cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Clinic-Based Versus Outsourced Implementation of a Diabetes Health Literacy Intervention
Creators: name: Davis, Terry C.
name: Pandit, Anjali U.
name: Wolf, Michael S.
name: Parker, Ruth M.
name: Fleming, David A.
name: Schillinger, Dean
name: Seligman, Hilary
name: DeWalt, Darren A.
name: Curtis, Laura M.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: BACKGROUND: We compared two implementation approaches for a health literacy diabetes intervention designed for community health centers.

METHODS: A quasi-experimental, clinic-randomized evaluation was conducted at six community health centers from rural, suburban, and urban locations in Missouri between August 2008 and January 2010. In all, 486 adult patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus participated. Clinics were set up to implement either: 1) a clinic-based approach that involved practice re-design to routinely provide brief diabetes education and counseling services, set action-plans, and perform follow-up without additional financial resources [CARVE-IN]; or 2) an outsourced approach where clinics referred patients to a telephone-based diabetes educator for the same services [CARVE-OUT]. The fidelity of each intervention was determined by the number of contacts with patients, self-report of services received, and patient satisfaction. Intervention effectiveness was investigated by assessing patient knowledge, self-efficacy, health behaviors, and clinical outcomes.

RESULTS: Carve-out patients received on average 4.3 contacts (SD = 2.2) from the telephone-based diabetes educator versus 1.7 contacts (SD = 2.0) from the clinic nurse in the carve-in arm (p < 0.001). They were also more likely to recall setting action plans and rated the process more positively than carve-in patients (p < 0.001). Few differences in diabetes knowledge, self-efficacy, or health behaviors were found between the two approaches. However, clinical outcomes did vary in multivariable analyses; carve-out patients had a lower HbA1c (β = -0.31, 95 % CI -0.56 to -0.06, p = 0.02), systolic blood pressure (β = -3.65, 95 % CI -6.39 to -0.90, p = 0.01), and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol (β = -7.96, 95 % CI -10.08 to -5.83, p < 0.001) at 6 months.

CONCLUSION: An outsourced diabetes education and counseling approach for community health centers appears more feasible than clinic-based models. Patients receiving the carve-out strategy also demonstrated better clinical outcomes compared to those receiving the carve-in approach. Study limitations and unclear causal mechanisms explaining change in patient behavior suggest that further research is needed.
Efficient algorithm for optimizing data pattern tomography
Creators: name: Motka, L.
name: Stoklasa, B.
name: Rehacek, J.
name: Hradil, Z.
name: Karasek, V.
name: Mogilevtsev, D.
name: Harder, G.
name: Silberhorn, C.
name: Sanchez-Soto, L. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We give a detailed account of an efficient search algorithm for the data pattern tomography proposed by J. Rehacek, D. Mogilevtsev, and Z. Hradil [Phys. Rev. Lett.~\textbf{105}, 010402 (2010)], where the quantum state of a system is reconstructed without a priori knowledge about the measuring setup. The method is especially suited for experiments involving complex detectors, which are difficult to calibrate and characterize. We illustrate the approach with the case study of the homodyne detection of a nonclassical photon state.
description: 5 pages, 5 eps-color figures
Comparing 3 Values Clarification Methods for Colorectal Cancer Screening Decision-Making: A Randomized Trial in the US and Australia
Creators: name: Howard, Kirsten
name: Pignone, Michael
name: Crutchfield, Trisha
name: Hawley, Sarah
name: Kistler, Christine
name: Lewis, Carmen
name: Brenner, Alison
name: Sheridan, Stacey
name: Reuland, Dan
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: PURPOSE: To compare the effects of three methods of values clarification (VCM): balance sheet; rating and ranking; and a discrete choice experiment (DCE) on decision-making about colorectal cancer (CRC) screening among adults in the US and Australia.

METHODS: Using online panels managed by a survey research organization in the US and Australia, we recruited adults ages 50-75 at average risk for CRC for an online survey. Those eligible were randomized to one of the three VCM tasks. CRC screening options were described in terms of five key attributes: reduction in risk of CRC incidence and mortality; nature of the screening test; screening frequency; complications from screening; and chance of requiring a colonoscopy (as initial or follow-up testing). Main outcomes included self-reported most important attribute and unlabeled screening test preference by VCM and by country, assessed after the VCM.

RESULTS: A total of 920 participants were enrolled; 51 % were Australian; mean age was 59.0; 87.0 % were white; 34.2 % had a 4-year college degree; 42.8 % had household incomes less than $45,000 USD per year; 44.9 % were up to date with CRC screening. Most important attribute differed across VCM groups: the rating and ranking group was more likely to choose risk reduction as most important attribute (69.8 %) than the balance sheet group (54.7 %) or DCE (49.3 %), p < 0.0001; most important attribute did not vary by country (p = 0.236). The fecal occult blood test (FOBT)-like test was the most frequently preferred test overall (55.9 %). Unlabeled test choice did not differ meaningfully by VCM. Australians were more likely to prefer the FOBT (AU 66.2 % vs. US 45.1 %, OR 2.4, 95 % CI 1.8, 3.1). Few participants favored no screening (US: 9.2 %, AU: 6.2 %).

CONCLUSIONS: Screening test attribute importance varied by VCM, but not by country. FOBT was more commonly preferred by Australians than by Americans, but test preferences were heterogeneous in both countries.
The Time-Energy Uncertainty Relation
Creators: name: Busch, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The time energy uncertainty relation has been a controversial issue since the advent of quantum theory, with respect to appropriate formalisation, validity and possible meanings. A comprehensive account of the development of this subject up to the 1980s is provided by a combination of the reviews of Jammer (1974), Bauer and Mello (1978), and Busch (1990). More recent reviews are concerned with different specific aspects of the subject. The purpose of this chapter is to show that different types of time energy uncertainty relation can indeed be deduced in specific contexts, but that there is no unique universal relation that could stand on equal footing with the position-momentum uncertainty relation. To this end, we will survey the various formulations of a time energy uncertainty relation, with a brief assessment of their validity, and along the way we will indicate some new developments that emerged since the 1990s.
description: 33 pages, Latex. This expanded version (prepared for the 2nd edition of "Time in quantum mechanics") contains minor corrections, new examples and pointers to some additional relevant literature
Upscaling by Standards. The Hamburg Diamond Open Access Model
Creators: name: Meinecke, Isabella
name: Krüger, Oliver
Publisher: name: Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg
Year: 2023
Subjects: Open Access
Open Science
Diamond Open Access
institutional publishing
journal hosting
standards
ojs

description: The Hamburg State and University Library (Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg) provides with Hamburg University Press an established Institutional Publishing Service Provider (IPSP) in the Hamburg metropolitan region. Among other open access publication services, Hamburg University Press offers the hosting of Diamond Open Access journals with the open source software Open Journal Systems (OJS). The service's basic idea emerged from the Hamburg Open Science Framework, funded by the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, and the associated project Modern Publishing. The project's outcome was a professional state-of-the-art hosting service. 
Now in regular operation, the Diamond Open Access hosting is a standardized scholar-led service. This is based on clear formal and technical standards as well as on policies which derive from international requirements and recommendations (e.g. Plan S, DOAJ, OpenAIRE). In addition, the service is closely linked to the ongoing European projects CRAFT-OA and DIAMAS. 
The standards apply to the journals as well as to the service as whole. Researchers are supported in publishing scholar-led and quality-assured articles and journals. As a result Hamburg University Press provides a professional hosting service that is sustainable, scalable, and resource-efficient.
Upscaling services like the described hosting service keep pace with the dynamics of the scholarly communication ecosystem and can respond to evolving needs of technology, policies, and especially research. With this poster we will explain the concept of Hamburg Universits Press' Diamond OA journal hosting. 
This poster has been accepted for the poster session of the endorsers of the Action Plan for Diamond Open Access on the occasion of the Global Summit on Diamond Open Access, Toluca, Mexico, 23-27 October, 2023.
Highly Effective Cystic Fibrosis Clinical Research Teams: Critical Success Factors
Creators: name: Ramsey, Bonnie W.
name: Marshall, Bruce C.
name: Van Dalfsen, Jill M.
name: George, Cynthia
name: Pilewski, Joseph M.
name: Nelson, Eugene C.
name: Retsch-Bogart, George Z.
name: Goss, Christopher H.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: BACKGROUND Bringing new therapies to patients with rare diseases depends in part on optimizing clinical trial conduct through efficient study start-up processes and rapid enrollment. Suboptimal execution of clinical trials in academic medical centers not only results in high cost to institutions and sponsors, but also delays the availability of new therapies. Addressing the factors that contribute to poor outcomes requires novel, systematic approaches tailored to the institution and disease under study. OBJECTIVE To use clinical trial performance metrics data analysis to select high-performing cystic fibrosis (CF) clinical research teams and then identify factors contributing to their success. DESIGN Mixed-methods research, including semi-structured qualitative interviews of high-performing research teams. PARTICIPANTS CF research teams at nine clinical centers from the CF Foundation Therapeutics Development Network. APPROACH Survey of site characteristics, direct observation of team meetings and facilities, and semi-structured interviews with clinical research team members and institutional program managers and leaders in clinical research. KEY RESULTS Critical success factors noted at all nine high-performing centers were: 1) strong leadership, 2) established and effective communication within the research team and with the clinical care team, and 3) adequate staff. Other frequent characteristics included a mature culture of research, customer service orientation in interactions with study participants, shared efficient processes, continuous process improvement activities, and a businesslike approach to clinical research. CONCLUSIONS Clinical research metrics allowed identification of high-performing clinical research teams. Site visits identified several critical factors leading to highly successful teams that may help other clinical research teams improve clinical trial performance.
Dissertação UTILIZAÇÃO DE MÉTODO DE CASOS PARA A GESTÃO DO CONHECIMENTO NO MINISTÉRIO PÚBLICO DO ESTADO DE MINAS GERAIS
Creators: name: De Souza Santos, Alessandra
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Educação. Gestão do Conhecimento. Aprendizagem Organizacional. Método de Caso. Escola de Governo.

description: Dissertação de mestrado intitulada "UTILIZAÇÃO DE MÉTODO DE CASOS PARA A GESTÃO DO CONHECIMENTO NO MINISTÉRIO PÚBLICO DO ESTADO DE MINAS GERAIS". Defesa realizada em junho de 2019 para o Programam de Pós-Graduação em Gestão Social, Educação e Desenvolvimento Local do Centro Universitário UNA.
title: CEUS imaging of breast mass lesions
Creators: name: Ivanac, Gordana
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Breast
subject: Ultrasound physics
subject: Contrast agents
subject: Ultrasound
subject: MR
subject: Efficacy studies
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: Cancer

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women. Early diagnosis is important for better outcome of the disease and imaging methods have a role of utmost importance in diagnostic process as well as in treatment planning and follow-up. Breast...
Indications of the topological transport by the universal conductance fluctuations in the Bi2Te2Se microflakes
Creators: name: Li, Zhaoguo
name: Meng, Yuze
name: Pan, Jian
name: Chen, Taishi
name: Hong, Xiaochen
name: Li, Shiyan
name: Wang, Xuefeng
name: Song, Fengqi
name: Wang, Baigeng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Universal conductance fluctuations (UCFs) are extracted in the magnetoresistance responses in the bulk-insulating Bi2Te2Se microflakes. Its two-dimensional character is demonstrated by the field-tilting magnetoresistance measurements. Its origin from the surface electrons is determined by the fact that the UCF amplitudes keep unchanged while applying an in-plane field to suppress the coherence of bulk electrons. After considering the ensemble average in a batch of micrometer-sized samples, the intrinsic UCF magnitudes of over 0.37 e2/h is obtained. This agrees with the theoretical prediction on topological surface states. All the evidence point to the successful observation of the UCF of topological surface states.
description: Accepted by Applied Physics Express
Metafisica e fisica nella dottrina della materia di Bonaventura da Bagnoregio
Creators: name: Lami, Andrea
Publisher: name: Universita degli studi di Salerno
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: M-FIL/08 STORIA DELLA FILOSOFIA MEDIEVALE
subject: Materia
subject: Bonaventura : da Bagnorea

description: 2010 - 2011
description: Il nodo centrale che cercheremo di affrontare in questo saggio è la teoria della materia di Bonaventura da Bagnoregio, quale si può ricostruire dai pronunciamenti sparsi nella sua opera. Il riferimento obbligato in questo campo, come pure la fonte principale per la conoscenza di tutte le opinioni filosofiche di Bonaventura, è ovviamente, innanzitutto, il suo commento alle Sentenze di Pietro Lombardo, sul quale dunque si baserà una buona parte delle nostre indagini. Pur essendo in qualche modo un'opera 'giovanile', infatti, esso rimane di gran lunga il principale scritto teorico di Bonaventura, nonché la sua sola vera opera sistematica. Dopo di esso, nella carriera del francescano le mansioni organizzative all'interno dell'ordine hanno sovente messo in sottordine la speculazione. Il successivo Breviloquium in buona misura non costituisce che un riassunto del suddetto Commento, né, d’altronde, pretendeva di essere altro. Talvolta lo sforzo della sintesi produce, in esso, delle formulazioni particolarmente efficaci, ma forse più frequenti sono i casi in cui per chiarire il pensiero solo imperfettamente esposto in questo scritto bisogna ricorrere al raffronto con quello. Ci riferiremo comunque, talvolta, al Breviloquium come anche ad altre opere di Bonaventura dove, pur nell'intento mistico e predicatorio, continua sovente ad affiorare una genuina sostanza filosofica. Il nostro tema, infatti, non solo, come spero di mostrare, riveste un notevole interesse per la storia delle idee, ma, anche, riveste un interesse strettamente filosofico. La posizione del nostro autore in merito fornisce uno dei contributi più rilevanti e fecondi su un problema (la definizione metafisica della materia, sia in sé che nel suo correlativo riferimento alla forma) che era uno dei più sensibili nel dibattito propriamente filosofico del suo tempo, e le cui ricadute investivano tutto il campo dell'indagine metafisica. .. [a cura dell'Autore]
Introduction to Citation
Creators: name: Jamaica Jones
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Citation
Citation management
Research skills

description: This slide deck was developed to support a recorded lecture providing MLIS students with a high-level introduction to the practice and function of citation. Why, when and how to cite are all addressed, supported by references to external resources including Purdue University's Online Writing Lab and citation management software such as Zotero. The primary audience of the presenatation includes graduate students at the University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information in the department of Information Culture and Data Stewardship. It is supported by a recorded lecture that is also available on Zenodo.
Self-Consistency of Thermal Jump Trajectories
Creators: name: Chough, Y. -T.
name: Carmichael, H. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is problematic to interpret the quantum jumps of an atom interacting with thermal light in terms of counts at detectors monitoring the atom's inputs and outputs. As an alternative, we develop an interpretation based on a self-consistency argument. We include one mode of the thermal field in the system Hamiltonian and describe its interaction with the atom by an entangled quantum state while assuming that the other modes induce quantum jumps in the usual fashion. In the weak-coupling limit, the photon number expectation of the selected mode is also seen to execute quantum jumps, although more generally, for stronger coupling, Rabi oscillations are observed; the equilibrium photon number distribution is a Bose-Einstein distribution. Each mode may be viewed in isolation in a similar fashion, and summing over their weak-coupling jump rates returns the net jump rates for the atom assumed at the outset.
Thermalization of strongly interacting bosons after spontaneous emissions in optical lattices
Creators: name: Schachenmayer, Johannes
name: Pollet, Lode
name: Troyer, Matthias
name: Daley, Andrew J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the out-of-equilibrium dynamics of bosonic atoms in a 1D optical lattice, after the ground-state is excited by a single spontaneous emission event, i.e. after an absorption and re-emission of a lattice photon. This is an important fundamental source of decoherence for current experiments, and understanding the resulting dynamics and changes in the many-body state is important for controlling heating in quantum simulators. Previously it was found that in the superfluid regime, simple observables relax to values that can be described by a thermal distribution on experimental time-scales, and that this breaks down for strong interactions (in the Mott insulator regime). Here we expand on this result, investigating the relaxation of the momentum distribution as a function of time, and discussing the relationship to eigenstate thermalization. For the strongly interacting limit, we provide an analytical analysis for the behavior of the system, based on an effective low-energy Hamiltonian in which the dynamics can be understood based on correlated doublon-holon pairs.
description: 8 pages, 5 figures
Implementation Science Workshop: Primary Care-Based Multidisciplinary Readmission Prevention Program
Creators: name: Roche, Robin
name: Tsai, Katy
name: Shilliday, Betsy Bryant
name: Embree, Genevieve
name: Jones, Christine D.
name: DeWalt, Darren A.
name: Cavanaugh, Jamie Jurkiewicz
name: Pignone, Michael
name: Miller, Thomas
name: Ratner, Shana
name: McGuirt, Brooke
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Editor's note: In this installment of Implementation Science Workshop, Dr. Cavanaugh and colleagues describe implementation and evaluation of a readmission prevention program at the University of North Carolina. In an accompanying commentary, Elizabeth Yano of the West Los Angeles VA highlights strengths and weaknesses of their approach, emphasizing generalizable lessons for learning health care organizations. -- Lindsay Jubelt, MD, MS, Contributing Editor
A new class of radiopharmaceuticals for CXCR4-expressing malignancies based on the endogenous antagonist EPI-X4
Creators: name: Raghuvir Haridas Gaonkar
name: Schmidt, Yannik Tim
name: Mansi, Rosalba
name: Harms, Mirja
name: Seidal, Alina
name: Münch, Jan
name: Fani, Melpomeni
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021

description: The work was presented as an oral presentation at EANM 2021. The work describes the preclinical development of a new class of radiopharmaceuticals for CXCR4-expressing malignancies based on the endogenous antagonist EPI-X4.
Decoherence-Free Subspaces and Subsystems
Creators: name: Lidar, Daniel A.
name: Whaley, K. Birgitta
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Decoherence is the phenomenon of non-unitary dynamics that arises as a consequence of coupling between a system and its environment. It has important harmful implications for quantum information processing, and various solutions to the problem have been proposed. Here we provide a detailed a review of the theory of decoherence-free subspaces and subsystems, focusing on their usefulness for preservation of quantum information.
description: Review paper. To be published as a book chapter
Patient-Reported Outcomes in Clinical Trials of Rare Diseases
Creators: name: Basch, Ethan
name: Bennett, Antonia V.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: The science of measuring patient-reported outcomes (PROs) has advanced substantially in recent decades, allowing evaluation of how patients feel and function in clinical research. Assessment of the patient experience in populations with rare diseases can be successfully achieved using PRO measures when careful planning and rigorous methods are employed. A number of challenges exist when designing and implementing PRO analyses in rare disease contexts, including heterogeneity of outcomes, availability of suitable measures, recruitment, and selection of appropriate data collection methods. Strategies to address these exist and have been employed in past clinical research, particularly in pediatric populations. PRO assessments in rare disease clinical trials have been particularly successful through partnerships between investigators, PRO methodologists, and patient organizations. The overall goal of PRO measurement is to understand the patient experience and it provides an essential part of evaluating the impact of disease and treatment.
title: Imaging in hip replacement – Normal findings, Tips and how to report.
Creators: name: Florim, Sofia
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Trauma
subject: Prostheses
subject: Education and training
subject: Surgery
subject: Structured reporting
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: MR
subject: CT
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: Musculoskeletal soft tissue
subject: Musculoskeletal joint
subject: Musculoskeletal bone

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: To review the different types of hip replacement. To illustrate imaging findings in the evaluation of prostheses, emphasizing useful data for the orthopedic surgeon. To describe normal postoperative imaging findings and signs of complications. To...
An Unsupervised method for OCR Post-Correction and Spelling Normalisation for Finnish
Creators: name: Duong, Quan
name: Hämäläinen, Mika
name: Hengchen, Simon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: post ocr correction
finnish ocr
text normalization
spelling correction

description: These are trained models from the paper "An Unsupervised method for OCR Post-Correction and Spelling Normalisation for Finnish" by Quan Duong, Mika Hämäläinen, and Simon Hengchen
Physiologische Untersuchung von fahrzeugbasierten Fahrbahnprojektionen
Creators: name: Glück, Tobias
name: Sundermeier, Max Caspar
name: Dai, Zhuoqun
name: Lachmayer, Roland
Publisher: name: Absdorf : Lichttechnische Gesellschaft Österreichs
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Konferenzschrift
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::600 | Technik

description: Bei Nachtfahrten haben fahrzeugbasierte Fahrbahnprojektionen das Potential die Sicherheit und den Komfort im Straßenverkehr zu steigern. Um den Einfluss von fahrzeugbasierten Fahrbahnprojektionen auf die sicherheitsrelevante Wahrnehmung des Fahrers zu untersuchen, wird mit einem Projektionssystem eine Probandenstudie durchgeführt. Ziel der Untersuchung ist der Vergleich des Ablenkungspotentials bei Wegbeschreibungen über Head-Up Display, Smartphone in Halterung und Fahrbahnprojektion. Dazu werden drei Ziele, welche ein ähnliches Streckenprofil aufweisen, jeweils mit einem der drei Navigationssysteme angefahren und das Blickverhalten aufgezeichnet. In einem Vergleich mit den Eye-Tracking Daten der anderen beiden Navigationssysteme ist festzustellen, dass sich der Blick des Fahrers bei der Symbolprojektion mehr im Bereich des Straßengeschehens befindet.
Progressive Decoherence and Total Environmental Disentanglement
Creators: name: Diosi, Lajos
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The simple stationary decoherence of a two-state quantum system is discussed from a new viewpoint of environmental entanglement. My work emphasizes that an unconditional local state must totally be disentangled from the rest of the universe. It has been known for long that the loss of coherence within the given local system is gradual. Also the quantum correlations between the local system and the rest of the universe are being destroyed gradually. I show that, differently from local decoherence, the process of environmental disentanglement may terminate in finite time. The time of perfect disentanglement turns out to be on the decoherence time scale, and in a simple case we determine the exact value of it.
description: 6pp, revtex4, talk at conf. "Irreversible Quantum Dynamics" (Triest, Italy)
title: Influence of scan method and reconstruction algorithm for CT number evaluation on standard-, reduced- and ultra-low dose CTs in QIBA recommended phantom study
Creators: name: Suehiro, Erina
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Thorax
subject: CT
subject: Technology assessment

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: To directly compare the effect of scan and reconstruction methods on a 320-detector row CT (i.e. area-detector CT) in terms of radiation dose reduction and of accuracy of CT lung density measurements in a Quantitative Imaging Biomarker Alliance...
Establishment of oxidative stress biomarkers in oocytes from healthy and bleached scleractinian corals Output
Creators: name: Martignago, Daniel Castro
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Life Sciences
subject: Cellular and Molecular Physiology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Marine Biology

description: Coral bleaching is a global threat reality and the menaces to reef ecosystem and associated beings are well known. However, the impact of global temperature increases in the gametes of these animals are poorly understood. In this first and original study, we bring insight into the effects of bleaching to the oocyte metabolism in a scleractinian coral at biochemical level. This will permit new inferences of how the oceans’ warming is affecting and would affect the antioxidant system of gametes and the corals reproduction.
title: Image analysis of 68Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT in the detection of Neuroendocrine tumours
Creators: name: Premshanker, Shriduth
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Neoplasia
subject: Cancer
subject: Outcomes analysis
subject: Efficacy studies
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: PET-CT
subject: Oncology
subject: Hybrid Imaging

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: To analyze the diagnostic accuracy of 68 Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT in the detection of Neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) for lesion characterization in primary and metastatic NETs (initial staging). follow-up of patients to detect residual, recurrent or...
Anopheles
Creators: name: F. W. Edwards
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1920
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Culicidae
Anopheles

description:  Anopheles mauritianus, Daruchy de Grandpre & d'Emmerez de Charmoy. Ambatofanghera and Ambohipomana (Bouet, 1905); Tananarive (Neiret and Fewtrillon, 190 4; Bouet 1905). The commonest Anopheles in Mauritius, according to d'Emmerez.
description: Published as part of F. W. Edwards, 1920, Bulletin of Entomological Research, pp. 133-138 in Bulletin of Entomological Research 11 (2) on page 3, DOI: 10.1017/S0007485300044539, http://zenodo.org/record/163545
Decolonial Epistemologies for Energy Planning in Brazil
Creators: name: De Freitas E Silva, Angelica
Publisher: name: University of Westminster
Year: 2019
Subjects: Energy planning, decolonial epistemologies, coloniality, colonial difference, ethics of exhaustion, ethics of abundance,

description: This thesis opens up theoretical pathways for decolonial epistemologies for energy planning in Brazil. The critical analysis is verticalized from the 2015–2024 Brazilian Decennial Energy Expansion Plan (DEEP) to better highlight the epistemological problems in energy planning. Epistemological challenges demand a critical understanding of the ethical system we live in – the ethics of exhaustion – to enable a comprehensive radical transformation of the consideration of energy futures, since epistemology is part of the formalization of ethics. This thesis argues that energy planning in Brazil is based on the ethics of exhaustion to epistemically impose the colonial agenda of power. Energy futures are planned as necessary harm to achieve the fetishized good, normalized as the ethical intersubjective and human–environment relationships. Critically analysing the ethical system enables understanding the epistemologies for energy planning in Brazil as the formal moment of the ethics of exhaustion, which can only be challenged in an intersectional manner by framing the multilateral and collateral aspects of the violence consistent in planning energy futures regardless and to the detriment of the existence of life. Epistemic diversity is the first step towards decolonizing energy planning. It comprises: the inclusion of indigenous and communal perspectives when elaborating the energy plans; having persons directly affected by energy enterprises as the majority of the personnel involved in the activity of planning; setting the priority of energy planning as the production and reproduction of all lives in a non-hierarchized manner; recognizing the necessary balance in the human–environment relationship; privileging local needs in relation to transnational markets; and intentionally de-hierarchizing the benefits of energy exploitation by delinking energy studies, production, and distribution from financial capital. This work challenges colonial epistemologies, based on the ethics of exhaustion, from the standpoint of the colonial difference, proposing epistemic diversity as the impulse for decolonial energy planning in Brazil. It is an urgent academic task to perceive epistemic decolonization to transform the present in order to stop condemning the future to social and environmental catastrophes.
Who Needs Inpatient Detox? Development and Implementation of a Hospitalist Protocol for the Evaluation of Patients for Alcohol Detoxification
Creators: name: Kirsch, Jonathan
name: Stephens, John R.
name: Liles, E. Allen
name: Dancel, Ria
name: Gilchrist, Michael
name: DeWalt, Darren A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: BACKGROUND: Clinicians caring for patients seeking alcohol detoxification face many challenges, including lack of evidence-based guidelines for treatment and high recidivism rates.

OBJECTIVES: To develop a standardized protocol for determining which alcohol dependent patients seeking detoxification need inpatient versus outpatient treatment, and to study the protocol's implementation.

DESIGN: Review of best evidence by ad hoc task force and subsequent creation of standardized protocol. Prospective observational evaluation of initial protocol implementation.

PARTICIPANTS: Patients presenting for alcohol detoxification.

INTERVENTION: Development and implementation of a protocol for evaluation and treatment of patients requesting alcohol detoxification.

MAIN MEASURES: Number of admissions per month with primary alcohol related diagnosis (DRG), 30-day readmission rate, and length of stay, all measured before and after protocol implementation.

RESULTS: We identified one randomized clinical trial and three cohort studies to inform the choice of inpatient versus outpatient detoxification, along with one prior protocol in this population, and combined that data with clinical experience to create an institutional protocol. After implementation, the average number of alcohol related admissions was 15.9 per month, compared with 18.9 per month before implementation (p = 0.037). There was no difference in readmission rate or length of stay.

CONCLUSIONS: Creation and utilization of a protocol led to standardization of care for patients requesting detoxification from alcohol. Initial evaluation of protocol implementation showed a decrease in number of admissions.
Phenotyping Ethnic Differences in Body Fat Depots
Creators: name: Alenaini, Wareed
Publisher: name: University of Westminster
Year: 2019

description: There are remarkable ethnic differences in the incidence of metabolic syndrome associated features; including insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. Studies have suggested that South Asians (SA) present an unfavourable body fat phenotype, which includes a pattern of elevated visceral adipose tissue (VAT), and liver fat content; depots strongly associated with the progression of metabolic dysregulation. However, there are a limited number of studies examining body fat composition by ethnicity. The purpose of this thesis was to comprehensively phenotype VAT, abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue (ASAT) and liver fat content in Caucasian (Cau), SA and Black African (BA) individuals from a large number of distinct populations. Here, I include data from three adult cohorts: the UK Biobank (n=9533) of mixed ethnicities, the DIRECT cohort (n=1553) of Cau pre-diabetic individuals and The West London Observation (TWLO) cohort (n=747) of mixed ethnicities. In addition, I present data from Pune Maternal Nutrition study (PMNS) cohort; comprising 423 young adults of SA descent in India. Analyses of body fat phenotype in Cau pre-diabetic populations showed higher VAT (mean differences= 0.5 litre, p<0.0001) and liver fat content (mean differences= 0.6%, p<0.0001), but lower ASAT (mean differences= -0.2 litre, p<0.0001) compared to Cau from the general population (free-living). I also observed negative associations between VAT, ASAT, liver fat content and day to day physical activity in both pre-diabetic and general populations (pre-diabetic; VAT; r= -0.296, ASAT; r= -0.163, liver fat: r= -0.186 and general population; VAT; r= -0.185, ASAT: r= -0.374, liver fat: r= -0.139, p<0.001 for all). Analysis of both the TWLO and UK Biobank revealed no differences in VAT or liver fat in SA in UK compared to other ethnic groups (TWLO; VAT: SA: 3.0 ± 1.6 litres, Cau: 3.3 ± 2.1 litres; liver fat: SA= 6.4 ± 11.1%, Cau= 6.5 ± 13.6%, p=ns - UK Biobank; VAT: SA: 3.6 ± 1.6 litres, Cau: 3.8 ± 1.5 litres; liver fat: SA: 4.6 ± 4.6%, Cau: 4.2 ± 4.6%, p=ns). Analysis of both these cohorts also revealed a more favourable body fat phenotype with BA males presenting significantly less VAT than SA and Cau males (p<0.05 for both). Data from the PMNS cohort revealed high levels of VAT in 18 year old India-based SA population. A high proportion (58.7%) of these lean individuals also presented with the thin-outside fat inside (TOFI) phenotype (a ratio of VAT to ASAT). A key finding is the lack of an unfavourable body fat phenotype in UK based SA. Therefore, the increased incidence of metabolic syndrome associated features in the SA population may arise via a mechanism unrelated to elevated levels of VAT or liver fat.
Concepts and methods in the theory of open quantum systems
Creators: name: Breuer, Heinz-Peter
name: Petruccione, Francesco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The central physical concepts and mathematical techniques used in the theory of open quantum systems are reviewed. Particular emphasis is laid on the interrelations of apparently different approaches. Starting from the appropriate characterization of the quantum statistical ensembles naturally arising in the description of open quantum systems, the corresponding dynamical evolution equations are derived for the Markovian as well as for the non-Markovian case.
description: 15 pages, 7 figures, conference proceedings, to be published in: Irreversible Quantum Dynamics, Lecture Notes in Physics, F. Benatti and R. Floreanini (Eds)
title: Value-add with PET: The role of [F-18] FDG PET/CT during initial evaluation and follow-up of Erdheim-Chester Disease
Creators: name: Tan, Jin Rong
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Imaging sequences
subject: Education
subject: MR
subject: PET-CT
subject: CT
subject: Nuclear medicine
subject: Cardiovascular system
subject: Abdomen
subject: Haematologic diseases

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: ABBREVIATIONS: Erdheim-Chester Disease (ECD) [F-18]-FlurodeoxyglucosePositron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography(FDG-PET/CT) AIMS: Appreciate the spectrum of imaging findings of ECD,with particular emphasis onwhole body FDG-PET/CT. Demonstrate...
A Failure to Communicate: A Qualitative Exploration of Care Coordination Between Hospitalists and Primary Care Providers Around Patient Hospitalizations
Creators: name: DeWalt, Darren A.
name: Wald, Heidi L.
name: Patel, Snehal
name: O’Donnell, Christopher M.
name: Jones, Christine D.
name: Coleman, Eric A.
name: Vu, Maihan B.
name: Anderson, Mary E.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: BACKGROUND: Care coordination between adult hospitalists and primary care providers (PCPs) is a critical component of successful transitions of care from hospital to home, yet one that is not well understood.

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to understand the challenges in coordination of care, as well as potential solutions, from the perspective of hospitalists and PCPs in North Carolina.

DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS: We conducted an exploratory qualitative study with 58 clinicians in four hospitalist focus groups (n = 32), three PCP focus groups (n = 19), and one hybrid group with both hospitalists and PCPs (n = 7).

APPROACH: Interview guides included questions about care coordination, information exchange, follow-up care, accountability, and medication management. Focus group sessions were recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed in ATLAS.ti. The constant comparative method was used to evaluate differences between hospitalists and PCPs.

KEY RESULTS: Hospitalists and PCPs were found to encounter similar care coordination challenges, including (1) lack of time, (2) difficulty reaching other clinicians, (3) lack of personal relationships with other clinicians, (4) lack of information feedback loops, (5) medication list discrepancies, and (6) lack of clarity regarding accountability for pending tests and home health. Hospitalists additionally noted difficulty obtaining timely follow-up appointments for after-hours or weekend discharges. PCPs additionally noted (1) not knowing when patients were hospitalized, (2) not having hospital records for post-hospitalization appointments, (3) difficulty locating important information in discharge summaries, and (4) feeling undervalued when hospitalists made medication changes without involving PCPs. Hospitalists and PCPs identified common themes of successful care coordination as (1) greater efforts to coordinate care for "high-risk" patients, (2) improved direct telephone access to each other, (3) improved information exchange through shared electronic medical records, (4) enhanced interpersonal relationships, and (5) clearly defined accountability.

CONCLUSIONS: Hospitalists and PCPs encounter similar challenges in care coordination, yet have important experiential differences related to sending and receiving roles for hospital discharges. Efforts to improve coordination of care between hospitalists and PCPs should aim to understand perspectives of clinicians in each setting.
Charge-dependent anisotropic flow studies and the search for the Chiral Magnetic Wave in ALICE
Creators: name: Belmont, Ron
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Theoretical calculations have shown the possibility of P-violating bubbles in the QCD vacuum, which in combination with the strong magnetic field created in off-central heavy-ion collisions lead to novel effects such as the Chiral Magnetic Effect (CME) and the Chiral Separation Effect (CSE). A coupling between the CME and the CSE produces a wave-like excitation called the Chiral Magnetic Wave (CMW). The CMW produces a quadrupole moment that always has the same sign and is therefore present in an average over events. In this talk we present a series of charge-dependent anisotropic flow measurements in Pb--Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 2.76 TeV in ALICE, using two- and three-particle correlators with unidentified hadrons. The relation of these measurements to the search for the CMW is discussed.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures, Proceedings of XXIV International Conference on Ultrarelativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (Quark Matter 2014), May 19-24, 2014, Darmstadt
Controlled Quantum Open Systems
Creators: name: Alicki, Robert
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The theory of controlled quantum open systems describes quantum systems interacting with quantum environments and influenced by external forces varying according to given algorithms. It is aimed, for instance, to model quantum devices which can find applications in the future technology based on quantum information processing. One of the main problems making difficult the practical implementations of quantum information theory is the fragility of quantum states under external perturbations. The aim of this note is to present the relevant results concerning ergodic properties of open quantum systems which are useful for the optimization of quantum devices and noise (errors) reduction. In particular we present mathematical characterization of the so-called "decoherence-free subspaces" for discrete and continuous-time quantum dynamical semigroups in terms of $C^*$-algebras and group representations. We analyze the non-Markovian models also, presenting the formulas for errors in the Born approximation. The obtained results are used to discuss the proposed different strategies of error reduction.
description: To appear in Proceedings of the conference "Irreversible Quantum Dynamics", Trieste, 29 July - 2 August 2002 (Springer, LNP)
title: The PIRADS 3 challenge: may pharmacokinetic DCE MRI parameters improve the management of intermediatie risk lesions?
Creators: name: Damascelli, Anna
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Genital / Reproductive system male
subject: MR
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: Diagnostic procedure

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Thanks to its high sensitivity and negative predictive value prostate multiparametric magnetic resonance (mpMRI) has recently been proposed as a triage-test for target biopsy, in men with elevated serum PSA [1-3]. PI-RADS (Prostate imaging reporting...
Proteomic profiles of cultured cells stimulated with VEGFs dimers and search for natural compounds angiogenesis inhibitors
Creators: name: Pesca, Mariasabina
Publisher: name: Universita degli studi di Salerno
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: CHIM/09 FARMACEUTICO TECNOLOGICO APPLICATIVO
subject: Proteomic
subject: VEGF
subject: Natural compounds

description: 2010 - 2011
description: Some members of the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) family, such as VEGF and PlGF, and related receptors (KDR and Flt-1) play a key role in the modulation of angiogenesis, both physiological and pathological. For this reason they are considered valid therapeutic targets. Anti-angiogenesis therapy, despite the scientific efforts and promising results, is still suffering of some limitations. In the attempt to produce a research that can facilitate the future development of new antiangiogenic therapy strategies, we realized these goals: 1) carry out an expression proteomic study of cell coltures, after their treatment with some dimers of VEGF family; 2) identify new natural compounds able to inhibit the axis of interaction VEGF/Flt-1 and PlGF/Flt-1. We used gel-based proteomics to detect the differentially expressed proteins by VEGF, PlGF and VEGF/PlGF, in HUVECs and HEK-293-hFlt-1. Gels variability was also determined by principal component analysis (PCA)... [edited by Author]
title: Role of diffusion weighted imaging and dynamic contrast enhanced MRI in characterizing head neck masses.
Creators: name: Radder, Nivedita
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Head and neck
subject: MR
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: Imaging sequences
subject: Cancer

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Head and neck masses are a common clinical concern in different age groups. The differential diagnosis for a head or neck mass across these age groups is broad and includes congenital, inﬂammatory, and neoplastic lesions 1 . Conventional MRI and...