cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Piloting a psychosocial intervention for perinatal depression, the Thinking Healthy Programme–Peer delivered (THPP), in a primary care setting in Lilongwe District, Malawi
Creators: name: Stewart, Robert C.
name: Chirwa, Ellen
name: Meltzer-Brody, Samantha
name: Atif, Najia
name: Ng’oma, Mwawi
Publisher: name: PLoS Journals
Year: 2024

description: Despite the evidence for the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for perinatal depression, their uptake is low in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Reasons for this include the lack of contextually adapted interventions and mental health specialists to deliver them. This study aimed to test the acceptability and feasibility of a psychosocial intervention for perinatal depression, the Thinking Healthy Programme–Peer Delivered, adapted for use in rural Malawi. A multi-method evaluation of feasibility and acceptability of the intervention was conducted using a one-group pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design and an exploratory qualitative study. Pre-post intervention change in depression scores (paired t-test) and recruitment, retention and session adherence rates were calculated. Qualitative data were collected through 29 in-depth interviews (22 mothers and 7 peer volunteers) and 1 Focus Group Discussion (18 mothers). Thematic analysis approach was used to analyse qualitative data. Seven (7) out of 8 peer volunteers were successfully trained to deliver the intervention. A total of 31 pregnant women with Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) score ≥12 were offered intervention, of whom 24 were enrolled (recruitment rate 77.4%). Out of these 24 women, 22 completed the intervention (retention rate 91.6%). Mean difference between pre- and post-test EPDS scores one week after 8th session was 7.59 (95% CI 4.98 to 10.19), p<0.001. Qualitative evaluation showed that the intervention was acceptable despite some challenges including stigma and issues around incentivization of peer volunteers. The Thinking Healthy Programme–Peer Delivered, adapted for use in Malawi, was feasible to deliver and acceptable to its target population. The intervention may be useful in management of perinatal depression in primary care settings in Malawi. However, definitive trials are needed to evaluate its effectiveness.
Prevalence of yaws and syphilis in the Ashanti region of Ghana and occurrence of H. ducreyi, herpes simplex virus 1 and herpes simplex virus 2 in skin lesions associated with treponematoses
Creators: name: Raheem, Saki
name: Arora, Natasha
name: Aghakhanian, Farhang
name: Anyogu, Amarachukwu
name: Owusu-Ofori, Alex
name: Parr, Jonathan B.
name: Gerbault, Pascale
name: Bosshard, Philipp P.
name: Boaitey, Yaw Agyekum
Publisher: name: PLoS Journals
Year: 2024

description: Yaws affects children in tropical regions, while syphilis primarily affects sexually active adults worldwide. Despite various campaigns towards the eradication of yaws and elimination of syphilis, these two diseases are still present in Ghana. The aetiological agents of both diseases, two Treponema pallidum subspecies, are genetically similar. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of these treponematoses and the occurrence of pathogens causing similar skin lesions in the Ashanti region of Ghana. A point-of-care test was used to determine the seroprevalence of the treponematoses. Both yaws and syphilis were identified in the Ashanti region of Ghana. Multiplex PCR was used to identify treponemes and other pathogens that cause similar skin lesions. The results indicated that the seroprevalences of T. pallidum in individuals with yaws-like and syphilis-like lesions were 17.2% and 10.8%, respectively. Multiplex PCR results showed that 9.1%, 1.8% and 0.9% of yaws-like lesions were positive for Haemophilus ducreyi, herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) and T. pallidum respectively. Among syphilis-like lesions, 28.3% were positive for herpes simplex virus -2 (HSV-2) by PCR. To our knowledge, this is the first time HSV-I and HSV-2 have been reported from yaws-like and syphilis-like lesions, respectively, in Ghana. The presence of other organisms apart from T. pallidum in yaws-like and syphilis-like lesions could impede the total healing of these lesions and the full recovery of patients. This may complicate efforts to achieve yaws eradication by 2030 and the elimination of syphilis and warrants updated empirical treatment guidelines for skin ulcer diseases.
Primary health care preparedness to integrate diabetes care in Blantyre, Malawi: A mixed methods study
Creators: name: Muula, Adamson S.
name: Nyirenda, Moffat J.
name: Hosseinipour, Mina C.
name: Gombachika, Belinda T.
name: Banda, Ndaziona P. K.
name: Banda, Chimwemwe K.
Publisher: name: PLoS Journals
Year: 2024

description: Background There is limited access to diabetes care services at primary care facilities in Malawi. Assessing the capacity of facilities to provide diabetes care is an initial step to integrating services at primary care. Aim To assess the preparedness for delivering diabetes services at primary care level within the Blantyre District Health Office (DHO) to support the response to NCD epidemic in Malawi. Setting Blantyre DHO primary care facilities. Materials and methods A mixed methods approach nested in a national needs assessment for NCD response in Malawi was used. Fourteen primary healthcare facilities from Blantyre DHO were assessed. A tool adapted from the WHO rapid assessment questionnaire was used to identify human resource, equipment, supplies, and medication needed for comprehensive diabetes care. Descriptive statistics were done to analyze the quantitative data. Fisher’s exact test was used to assess if there was a statistically significant difference between urban and rural facilities. Seventeen health care workers from the selected facilities participated in key informant interviews. Framework analysis method guided the qualitative data analysis. The quantitative and qualitative data were merged and displayed jointly. Results The quantitative assessment showed that none of the facilities assessed had capacity to provide all the interventions recommended by WHO for diabetes care at primary level. Eight (57%) of the facilities had the capacity to diagnose diabetes, monitor glucose, prevent limb amputations and manage hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia. Four themes emerged from the qualitative data: differences in level of preparedness and implementation of diabetes care; disparities in resources between urban and rural facilities; low utilization of diabetes services; and strategy and policy recommendations for improvement of diabetes care. Conclusion Inadequate health financing resulted in significant disparities in the available resources between the rural and urban facilities to offer diabetes care services. There is need to develop national policies and guidelines for diabetes care to strengthen the capacity of primary care facilities to facilitate achievement of universal health coverage.
Regional and cellular organization of the autism-associated protein UBE3A/E6AP and its antisense transcript in the brain of the developing rhesus monkey
Creators: name: Patel, Ridthi Kartik Rekha
name: Ringelberg, Nicholas W.
name: Burette, Alain C.
name: Amaral, David G.
name: Clark, Sarah
name: Salvador, Sarah G.
name: James, Lucas M.
name: Bennett, Jeffrey
name: Miller, Noah W.
name: Philpot, Benjamin D.
name: Gonzalez Ramirez, Chavely
name: Simon, Jeremy M.
Publisher: name: Frontiers
Year: 2024

description: Angelman syndrome (AS) is a neurogenetic disorder caused by mutations or deletions in the maternally-inherited UBE3A allele, leading to a loss of UBE3A protein expression in neurons. The paternally-inherited UBE3A allele is epigenetically silenced in neurons during development by a noncoding transcript (UBE3A-ATS). The absence of neuronal UBE3A results in severe neurological symptoms, including speech and language impairments, intellectual disability, and seizures. While no cure exists, therapies aiming to restore UBE3A function – either by gene addition or by targeting UBE3A-ATS – are under development. Progress in developing these treatments relies heavily on inferences drawn from mouse studies about the function of UBE3A in the human brain. To aid translational efforts and to gain an understanding of UBE3A and UBE3A-ATS biology with greater relevance to human neurodevelopmental contexts, we investigated UBE3A and UBE3A-ATS expression in the developing brain of the rhesus macaque, a species that exhibits complex social behaviors, resembling aspects of human behavior to a greater degree than mice. Combining immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization, we mapped UBE3A and UBE3A-ATS regional and cellular expression in normal prenatal, neonatal, and adolescent rhesus macaque brains. We show that key hallmarks of UBE3A biology, well-known in rodents, are also present in macaques, and suggest paternal UBE3A silencing in neurons—but not glial cells—in the macaque brain, with onset between gestational day 48 and 100. These findings support proposals that early-life, perhaps even prenatal, intervention is optimal for overcoming the maternal allele loss of UBE3A linked to AS.
Relationship between sociodemographic, clinical, and laboratory characteristics and severity of COVID-19 in pediatric patients
Creators: name: Roca, Cristian
name: Asturizaga, Adriana
name: Villca, Nelson
name: Cabrera, Ramiro
name: Copana-Olmos, Raul
name: Davalos, Ingrid
name: Torrez, Delina
name: Toco, Mirna
name: Bowman, Natalie M.
name: Forest-Yepez, Mariel Andrea
name: Torrez-Santos, Marcia
name: COVID19 Research Group in Bolivia
name: Magne-Calle, Adela Felipa
name: Foronda-Rios, Maria Ofelia
name: Cespedes, Miguel
name: Pena-Helguero, Liz Malena
name: Montalvo, Monica
name: Aguilera-Avendano, Vladimir
name: Estrada-Villarroel, Claudia
Publisher: name: PLoS Journals
Year: 2024

description: COVID-19 affects children less seriously than adults; however, severe cases and deaths are documented. This study objective is to determine socio-demographic, clinical and laboratory indicators associated with severe pediatric COVID-19 and mortality at hospital entrance. A multicenter, retrospective, cross-sectional study was performed in 13 tertiary hospitals in Bolivia. Clinical records were collected retrospectively from patients less than 18 years of age and positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection. All variables were measured at hospital entrance; outcomes of interest were ICU admission and death. A score for disease severity was developed using a logistic regression model. 209 patients were included in the analysis. By the end of the study, 43 (20.6%) of children were admitted to the Intensive care unit (ICU), and 17 (8.1%) died. Five indicators were independently predictive of COVID-19 severity: age below 10 years OR: 3.3 (CI95%: 1.1–10.4), days with symptoms to medical care OR: 2.8 (CI95%: 1.2–6.5), breathing difficulty OR: 3.4 (CI95%: 1.4–8.2), vomiting OR: 3.3 (CI95%: 1.4–7.4), cutaneous lesions OR: 5.6 (CI95%: 1.9–16.6). Presence of three or more of these risk factors at hospital entrance predicted severe disease in COVID-19 positive children. Age, presence of underlying illness, male sex, breathing difficulty, and dehydration were predictive of death in COVID-19 children. Our study identifies several predictors of severe pediatric COVID-19 and death. Incorporating these predictors, we developed a tool that clinicians can use to identify children at high risk of severe COVID-19 in limited-resource settings.
Review of the Potential Role of Ascorbate in the Prevention and Treatment of Gynecological Cancers
Creators: name: Deng, Boer
name: Chen, Shuning
name: Wang, Jiandong
name: Kong, Weimin
name: Bae-Jump, Victoria
name: Zhou, Chunxiao
name: Shen, Xiaochang
name: Zhao, Ziyi
Publisher: name: MDPI
Year: 2024

description: Ascorbate (vitamin C) is an essential vitamin for the human body and participates in various physiological processes as an important coenzyme and antioxidant. Furthermore, the role of ascorbate in the prevention and treatment of cancer including gynecological cancer has gained much more interest recently. The bioavailability and certain biological functions of ascorbate are distinct in males versus females due to differences in lean body mass, sex hormones, and lifestyle factors. Despite epidemiological evidence that ascorbate-rich foods and ascorbate plasma concentrations are inversely related to cancer risk, ascorbate has not demonstrated a significant protective effect in patients with gynecological cancers. Adequate ascorbate intake may have the potential to reduce the risk of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and high-risk HPV persistence status. High-dose ascorbate exerts antitumor activity and synergizes with chemotherapeutic agents in preclinical cancer models of gynecological cancer. In this review, we provide evidence for the biological activity of ascorbate in females and discuss the potential role of ascorbate in the prevention and treatment of ovarian, endometrial, and cervical cancers.
RSV infection of humanized lung-only mice induces pathological changes resembling severe bronchiolitis and bronchopneumonia
Creators: name: Wahl, Angela
name: Pickles, Raymond J.
name: Liao, Baolin
name: Yao, Wenbo
name: De, Chandrav
name: Boone, Allison
name: Garcia, J. Victor
name: Cleary, Rachel A.
Publisher: name: Frontiers
Year: 2024

description: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a substantial cause of severe lower respiratory tract infections in infants, young children, older adults, and immunocompromised individuals. There is a vital need for effective therapeutics to prevent and/or treat severe RSV infection in these high-risk individuals. The development and pre-clinical testing of candidate RSV therapeutics could be accelerated by their evaluation in animals models that recapitulate bronchiolitis and bronchopneumonia; both hallmark features of severe RSV infection of humans. Previously, we demonstrated that implanted human lung tissue in humanized lung-only mice (LoM) can be infected with RSV resulting in a sustained virus replication. Here, we analyzed RSV-associated human lung pathology in the human lung implants of RSV-infected LoM. RSV infected epithelial cells lining the airway and alveolar regions of human lung implants resulting in hallmark histological features of RSV bronchiolitis and bronchopneumonia including distal airway and alveolar lumens clogged with 1) sloughed and necrotic RSV-infected epithelial cells, 2) neutrophil-containing inflammatory infiltrates, and 3) MUC5B dominated mucus secretions.We also show that treatment of LoM with a small molecule antiviral (ribavirin) or a neutralizing antibody (palivizumab) significantly suppressed and/or prevented RSV infection in vivo.Together, our data show that RSV infection of human lung implants in vivo has appropriate cellular tropism and results in hallmark pathological characteristics of severe bronchiolitis and bronchopneumonia in humans. They also offer proof-of-principle of the utility of this model to evaluate novel approaches for the prevention/treatment of RSV infection.
Safety, Efficacy, and Pharmacokinetics of Combination SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Monoclonal Antibodies BMS-986414 (C135-LS) and BMS-986413 (C144-LS) Administered Subcutaneously in Non-Hospitalized Persons with COVID-19 in a Phase 2 Trial
Creators: name: Li, Jonathan Z.
name: Moser, Carlee B.
name: Giganti, Mark J.
name: Eron, Joseph J.
name: Corado, Katya C.
name: ACTIV-2/A5401 Study Team
name: Ritz, Justin
name: Javan, Arzhang Cyrus
name: Neytman, Gene
name: Currier, Judith S.
name: Caskey, Marina
name: Daar, Eric S.
name: Mu, Ying
name: Fletcher, Courtney V.
name: Hughes, Michael D.
name: Smith, Davey M.
name: Chew, Kara W.
name: Wohl, David A.
Publisher: name: PubMed
Year: 2024

description: BACKGROUND: Outpatient COVID-19 monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatment via subcutaneous delivery, if eﬀective, overcomes the logistical burdens of intravenous administration. METHODS: ACTIV-2/A5401 was a randomized, masked placebo-controlled platform trial where participants with COVID-19 at low risk for progression were randomized 1:1 to subcutaneously administered BMS-986414 (C135-LS) 200 mg, plus BMS-986413 (C144-LS) 200 mg, (BMS mAbs), or placebo. Coprimary outcomes were time to symptom improvement through 28 days; nasopharyngeal SARS-CoV-2 RNA below the lower limit of quantification (LLoQ) on days 3, 7, or 14; and treatment-emergent grade 3 or higher adverse events (TEAEs) through 28 days. RESULTS: A total of 211 participants (105 BMS mAbs and 106 placebo) initiated study product. Time to symptom improvement favored the active therapy but was not significant (median 8 vs 10 days, P=0.19). There was no significant diﬀerence in the proportion with SARS-CoV-2 RNA <LLoQ at day 3 (risk ratio [RR] for BMS mAbs versus placebo: 1.03; 95%CI: 0.80, 1.32), at day 7 (RR: 1.04; 95%CI: 0.94, 1.15), or at day 14 (RR: 1.00; 95%CI: 0.90, 1.12). Fewer grade 3 TEAEs were reported for the BMS mAbs arm than placebo (RR: 0.58 [95%CI: 0.25, 1.32]). Through day 28, there were no deaths, and there were 4 hospitalizations in the BMS mAbs arm versus 3 in the placebo arm. Higher early plasma mAb concentrations were associated with more favorable outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: While safe, the BMS mAbs delivered subcutaneously were not eﬀective at treating COVID-19 at low risk for progression. The lack of clinically significant activity may relate to the pharmacokinetics of subcutaneous administration of mAbs.
Stratigraphic and structural development in the Coral Sea Megasequence exposed at the Aure Scarp, Papua New Guinea
Creators: name: Carman., George James
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 370599
subject: Geology not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 401907
subject: Petroleum and reservoir engineering

description:

The Aure Fault escarpment in the eastern Papuan Basin of Papua New Guinea exposes a 2000 metre stratigraphic section that includes an 800 metre thick section of Coral Sea Megasequence not previously seen in the basin. It includes the syn-rift, Pale Sandstone of Campanian age whose deposition was controlled by extensional movements on the Aure Fault. The structure of the Aure Fault and its hangingwall and footwall plates suggest five episodes of structural movements.  Two Mesozoic extensional phases influenced sedimentary palaeogeography but the style of Tertiary shortening and reverse faulting was then controlled by facies variations in the Coral Sea Megasequence. During the Pliocene the Aure Fault has uplifted over 3000 metres. Its 90+ ma episodic history, influencing depositional patterns to this day makes the Aure Fault an important transverse fault which may have important economic implications to petroleum explorers.
This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.

Author requested conversion to open access 15 Feb 2023
Guia Básico para Escrever Artigos de Análise Bibliométrica e Revisão Sistemática v.3
Creators: name: NASCIMENTO JUCÁ, MICHELE
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: ·        Como acessar as bases da Capes – via site da biblioteca

·        Apresentação da base de dados – Web of Science e Scopus – regras/filtros de pesquisa e extração dos arquivos para softwares de análise bibliométrica

·        Compreensão das fronteiras dos conteúdos/objetivos de análise artigos de análise bibliométrica/meta análise (análise descritiva) e revisão sistemática (identificação de novas lacunas do conhecimento)

·        Identificação de artigos com metodologias semelhantes nas bases da Capes

·        Instalação dos softwares R

·        Extração dos arquivos e consolidação das bases Scopus e WoS

·        Exclusão dos artigos duplicados e download do arquivo final

·        Importação do arquivo para o Biblioshiny
The application of natural language processing for the extraction of mechanistic information in toxicology
Creators: name: Vinken, Mathieu
name: Corradi, Marie
name: Pieters, Raymond
name: de Haan, Alyanne M.
name: Luechtefeld, Thomas
name: Freedman, Jonathan H.
name: Teunis, Marc
name: Vanhaecke, Tamara
Publisher: name: Frontiers
Year: 2024

description: To study the ways in which compounds can induce adverse effects, toxicologists have been constructing Adverse Outcome Pathways (AOPs). An AOP can be considered as a pragmatic tool to capture and visualize mechanisms underlying different types of toxicity inflicted by any kind of stressor, and describes the interactions between key entities that lead to the adverse outcome on multiple biological levels of organization.The construction or optimization of an AOP is a labor intensive process, which currently depends on the manual search, collection, reviewing and synthesis of available scientific literature. This process could however be largely facilitated using Natural Language Processing (NLP) to extract information contained in scientific literature in a systematic, objective, and rapid manner that would lead to greater accuracy and reproducibility. This would support researchers to invest their expertise in the substantive assessment of the AOPs by replacing the time spent on evidence gathering by a critical review of the data extracted by NLP. As case examples, we selected two frequent adversities observed in the liver: namely cholestasis and steatosis denoting accumulation of bile and lipid, respectively. We used deep learning language models to recognize entities of interest in text and establish causal relationships between them. We demonstrate how an NLP pipeline combining Named Entity Recognition and a simple rules-based relationship extraction model helps screen compounds related to liver adversities in the literature, but also extract mechanistic information for how such adversities develop, from the molecular to the organismal level. Finally, we provide some perspectives 1 CORRADI et al.opened by the recent progress in Large Language Models and how these could be used in the future.We propose this work brings two main contributions:• A proof-of-concept that NLP can support the extraction of information from text for modern toxicology.• A template open-source model for recognition of toxicological entities and extraction of their relationships.All resources are openly accessible via GitHub (https://github.com/ontox-project/en-tox).
Spatial and Temporal Distribution Characteristics and Influential Mechanisms of China’s Industrial Landscape Based on Geodetector
Creators: name: Song, Yan
name: Yan, Mi
name: Li, Qingmiao
Publisher: name: MDPI
Year: 2024

description: The industrial landscape constitutes a crucial aspect of a region’s historical and cultural identity, serving as a valuable asset in the development of industrial tourism. Exploring the industrial landscape supports initiatives in industrial tourism, acts as a catalyst for community revitalization, and contributes to sustainable urban progress. The primary objective of this research was to investigate the spatial distribution characteristics and underlying determinants of China’s industrial landscape (CIL) to inform urban planning, cultural heritage preservation, and sustainable development initiatives. This study utilized analytical tools, such as the nearest neighbor index, geographic concentration index, and hot spot analysis, to comprehensively examine the spatial distribution of CIL. Additionally, Geodetector was employed to explore the correlating factors behind this distribution. The findings reveal the following: (1) CIL exhibited a pronounced agglomerative spatial pattern characterized by a high degree of concentration, significant disparities, and substantial spatial autocorrelation. (2) Over time, the agglomeration of CIL varied, intensifying initially and then diminishing, with the center of gravity of its distribution shifting eastward before subsequently moving westward in a directional trend resembling “northeast–southwest”. (3) There was a diverse array of industrial landscape types within China, with notable disparities in the prevalence of different categories. The manufacturing and transportation sectors boasted the highest number of heritage sites. (4) The distribution pattern of CIL was shaped by factors such as the level of economic development, socio-demographic conditions, transportation infrastructure, and cultural milieu. The interplay between these factors had a substantial impact on this distribution pattern.
Paragymnopteris K. H. Shing, Indian Fern J.
Creators: name: Christenhusz, Maarten J. M.
name: Zhang, Xian-Chun
name: Schneider, Harald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Pteridaceae
Paragymnopteris

description: 31.37. Paragymnopteris K.H.Shing, Indian Fern J. 10: 227 (1993).
T: Paragymnopteris marantae (L.) K.H.Shing (Acrostichum marantae L.)
description: Published as part of Christenhusz, Maarten J. M., Zhang, Xian-Chun & Schneider, Harald, 2011, A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns, pp. 7-54 in Phytotaxa 19 on page 47, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4893995
The case for shared sanitation access in informal settlements: A dialogue on science, policy, and practice integration
Creators: name: Nguyen, Jackqueline Tu-uyen
name: Lugali, Yvonne Sanyu
name: Muoghalu, Chimdi Catherine
name: Aine, Barbra Mary
name: Lebu, Sarah
name: Manga, Musa
name: Rosenberg, Ruthie
name: Akudago, John Apambilla
name: Semiyaga, Swaib
name: Twinomucunguzi, Felix R. B.
name: Evans, Barbara
name: Sprouse, Lauren
Publisher: name: PLoS Journals
Year: 2024

description: Achieving universal access to adequate and equitable sanitation is a major challenge in many parts of the world. In 2022, approximately 1.5 billion people lacked basic sanitation services, with 419 million practicing open defecation. The problem is acute among the 881 million residents of urban informal settlements around the world. People in these settings commonly live in crowded neighborhoods without sufficient space for individual household toilets. The majority are renters or squatters, leaving them powerless to make any development decisions. A household sanitation facility, which is considered a tenet for safely managed sanitation can be unfeasible under such conditions. The most immediate viable sanitation option in these settings is shared toilets.
Transcatheter PFO closure for cryptogenic stroke: current approaches and future considerations
Creators: name: Eltelbany, Moemen
name: Epps, Kelly C.
name: Gattani, Raghav
name: Ofosu-Somuah, Araba
name: Batchelor, Wayne B.
name: Damluji, Abdulla
Publisher: name: Frontiers
Year: 2024

description: Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) is a common congenital atrial septal defect present in 20-35% of the general population. Although generally considered a benign anatomic variant, a PFO may facilitate passage of a thrombus from the venous to arterial circulation, thereby resulting in cryptogenic stroke or systemic embolization. A PFO is detected in nearly one half of patients presenting with cryptogenic stroke and often considered the most likely etiology when other causes have been excluded. In this review, we discuss the contemporary role of transcatheter closure of PFO in the treatment of cryptogenic stroke, including devices currently available for commercial use in the United States (Amplatzer PFO TM Occluder and Gore TM Cardioform Septal Occluder) and a novel suture-mediated device (NobleStitch TM EL) under clinical investigation. To provide the best care for cryptogenic stroke patients, practitioners should be familiar with the indications for PFO closure and corresponding treatment options.
Pellaea Link, Fil. Spec.
Creators: name: Christenhusz, Maarten J. M.
name: Zhang, Xian-Chun
name: Schneider, Harald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Pentatomidae
Pellaea

description: 31.38. Pellaea Link, Fil. Spec. 59 (1841), nom. cons.
T.: Pellaea atropurpurea (L.) Link (Pteris atropurpurea L.), typ. cons.
description: Published as part of Christenhusz, Maarten J. M., Zhang, Xian-Chun & Schneider, Harald, 2011, A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns, pp. 7-54 in Phytotaxa 19 on page 47, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4893995
ENDOSYMBIONT-HOST-PATHOGEN EVOLUTION: THE IMPORTANCE OF IMMUNITY GENES IN HOW INSECT HOSTS INTERACT WITH ENDOSYMBIONTS AND PATHOGENS
Creators: name: ROSEMARIE ISABEL HERBERT
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: 60102 Bioinformatics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Animal and plant diversity is dramatically changing due to urbanisation and climate change. This causes diseases such as Dengue fever to rapidly spread into new areas. One way to combat Dengue is to infect mosquitoes with a bacterium, Wolbachia. Wolbachia has a range of effects on the insects it inhabits. This thesis examines the genetic basis of how Wolbachia interacts with new and old hosts, and identifies that there are similarities even between the most distant invertebrates. In addition, the impact of temperature on disease spread is also explored. This research will inform disease control as the natural environment changes.
Who follows through? Different factors predict initial commitment vs. Following through in a national survey of organ donor registration
Creators: name: Yang, Michelle Z.
name: Sheeran, Paschal
Publisher: name: PLoS Journals
Year: 2024

description: Objective Little research has investigated factors that determine whether people falter in the face of an obstacle or successfully follow through on an initial commitment to act. We integrated multiple theories (the Reasoned Action Approach [RAA], Prototype Willingness Model, and anticipated regret theory) to test which factors predict initial commitment to register as an organ donor and to discover whether different factors predict initial commitment vs. following through with registration. Methods Participants from a nationally representative UK sample (N = 1,008) reported their beliefs about organ donation and indicated their decision to register. An obstacle that participants could not foresee was that they had to complete registration in a second survey 3 days after making their initial commitment. Results Findings showed that 14.8% of participants followed through, 19.7% demonstrated initial commitment, and 65.5% declined to register. Linear discriminant function analysis derived two functions that distinguished these registration patterns. The first function discriminated participants who declined to register from the other groups. The declined group had lower scores on RAA variables compared to their counterparts. The second function distinguished participants who made an initial commitment to register from those who followed through. Follow-through was associated with less anticipated negative affect, more favorable descriptive norms, and stronger identification with organ donors. Conclusions The present findings indicate that even modest friction leads to a large reduction in follow-through. Moreover, different factors influence initial commitment vs. following through. Whereas RAA variables predicted initial commitment, following through was a function of anticipated negative affect and social processes.
Wildfires and climate justice: future wildfire events predicted to disproportionally impact socioeconomically vulnerable communities in North Carolina
Creators: name: Winker, Raquel
name: Eaves, Lauren A.
name: Rager, Julia E.
name: Lenhardt, Chris
name: Brown, Eric
name: Payton, Alexis
name: McDermott, Elena
name: Fry, Rebecca C.
name: Freedman, Jonathan H.
Publisher: name: PubMed Central
Year: 2024

description: Wildfire events are becoming increasingly common across many areas of the United States, including North Carolina (NC). Wildfires can cause immediate damage to properties, and wildfire smoke conditions can harm the overall health of exposed communities. It is critical to identify communities at increased risk of wildfire events, particularly in areas with that have sociodemographic disparities and low socioeconomic status (SES) that may exacerbate incurred impacts of wildfire events. This study set out to: (1) characterize the distribution of wildfire risk across NC; (2) implement integrative cluster analyses to identify regions that contain communities with increased vulnerability to the impacts of wildfire events due to sociodemographic characteristics; (3) provide summary-level statistics of populations with highest wildfire risk, highlighting SES and housing cost factors; and (4) disseminate wildfire risk information via our online web application, ENVIROSCAN. Wildfire hazard potential (WHP) indices were organized at the census tract-level, and distributions were analyzed for spatial autocorrelation via global and local Moran’s tests. Sociodemographic characteristics were analyzed via k-means analysis to identify clusters with distinct SES patterns to characterize regions of similar sociodemographic/socioeconomic disparities. These SES groupings were overlayed with housing and wildfire risk profiles to establish patterns of risk across NC. Resulting geospatial analyses identified areas largely in Southeastern NC with high risk of wildfires that were significantly correlated with neighboring regions with high WHP, highlighting adjacent regions of high risk for future wildfire events. Cluster-based analysis of SES factors resulted in three groups of regions categorized through distinct SES profiling; two of these clusters (Clusters 2 and 3) contained indicators of high SES vulnerability. Cluster 2 contained a higher percentage of younger (<5 years), non-white, Hispanic and/or Latino residents; while Cluster 3 had the highest mean WHP and was characterized by a higher percentage of non-white residents, poverty, and less than a high school education. Counties of particular SES and WHP-combined vulnerability include those with majority non-white residents, tribal communities, and below poverty level households largely located in Southeastern NC. WHP values per census tract were dispersed to the public via the ENVIROSCAN application, alongside other environmentally-relevant data.
Younger Americans are less politically polarized than older Americans about climate policies (but not about other policy domains)
Creators: name: Petsko, Christopher D.
name: Inwald, Joshua F.
name: de Bruin, Wändi Bruine
Publisher: name: PLoS Journals
Year: 2024

description: Political polarization of Americans’ support for climate policies often impedes the adoption of new, urgently needed climate solutions. However, recent polls suggest that younger conservatives favor adopting pro-climate policies to a greater degree than older conservatives, resulting in less political polarization among younger Americans relative to older Americans. To better understand these patterns, we analyzed Americans’ support for various climate policies from 1982–2020, across 16 waves of historical, nationally representative survey data from the American National Election Studies (total N = 29,467). Regression models consistently show that, since 2012, younger Americans have been less politically polarized than older Americans on support for climate policies. Before 2012 and on non-climate policy topics, we did not find consistent statistical evidence for political polarization varying with age. These findings can inform policy debates about climate change and offer hope to environmentalists and policymakers who seek to build broad consensus for climate action at the policy level.
Pentagramma Yatsk., Windham & E. Wollenw., Amer. Fern J.
Creators: name: Christenhusz, Maarten J. M.
name: Zhang, Xian-Chun
name: Schneider, Harald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Delphacidae
Pentagramma

description: 31.39. Pentagramma Yatsk., Windham & E.Wollenw., Amer. Fern J. 80(1): 13 (1991).
T.: Pentagramma triangularis (Kaulf.) Yatsk., Windham & E.Wollenw. (Gymnogramma triangularis Kaulf.)
description: Published as part of Christenhusz, Maarten J. M., Zhang, Xian-Chun & Schneider, Harald, 2011, A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns, pp. 7-54 in Phytotaxa 19 on page 47, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4893995
Trachypteris Christ, Neue Denkschr. Allg.
Creators: name: Christenhusz, Maarten J. M.
name: Zhang, Xian-Chun
name: Schneider, Harald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Pteridaceae
Trachypteris

description: 31.40. Trachypteris André ex Christ, Neue Denkschr. Allg. Schweiz. Ges. Gesammten Naturwiss. 36: 150 (1899).
T.: Trachypteris aureonitens (Hooker) André ex Christ (Acrostichum aureonitens Hooker)
description: Published as part of Christenhusz, Maarten J. M., Zhang, Xian-Chun & Schneider, Harald, 2011, A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns, pp. 7-54 in Phytotaxa 19 on page 47, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4893995
Tryonella Pic. Serm.
Creators: name: Christenhusz, Maarten J. M.
name: Zhang, Xian-Chun
name: Schneider, Harald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Pteridiaceae
Tryonella

description: 31.41. Tryonella Pic.Serm.,
Webbia 29: 14 (1975). Substitute name for Heteropteris Fée (1869), non Heteropterys Kunth (1822), nom. et orth. cons.
T.: Heteropteris doryopteris Fée = Tryonella lonchophora (Mett.) Pic.Serm.
description: Published as part of Christenhusz, Maarten J. M., Zhang, Xian-Chun & Schneider, Harald, 2011, A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns, pp. 7-54 in Phytotaxa 19 on page 47, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4893995
Adiantum L.
Creators: name: Christenhusz, Maarten J. M.
name: Zhang, Xian-Chun
name: Schneider, Harald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Pteridaceae
Adiantum

description: 31.42. Adiantum L., Sp. Pl. 1094 (1753).
T.: Adiantum capillus-veneris L.
description: Published as part of Christenhusz, Maarten J. M., Zhang, Xian-Chun & Schneider, Harald, 2011, A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns, pp. 7-54 in Phytotaxa 19 on page 47, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4893995
Ananthacorus Underw. & Maxon ex Maxon, Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb.
Creators: name: Christenhusz, Maarten J. M.
name: Zhang, Xian-Chun
name: Schneider, Harald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Pteridaceae
Ananthacorus

description: 31.43. Ananthacorus Underw. & Maxon ex Maxon, Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 10: 487. (1908).
T.: Ananthacorus angustifolius (Sw.) Underw. & Maxon ex Maxon (Pteris angustifolia Sw.)
description: Published as part of Christenhusz, Maarten J. M., Zhang, Xian-Chun & Schneider, Harald, 2011, A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns, pp. 7-54 in Phytotaxa 19 on page 47, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4893995
Antrophyum Kaulf., Enum. Filic.
Creators: name: Christenhusz, Maarten J. M.
name: Zhang, Xian-Chun
name: Schneider, Harald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Pteridaceae
Antrophyum

description: 31.44. Antrophyum Kaulf., Enum. Filic. 197 (1824), as 'Anthrophyum'.
T.: Antrophyum plantagineum (Cav.) Kaulf. (Hemionitis plantaginea Cav.)
description: Published as part of Christenhusz, Maarten J. M., Zhang, Xian-Chun & Schneider, Harald, 2011, A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns, pp. 7-54 in Phytotaxa 19 on page 47, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4893995
Anetium Splitg., Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol.
Creators: name: Christenhusz, Maarten J. M.
name: Zhang, Xian-Chun
name: Schneider, Harald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Pteridaceae
Anetium

description: 31.45. Anetium Splitg., Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 7: 395 (1840).
T.: Anetium citrifolium (L.) Splitg. (Acrostichum citrifolium L.)
description: Published as part of Christenhusz, Maarten J. M., Zhang, Xian-Chun & Schneider, Harald, 2011, A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns, pp. 7-54 in Phytotaxa 19 on page 47, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4893995
Haplopteris C. Presl, Tent. Pterid.
Creators: name: Christenhusz, Maarten J. M.
name: Zhang, Xian-Chun
name: Schneider, Harald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Pteridaceae
Haplopteris

description: 31.46. Haplopteris C.Presl, Tent. Pterid. 141. t. 5(21) (1836).
T.: Haplopteris scolopendrina (Bory) C.Presl (Pteris scolopendrina Bory)
description: Published as part of Christenhusz, Maarten J. M., Zhang, Xian-Chun & Schneider, Harald, 2011, A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns, pp. 7-54 in Phytotaxa 19 on page 47, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4893995
Development and Validation of a Multidimensional Momentary Impulsivity Scale
Creators: name: Mazumder, Ashmita
name: Fournier, Marc A.
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Personality and Social Contexts
subject: Social Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Impulsivity is ubiquitously considered multifaceted, despite considerable debate regarding its specific facets (Duckworth & Kern, 2011; Sharma et al., 2013). It plays a critical role in a wide array of clinical disorders and is closely related to numerous positive life outcomes, such as academic success, interpersonal success, and psychological well-being (Hoptman, 2015; Lozano et al., 2014; Ravert & Donnellan, 2021; Tangney et al., 2004; Titone et al., 2022). Previous efforts to develop measures of state impulsivity have differed in their conception of the construct's dimensionality. For example, the widely used four-item Momentary Impulsivity Scale assesses impulsivity as a unidimensional construct (Tomko et al., 2016). On the other hand, Halvorson et al., (2021) adapted items from the UPPS-P scale for their state measure and found support for a three-factor structure. However, aggregate scores on these scales find low to moderate correlations with the trait scales from which the items are derived, suggesting that the factor structure and content of trait impulsivity may not exactly parallel the factor structure and content state impulsivity (Halvorson et al., 2021; Tomko et al., 2016). In this study, we aim to develop and validate a brief multidimensional state impulsivity measure (MSIM) that can effectively be used with experience sampling methods (ESM). State impulsivity will be defined here as the momentary inclination to act on brief and spontaneous experiences of strong urges or emotions with little or no forethought. To address previous criticisms regarding the factor structure of impulsivity, this new ESM measure will assess state impulsivity across three dimensions: lack of behavior control (i.e., the inability to control one’s actions/immediate responses), urgency (i.e., the experience of strong urges), and non-planning (i.e., present-oriented thinking without considering consequences).
Hecistopteris J. Sm.
Creators: name: Christenhusz, Maarten J. M.
name: Zhang, Xian-Chun
name: Schneider, Harald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Pteridaceae
Hecistopteris

description: 31.47. Hecistopteris J.Sm. in Benth., London J. Bot. 1: 193 (1842).
T.: Hecistopteris pumila (Spreng.) J.Sm. (Gymnogramma pumila Spreng.)
description: Published as part of Christenhusz, Maarten J. M., Zhang, Xian-Chun & Schneider, Harald, 2011, A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns, pp. 7-54 in Phytotaxa 19 on page 47, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4893995
Monogramma Comm. ex Schkuhr
Creators: name: Christenhusz, Maarten J. M.
name: Zhang, Xian-Chun
name: Schneider, Harald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Pteridaceae
Monogramma

description: 31.48. Monogramma Comm. ex Schkuhr,
Deutschl. Kryptog. Gew. 1: 82 (1808), non Monogramma C.G.Ehrenberg (= Bacillariophyta).
T.: Monogramma graminea (Poir.) Schkuhr (Pteris graminea Poir.)
description: Published as part of Christenhusz, Maarten J. M., Zhang, Xian-Chun & Schneider, Harald, 2011, A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns, pp. 7-54 in Phytotaxa 19 on page 47, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4893995
Polytaenium Desv., Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris
Creators: name: Christenhusz, Maarten J. M.
name: Zhang, Xian-Chun
name: Schneider, Harald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Pteridaceae
Polytaenium

description: 31.49. Polytaenium Desv., Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 174 (1827).
T.: Polytaenium lanceolatum (Sw.) Desv. (Vittaria lanceolata Sw.)
description: Published as part of Christenhusz, Maarten J. M., Zhang, Xian-Chun & Schneider, Harald, 2011, A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns, pp. 7-54 in Phytotaxa 19 on page 47, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4893995
Radiovittaria E. H. Crane, Syst. Bot.
Creators: name: Christenhusz, Maarten J. M.
name: Zhang, Xian-Chun
name: Schneider, Harald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Pteridaceae
Radiovittaria

description: 31.50. Radiovittaria (Benedict) E.H.Crane, Syst. Bot. 22(3): 514 (1997).
T.: Radiovittaria remota (Fée) E.H.Crane. (Vittaria remota Fée).
description: Published as part of Christenhusz, Maarten J. M., Zhang, Xian-Chun & Schneider, Harald, 2011, A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns, pp. 7-54 in Phytotaxa 19 on page 47, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4893995
Rheopteris Alston 1956
Creators: name: Christenhusz, Maarten J. M.
name: Zhang, Xian-Chun
name: Schneider, Harald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Pteridaceae
Rheopteris

description: 31.51. Rheopteris Alston, Nova Guinea ser. 2. 7: 2 (1956).
T.: Rheopteris cheesmaniae Alston
description: Published as part of Christenhusz, Maarten J. M., Zhang, Xian-Chun & Schneider, Harald, 2011, A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns, pp. 7-54 in Phytotaxa 19 on page 47, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4893995
Scoliosorus T. Moore
Creators: name: Christenhusz, Maarten J. M.
name: Zhang, Xian-Chun
name: Schneider, Harald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Pteridaceae
Scoliosorus

description: 31.52. Scoliosorus T.Moore, Index Fil. XXIX, t. 16(A) (1857).
T.: Scoliosorus ensiformis (Hooker) T.Moore (Antrophyum ensiforme Hooker)
description: Published as part of Christenhusz, Maarten J. M., Zhang, Xian-Chun & Schneider, Harald, 2011, A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns, pp. 7-54 in Phytotaxa 19 on page 47, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4893995