cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The relation of rapid changes in obesity measures to lipid profile - insights from a nationwide metabolic health survey in 444 Polish cities
Creators: name: Kaess, Bernhard M.
name: Jóźwiak, Jacek
name: Nelson, Christopher P.
name: Lukas, Witold
name: Mastej, Miroslaw
name: Windak, Adam
name: Tomasik, Tomasz
name: Grzeszczak, Wladyslaw
name: Tykarski, Andrzej
name: Gasowski, Jerzy
name: Ślęzak-Prochazka, Izabella
name: Ślęzak, Andrzej
name: Charchar, Fadi J.
name: Sattar, Naveed
name: Thompson, John R.
name: Samani, Nilesh J.
name: Tomaszewski, Maciej
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin

description: Objective
The impact of fast changes in obesity indices on other measures of metabolic health is poorly defined in the general population. Using the Polish accession to the European Union as a model of political and social transformation we examined how an expected rapid increase in body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference relates to changes in lipid profile, both at the population and personal level.

Methods
Through primary care centres in 444 Polish cities, two cross-sectional nationwide population-based surveys (LIPIDOGRAM 2004 and LIPIDOGRAM 2006) examined 15,404 and 15,453 adult individuals in 2004 and 2006, respectively. A separate prospective sample of 1,840 individuals recruited in 2004 had a follow-up in 2006 (LIPIDOGRAM PLUS).

Results
Two years after Polish accession to European Union, mean population BMI and waist circumference increased by 0.6% and 0.9%, respectively. This tracked with a 7.6% drop in HDL-cholesterol and a 2.1% increase in triglycerides (all p<0.001) nationwide. The direction and magnitude of the population changes were replicated at the personal level in LIPIDOGRAM PLUS (0.7%, 0.3%, 8.6% and 1.8%, respectively). However, increases in BMI and waist circumference were both only weakly associated with HDL-cholesterol and triglycerides changes prospectively. The relation of BMI to the magnitude of change in both lipid fractions was comparable to that of waist circumference.

Conclusions
Moderate changes in obesity measures tracked with a significant deterioration in measures of pro-atherogenic dyslipidaemia at both personal and population level. These associations were predominantly driven by factors not measureable directly through either BMI or waist circumference.
Xiphocentron yine Vilarino 2023
Creators: name: Vilarino, Albane
name: Calor, Adolfo R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Trichoptera
Xiphocentronidae
Xiphocentron
Xiphocentron yine

description: Xiphocentron yine Vilarino et al., 2023
Material examined.
BOLIVIA • 2 ♂ Dept. La Paz, ANMI Madidi, Chalalan Ecolodge, Tuichi river at entrance to lodge and trib., 14 ° 25.017 ′ S, 67 ° 54.378 ′ W, el. 300 m, 29. vii. 2003, Robertson and Blahnik leg., UMSP. • 3 ♂, 1 ♀; San Buenoventura – Ixiamas rd., km 23, Hacienda Chiquitos, Arroyo Chiquitos, 14 ° 20.082 ′ S, 67 ° 42.204 ′ W, el. 283 m, 13–14. vii. 2003, Robertson and Blahnik leg., UMSP.
Distribution.
Bolivia (new record), Peru.
description: Published as part of Vilarino, Albane & Calor, Adolfo R., 2024, Comparative geometric morphometrics of male genitalia in Xiphocentron subgenera (Trichoptera: Xiphocentronidae): new species, revision and phylogenetic systematics of the subgenus Sphagocentron, pp. 407-431 in Arthropod Systematics & amp; Phylogeny 82 on pages 407-431, DOI: 10.3897/asp.82.e112587
Black Tattoos Entail Substantial Uptake of Genotoxicpolycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) in Human Skin and Regional Lymph Nodes
Creators: name: Lehner, Karin
name: Santarelli, Francesco
name: Vasold, Rudolf
name: Penning, Randolph
name: Sidoroff, Alexis
name: König, Burkhard
name: Landthaler, Michael
name: Bäumler, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: DIESEL EXHAUST PARTICLES; GENE-EXPRESSION; DNA-ADDUCTS; CANCER; ACTIVATION; CELLS; INKS; CARCINOGENS; METABOLISM; EXPOSURE;
subject: 540 Chemie
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Hundreds of millions of people worldwide have tattoos, which predominantly contain black inks consisting of soot products like Carbon Black or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH). We recently found up to 200 mu g/g of PAH in commercial black inks. After skin tattooing, a substantial part of the ink and PAH should be transported to other anatomical sites like the regional lymph nodes. To allow a first estimation of health risk, we aimed to extract and quantify the amount of PAH in black tattooed skin and the regional lymph nodes of pre-existing tattoos. Firstly, we established an extraction method by using HPLC - DAD technology that enables the quantification of PAH concentrations in human tissue. After that, 16 specimens of human tattooed skin and corresponding regional lymph nodes were included in the study. All skin specimen and lymph nodes appeared deep black. The specimens were digested and tested for 20 different PAH at the same time. PAH were found in twelve of the 16 tattooed skin specimens and in eleven regional lymph nodes. The PAH concentration ranged from 0.1-0.6 mu g/cm(2) in the tattooed skin and 0.1-11.8 mu g/g in the lymph nodes. Two major conclusions can be drawn from the present results. Firstly, PAH in black inks stay partially in skin or can be found in the regional lymph nodes. Secondly, the major part of tattooed PAH had disappeared from skin or might be found in other organs than skin and lymph nodes. Thus, beside inhalation and ingestion, tattooing has proven to be an additional, direct and effective route of PAH uptake into the human body.
Elachista veruta Kaila 2008
Creators: name: Kaila, Lauri
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Elachistidae
Elachista
Elachista veruta

description: Elachista veruta Kaila, 2008
Elachista veruta Kaila, 2008: 414. Type locality: United Arab Emirates, Wadi Maidaq (Kaila 2008: 414). Holotype ♂, in RNHL.
Subgenus: Elachista; freyerella species group.
Distribution: Palearctic. United Arab Emirates.
Larval host plant(s): unknown.
Figs.: Kaila (2008).
description: Published as part of Kaila, Lauri, 2019, An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae), pp. 1-231 in Zootaxa 4632 (1) on page 138, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4632.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3335414
Hexachaeta cundiboyacensis
Creators: name: Clavijo, Pedro Alexander Rodriguez
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tephritidae
Hexachaeta
Hexachaeta cundiboyacensis

description: Key. The following modifications to the key of Hernández-Ortiz (1999) are provided to include H. cundiboyacensis:
1. Abdominal tergites entirely yellow or at most with lateral blackish spots on tergite 5 in male or 6 in female; oviscape yellow or dark brown.......................................................................................... 2
- At least abdominal tergites 3–5 entirely dark brown; oviscape dark brown;...................................... 1A
1A. All tergites, including syntergite 1+2, entirely brownish black; proximal hyaline mark in cell r 1 reaching vein R4+5; costal cell with dark marking occupying nearly of anterior mid length (Figure 1. E page 634); aculeus tip as in (Figure 2. E–F page 636) Venezuela .................................................................. H. nigriventris Hernández-Ortiz
- Syntergite 1+2 yellow with two brownish spots laterally, other tergites entirely dark brown (Figs. 9–10); proximal hyaline mark in cell r 1 projecting beyond vein R4+5 into br cell; costal cell entirely pale yellow except a narrow brown area on anterior margin (Fig. 7); aculeus tip as in (Fig. 15) Colombia ....................... H. cundiboyacensis Rodriguez, new species
description: Published as part of Clavijo, Pedro Alexander Rodriguez, 2025, New species and host plants of Hexachaeta Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Colombia, pp. 463-476 in Zootaxa 5575 (3) on page 475, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.7, http://zenodo.org/record/14747230
Tonnoiriella pulchra
Creators: name: Wagner, Rüdiger
name: Andrade, Rui
name: Gonçalves, Ana
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Psychodidae
Tonnoiriella
Tonnoiriella pulchra

description: Tonnoiriella pulchra (Eaton)
Material: 2♂, Guarda, Seia, Vide e Cabeça, 04 September 2014; 2♂, ibidem, 20 July 2013 leg. Andrade; 1♂, Viseu, Moimenta da Beira, Paradinha e Nagosa, 27 April 2014.
description: Published as part of Wagner, Rüdiger, Andrade, Rui & Gonçalves, Ana, 2022, Moth flies (Diptera, Psychodidae) from Portugal with descriptions of a new genus new species and additions to the fauna of the Iberian Peninsula, pp. 37-59 in Zootaxa 5129 (1) on page 53, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5129.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/6488081
Machairocentron Schmid, Schmid 1982
Creators: name: Vilarino, Albane
name: Calor, Adolfo R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Trichoptera
Xiphocentronidae
Machairocentron

description: GenusMachairocentronSchmid, 1982
Machairocentron amahuaca Vilarino et al., 2023
Material examined.
BOLIVIA • 9 ♂. 119 ♀; Santa Cruz Dept.: PN and ANMI Amboró, Guarda, Parque Mataracú, Q. Verde Uno, 17 ° 33.136 ′ S, 63 ° 52.092 ′ W, el. 374 m, 21–27. ix. 2004, Malaise, Robertson, Garcia and Viduarre leg., UMSP.
Distribution.
Bolivia (new record), Peru.
description: Published as part of Vilarino, Albane & Calor, Adolfo R., 2024, Comparative geometric morphometrics of male genitalia in Xiphocentron subgenera (Trichoptera: Xiphocentronidae): new species, revision and phylogenetic systematics of the subgenus Sphagocentron, pp. 407-431 in Arthropod Systematics & amp; Phylogeny 82 on pages 407-431, DOI: 10.3897/asp.82.e112587
The Natural Chemopreventive Agent Sulforaphane Inhibits STAT5 Activity
Creators: name: Prinz, Sophia
name: Unser, Samy
name: Rascle, Anne
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: NF-KAPPA-B; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITORS; TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; PROSTATE-CANCER CELLS; SIGNAL-TRANSDUCTION; GENE-EXPRESSION; JAK/STAT PATHWAY; TRANSACTIVATION DOMAIN; JAK-STAT5 PATHWAY; LEUKEMIA-CELLS;
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Signal transducer and activator of transcription STAT5 is an essential mediator of cytokine, growth factor and hormone signaling. While its activity is tightly regulated in normal cells, its constitutive activation directly contributes to oncogenesis and is associated to a number of hematological and solid tumor cancers. We previously showed that deacetylase inhibitors can inhibit STAT5 transcriptional activity. We now investigated whether the dietary chemopreventive agent sulforaphane, known for its activity as deacetylase inhibitor, might also inhibit STAT5 activity and thus could act as a chemopreventive agent in STAT5-associated cancers. We describe here sulforaphane (SFN) as a novel STAT5 inhibitor. We showed that SFN, like the deacetylase inhibitor trichostatin A (TSA), can inhibit expression of STAT5 target genes in the B cell line Ba/F3, as well as in its transformed counterpart Ba/F3-1* 6 and in the human leukemic cell line K562 both of which express a constitutively active form of STAT5. Similarly to TSA, SFN does not alter STAT5 initial activation by phosphorylation or binding to the promoter of specific target genes, in favor of a downstream transcriptional inhibitory effect. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assays revealed that, in contrast to TSA however, SFN only partially impaired the recruitment of RNA polymerase II at STAT5 target genes and did not alter histone H3 and H4 acetylation, suggesting an inhibitory mechanism distinct from that of TSA. Altogether, our data revealed that the natural compound sulforaphane can inhibit STAT5 downstream activity, and as such represents an attractive cancer chemoprotective agent targeting the STAT5 signaling pathway.
Tonnoiriella undetermined
Creators: name: Wagner, Rüdiger
name: Andrade, Rui
name: Gonçalves, Ana
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Psychodidae
Tonnoiriella
Tonnoiriella undetermined

description: Tonnoiriella sp. females
Material: 1♀, Porto, Valongo, Campo e Sobrado, 1 October 2011; 2♀, ibidem 24 October 2014; 1♀, Bragança, Espinhosela, 8 August 2014; 1♀, Guarda, Seia, Vide e Cabeça, 20 July 2013; 1♀, Guarda, Seia, Vide e Cabeça, 04 September 2014 (collected with ♂ T. pulchra).
description: Published as part of Wagner, Rüdiger, Andrade, Rui & Gonçalves, Ana, 2022, Moth flies (Diptera, Psychodidae) from Portugal with descriptions of a new genus new species and additions to the fauna of the Iberian Peninsula, pp. 37-59 in Zootaxa 5129 (1) on page 53, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5129.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/6488081
Elachista vinlandica Kaila 1996
Creators: name: Kaila, Lauri
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Elachistidae
Elachista
Elachista vinlandica

description: Elachista vinlandica Kaila, 1996
Elachista vinlandica Kaila, 1996: 237. Type locality: Canada, Newfoundland, Eddies Cove (Kaila 1996: 237). Holotype ♂, in MZH.
Subgenus: Elachista; tetragonella species group.
Distribution: Nearctic. Canada (Labrador, Newfoundland).
Larval host plant(s): unknown.
Figs.: Kaila (1996).
description: Published as part of Kaila, Lauri, 2019, An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae), pp. 1-231 in Zootaxa 4632 (1) on page 138, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4632.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3335414
Data catalogue of suitable and available (local) data sources/data sets
Creators: name: Süß, Viola
name: Gaunitz, Benjamin
name: Torres Landaverde, Silvia
name: Thelen, Michael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This document describes the contents and handling of the data catalogue created for the poject. The data catalogue is publicly available on GitHub in English and German. It will be updated at regular intervals. The data catalogue can be found under the following link: https://github.com/Logistics-Living-Lab/SuCoLo_DataCatalogue

The data portals and datasets found are selected based on certain criteria, such as free to-use licence, machine-readability and open data from German cities and, in particular, on the city of Leipzig and its outskirts. Data sets that could be used include, but are not limited to, demographic data, economic data, land use data and social factors. Overall, 29 suitable databases were found to be used, which have differing attributes. For future use, these datasets will be technically and organisationally evaluated and prepared for use in the SuCoLo project.

The deliverable is also available in inclusive language.
Luminescent Dual Sensors Reveal Extracellular pH-Gradients and Hypoxia on Chronic Wounds That Disrupt Epidermal Repair
Creators: name: Schreml, Stephan
name: Meier, Robert Johannes
name: Kirschbaum, Michael
name: Kong, Su-Chii
name: Gehmert, Sebastian
name: Felthaus, Oliver
name: Küchler, Sarah
name: Sharpe, Justin R.
name: Wöltje, Kerstin
name: Weiß, Katharina
name: Albert, Markus
name: Seidl, Uwe
name: Schröder, Josef
name: Morsczeck, Christian
name: Prantl, Lukas
name: Duschl, Claus
name: Pedersen, Stine F.
name: Gosau, Martin
name: Breneburg, Mark
name: Wolfbeis, Otto S.
name: Landthaler, Michael
name: Babilas, Philipp
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: HUMAN SKIN; KERATINOCYTE PROLIFERATION; HYDROGEN-PEROXIDE; CELL-MIGRATION; IN-VITRO; OXYGEN; GROWTH; MODEL; MECHANISMS; CHEMOTAXIS; fluorescence imaging; wound healing; cell migration; gradient sensing; proton transporters
subject: 540 Chemie
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Wound repair is a quiescent mechanism to restore barriers in multicellular organisms upon injury. In chronic wounds, however, this program prematurely stalls. It is known that patterns of extracellular signals within the wound fluid are crucial to healing. Extracellular pH (pH(e)) is precisely regulated and potentially important in signaling within wounds due to its diverse cellular effects. Additionally, sufficient oxygenation is a prerequisite for cell proliferation and protein synthesis during tissue repair. It was, however, impossible to study these parameters in vivo due to the lack of imaging tools. Here, we present luminescent biocompatible sensor foils for dual imaging of pH(e) and oxygenation in vivo. To visualize pH(e) and oxygen, we used time-domain dual lifetime referencing (tdDLR) and luminescence lifetime imaging (LLI), respectively. With these dual sensors, we discovered centripetally increasing pH(e)-gradients on human chronic wound surfaces. In a therapeutic approach, we identify pH(e)-gradients as pivotal governors of cell proliferation and migration, and show that these pH(e)-gradients disrupt epidermal barrier repair, thus wound closure. Parallel oxygen imaging also revealed marked hypoxia, albeit with no correlating oxygen partial pressure (pO(2))-gradient. This highlights the distinct role of pH(e)-gradients in perturbed healing. We also found that pH(e)-gradients on chronic wounds of humans are predominantly generated via centrifugally increasing pH(e)-regulatory Na+/H+-exchanger-I (NHEI)-expression. We show that the modification of pH(e) on chronic wound surfaces poses a promising strategy to improve healing. The study has broad implications for cell science where spatial pH(e)-variations play key roles, e. g. in tumor growth. Furthermore, the novel dual sensors presented herein can be used to visualize pH(e) and oxygenation in various biomedical fields.
Structural brain changes following left temporal low-frequency rTMS in patients with subjective tinnitus
Creators: name: Lehner, Astrid
name: Langguth, Berthold
name: Poeppl, Timm B.
name: Rupprecht, Rainer
name: Hajak, Göran
name: Landgrebe, Michael
name: Schecklmann, Martin
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: TRANSCRANIAL-MAGNETIC-STIMULATION; AUDITORY-CORTEX; IMAGING DATA; DISTRESS; NETWORKS; PET; ACTIVATION; MECHANISMS; GENERATION; INHIBIT;
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) of the temporal cortex has been used to treat patients with subjective tinnitus. While rTMS is known to induce morphological changes in healthy subjects, no study has investigated yet whether rTMS treatment induces grey matter (GM) changes in tinnitus patients as well, whether these changes are correlated with treatment success, and whether GM at baseline is a useful predictor for treatment outcome. Therefore, we examined magnetic resonance images of 77 tinnitus patients who were treated with rTMS of the left temporal cortex (10 days, 2000 stimuli/day, 1 Hz). At baseline and after the last treatment session high-resolution structural images of the brain were acquired and tinnitus severity was assessed. For a subgroup of 41 patients, additional brain scans were done after a follow-up period of 90 days. GM changes were analysed by means of voxel based morphometry. Transient GM decreases were detectable in several brain regions, especially in the insula and the inferior frontal cortex. These changes were not related to treatment outcome though. Baseline images correlated with change in tinnitus severity in the frontal cortex and the lingual gyrus, suggesting that GM at baseline might hold potential as a possible predictor for treatment outcome.
Allolobophora kosowensis subsp. montenegrina Sapkarev 1975
Creators: name: Stojanović, Mirjana
name: Milutinović, Tanja
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Clitellata
Crassiclitellata
Lumbricidae
Allolobophora
Allolobophora kosowensis
Allolobophora kosowensis montenegrina šapkarev, 1975

description: Allolobophora kosowensis montenegrina Šapkarev, 1975
Allolobophora kosowensis montenegrina Šapkarev, 1975: 27 –28.
Eophila kosowensis montenegrina: Šapkarev 1978: 297.
Serbiona kosowensis montenegrina: Mršić 1991: 192. Stojanović et al. 2008: 60.
Ecology. Anecic subspecies living in beech woodlands (Šapkarev 1978).
Distribution in Montenegro. Eastern Montenegro: Biševo, Kukovičak, Vuča planina (Šapkarev 1975; Mršić 1991).
Zoogeographical distribution type. Endemic subspecies distributed in Montenegro (Mršić 1991) and southern Serbia (Stojanović 1996).
Remarks. In the Balkans, apart from All. kosowensis montenegrina, occurs also the endemic subspecies All. kosowensis kosowensis Karaman, 1968, distributed in hilly-mountain habitats of the southern, southeastern, central and southwestern parts of Serbia (Stojanović et al. 2008).
description: Published as part of Stojanović, Mirjana & Milutinović, Tanja, 2013, Checklist of earthworms (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) from Montenegro: Diversity and biogeographical review, pp. 147-164 in Zootaxa 3710 (2) on page 148, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3710.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/222299
Quantitative Evaluation of Enhancement Patterns in Focal Solid Liver Lesions with Gd-EOB-DTPA-Enhanced MRI
Creators: name: Haimerl, Michael
name: Wächtler, Max
name: Zeman, Florian
name: Verloh, Niklas
name: Platzek, Ivan
name: Schreyer, Andreas Georg
name: Stroszczynski, Christian
name: Wiggermann, Phillipp
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: EARLY HEPATOCELLULAR-CARCINOMA; MULTICENTER PHASE-III; GADOXETIC-ACID; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; HISTOPATHOLOGIC FINDINGS; CONTRAST AGENT; SPIRAL CT; GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE; INITIAL OBSERVATIONS; HEPATIC ADENOMA;
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Purpose: The objective was to investigate the dynamic enhancement patterns in focal solid liver lesions after the administration of gadolinium ethoxybenzyl diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (Gd-EOB-DTPA) by means of dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) including hepatobiliary phase (HP) images 20 min after Gd-EOB-DTPA administration. Materials and Methods: Non-enhanced T1/T2-weighted as well as dynamic magnetic resonance (MR) images during the arterial phase (AP), the portal venous phase (PVP), the late phase (LP), and the HP (20 min) were obtained from 83 patients (54 male, 29 female, mean age 62.01 years) with focal solid liver lesions. MRI was conducted by means of a 1.5-T system for 63 patients with malignant liver lesions (HCCs: n = 34, metastases: n = 29) and for 20 patients with benign liver lesions (FNH lesions: n = 14, hemangiomas: n = 3, adenomas: n = 3). For quantitative analysis, signal-to-noise ratios (SNR), contrast enhancement ratios (CER), lesion-to-liver contrast ratios (LLC), and signal intensity (SI) ratios were measured. Results: The SNR of liver parenchyma significantly increased in each dynamic phase after Gd-EOB-DTPA administration compared to the SNR of non-enhanced images (p<0.001). The CER of HCCs and metastases significantly decreased between LP and HP images (p = 0.0011, p<0.0001). However, FNH lesions did not show any significant difference, whereas an increased CER was found in hemangiomas. The mean LLCs of FNH lesions were significantly higher than those of HCCs and metastases. The LLC values of hemangiomas remained negative during the entire time course, whereas the LLC of adenomas indicated hyperintensity from the AP to the LP. Furthermore, adenomas showed hypointensity in HP images. Conclusion: Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI may help diagnose focal solid liver lesions by evaluating their enhancement patterns.
Atrichobrunettia simplex Wagner 1984
Creators: name: Wagner, Rüdiger
name: Andrade, Rui
name: Gonçalves, Ana
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Psychodidae
Atrichobrunettia
Atrichobrunettia simplex

description: Atrichobrunettia simplex Wagner
Material: 1♂, 2♀, Porto, Valongo, Campo e Sobrado, 24 October 2014; 1♂, Bragança, Espinhosela, 9 September 2014; 4♂, Braga, Terras de Bouro, Valdosende, 25 October 2014; 1♀, Braga, Barcelos, Gilmonde, 5 October 2014; 1♀, ibidem, 25 October 2014; 1♀, Braga, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Novais, 28 June 2013.
Comment: females were assigned to males according to general appearance of size, wing shape and venation.
description: Published as part of Wagner, Rüdiger, Andrade, Rui & Gonçalves, Ana, 2022, Moth flies (Diptera, Psychodidae) from Portugal with descriptions of a new genus new species and additions to the fauna of the Iberian Peninsula, pp. 37-59 in Zootaxa 5129 (1) on page 53, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5129.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/6488081
Yaginumaella Proszynski 1979
Creators: name: Wang, Cheng
name: Mi, Xiaoqi
name: Li, Shuqiang
name: Xu, Xiang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Salticidae
Yaginumaella

description: GenusYaginumaellaPrószyński, 1979
Type species.
Pellenes ususudi Yaginuma, 1972; type locality Hidaka District, Hokkaido, Japan.
Comments.
Yaginumaella, a member of Plexippini (Maddison 2015), is represented by 17 species restricted in east, south, and southeast Asia (WSC 2024). The genus is relatively poorly studied because it has never been widely revised, and more than 35 % of species are known only from a single sex (WSC 2024). Moreover, the relationship between the genus and Ptocasius Simon, 1885 remains controversial, and thus the generic position of many related species cannot be ultimately confirmed (Logunov 2024; Wang et al. 2024).
description: Published as part of Wang, Cheng, Mi, Xiaoqi, Li, Shuqiang & Xu, Xiang, 2024, Taxonomic notes of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) from Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Xizang and Yunnan, China, pp. 205-277 in ZooKeys 1221 on pages 205-277, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1221.135640
SNAG: Using Television To Uplift the Heart of Indigenous People, Native Women
Creators: name: Winder, Lily Joy
name: Grace, Nanabah
name: Wilcox, Michael
Publisher: name: Stanford Digital Repository
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Television shows
subject: Indigenous peoples
subject: Native Americans

description: This is a creative work, exploring the empowerment of Indigenous women, specifically urban Native women, through the medium of film. This television pilot, SNAG, serves in part as a reclamation of Indigenous sexuality, narratives, and joy.
Changes in motor cortex excitability associated with temporal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in tinnitus: hints for cross-modal plasticity?
Creators: name: Schecklmann, Martin
name: Landgrebe, Michael
name: Kleinjung, Tobias
name: Frank, Elmar
name: Sand, Philipp G.
name: Rupprecht, Rainer
name: Eichhammer, Peter
name: Hajak, Göran
name: Langguth, Berthold
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; CORTICAL EXCITABILITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NETWORK CONNECTIVITY; CLINICAL-RESPONSE; RTMS; INHIBITION; THRESHOLD; TMS; MODULATION; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Motor cortex excitability; Motor cortex plasticity; Tinnitus; Cross-modal plasticity; Cortical silent period; Motor threshold; Intracortical inhibition; Intracortical facilitation
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Background: Motor cortex excitability was found to be changed after repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) of the temporal cortex highlighting the occurrence of cross-modal plasticity in non-invasive brain stimulation. Here, we investigated the effects of temporal low-frequency rTMS on motor cortex plasticity in a large sample of tinnitus patients. In 116 patients with chronic tinnitus different parameters of cortical excitability were assessed before and after ten rTMS treatment sessions. Patients received one of three different protocols all including 1 Hz rTMS over the left temporal cortex. Treatment response was defined as improvement by at least five points in the tinnitus questionnaire (TQ). Variables of interest were resting motor threshold (RMT), short-interval intra-cortical inhibition (SICI), intracortical facilitation (ICF), and cortical silent period (CSP). Results: After rTMS treatment RMT was decreased by about 1% of stimulator output near-significantly in the whole group of patients. SICI was associated with significant changes with respect to treatment response. The group of treatment responders showed a decrease of SICI over the course of treatment, the group of non-responders the reverse pattern. Conclusions: Minor RMT changes during rTMS treatment do not necessarily suggest the need for systematic re-examination of the RMT for safety and efficacy issues. Treatment response to rTMS was shown to be related to changes in SICI that might reflect modulation of GABAergic mechanisms directly or indirectly related to rTMS treatment effects.
Allolobophora sturanyi subsp. sturanyi Rosa 1895
Creators: name: Stojanović, Mirjana
name: Milutinović, Tanja
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Clitellata
Crassiclitellata
Lumbricidae
Allolobophora
Allolobophora sturanyi
Allolobophora sturanyi sturanyi rosa, 1895

description: Allolobophora sturanyi sturanyi Rosa, 1895
Allolobophora sturanyi Rosa, 1895: 5.
Karpatodinariona sturanyi: Mršić 1991: 250.
Eophila sturanyi: Karaman & Stojanović 1995: 139. Allolobophora sturanyi: Stojanović & Karaman 2003: 58. Allolobophora sturanyi sturanyi: Szederjesi 2013: 2.
Ecology. Beech forests (Stojanović 1996) and dry oak forests (Szederjesi 2013).
Distribution in Montenegro. Southern Montenegro: Lovćen (Mršić 1991).
Zoogeographical distribution type. Illyric distribution type, spread in the northern part of the Western Balkans: Croatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Montenegro (Cognettii 1906; Mršić 1991; Stojanović & Karaman 2003; Csuzdi & Pop 2008).
Remarks. Allolobophora sturanyi is a polytypic species with three subspecies. Of these, only All. sturanyi sturanyi is distributed on the Balkans. According to Csuzdi & Pop (2008) it is missing from the Carpathians, despite Perel’s (1979) data from the eastern Carpathians which related to All. sturanyi dacidoides Bouché, 1973. All. sturanyi dacica (Pop, 1938) is distributed in mid-Transylvania and in the eastern part of Hungary (Csuzdi et al. 2011).
Genus Allolobophoridella Mršić, 1990
description: Published as part of Stojanović, Mirjana & Milutinović, Tanja, 2013, Checklist of earthworms (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) from Montenegro: Diversity and biogeographical review, pp. 147-164 in Zootaxa 3710 (2) on pages 148-149, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3710.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/222299
Elachista vitellina Kaila 2011
Creators: name: Kaila, Lauri
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Elachistidae
Elachista
Elachista vitellina

description: Elachista vitellina Kaila, 2011
Elachista vitellina Kaila, 2011a: 231. Type locality: Australia, New South Wales, Monga State Forest (Kaila 2011a: 232). Holotype ♂, in ANIC.
Subgenus: Elachista; freyerella species group.
Distribution: Australasian. Australia (New South Wales).
Larval host plant(s): unknown.
Figs.: Kaila (2011a).
description: Published as part of Kaila, Lauri, 2019, An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae), pp. 1-231 in Zootaxa 4632 (1) on page 138, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4632.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3335414
Analysis of the Impact of Artificial Intelligence Usage on the Skills and Quality of Student Thesis Writing at UPN "Veteran" Yogyakarta
Creators: name: Utami, Yenni Sri
name: Wiedijarti, Ida
name: Simanjuntak, Oliver Samuel
name: Kusumo, Yudhy Widya
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This material has been presented on 1st International Conference on Advanced Research in Sustainable Economic and Social Science 2024 October 23 - 24, 2024.
Differential effects of P2Y1 deletion on glial activation and survival of photoreceptors and amacrine cells in the ischemic mouse retina
Creators: name: Pannike, T.
name: Frommherz, I.
name: Biedermann, B.
name: Wagner, L.
name: Sauer, K.
name: Ulbricht, E.
name: Härtig, W.
name: Krügel, U.
name: Ueberham, U.
name: Arendt, T.
name: Illes, P.
name: Bringmann, A.
name: Reichenbach, A.
name: Grosche, Antje
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MICROGLIAL CELLS; GLUTAMATE UPTAKE; MULLER CELLS; TGF-BETA; EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR; ASTROCYTES; MEMBRANE;
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Gliosis of retinal Muller glial cells may have both beneficial and detrimental effects on neurons. To investigate the role of purinergic signaling in ischemia-induced reactive gliosis, transient retinal ischemia was evoked by elevation of the intraocular pressure in wildtype (Wt) mice and in mice deficient in the glia-specific nucleotide receptor P2Y(1) (P2Y(1) receptor-deficient (P2Y1R-KO)). While control retinae of P2Y1R-KO mice displayed reduced cell numbers in the ganglion cell and inner nuclear layers, ischemia induced apoptotic death of cells in all retinal layers in both, Wt and P2Y1R-KO mice, but the damage especially on photoreceptors was more pronounced in retinae of P2Y1R-KO mice. In contrast, gene expression profiling and histological data suggest an increased survival of amacrine cells in the postischemic retina of P2Y1R-KO mice. Interestingly, measuring the ischemia-induced downregulation of inwardly rectifying potassium channel (Kir)-mediated K+ currents as an indicator, reactive Muller cell gliosis was found to be weaker in P2Y1R-KO (current amplitude decreased by 18%) than in Wt mice (decrease by 68%). The inner retina harbors those neurons generating action potentials, which strongly rely on an intact ion homeostasis. This may explain why especially these cells appear to benefit from the preserved Kir4.1 expression in Muller cells, which should allow them to keep up their function in the context of spatial buffering of potassium. Especially under ischemic conditions, maintenance of this Muller cell function may dampen cytotoxic neuronal hyperexcitation and subsequent neuronal cell loss. In sum, we found that purinergic signaling modulates the gliotic activation pattern of Muller glia and lack of P2Y(1) has janus-faced effects. In the end, the differential effects of a disrupted P2Y(1) signaling onto neuronal survival in the ischemic retina call the putative therapeutical use of P2Y(1)-antagonists into question.
Reduced Variability of Auditory Alpha Activity in Chronic Tinnitus
Creators: name: Schlee, Winfried
name: Schecklmann, Martin
name: Lehner, Astrid
name: Kreuzer, Peter M.
name: Vielsmeier, Veronika
name: Poeppl, Timm B.
name: Langguth, Berthold
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: COORDINATED RESET NEUROMODULATION; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; SYNCHRONIZATION; BRAIN; POWER; DESYNCHRONIZATION; FLUCTUATIONS; PERFORMANCE; INHIBITION; PERCEPTION;
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Subjective tinnitus is characterized by the conscious perception of a phantom sound which is usually more prominent under silence. Resting state recordings without any auditory stimulation demonstrated a decrease of cortical alpha activity in temporal areas of subjects with an ongoing tinnitus perception. This is often interpreted as an indicator for enhanced excitability of the auditory cortex in tinnitus. In this study we want to further investigate this effect by analysing the moment-to-moment variability of the alpha activity in temporal areas. Magnetoencephalographic resting state recordings of 21 tinnitus subjects and 21 healthy controls were analysed with respect to the mean and the variability of spectral power in the alpha frequency band over temporal areas. A significant decrease of auditory alpha activity was detected for the low alpha frequency band (8-10 Hz) but not for the upper alpha band (10-12 Hz). Furthermore, we found a significant decrease of alpha variability for the tinnitus group. This result was significant for the lower alpha frequency range and not significant for the upper alpha frequencies. Tinnitus subjects with a longer history of tinnitus showed less variability of their auditory alpha activity which might be an indicator for reduced adaptability of the auditory cortex in chronic tinnitus.
Elachista vonschantzi Svensson 1976
Creators: name: Kaila, Lauri
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Elachistidae
Elachista
Elachista vonschantzi

description: Elachista vonschantzi Svensson, 1976
Elachista vonschantzi Svensson, 1976: 200. Type locality: Sweden, Norrbotten, Båtskärnäs (Svensson 1976: 200). Holotype ♂, in ZMUL.
Subgenus: Elachista; bifasciella species group.
Distribution: Palearctic. Finland, Russia, Sweden.
Larval host plant(s): Calamagrostis stricta (Timm) Koeler (Poaceae) (Mutanen 2003).
Figs.: Svensson (1976), Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977), Mutanen (2003).
description: Published as part of Kaila, Lauri, 2019, An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae), pp. 1-231 in Zootaxa 4632 (1) on page 138, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4632.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3335414
Elachista vulturna Kaila 2015
Creators: name: Kaila, Lauri
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Elachistidae
Elachista
Elachista vulturna

description: Elachista vulturna Kaila, 2015
Elachista vulturna Kaila, 2015c: 402. Type locality: Ukraine, Crimea, Karadagh (Kaila 2015c: 402). Holotype ♂, in MZH.
Subgenus: Elachista; bifasciella species group.
Distribution: Palearctic. Ukraine (Crimea).
Larval host plant(s): unknown.
Figs.: Kaila (2015c).
description: Published as part of Kaila, Lauri, 2019, An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae), pp. 1-231 in Zootaxa 4632 (1) on page 139, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4632.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3335414
Measurement properties of asthma-specific quality-of-life measures: protocol for a systematic review
Creators: name: Apfelbacher, Christian J.
name: Paudyal, Priya
name: Bülbül, Alpaslan
name: Smith, Helen
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin

description: Background
Asthma is a frequent chronic inflammatory disease of the airways, and the assessment of health-related quality of life (HrQoL) is important in both research and routine care. Various asthma-specific measures of HrQoL exist but there is uncertainty which measures are best suited for use in research and routine care. Therefore, the aim of the proposed research is a comprehensive systematic assessment of the measurement properties of the existing measures that were developed to measure asthma-specific quality of life.

Methods
This study is a systematic review of the measurement properties of asthma-specific measures of health-related quality of life. PubMed and Embase will be searched using a selection of relevant search terms. Eligible studies will be primary empirical studies evaluating, describing or comparing measurement properties of asthma-specific HRQL tools. Eligibility assessment and data abstraction will be performed independently by two reviewers. Evidence tables will be generated for study characteristics, instrument characteristics, measurement properties and interpretability. The quality of the measurement properties will be assessed using predefined criteria. Methodological quality of studies will be assessed using the COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) checklist. A best evidence synthesis will be undertaken if more than one study have investigated a particular measurement property.

Discussion
The proposed systematic review will produce a comprehensive assessment of measurement properties of existing measures of asthma-specific health-related quality of life. We also aim to derive recommendations in order to help researchers and practitioners alike in the choice of instrument.
Telmatoscopus advenus
Creators: name: Wagner, Rüdiger
name: Andrade, Rui
name: Gonçalves, Ana
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Psychodidae
Telmatoscopus
Telmatoscopus advenus

description: Telmatoscopus advenus (Eaton)
Material: 3♂, Braga, Esposende, Fonte Boa e Rio Tinto, 26 October 2014.
description: Published as part of Wagner, Rüdiger, Andrade, Rui & Gonçalves, Ana, 2022, Moth flies (Diptera, Psychodidae) from Portugal with descriptions of a new genus new species and additions to the fauna of the Iberian Peninsula, pp. 37-59 in Zootaxa 5129 (1) on page 53, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5129.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/6488081
Elachista wieseriella Huemer 2000
Creators: name: Kaila, Lauri
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Elachistidae
Elachista
Elachista wieseriella

description: Elachista wieseriella Huemer, 2000
Elachista wieseriella Huemer, 2000a: 127. Type locality: Austria, Kärnten, Lesachtal, Mussen (Huemer 2000a: 128). Holotype ♂, in TLMF.
Subgenus: Elachista; bifasciella species group.
Distribution: Palearctic. Austria, Hungary.
Larval host plant(s): unknown.
Figs.: Huemer (2000a).
description: Published as part of Kaila, Lauri, 2019, An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae), pp. 1-231 in Zootaxa 4632 (1) on page 139, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4632.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3335414
The identification of immunotherapeutic candidates via canonical and non-canonical HLA pathways in Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Creators: name: de Carvalho Faria Goncalves, Alberto Gabriel
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 321101
subject: Cancer cell biology
classificationCode: 320506
subject: Medical biochemistry - proteins and peptides (incl. medical proteomics)
classificationCode: 320409
subject: Tumour immunology

description: This study examined how the immune cytokine IFNγ affects triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells, focusing on peptides presented by HLA molecules on the cell surface to be used for immunotherapies. Using mass spectrometry, we identified ~85,000 peptides and found that IFNγ enhances increases the diversity and plasticity of HLA peptides. Notably, HLA-E was consistently up-regulated. To study HLA-E peptides, three methods were developed, identifying over 1,000 potential peptide targets. Many of these peptides come from tumour antigens, making them suitable for immunotherapy. This research highlights the potential for HLA-E-based therapies in TNBC, which could be universally applied due to the monomorphic nature of HLA-E.
Schnelle, Udo: Antidoketische Christologie im Johannesevangelium
Creators: name: Giesen, Heinz
Publisher: name: Ordenskorrespondenz
Year: 1970

description: Ordenskorrespondenz, Bd. 30 (1989): Ordenskorrespondenz: Zeitschrift für Fragen des Ordenslebens, Band 30
Xestotrogus nitens
Creators: name: Uliana, Marco
name: Khudhur, Farhad A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Xestotrogus
Xestotrogus nitens

description: Xestotrogus nitens (Baudi di Selve, 1870)
Figs. 1, 6–7, 12, 16, 19–22, 31–33
Material examined. Cyprus, Larnaka, NW side Larnaka Salt Lake, 15.i.2005, dead under stone, leg. C. Makris: 1 ♂ (CMLC). Cyprus, Lemesos, Sfalagkiotissa, 170 m, 21.xii.2016, veranda light, leg. C. Makris: 1 ♂ (CMLC).
description: Published as part of Uliana, Marco & Khudhur, Farhad A., 2025, A revision of the taxonomic status of Xestotrogus Reitter, 1902 and related taxa, with the description of a new species from Iraqi Kurdistan (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae), pp. 477-490 in Zootaxa 5575 (3) on page 482, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.8, http://zenodo.org/record/14747276
Elachista zabella Chretien 1908
Creators: name: Kaila, Lauri
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Elachistidae
Elachista
Elachista zabella

description: Elachista zabella Chrétien, 1908
Elachista zabella Chrétien, 1908: 202. Type locality: Algeria, Biskra (Chrétien 1908: 203). Lectotype ♀ designated by Parenti (1972: 37), in MNHN.
Subgenus: Elachista; tetragonella species group.
Distribution: Palearctic. Algeria.
Larval host plant(s): unknown.
Figs.: Parenti (1972).
description: Published as part of Kaila, Lauri, 2019, An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae), pp. 1-231 in Zootaxa 4632 (1) on page 139, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4632.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3335414
Using Knowledge of Customer Behavior to Increase Sales
Creators: name: Smith, Hugh M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1961
Subjects: subject: Institutional and Behavioral Economics
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: Excerpts: Our research has been primarily concerned with the measurement of the reaction of customers to the different aspects of retail merchandising such as (1) type, location, and size of display, (2) quality and pricing of the products, (3) type, size, and color of package, and (4) shopping patterns and customer habits. Customer reaction to different merchandising techniques is normally measured by actual purchases rather than by what customers say they will purchase. In carrying out our research, we cooperate with cost and efficiency, market quality, and consumer opinion specialists to obtain as complete a picture as possible of the particular merchandising techniques being studied. I would like to discuss with you for a few minutes an area of research relating to customer behavior in grocery supermarkets. This information is useful to management by supplementing customary records such as sales, inventory records, and profit margins. By an examination of traffic flow data, it is possible to find out which locations and which commodities are bypassed by the customer and which draw the most traffic, judgment of the retailer is still necessary in determining why customers shop certain areas of the store and bypass others. After short comings are pinpointed, experience and experimentation are required to determine improved layouts and commodity arrangements.
description: By Hugh M. Smith, Market Development Branch, Marketing Economics Division [ERS], for presentation at the National Commercial Refrigerator Sales Association Convention to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, October 9, 1961.
Geriatrics in medical students’ curricula: questionnaire-based analysis
Creators: name: Wiese, Christoph Hr.
name: Fragemann, Kirstin
name: Keil, Peter C.
name: Bundscherer, Anika Christin
name: Lindenberg, Nicole
name: Lassen, Christoph L.
name: Markowski, Klara
name: Graf, Bernhard M.
name: Trabold, Benedikt
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin

description: Background
Demographic development is accompanied by an increasingly aging society. Concerning medical education, the treatment of older people as well as the scientific research and exploration of ageing aspects in the coming years need to be considered. Aim of the study was to ascertain medical students’ knowledge, interest, and attitudes regarding older patients and geriatric medicine.

Methods
Each participant completed a self-designed questionnaire. This questionnaire was based on three validated internationally recognised questionnaires (“Facts on Aging Quiz – FAQ”, “Expectations Regarding Aging – ERA” and the “Aging Semantic Differential – ASD”). The inquiry and survey were performed at the beginning of the summer term in 2012 at the University of Regensburg Medical School.

Results
A total of n = 184/253 (72.7%) students participated in this survey. The results of the FAQ 25+ showed that respondents were able to answer an average of M = 20.4 of 36 questions (56.7%) correctly (Median, Md = 21; SD ±6.1). The personal attitudes and expectations of ageing averaged M = 41.2 points on the Likert-scale that ranged from 0 to 100 (Md = 40.4; SD ±13.7). Respondents’ attitudes towards the elderly (ASD 24) averaged M = 3.5 points on the Likert-scale (range 1–7, Md 3.6, SD ±0.8).

Conclusions
In our investigation, medical students’ knowledge of ageing was comparable to previous surveys. Attitudes and expectations of ageing were more positive compared to previous studies. Overall, medical students expect markedly high cognitive capacities towards older people that can actively prevent cognitive impairment. However, medical students’ personal interest in medicine of ageing and older people seems to be rather slight.