cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Innovations in immunology: associations of genetic variations on the PTPRC gene with HIV-1 pathogenesis and AIDS
Creators: name: Beeram, Vivek
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 110706 Immunogenetics (incl. Genetic Immunology)
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Modern research demonstrates that genetic variations can change everything from HIVsusceptibility and corporeal pathogenesis to treatment response. Studies of the human genomehave led to the development of large data banks for single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)linked to various immune traits. In this experiment, genotyping by quantitative real-timepolymerase-chain-reaction (QRTPCR) is used to find associations between patient genotypes forindividual SNPs and their HIV/AIDS pathogenesis. This study examines SNPs rs17612648 andrs113116201 protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor type C (PTPRC). rs1761264 is associatedwith CD8+ memory cell differentiation and presentation of the CD45 protein intracellularly andis hypothesized to increase the time of initial HIV infection. rs113116201 is associated withEMRA T cell differentiation and increases the proportion of the isoform CD45RA and ishypothesized to decrease the number of white cells that are susceptible to HIV infection. Aftercontrolling for age, sex, and viral load, Kaplan Meier survival and Cox regression analyses wereperformed to examine the effects of the SNPs on patient progression rate to AIDS1993 (1992Center for Disease Control and Prevention definition of AIDS). No statistically significantresults have been produced for alleles corresponding to rs113116201 in Europeans nor AfricanAmericans, but results indicate that the heterozygous allele of rs17612648 inEuropean-Americans experiences accelerated progression to AIDS(HR=1.26,95%CI=0.714-2.246, P= 0.365 ), and additionally, African-Americans with said alleleexpressed experience a much faster progression to AIDS (HR=2.33,95%CI=0.688-7.916,P= 0.033 ). Owing to a P-value below an alpha of 0.05 but very high hazard values, upperintervals, and a lack of samples of heterozygous and homozygous mutant alleles (all n<50), nosignificant association can be made between the SNPs’ presences and altered pathogenesis. Dueto these factors, both SNPs warrant further research.
BF gravity with Immirzi parameter and cosmological constant
Creators: name: Montesinos, Merced
name: Velazquez, Mercedes
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The action principle of the BF type introduced by Capovilla, Montesinos, Prieto, and Rojas (CMPR) which describes general relativity with Immirzi parameter is modified in order to allow the inclusion of the cosmological constant. The resulting action principle is on the same footing as the original Plebanski action in the sense that the equations of motion coming from the new action principle are equivalent to the Holst action principle plus a cosmological constant without the need of imposing additional restrictions on the fields. We consider this result a relevant step towards the coupling of matter fields to gravity in the framework of the CMPR action principle.
description: 4 pages, no figures, LaTeX file
Difficult art of Canadian foreign policy, 1957-1963
Creators: name: Munro, John A.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The question is, why did Canada's international stature experience a seemingly spectacular decline during the Diefenbaker era, 1957-1963. The problem lies not in a documentation of this decline, but rather in determining the reasons for it. There are basically four avenues of research. Firstly, Canada's actual position in terms of international prestige and influence at the end of the Liberal era in 1957, must be realistically appraised. Secondly, the changing pattern of domestic restrictions on external policy must be analysed. Thirdly, the relationship of the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for External Affairs must be examined, and their capabilities as policy formulators determined. Finally, the appropriateness of the major aspects of their external policy must be assessed. Research on such a contemporary problem is necessarily limited due to a paucity of official documents and further, due to the fact that the chief protagonists are still alive and politically active. Thus, the writer finds himself relying on official debates and publications, interviews (where possible), the variety of periodical sources and a limited number of books (apart from the specialized subjects involved, many of the writings available are far from satisfactory because they lack perspective). This thesis would contend that Canadian international stature was far from secure in 1957; that the domestic requirements of external policy success were absent from the Conservative scene, 1957-1963; that Messrs. Diefenbaker and Green were ill-equipped to formulate Canadian foreign policy; and that their foreign policy, formulated in defiance of Canadian reality, resulted in disaster.
Arteriaalne hüpertensioon kui südame-  veresoonkonnahaiguste oluline riskitegur
Creators: name: Irs, Alar
name: Teesalu, Rein
name: Ristimäe, Tiina
Publisher: name: OÜ Celsius Healthcare
Year: 2005
Subjects: hüpertooniatõbi, levimus, riskitegurid, ravi, ennetamine

description: Arteriaalne hüpertensioon (AH) on arenenud maades peamine südameveresoonkonnahaiguste riskitegur. AH esinemissagedus kasvab seoses rahvastiku vananemisega.Praegu on kättesaadavad AHd mõjutavad ravimid. Siiski jääb suur osa haigeid alaravituks.


Eesti Arst 2005; 84 (4): 277-282
description: Eesti Arst, Aprill 2005
Olukorrast tervishoiutöötajate pädevuse hindmisel
Creators: name: Salupere, Riina
name: Kaljumäe, Üllar
Publisher: name: OÜ Celsius Healthcare
Year: 2005
Subjects: erialaühendused, pädevus, sertifitseerimine

description: Tervishoiutöötajate pädevus on osa tervishoiuteenuse kvaliteedist. 2002. aastal muutus veel nõukogude ajast kehtinud arstide pädevuse hindamise süsteem ning tervishoiuteenuste korraldamise seaduse alusel saadakse arstina  töötamise õigus pärast  registreerimist  Tervishoiuametis. Seadus ei näe ette  riiklikku süsteemi tervishoiutöötajate pädevuse perioodiliseks hindamiseks.


Eesti Arst 2005; 84 (4): 297-301
description: Eesti Arst, Aprill 2005
Inhomogeneous phases near the chiral critical point in NJL-type models
Creators: name: Nickel, Dominik
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this talk we discuss the role of inhomogeneous phases in the phase diagram of the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio (NJL) and the quark meson (QM) model. By means of a generalized Ginzburg-Landau (GL) expansion it is concluded that the critical point in the mean-field phase diagram of the NJL model is in fact a Lifshitz point where homogeneous spontaneously broken, inhomogeneous and restored phases meet. This picture is confirmed by a mean-field calculation for inhomogeneous phases with a one-dimensional modulation. For the latter it is shown that recent results within lower dimensional models can be extended to 3+1 dimensions. Also the respective phase diagram for the QM model is presented.
description: 10 pages, 7 figures, Talk given at the Workshop CPOD 2009, June 08 - 12, BNL, USA
Additional file 1 of Exploiting a heterologous construction of the 3-hydroxypropionic acid carbon fixation pathway with mesaconate as an indicator in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Creators: name: Xu, Shijie
name: Qiao, Weibo
name: Wang, Zuanwen
name: Fu, Xiaoying
name: Liu, Zihe
name: Shi, Shuobo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file1: Fig. S1. The 3-HP pathway, with the bicycle divided into four functional sub-pathways. Sub-pathway ①: Acetyl-CoA→Propionyl-CoA; Sub-pathway ②: Propionyl-CoA +Glyoxylate→Pyruvate+ Acetyl-CoA; Sub-pathway ③: Propionyl-CoA →Succinate-CoA; Sub-pathway ④: Succinate-CoA → Glyoxylate + Acetyl-CoA. Abbreviations: MCL, malyl-CoA/beta-methylmalyl-CoA/citramalyl-CoA lyase; MCH, 2-methylfumaryl-CoA hydratase; MCT, 2-methylfumaryl-CoA isomerase; MEH, 3-methylfumaryl-CoA hydratase. Fig. S2. A. Promoter optimization strategy for the expression of GFP under glucose or ethanol. The expression level of GFP under different promoters using glucoseor ethanolas carbon source. Fig. S3. Effects of adding 0.1% acetate on the growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae with 2% ethanol. Table S1. List of plasmids used in this study. Table S2. List of strains used in this study. Table S3. List of primers used in this study. Table S4. Enzymatic properties of MCLs.
Maailma Terviseorganisatsiooni leetrite elimineerimise ja kaasasündinud punetiste ennetamise programmi elluviimine Euroopa regioonis ja Eestis
Creators: name: Kutsar, Kuulo
Publisher: name: OÜ Celsius Healthcare
Year: 2005

description: Strateegilised eesmärgid
1998. aastal algatas Maailma  Terviseorganisatsiooni  Euroopa  regiooni peakorter  (WHO/Euro) Euroopa regioonis leetrite elimineerimise ja kaasa-sündinud  punetiste  ennetamise  programmi, mis hõlmab 52  riiki  (kaasa arvatud Kesk-Aasia  riigid, Iisrael, Türgi  ja Venemaa Kaug-Ida) ning  ligemale 876 miljonit inimest (1). Programm nägi ette leetriviiruse kohaliku ringluse katkestamise (elimineerimise) 2007. aastaks ja kaasasündinud punetiste sündroomi esinemise vähendamise 1 juhtumini 100 000 elussünni kohta 2010. aastaks kõigis regiooni riikides. Vastav strateegiline plaan töötati välja 2002. a (2).


Eesti Arst 2005; 84 (4): 291-293
description: Eesti Arst, Aprill 2005
Density Profiles in Molecular Cloud Cores Associated with High-Mass Star-Forming Regions
Creators: name: Pirogov, Lev E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Radial density profiles for the sample of dense cores associated with high-mass star-forming regions from southern hemisphere have been derived using the data of observations in continuum at 250 GHz. Radial density profiles for the inner regions of 16 cores (at distances $\la 0.2-0.8$ pc from the center) are close on average to the $ρ\propto r^{-α}$ dependence, where $α=1.6\pm 0.3$. In the outer regions density drops steeper. An analysis with various hydrostatic models showed that the modified Bonnor-Ebert model, which describes turbulent sphere confined by external pressure, is preferable compared with the logotrope and polytrope models practically in all cases. With a help of the Bonnor-Ebert model, estimates of central density in a core, non-thermal velocity dispersion and core size are obtained. The comparison of central densities with the densities derived earlier from the CS modeling reveals differences in several cases. The reasons of such differences are probably connected with the presence of density inhomogenities on the scales smaller than the telescope beam. In most cases non-thermal velocity dispersions are in agreement with the values obtained from molecular line observations.
description: 12 pages, 3 figures, 4 tables
Persistent what? A researcher's confusion
Creators: name: de Grijs, Richard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021

description: For a long time, the proliferation of identifiers linked to one's research outputs or profile added to rather than reduced the research community's confusion. Having lived in China for close to a decade, at an early stage I was keenly aware of the need for name disambiguation among Asian scientific communities. Combined with my active editorial role of one of the main journals in my discipline, I soon took an interest in the development of PIDs, with particular emphasis on ORCID and Scopus IDs. Yet, even though I volunteered to promote ORCID as country ambassador and later joined the ORCID Board, the penny only dropped after my move to Australia in early 2018. PIDs have only recently become useful to me, because they are now mandated by the Australian Research Council in their grant application process. Nevertheless, I anticipate additional positive developments.
Additional file 1 of Modeling early germline immunization after horizontal transfer of transposable elements reveals internal piRNA cluster heterogeneity
Creators: name: Asif-Laidin, Amna
name: Casier, Karine
name: Ziriat, Zoheir
name: Boivin, Antoine
name: Viodé, Elise
name: Delmarre, Valérie
name: Ronsseray, Stéphane
name: Carré, Clément
name: Teysset, Laure
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1: Fig. S1. Mapping of complementary maternally inherited piRNAs on a piRNA cluster locus. Fig. S2. Parental strains and experimental schemes. Fig. S3. Concomitant conversion of all the regions of the P transgene in the MI H and PI B sublines. Fig. S4. Conversion of cluster1A in the Δ-1Aw1118 background. Fig. S5. Conversion of the P transgene inserted in the autosomal cluster100F. Fig. S6. P-derived sequences of P are able to repress ovarian expression of pRFP. Fig. S7. Ovarian lacZ silencing induced by P is impaired by germline knockdown of genes involved in piRNA biology. Fig. S8. Crosses used for the conversion of the P transgenes by P or P. Fig. S9. Study of composition of converted sequences. Fig. S10. No cis-conversion of flanking regions of the P transgene clusters or of cluster 1A. Fig. S11. No trans-conversion of endogenous homologous sequences. Fig. S12. RT-qPCR experiments of P and T3 in P-1152. Fig. S13. siRNAs and piRNAs abundance during conversion of cluster 1A. Fig. S14. Comparison of methods for small RNA libraries normalizations.
BIGSALUD4: Development
Creators: name: ITI, Instituto Tecnológico de Informática
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Flood risk management
subject: Machine learning
subject: 2022
subject: BIGSALUD4
subject: IA
subject: PREDICTIVE MODELS
subject: MACHINE LEARNING
subject: RISK OF ADMISSION
subject: HEALTH

description: BIGSALUD4 aims to investigate Data Analysis and Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques, mainly machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) with the purpose of bringing Artificial Intelligence to hospital practice, offering support to clinical staff in the decision-making process, making possible a better prognosis of health complications, a more personalized and effective treatment of patients and allowing hospitals to anticipate their needs.
description: BIGSALUD4. Project funded by the Valencian Institute of Business Competitiveness (IVACE) and European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), within the public grant program adressed to Technological Institutes of the Valencian Community for the development of non-economic R&D projects carried out in cooperation with companies during 2022. File number: IMDEEA/2022/23
BIGSALUD4: Development
Creators: name: ITI, Instituto Tecnológico de Informática
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: HEALTH
subject: Flood risk management
subject: RISK OF ADMISSION
subject: Machine learning
subject: MACHINE LEARNING
subject: PREDICTIVE MODELS
subject: IA
subject: BIGSALUD4
subject: 2022

description: BIGSALUD4 aims to investigate Data Analysis and Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques, mainly machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) with the purpose of bringing Artificial Intelligence to hospital practice, offering support to clinical staff in the decision-making process, making possible a better prognosis of health complications, a more personalized and effective treatment of patients and allowing hospitals to anticipate their needs.
description: BIGSALUD4. Project funded by the Valencian Institute of Business Competitiveness (IVACE) and European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), within the public grant program adressed to Technological Institutes of the Valencian Community for the development of non-economic R&D projects carried out in cooperation with companies during 2022. File number: IMDEEA/2022/23
Vähihaigete elulemus Eestis ja teistes Euroopa riikides (EUROCARE-3 projekt)
Creators: name: Mägi, Margit
name: Härmaorg, Pille
Publisher: name: OÜ Celsius Healthcare
Year: 2005
Subjects: vähk, elulemus, vähiregister, vähitõrje, Eesti, Euroopa Liit

description: Hiljuti lõppenud EUROCARE-3 projekt andis rahvastikupõhise võrdleva ülevaate vähihaigete elulemusest Euroopas  20.  sajandi  viimasel kümnendil. Ühisuuringus osales  67 vähiregistrit  22  Euroopa  riigist  ning analüüs  hõlmas  ligi  kaks  miljonit  aastatel  1990–1994  diagnoositud  vähijuhtu.  Viie  aasta  suhteline elulemusmäär varieerus olenevalt vähipaikmest 4%st (kõhunääre) kuni 94%ni (huul). Enamiku paikmete puhul oli elulemus naistel suurem kui meestel ja noorematel patsientidel suurem kui vanematel. Võrreldes 1980.  aastatega  oli  vähihaigete  elulemus  Euroopas  paranenud,  ent  rahvusvahelised  erinevused  jäid püsima.  Eestis  ja  teistes  Ida-Euroopa  riikides  olid  elulemusnäidud  tunduvalt  väiksemad  kui  Euroopas keskmiselt.


Eesti Arst 2005; 84 (3): 151-156
description: Eesti Arst, Märts 2005
title: Fehlertolerante mechatronische Aktorsysteme mit Realisierung einer elektrischen Duplex-Servolenkung
Creators: name: Keßler, Philipp
Publisher: name: UNSPECIFIED
Year: 2022

description: Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Fehlertoleranz redundanter mechatronischer Aktorsysteme am Beispiel einer Duplex-EPS. Hierfür wird im ersten Schritt eine Systemanalyse durchgeführt, zur Bestimmung einer Systemkonfiguration mit einer möglichst großen Fehlertoleranz bezüglich der Aktorik als auch der Sensorik bei gleichzeitig einer möglichst niedrigen Systemkomplexität. Hierfür kommen für die Wahl der Aktoranordnung Verfahren wie die FMEA (Failure Mode and Effect Analyse) zum Einsatz. Für die richtige Auswahl der Sensorik wird eine strukturelle Fehlererkennbarkeits- und -isolierbarkeitsanalyse durchgeführt. Es wird versucht sowohl eine aktive als auch eine passive Fehlertoleranz des Systems herzustellen. Für eine passive Fehlertoleranz wird eine Internal Model Control (IMC) Reglerstruktur entwickelt, die eine automatische Aktor-Allokation im Fehlerfall ermöglicht und somit die vorhandene Aktorredundanz im „hot standby“ nutzbar macht. Um eine bestmögliche Systemperfomance im Fehlerfall zu ermöglichen wird die IMC zu einer adaptiven Regelung erweitert, die eine Systemrekonfiguration abhängig von einer überlagerten Fehlererkennung und-diagnose in einem Fehlermanagementsystem erlaubt. Die angenommenen Sensor- und Aktorfehler können hierbei alle über eine Kombination aus Paritätsgleichungen und Parameterschätzverfahren erkannt und diagnostiziert werden. Die hierfür verwendeten analytischen Redundanzen konnten über die durchgeführte Strukturanalyse ermittelt werden. Die hohe Güte des verwendeten Modells sowie eine schnelle und präzise Extraktion von Symptomen erlauben frühzeitig Fehler zu erkennen und zu diagnostizieren, selbst bei einer geringen Fehlerstärke. Um fehlertolerant gegenüber Sensorfehlern zu sein wird zum einen gezeigt wie die verwendete IMC Struktur beim Ausfall von einem oder mehreren Stromsensoren stufenweise in eine Vorsteuerung rekonfiguriert werden kann und zum anderen wie die benötigten Sensorsignale (Ströme, Winkel und Winkelgeschwindigkeit) mit einem Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) über dem kompletten Geschwindigkeitsbereich der Aktoren beim Ausfall eines der Sensorsignale geschätzt werden können. Hierbei ist hervorzuheben, dass die Schätzung bis in den Stillstand funktioniert, auch wenn die Winkellage unbeobachtbar wird. Für die Untersuchung der Auswirkung eines Fehlers in der EPS sowie für die Validierung der in dieser Arbeit beschriebenen Ergebnisse standen zwei Prüfstände zur Verfügung. Der erste Prüfstand ist ein Duplex-EPS System bestehend aus zwei Standard EPS Systemen, die über die Zahnstange miteinander verkoppelt wurden. Der zweite Prüfstand besteht aus zwei permanent erregten Synchronmotoren, die über eine Balgkupplung rotatorisch miteinander verbunden sind.
Quasispecies theory for finite populations
Creators: name: Park, Jeong-Man
name: Munoz, Enrique
name: Deem, Michael W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: We present stochastic, finite-population formulations of the Crow-Kimura and Eigen models of quasispecies theory, for fitness functions that depend in an arbitrary way on the number of mutations from the wild type. We include back mutations in our description. We show that the fluctuation of the population numbers about the average values are exceedingly large in these physical models of evolution. We further show that horizontal gene transfer reduces by orders of magnitude the fluctuations in the population numbers and reduces the accumulation of deleterious mutations in the finite population due to Muller's ratchet. Indeed the population sizes needed to converge to the infinite population limit are often larger than those found in nature for smooth fitness functions in the absence of horizontal gene transfer. These analytical results are derived for the steady-state by means of a field-theoretic representation. Numerical results are presented that indicate horizontal gene transfer speeds up the dynamics of evolution as well.
description: 13 pages, 8 figures
Additional file 1 of Prognostic significance of cervical radiologic carotid artery invasion by lymph node on magnetic resonance imaging in nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Creators: name: Qiu, Wenze
name: Zhong, Xi
name: Jiang, Jiali
name: Huang, Laiji
name: Li, Jiansheng
name: Zheng, Ronghui
name: Cai, Zhuochen
name: Yuan, Yawei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Space Science
Medicine
Cell Biology
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Cancer

description: Additional file 1.
C-hepatiidi viirus ja tema genotüübid Eestis
Creators: name: Žusinaite, Eva
name: Jõers, Kai
name: Salupere, Riina
Publisher: name: OÜ Celsius Healthcare
Year: 2005
Subjects: C-hepatiidi viirus, genoomne organisatsioon, genotüübid

description: Krooniline C-viirushepatiit on tõsine tervishoiuprobleem üle maailma. Seni Eesti ajakirjanduses  ilmunud artiklid  on  käsitlenud  põhiliselt  kroonilise  C-hepatiidi  levikut  Eestis,  selle  kliinilisi  avaldumisvorme  ja raviküsimusi.  Käesolevas  artiklis  on  antud  ülevaade  kroonilise  C-hepatiidi  tekitajast,  selle  genoomi struktuurist  ja genotüüpide  levimusest Eestis. Et välja selgitada HCV genotüüpide  levimusmustrit Eestis, määrati viiruse genotüübid C-hepatiidi patsientide seerumitest kahel ajaperioodil. Selgus, et HCV genotüüpide  jaotumus  aastate  jooksul  ei  olnud  oluliselt  muutunud.  Mõlemal  uuringuperioodil  oli  enam levinud HCV  alltüüp 1b,  vähem  esines  alltüüpe  3a,  2a  ja  1a.  Statistiliselt  oluliselt  oli  suurenenud HCV segainfektsioonide arv.


Eesti Arst 2005; 84 (3): 146-150
description: Eesti Arst, Märts 2005
Sääskedega levivad nakkushaigused Eestis
Creators: name: Jõgiste, Ants
name: Varjas, Juta
name: Kutsar, Kuulo
Publisher: name: OÜ Celsius Healthcare
Year: 2005
Subjects: sääsed, malaaria, tulareemia

description: Sääskedega  levivatest  nakkushaigustest  esineb  praegu  Eestis  tulareemia.  Selle  nakkushaiguse teadaolevad  looduskolded  asuvad  Põhja-Eestis,  sealhulgas  Pakri  ja  Prangli  saartel.  Varem  on  ka kolmandapäevitine malaaria olnud Eestis kohalik haigus, kuid selle haiguse järjepidev epideemiaprotsess lõppes 1949. a. Pärast Teist maailmasõda on malaariat põdenud peamiselt N. Liidu teistes piirkondades nakatunud ja seejärel Eestisse asunud inimesed. Alates 1960. aastatest olid malaaria ohukontingendiks Aafrikas töötanud meremehed.


Eesti Arst 2005; 84 (3): 169-173
description: Eesti Arst, Märts 2005
What Drives the Diffusion of Privatization Policy? Evidence from the Telecommunications Sector
Creators: name: Schmitt, Carina
Publisher: name: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Diffusion
subject: Privatization
subject: Public entrepreneurship
subject: Telecommunications
subject: 320

description: This paper examines the extent to which diffusion mechanisms have been important for the privatization of telecommunications in the OECD world. It analyzes a panel dataset for 18 OECD countries between 1980 and 2007 using spatial econometric techniques. The sample includes 18 OECD countries between 1980 and 2007. The empirical findings strongly suggest that spatial interdependencies are significant for privatization policies. First, closely related countries from a geographical or economic perspective influence each other to a greater extent than non-related countries. Second, there is no evidence that governments adopt policies of countries with a similar cultural background or the policies of those countries where privatization has been shown to lead to the intended economic results at the company level. Third, the importance of diffusion is highly influenced by national characteristics such the openness of the economy.
Piimhappebakterite mõju inimese tervisele
Creators: name: Reismaa, Erika
Publisher: name: OÜ Celsius Healthcare
Year: 2005
Subjects: piimhappebakterid, Genus Lactobacillus, probiootikumid, soolestiku mikrofloora, allergia, soolestiku immuunsüsteem

description: Lactobacillus  rhamnosus GG  (ATCC 53103)  ehk  Lactobacillus GG  ehk  LGG on  terve  inimese  soolestiku mikrofloorast isoleeritud probiootiline piimhappebakteri tüvi, mille positiivne mõju inimese tervisele on rohkete kliiniliste uuringutega tõestatud. LGG mõjutab inimese kaitsevõimet haiguste vastu, aktiveerides antikehade sünteesi ja lokaalset immuunvastust.

Eesti Arst 2005; 84 (3): 174-179
description: Eesti Arst, Märts 2005
Desmids of some lakes in southwestern British Columbia with observations on Triploceras in culture
Creators: name: Gerrath, Joseph Frederick
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Algal collections from eight lakes in southwestern British Columbia have been examined. The desmid flora consists of 205 species and 44 varieties in 26 genera. Two genera, Spino-closterium and Spinocosmarium, and several species of other genera, are reported for the first time from British Columbia. Seasonal changes in the abundance and kinds of desmids occurring in collections are noted. Cultural studies on the variability of Triploceras gracile and T. verticillaturn were undertaken to determine the validity of subspecific characters used in the genus. These studies showed that the apical radiation of the semicell (the number of lobes at the end of the semicell) can vary from biradiate (2-lobed) to quadriradiate (4-lobed) within a single clone. Thus in the genus this character must be discarded as a taxonomic criterion. The morphology of the protuberances of the semicells was constant in both species, and is a useful subspecific character. A number of abnormal forms occurred in cultures but were not observed in field collections. The nuclear cytology of Triploceras was investigated. T. verticillaturn has the largest chromosomes yet reported for the Desmidiaceae, almost 20 u in length measured at late prophase in colchicine treated cells. The chromosome number for this species is n = 15-20. The chromosomes of T. gracile are smaller, but no chromosome counts were obtained for this species.
Explaining convergence of OECD welfare states: a conditional approach
Creators: name: Schmitt, Carina
name: Starke, Peter
Publisher: name: Sage
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Convergence
subject: Welfare State
subject: Social policy
subject: OECD
subject: Globalization
subject: 320

description: Existing studies have found only limited empirical evidence of welfare state convergence. Moreover, although there are good theoretical reasons both for and against welfare state convergence, there are virtually no studies that have explicitly tested the assumed effects. We argue that the concept of conditional convergence helps to both better describe and explain the phenomenon. By applying error correction models, we examine conditional convergence of various types of social expenditure in 21 OECD countries between 1980 and 2005. Our empirical findings go beyond the existing literature in two respects. First, we show that there is very strong evidence of convergence across all categories of social expenditure when conditional factors are taken into account. Second, we demonstrate that the speed of convergence is highly driven by globalization and European Union membership and shaped by existing welfare state structures.
Neurosüüfilis igapäevapraktikas – kas oskame sellele mõelda?
Creators: name: Lindmäe, Ande
name: Kreis, Andrus
name: Heinsoo, Maris
name: Kullamaa, Silja
name: Rand, Viiu-Marika
Publisher: name: OÜ Celsius Healthcare
Year: 2005
Subjects: süüfilis, neurosüüfilis, meningiit, Heubneri arteriit

description: Seoses linnastumise ja HIV-nakkuse levikuga sageneb süüfilisse haigestumine, tuues kaasa ka neurosüüfilise esinemissageduse kasvu. Viimast  soodustab  süüfilise varaste vormide diagnoosimata  jäämine või ebapiisav  ravi. Haiguse sümptomid võivad olla neuroloogilised või psühhiaatrilised, sarnanedes  teiste sageli  esinevate  haigustega  nagu  meningiit,  transitoorne  ajuisheemia,  ajuinfarkt,  Alzheimeri  tõbi jt. Artiklis on  tutvustatud kuut neurosüüfilise  juhtu, mida raviti aastatel 2001–2004 Põhja-Eesti Regionaalhaiglas. Ainult üks patsient kuulus sotsiaalsesse riskirühma (alkohoolik, endine narkomaan), viiel juhul oli tegemist n-ö tavaliste inimestega, kelle puhul sellist diagnoosi poleks oodanud. Enam diagnoositud vorm oli meningovaskulaarne süüfilis, mis on ka kirjanduse andmetel kõige levinum.


Eesti Arst 2005; 84 (3): 157-163
description: Eesti Arst, Märts 2005
Additional file 2 of Modeling early germline immunization after horizontal transfer of transposable elements reveals internal piRNA cluster heterogeneity
Creators: name: Asif-Laidin, Amna
name: Casier, Karine
name: Ziriat, Zoheir
name: Boivin, Antoine
name: Viodé, Elise
name: Delmarre, Valérie
name: Ronsseray, Stéphane
name: Carré, Clément
name: Teysset, Laure
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 2: Table S1. List of Drosophila strains. Table S2. Ovarian lacZ repression for the maternally and paternally inherited Ptransgenes. Table S3. Normalized number of unique mappers of 23 to 29 reads in the 3 sublines sequenced. Table S4. Annotation of small RNA libraries. Table S5. Percentage of dinucleotides content. Table S6. Number of 21 ntand 23-29 ntreads with 0 or 3 mismatches mapping to P, T3, white and plasmid. Table S7. Primers used in this study. Table S8. P-values calculated for the H3K9me3 ovarian enrichment by ChIP-qPCR.
Kas astma on Eestis üle- või alaldiagnoositud?
Creators: name: Jõgi, Rain
Publisher: name: OÜ Celsius Healthcare
Year: 2005

description: Rahvusvahelistes astma levimuse uuringutes on osalenud ka Eesti keskused. Astmanähtudeks peetavate vilinate  ja  kiunete  esinemine  hingamisel  on  Eesti  uurimisalustel  sagedasti  täheldatav,  samal  ajal  on diagnoositud astma levimus Eestis teiste Euroopa maadega võrreldes oluliselt väiksem. Tervikuna ei ole Eesti inimeste hingamistervis kiita.


Eesti Arst 2005; 84 (3): 163-167
description: Eesti Arst, Märts 2005
Flux-area operator and black hole entropy
Creators: name: G., J. Fernando Barbero
name: Lewandowski, Jerzy
name: Villaseñor, Eduardo J. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that, for space-times with inner boundaries, there exists a natural area operator different from the standard one used in loop quantum gravity. This new flux-area operator has equidistant eigenvalues. We discuss the consequences of substituting the standard area operator in the Ashtekar-Baez-Corichi-Krasnov definition of black hole entropy by the new one. Our choice simplifies the definition of the entropy and allows us to consider only those areas that coincide with the one defined by the value of the level of the Chern-Simons theory describing the horizon degrees of freedom. We give a prescription to count the number of relevant horizon states by using spin components and obtain exact expressions for the black hole entropy. Finally we derive its asymptotic behavior, discuss several issues related to the compatibility of our results with the Bekenstein-Hawking area law and the relation with Schwarzschild quasi-normal modes.
description: 25 pages
VLTI/AMBER spectro-interferometric imaging of VX Sgr's inhomogenous outer atmosphere
Creators: name: Chiavassa, A.
name: Lacour, S.
name: Millour, F.
name: Driebe, T.
name: Wittkowski, M.
name: Plez, B.
name: Thiebeaut, E.
name: Josselin, E.
name: Freytag, B.
name: Scholz, M.
name: Haubois, X.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Aims. We aim to explore the photosphere of the very cool late-type star VX Sgr and in particular the existence and characterization of molecular layers above the continuum forming photosphere. Methods. We obtained interferometric observations with the VLTI/AMBER interferometer using the fringe tracker FINITO in the spectral domain 1.45-2.50 micron with a spectral resolution of about 35 and baselines ranging from 15 to 88 meters.We perform independent image reconstruction for different wavelength bins and fit the interferometric data with a geometrical toy model.We also compare the data to 1D dynamical models of Miras atmosphere and to 3D hydrodynamical simulations of red supergiant (RSG) and asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars. Results. Reconstructed images and visibilities show a strong wavelength dependence. The H-band images display two bright spots whose positions are confirmed by the geometrical toy model. The inhomogeneities are qualitatively predicted by 3D simulations. At about 2,00 micron and in the region 2,35 - 2,50 micron, the photosphere appears extended and the radius is larger than in the H band. In this spectral region, the geometrical toy model locates a third bright spot outside the photosphere that can be a feature of the molecular layers. The wavelength dependence of the visibility can be qualitatively explained by 1D dynamical models of Mira atmospheres. The best-fitting photospheric models show a good match with the observed visibilities and give a photospheric diameter of theta = 8,82+-0,50 mas. The H2O molecule seems to be the dominant absorber in the molecular layers. Conclusions. We show that the atmosphere of VX Sgr rather resembles Mira/AGB star model atmospheres than RSG model atmospheres. In particular, we see molecular (water) layers that are typical for Mira stars.
description: 9 Pages, Accepted for publication on Astronomy & Astrophysics, two references updated
Imaging the molecular gas in a submm galaxy at z = 4.05: cold mode accretion or a major merger?
Creators: name: Carilli, C. L.
name: Daddi, E.
name: Riechers, D.
name: Walter, F.
name: Weiss, A.
name: Dannerbauer, H.
name: Morrison, G. E.
name: Wagg, J.
name: Dave, Romeel
name: Elbaz, D.
name: Stern, D.
name: Dickinson, M.
name: Krips, M.
name: Aravena, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a high resolution (down to 0.18"), multi-transition imaging study of the molecular gas in the z = 4.05 submillimeter galaxy GN20. GN20 is one of the most luminous starburst galaxy known at z > 4, and is a member of a rich proto-cluster of galaxies at z = 4.05 in GOODS-North. We have observed the CO 1-0 and 2-1 emission with the VLA, the CO 6-5 emission with the PdBI Interferometer, and the 5-4 emission with CARMA. The H_2 mass derived from the CO 1-0 emission is 1.3 \times 10^{11} (α/0.8) Mo. High resolution imaging of CO 2-1 shows emission distributed over a large area, appearing as partial ring, or disk, of ~ 10kpc diameter. The integrated CO excitation is higher than found in the inner disk of the Milky Way, but lower than that seen in high redshift quasar host galaxies and low redshift starburst nuclei. The VLA CO 2-1 image at 0.2" resolution shows resolved, clumpy structure, with a few brighter clumps with intrinsic sizes ~ 2 kpc. The velocity field determined from the CO 6-5 emission is consistent with a rotating disk with a rotation velocity of ~ 570 km s^{-1} (using an inclination angle of 45^o), from which we derive a dynamical mass of 3 \times 10^{11} \msun within about 4 kpc radius. The star formation distribution, as derived from imaging of the radio synchrotron and dust continuum, is on a similar scale as the molecular gas distribution. The molecular gas and star formation are offset by ~ 1" from the HST I-band emission, implying that the regions of most intense star formation are highly dust-obscured on a scale of ~ 10 kpc. The large spatial extent and ordered rotation of this object suggests that this is not a major merger, but rather a clumpy disk accreting gas rapidly in minor mergers or smoothly from the proto-intracluster medium. ABSTRACT TRUNCATED
description: 33 pages, 8 figures, submitted to the ApJ, aas latex format
A general two-cycle network model of molecular motors
Creators: name: Zhang, Yunxin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Subcellular Processes (q-bio.SC)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Molecular motors are single macromolecules that generate forces at the piconewton range and nanometer scale. They convert chemical energy into mechanical work by moving along filamentous structures. In this paper, we study the velocity of two-head molecular motors in the framework of a mechanochemical network theory. The network model, a generalization of the recently work of Liepelt and Lipowsky (PRL 98, 258102 (2007)), is based on the discrete mechanochemical states of a molecular motor with multiple cycles. By generalizing the mathematical method developed by Fisher and Kolomeisky for single cycle motor (PNAS(2001) 98(14) P7748-7753), we are able to obtain an explicit formula for the velocity of a molecular motor.
Fitting IN: Assimilation Processes in South Bend
Creators: name: Wargel, Kyla
name: Sammon, Molly
Publisher: name: University of Notre Dame
Year: 2023

description: Examines how Mexicans and other Latinos adapt to living in South Bend through the discussion of various assimilation processes, in particular changing family, social, and gender roles. Analyzes immigrant youth and violence and various programs aimed at violence reduction and reformation. Provides an overview of Latinos participation in varying social settings such as church, medical, and education services.
Significance of kinship in rural-urban migration
Creators: name: O'Rourke, Margaret Norah Joan
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Throughout the world a greater proportion of the population are living in cities which are growing because of in-migration. Many accounts of the migrations and of migrants in cities have been written. While most accounts emphasize the alienation and disorganization of the migrant, there are a growing number of accounts which indicate that the migrant helps and is helped by his kin group. These latter accounts have been analyzed in an attempt to discover the significance of kinship in rural-urban migration. The literature relating to migration theory has been briefly reviewed. The theory of William Petersen was found most useful but the typology he proposed is too general to contribute much understanding to the problem of rural-urban migration. The two types of Petersen's theory into which the rural-urban migration fit have been expanded into four types or levels of rural-urban migration. Each of the four types is characterized by different control of land resources, participation in ceremonial life and recognition of kinship rights and obligations. These are assumed to be interdependent. Case studies are used to illustrate types. These cases confirm that while there is a considerable lessening in the range of economic obligations to kin, the size of the potential kin group does not shrink. While the potential kin circle is large, the member of the kin group in the city selects, on the basis of personal preference, those whom he considers effective kin.
Walls in supersymmetric massive nonlinear sigma model on complex quadric surface
Creators: name: Arai, Masato
name: Lee, Sunggeun
name: Shin, Sunyoung
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Bogomol'nyi-Prasad-Sommerfield (BPS) multiwall solutions are constructed in a massive Kahler nonlinear sigma model on the complex quadric surface, Q^N=SO(N+2)/[SO(N)\times SO(2)] in 3-dimensional space-time. The theory has a non-trivial scalar potential generated by the Scherk-Schwarz dimensional reduction from the massless nonlinear sigma model on Q^N in 4-dimensional space-time and it gives rise to 2[N/2+1] discrete vacua. The BPS wall solutions connecting these vacua are obtained based on the moduli matrix approach. It is also shown that the moduli space of the BPS wall solutions is the complex quadric surface Q^N.
description: 42 pages, 30 figures, typos corrected, version to appear in PRD
Islomdagi tinchlik g'oyalari
Creators: name: Malikjon Mamamadiyorov Anvarivich, Toshkent axborot texnologiyalari unversiteti Samarqand filiali AKT-23-02 guruh talabasi
name: Ilmiy rahbar: Samatov Xurshid O'lmasjonovich
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Ushbu maqolada Islomda tinchlik va saodatning bir qismi, insonlarning ruhini va jismini tozalash va oʻtkazish bilan bogʻliq. Islomda tinchlik, qalb va fikrning tozaligi, boshqa insonlarga ihtiram koʻrsatish, zulm va zulumatga qarshi turish, yaxshi niyat bilan harakat qilish, sabr va shukrni oʻrganish kabi amallarni oʻz ichiga olgan.
Epidemioloogiliste uuringute kajastamine Postimehe ja The Irish Timesi veebiväljaannetes
Creators: name: Liiv, Kristi
Publisher: name: OÜ Celsius Healthcare
Year: 2012
Subjects: meediakajastus, ajakirjandus, internet, epidemioloogilised uuringud, kontentanalüüs

description: Taust ja eesmärgid. Uuriti epidemioloogiliste terviseuuringute kajastamist Eesti ja Iirimaa kvaliteetpäevalehtede – Postimehe (PM) ja The Irish Timesi (IT) – veebiväljaannetes 2009. aastal. Epidemioloogiliste uuringutena käsitleti juhtkontroll-, kohort- ja levimusuuringuid, mis on enam levinud rahvastiku tervise ja seda mõjutavate tegurite selgitamisel.
 Artikli eesmärk on tuua esile sarnasused ja erinevused kahe väljaande epidemioloogiliste uuringute esitamise praktikas ning sellest lähtuvalt juhtida tähelepanu meediakajastuse lugejasõbralikumaks muutmise võimalustele. Artiklis otsitakse vastuseid järgmistele küsimustele: a) milliseid terviseteemasid ja mis eesmärgil valjaannetes on kajastatud; b) kui palju ja millist infot kajastatud uuringute kohta on edastatud; c) kuidas on esitatud uuringute tulemused ja loodud kontekst tulemuste tõlgendamiseks.
 Meetodid ja tulemused. Uuringusse võeti kokku 269 artiklit (PMist 149 ja ITst 120), mida analüüsiti kvantitatiivse kontentanalüüsi meetodil. Kahe väljaande võrdluses ilmnes märkimisvaarseid erinevusi. ITs esitati sagedamini kohalike uuringute tulemusi (IT 59%, PM 9%) ning käsitleti neid enam tervisepoliitilistes aruteludes ( IT 18%, PM 8%) ja jagati lugejatele tervisesoovitusi ( IT 15%, PM 3%). PMi sagedamini raporteerivas vormis kirjutatud artiklid (PM 87%, IT 58%) tutvustasid rohkem välismaiseid uuringuid (PM 78%, IT 36%) ja andsid uuringute tegemise kohta detailsemat infot kui IT artiklid. Uurimisteemadest leidis mõlemas väljaandes kõige enam kajastamist toitumine, sotsiaalmajanduslikud ja psühholoogilised tervisemõjurid ning vaimne tervis. IT teemadevalik seostus PMist paremini riigi tervisestatistikast ilmnenud terviseprobleemidega. Uuringute statistilistest näitajatest esines artiklites kõige sagedamini levimusmäär (PM 42% ja IT 62%) ning viiendikus artiklites suhteline risk ja absoluutarvud. ITs sagedamini esinev praktika kasutada absoluutarve kergendab lugeja vaeva tulemuste mõistmisel. Uuringutulemustele konteksti loomiseks pakkus IT rohkem taustainfot kui PM.
 Järeldused. Vaatamata sellele, et PMi veebiväljaanne töötab interneti tüüpilise uudisteportaali põhimõttel, saaks epidemioloogiliste uuringute kajastamist oluliselt täiendada, pakkudes rohkem kohalikke ja Eesti terviseprobleemidega seotud uuringute tulemusi, kasutades seejuures lugejasõbralikke statistilisi näitajaid.


 Eesti Arst 2012; 91(1):11–17
description: Eesti Arst, Jaanuar 2012
Boundary effects and confinement in the theory of nonabelian gauge fields. PhD thesis. 1995. Moscow M.V. Lomonosov State University.
Creators: name: Timoshenko, Edward
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 20202 Nuclear Physics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Atomic Physics
subject: 20299 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics not elsewhere classified
subject: 20203 Particle Physics
subject: 10501 Algebraic Structures in Mathematical Physics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 20699 Quantum Physics not elsewhere classified
subject: 10599 Mathematical Physics not elsewhere classified

description: EXTRACT from the decision of the Special Council K.053.05.24of M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State Universitythe 27th of April 1995.By the decision of the Special Council K.053.05.24 of Moscow M.V. Lomonosov State University(record of proceedings No 3 of the 27th of April 1995) Edward Georgievich Timoshenko has beenconferred the degree candidate of physical-mathematical sciences after defence of the thesis"Boundary Effects and Confinement in the Theory of Nonabelian Gauge Fields" on the speciality 01.04.02theoretical physics.The thesis has been prepared in the Nuclear Physics Institute of Moscow State University.Scientific adviser: Dr. N.A. Sveshnikov.Official referees: Prof. AS. Vshivtsev and Dr. F.V. Tkachov gave positive reports on the thesis.Leading institution: Institute for High Energy Physics (Protvino) gave a positive report on the thesis.The defendant has 7 published scientific papers on the subject including the following:N.A. Sveshnikov, E.G. Timoshenko, Phys. Lett. B 289, 423 (1992)• E.G. Timoshenko, J. Nucl. Phys. 56 (11), 277 (1993).Note: the degree candidate of physical-mathematical sciences corresponds to the degree Doctor of Philosophy(Ph.D.)Chairman of the CouncilCorresponding Member of the Russian Academy of SciencesProfessor G.B.KhristiansenScientific Secretary of the Council