cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Conus australis Holten 1802
Creators: name: Franklin, J. Benjamin
name: Subramanian, K. A.
name: Fernando, S. Antony
name: Krishnan, K. S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Conidae
Conus
Conus australis

description: 10. Conus australis Holten, 1802 (Figure 11)
 Conus australis Holten, 1802: 39, no. 87 (representation of lectotype, Chemnitz 1795: pl. 183, figs. 1774, 1775 (60 x 24 mm) (Kohn 1981); " Taiwan ").
 Conus australis Lamarck, 1810: 439, no. 179 (representation of lectotype, Chemnitz 1795: pl. 183, figs. 1774, 1775 (60 x 24 mm) (Kohn 1981); "Botany Bay, Australie ").
 Conus gracilis Sowerby I, 1823: pl. 267, fig. 4 (representation of holotype, Sowerby I 1823: pl. 267, fig. 4 (72 x 25 mm) (Röckel et al. 1995); locality unknown).
 Conus duplicatus Sowerby I, 1823: pl. 267, fig. 5 (representation of holotype, Sowerby I 1823: pl. 267, fig. 5 (68 x 30 mm) (Röckel et al. 1995); "Solomon Is").
 Asprella alabasteroides Shikama, 1963: 65, pl. 1, figs. 9a, b ("Tatsugahama. Wakayama Pref".).
 Conus cebuganus da Motta & Martin, 1982: 1, 3, fig. 1 (holotype, MHNG (36 x 14. 5 mm) (Röckel et al. 1995); "Visayan Sea, between Malapascua Is. and Bantayan Is. and northward").
 Conus gabryae Röckel & Korn, 1992: 13–16, pl. 2, figs. 11–20 (holotype, SMNS (62.5 x 26 mm) (Röckel et al. 1995); "Russell Is., Solomon Archipelago").
 Material examined: MBMCS 110, 1 specimen, SL 40 mm; SW 15 mm.
 Description. Shell moderately large to large, moderately solid-to-solid, with low gloss. Body whorl narrowly conoid-cylindrical, outline convex adapically straight below. Shoulder subangulate. Spire of moderate height; sharply pointed, outline slightly concave. Body whorl encircled with variably spaced granulose ribs, posteriorly obsolete. Aperture moderately wide, outer lip straight, thin, sloping below level of shoulder.
Ground colour white, suffused with pale brown. Body whorl with brown blotches, tending to form 3 interrupted spiral bands, below the shoulder and above and below centre, the former weakest. Most have many rows of widely spaced squarish brown dots on the spiral ribs. Aperture pale violet.
 Distribution. Smith (1894) reported three specimens from the west coast off Calicut. Specimens from Tranquebar dredged by the Galathea Expedition are in ZMUC (Kohn 1978).
The specimens described herein were collected from Palayar (Table 6) by trawling in 60 m, mainly of muddy bottom.
  Remarks. Conus australis  appears to be a rare species along TamilNadu Coast. The specimen presently collected is the second record from India.
description: Published as part of Franklin, J. Benjamin, Subramanian, K. A., Fernando, S. Antony & Krishnan, K. S., 2009, 2250, pp. 1-63 in Zootaxa 2250 on page 22
Guinea Hedges, Adalsteinsson, & Branch, New Genus
Creators: name: Adalsteinsson, Solny A.
name: Branch, William R.
name: Trape, Sébastien
name: Vitt, Laurie J.
name: Hedges, S. Blair
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Leptotyphlopidae
Guinea

description: Genus Guinea Hedges, Adalsteinsson, & Branch, New Genus
 Type species. Stenostoma (Tricheilostoma) bicolor Jan, 1860: 1.
 Diagnosis. Species of Guinea have 14 midbody scale rows, 12 midtail scale rows, 173–288 middorsal scale rows, 6–16 subcaudals, three (two in G. greenwelli) supralabials, small anterior supralabials (large in G. sundewalli), 112–188 mm maximum adult total length, a body shape of 24–69.2 (total length/width), a relative tail length of 2.4–7.0 %, a tail shape of 1.4–4.3, no striped pattern, a brown dorsum (unpigmented in G. greenwelli), and paler brown venter (Table 2). They are distinguished from the other genus in this tribe, Rhinoleptus, by having 14 midbody scale rows (versus 16), 12 midtail rows (versus 14), 173–288 middorsal rows (versus 302–546), 6–16 subcaudals (versus 21–28), and a body shape of 24–69.2 (versus 67–77). Only one species was included in the molecular phylogenetic analyses (Figs. 3–4).
 Content. Four species (Table 1; Fig. 9).
 Distribution. Guinea is distributed primarily in rainforests of West Africa, including Guinea, southern Mali, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, southwestern Niger, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko Island, southwestern Chad, and Central African Republic (Fig. 11).
 Etymology. The generic name is here considered a feminine, Latinized noun referring to the distribution of the genus in the Guinea region, which is a broad area along the southern portion of West Africa (approximately from the country of Guinea to Cameroon). The origin of the word is uncertain but is thought to be derived from either the Susu or Berber languages of Africa, later modified in Portuguese (Guiné) and English (Guinea).
 Remarks. This genus comprises the former bicolor Group of " Leptotyphlops, " most recently discussed by Wallach and Boundy (2005), who noted similarities between it and several species in the New World.
description: Published as part of Adalsteinsson, Solny A., Branch, William R., Trape, Sébastien, Vitt, Laurie J. & Hedges, S. Blair, 2009, Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the Family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata), pp. 1-50 in Zootaxa 2244 on pages 24-25
Group 2 Innate Lymphoid Cells in Respiratory Allergic Inflammation
Creators: name: Helfrich, Sofia
name: Mindt, Barbara C.
name: Fritz, Jörg H.
name: Duerr, Claudia U.
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s)
subject: mucosal immunity
subject: respiratory tract
subject: allergic inflammation
subject: therapeutic strategies
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Millions of people worldwide are suffering from allergic inflammatory airway disorders. These conditions are regarded as a consequence of multiple imbalanced immune events resulting in an inadequate response with the exact underlying mechanisms still being a subject of ongoing research. Several cell populations have been proposed to be involved but it is becoming increasingly evident that group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) play a key role in the initiation and orchestration of respiratory allergic inflammation. ILC2s are important mediators of inflammation but also tissue remodeling by secreting large amounts of signature cytokines within a short time period. Thereby, ILC2s instruct innate but also adaptive immune responses. Here, we will discuss the recent literature on allergic inflammation of the respiratory tract with a focus on ILC2 biology. Furthermore, we will highlight different therapeutic strategies to treat pulmonary allergic inflammation and their potential influence on ILC2 function as well as discuss the perspective of using human ILC2s for diagnostic purposes.
Morokoshi kinmō zui. Kan no 3-5
唐土訓蒙圖彚. 巻之三-五
Creators: name: Hirazumi, Sen'an, Active 18th Century
Publisher: name: Ōsaka : Kogataya Rokubē, Kawachiya Kichibē and two others
Year: 2021

description: Contents: v. 1 Astronomy. -- 4 l.; v. 2 Geography. -- 20 l.; v. 3 Architecture. -- 12 l.; v. 4-5 People. -- 18, 16 l.; v. 6 Martial arts. - 19 l.; v. 7 Instruments (tools, weapons, etc.). -- 16 l.; v. 8 Machines (transportation, arms). -- 14 l.; v. 9 Instruments (agriculture, arms, etc.). -- 14 l.; v. 10 Ceremonial costumes, precious stones. -- 13 l.; v. 11-12 Botany, horticulture. -- 13, 14 l.; v. 13 Birds, wild animals. -- 17 l.; v. 14 Fish, reptiles, insects. -- 9 l. Five maps and many Chinese landscapes are in v. 2 of this illustrated Chinese encyclopedia. Many of the maps and landscapes are of mythical places famous in Chinese history and literature, such as 蓬莱山 Hōraizan (Beans 1802.17). There are 3 leaves of publisher’s advertisements at the end of v. 14. Maps in v. 2: (Beans 1802.12) 地球圖 Chikyū zu (Picture of the globe); (Beans 1802.13) 山川與地全圖 Sansen yochi zenzu (Map of mountains and rivers of the earth); (Beans 1802.14) 中華十五省并華夷一統圖 Chūka jūgosei narabini Kai ittō no zu (Map of China and the surrounding barbarian countries); (Beans 1802.15) 朝鮮國圖 Chōsenkoku no zu (Map of Korea); (Beans 1802.16) 琉球國圖 Ryūkyūkoku no zu (Map of Ryukyu); (Beans 1802.17) 蓬莱山 Hōraizan. Cited in: WSN; 122
Periodically Driven Harmonic Langevin Systems
Creators: name: Awasthi, Shakul
name: Dutta, Sreedhar B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Motivated to understand the asymptotic behavior of periodically driven thermodynamic systems, we study the prototypical example of Brownian particle, overdamped and underdamped, in harmonic potentials subjected to periodic driving. The harmonic strength and the coefficients of drift and diffusion are all taken to be $T$-periodic. We obtain the asymptotic distributions almost exactly treating driving nonperturbatively. In the underdamped case, we exploit the underlying $SL_2$ symmetry to obtain the asymptotic state, and study the dynamics and fluctuations of energies and entropy. We further obtain the two-time correlation functions, and investigate the responses to drift and diffusion perturbations in the presence of driving.
description: Journal version; added comments on nonperturbative treatment and the advantages of the method used, including an illustrative example; removed an erroneous statement and related comments that has no bearing on any equation
Torpor and spermatogenesis in a mammalian hibernator_Supplemental data_2020
Creators: name: Gagnon, Marianne
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 60806 Animal Physiological Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 60203 Ecological Physiology
subject: 60803 Animal Developmental and Reproductive Biology

description: Supplemental data for the manuscript "Torpor expression is associated with differential spermatogenesis in a mammalian hibernator" by Marianne F. Gagnon, Christine Lafleur, Manuelle Landry-Cuerrier, Murray M. Humphries, and Sarah Kimmins.
Additional file 12 of Transcriptomic analysis of flower induction for long-day pitaya by supplementary lighting in short-day winter season
Creators: name: Xiong, Rui
name: Liu, Chengli
name: Xu, Min
name: Wei, Shuang-shuang
name: Huang, Jia-quan
name: Tang, Hua
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 12: Supplemental S12. A flowchart of the RNAseq process.
DETERMINANTS OF EXPORTS OF U.S. AGRIBUSINESS FIRMS
Creators: name: LI, CHUN
name: GUNTER, LEWELL
name: LI, CHUN
name: GUNTER, LEWELL
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Agribusiness
subject: Export
subject: Profitability
subject: Self-selection

description: This paper analyzes the effect of firm size, capital intensity, profitability and agribusiness sector classification on a firm’s probability and intensity (i.e. the ratio of export sales to total sales) of exporting with a Tobit model. Our results show that Firm Size, Capital Intensity and Profitability have quite small negative effects on the export probability and intensity of U.S. agribusiness firms. In contrast, to which agribusiness sector a firm belongs show strong and robust impact on its export behavior. The agribusiness sectors we identified imply the comparative advantages of U.S. agriculture.
Complete relativistic equation of state for neutron stars
Creators: name: Shen, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct the equation of state (EOS) in a wide density range for neutron stars using the relativistic mean field theory. The properties of neutron star matter with both uniform and non-uniform distributions are studied consistently. The inclusion of hyperons considerably softens the EOS at high densities. The Thomas-Fermi approximation is used to describe the non-uniform matter, which is composed of a lattice of heavy nuclei. The phase transition from uniform matter to non-uniform matter occurs around $0.06 \rm{fm^{-3}}$, and the free neutrons drip out of nuclei at about $2.4 \times 10^{-4}\ \rm{fm^{-3}}$. We apply the resulting EOS to investigate the neutron star properties such as maximum mass and composition of neutron stars.
description: 23 pages, REVTeX, 9 ps figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. C
Exact quantum dynamics background of dispersion interactions: case study for CH$_4\cdot$Ar in full (12) dimensions
Creators: name: Avila, Gustavo
name: Papp, Dóra
name: Czakó, Gábor
name: Mátyus, Edit
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A full-dimensional \emph{ab initio} potential energy surface of spectroscopic quality is developed for the van-der-Waals complex of a methane molecule and an argon atom. Variational vibrational states are computed on this surface including all twelve (12) vibrational degrees of freedom of the methane-argon complex using the GENIUSH computer program and the Smolyak sparse grid method. The full-dimensional computations make it possible to study fine details of the interaction and distortion effects and to make a direct assessment of the reduced-dimensionality models often used in the quantum dynamics study of weakly-bound complexes. A 12-dimensional (12D) vibrational computation including only a single harmonic oscillator basis function (9D) to describe the methane fragment (for which we use the ground-state effective structure as the reference structure) has a 0.40 cm$^{-1}$ root-mean-square error (rms) with respect to the converged 12D bound-state excitation energies, which is less than half of the rms of the 3D model set up with the $\langle r \rangle_0$ methane structure. Allowing 10 basis functions for the methane fragment, the rms of the bound state vibrational energies is reduced to 0.07 cm$^{-1}$, which is much better than the 3D models. The full-dimensional potential energy surface correctly describes the dissociation of the system, which together with further development of the variational (ro)vibrational methodology opens the route for the study of the role of dispersion forces on the excited methane vibrations and the energy transfer from the intra- to the intermolecular vibrational modes.
Additional file 3 of Mannose-binding lectin 2 gene polymorphisms and their association with tuberculosis in a Chinese population
Creators: name: Zhang, Jun-Xian
name: Gong, Wen-Ping
name: Zhu, Dong-Lin
name: An, Hui-Ru
name: Yang, You-Rong
name: Liang, Yan
name: Wang, Jie
name: Tang, Jing
name: Zhao, Wei-guo
name: Wu, Xue-Qiong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 3: Table S3. Association analysis of MBL2 SNPs between TB subgroups and healthy controls under a codominant genetic model.
Theoretical study of electronic structure of erbium and fermium
Creators: name: Allehabi, Saleh O.
name: Li, Jiguang
name: Dzuba, V. A.
name: Flambaum, V. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use a recently developed version of the configuration method for open shells to study electronic structure of erbium and fermium atoms. We calculate excitation energies of odd states connected to the even ground state by electric dipole transitions, the corresponding transition rates, isotope shift, hyperfine structure, ionization potentials and static scalar polarizabilities. We argue that measuring isotope shift for several transitions can be used to study nuclear deformation in even-even nuclei. This is important for testing nuclear theory and for searching for the hypothetical island of stability. Since erbium and fermium have similar electronic structures, calculations for erbium serve as a guide to the accuracy of the calculations.
description: 10 pages, 1 figure, to be published
User experience and clinical effectiveness with two wearable global positioning system devices in home dementia care
Creators: name: Megges, Herlind
name: Freiesleben, Silka Dawn
name: Rösch, Christina
name: Knoll, Nina
name: Wessel, Lauri
name: Peters, Oliver
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Assistive technology
subject: Caregiving
subject: Clinical effectiveness
subject: Dementia
subject: GPS
subject: Home dementia care
subject: Locating systems
subject: Monitoring
subject: Product satisfaction
subject: Tracking systems
subject: Usability
subject: User experience
subject: Wandering
subject: Wearables
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Introduction: The user experience and clinical effectiveness with wearable global positioning system (GPS) devices for persons with dementia (PwDs) and caregivers (CGs) remain unclear although many are available. Methods: Using a crossover design, 20 dyads tested two similar commercial GPS watches (products A and B) at home for 4 weeks each. Usability, product functions, design features and product satisfaction at home and the clinic were investigated. Caregiver burden and quality of life assessed clinical effectiveness. Results: The final 17 dyads rated the usability, telephone function, overall design features, font, buttons, and battery life of B significantly better than A. PwDs rated the overall design features and buttons of A significantly better than CGs. Product satisfaction with both products was significantly lower at home. Clinical effectiveness was not found. Discussion: User experience can be improved by optimizing specific product details. This might translate to clinical effectiveness. Social desirability bias may explain different product satisfaction ratings.
Morokoshi kinmō zui. Kan no 12-14
唐土訓蒙圖彚. 巻之十二-十四
Creators: name: Hirazumi, Sen'an, Active 18th Century
Publisher: name: Ōsaka : Kogataya Rokubē, Kawachiya Kichibē and two others
Year: 2021

description: Contents: v. 1 Astronomy. -- 4 l.; v. 2 Geography. -- 20 l.; v. 3 Architecture. -- 12 l.; v. 4-5 People. -- 18, 16 l.; v. 6 Martial arts. - 19 l.; v. 7 Instruments (tools, weapons, etc.). -- 16 l.; v. 8 Machines (transportation, arms). -- 14 l.; v. 9 Instruments (agriculture, arms, etc.). -- 14 l.; v. 10 Ceremonial costumes, precious stones. -- 13 l.; v. 11-12 Botany, horticulture. -- 13, 14 l.; v. 13 Birds, wild animals. -- 17 l.; v. 14 Fish, reptiles, insects. -- 9 l. Five maps and many Chinese landscapes are in v. 2 of this illustrated Chinese encyclopedia. Many of the maps and landscapes are of mythical places famous in Chinese history and literature, such as 蓬莱山 Hōraizan (Beans 1802.17). There are 3 leaves of publisher’s advertisements at the end of v. 14. Maps in v. 2: (Beans 1802.12) 地球圖 Chikyū zu (Picture of the globe); (Beans 1802.13) 山川與地全圖 Sansen yochi zenzu (Map of mountains and rivers of the earth); (Beans 1802.14) 中華十五省并華夷一統圖 Chūka jūgosei narabini Kai ittō no zu (Map of China and the surrounding barbarian countries); (Beans 1802.15) 朝鮮國圖 Chōsenkoku no zu (Map of Korea); (Beans 1802.16) 琉球國圖 Ryūkyūkoku no zu (Map of Ryukyu); (Beans 1802.17) 蓬莱山 Hōraizan. Cited in: WSN; 122
An Energy-Stable Scheme for Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations with Periodically Updated Coefficient Matrix
Creators: name: Lin, L.
name: Ni, N.
name: Yang, Z.
name: Dong, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We present an energy-stable scheme for simulating the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations based on the generalized Positive Auxiliary Variable (gPAV) framework. In the gPAV-reformulated system the original nonlinear term is replaced by a linear term plus a correction term, where the correction term is put under control by an auxiliary variable. The proposed scheme incorporates a pressure-correction type strategy into the gPAV procedure, and it satisfies a discrete energy stability property. The scheme entails the computation of two copies of the velocity and pressure within a time step, by solving an individual de-coupled linear equation for each of these field variables. Upon discretization the pressure linear system involves a constant coefficient matrix that can be pre-computed, while the velocity linear system involves a coefficient matrix that is updated periodically, once every $k_0$ time steps in the current work, where $k_0$ is a user-specified integer. The auxiliary variable, being a scalar-valued number, is computed by a well-defined explicit formula, which guarantees the positivity of its computed values. It is observed that the current method can produce accurate simulation results at large (or fairly large) time step sizes for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. The impact of the periodic coefficient-matrix update on the overall cost of the method is observed to be small in typical numerical simulations. Several flow problems have been simulated to demonstrate the accuracy and performance of the method developed herein.
description: 34 pages, 11 figures, 10 tables
Functional characterization of a novel arachidonic acid 12S-lipoxygenase in the halotolerant bacterium Myxococcus fulvus exhibiting complex social living patterns
Creators: name: Goloshchapova, Kateryna
name: Stehling, Sabine
name: Heydeck, Dagmar
name: Blum, Maximilian
name: Kuhn, Hartmut
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: eicosanoids
subject: lipid metabolism
subject: mutagenesis
subject: oxidative stress
subject: social behavior
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Lipoxygenases are lipid peroxidizing enzymes, which frequently occur in higher plants and mammals. These enzymes are also expressed in lower multicellular organisms but here they are not widely distributed. In bacteria, lipoxygenases rarely occur and evaluation of the currently available bacterial genomes suggested that <0.5% of all sequenced bacterial species carry putative lipoxygenase genes. We recently rescreened the public bacterial genome databases for lipoxygenase‐like sequences and identified two novel lipoxygenase isoforms (MF‐LOX1 and MF‐LOX2) in the halotolerant Myxococcus fulvus. Both enzymes share a low degree of amino acid conservation with well‐characterized eukaryotic lipoxygenase isoforms but they involve the catalytically essential iron cluster. Here, we cloned the MF‐LOX1 cDNA, expressed the corresponding enzyme as N‐terminal hexa‐his‐tag fusion protein, purified the recombinant enzyme to electrophoretic homogeneity, and characterized it with respect to its protein‐chemical and enzymatic properties. We found that M. fulvus expresses a catalytically active intracellular lipoxygenase that converts arachidonic acid and other polyunsaturated fatty acids enantioselectively to the corresponding n‐9 hydroperoxy derivatives. The enzyme prefers C20‐ and C22‐polyenoic fatty acids but does not exhibit significant membrane oxygenase activity. The possible biological relevance of MF‐LOX1 will be discussed in the context of the suggested concepts of other bacterial lipoxygenases.
Meta-analysis of sonicate fluid in blood culture bottles for diagnosing periprosthetic joint infection
Creators: name: Li, Cheng
name: Renz, Nora
name: Ojeda Thies, Cristina
name: Trampuz, Andrej
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Arthroplasty
subject: Blood culture bottles
subject: Diagnose
subject: Meta-analysis
subject: Periprosthetic joint infection
subject: Sonicate
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Introduction: Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is the most serious complication after arthroplasty, and the diagnosis of PJI is still challenging with modern medical technology. To improve the diagnostic rate, combined diagnostic methods are gradually beginning to be used to diagnose PJI. Sonication is one accurate way to diagnose PJI, but there is minimal research regarding the diagnostic value of sonicate fluid (SF) in blood culture bottles (BCB). Therefore, we evaluated this combined diagnostic method by meta-analysis. Methods: We searched English publications in electronic databases regarding the use of sonicate fluid in blood culture bottles (SF-BCB) for diagnosing PJI, screened the literature according to inclusion criteria, assessed the quality of the selected literature, and collected information regarding SF-BCB. Results: This meta-analysis includes 4 studies that evaluated SF-BCB for the diagnosis of PJI. The pooled sensitivity, specificity, positive likelihood ratio (PLR), negative likelihood ratio (NLR) and diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) are 0.85 (95% Confidence interval [CI], 0.77 to 0.91), 0.86 (CI, 0.81 to 0.91), 5.34 (CI, 3.13 to 9.11), 0.16 (CI, 0.06 to 0.48) and 39.01 (CI, 9.04 to 168.35), respectively. The area under the curve (AUC) of the summary receiver operating characteristic (SROC) is 0.9186 (standard error, 0.0205). Conclusion: SF-BCB has great value for the microbiological diagnosis of PJ, especially for patients with prior antibiotic treatment.
Thermodynamic properties of an $S=1/2$ ring-exchange model on the triangular lattice
Creators: name: Seki, Kazuhiro
name: Yunoki, Seiji
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: By using a numerically exact diagonalization technique and a block-extended version of the finite-temperature Lanczos method, we study thermodynamic properties of an $S=1/2$ Heisenberg model on the triangular lattice with an antiferromagnetic nearest-neighbor interaction $J$ and a four-spin ring-exchange interaction $J_{\rm c}$. Calculations are performed on small clusters under the periodic-boundary conditions. In contrast to the purely triangular case with $J_{\rm c}=0$, the specific heat exhibits a characteristic double-peak structure for $J_{\rm c}/J \gtrsim 0.04$. From the calculation of the entropy and the uniform magnetic susceptibility, it is shown that non-magnetic excitations exist below the magnetic excitation for $J_{\rm c}/J \gtrsim 0.04$.
description: 16 pages, 8 figures, 1 table, 1 algorithm + supplemental material
Dependence of the superconducting transition temperature of single- and polycrystalline MgB2 on hydrostatic pressure
Creators: name: Deemyad, S.
name: Tomita, T.
name: Hamlin, J. J.
name: Beckett, B. R.
name: Schilling, J. S.
name: Hinks, D. G.
name: Jorgensen, J. D.
name: Lee, S.
name: Tajima, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The dependence of Tc for MgB2 on purely hydrostatic or nearly hydrostatic pressure has been determined to 23 GPa for single-crystalline and to 32 GPa for polycrystalline samples, and found to be in good agreement. Tc decreases from 39 K at ambient pressure to 15 K at 32 GPa with an initial slope dTc/dP = -1.11(2) K/GPa. Evidence is presented that the differing values of dTc/dP reported in the literature result primarily from shear-stress effects in nonhydrostatic pressure media and not differences in the samples. Although comparison of these results with theory supports phonon-mediated superconductivity, a critical test of theory must await volume-dependent calculations based on the solution of the anisotropic Eliashberg equations.
description: Invited paper for a special edition of Physica on MgB2
Loading of the hip and knee joints during whole body vibration training
Creators: name: Bergmann, Georg
name: Kutzner, Ines
name: Bender, Alwina
name: Dymke, Jörn
name: Trepczynski, Adam
name: Duda, Georg N.
name: Felsenberg, Dieter
name: Damm, Philipp
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: whole body vibration training
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: During whole body vibrations, the total contact force in knee and hip joints consists of a static component plus the vibration-induced dynamic component. In two different cohorts, these forces were measured with instrumented joint implants at different vibration frequencies and amplitudes. For three standing positions on two platforms, the dynamic forces were compared to the static forces, and the total forces were related to the peak forces during walking. A biomechanical model served for estimating muscle force increases from contact force increases. The median static forces were 122% to 168% (knee), resp. 93% to 141% (hip), of the body weight. The same accelerations produced higher dynamic forces for alternating than for parallel foot movements. The dynamic forces individually differed much between 5.3% to 27.5% of the static forces in the same positions. On the Powerplate, they were even close to zero in some subjects. The total forces were always below 79% of the forces during walking. The dynamic forces did not rise proportionally to platform accelerations. During stance (Galileo, 25 Hz, 2 mm), the damping of dynamic forces was only 8% between foot and knee but 54% between knee and hip. The estimated rises in muscle forces due to the vibrations were in the same ranges as the contact force increases. These rises were much smaller than the vibration-induced EMG increases, reported for the same platform accelerations. These small muscle force increases, along with the observation that the peak contact and muscle forces during vibrations remained far below those during walking, indicate that dynamic muscle force amplitudes cannot be the reason for positive effects of whole body vibrations on muscles, bone remodelling or arthritic joints. Positive effects of vibrations must be caused by factors other than raised forces amplitudes.
Pathophysiology of Subjective Tinnitus: Triggers and Maintenance
Creators: name: Haider, Haúla Faruk
name: Bojić, Tijana
name: Ribeiro, Sara F.
name: Paço, João
name: Hall, Deborah A.
name: Szczepek, Agnieszka J.
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: idiopathic
subject: auditory system
subject: pathophysiology
subject: central tinnitus
subject: peripheral tinnitus
subject: causes
subject: maintenance
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Tinnitus is the conscious perception of a sound without a corresponding external acoustic stimulus, usually described as a phantom perception. One of the major challenges for tinnitus research is to understand the pathophysiological mechanisms triggering and maintaining the symptoms, especially for subjective chronic tinnitus. Our objective was to synthesize the published literature in order to provide a comprehensive update on theoretical and experimental advances and to identify further research and clinical directions. We performed literature searches in three electronic databases, complemented by scanning reference lists from relevant reviews in our included records, citation searching of the included articles using Web of Science, and manual searching of the last 6 months of principal otology journals. One-hundred and thirtytwo records were included in the review and the information related to peripheral and central mechanisms of tinnitus pathophysiology was collected in order to update on theories and models. A narrative synthesis examined the main themes arising from this information. Tinnitus pathophysiology is complex and multifactorial, involving the auditory and non-auditory systems. Recent theories assume the necessary involvement of extra-auditory brain regions for tinnitus to reach consciousness. Tinnitus engages multiple active dynamic and overlapping networks. We conclude that advancing knowledge concerning the origin and maintenance of specific tinnitus subtypes origin and maintenance mechanisms is of paramount importance for identifying adequate treatment.
Investigation of the role of porin proteins in Salmonella acquisition of host iron
Creators: name: Mashael W.L Alruways
Publisher: name: University of Leicester
Year: 2019
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Iron is essential for the growth and long-term persistence of most human pathogens, and growth within host tissues is often dependent on the bacteria being able to steal iron from the normally secure lung-iron sources, such as the iron-binding proteins transferrin (Tf) and lactoferrin (Lf). Proteomic analysis showed that Tf and Lf are bound by Salmonella and provisionally identified the porins OmpC and OmpD as responsible for their binding. Use of a Lambda red mutagenesis methodology created a single mutant of ompC and ompD genes as well as a double ompC and ompD mutant, which confirmed the porins’s role as Tf and Lf receptors. The porins mutants grew less well in Fe-limited media, while use of 55Fe-Tf showed that uptake of host-bound Fe was reduced, indicating a direct role for the Salmonella OmpC and OmpD porins in acquisition of Tf iron. Interestingly, although impaired in uptake of iron, siderophore production was not increased in the porin mutants.The ompC and ompD porin mutants were not impaired in growth responsiveness to noradrenaline and dopamine, but there was no response in strains lacking OmpC to epinephrine. Analysis of the internalization of 3H-epinephrine showed that its uptake was reduced in the strains with a mutation in ompC, while 3H-noradrenaline uptake was unchanged. This indicates that OmpC porin is an entry point for the catecholamine epinephrine. Other investigations showed that deleting the gene for OmpC affected cell shape and size and so might have a role in Salmonella cell structure. The ability of the Salmonella porin mutants to infect macrophages cell was undertaken and was found to be reduced in the ompD single and particularly the double ompC and ompD mutant suggesting that the Salmonella OmpC and OmpD porins also contribute to the virulence of Salmonella in terms of invasion of human macrophages.
Bortezomib in antibody-mediated autoimmune diseases (TAVAB): study protocol for a unicentric, non-randomised, non-placebo controlled trial
Creators: name: Kohler, Siegfried
name: Märschenz, Stefanie
name: Grittner, Ulrike
name: Alexander, Tobias
name: Hiepe, Falk
name: Meisel, Andreas
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: immunology
subject: neurology
subject: neuromuscular disease
subject: rheumatology
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Introduction: The clinical characteristics of autoantibodymediated autoimmune diseases are diverse. Yet, medical treatment and the associated complications are similar, that is, the occurrence of long-term side effects and the problem that a significant proportion of patients are non-responders. Therefore, new therapeutic options are needed. Bortezomib, a proteasome inhibitor, is effective in the treatment of multiple myeloma and data from experimental models and case reports suggest an effect in the treatment of autoantibody-mediated autoimmunity. In our study, we will determine the effect of bortezomib treatment on a shared surrogate parameter for clinical efficacy, namely change in autoantibody levels, which we chose as primary parameter. Methods and analysis: We designed a phase IIa trial with altogether n=18 treatment-refractory patients suffering from myasthenia gravis, systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis that will be treated with bortezomib add-on to pre-existing therapy. Primary endpoint is the change in autoantibody levels 6 months after therapy. Secondary endpoints include concomitant medication, disease-specific clinical scores and measures of quality of life and activities of daily living. Ethics and dissemination: Safety parameters include neurophysiological and clinical signs of peripheral neuropathy as well as potential central nervous system side effects determined by olfactory and neuropsychological testing. The study has been approved by the local ethical committee and first participants have already been enrolled. This proof of concept study will contribute to improve our understanding of plasma cellspecific treatment approaches by assessing its safety and efficacy in reducing serum levels of antibodies known to mediate autoimmune disorders. We plan to publish the final results of our study in a peer reviewed journal and to present our findings at international conferences. Trial registration number: NCT02102594.
Epacrophis Hedges, Adalsteinsson, & Branch, New Genus
Creators: name: Adalsteinsson, Solny A.
name: Branch, William R.
name: Trape, Sébastien
name: Vitt, Laurie J.
name: Hedges, S. Blair
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Leptotyphlopidae
Epacrophis

description: Genus Epacrophis Hedges, Adalsteinsson, & Branch, New Genus
 Type species. Glauconia reticulata Boulenger, 1906: 441.
 Diagnosis. Species of Epacrophis and Epacrophini have 14 midbody scale rows, 10 midtail scale rows, 180– 248 middorsal scale rows, 18–32 subcaudals, two supralabials, a moderate-sized anterior supralabial, 143–201 mm maximum adult total length, a body shape of 30–57 (total length/width), a relative tail length of 7.9–10.9 %, a tail shape of 3.2–5.7, no striped pattern, and usually a brown dorsum and white venter (Table 2). Epacrophini can be distinguished from the two other tribes in the subfamily Leptotyphlopinae by the presence of a moderate-sized anterior supralabial (versus absent or small in other species of Leptotyphlopinae, except L. howelli) and a stout apical spine on the tip of the tail (Broadley & Wallach 2007; Wallach 1996). No species were included in the molecular phylogenetic analyses.
 Content. One genus and three species (Table 1; Fig. 9).
 Distribution. Epacrophini is distributed in East Africa (Kenya and Somalia) and nearby islands (Manda and Lamu) (Fig. 11).
 Etymology. The generic name is masculine and derived from the Greek adjective epakros (pointed at the end) and Greek noun ophis (snake), in allusion to the distinctive thorny spine at the tip of the tail in species of this genus.
 Remarks. This tribe comprises the former reticulatus Group of " Leptotyphlops, " most recently defined by Broadley and Wallach (2007).
description: Published as part of Adalsteinsson, Solny A., Branch, William R., Trape, Sébastien, Vitt, Laurie J. & Hedges, S. Blair, 2009, Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the Family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata), pp. 1-50 in Zootaxa 2244 on page 27
Warped Compactification with a Four-Brane
Creators: name: Hayakawa, S.
name: Izawa, K. -I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Warped compactification of the six-dimensional bulk with a negative cosmological constant is realized with a 4-brane along with an abelian gauge theory. No fine tuning of couplings are needed to obtain the vanishing cosmological constant in four dimensions, as is the case for the bulk with a positive cosmological constant.
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Genetic analysis of the DAZ1 transcription factor in Arabidopsis thaliana
Creators: name: Jaypal N. Darbar
Publisher: name: University of Leicester
Year: 2019
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The aim of this research was to advance understanding of the molecular and genetic mechanisms by which the transcription factor, DAZ1 (DUO1-ACTIVATED ZINC FINGER 1) supports male germline development in Arabidopsis thaliana. The main approach was to analyse the importance of different protein domains in DAZ1 for generative cell division and pollen fertility. The DAZ1 basic region (BR), the DAZ1 conserved region (CR) and the role of individual zinc finger (ZnF) motifs were investigated. In planta complementation of mutant Arabidopsis daz1-/- daz2+/- plants with deletion and substitution variants of DAZ1 revealed important functional roles for the BR, CR and for ZnF3 in male germline development. DAZ1 variants with BR or CR mutations showed a significant but limited ability to rescue male germ cell division and transmission of daz1 daz2 pollen. A second objective was to study the cause of unexpected seed abortion observed in daz1-/- daz2-/- mutants that express DAZ1 variants with reduced function. Observations revealed ovule enlargement without development of embryo or endosperm tissues indicating early post-fertilisation defects arising from defective gametes. In a third objective, a genetic screen was conducted in Arabidopsis for suppressors of reduced fertility in chemically mutagenised plants expressing a C-terminally truncated DAZ1. Several suppressor lines were identified which were stably maintained through multiple generations. Overall, these studies uncover the importance of protein domains which support the role of DAZ1 in male germline development. This work also generated putative genetic suppressors which could provide access to novel regulators that orchestrate germ cell division and sperm differentiation in Arabidopsis.
A New Type of Limit Theorems for the One-Dimensional Quantum Random Walk
Creators: name: Konno, Norio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we consider the one-dimensional quantum random walk X^{varphi} _n at time n starting from initial qubit state varphi determined by 2 times 2 unitary matrix U. We give a combinatorial expression for the characteristic function of X^{varphi}_n. The expression clarifies the dependence of it on components of unitary matrix U and initial qubit state varphi. As a consequence of the above results, we present a new type of limit theorems for the quantum random walk. In contrast with the de Moivre-Laplace limit theorem, our symmetric case implies that X^{varphi}_n /n converges in distribution to a limit Z^{varphi} as n to infty where Z^{varphi} has a density 1 / pi (1-x^2) sqrt{1-2x^2} for x in (- 1/sqrt{2}, 1/sqrt{2}). Moreover we discuss some known simulation results based on our limit theorems.
description: Final version; Journal-ref added; 14 pages; this arXiv version has no figures
Brane-world models emerging from collisions of plane waves in 5D
Creators: name: de Leon, J. Ponce
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider brane-world models embedded in a five-dimensional bulk spacetime with a large extra dimension and a cosmological constant. The cosmology in $5D$ possesses "wave-like" character in the sense that the metric coefficients in the bulk are assumed to have the form of plane waves propagating in the fifth dimension. We model the brane as the "plane" of collision of waves propagating in opposite directions along the extra dimension. This plane is a jump discontinuity which presents the usual ${\bf Z}_2$ symmetry of brane models. The model reproduces the {\em generalized} Friedmann equation for the evolution on the brane, regardless of the specific details in $5D$. Model solutions with spacelike extra coordinate show the usual {\em big-bang} behavior, while those with timelike extra dimension present a {\em big bounce}. This bounce is an genuine effect of a timelike extra dimension. We argue that, based on our current knowledge, models having a large timelike extra dimension cannot be dismissed as mathematical curiosities in non-physical solutions. The size of the extra dimension is small today, but it is {\em increasing} if the universe is expanding with acceleration. Also, the expansion rate of the fifth dimension can be expressed in a simple way through the four-dimensional "deceleration" and Hubble parameters as $- q H$. These predictions could have important observational implications, notably for the time variation of rest mass, electric charge and the gravitational "constant". They hold for the three $(k = 0, + 1, - 1)$ models with arbitrary cosmological constant, and are independent of the signature of the extra dimension.
description: In V2 the signature of the extra dimension is discussed and new references are added. In V3 typos are corrected
On the Reactions A+A+...+A->0 at a One-Dimensional Periodic Lattice of Catalytic Centers: Exact Solution
Creators: name: Naidenov, A. A.
name: Nechaev, S. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The kinetics of the diffusion-controlled chemical reactions A+A+...+A->0 that occur at catalytic centers periodically arranged along a straight line is considered. Modes of the behavior of reaction probability W(t) were studied at different times and different densities of the catalyst. Within the Smoluchowski approximation, it was rigorously proved that at large times the function W(t) is independent of the lattice period. This means that, in the given asymptotic mode, the probability of the reaction on a lattice with a catalyst placed in each lattice site is the same as on a lattice with a catalyst placed in sparse sites.
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