cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Comparative Genomics of Multiple Strains of Pseudomonas cannabina pv. alisalensis, a Potential Model Pathogen of Both Monocots and Dicots
Creators: name: Sarris, Panagiotis F.
name: Jones, Corbin D.
name: Baltrus, David A.
name: Vinatzer, Boris A.
name: Ververidis, Filippos
name: Goumas, Dimitrios E.
name: Panopoulos, Nickolas J.
name: Dangl, Jeffery L.
name: Trantas, Emmanouil A.
name: Almeida, Nalvo F.
name: Yan, Shuangchun
name: Wechter, William Patrick
name: Bull, Carolee T.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: Comparative genomics of closely related pathogens that differ in host range can provide insights into mechanisms of host-pathogen interactions and host adaptation. Furthermore, sequencing of multiple strains with the same host range reveals information concerning pathogen diversity and the molecular basis of virulence. Here we present a comparative analysis of draft genome sequences for four strains of Pseudomonas cannabina pathovar alisalensis (Pcal), which is pathogenic on a range of monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plants. These draft genome sequences provide a foundation for understanding host range evolution across the monocot-dicot divide. Like other phytopathogenic pseudomonads, Pcal strains harboured a hrp/hrc gene cluster that codes for a type III secretion system. Phylogenetic analysis based on the hrp/hrc cluster genes/proteins, suggests localized recombination and functional divergence within the hrp/hrc cluster. Despite significant conservation of overall genetic content across Pcal genomes, comparison of type III effector repertoires reinforced previous molecular data suggesting the existence of two distinct lineages within this pathovar. Furthermore, all Pcal strains analyzed harbored two distinct genomic islands predicted to code for type VI secretion systems (T6SSs). While one of these systems was orthologous to known P. syringae T6SSs, the other more closely resembled a T6SS found within P. aeruginosa. In summary, our study provides a foundation to unravel Pcal adaptation to both monocot and dicot hosts and provides genetic insights into the mechanisms underlying pathogenicity.
TV Survey -- "Listening Barometer" (A+B)
Creators: name: Istituto Per Le Ricerche Statistiche E L'Analisi Dell'Opinione Pubblica (Gallup) (DOXA)
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2019

description: Radio listening at home; radio listening at other residences or public places; watch tv at home; watch tv at other residences or public places; household appliances ownership; year your house was built; how many flats make up the house where you live; own or rent.
Efecto de diferentes irradiancias sobre la sobrevivencia y crecimiento de poslarvas de abulón azul Haliotis fulgens (Mollusca :
Creators: name: Esparza Hernandez, Arturo.
Publisher: name: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada.
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Oceanología||Tesis y disertaciones académicas||Abulones||Cultivo.
subject: SH371.5 E86 1999

description: Durante febrero de 1997 se realizó un experimento en donde se evaluó la sobrevivencia y crecimiento de poslarvas de abulón azul Haliotis fulgens en cuatro diferentes intensidades luminosas.
Comparison of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Live vs. Post Mortem Rat Brains
Creators: name: Maltbie, Eric
name: Liu, Wen
name: Yaxley, Richard
name: Budin, Francois
name: Oguz, Ipek
name: Lee, Joohwi
name: Crews, Fulton T.
name: Hoogstoel, Marion
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is an increasingly popular technique for examining neurobiology in rodents because it is both noninvasive and nondestructive. MRI scans can be acquired from either live or post mortem specimens. In vivo scans have a key advantage in that subjects can be scanned at multiple time-points in longitudinal studies. However, repeated exposure to anesthesia and stress may confound studies. In contrast, post mortem scans offer improved image quality and increased signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) due to several key advantages: First, the images are not disrupted by motion and pulsation artifacts. Second, they allow the brain tissue to be perfused with contrast agents, enhancing tissue contrast. Third, they allow longer image acquisition times, yielding higher resolution and/or improved SNR. Fourth, they allow assessment of groups of animals at the same age without scheduling complications. Despite these advantages, researchers are often skeptical of post mortem MRI scans because of uncertainty about whether the fixation process alters the MRI measurements. To address these concerns, we present a thorough comparative study of in vivo and post mortem MRI scans in healthy male Wistar rats at three age points throughout adolescence (postnatal days 28 through 80). For each subject, an in vivo scan was acquired, followed by perfusion and two post mortem scans at two different MRI facilities. The goal was to assess robustness of measurements, to detect any changes in volumetric measurements after fixation, and to investigate any differential bias that may exist between image acquisition techniques. We present this volumetric analysis for comparison of 22 anatomical structures between in vivo and post mortem scans. No significant changes in volumetric measurements were detected; however, as hypothesized, the image quality is dramatically improved in post mortem scans. These findings illustrate the validity and utility of using post mortem scans in volumetric neurobiological studies.
Shifts in the Italian Leftist Vote 1953-1956
Creators: name: Istituto Per Le Ricerche Statistiche E L'Analisi Dell'Opinione Pubblica (Gallup) (DOXA)
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2020

description: Administration better or worse than previous; voters in this commune who switched party support; voted for same party as last election; listen to news on radio; read daily or weekly newspapers; confidence in newspapers; previous newspaper readership; trust more in Signor Nenni or Signor Togliatti or Signor Saragat as Prime Minister; winners of election; why you switched party support; greatest politicians of last ten years; profession.
Fiction as an ally to make journalism more believable: rape, trauma and secondary victimization in the Netflix miniseries ‘Unbelievable’
Creators: name: Gastón-Lorente, Lucía
name: Gómez-Baceiredo, Beatriz
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Cancer
Science Policy
Mental Health

description: This article compares the Netflix miniseries “Unbelievable” (2019) with the journalistic works on which it is based in order to decide how fiction based on real events contributes to the journalistic narrative of sexual abuse. To that end, we accomplish a comparative and interpretative analysis that shows how the invented sequences and scenes contribute to show: the trauma and secondary victimization suffered by the victim; how an investigation should be carried out in order to minimize such suffering and dispel rape myths; and the different ways a woman may be the victim of abuse. This is achieved as the fiction allows us to focus on the perspective of the protagonists by showing their characters, feelings, motivation and the consequences for their private lives of both the trauma and the commitment to the victims. Thus, this analysis shows how fiction based on real events can make a story that has been covered by journalism more believable.
Masas de agua y circulación en la capa superior en la entrada del Golfo de California, durante octubre-noviembre de 1994 /
Creators: name: Blanco Betancourt, Jose Rafael.
Publisher: name: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada.
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Masas de agua||México||California, Golfo de.||Oceanografía costera||Tesis.
subject: GC298.C3 B53 1996

description: Del 26 de octubre al 2 de noviembre de 1994 se realizó en la entrada del Golfo de California, el crucero PESCAR05, abordo del B/O Alejandro de Humboldt de la Armada de México.
Conceptualizing Community Mobilization for HIV Prevention: Implications for HIV Prevention Programming in the African Context
Creators: name: Pettifor, Audrey
name: MacPhail, Catherine
name: Lippman, Sheri A.
name: Twine, Rhian
name: Maman, Suzanne
name: Kahn, Kathleen
name: Peacock, Dean
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: Community mobilizing strategies are essential to health promotion and uptake of HIV prevention. However, there has been little conceptual work conducted to establish the core components of community mobilization, which are needed to guide HIV prevention programming and evaluation.
Análisis de un esquema mixto de explotación y conservación para los recursos bentónicos de escasa movilidad en Baja California /
Creators: name: Almanza Heredia, Eliseo.
Publisher: name: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada.
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: SH231 A55 1997

description: Las pesquerías mundiales, orientadas al uso racional de los recursos pesqueros, han tenido como objetivos fundamentales al asegurar la preservación de las especies sujetas a explotación y mantener la continuidad de esa explotación a través del tiempo.
Survey of the Third Program on the Prose Transmissions on Thursday (A+B)
Creators: name: Istituto Per Le Ricerche Statistiche E L'Analisi Dell'Opinione Pubblica (Gallup) (DOXA)
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2020

description: Radio listening; television viewership; Third Program; Second Program; National Program; regular magazine or newspaper reading; favorite genre to read; favorite genre of music; profession; father's profession; size of commune.
The Approximate Optimality of Simple Schedules for Half-Duplex Multi-Relay Networks
Creators: name: Cardone, Martina
name: Tuninetti, Daniela
name: Knopp, Raymond
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In ISIT'12 Brahma, Özgür and Fragouli conjectured that in a half-duplex diamond relay network (a Gaussian noise network without a direct source-destination link and with $N$ non-interfering relays) an approximately optimal relay scheduling (achieving the cut-set upper bound to within a constant gap uniformly over all channel gains) exists with at most $N+1$ active states (only $N+1$ out of the $2^N$ possible relay listen-transmit configurations have a strictly positive probability). Such relay scheduling policies are said to be simple. In ITW'13 we conjectured that simple relay policies are optimal for any half-duplex Gaussian multi-relay network, that is, simple schedules are not a consequence of the diamond network's sparse topology. In this paper we formally prove the conjecture beyond Gaussian networks. In particular, for any memoryless half-duplex $N$-relay network with independent noises and for which independent inputs are approximately optimal in the cut-set upper bound, an optimal schedule exists with at most $N+1$ active states. The key step of our proof is to write the minimum of a submodular function by means of its Lovász extension and use the greedy algorithm for submodular polyhedra to highlight structural properties of the optimal solution. This, together with the saddle-point property of min-max problems and the existence of optimal basic feasible solutions in linear programs, proves the claim.
description: Submitted to IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW) 2015
Connective Tissue Growth Factor (CTGF) Expression Modulates Response to High Glucose
Creators: name: James, Leighton R.
name: Kim, Hyung-Suk
name: Maeda, Nobuyo
name: Le, Catherine
name: Doherty, Heather
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) is an important mediator of fibrosis; emerging evidence link changes in plasma and urinary CTGF levels to diabetic kidney disease. To further ascertain the role of CTGF in responses to high glucose, we assessed the consequence of 4 months of streptozotocin-induced diabetes in wild type (+/+) and CTGF heterozygous (+/−) mice. Subsequently, we studied the influence of glucose on gene expression and protein in mice embryonic fibroblasts (MEF) cells derived from wildtype and heterozygous mice. At study initiation, plasma glucose, creatinine, triglyceride and cholesterol levels were similar between non-diabetic CTGF+/+ and CTGF+/− mice. In the diabetic state, plasma glucose levels were increased in CTGF+/+ and CTGF+/− mice (28.2 3.3 mmol/L vs 27.0 3.1 mmol/L), plasma triglyceride levels were lower in CTGF+/− mice than in CTGF+/+ (0.7 0.2 mmol/L vs 0.5 0.1 mmol/L, p<0.05), but cholesterol was essentially unchanged in both groups. Plasma creatinine was higher in diabetic CTGF+/+ group (11.7±1.2 vs 7.9±0.6 µmol/L p<0.01), while urinary albumin excretion and mesangial expansion were reduced in diabetic CTGF+/− animals. Cortices from diabetic mice (both CTGF +/+ and CTGF +/−) manifested higher expression of CTGF and thrombospondin 1 (TSP1). Expression of nephrin was reduced in CTGF +/+ animals; this reduction was attenuated in CTGF+/− group. In cultured MEF from CTGF+/+ mice, glucose (25 mM) increased expression of pro-collagens 1, IV and XVIII as well as fibronectin and thrombospondin 1 (TSP1). In contrast, activation of these genes by high glucose was attenuated in CTGF+/− MEF. We conclude that induction of Ctgf mediates expression of extracellular matrix proteins in diabetic kidney. Thus, genetic variability in CTGF expression directly modulates the severity of diabetic nephropathy.
Survey on Attitudes on Domestic Problem
Creators: name: Istituto Per Le Ricerche Statistiche E L'Analisi Dell'Opinione Pubblica (Gallup) (DOXA)
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2020

description: Problems for you and your family; standard of living over past 5 years; present lodging; household appliances; fear of unemployment in your field; unemployment; field of your company; position at current job; hours per week you work; quality of your company or firm; competency of engineers and managers at your firm; trust between workers and managers; direct supervisor; profitability of firm; firm could raise salaries without going into financial difficulty; companies could raise salaries without raising prices; savings; pay compared to other firms; trade unions; workers movement in other countries; happiness of workers in other countries; injustice around you; is there going to be a revolution; subscription fee for trade unions and parties; Italian political parties; separation between workers and managers in America; improve living conditions in Italy; interest in politics; profession.
Evaluación y rediseño de la planta de tratamiento de aguas residuales de la UABC - Unidad Ensenada ; toxicidad del afluente y efluente y su efecto en el desarrollo larval de invertebrados /
Creators: name: Enriquez González, Alfredo.
Publisher: name: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada.
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Oceanología||Tesis y disertaciones académicas||Plantas para tratamiento de aguas residuales.
subject: TD550.B3 E57 2002

description: El aumento en el conocimiento acerca de los efectos adversos de las aguas de desecho sobre cuerpos de agua receptora ha dado lugar a una legislación ambiental estricta y al establecimiento de plantas de tratamiento.
Coronin 1B Regulates S1P-Induced Human Lung Endothelial Cell Chemotaxis: Role of PLD2, Protein Kinase C and Rac1 Signal Transduction
Creators: name: Mohan, Vijay
name: Huang, Long Shuang
name: Natarajan, Viswanathan
name: He, Donghong
name: Bear, James E.
name: Ebenezer, David L.
name: Harijith, Anantha
name: Burns, Michael
name: Garcia, Joe G. N.
name: Fu, Panfeng
name: Pendyala, Srikanth
name: Usatyuk, Peter V.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: Coronins are a highly conserved family of actin binding proteins that regulate actin-dependent processes such as cell motility and endocytosis. We found that treatment of human pulmonary artery endothelial cells (HPAECs) with the bioactive lipid, sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) rapidly stimulates coronin 1B translocation to lamellipodia at the cell leading edge, which is required for S1P-induced chemotaxis. Further, S1P-induced chemotaxis of HPAECs was attenuated by pretreatment with small interfering RNA (siRNA) targeting coronin 1B (∼36%), PLD2 (∼45%) or Rac1 (∼50%) compared to scrambled siRNA controls. Down regulation PLD2 expression by siRNA also attenuated S1P-induced coronin 1B translocation to the leading edge of the cell periphery while PLD1 silencing had no effect. Also, S1P-induced coronin 1B redistribution to cell periphery and chemotaxis was attenuated by inhibition of Rac1 and over-expression of dominant negative PKC δ, ε and ζ isoforms in HPAECs. These results demonstrate that S1P activation of PLD2, PKC and Rac1 is part of the signaling cascade that regulates coronin 1B translocation to the cell periphery and the ensuing cell chemotaxis.
Additional file 9 of Widespread false gene gains caused by duplication errors in genome assemblies
Creators: name: Ko, Byung June
name: Lee, Chul
name: Kim, Juwan
name: Rhie, Arang
name: Yoo, Dong Ahn
name: Howe, Kerstin
name: Wood, Jonathan
name: Cho, Seoae
name: Brown, Samara
name: Formenti, Giulio
name: Jarvis, Erich D.
name: Kim, Heebal
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional File 9. Review history.
Determinación de la dinámica temporal de la comunidad aviar en las lagunas de evaporación del campo geotérmico "Cerro Prieto", Mexicali, Baja California, México, y su evaluación ecológica para la especies migratorias y residentes /
Creators: name: De León Girón, Gonzalo.
Publisher: name: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada.
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Aves||Dinámica poblacional||Aves||Ecología||Baja California Cerro Prieto Mexicali||Ciencias||Tesis.
subject: QL686 D45 2007

description: La composición y dinámica temporal de la avifauna de las lagunas de evaporación del campo geotérmico "Cerro Prieto" en el noreste de Baja California fué determinada a través de muestreos mensuales entre junio 2005 y marzo 2006.
Deaths and Medical Visits Attributable to Environmental Pollution in the United Arab Emirates
Creators: name: Thomsen, Jens
name: Harder, Elizabeth
name: MacDonald Gibson, Jacqueline
name: DeFelice, Nicholas
name: Launay, Frederic
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: BackgroundThis study estimates the potential health gains achievable in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with improved controls on environmental pollution. The UAE is an emerging economy in which population health risks have shifted rapidly from infectious diseases to chronic conditions observed in developed nations. The UAE government commissioned this work as part of an environmental health strategic planning project intended to address this shift in the nature of the country’s disease burden.Methods and FindingsWe assessed the burden of disease attributable to six environmental exposure routes outdoor air, indoor air, drinking water, coastal water, occupational environments, and climate change. For every exposure route, we integrated UAE environmental monitoring and public health data in a spatially resolved Monte Carlo simulation model to estimate the annual disease burden attributable to selected pollutants. The assessment included the entire UAE population (4.5 million for the year of analysis). The study found that outdoor air pollution was the leading contributor to mortality, with 651 attributable deaths (95% confidence interval [CI] 143–1,440), or 7.3% of all deaths. Indoor air pollution and occupational exposures were the second and third leading contributors to mortality, with 153 (95% CI 85–216) and 46 attributable deaths (95% CI 26–72), respectively. The leading contributor to health-care facility visits was drinking water pollution, to which 46,600 (95% CI 15,300–61,400) health-care facility visits were attributed (about 15% of the visits for all the diseases considered in this study). Major study limitations included (1) a lack of information needed to translate health-care facility visits to quality-adjusted-life-year estimates and (2) insufficient spatial coverage of environmental data.ConclusionsBased on international comparisons, the UAE’s environmental disease burden is low for all factors except outdoor air pollution. From a public health perspective, reducing pollutant emissions to outdoor air should be a high priority for the UAE’s environmental agencies.
Evaluación del hábitat del borrego cimarrón (Ovis canadensis cremnobates Elliot, 1903) con fines de manejo en la Sierra San Pedro Mártir, Baja California-México /
Creators: name: Montoya Lizarraga, Mariana.
Publisher: name: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada.
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: QL737 .U53 M65 1998

description: Entre los meses de noviembre de 1997 y abril de 1998,se hizo una evaluación de hábitat de borrego cimarrón en la sierra de San Pedro Martír, ubicada en la Cordillera noroccidental de la Península de Baja California. (La población de borrego cimarrón, especie de importancia económica, ha disminuido en los últimos años en Baja California. Algunas de las causas son la cacería furtiva, el incremento de ranchos ganaderos y la perturbación de su hábitat, del cual hay escasa información.)
Deep Sequencing Analysis of HCV NS3 Resistance-Associated Variants and Mutation Linkage in Liver Transplant Recipients
Creators: name: Dong, Hui-Jia
name: Nelson, David R.
name: Wang, Cindy X.
name: Fried, Michael W.
name: Kirst, Mariana E.
name: Wang, Gary P.
name: Liu, Chen
name: Li, Eric C.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: Viral variants with decreased susceptibility to HCV protease inhibitors (PIs) occur naturally and preexist at low levels within HCV populations. In patients failing PI monotherapy, single and double mutants conferring intermediate to high-level resistance to PIs have been selected in vivo. The abundance, temporal dynamics and linkage of naturally occurring resistance-associated variants (RAVs), however, have not been characterized in detail. Here, using high-density pyrosequencing, we analyzed HCV NS3 gene segments from 20 subjects with chronic HCV infection, including 12 subjects before and after liver transplantation. Bioinformatics analysis revealed that Q80 substitution was a dominant variant in 40% of the subjects, whereas other RAVs circulate at low levels within quasispecies populations. Low frequency mutation linkage was detectable by Illumina paired-end sequencing in as low as 0.5% of the mock populations constructed from in vitro RNA transcripts but were uncommon in vivo. We show that naturally occurring RAVs are common and can persist long term following liver transplant at low levels not readily detectable by conventional sequencing. Our results indicate that mutation linkage at low levels could be identified using the Illumina paired-end approach. The methods described here should facilitate the analysis of low frequency HCV drug resistance, mutation linkage and evolution, which may inform future therapeutic strategies in patients undergoing direct acting antiviral therapies.
An analysis of full truck versus full bucket strategies in open pit mining loading and hauling operations
Creators: name: Tapia, E.
name: Araya, A. Salazar
name: Saavedra, N.
name: Nehring, M.
name: Mora, J.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Mental Health

description: This work analyzes two loading methodologies used in open pit: full truck and full bucket. The effect on production, fleet size and associated operating costs was simulated. The results indicate that when there is a shortfall in hauling fleet, the recommendation is full truck methodology. This recommendation, results in a lower fleet operating cost in addition to higher production than full bucket. However, for a surplus hauling fleet scenario, an exhaustive study is necessary. When the ideal coupling between equipment is exceeded, there is an acceptable range of waiting trucks before considering a change of methodology.
Inducción a la metamorfosis en larvas del erizo blanco Lytechinus pictus (Verrill 1867), mediante biopelículas y caracterización bioquímica de las cepas aisladas /
Creators: name: Díaz Pérez, Leopoldo.
Publisher: name: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada.
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Erizo de mar||Cultivo||Tesis||Biopelículas||Tesis||Oceanografía costera||Tesis.
subject: SH399.S32 bD43 2006

description: El desarrollo larvario que culmina con la metamorfosis, la cual se produce en respuesta a estímulo producido por biopelículas, Estas biopelículas son agregaciones de microorganismos, principalmente bacterias.
InTheMED D6.2 Report on the Results of the DSS for the Case Study Sites
Creators: name: Anyfanti, Ioanna
name: Lyronis, Antonis
name: Varouchakis, Emmanouil
name: Karatzas, George
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Smart model
Metamodel
Surrogate model
Groundwater modelling
Geostatistical DC inversion
Requena-Utiel aquifer
Grombalia shallow aquifer
Konya Closed Basin
High resolution monitoring
Groundwater level trends
Groundwater level monitoring
Groundwater management
DSS – Decision Support System
Groundwater overexploitation
System dynamics model
Group model building
Living Lab
Sustainability
Mediterranean
Climate change

description: The current deliverable, namely D6.2, is part of Task 6.2: “Results of the DSS for the Case Study
 Sites Under Future Scenarios” (Lead TUC, participants: UPV, UFZ, UNIPR, CERTE and BU). The
 aim of D6.2 is to present the results of the simulation-optimization (S-O) procedure for the
 Tympaki study area for the baseline scenario of a 30-year period (1975-2005) as well as for a
 climate change scenario, considering RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5 for a period from 1975 until 2040.
 Additionally, the results of the cost-benefit analysis for the case study sites of Requena-Utiel
 (Spain), Tympaki (Greece) and Konya (Turkey) are presented.
description: This project is part of the PRIMA Program supported by the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program under Grant Agreement No 1923
Delays in Appropriate Antibiotic Therapy for Gram-Negative Bloodstream Infections: A Multicenter, Community Hospital Study
Creators: name: Sexton, Daniel J.
name: Weber, David J.
name: Sloane, Richard
name: Smathers, Emily C.
name: Anderson, Deverick J.
name: Fowler, Vance G.
name: Moehring, Rebekah W.
name: Chen, Luke F.
name: Schmader, Kenneth E.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: BackgroundGram-negative bacterial bloodstream infection (BSI) is a serious condition with estimated 30% mortality. Clinical outcomes for patients with severe infections improve when antibiotics are appropriately chosen and given early. The objective of this study was to estimate the association of prior healthcare exposure on time to appropriate antibiotic therapy in patients with gram-negative BSI.MethodWe performed a multicenter cohort study of adult, hospitalized patients with gram-negative BSI using time to event analysis in nine community hospitals from 2003-2006. Event time was defined as the first administration of an antibiotic with in vitro activity against the infecting organism. Healthcare exposure status was categorized as community-acquired, healthcare-associated, or hospital-acquired. Time to appropriate therapy among groups of patients with differing healthcare exposure status was assessed using Kaplan-Meier analyses and multivariate Cox proportional hazards models.ResultsThe cohort included 578 patients with gram-negative BSI, including 320 (55%) healthcare-associated, 217 (38%) community-acquired, and 41 (7%) hospital-acquired infections. 529 (92%) patients received an appropriate antibiotic during their hospitalization. Time to appropriate therapy was significantly different among the groups of healthcare exposure status (log-rank p=0.02). Time to first antibiotic administration regardless of drug appropriateness was not different between groups (p=0.3). The unadjusted hazard ratios (HR) (95% confidence interval) were 0.80 (0.65-0.98) for healthcare-associated and 0.72 (0.63-0.82) for hospital-acquired, relative to patients with community-acquired BSI. In multivariable analysis, interaction was found between the main effect and baseline Charlson comorbidity index. When Charlson index was 3, adjusted HRs were 0.66 (0.48-0.92) for healthcare-associated and 0.57 (0.44-0.75) for hospital-acquired, relative to patients with community-acquired infections.ConclusionsPatients with healthcare-associated or hospital-acquired BSI experienced delays in receipt of appropriate antibiotics for gram-negative BSI compared to patients with community-acquired BSI. This difference was not due to delayed initiation of antibiotic therapy, but due to the inappropriate choice of antibiotic.
Soporte de calidad de servicio (QoS) para redes móviles Ad-Hoc (MANETs) con enrutamiento proactivo, utilizando el protocolo HOLSR /
Creators: name: Morales Vanegas, Elba Abigail.
Publisher: name: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada.
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Redes Ad-Hoc||Calidad de servicio||Redes de computadoras||Procesos de ebrutamiento||Ingeniería||Tesis.
subject: TK51005 M67 2007

description: Las redes móviles ad hoc, mejor conocidas como MANETs, se caracterizan por estar compuestas de diversos dispositivos que se comunican mediante enlaces inalámbricos.
Mode couplings and resonance instabilities in dust clusters
Creators: name: Qiao, Ke
name: Kong, Jie
name: Van Oeveren, Eric
name: Matthews, Lorin S.
name: Hyde, Truell W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The normal modes for three to seven particle two-dimensional (2D) dust clusters in a complex plasma are investigated using an N-body simulation. The ion wakefield downstream of each particle is shown to induce coupling between horizontal and vertical modes. The rules of mode coupling are investigated by classifying the mode eigenvectors employing the Bessel and trigonometric functions indexed by order integers (m, n). It is shown that coupling only occurs between two modes with the same m and that horizontal modes having a higher shear contribution exhibit weaker coupling. Three types of resonances are shown to occur when two coupled modes have the same frequency. Discrete instabilities caused by both the first and third type of resonances are verified and instabilities caused by the third type of resonance are found to induce melting. The melting procedure is observed to go through a two-step process with the solid-liquid transition closely obeying the Lindemann criterion.
MPEC 2023-R47 : 2023 RZ
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 RZ

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
The impact of online trauma threats faced by journalists: The case of COVID-19-imposed remote-working regimes
Creators: name: Perera, Amantha
Publisher: name: CQUniversity
Year: 2022
Subjects: Professional writing and journalism practice

description: Abstract The global reach of the COVID-19 pandemic, with its sustained infection and fatality rates from the first quarter of 2020, has deeply affected the majority of journalists across the world, who now find themselves working on stories of trauma linked to the pandemic from remote locations and under restrictive working conditions. These COVID-19-enforced working conditions have exponentially increased the exposure levels of online trauma threats faced by journalists. This research examines the confluence of online trauma threats and their manifestations and impacts, along with mitigative measures some journalists took to ease the impact of this confluence. The research is guided by the central question: ‘How are journalists experiencing and responding to online trauma threats they face in the line of work during and ‘post’ COVID-19 lockdowns?’ The research utilises three distinct yet interrelated methods: an online survey; in-depth, semi-structured interviews; and narrative case studies in the form of feature-length journalism. Thematic analysis of the survey and interviews provides a framework for the works of journalism, which are situated in broader contexts of the journalism profession and online trauma reporting. Responding to the increase in online trauma threat activity exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the research points towards potential transformations within the profession that might assist journalists to continue undertaking their important role in and for society.
Dark matter inner slope and concentration in galaxies: from the Fornax dwarf to M87
Creators: name: Mamon, G. A.
name: Chevalier, J.
name: Romanowsky, A. J.
name: Wojtak, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We apply two new state-of-the-art methods that model the distribution of observed tracers in projected phase space to lift the mass / velocity anisotropy (VA) degeneracy and deduce constraints on the mass profiles of galaxies, as well as their VA. We first show how a distribution function based method applied to the satellite kinematics of otherwise isolated SDSS galaxies shows convincing observational evidence of age matching: red galaxies have more concentrated dark matter (DM) halos than blue galaxies of the same stellar or halo mass. Then, applying the MAMPOSSt technique to M87 (traced by its red and blue globular clusters) we find that very cuspy DM is favored, unless we release priors on DM concentration or stellar mass (leading to unconstrained slope). For the Fornax dwarf spheroidal (traced by its metal-rich and metal-poor stars), the inner DM slope is unconstrained, with weak evidence for a core if the stellar mass is fixed. This highlights how priors are crucial for DM modeling. Finally, we find that blue GCs around M87 and metal-rich stars in Fornax have tangential outer VA.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures, to appear in proceeding of IAU 311 meeting on Galaxy Masses as Constraints for Formation Models
Political and social Research
Creators: name: Istituto Per Le Ricerche Statistiche E L'Analisi Dell'Opinione Pubblica (Gallup) (DOXA)
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2020

description: Most important problems in Italy; most popular male politician; which male politician you trust most; Italy ties to United States or Russia; Italian political party; effectiveness of political campaign tactics; Christian Democrats coalition; timing of next election for Parliament; reasons for holding elections; expanding number of Senators the President can appoint for life; Prime Minister Signor Zoli approval; most trusted minister in Zoli administration; Stock Exchange; Equal Tax Distribution Act; North American Treaty Organization; missile bases in Italy; monarchy or republic in Italy; number of parties in Italy; fusion of Italian parties; Trieste; Venetia provinces; visits to Trieste; level crossings; reducing national expenses; household objects; immigration to this province; profession; distance to center of commune.
Symplectic and Semiclassical Aspects of the Schläfli Identity
Creators: name: Haggard, Hal M.
name: Hedeman, Austin
name: Kur, Eugene
name: Littlejohn, Robert G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Schläfli identity, which is important in Regge calculus and loop quantum gravity, is examined from a symplectic and semiclassical standpoint in the special case of flat, 3-dimensional space. In this case a proof is given, based on symplectic geometry. A series of symplectic and Lagrangian manifolds related to the Schläfli identity, including several versions of a Lagrangian manifold of tetrahedra, are discussed. Semiclassical interpretations of the various steps are provided. Possible generalizations to 3-dimensional spaces of constant (nonzero) curvature, involving Poisson-Lie groups and q-deformed spin networks, are discussed.
description: 40 pages, 8 figures
Development of a Brief Instrument for Assessing Healthcare Employee Satisfaction in a Low-Income Setting
Creators: name: Tatek, Dawit
name: McNatt, Zahirah
name: Alpern, Rachelle
name: Lindfield, Tessa
name: Thompson, Jennifer T.
name: Bradley, Elizabeth H.
name: Canavan, Maureen E.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: BackgroundEthiopia is one of 57 countries identified by the World Health Report 2006 as having a severely limited number of health care professionals. In recognition of this shortage, the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health, through the Ethiopian Hospital Management Initiative, prioritized the need to improve retention of health care workers. Accordingly, we sought to develop the Satisfaction of Employees in Health Care (SEHC) survey for use in hospitals and health centers throughout Ethiopia.MethodsLiterature reviews and cognitive interviews were used to generate a staff satisfaction survey for use in the Ethiopian healthcare setting. We pretested the survey in each of the six hospitals and four health centers across Ethiopia (98% response rate). We assessed content validity and convergent validity using factor analysis and examined reliability using the Cronbach alpha coefficients to assess internal consistency. The final survey was comprised of 18 questions about specific aspects of an individual's work and two overall staff satisfaction questions.ResultsWe found support for content validity, as data from the 18 responses factored into three factors, which we characterized as 1) relationship with management and supervisors, 2) job content, and 3) relationships with coworkers. Summary scores for two factors (relationship with management and supervisors and job content) were significantly associated (P-value, <0.001) with the two overall satisfaction items. Cronbach's alpha coefficients showed good to excellent internal consistency (Cronbach alpha coefficients >0.70) for the items in the three summary scores.ConclusionsThe introduction of consistent and reliable measures of staff satisfaction is crucial to understand and improve employee retention rates, which threaten the successful achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in low-income countries. The use of the SEHC survey in Ethiopian healthcare facilities has ample leadership support, which is essential for addressing problems that reduce staff satisfaction and exacerbate excessive workforce shortages.
Dirichlet problems on graphs with ends
Creators: name: Perkins, Tony
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Primary: 31C20, Secondary: 05A99, 31C05

description: In classical potential theory, one can solve the Dirichlet problem on unbounded domains such as the upper half plane. These domains have two types of boundary points; the usual finite boundary points and another point at infinity. W. Woess has solved a discrete version of the Dirichlet problem on the ends of graphs analogous to having multiple points at infinity and no finite boundary. Whereas C. Kiselman has solved a similar version of the Dirichlet problem on graphs analogous to bounded domains. In this work, we combine the two ideas to solve a version of the Dirichlet problem on graphs with finitely many ends and boundary points of the Kiselman type.
description: 13 pages
КОМПЛЕКСНАЯ ТЕРАПИЯ  ВЕРТЕБРОБАЗИЛЯРНАЯ НЕДОСТАТОЧНОСТЬ И ЕЁ ОСЛОЖНЕНИЯ
Creators: name: Мамарасулов, Солижон
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: В этой статье рассматриваются причины, патофизиология, клинические проявления, диагностические подходы и потенциальные осложнения вертебробазилярной недостаточности. Всестороннее понимание этих методов лечения необходимо для минимизации неврологических дефицитов и улучшения долгосрочных результатов. Вертебробазилярная недостаточность (ВБН) — это состояние, вызванное снижением кровотока в вертебробазилярной артериальной системе, которая снабжает кровью критические области мозга, включая ствол мозга, мозжечок и затылочные доли. ВБН часто проявляется транзиторными ишемическими атаками (ТИА) и может прогрессировать до более серьезных осложнений, таких как инсульт, если не лечить должным образом. Понимание ВБН имеет решающее значение для ранней диагностики и лечения с целью предотвращения опасных для жизни осложнений.
Diet and Carbohydrate Food Knowledge of Multi-Ethnic Women: A Comparative Analysis of Pregnant Women with and without Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
Creators: name: B. Yeatts, Karin
name: Jarrar, Amjad H.
name: El Sadig, Mohamed
name: Ali, Habiba I.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: BackgroundDiet therapy is the cornerstone for the management of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Carbohydrate is the primary nutrient affecting postprandial blood glucose levels. Hence, knowledge of food containing carbohydrates can assist women with GDM optimize glycemic control. Despite that, there is a paucity of research on carbohydrate-related knowledge of women with GDM. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has one of the highest prevalence of diabetes (19.2%) in the world. This study compared diet and knowledge of carbohydrate-containing foods among pregnant women with and without GDM in the UAE.MethodsThe sample consisted of multi-ethnic women with GDM (n = 94) and a control group of healthy pregnant women (n = 90) attending prenatal clinics in three hospitals in Al Ain, UAE. Data were collected using a questionnaire and a 24-hour recall. Knowledge of food sources of carbohydrate, dietary patterns, and nutrient intakes of the two groups were compared.ResultsThere were no significant differences in the mean knowledge score of food sources of carbohydrate between women with GDM and that of pregnant women without GDM. Similarly, there were no significant differences in energy and nutrient intakes between the two groups with the exception of percent energy from protein. Women with GDM reported significantly lower intake of fruits and fruit juices (P = 0.012) and higher consumption of milk and yogurt (P = 0.004) compared to that of women without GDM. Twenty-two percent of women with GDM indicated they never visited a dietitian for counseling while 65% reported they visited a dietitian only once or twice during the pregnancy. Predictors of carbohydrate knowledge score were perceived knowledge of diet and GDM and parity among women with GDM and parity and educational level among those without GDM.ConclusionThe results of the study highlight the urgent need to provide nutrition education for women with GDM in the UAE.
Survey on Rents in Big Cities
Creators: name: Istituto Per Le Ricerche Statistiche E L'Analisi Dell'Opinione Pubblica (Gallup) (DOXA)
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2019

description: How long have you lived with your family in this house; family occupy entire house, floor, or apartment; what floor; cohabit with other people; who pays rent; who owns house; what organization owns house; owner of this apartment own another apartment but not the whole building; own and use another apartment; live in an apartment that you will own once paid off; rent; rent from apartment owner or sublease; free, stabilized, controlled or redemption leasing rent; key money to get an apartment; when was your house built; floors in your house; classify house by socio economic characteristic; physical condition of house; higher rent if owner was in charge of maintenance; head of household commute to work; elementary children commute to school; location of home relative to work location; satisfaction with present dwelling; would you move to another house if you could; looking for another house; expect to move to another house within next two years; why do you want to move; next type of home; area of new home; high rent for home that fit needs; monthly rent per rooms; own a fairly priced apartment by paying 60 months rent up front and then rent; yearly rent in cash; maximum amount you could pay in cash; members of household with jobs; utilities in home; electric home appliances; types of room in your home; occupation, average rent per room; average number of persons per main room.
MPEC 2023-R48 : 2023 QE11
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 QE11

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
El perfil del estudiante y la utilidad de la encuesta de ingreso :
Creators: name: Noreña Montoya, Sonia Martha.
Publisher: name: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada.
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Educación||Pruebas y medición||Mediciones y pruebas educativas||Estudiantes||Evaluación educativa||Ciencias educativas||Tesis.
subject: LB3051 N67 2007

description: En México son pocas las experiencias nacionales relacionadas con el uso de instrumentos de diagnóstico que permitan caracterizar al estudiante que ingresa a las instituciones de educación superior.