. Nach einer Begriffsklärung wird die Untersuchungsmethodik mit Hilfe von schnell abbindendem Zahnarztsilikon beschrieben und ein Überblick über vergleichbare Untersuchungen und deren Ergebnisse gegeben. Insbesondere die frühkaiserzeitlichen Silbergefäße des Hildesheimer Silberfundes und des skythischen Goldfundes von Vettersfelde, die beide in der Antikensammlung der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin SPK verwahrt werden, wurden eingehend beobachtet. Palmettenpunzen scheinen ausschließlich in der Vesuvgegend eingesetzt worden zu sein. Tropfenförmige Punzen konzentrieren sich das 2. und 3. Jahrhundert n. Chr. Eierstabpunzen in zwei Qualitätstypen haben eine extrem lange Verwendungszeit beginnend mindestens im 6. Jahrhundert v. Chr. Kreis- und Halbkreispunzen sind die einfachsten und daher wohl die variantenreichsten Typen. Deutlich wird aber, dass in allen Epochen ein gewisser Typenkanon von Formfeinpunzen zum Arbeitsgerät eines Feinschmiedes gehörte.
Finds decorated with garnets from Early Avar contexts in the light of their cell techniques
Creators: name: Heinrich-Tamáska, Orsolya
Publisher: name: Edition Topoi
Year: 2016

description: Der vorliegende Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit den frühawarenzeitlichen (Ende des 6. und erste Hälfte des 7. Jahrhunderts), mit Granat verzierten Metallobjekten aus der Sicht ihrer Einlagetechniken. Einlagen dieser Art kommen ausschließlich auf Edelmetallobjekten vor; dies verweist auf die Wertschätzung dieses Steines. Neben standard cloisonné konnten ein- und mehrzellige angelötete Kastenfassungen und durchbrochene Fassungen (pseudo cloisonné, champlevé á jour) sowie ein- und mehrzellige eingetiefte Fassungen (standard champlevé) unterschieden werden. Sie stehen im Einzelnen für unterschiedliche Werkstatttraditionen und ermöglichen es, das Fundmaterial in drei Gruppen zu unterteilen: Es kommen eine Gruppe von Funden vor, die merowingisch-germanische Beziehungen andeuten, sowie zwei Gruppen, die auf spätantik-byzantinische Traditionen zurückzuführen sind. Künftige Forschungen könnten zeigen, ob diese Unterteilung auch auch mehrere, voneinander abweichende Distributionskreise der Granatversorgung widerspiegelt.
Silberfunde aus Szeged-Kiskundorozsma (Ungarn). Eine legierungstechnische Diskussion über den möglichen Zusammenhang zwischen Schmuckwaren und Münzsilber im 10. Jahrhundert
Creators: name: Greiff, Susanne
Publisher: name: Edition Topoi
Year: 2016

description: Im Rahmen des Forschungsprojekts Reiterkrieger – Burgenbauer: die frühen Ungarn und das ‚Deutsche Reich‘ vom 9. bis zum 11. Jahrhundert wurden an Funden frühungarischer Silberwaren des 10. Jahrhunderts minimalinvasive chemische Legierungsanalysen durchgeführt. Anhand einer stichprobenartigen Gegenüberstellung von Schmucksilber aus Grab 595 und Münzen aus Grab 100 von Szeged-Kiskundorozsma wurde die Frage diskutiert, ob die untersuchten Silbermünzen dieses Fundortes ohne weitere Veränderung der Legierung zur Herstellung der dort gefundenen silbernen Beschläge zu verwenden gewesen wären. Die Analysen zeigten, dass die Mehrzahl der Münzen sich deutlich von den Beschlägen unterscheidet, jedoch eine Prägung Hugos von Provence große Ähnlichkeiten mit drei Objekten aufweist und als Ausgangsmaterial für deren Herstellung hätte dienen können.
Die Spur des Heiligen
Creators: name: Schäfer, Axel
Publisher: name: Edition Topoi
Year: 2016

description: Santiago, der iberische Schutzherr gewaltsamer Missionierung, ist in den südlichen peruanischen Anden einer der populärsten Heiligen. Häufig wird dies auf den Erfolg kolonialer Propaganda zurückgeführt. Demgegenüber unterstreicht die vorliegende Untersuchung die aktive Rolle der indigenen Bevölkerung bei der Aneignung des Heiligen. Anhand von fünf Fallbeispielen wird die Feier des Santiago analysiert und gezeigt, welche Bedeutung der Kult im ländlichen Raum hat. Santiagos Patronat über die Pferde und seine wichtige Rolle bei der Segnung der Saatfrüchte belegen ebenso wie die engen Beziehungen zwischen kommunalen und familiären Santiagofeiern, zwischen katholischer Liturgie und indigenem Ritual, wie weit der Heilige in die bäuerliche Lebenswelt integriert ist. In der Auseinandersetzung mit dem Raum konstituieren die Feiernden die rituelle Landschaft. Ihr imaginatives und handlungsbezogenes Verhältnis zum Raum zeigt, wie Rituale und Symbole auf Orte und Richtungen bezogen werden und welche Reichweiten diese entfalten. Die Feiern fügen sich zu ganzen Festzyklen, in deren Rahmen Siedlungen und Landschaftselemente rituell miteinander in Verbindung gesetzt werden.
Monitoring soil erosion and vegetation pattern related to microclimatic conditions in Icelandic and Fennoscandian tundra
Creators: name: Kodl, Georg
Publisher: name: The University of St Andrews
Year: 2025
Subjects: Microclimate
Soil erosion
Environmental monitoring
Biogeomorphology
Soil moisture
Snow cover duration
UAV / satellite - remote sensing
Arctic tundra
Topography
Vegetation pattern

description: The Arctic tundra, a key regulator of the global carbon cycle that stores nearly half of the world's below-ground organic carbon, is increasingly threatened by soil erosion driven by climate change and anthropogenic activity. Topography moderates these impacts on small spatial scales by creating microclimates that shape biogeomorphological processes and the distribution of barren and vegetated areas. Seasonal variations further influence these dynamics, adding to the complexity of monitoring and assessing landscape resilience under growing environmental pressures. This research addresses two key questions: How can we best monitor tundra environments? Where and how will different tundra environments respond to changing climatic conditions? Fieldwork was conducted in Svalbarðshreppur, Iceland and Kilpisjärvi, Finland during the growing seasons of 2021-2023. Methods included remote sensing data from multispectral uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) surveys, optical satellites (Landsat, Sentinel-2, PlanetScope) and digital elevation models derived from UAV, aerial LiDAR (light detection and ranging) and ArcticDEM. Soil moisture and temperature sensors were deployed along mesotopographic transects, together with vegetation surveys, to provide ground-level information. Findings revealed limitations of common satellite systems for soil erosion monitoring due to spectral confusion caused by shrub expansion. The Shannon Evenness Index was introduced to identify suitable spatial resolutions for environmental monitoring, revealing that a resolution of <3 m is necessary in Iceland to minimise excessive mixed pixels. Seasonal microclimatic conditions and topographic position influenced the distribution of land cover and plant structure. In summer, soil moisture impacted plant species richness and distribution, with increased water stress observed on ridge positions. In winter, snow cover duration (SCD), associated with thermal insulation and wind protection, was a determining factor on the distribution of barren and vegetated areas. In Finland, an SCD of approximately 155 days was identified as a tipping point, beyond which snow cover shifts from benefiting vegetation to suppressing it.
Raum, Gabe und Erinnerung
Creators: name: Hansen, Svend
name: Neumann, Daniel
name: Vachta, Tilmann
name: Müller, Klaus E.
name: Neumann, Daniel
name: Ballmer, Ariane
name: Brück, Joanna
name: Vachta, Tilmann
name: Mörtz, Tobias
name: Szabó, Gábor V.
name: Hansen, Svend
name: Kyrieleis, Helmut
name: Baitinger, Holger
name: Bocher, Susanne
name: Lindström, Gunvor
name: Boroffka, Nikolaus
Publisher: name: Edition Topoi
Year: 2016

description: Die Konzepte Raum – Gabe – Erinnerung entfalten durch ihr Zusammenspiel ein großes sozialhistorisches Erkenntnispotential für die altertumswissenschaftliche Forschung. Nicht nur Formen des Gabentausches oder des gesellschaftlichen Erinnerns stehen in einem kulturspezifischen Kontext, sondern auch die Konstruktion des Raumes selbst. Der Band versammelt ein fachlich breites Spektrum an Beiträgen von der Ethnologie über die prähistorische Archäologie bis zur klassischen Altertumskunde mit Beispielen von Irland bis Zentralasien. Die Beiträge eröffnen nicht nur neue empirische Einblicke, sondern auch neue theoretische Perspektiven für die Erforschung der Votivpraxis seit der Bronzezeit. Die Praxis der Votivgabe ist ein Kennzeichen der meisten antiken Religionen und reicht mit der Fortführung in der christlichen Kultpraxis bis in die Gegenwart.
Fischer, Sarah: Der Liebe Raum schaffen. Raum-anthropologische Untersuchungen zum Hohelied in kanonisch-intertextueller Perspektive zu Spr 7
Creators: name: Peetz, Melanie
Publisher: name: Theologische Revue
Year: 2023

description: Theologische Revue, Bd. 119 (2023): Oktober
Raum, Gabe und Erinnerung. Einführung in den Tagungsband
Creators: name: Hansen, Svend
name: Neumann, Daniel
name: Vachta, Tilmann
Publisher: name: Edition Topoi
Year: 2016

description: Die Konzepte Raum – Gabe – Erinnerung entfalten durch ihr Zusammenspiel ein großes sozialhistorisches Erkenntnispotential für die altertumswissenschaftliche Forschung. Nicht nur Formen des Gabentausches oder des gesellschaftliche Erinnerns stehen in einem kulturspezifischen Kontext, sondern auch die Konstruktion des Raumes selbst. Der Band versammelt ein fachlich breites Spektrum von der Ethnologie über die prähistorische Archäologie bis zur klassischen Altertumskunde mit Beispielen von Irland bis Zentralasien. Die Beiträge eröffnen nicht nur neue empirische Einblicke, sondern auch neue theoretische Perspektiven für die Erforschung der Votivpraxis seit der Bronzezeit. Die Praxis der Votivgabe ist ein Kennzeichen der meisten antiken Religionen und reicht mit der Fortführung in der christlichen Kultpraxis bis in die Gegenwart.