cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Listening effort in children with hearing loss: a scoping review
Creators: name: Braz, Pedro Henrique Santana
name: Da Silva, Larissa Mirelo Ribeiro
name: De Carvalho, Hugo Amilton Santos
name: Fidencio, Vanessa Luisa Destro
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Other Rehabilitation and Therapy
subject: Rehabilitation and Therapy

description: Introdução: O esforço de escuta refere-se à quantidade de recursos de processamento (perceptivos, atencionais, cognitivos etc) alocados para uma tarefa auditiva específica, em situações adversas de escuta. Crianças com perda auditiva expostas a situações comunicativas adversas, como na sala de aula, podem realizar maior esforço de escuta, diminuição dos recursos de processamento disponíveis, aumento do estresse, fadiga e, consequentemente, declínio do desempenho escolar. Caracterizar o esforço de escuta dessa população pode ser um aspecto importante para embasar a indicação de dispositivos auditivos, principalmente nas perdas auditivas de grau leve ou unilaterais. Objetivo: mapear as evidências atuais em relação ao esforço de escuta de crianças com perda auditiva. Pergunta de pesquisa: “o que se sabe sobre os resultados de esforço de escuta em crianças com perda auditiva e os protocolos utilizados para esta avaliação?” Busca de evidências: Serão realizadas buscas nas seguintes bases de dados: Literatura Latinoamericana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS), Public Medicine Library (PubMed), EMBASE, SCOPUS, Cochrane, Web of Science e Scielo. Serão desenvolvidas estratégias de busca para cada base ou repertório eletrônico, sem restrição quanto ao ano de publicação, utilizando-se descritores em português selecionados no Descritores em Ciências da Saúde (DeCS) e descritores em inglês selecionados no Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). Serão considerados estudos nos idiomas português e inglês. Seleção das fontes de evidência: As fases de seleção serão realizadas independentemente por dois revisores e os desacordos entre estes a respeito dos estudos a serem incluídos serão resolvidos por uma quarta revisora, com experiência na área de reabilitação auditiva infantil. A plataforma Rayyan será utilizada. Serão incluídos estudos realizados com crianças com perda auditiva, de qualquer tipo ou grau, que tenham realizado a avaliação do esforço de escuta dessa população. Serão excluídos estudos de revisão de literatura. Extração dos dados: Uma tabela em arquivo excel será desenvolvida para inserção dos dados de interesse dos estudos incluídos para mapeamento das evidências. Serão coletadas informações dos estudos selecionados, como: casuística (número de participantes, faixa etária, sexo e diagnóstico), testes utilizados, principais resultados e conclusão. Como dados complementares serão identificados: a) tipo de pesquisa, b) ano de publicação, c) nacionalidade das pesquisas, d) idioma em que foi publicado.
Dynamic Acoustic Control of Individual Optically Active Quantum Dot-like Emission Centers in Heterostructure Nanowires
Creators: name: Weiß, Matthias
name: Kinzel, Jörg B.
name: Schülein, Florian J. R.
name: Heigl, Michael
name: Rudolph, Daniel
name: Morkötter, Stefanie
name: Döblinger, Markus
name: Bichler, Max
name: Abstreiter, Gerhard
name: Finley, Jonathan J.
name: Koblmüller, Gregor
name: Wixforth, Achim
name: Krenner, Hubert J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We probe and control the optical properties of emission centers forming in radial het- erostructure GaAs-Al0.3Ga0.7As nanowires and show that these emitters, located in Al0.3Ga0.7As layers, can exhibit quantum-dot like characteristics. We employ a radio frequency surface acoustic wave to dynamically control their emission energy and occupancy state on a nanosec- ond timescale. In the spectral oscillations we identify unambiguous signatures arising from both the mechanical and electrical component of the surface acoustic wave. In addition, differ- ent emission lines of a single quantum dot exhibit pronounced anti-correlated intensity oscilla- tions during the acoustic cycle. These arise from a dynamically triggered carrier extraction out of the quantum dot to a continuum in the radial heterostructure. Using finite element modeling and Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin theory we identify quantum tunneling as the underlying mech- anism. These simulation results quantitatively reproduce the observed switching and show that in our systems these quantum dots are spatially separated from the continuum by > 10.5 nm.
description: This document is the unedited Author's version of a Submitted Work that was subsequently accepted for publication in Nano Letters, copyright \c{copyright} American Chemical Society after peer review. To access the final edited and published work see http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nl4040434
title: Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias: Updated
Creators: name: Arora, Prashant
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Inflammation
subject: Acute
subject: Education
subject: Comparative studies
subject: CT
subject: Respiratory system
subject: Lung

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: To discuss the ATS/ERS update of the classification of IIPs. To enumerate the entities which constitute the spectrum of IIPs. To highlight specific changes to the previous classification and to list the newer additions made. To discuss their salient...
Predictability of road traffic and congestion in urban areas
Creators: name: Wang, Jingyuan
name: Mao, Yu
name: Li, Jing
name: Li, Chao
name: Xiong, Zhang
name: Wang, Wen-Xu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Mitigating traffic congestion on urban roads, with paramount importance in urban development and reduction of energy consumption and air pollution, depends on our ability to foresee road usage and traffic conditions pertaining to the collective behavior of drivers, raising a significant question: to what degree is road traffic predictable in urban areas? Here we rely on the precise records of daily vehicle mobility based on GPS positioning device installed in taxis to uncover the potential daily predictability of urban traffic patterns. Using the mapping from the degree of congestion on roads into a time series of symbols and measuring its entropy, we find a relatively high daily predictability of traffic conditions despite the absence of any a priori knowledge of drivers' origins and destinations and quite different travel patterns between weekdays and weekends. Moreover, we find a counterintuitive dependence of the predictability on travel speed: the road segment associated with intermediate average travel speed is most difficult to be predicted. We also explore the possibility of recovering the traffic condition of an inaccessible segment from its adjacent segments with respect to limited observability. The highly predictable traffic patterns in spite of the heterogeneity of drivers' behaviors and the variability of their origins and destinations enables development of accurate predictive models for eventually devising practical strategies to mitigate urban road congestion.
title: A role for CT attenuation map in CT-PET for dementia
Creators: name: Di Carlo, Maddalena
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Dementia
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: PET-CT
subject: CT
subject: Neuroradiology brain

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Dementia is a general term for a decline in mental ability severe enough to interfere with daily life. The prevalence of dementia is increasing worldwide (1). The prevalence of dementia is increasing due to longer life expectancy, including a large...
Cognitive Models and Computational Approaches for improving Situation Awareness Systems
Creators: name: D'Aniello, Giuseppe
Publisher: name: Universita degli studi di Salerno
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: ING-INF/05 SISTEMI DI ELABORAZIONE DELLE INFORMAZIONI
subject: Situation Awareness
subject: Decision making
subject: Granular computing

description: 2016 - 2017
description: The world of Internet of Things is pervaded by complex environments with smart services available every time and everywhere. In such a context, a serious open issue is the capability of information systems to support adaptive and collaborative decision processes in perceiving and elaborating huge amounts of data. This requires the design and realization of novel socio-technical systems based on the “human-in-the-loop” paradigm. The presence of both humans and software in such systems demands for adequate levels of Situation Awareness (SA). To achieve and maintain proper levels of SA is a daunting task due to the intrinsic technical characteristics of systems and the limitations of human cognitive mechanisms. In the scientific literature, such issues hindering the SA formation process are defined as SA demons. The objective of this research is to contribute to the resolution of the SA demons by means of the identification of information processing paradigms for an original support to the SA and the definition of new theoretical and practical approaches based on cognitive models and computational techniques. The research work starts with an in-depth analysis and some preliminary verifications of methods, techniques, and systems of SA. A major outcome of this analysis is that there is only a limited use of the Granular Computing paradigm (GrC) in the SA field, despite the fact that SA and GrC share many concepts and principles. The research work continues with the definition of contributions and original results for the resolution of significant SA demons, exploiting some of the approaches identified in the analysis phase (i.e., ontologies, data mining, and GrC). The first contribution addresses the issues related to the bad perception of data by users. We propose a semantic approach for the quality-aware sensor data management which uses a data imputation technique based on association rule mining. The second contribution proposes an original ontological approach to situation management, namely the Adaptive Goal-driven Situation Management. The approach uses the ontological modeling of goals and situations and a mechanism that suggests the most relevant goals to the users at a given moment. Lastly, the adoption of the GrC paradigm allows the definition of a novel model for representing and reasoning on situations based on a set theoretical framework. This model has been instantiated using the rough sets theory. The proposed approaches and models have been implemented in prototypical systems. Their capabilities in improving SA in real applications have been evaluated with typical methodologies used for SA systems. [edited by Author]
Multiwavelength modelling the SED of supersoft X-ray sources III. RS Ophiuchi: The supersoft X-ray phase and beyond
Creators: name: Skopal, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: I modelled the 14 Å- 37 $μ$m SED of the recurrent symbiotic nova RS Oph during its supersoft source (SSS) phase and the following quiescent phase. During the SSS phase, the model SEDs revealed the presence of a strong stellar and nebular component of radiation in the spectrum. The former was emitted by the burning WD at highly super-Eddington rate, while the latter represented a fraction of its radiation reprocessed by the thermal nebula. During the transition phase, both the components were decreasing and during quiescence the SED satisfied radiation produced by a large, optically thick disk (R(disk) > 10 R(Sun)). The mass of the emitting material was (1.6 +/- 0.5) x 1E-4(d/1.6 kpc)**(5/2) M(Sun). The helium ash, deposited on the WD surface during the whole burning period, was around of 8 x 1E-6(d/1.6kpc)**2 M(Sun), which yields an average growing rate of the WD mass, dM(WD)/dt ~ 4 x 1E-7(d/1.6 kpc)**2 M(Sun)/yr. The mass accreted by the WD between outbursts, m(acc) ~ 1.26 x 1E-5 M(Sun), constrains the average accretion rate, dM(acc)/dt ~ 6.3 x 1E-7 M(Sun)/yr. If the wind from the giant is not sufficient to feed the WD at the required rate, the accretion can be realized from the disk-like reservoir of material around the WD. In this case the time between outbursts will extend, with the next explosion beyond 2027. In the opposite case, the wind from the giant has to be focused to the orbital plane to sustain the high accretion rate at a few times 1E-7 M(Sun)/yr. Then the next explosion can occur even prior to 2027.
description: 14 pages, 6 figures, 2 tables, accepted by New Astron. on May 20, 2014; follow-up of arXiv:1402.6126
title: A diagnostic approach to bilateral abnormalities of the basal ganglia
Creators: name: Duignan, John
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Pathology
subject: Education
subject: MR
subject: Neuroradiology brain

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: Our review will inform radiologists of the pertinent imaging findings in a range of conditions affecting the basal ganglia. The reader will have the knowledge to assess abnormalities of the deep grey matter nuclei and formulate a differential...
Supplementary document for Resonantly-enhanced lumped-element O-band Mach-Zehnder modulator with ultra-wide operating wavelength range - 6646926.pdf
Creators: name: Ackermann, Manuel
name: Moscoso-Mártir, Alvaro
name: Shen, Bin
name: Merget, Florian
name: Witzens, Jeremy
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2023
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement 1
title: Fourth Ventricle Masses: A Practical Approach to Imaging Diagnosis
Creators: name: Gutierrez Martinez, Beatriz
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Neoplasia
subject: Cysts
subject: Education
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: MR
subject: CT
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: CNS
subject: Anatomy

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: To describe the normal anatomy of the fourth (4th) ventricle To classify common 4th ventricle masses according to the patient's age To describe and illustrate the radiological features of 4th ventricle masses using a multimodality approach with...
title: Transverse instability mitigation in hadron synchrotrons using electron lenses
Creators: name: Gubaidulin, Vadim
Publisher: name: UNSPECIFIED
Year: 2023

description: High-intensity beams in ring accelerators are subject to several destabilising effects. Among them are transverse beam instabilities that cause severe beam losses. These instabilities are considered at the design stage of any accelerator. One of the ways to suppress the instability is Landau damping. Landau damping is caused by energy exchange between the incoherent and coherent motion of the beam's particles. In this work, a novel way to provide Landau damping is introduced and studied. A pulsed electron lens produces a betatron tune shift in a hadron bunch as a function of the longitudinal coordinates, which is a longitudinal detuning. An example of transverse detuning is the tune shifts due to octupole magnets. This work considers a pulsed electron lens as a measure to mitigate transverse instabilities. Using a detailed analytical description with the Vlasov formalism, the coherent properties of the longitudinal and transverse detuning are presented. The analytical predictions are compared with the results of the particle tracking simulations. A pulsed electron lens is demonstrated to be a source of tune spread with two components: the static one, leading to Landau damping; and the dynamic one, leading to effective impedance modification, an effect demonstrated analytically and in the particle tracking simulations. The effective impedance modification can be significant for beam stability due to devices with longitudinal detuning, especially for the nonzero head-tail modes. The Vlasov formalism is extended to include the combination of longitudinal and transverse detuning. As a possible application for SIS100 (FAIR at GSI Darmstadt, Germany), a combination of a pulsed electron lens with octupole magnets is considered. Additionally, the results of experiments in the existing ring SIS18 are presented. The feasibility of an electron lens for Landau damping was studied experimentally. It was shown that increasing the current of the electron lens weakens the instability. However, more experiments with a larger range of parameters are necessary to demonstrate the reproducibility of this result. Experiments indicated a potential limiting factor for the usage of electron lenses in SIS18.
title: Spectrum of CT imaging appearances in phaeochromocytoma: A pictorial review
Creators: name: Naik, Mitesh
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Endocrine disorders
subject: Education and training
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: CT
subject: Abdomen
subject: Retroperitoneum

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: Describe the common imaging characteristics of phaeochromocytoma on CT, as well as atypical...
title: Culture in Security
title: International Cultural Relations as an Enabler of Peace through Engagement
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Figueira, Carla
name: Joffe, Avril
name: Perkins, James
name: Purushothaman, Venka
name: E.K. Smith, Sarah
name: Triebel, Odila
name: Villanueva, Cesar
Publisher: name: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen
Year: 2023

description: How can the arts, heritage and cultural sectors contribute to peace and security in an increasingly conflicted world? At the 2022 ICRRA conference, academic approaches and practical projects from around the world showcased the important role that international cultural relations can play in this. This report shares the overarching message of the conference – about the potential for international cultural relations to re-energise delivery of SDG 16 (peace and justice) and to promote a more holistic understanding of peace and security – along with a summary of reflections from the conference around the key concepts of human security and cultural rights. Case studies and quotes by the participants illustrate these points and exemplify how this cultural relations approach to peace and security works on the ground in different settings.
description: Policy Brief
title: MR Imaging of Benign and Malignant Penile Lesions: A Pictorial Review
Creators: name: Stroiescu, Andreea
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Connective tissue disorders
subject: Education
subject: MR
subject: Pelvis
subject: Genital / Reproductive system male
subject: Embolism / Thrombosis

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: To illustrate normal MR penile anatomy To discuss adequate patient preparation and positioning and the correct imaging technique for penile MR. To exhibit key MRI findings in benign penile disease,including Peyronie’s Disease, cavernosal...
title: Ultraleichter, zementgebundener Schaum als Kernwerkstoff von Sandwichelementen
Creators: name: Maier, Andreas
Publisher: name: UNSPECIFIED
Year: 2023

description: Ausgehend von einer Entwicklung thermisch aktivierter Gebäudehüllelemente aus nahezu sortenreinen, zementgebundenen Werkstoffen, die jedoch aus einer tragenden Innenschale mit aufgebrachter Dämmung aus ultraleichtem, mineralisiertem Schaum sowie einer Vorhangfassade aus sehr dünnen, mikrobewehrten UHPC – Platten bestehen, wird die Frage diskutiert, inwiefern sich derartige Bauteile auch als tragende Sandwichelemente umsetzen lassen. Hierzu wird in einem ersten Schritt der mögliche Kerndämmstoff aus ultraleichtem, zementgebundenem Schaum mechanisch untersucht und die für eine Sandwichanwendung relevanten Werkstoffkenngrößen ermittelt. Hierbei zeigt sich, dass der Schaum, verglichen mit anderen Kernwerkstoffen aus der Sandwichbauweise, durchaus in Bezug auf seine mechanischen Eigenschaften mithalten kann bzw. diese sogar teilweise besser sind. Im Hinblick auf die Dauerhaftigkeit sowie eine mögliche Zugabe von mineralischen Fasern wird das Carbonatisierungsverhalten des Schaumes beobachtet und versuchstechnisch ausgewertet. Für eine mögliche Berechnung von Sandwichelementen aus mineralisiertem, zementösem Schaum werden aus der Literatur bekannte Sandwichtheorien aufbereitet und im Hinblick auf ihre Anwendbarkeit bei einem derart schubweichen Kernmaterial sowie in Bezug auf den Rechenaufwand und die daraus generierte Genauigkeit der Ergebnisse miteinander verglichen und bewertet. Dabei stellt sich die im Bauwesen bereits bekannte Theorie nach Stamm und Witte für dünne und dicke Deckschichten als durchaus praktikabel dar, und wird daher für eine Vordimensionierung von Sandwichelementen angewandt. Die Umsetzung als Sandwichelement erfolgt schließlich mit funktionalisierten Deckschichten aus Wabenplatten, die über eine Trägerschicht aus Gipsputz mit dem Schaum verbunden werden. Dabei zeigt sich das bei zementösen Werkstoffen ohne Zuschlagsstoffe bekannte Phänomen der sehr hohen Schwindneigung als Hindernis für eine dauerhafte, robuste Umsetzung. Im Hinblick auf die Klimaschutzziele sollte bei allen neuartigen Konstruktionen immer auch die Frage des ökologischen Fußabdrucks gestellt werden. Dies erfolgt im Rahmen einer Produktökobilanzierung des mineralisierten Schaumes. Dabei werden seine CO2 – Äquivalenten Emissionen sowie sein Primärenergiebedarf für die Herstellung ermittelt und erneut mit anderen Kerndämmstoffen verglichen. Dabei zeigt sich, dass die Emissionen, die für den Treibhauseffekt relevant sind, deutlich über denen anderer Werkstoffe liegen. Gleichzeitig ist der für die Herstellung inklusive aller dafür notwendigen Transporte erforderliche Primärenergiebedarf deutlich geringer als bei den vergleichbaren Kernwerkstoffen. Die sortenreine Trennung des Schaumes von den Deckschichten kann für die Kombination mit Stahlbeton nachgewiesen werden.
Study of off-diagonal disorder using the typical medium dynamical cluster approximation
Creators: name: Terletska, H.
name: Ekuma, C. E.
name: Moore, C.
name: Tam, K. -M.
name: Moreno, J.
name: Jarrell, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We generalize the typical medium dynamical cluster approximation (TMDCA) and the local Blackman, Esterling, and Berk (BEB) method for systems with off-diagonal disorder. Using our extended formalism we perform a systematic study of the effects of non-local disorder-induced correlations and of off-diagonal disorder on the density of states and the mobility edge of the Anderson localized states. We apply our method to the three-dimensional Anderson model with configuration dependent hopping and find fast convergence with modest cluster sizes. Our results are in good agreement with the data obtained using exact diagonalization, and the transfer matrix and kernel polynomial methods.
description: 10 pages, 8 figures
title: T-stage in NSCLC patients can be predicted by radiomics features in FDG-PET/CT
Creators: name: Weikert, Thomas
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Lung
subject: Computer applications
subject: Oncology
subject: PET-CT
subject: Nuclear medicine conventional
subject: Staging
subject: Computer Applications-Detection, diagnosis
subject: Decision analysis
subject: Cancer

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: FDG-PET/CT is the diagnostic standard procedure for staging of NSCLC patients. The TNM staging classification contains both morphological and dimensional criteria for each stage,especially for T-stage. The manual application of these criteria during...
title: Dandy walker malformation: Sectional imaging findings and difficulty of the diagnosis of associated posterior fossa malformations
Creators: name: Tlili, malek
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Developmental disease

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: Recognize the main signs in sectional imaging of DWM. Identify associated malformations that we must look for in...
D1.7 Consultation Strategy
Creators: name: Sivila Castellana, Anna Isabel
name: Maestre Vidal, Jorge
name: Sotelo Monge, Marco Antonio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: guidelines
consultation
mapping
strategies
Data Collection

description: The VALKYRIES Consultation Strategy has the purpose of designing an effective and efficient consultation, building on the overall mapping of available and needed information, being fed through a structured selection of relevant sources, involving the development of constructive, productive relationships with stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle. VALKYRIES Consultation Strategy ensures all relevant information is considered in such a way that data should be consistently collected from stakeholders upon criterion of reasonable terms. This proposed Consultation Strategy is based on the European Commission’s tool for consulting and requirements gathering, adapted to fit the outcomes of the project.
Sparse source travel-time tomography of a laboratory target: accuracy and robustness of anomaly detection
Creators: name: Pursiainen, Sampsa
name: Kaasalainen, Mikko
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 65R32, 85A99, 85A99

description: This study concerned conebeam travel-time tomography. The focus was on a sparse distribution of signal sources that can be necessary in a challenging in situ environment such as in asteroid tomography. The goal was to approximate the minimum number of source positions needed for robust detection of refractive anomalies, e.g., voids within an asteroid or a casting defects in concrete. Experimental ultrasonic data were recorded utilizing as a target a 150 mm plastic cast cube containing three stones with diameter between 22 and 41 mm. A signal frequency of 55 kHz (35 mm wavelength) was used. Source counts from one to six were tested for different placements. Based on our statistical inversion approach and analysis of the results, three or four sources were found to lead to reliable inversion. The source configurations investigated were also ranked according to their performance. Our results can be used, for example, in the planning of planetary missions as well as in material testing.
description: 19 pages, 9 figures
title: Multiple osteolytic lesions: more than metastasis
Creators: name: Gomez Pimpollo, Lucia
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Metastases
subject: Lymphoma
subject: Haemangioma
subject: Education
subject: MR
subject: CT
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: Musculoskeletal bone
subject: Bones

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: In this work we make a review of the diseases that most frequently outcome with multiple osteolytic lesions, showing the most typical findings in the different imaging techniques and making a correlation with the clinic outcomes and natural...
Physically Consistent Preferential Bayesian Optimization for Food Arrangement
Creators: name: Kwon, Yuhwan
name: Tsurumine, Yoshihisa
name: Shimmura, Takeshi
name: Kawamura, Sadao
name: Matsubara, Takamitsu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: This paper considers the problem of estimating a preferred food arrangement for users from interactive pairwise comparisons using Computer Graphics (CG)-based dish images. As a foodservice industry requirement, we need to utilize domain rules for the geometry of the arrangement (e.g., the food layout of some Japanese dishes is reminiscent of mountains). However, those rules are qualitative and ambiguous; the estimated result might be physically inconsistent (e.g., each food physically interferes, and the arrangement becomes infeasible). To cope with this problem, we propose Physically Consistent Preferential Bayesian Optimization (PCPBO) as a method that obtains physically feasible and preferred arrangements that satisfy domain rules. PCPBO employs a bi-level optimization that combines a physical simulation-based optimization and a Preference-based Bayesian Optimization (PbBO). Our experimental results demonstrated the effectiveness of PCPBO on simulated and actual human users.
description: 8 pages, 10 figures, accepted by IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L) 2022
A Quantitative Study of Pure Parallel Processes
Creators: name: Bodini, Olivier
name: Genitrini, Antoine
name: Peschanski, Frédéric
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Programming Languages (cs.PL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper, we study the interleaving -- or pure merge -- operator that most often characterizes parallelism in concurrency theory. This operator is a principal cause of the so-called combinatorial explosion that makes very hard - at least from the point of view of computational complexity - the analysis of process behaviours e.g. by model-checking. The originality of our approach is to study this combinatorial explosion phenomenon on average, relying on advanced analytic combinatorics techniques. We study various measures that contribute to a better understanding of the process behaviours represented as plane rooted trees: the number of runs (corresponding to the width of the trees), the expected total size of the trees as well as their overall shape. Two practical outcomes of our quantitative study are also presented: (1) a linear-time algorithm to compute the probability of a concurrent run prefix, and (2) an efficient algorithm for uniform random sampling of concurrent runs. These provide interesting responses to the combinatorial explosion problem.
Efficacy and safety of rituximab in autoimmune pancreatitis type 1: our experiences and systematic review of the literature
Creators: name: Nikolic, Sara
name: Panic, Nikola
name: Hintikka, Elina Sofia
name: Dani, Lara
name: Rutkowski, Wiktor
name: Hedström, Aleksandra
name: Steiner, Corinna
name: Löhr, J.-Matthias
name: Vujasinovic, Miroslav
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy
subject: Hematology

description: Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a special form of pancreatitis that responds well to glucocorticoid (GC) treatment. Relapses of AIP are common. The anti-CD20 antibody rituximab (RTX) has shown promising results in GC refractory cases, but long-term data are scarce. The study aims to determine the clinical and imaging response to RTX and summarize the existing data on RTX therapy in patients with AIP type 1 in the literature. Retrospective analysis of electronic medical records was conducted. Additionally, we conducted a systematic review of the literature concerning RTX use in AIP type 1. Twelve (11.7%) of 103 patients with AIP type 1 were treated with RTX during the study period: eight (66.7%) achieved complete and four (33.3%) partial remission. RTX was discontinued in one patient who developed fever and reactivation of latent tuberculosis. None of the remaining 11 patients relapsed during a median follow-up of 17 months. No significant differences were detected in baseline clinical characteristics or history of relapse between the patients who obtained complete and partial remission. Altogether, eight studies with 110 AIP type-1 patients treated with RTX were analyzed. Adverse effects ranged from 11–43% and the relapse-free period during follow-up (range 2–173 months) ranged from 38–94%. Our results confirm that RTX is efficacious in the treatment of AIP type 1 by inducing remission and preventing relapse. In addition, there are few adverse effects of the treatment.
Nano-delivery of pyronaridine as an inhibitor of DNA repair for targeted sensitization of head and neck cancer cells to cisplatin
Creators: Abdelfattah, Ahmed
Mehinrad, Parnian
Donnelly, James
Weinfeld, Michael
West, Frederick G.
Lavasanifar, Afsaneh
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2023

Background: Head and neck cancer (HNC) ranks seventh globally, with 660,000 new cases and 325,000 deaths annually. Nonsurgical treatments for HNC mainly include radiation therapy and platinum-based DNA damaging therapies. However, the ability of cancer cells to repair DNA damage can undermine the effectiveness of these treatments. ERCC1-XPF is a key enzyme in removing DNA damage caused by platinum therapies and radiation. Excitingly, our research team has found that the anti-malaria drug pyronaridine (PYD) can effectively hinder the dimerization and activity of ERCC1/XPF. The purpose of this study was to investigate the synergistic activity of free versus liposomal formulations of PYD in combination with cisplatin in FaDu cells, in vitro. Methods: Liposomes were prepared through ethanol injection method followed by external buffer exchange and active loading of PYD in liposomes with an interior acidic pH. Cytotoxicity of cisplatin, PYD, or liposomal PYD as well as PYD formulation with cisplatin combination against FaDu cells was investigated by MTT and colony forming assay. The synergistic effect between the combinations was assessed using Combenefit software. Results: The IC50 of cisplatin was significantly reduced when combined with 0.5 and 1 μM of PYD in FaDu cells. Furthermore, Combenefit analysis showed a synergistic effect between cisplatin (5-10) μM and PYD (1.2-1.4) μM. This synergy was further enhanced after using liposomal PYD, leading to wider effective concentration ranges and an augmentation in the magnitude of the observed synergy. Conclusion: The results showed a synergistic cytotoxicity between PYD and its liposomal formulation with cisplatin against HNC.
Current and Near-Term AI as a Potential Existential Risk Factor
Creators: name: Bucknall, Benjamin S.
name: Dori-Hacohen, Shiri
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: There is a substantial and ever-growing corpus of evidence and literature exploring the impacts of Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies on society, politics, and humanity as a whole. A separate, parallel body of work has explored existential risks to humanity, including but not limited to that stemming from unaligned Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). In this paper, we problematise the notion that current and near-term artificial intelligence technologies have the potential to contribute to existential risk by acting as intermediate risk factors, and that this potential is not limited to the unaligned AGI scenario. We propose the hypothesis that certain already-documented effects of AI can act as existential risk factors, magnifying the likelihood of previously identified sources of existential risk. Moreover, future developments in the coming decade hold the potential to significantly exacerbate these risk factors, even in the absence of artificial general intelligence. Our main contribution is a (non-exhaustive) exposition of potential AI risk factors and the causal relationships between them, focusing on how AI can affect power dynamics and information security. This exposition demonstrates that there exist causal pathways from AI systems to existential risks that do not presuppose hypothetical future AI capabilities.
title: A Critical Analysis of Learning Development and Knowledge Transfer in Police Training in England and Wales.
Creators: name: Twigg, Stuart
Publisher: name: University of Central Lancashire
Year: 2024

description: This thesis presents a critical analysis of knowledge and skills transfer in police training over an extended period, examining the development and delivery of training, from its conception, through its organisational construction and eventual use within the Police Services of England and Wales. The way in which the police service has addressed some of its training and development needs is an interesting topic area. These developments have on occasions, been innovative and pioneering but frequently unrecognised other than inside the organisation.
The portfolio of projects is linked through taxonomies of adult learning initially devised by Bloom (1956) all of which contain an educational hierarchy.
The research strategy of the thesis is blended or amalgamated use of both inductive and deductive inquiry. The critical analysis, appraising the strengths as well as the limitations, is approached from a reflective standpoint in the first two projects. The critical analysis of the third area is based on the qualitative data gathered from current practitioners.
In examining these issues, the study reflects on the contributions made to learning and development. It examines the way in which these progressive innovations have been processed by the organisations who initiated the work on which they are based.
The rationale supporting this thesis involves the application of the three areas of research presentation; descriptive; critical analysis; comparative, these areas are presented in a complimentary manner.
The thesis argues that the innovations highlighted could have been adopted earlier than they were and that the progress and development available through the use of certain technologies should be capitalised on.
This is allied to the contention that interactive training delivered in a situation that has been ‘contextualised’ for the student, especially in vicarious learning environments, therefore enhances the experience and supports higher achievement in the taxonomies of Bloom (ibid).
Clear conclusions are drawn, and several recommendations made.
title: Hut lung disease in Pakistani rural female population secondary to domestic pollution - Comparison and correlation of HRCT with bronchoscopic findings
Creators: name: Hamid, Samar
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Pathology
subject: Occupational / Environmental hazards
subject: Observer performance
subject: CT
subject: Lung

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: To know the background and pathophysiology of the Hut lung disease. To learn the different clinical presentations of patients with Hut lung disease. To recognize different imaging patterns of Hut lung disease on HRCT chest. To be able to recognize...
Support points of some classes of analytic and univalent functions
Creators: name: Allu, Vasudevarao
name: Pandey, Abhishek
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 30C45, 30C50

description: Let $\mathcal{A}$ denote the class of analytic functions in the unit disk $\mathbb{D}:=\{z\in\mathbb{C}:|z|<1\}$ satisfying $f(0)=0$ and $f'(0)=1$. Let $\mathcal{U}$ be the class of functions $f\in\mathcal{A}$ satisfying $$\left|f'(z)\left(\frac{z}{f(z)}\right)^2-1 \right|< 1 \quad\mbox{ for } z\in\mathbb{D},$$ and $\mathscr{G}$ denote the class of functions $f\in \mathcal{A}$ satisfying $${\rm Re\,}\left(1+\frac{zf''(z)}{f'(z)}\right)>-\frac{1}{2} \quad\mbox{ for } z\in\mathbb{D}.$$
description: 10 pages
Statistical Survey of Type III Radio Bursts at Long Wavelengths Observed by the Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO)/Waves Instruments: Radio Flux Density Variations with Frequency
Creators: name: Krupar, V.
name: Maksimovic, M.
name: Santolik, O.
name: Kontar, E. P.
name: Cecconi, B.
name: Hoang, S.
name: Kruparova, O.
name: Soucek, J.
name: Reid, H.
name: Zaslavsky, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Space Physics (physics.space-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have performed a statistical study of $152$ Type III radio bursts observed by Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO)/Waves between May 2007 and February 2013. We have investigated the flux density between $125$kHz and $16$MHz. Both high- and low-frequency cutoffs have been observed in $60\,%$ of events suggesting an important role of propagation. As already reported by previous authors, we observed that the maximum flux density occurs at $1$MHz on both spacecraft. We have developed a simplified analytical model of the flux density as a function of radial distance and compared it to the STEREO/Waves data.
description: published in Solar Physics
Perfluoroalkyl substances are increased in patients with late-onset ulcerative colitis and induce intestinal barrier defects ex vivo in murine intestinal tissue
Creators: name: Fart, Frida
name: Salihović, Samira
name: McGlinchey, Aidan
name: Gareau, Melanie G.
name: Orešič, Matej
name: Halfvarson, Jonas
name: Hyötyläinen, Tuulia
name: Schoultz, Ida
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Environmental factors are strongly implicated in late-onset of inflammatory bowel disease. Here, we investigate whether high levels of perfluoroalkyl substances are associated with (1) late-onset inflammatory bowel disease, and (2) disturbances of the bile acid pool. We further explore the effect of the specific perfluoroalkyl substance perfluorooctanoic acid on intestinal barrier function in murine tissue. Serum levels of perfluoroalkyl substances and bile acids were assessed by ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled to a triple-quadrupole mass spectrometer in matched samples from patients with ulcerative colitis (n = 20) and Crohn’s disease (n = 20) diagnosed at the age of ≥55 years. Age and sex-matched blood donors (n = 20), were used as healthy controls. Ex vivo Ussing chamber experiments were performed to assess the effect of perfluorooctanoic acid on ileal and colonic murine tissue (n = 9). The total amount of perfluoroalkyl substances was significantly increased in patients with ulcerative colitis compared to healthy controls and patients with Crohn’s disease (p < .05). Ex vivo exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid induced a significantly altered ileal and colonic barrier function. The distribution of bile acids, as well as the correlation pattern between (1) perfluoroalkyl substances and (2) bile acids, differed between patient and control groups. Our results demonstrate that perfluoroalkyl substances levels are increased in patients with late-onset ulcerative colitis and may contribute to the disease by inducing a dysfunctional intestinal barrier.
Design principles for Bernal spirals and helices with tunable pitch
Creators: name: Fejer, Szilard N.
name: Chakrabarti, Dwaipayan
name: Kusumaatmaja, Halim
name: Wales, David J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using the framework of potential energy landscape theory, we describe two in silico designs for self-assembling helical colloidal superstructures based upon dipolar dumbbells and Janus-type building blocks, respectively. Helical superstructures with controllable pitch length are obtained using external magnetic field driven assembly of asymmetric dumbbells involving screened electrostatic as well as magnetic dipolar interactions. The pitch of the helix is tuned by modulating the Debye screening length over an experimentally accessible range. The second design is based on building blocks composed of rigidly linked spheres with short-range anisotropic interactions, which are predicted to self-assemble into Bernal spirals. These spirals are quite flexible, and longer helices undergo rearrangements via cooperative, hinge-like moves, in agreement with experiment.
title: Cancer detection in a 'low risk but not no risk' patient cohort using low dose computed tomography
Creators: name: Tsakok, Maria
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Oncology
subject: CT
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Cancer

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Since its development in the 1970s computerised tomography (CT) has become one of the most frequently used and easily accessible imaging modalities. Scanning techniques and scanners have been developed to allow clinicians to gain a comprehensive...
Spitzer/IRAC Observations of the Variability of Sgr A* and the Object G2 at 4.5 microns
Creators: name: Hora, J. L.
name: Witzel, G.
name: Ashby, M. L. N.
name: Becklin, E. E.
name: Carey, S.
name: Fazio, G. G.
name: Ghez, A.
name: Ingalls, J.
name: Meyer, L.
name: Morris, M. R.
name: Smith, H. A.
name: Willner, S. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the first detection from the Spitzer Space Telescope of 4.5 micron variability from Sgr A*, the emitting source associated with the Milky Way's central black hole. The >23 hour continuous light curve was obtained with the IRAC instrument in 2013 December. The result characterizes the variability of Sgr A* prior to the closest approach of the G2 object, a putative infalling gas cloud that orbits close to Sgr A*. The high stellar density at the location of Sgr A* produces a background of ~250 mJy at 4.5 microns in each pixel with a large pixel-to-pixel gradient, but the light curve for the highly variable Sgr A* source was successfully measured by modeling and removing the variations due to pointing wobble. The observed flux densities range from the noise level of ~0.7 mJy rms in a 6.4-s measurement to ~10 mJy. Emission was seen above the noise level ~34% of the time. The light curve characteristics, including the flux density distribution and structure function, are consistent with those previously derived at shorter infrared wavelengths. We see no evidence in the light curve for activity attributable to the G2 interaction at the observing epoch, ~100 days before the expected G2 periapsis passage. The IRAC light curve is more than a factor of two longer than any previous infrared observation, improving constraints on the timescale of the break in the power spectral distribution of Sgr A* flux densities. The data favor the longer of the two previously published values for the timescale.
description: 13 pages, 10 figures, 2 tables, accepted for publication in the ApJ